KCAR Launch Report: June Sport Launch

Launch date and time: June 17th, 11:00AM
Launch location: Shawnee Mission Park
Launch wind and weather: Breezy and warm

We had a bit of a breezy day for a launch today, and overcast skies, but no precip. We were a bit delayed and the launch was in full swing by the time we arrived. We watched the activities for a little, and Hannah and I even managed to get a flight off.

This was the launch day for our Cook-Up rockets, and Randall, Dave B. and David L. had theirs fully finished and ready to fly. Let me explain about the cook-up for those who are unfamiliar with the idea. The idea was stolen from the free-flight guys. A cook-up is simply a bunch of guys building the same model, or same class of model, or a model by the same designer, etc. The rules vary from cook-up to cook-up, and this time it was to simply build a classic Estes kit that used D12 motors. The plan was for everyone to bring their model and fly it today. Unfortunately, due to the weather, no one except Randall was keen to fly theirs. I felt the same way even though, due to all the normal things, mine wasn’t quite finished. So Randall flew his R2D2 despite the wind and Taylor flew a Maxi-Alpha which I believe would qualify under the cook-up rules. That makes them the winners! Dave Bucher had his on display on the flight table. Dave Lucas brought a Cherokee D with a booster stage and he, too, felt it was a bit windy. I know that some of the other club members had ’em, but either I didn’t see ’em or they just were not on the field today. Maybe next month.

This was also “Launch Day” for Weblo pack 3439 & Cub Scout pack 3648. At some point during the afternoon, the advance guard for the Scouts arrived and began setting up a canopy and table. We spoke for a few minutes and then scouts began to appear on the field excited and ready to launch some rockets!

Randall, Hannah, & Tim assist at the pads

These are the scouts that Randall and I built rockets with last month. The box of models arrived with their fearless leader, and were passed out to the kids. We pulled the recovery systems out, went over the need for wadding and what it is despite what it looks like. We then handed out motors and went over how to get the igniter and plug installed. The igniters are different from previous Quest offerings. The old ones were mini-Copperheads with a sticker to isolate the two sides from the leads. The new ones are twin- lead with a glass bead thing in the middle. The plugs are the same, though, and still hard as the dickens to get into the motor. We managed though, and without ruining too many igniters.

We then took over the range as the kids lined up by rank and were sent out to pads six at a time. Dave B. ran the range, and logged the names and flights for us. Randall and I did pad management. Some of the scouts wanted to drag race, so they lined up together. There were shouts and “oohs” & “awes” as the rockets were launched. We had a few misfires, and one rocket pranged pretty hard, but for the most part everything went pretty well. We were able to keep most of the rockets on the field by aiming the rods into the wind a bit. I believe that one rocket was lost to a tree.

Some of the kids flew their models twice since there were some extra motors left. A couple of the kids also built some models at home and brought those to fly too.

We were having a lot of fun, but eventually the scouts ran out of motors or time and the number of people on the field slowly fell until it was just a very few of us. We eventually started putting the equipment in boxes and loading it on the truck.

The club wishes to thank Dave Bucher for doing the LCO duty and logging all of the scout’s flights; and the club members and visitors at large who allowed us to take over the range for a while. Cub and Weblos packs 3648 and 3439 (respectively) have expressed their heart-felt gratitude as well. I think I can speak for the whole club when I say we were honored to help!

Another good day at the range.

There was 1 clustered flight(s) (40) in 94 flights total. We burned 677.33N/s worth of propellant.

