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Clarks Falls
Welcome to the new Millennium! Today's weather was not bad at all, for January. Temps in the 40s, sunny with no clouds. The ground turned from frozen mud to unfrozen mud early in the day. Wind was moderate at ground level, but several folks had problems with upper level winds. A smaller than usual crowd showed up, but they were rewarded with short lines and a friendly, relaxed atmosphere.
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Sean and Jeanne Hogan show off their fleet. Is it time to start
the launch yet?
Photo by Jay Calvert |
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Hey! It's a ferret! And it likes rockets! Does it qualify as
a "vertebrate animal"? (sigh, yes)
Photo by Jay Calvert |
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Jay Calvert's Shadow Technology jumps off the far away pad on J570-14W
power.
Photo by Jay Calvert |
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After J570 burnout, a pair of H180Ws ignite. CATO's first "complex
K". Altitude was just over 3200 feet, according to the Transolve P5 altimeter.
Photo by Jay Calvert |
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Paul Welling's PML 3" AMRAAM lifting off on an H180-10W.
Photo by Jay Calvert |
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Tom Abran's 25 year old Centuri Flying Saucer drag races his Estes
Snitch saucer, both on C6-0 engines.
Photo by Jay Calvert |
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An Estes Maniac (belonging to either Chris Lundquist or Joe Socoloshy)
boosting on a D12. George Boulas' unpainted semi-scale Saturn 1B
is ready for launch on a cluster of four C6-3s in the background.
Photo by Jay Calvert |
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Brian Mardirosian's very stand off scale Scout on a G35-4W Econojet.
Photo by Jay Calvert |
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Devon Stewart's Sidewinder on a C6-5.
Photo by Brian Mardirosian |
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Chris and Dave Lundquist's Impulse (?) on two D12-7s.
Photo by Brian Mardirosian |
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Photo by Brian Mardirosian |
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Patrick Haggerty's Quest DC Clipper on a C6-5. Also, Jeramie
Longton's Code Red (C6-5), John Poulin's Corkscrew (C6-5), and Michael
Lundquist's Mach 12 (C6-5).
Photo by Brian Mardirosian |
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George Boulas' two stage Fat Boy, with a C6-0 and three C6-7s
in the booster stage, and a D12-5 in the sustainer.
Photo by Brian Mardirosian |
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Michael Massie's Estes Prowler on a C6-5.
Photo by Brian Mardirosian |
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Brian Mardirosian's scratchbuilt Scout on a G35-4W.
Photo by Brian Mardirosian |
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Devon Stewart's Silver Comet on an Aerotech E15-7W.
Photo by Brian Mardirosian |
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Tom Abran's Quest DC Clipper on a C6-3. Also, Michael Massie's Prowler
(C6-3), Michael Lundquist's Alpha III (C6-5), and George Boulas' QCR Folding
Wing Glider (B4-2).
Photo by Dave Vieaux |
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Ricky Walmsley's Bumbee (?) on a cluster of three D12s.
Photo by Dave Vieaux |
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The long and lonely walk. Jason Foster walks past Chris Lundquist's
NCR Lance Beta on his way out to his Tripoli level 2 certification launch.
Photo by Dave Vieaux |
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Jason's stretched Binder Design Sentinel II is on the pad. The
Missile Works altimeter is armed and the igniter is in the J350-10W.
LCO Jay Calvert marches back towards the launch table. Tia Mae and
Arnold Roquerre's LOC Graduator is on the pad to the right, with an Adept
ALTS-25 altimeter on board.
Photo by Dave Vieaux |
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There goes Chris' Lance Beta on an F62-4 DarkStar.
Photo by Dave Vieaux |
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There goes the Roquerre's Graduator on an Aerotech H70W single use
motor.
Photo by Dave Vieaux |
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And there goes Jason's Sentinel on a J350W for a successful TRA level
2 cert flight!
Photo by Dave Vieaux |
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Jeramie Longton joined the club and made his 1st CATO launch with a
modified Estes CODE RED (flew it 3 times on C6-5s).
Photo by Chuck Longton |
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS:
- Paul Welling scratchbuilt a Mach Buster-like rocket and flew it on a G55-10W with lots of red tracking chalk. Simulated altitude was 4700 feet and speed was 650 mph (about 0.87 Mach). The chalk at ejection was seen by most, and at least one set of eyes followed the rocket down to the horizon. Unfortunately, it landed deep in the eastern woods and was not recovered.
- Dave Sousa's modified NCR Patriot is also MIA, after a great flight on an I211-10W. It's somewhere near (or over) the Rhode Island state line.
- Arnold Roquerre's Bullpup, complete with twin altimeters and a TV transmitter, put in a good flight on a J570W. Telemetry was received on a ground-based TV set.
- George Boulas flew his scratchbuilt UFO saucer rocket on a G38-7FJ, then again on an H97-10J.
- Sean Hogan flew his Green Thing on an F12-3J and his 3.8x Mosquito twice on F39-9Ts, while wife Jeanne flew her Quest Flat Cat glider (C6-3), Rattler 7 (C6-5), and assorted other rockets.
- Jake Howe put Barbie in a Payloader and launched her on a D12-5 while his dad Jason Foster was doing the level 2 cert thing.
- Russ Taragan put a G125-5T in his custom Dart and a G25-10W in his Mini Magnum. He also flew an NCR Phantom 4000 on an F101-5T and flung an Estes Big Daddy around on an F12-6J, then on an F39-6T.
- We had 30 registered flyers.
- We logged 96 flights.
- We burned 111 motors.
| Micro Maxx | 0 |
| 1/4A | 0 |
| 1/2A | 0 |
| A | 4 |
| B | 12 |
| C | 41 |
| D | 16 |
| E | 3 |
| F | 11 |
| G | 14 |
| H | 6 |
| I | 1 |
| J | 3 |
| K | 0 |
| Total | 111 |
- Top 10 Hot Shots:
| Jay Calvert | 1756 NS | J570W, 2xH180W, 2xG64W |
| Arnold/ Tia Mae Roquerre | 1472 NS | J570W, 2xH70W |
| Jason Foster/ Jake Howe | 808 NS | J350W, G38FJ, D12 |
| Dave Sousa | 526 NS | I211W, F50T |
| Paul Welling | 482 NS | H180W, G64W, G55W |
| Russell Taragan | 420 NS | G125T, G25W, F101T, F39T, F12J, C6 |
| George Boulas (tie) | 379 NS | H97J, G38FJ, D12, 8xC6, B4 |
| Brian Mardirosian (tie) | 379 NS | 3xG35W, F20W |
| Ricky Walmsley (tie) | 379 NS | G80T, G38FJ, F62DS, 5xD12 |
| Devon Stewart | 266 NS | G80T, 3xE15W, D12, C6 |
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