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!

Dave Lucas’ ATOM-X Jr. under boost 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 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!	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 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 rides the silk down from another successful flight	Dave Lucas’ Sunward Liberator returns to Terra-Firma

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

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