Flight Log

Flight #	Flier	Rocket	Motor(s)	Comments
1	Tim Zager	Rubicon	D12-3	Good!
2	Randall Jessee	Estes Pencil	A8-3
3	Michael Zager	Estes Snitch	C6-5	Stuck on Rod
4	Michael Zager	Fire Streak	A10-3T
5	Taylor Jessee	Corkscrew	B6-4
6	Randall Jessee	Estes Snitch	C6-5
7	Taylor Jessee	Big Daddy	D12-3
8	Tim Zager	Big Betty	B6-4
9	Ian Jessee	Pad 3	C6-5
10	Bill Hensley	Baby Bertha	C6-3
11	George W. Scheil	Tube Fin	A8-3
12	Michael Zager	Canadian Arrow	D12-5
13	Taylor Jessee	Corkscrew	B6-4
14	Dave Bucher	St. Louis Arch	C6-3
15	Ian Jessee	Fosters Spool	D12-3
16	David Lucas	Space Pig	C6-3
17	George W. Scheil	Night Wings	B6-4
18	Bill Hensley	Big Dawg	A8-3
19	Tim Zager	Gauchito	A10-3T
20	George W. Scheil	Single 6	A8-3
21	Bill Hensley	Paveway 3	C6-3
22	Ian Jessee	No Continuity	D12-3
23	Taylor Jessee	Fosters Spool	F24-4
24	Dave Bucher	St. Louis Arch	C6-3
25	David Lucas	Pioneer ! (MPC Kit)	1/2A3-4T	Antique - 20+ years old
26	Taylor Jessee	Maxi-Alpha	D12-5
27	Michael Zager	Baby Bertha	B6-4
28	George W. Scheil	Cosmic Cobra	B6-4
29	Ian Jessee	Mini Spool	C6-3
30	Bill Hensley	Python 4	C6-5
31	Taylor Jessee	Drill	B6-4
32	George W. Scheil	Cosmic Cobra	B6-4
33	Ian Jessee	No Continuity	C6-3
34	David Lucas	Atom-X Jr.	D12-3
35	Taylor Jessee	Maxi-Alpha	D12-5
36	David Lucas	Liberator	C6-5
37	George W. Scheil	Tornado	A8-3
38	Dave Bucher	Closed Breech Roc	D12-5
39	Tim Burger	Big Tangent	D12-5
40	Randall Jessee	Peggy's Valentine	2XD12-5	Return to top
41	Taylor Jessee	Big Daddy	D12-3
42	David Lucas	Space Pig	C6-5
43	Taylor Jessee	Canadian Arrow	E9-6
44	Randall Jessee	R2D2	D12-3	Cook-up
45	David Lucas	Atom-X Jr.	E9-6
46	Randall Jessee	Estes Maxi V2	E9-6
47	David Lucas	Space Pig	C6-3
48	Taylor Jessee	Canadian Arrow	E9-6
49	Taylor Jessee	CD Spool	C6-3
50	Taylor Jessee	Corkscrew	C6-5
51	Isaac	Bird Roc	A6-4
52	Adam	Starhawk	A6-4
53	Landon	Starhawk	B6-4
54	Jacob M	Starhawk	A6-4
55	Hunter C.	Starhawk	A6-4
56	Mitchel P.	Starhawk	A6-4
57	Alex B.	Starhawk	A6-4
58	Jared C.	Starhawk	A6-4
59	Jared M.	F2 Falcon	A6-4
60	Austin C.	Starhawk	A6-4
61	Andre F.	Starhawk	A6-4
62	Max S.	Starhawk	A6-4
63	Max D.	Starhawk	A6-4
64	Tyler S.	Starhawk	A6-4
65	Jacob C.	Starhawk	A6-4
66	Nathen B.	Starhawk	A6-4
67	Braden G.	Starhawk	A6-4
68	Braden B.	Starhawk	A6-4
69	Ayden C.	Starhawk	A6-4
70	Joey B.	Starhawk	A6-4
71	Jeffrey P.	Starhawk	A6-4
72	Braden G.	Starhawk	A6-4
73	Timmy B.	Starhawk	A6-4
74	Megan P.	Starhawk	A6-4
75	Maggy B.	Starhawk	A6-4
76	Alex B.	Starhawk	A6-4
77	Mathew B.	Starhawk	A6-4
78	Paisly C.	Starhawk	A6-4
79	Timmy B.	Starhawk	A6-4
80	Kyle B.	Starhawk	A6-4
81	Kaleb C.	Alpha	A6-4
82	Daniel S.	Starhawk	A6-4
83	Trevor M.	Starhawk	A6-4
84	Timmy B.	Starhawk	A6-4
85	Austin C.	Starhawk	A6-4
86	Andre F.	Starhawk	A6-4
87	Hannah B.	Starhawk	A6-4
88	Tyler S.	Starhawk	A6-4
89	Ayden C.	Starhawk	A6-4
90	Austin C.	Starhawk	A6-4
91	Andre F.	Starhawk	A6-4
92	Kyle B.	Starhawk	A6-4
93	Caleb	Astra	A6-4
94	Ayden C.	Starhawk	A6-4

Randall assists at the pads	Flights by Rocketeers Flights Rocketeer(s) 12 Taylor Jessee 7 David Lucas 6 George W. Scheil 5 Ian Jessee Randall Jessee 4 Bill Hensley Michael Zager 3 Timmy B. Dave Bucher Austin C. Ayden C. Andre F. Tim Zager 2 Alex B. Kyle B. Braden G. Tyler S. 1 Adam Caleb Isaac Landon Braden B. Hannah B. Joey B. Maggy B. Mathew B. Nathen B. Tim Burger Hunter C. Jacob C. Jared C. Kaleb C. Paisly C. Max D. Jacob M Jared M. Trevor M. Jeffrey P. Megan P. Mitchel P. Daniel S. Max S.
Getting ready to launch	Rockets Making Multiple Flights: Flights Rocket Rocketeer 3 Starhawk Timmy B. Starhawk Austin C. Starhawk Ayden C. Starhawk Andre F. Corkscrew Taylor Jessee Space Pig David Lucas 2 Starhawk Alex B. Starhawk Kyle B. St. Louis Arch Dave Bucher Starhawk Braden G. No Continuity Ian Jessee Big Daddy Taylor Jessee Canadian Arrow Maxi-Alpha Atom-X Jr. David Lucas Starhawk Tyler S. Cosmic Cobra George W. Scheil
	Totals by motor: Motor Number Flown Impulse (Newtons) 1/2A3 1 1.09 Total 1/2A’s: 1 1.09 A10 2 4.00 A6 43 86.00 A8 5 11.60 Total A’s: 50 101.60 B6 9 38.97 Total B’s: 9 38.97 C6 16 141.12 Total C’s: 16 141.12 D12 14 235.76 Total D’s: 14 235.76 E9 4 111.48 Total E’s: 4 111.48 F24 1 47.31 Total F’s: 1 47.31 Total: 95 677.33 (J)

Submitted by Tim Burger, NAR 78486 L1. Photos by Natalie Burger.

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