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KCAR Launch Report: April Sport Launch


Launch date and time: April 22, 2006 at 11:00AM — 5:00PM
Launch location: Shawnee Mission Park, KS
Launch wind and weather: Warm and (almost) calm!

A day on the range

Dave Lucas' ATOM-X Jr. under boost
Dave Lucas’ ATOM-X Jr. under boost
Darwin May prepares to fly his Flis Kits UFFO
Darwin May prepares to fly his Flis Kits UFFO
There were 75 flights, for 86 motors burned, and a total impulse of 816.81 N-s. Of those, 3 were staged flight(s) (13, 44, 57), and 7 were clustered flight(s) (11, 19, 33, 34, 36, 42, 54).
Flight Log
Flight
#
Flier Rocket Motor(s) Comments
1 Rick Harkins Patriot C11-7
2 George Scheil UFO C6-0
3 Tim Burger Starfighter B6-4
4 Forrest Wood X-15 B4-4
5 George Scheil DSP C5-3
6 Tim Burger Big Tangent D12-5
7 Darwin May Decaffeinator D12-3
8 George Scheil Interdicter B6-4
9 Forrest Wood & Nathan Knolton X-Wing A10-3T
10 Rick Harkins Mustang D12-3
11 Darwin May Deuce’s Wild 2 x B6-4 Return to top
12 Forrest Wood & Nathan Knolton X-15 B6-2
13 Bill Hensley Estes Magnum C11-0 to B6-6 Return to top
14 George Scheil Twinsee B6-2
15 Tim Burger Maxi-Alpha C11-3 Hop & Pop!
16 Bill Hensley Baby Bertha D12-7
17 Forrest Wood & Nathan Knolton X-Wing A10-3T
18 David Lucas ATOM-X Jr. D12-3
19 Darwin May Dimunitive Deuce 2 x MM Return to top
20 Tim Burger Maxi-Alpha D12-5
21 Darwin May UFFO D12-5
22 Tim Burger Maxi-Alpha E9-6
23 Bill Hensley Pathfinder D12-5
24 George Scheil Cosmic Cobra C5-3
25 David Lucas Code Red C6-5
26 Darwin May Gama B6-4
27 Forrest Wood & Nathan Knolton X-Wing A10-3T
28 Darwin May Decaffeinator D12-3
29 Bill Hensley Airspike F23-7
30 George Scheil Cosmic Cobra C5-3
31 Bob Wingate Estes Cougar B6-4
32 Tim Burger Maxi-Alpha F21-6
33 Darwin May Deuce’s Wild 2 x B6-4 Return to top
34 Darwin May Deuce’s Wild 2 x C6-5 Return to top
35 Bill Hensley Lockheed X-7 C6-5
36 Darwin May Deuce’s Wild 2 x C6-5 Return to top
37 Tim Burger & Nathan Knolton SA-8 Gecko D12-5 First flight after restoration
38 George Scheil Big Daddy C5-3
39 Tim Burger & Nathan Knolton SA-8 Gecko D12-5
40 Dave Bucher C Glideroc C6-3
41 Bill Hensley Python 4 C6-3
42 Darwin May Deuce’s Wild 2 x C6-5 Return to top
43 Tim Burger & Nathan Knolton Tomahawk B6-4
44 Bill Hensley Quest Navaho C6-0 to B6-6 Return to top
45 Don Pfister Estes MaxTrax B6-4 139-feet
46 Dave Bucher D Glideroc D12-3
47 George Scheil Red Baron C11-3
48 David Lucas Liberator C6-5
49 Ian Dusselle Inchworm C6-5
50 Bob Wingate Bob’s Whistle Rocket B6-4
51 Tim Burger Omega C11-3 Estes Classic ‘D’ Cook-up!
52 George Scheil Wacky Wiggler C5-3
53 Bob Wingate Flying One Ring of Power C11-0
54 Dave Bucher Centuri LJ II (c 1970) 3 x C6-3 Unstable prang Return to top
55 Martin Ashwill Drifter Clone B6-4
56 Don Pfister Estes MaxTrax C6-5 Mis-read
57 George Scheil Zenith II B6-0 to C6-7 Return to top
58 Martin Ashwill Mini IO 713 A10-3T
59 Bob Wingate Estes Sprint A8-3 Real! Started building in 1972, 1st flight today!
60 Tim Burger Estes Sprint (clone) B6-6
61 Martin Ashwill Mini IO 713 A10-3T
62 Martin Ashwill Quasar II 718 A8-3
63 Tim Burger Maxi-Alpha D12-5
64 Don Pfister Estes MaxTrax C6-5 196-feet
65 Colin Prouse Estes MaxTrax C6-5
66 Martin Ashwill Mini IO 713 A10-3T
67 Tim Burger Big Bertha C6-5
68 Dave Bucher C Glideroc C6-3
69 Don Pfister Estes MaxTrax C6-5
70 Colin Prouse Estes MaxTrax C6-5
71 Martin Ashwill Mini IO 713 A10-3T
72 Tim Burger Starfighter C6-5
73 Bob Wingate Bob’s Whistle Rocket C6-7
74 Bob Wingate Estes Sprint A8-5
75 Bob Wingate Estes Eliminator D12-5 Blew Nozzle

Darwin's UFFO
Darwin May’s Flis Kits “Unidentified Flying Foam Object”
Flights by Rocketeers
Flights Rocketeer(s)
14
Tim Burger
10
Darwin May
George Scheil
7
Bill Hensley
Bob Wingate
6
Martin Ashwill
Nathan Knolton
5
Forrest Wood
4
Dave Bucher
Don Pfister
3
David Lucas
2
Rick Harkins
Colin Prouse
1
Ian Dusselle
Rick Harkins' Aerotech Mustang
Rick Harkins’ Aerotech Mustang!
Rockets Making Multiple Flights:
Flights Rocket Rocketeer
5 Maxi-Alpha Tim Burger
Deuce’s Wild Darwin May
4 Mini IO 713 Martin Ashwill
Estes MaxTrax Don Pfister
3 X-Wing Forrest Wood & Nathan Knolton
2 C Glideroc Dave Bucher
SA-8 Gecko Tim Burger & Nathan Knolton
Starfighter Tim Burger
Decaffeinator Darwin May
Estes MaxTrax Colin Prouse
Cosmic Cobra George Scheil
Bob’s Whistle Rocket Bob Wingate
Estes Sprint
Tim readying his Maxi-Alpha
Tim readying his venerable Maxi-Alpha for another flight
Totals by motor:
Motor Number
Flown
Impulse
(Newtons)
A10 7 14.00
A8 3 6.96
Total A’s: 10 20.96
B4 1 4.29
B6 18 77.94
Total B’s: 19 82.23
C11 6 52.80
C5 5 45.50
C6 27 238.14
Total C’s: 38 336.44
D12 14 235.76
Total D’s: 14 235.76
E9 1 27.87
Total E’s: 1 27.87
F21 1 60.45
F23 1 52.85
Total F’s: 2 113.30
MM 2 0.25
Total MM’s: 2 0.25
Total: 86 816.81 (J)
Tim's Maxi-Alpha under silk
Tim’s Maxi-Alpha rides the silk down from another successful flight
Dave Lucas' Sunward Liberator returns to Terra-Firma
Dave Lucas’ Sunward Liberator returns to Terra-Firma

Submitted by Tim Burger, NAR 78486 L1
Photos by Rick Harkins.

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