Shadow Technology. CATO President, Jay Calvert loads Shadow onto an away pad with the help of John Poulin. It's hard to fathom, but Jay will be moving to Kalamazoo, Michigan later this summer to pursue his career with Pfizer. He will leave some very large shoes to fill. Shadow Technology flew on a central Cesaroni J400 Smokey Sam and airstarted four (4) Ellis Mountain G35s and two (2) G64Ws. Shadow can be seen heading off for Kalamazoo after the airstarts. The rocket was recovered on the field.

Rick Polzello's LOC 'n Load boosts skyward on an Aerotech H97J. Todd Harrison's "2-24" lifts off pad 5 on a pair of Estes E9's. One of the motors decided to cato at about 60 feet. Off blue pad 1, David Lewis' "Aurora" glider lifts off on one of two good flights today.

Len Haze's yellow Bid Daddy starts one of it's two flights. It's clustered and flew on pairs of E9s and D12s. At right, the E9 in Len Haze's upscale Mosquito 4X just ignites. Jeff Thomas' "Flying Pepermint Stick" can be seen behind waiting to fly on an F21.

Todd Harrison inspects the remnants of "2-24". It's nice to see he can still manage a smile. Ross Tracey stands proudly with his immaculately painted Ariel. The paint absolutely glows. On the right, Brad Dibble poses with a Sudden Rush before his successful L1 cert attempt.

Dane Hauck prepares for his level 2 certification attempt.
First we build the motor...
Then we insert the ingiter...

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The J350W Boys. Bill Dauphin preps his Warlok EXP on away pad 6 while Dane Hauck arms the electronics on his Syonic before his L2 cert attempt. Below each rocket lifts off on Aerotech J350W power. Bottom right, successful recovery on the field. Congratulations on L2 Dane!

1)  Another view of Jay Calvert's Shadow Technology on a tall column of black smoke (J400SS).
2)  Len Haze's Yellow Daddy on a pair of E9s.
3)  Jay Calvert's C Super Roc entry in a tree directly over Rte. 49.  The rocket is intact and the motor is retained.  Rule 10.4 says it's a qualified flight, and the 158 second duration was good enough for 1st place.

1)  Davis Lewis' Aspire screams off on an Econojet F20W. Amazingly, the rocket did not exceed the speed of balsa and stayed together.
2)  George Boulas' scale Nike Hercules on a pair of G35 White Lightning motors.  The sustainer on this 2-stager contained a D12.

1)  Another view of Dane Hauck's Level 2 certification flight - a J350W in a LOC Syonic.
2)  Drag Race!  Jerry Wilcox's G80T powered Calisto is off to a fast start -vs- Joseph Robinson's Aero.

Stephen Tentinger's PML Phobos on a G64W motor.

LAUNCH HIGHLIGHTS and STATS:

Certifications:  Dane Hauck made Level 2 with a J350W in his LOC Syonic.  Brad Dibble had a successful Level 1 certification with a Pro38 H153 in his PML Sudden Rush.  John Tentinger also had a good Level 1 flight  with a H180W in his BSD Horizon 54.  Shawn Forsythe attempted Level 2 with a J285 in his PML Intruder, but will need to try again due to an early ejection problem (which resulted in some damage).

Frequent Flyers: Brad Martin made 12 flights today. Zack Lau managed 8.

Clusters:  George Boulas flew his Nike Hercules on a pair of G35W's and a D12. Jay Calver flew "Diamond Back" on a pair of E9's and a D12. Jay also flew "Shadow Technology" on a J400SS, 4 - Ellis G35's and 2 - G64W's. Bill Dauphin flew his FDELD entry on a pair of E9's and a D12. Todd Harrison had one of the pair of E9's cato in his "2-24". Len Haze flew his clustered Big Daddy on a pair of E9's and then again on D12's. Ulf Jonsson flew "Rocket" on a pair of E9's. Zack Lau flew his "Trimotor" on 3 -D12's and also flew his "ST 204" on a pair of E9's.

Multi-Stage Flights: George Boulas flew his Nike Hercules on 2 - G35W's to a D12. Jay Calvert airstarted two sets of motors in "Shadow Technology" (See above). Shawn Forsythe & Mike Keenan flew Estes Mongeese. Spencer Martin & Jeff Taylor both flew Estes Comanche 3's to dizzying heights.

Classic Kits:  Jeannine Lawall flew her Mercury Redstone today.

Motor CATOs:  Todd Harrison has an E9 rip the guts out his "2-24".

Other Notable Flights:  Todd Harrison's spool rocket "Mini Spool" boosted on an E9 straight up to 50' where it proceded to go unstable and write Todd's name in the sky with smoke.

