Kurt
Schachner's 06-01-02 Launch Report
All in all, a pretty good day for flying
rockets. It was nice to be back with everyone, I don't make it out to the field
as much as I used to. Today Tanya and the girls came along which was fun.
Anyway, I know Mark kept a pretty good record of everyone's flights, so I will
just mention mine plus what I remember. I flew my Point once for a nice flight,
plus my Farside as a three-stager. The upper stage ended up in a tree, but since
the tree was down in a ditch, I was easily able to retrieve the rocket. I also
flew my Gemini-Titan twice, first on two A8-3s and then on two B6-4s for a much better
flight.
I also flew my Goblin on a B engine, which went surprisingly high for such a
small engine. I did have my Saturn V all prepped and ready to fly (on a D12-5),
but by 11:00 the winds were too high and they never really calmed down for the
rest of the morning. It seems like every time I get that rocket ready to fly the
winds pick up.
My daughter Laura flew one of her little dolls in Dave Seer's Farside-X which
she really enjoyed. Thanks Dave! He also flew a few other multi-stage flights,
including his Omega. Mark S. flew his spring-loaded Snitch on an Estes E engine,
which apparently had "vectored" thrust and threw the Snitch into a cart-wheeling
flight for the long burn time of that engine. Pretty cool and no fire on the
ground. He replaced the engine and got a nice flight the second time.
We saw a brand new Shrox I-forget-the-name kit suffer a separation with a
resulting core sample destroy the body. Too bad, it was a nice looking model.
Most of my other models stayed in the range box due to the winds. Otherwise, a
nice day to fly rockets.
Kurt