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LDRS-26 (Click on the thumbnails to see a larger version) |
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Kevin King prepares his Estes Express 2-stage rocket for flight. | ||||||||||||||||
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Me (Kevin Yackley) and Bryan Dierking prepare for the eagerly- awaited- yet- minimally- subscribed TRG 3" Goblin Race. Bryan used an H148 Redline motor and I used an H123 White Lightning motor. Bryan had more average thrust, but I had 20ns more total impulse. My altimeter beeped out 2885 feet for this flight. We called the race a tie since Bryan left the pad first (thanks to the redline propellant) but I touched down sooner. | ||||||||||||||||
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This is my
3" Goblin called "the Money Shot". I successfully
achieved my NAR L1 certification on this flight. - 2.1 pounds |
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This is
Bryan Dierking's 3" Goblin.
- 1.75 pounds |
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Kevin King and his Estes Thunderstar. This is Kev's first cluster rocket. He's got 2 C6-5's under the hood there. | ||||||||||||||||
 
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This my
scratch-designed rocket "Certifiable" which flew on an
Aerotech I161 White Lightning motor.
It was supposed to be my L1 cert rocket, but it had a "deployment anomoly" at 2070 feet and "landed hard" on the playa. I'm currently rebuilding "Certifiable-II" |
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This is Brent
Dougherty's rocket "Predator" on a successful L3 certification
flight.
- 15 feet tall Congrats, Brent. |
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The "Up Part" was most excellent indeed. This is the liftoff of "Strike's" 2nd flight. Although we didn't fly the altimeter on this flight, it appeared to achieve 600-700 feet or more, visually higher than the other contestants (according to independent reports). | ||||||||||||||||
 
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Unfortunately,
we had another "anomoly" at apogee.. We got a successful ejection. It's just that the motor ejected
instead of the ball! We left a crater in the lakebed in the shape
of a bowling ball.
I don't REALLY think that a Friday the 13th launch was to blame... but.... At least everyone had fun and everyone involved with the TRG should be very proud of the Bowling Ball Team. |
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Goodbye old friend. :-) | ||||||||||||||||