Contests: Today's NAR events were B Parachute Duration (multiround), C SuperRoc Duration, and F Dual Egg Loft Duration.  The 5th Annual Open Egg Loft Duration Efficiency contest ws also held.

Prizes awarded as follows:
1st BPD(MR) C Div Bill Dauphin  QCR 13mm cluster kit
1st CSRD C Div Jay Calvert  QCR 13mm cluster kit
1st FDELD C Div Ulf Jonsson QCR No Break kit  &  1st CATO eggloft efficiency  (LOC Forte·again)
1st BPD A Div Spencer Martin  NASA Calender

CATO 75 Standings

B Parachute Duration Multiround

Place	Contestant	NAR_Number	Section	Flight1	Flight2	Flight3	Total	NAR_Points
Combined A and T Divisions
1	Dauphin,Bill	51259	T-069	MAX (240)	41	--	281	240
2	Martin,Spencer	54321	581	49	--	--	49	144
C_Division
2	Lau,Zachary	80361	581	39	33	58	130	240
4	Jonsson,Ulf	80231	581	10	--	--	10	144
--	Calvert,Jay	71767	581	SEP	SEP	--	0	0
--	Kurz,Les	74240	Ind	EJ	SEP	--	0	0

C Super-Roc Duration

Place	Contestant	NAR_Number	Section	Flight1	Flight2	Total	NAR_Points
C_Division
1	Calvert,Jay	71767	581	35392(158s)	EJ	35392	300
2	Lau,Zachary	80361	581	14250(57s)	5500(22s)	19750	180
3	Jonsson,Ulf	80231	581	12750(51s)	--	12750	120
--	Dauphin,Bill	51259	T-069	SEP	--	0	0

F Dual Egg Lofting Duration

Place	Contestant	NAR_Number	Section	Flight1	Flight2	Total	NAR_Points
C_Division
1	Jonsson,Ulf	80231	581	127	--	127	560
2	Lau,Zachary	80361	581	STR	100	100	336
3	Dauphin,Bill	51259	T-069	52	35	52	224
--	Calvert,Jay	71767	581	EGG	SEP	0	0

CATO 75 Meet Champions

Place	Contestant	NAR_Number	Section	Total_Points
A_Division
1	Martin,Spencer	54321	Ind	96
C_Division
1	Jonsson,Ulf	80231	581	728
2	Lau,Zachary	80361	581	660
3	TTFKATBAH (Bill)	T-069	581	464
4	Calvert,Jay	71767	581	300
5	Kurz,Les	74240	Ind	0
Sections
1	CATO	581	-	2152
2	IND	0	-	96

5th Annual Open Egg Loft Duration Efficiency Contest

Flyer	Intact Eggs Returned (Total Eggs)	Duration (sec)	Impulse (NS) / motors	Efficiency Score
Ulf Jonsson	1 (1)	53.04	5 / B6-2	10.61
Les Hurz	3 (3)	117.47	64 / F20W	5.51
Ulf Jonsson	2 (2)	126.60	59 / 2xE9	4.29
Ulf Jonsson	1 (1)	9.96	5 / B6-2	1.99
Zack Lau	2 (2)	100.04	51 / 3xD12	1.96
Bill Dauphin	2 (2)	52	64 / F20W	1.63
Zack Lau	2 (2)	46.34	59 / 2xE9	1.57
Bill Dauphin	2 (2)	35	46.5 / E9+D12	1.51
Jay Calvert	0 (2)	- (fouled chute, broke eggs)	76 / 2xE9+D12	-
Jay Calvert	0 (2)	- (separation, eggs floated away)	80 / F50T	-

 

Flyer	Ns	Motors
Jay Calvert	1,644	J400, G64W (2), G35(EM) (4), F50T, E9 (2), D12, C6 (2), B6 (2)
Bill Dauphin	1,292	J350W, I211W, F20W, E9 (2), D12, C6, B6, B4
Tim Hetland	1,206	J330, I218R, G80T
Dane, Dakota & Trisha Hauck	915	J350W, H128W, D12, C6 (2), A8
Joel & Nelson Parness	796	I357T, G80T, G75J, F20W (2), E28
Shawn Forsythe	702	J285, C6(2)
Ross & Ryan Tracey	580	H153 (2), F50T, C6, A10
Rick Polzello	438	H143, H97J
Brad & Spencer Martin	435	G80T, F32W, E9 (2), D12 (4), D10 (2), C6 (5), B4 (2), A10 (3), A3
Les Kurz	389	H180W, F25W, F20W, B6 (2)

Motor Summary

Motor	Total
1/4A	2
1/2A	1
A	14
B	29
C	28
D	19
E	21
F	15
G	18
H	9
I	3
J	5
K	0
Total	164

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