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July 2000 launch report (7/22/2000)
Great summertime launching!
Today, quite a crowd of MASA members, guests, and spectators came
together the sod farm in Blaine. The weather was darn-near
perfect (warm and almost completely calm). In all, there
were 174 flights in just over 4 hours.
A big thanks to all the volunteers! Especially:
- LCO's: Mark Thell, Steve Robb, Glen Overby, Dave Fergus, Mike
Martens, Joe Kimmes, Tim Bush
- RSO's: Damian Kostron, Kerry Hodges, Steve Robb, Lee Frisvold,
Steve Hum, Ted Cochran
The theme for the launch was "The 2nd Annual MASA Scale
Event". People were encouraged to bring and fly scale
rockets of any persuasion. These included: Saturn V,
Saturn 1B, Mercury Atlas, Atlas Centaur, V2, Black Brant, WAC
Corporal, D Region Tomahawk, and many more.
Once again, the mighty Frisvold team had the largest number of
flights with 16. The most flights by a single person was Dave
Fergus with 15. John Carlson was close behind him with 13
flights.
A few notable flights:
Both Russ Durkee and Damian Kostron were again busy flying their
Cuda R/C boost gliders. They chalked-up some very nice
flights. Giving them a strong run for their money, Steve Robb
flew his (non R/C) Deltie Thunder boost glider on E and F
motors. It flew incredibly well! Tim Bush flew his Ring
Hawk several times on C motors. This tubular-wing rocket
glides very nicely.
Given the great weather and large flying field, quite a number of
F, G, and H flights were made. Joe Kimmes flew his Initiator
on an F23. Steve Hum flew his Callisto on an F52, Aspire on a
G64, and AMRAAM 2 on another F52. Joe Schneider flew his
Interceptor G and Wasp, both on F62's. Tim Bush flew his
AMRAAM 2 (twice) on G35's. Mark Thell flew his Fire &
Forget on a F20, his Forte on a G35, his Legacy on a F20, and his
lil Bigger Nuke on a F23 (and to his amazement, none of them burned,
CATO'ed, or crashed!) Brian Kilberg flew his Mustang on a F20,
and Don Kilberg flew his Initiator on a F25. Mike Town flew
his G-Force on a G38. Ed Ryan flew his lil' Nuke on a G35 and
his Vertical (twice) on G35's. Larry Schwartz flew a Chaparral
on a G64. Dave Fergus flew his lil' Nuke on a F20. Chris
Kvidera flew his Graduator on a G35. Alan Estenson flew his IO
on a G35 and Chaparral on a F23.
Brad Vatsaas visited MASA and vied for the most interesting
rocket name of the day. He flew "The Evil Dr. Manchu's
Avenging Projectile of Doom" first on an H123 and then later on
an H242. Brad also flew a Big Daddy on a G64. Greg
Schneider flew his Nostromo on an H128 as a repeat of last month's
certification flight. The other contender for most interesting
rocket name of the day was Russ Durkee with his "Stark Fist of
Removal."
Glen Overby flew his Apache on a G64 using onboard altimeter and
dual-deployment recovery.
Alan Estenson did some composite clustering and launched his
Starburst on two G55's to an estimated 3,000 feet.
John Knoll showed us an incredible first flight of his Atlas
Centaur on a G55. Ted Cochran also had a great flight of his
Saturn V on an E18.
The Details:
Full launch tally (in
Adobe Acrobat PDF form)
The totals were: 174 flights, 197 motors. The
cumulative total impulse was 5438 Ns with an average total impulse
of 27.6 Ns. The motor breakdown follows:
|
Type |
# Burned |
| MicroMaxx |
0 |
|
1/4A |
0 |
|
1/2A |
2 |
|
A |
16 |
|
B |
24 |
|
C |
59 |
|
D |
50 |
|
E |
12 |
|
F |
15 |
|
G |
16 |
|
H |
3 |
(Alan Estenson)
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