Launch Report 6/10/2007

A beautiful day at the Fox Valley Rocketeers Club launch.  Winds were erratic so I did not fly my Mean Machine nor Madcow Momba.  Below are the rest.

 Fliskits Frick n Frack

 One of 3 flying that day. 

 Fliskits ACME Spitfire

I love the Mercury Redstone ("Deadstone") pattern. Crooked rockets DO fly!

 Fliskits Corona

Always a lovely rocket to fly.  Unfortunately, the wind took it to another county.  Replacement already ordered!

 Estes V-2

ARGHH!  The big loss of the day.  I spent a LONG time on the paint scheme. It's up there on the tree.  Mocking me...

 Squirrel Works Red Baron

When rockets go bad!  The glider caught on the launcher clips.  Made a perfect elliptical flight straight into the ground.  Broke the center strut, but easily repairable.

 Estes Fat Boy Red Max

The favorite of the day.  Slow takeoff, perfect flights on a B6-4 or C6-5.

 Fliskits Stingray

The chute shroud lines always get caught on the forward "fins".  Will need to investigate further.

 Estes Fat Boy Red Max

Did I mention this was a favorite?

 Estes Tomcat glider

As soon as it lifted off the rod, it cocked 90* into the wind and lawn darted.  I thought it was a fluke and tried again.  Exact same results.  In the exact same location.  Bummer.

 Upscale of Estes Der Red Max

24mm motor mount upgrade so flew on an C11-3.

 Dynastar Snarky

I was apprehensive about flying this one - I did not want it to join the V-2 on the tree.  But the flight was awesum!

 Fliskits Deuce-bash Landshark

The experiment of the day - will it fly?  I purposely did not finish painting it just in case it blew up.  Chute got tangled but sustained no damage.  Shark decals will definitely go on!

All photos by Frank Wayne and his new Nikon D200.