Another excellent turnout, with some new faces. The list of fliers comprised: Brian, Mike, Pete, Angela, Richard, Tony, Darren, George, and two new fliers who's names I didn't catch. I think they were a father and son team, who had watched us fly before. When they saw us today they shot home and fetched a rocket to fly. We also had some spectators, some invited, some who happened to be passing. Altogether we managed over 50 flights.
As always some of use gathered in the pub at end of the day. This weeks hot topic of the day was the impending UKRA Council elections. This years two members of the NSRG are standing for election, Mike and Darren. Darren has been a council member since January of this year, when he was co-opted. This will be the first time either of them has stood for election to the UKRA council.
| Flier | Rocket | Motor | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian | Ariane 5 | 2xD12-3 | Scratch built LOC 2.6 tube. First only one motor lit, minor damage after short flight |
| Brian | Ariane 5 | 2xD12-3 | Both motors lit, good flight and recovery on 2 Estes nylon chutes |
| Brian | Quest UFO | Aerotech E25-4 SU | 14th flight so tried a bit more power!! I liked it! |
| Brian | Estes Aerospace Plane | Quest C6-5 | nice long gentle burn |
| Brian | Triton | Quest C6-5 | Scratch built cigar shape with warp nacelles and ringed fin tail. |
| Brian | Booster | 2xB6-4 | Scratch built - BT60 size- 'Delta' style commercial launcher with large payload section and 4 strap on boosters. Nice firey climb and good recovery on 'Solar' chute |
| Brian | Stealth Cruise Missile | Aerotech D21-4 | Scratch built - rear ejection. Tendency to spiral climb on C's so tried more power. Spectacularly unstable flight and ejection charge snapped kevlar line. |
| Brian | R2D2 | C5-3 | 2.6 size, straightforward flight, good rear ejection. |
| Brian | Flash | D12-3 | Scratch built 1930's B movie space rocket with 'Ming piercing' nose spike, excellent flight and recovery |
| Brian | Baildon Bouncer | C6-3 | Scratch built BT70 lander, shortly after TO went horizontal (needs C5-3 min .. might try D13 reload next) landed without damage though. |
| Mike | Upscale ASM | D12-5 | Forgot to crack clay cap. Minimal chute deployment. Big spack! |
| Mike | Blue RTF | A8-3 | soon to be parts |
| Mike | The Claw has Landed | C6-5 | Upper module almost lost. Legs deployed OK, but due to windy gustiness, the sideways driftiness element of the desent vector caused it to tip on landing. |
| Mike | Quest Intruder | C6-5 | |
| Mike | Oubourous | B6-4 | |
| Mike | Skydiver RTF | B6-4 | UKRA2K raffle prize |
| Mike | VB Spudnik | A3-4T | |
| Mike | Star Speeder | B4-4 | Test flight. Nose cone to loose and sperated at MECO |
| Mike | Super Vega | D12-5 | Slight fin crack on landing |
| Mike | Custom Twister | A8-3 | Sacrificed to the Rocket Gods |
| Mike | Yellow RTF | A8-3 | soon to be parts |
| Darren | TeeniPhoenix | 1/2A3-2T | 18mm diameter scale down of the Estes Phoenix |
| Darren | TeeniPhoenix | 1/2A3-4T | |
| Darren | TeeniPhoenix | 1/2A3-4T | |
| Darren | TeeniPhoenix | 1/2A3-4T | Sort-of drag race with Pete's Blackbird, gave him a one second start and tried to shoot him down |
| Darren | TeeniPhoenix | A10-3T | Should have used this motor for the drag race! |
| Darren | Quest X-30 | B6-2 | Nice idea, but a bloody horrible kit |
| Darren | Quest X-30 | B6-2 | Broke a wing on landing |
| Darren | Centuri Saucer | C6-3 | |
| Darren | Centuri Saucer | C6-7 | The long delay makes for a nice smokey landing with retro rockets |
| Darren | ARV Condor | C6-5 | |
| Darren | ARV Condor | C6-5 | |
| Richard | Nike-K | C6-5 | "Thank god it was on a streamer" |
| Richard | Nike-K | C5-3 | "Thank god it was on a streamer" |
| Tony | Sidewinder | C5-3 | |
| Richard | Fat Boy | C6-5 | |
| Richard | Fat Boy | C6-5 | |
| Richard | Fat Boy | C6-5 | |
| Richard | Python | D12-3 | |
| Angela | Silver Comet | D12-5 | This was Angela's first step into the 'big D powered' rocket world (many moons ago, now look at her) |
| Pete | Prowler | Quest C6-5 | |
| Pete | Sidewinder | C5-3 | drag race with Tony, best flight yet |
| Pete | Blackbird | B6-4 | bootiful straight flight, an oldie but goody it would appear! |
| Pete | V-2 | D12-5 | Slow lift off, a bit of weathercocking and slight damage to a fin on landing, but hey I didn't have to wait all day to fly her... |
| Pete | Big Bertha | Quest C6-5 | Pete never really liked this rocket, but she flew really well today |
| Pete | Blackbird | C6-5 | Our last flight of the day and once again, bootiful straight flight, recovered with no damage |
| George | Super Transwing glider | C6-3 | Which, according to Mike, "Is neither super, nor a glider" :-) |
| George | Super Transwing glider | C6-3 | |
| R/C guy | Code Red | A8-3 | |
| R/C guy | Code Red | A8-3 | |
| R/C guy | Code Red | A8-3 | |
| R/C guy | Code Red | B4-2 | |
| R/C guy | Code Red | B6-2 | |
| R/C guy | Code Red | B6-4 | |