What a great way to close out the summer season at Durham!  Beautiful weather, except for a very brief storm front that blew through in the early afternoon. The lack of wind before and after the storm kept the rockets on the field where they belong. We had a very competitive open glider duration contest, and a 6-way drag race between LOC IVs and other 4" diameter rockets  on G35 motors.  Nice turnout, and I think everyone had  fun.  Next month (Oct. 1) we return to our larger field in Sterling, CT.

Meghan Wilcock retrieves her Quark after a typical lawn-dart recovery.
Photo by Barry Wilcock.

Photo by Les Kurz

Clusters:

• George Boulas flew his Vostok on a D12-3 core and two C6-3 outboards.
• Jay Calvert flew his LOC 4-29SS on a pair of G35-7W motors (the most powerful flight of the launch: 210 N-S and 100 grams of propellant).  Good flight with a Transolve Ultrabeep locator.
• Jason foster launched his LOC Viper III on three E30-7Ts.  All fired for a great flight.
• Alex Immerman put two D12s in his "Suicidal Insanity".
• John Poulin flew his LOC Viper IV TWICE on four E15-7Ws.
• Carey Seefeld's "Morning Glory" took to the sky on three D12s.

Multi-Stage Flights:

• George Boulas 2-stage Fat Boy had a great flight, with a cluster of a D12-0 and three B6-4 in the booster and a D12-5 in the sustainer.
• George had less luck trying to gap stage two scale models, a Wac Corporal / Tiny Tim and an Aerobee 150A.  Out of five attempts, he suffered at least two lawn darts and a power prang.
• Rick Polzello flew his Estes Mongoose on a B6-0 to B6-6 combo.
• Carey Seefeld's Mongoose flew twice, both on B6-0 to C6-7.
• CATO Prefect Paul Welling had a great three-stage flight with his Comanche 3 (D12-0 to C6-0 to C6-7).
• Barry Wilcock's Mini Cobra zipped off the pad on an A10-0T to 1/2A3-4T combo.

Notable Flights:

• George Boulas' UFO on G38-7FJ
• Alex Calvert's Estes Bailout dumped Kermit the Frog (with slightly charred knees and butt), who gently floated to earth.
• Jason Foster had a great drag race with himself!  Twin R2D2s on C6-5s.
• Todd Harrison's rocket named "BOOM" lived up to its name, when it's D21T motor very loudly popped the igniter.
• Les Kurz's new P5 altimeter worked in his Thugster on a G80-7T.
• Les' LOC Aura.  MIA.  Where did it go???
• Kevin Pina's brand new (still unpainted) PML Phobos suffered a CATO when the G35-4W blew through the front of the rocket at burnout.  The Quantum tubing will never be the same again.
• Paul Welling's 1/2 scale Spudnik on a G35W...always a crowd pleaser.
• Meghan Wilcock flew her Estes Quark five times on 1/2A3-4Ts.  The darn thing just wouldn't stay lost!

Contest:
We had three contestants logging 7 flights in the senior division, and four contestants logging 4 flights in the junior division.
 

Top Dozen Hot Shots:

Name	Total Impulse (NS)	Breakdown
1. John Poulin	620	3xG33J, 8xE15W
2. Jason Foster	523	G64W, G40W, G35W, 4xE30T, 2xC6
3. Todd Harrison	448	G80T, G35W, F40W, F23FJ, F20W, D21T, A10
4. Alex Immerman	429	2xG35W, F50T, F23FJ, E30T, 2xD12, C6
5. Paul / Aaron Welling	390	2xG35W, 2xF20W, D12, 2xC6
6. Les Kurz	386	G80T, 2xG35W, F23FJ
7. Jay / Alex Calvert	347	3xG35W, 2xC5, 2xB2, A3, 1/4A3
8.  John Atkinson	312	G38FJ, F25W, 2xD12, 11xC6, 6xB6, B4
9. George Boulas	262	G38FJ, E30T, E18W, D15T, D12, 2xC6, 2xB6, 1/2A6
10. Rick Polzello	239	3xF20W, E15W
11. Sean / Jeanne / Alysia Hogan	222	H238T, D12, 3xC6
12. Dave Sousa	219	2xG35W, C6

Total Impulse for the day was 5504 Newton seconds, equivalent to a small "M" motor.