KCAR Launch Report: March Sport Launch

Launch date and time: March 17, 2007 at 11:00AM to 5:00PM
Launch location: Shawnee Mission Park
Launch wind and weather: Cool and Breezy

Flight Log

Flight #	Flier	Rocket	Motor(s)	Comments
1	Randall Jessee	Party Cone	B4-4
2	Randall Jessee	Space Cigar	C6-3	Blow out!
3	Dave Bucher	Spot Max	C6-3
4	Martin Ashwell	Alpha 1 Classic	A8-3
5	Randall Jessee	Crayon 3-inch	C11-3	Not quite enough
6	Martin Ashwell	Goonykee-A	A10-3T	Gooney Bird cook-up
7	Randall Jessee	Crayon 3-inch	D12-3	That's more like it
8	Randall Jessee	Crayon 3-inch	E9-6	Cato! Rocket OK
9	Dave Bucher	Spot Max	B6-4
10	Dave Bucher	Cherokee-D	C6-3
11	Martin Ashwell	Goonyoid Explorer	A8-3
12	Tim Burger	Maxi-Alpha	C11-3
13	Tim Burger	Tangent	A8-3
14	Tim Burger	Maxi-Alpha	D12-5
15	Randall Jessee	RWB Crayon	G40-4	Looked great going up! Separation - core sample.
16	Martin Ashwell	Goonykee-A	A10-3T
17	Dave Bucher	Cherokee-D	D12-7	Optimal for D12-7; very high!
18	Bob Clark	Wizard	A8-3
19	Dave Bucher	C Glideroc	C6-3
20	Randall Jessee	Jeff's Outdoorsman Rocket	D12-3	Just barely enough power.
21	Randall Jessee	Maxi-V2	D12-3	Very late deployment - on the ground.
22	Bob Wingate	Super Big Bertha	D12-5	No deploy - damaged forward tube. Looked good going up though.
23	Randall Jessee	Jeff's Outdoorsman Rocket	E9-6	Delay not quite enough.
24	Tim Burger	Tangent	B6-4
25	Dave Bucher	C Glideroc	C6-3	Looks good!
26	Randall Jessee	Jessica's 2002 Birthday Rocket	A8-3	Just barely enough power.
27	Bob Wingate	Flying One Ring of Power	D12-0	CATO!
28	Randall Jessee	Jessica's 2002 Birthday Rocket	B6-4	Streamer
29	Dave Bucher	Cherokee-D	C11-5
30	Tim Burger	Big Bertha	A8-3	A bit under powered in the wind.
31	Bob Wingate	Bob's Whistle Rocket	B6-4	Good flight.
32	Randall Jessee	Jessica's 2002 Birthday Rocket	C6-5	Good flight
33	Tim Burger	Maxi-Alpha	D12-5

There were no clustered or staged flights.

The Air-Guitar takes flight Photo by Randall Jessee	Flights by Rocketeers Flights Rocketeer(s) 12 Randall Jessee 7 Dave Bucher 6 Tim Burger 4 Martin Ashwell 3 Bob Wingate 1 Bob Clark
Randall readies his Crayon rocket Photo by Martin Ashwell	Rockets Making Multiple Flights: Flights Rocket Rocketeer 3 Cherokee-D Dave Bucher Maxi-Alpha Tim Burger Crayon 3-inch Randall Jessee Jessica's 2002 Birthday Rocket 2 Goonykee-A Martin Ashwell C Glideroc Dave Bucher Spot Max Tangent Tim Burger Jeff's Outdoorsman Rocket Randall Jessee
The motor lets go in Randall's Crayon Photo by Randall Jessee	Totals by motor: Motor Number Flown Impulse (Newtons) A10 2 4.00 A8 6 13.92 Total A’s: 8 17.92 B4 1 4.29 B6 4 17.32 Total B’s: 5 21.61 C11 3 26.40 C6 6 52.92 Total C’s: 9 79.32 D12 8 134.72 Total D’s: 8 134.72 E9 2 55.74 Total E’s: 2 55.74 G40 1 113.74 Total G’s: 1 113.74 Total: 33 423.05 (I)
Dave B. gets a glider ready Photo by Randall Jessee	The Parachutist Photo by Randall Jessee

Submitted by Tim Burger, NAR 78486

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