Space Day Launch - 2003
WOOSH Sponsored Public Launch
When: May 10th, 2003 10am-5pm
Where: Sussex Village Park
Schedule of Events
View Photos by Dave Lyle
View Photos by Dave Seer
View Photos by Kevin Klein
View Photos by Pavel Pinkas
View Photos by Walt Evans
Why: To celebrate Space Day, to fly rockets and to enjoy the beautiful May weather.
Who: All rocketry enthusiasts and curious people who still hesitate whether to join in the fun.
What: Sport flying (launch equipment
provided), demo flights of
scale models of space vehicles and other interesting rockets.
How High: Maximum allowed total impulse is G (160Ns).
How Big: Up to large models rockets (1500g). FAA notification will be in effect.
How Much: Free! Donations to WOOSH greatly encouraged.
Especially invited to this event are all
kids, teachers and group leaders who have an interest in model
rocketry, want to learn more about it, or seek to meet rocketry enthusiasts for
further cooperation.
There will be a
Make It, Take It
held on May 3rd from 1pm-5pm at Greenfield
News & Hobby.
This will allow kids to build their own (Free!)
rocket to fly at the Space Day launch. Kids that
come to the launch with their rockets that were built at the
Make It, Take It
will also get two
free B6-4 motors and wadding to fly their rockets with.
| Launch Director |
Phone Contact: Scott Goebel 262-634-3971 |
Space Day 2003 Launch Report
First of all, thanx to everybody who helped
with preparing and running this event. It was very enjoyable and lots of fun.
The educational part went really well, I was really impressed with Dr. Smith's
performance and also with all great flights of the scale models (Walt's almost
realistic attempt to hit London with V2 was a great way to start the demo).
I have the preliminary Space Day Launch statistics:
Number of registered participants: 46 (19+19+8)
Number of MITI kids/flights: 1/2
Number of raffle tickets sold: approx. 120 (Brent knows the exact number)
Number of flights: 175 (recorded)
Number of motors burnt: 185 (I did not count cold motors in my clusters)
Approx total impulse: 3300Ns (K)
Number of unnecessary comments re: Bong grass rejuvenation: 8 (that I've heard)
Number of people attempting to ignite an expended motor: 1 (NOT ME!)
Motor class breakdown:
1/2A: 2
A: 16
B: 68 (the most popular motor, thanx to the B-SD contest)
C: 58
D: 12
E: 16 (E9 seems to be selling well)
F: 5
G: 8
I have to admit that I had no idea that flight cards are such an interesting
reading. For TWP I'm preparing detailed statistics that I've got from the flight
cards, you'll see a couple of interesting facts and funnies. But you'll have to
wait for May/Jun issue. I'm writing launch report tonight, but it will go to the
newsletter.
Pavel
