Baildon Moor, 17th November 2001

mean machine on pad mean machine launch egg thing

Richard & Tony set up the Mean Machine
Mean Machine launch
Tony's Eggstatic flies into the dusk
Not a potato famine, a field of Spudniks

Pete's Monocoptor on the pad...
...taking off...
...and coming this way - duck!

Octogone is an odroc
Looks like one of those aliens from the Simpsons
Eeuww, the head came off

Mike's Tan Sam ready for it's maiden flight.
Nice recovery...
...and no damage, doesn't he look pleased?
Mike's Star Speeder did suffer some damage, unfortunately
Altogether now "It's a two point six ex upscale airborne surveilance missile" Angela didn't stand on it

Steve preps his prowler, Pete's Moch Buster looks on...
This might be the Prowler launching...
...but this definately is
Fire Flash
Steve flew the Skywinder a couple of time with great pointy end in the ground recoveries

JLCLV launches
Hijacked! Group Captain "Ginger" Watkins DFC, Bar, struggles to exit the capsule
All is well, thanks to James' timely intervention

Shaun's Sidewinder
Darren's Phoenix
Darren's X-33

Brian's Mega Ninja has a nice liftoff...
...and a good recovery
Brian's Big Bertha
Flying Octogon of Not very Much Doom makes another doomless flight

(Photo by John Smith)

Brian's Big Daddy...
...and in the air
A shorter Silver Comet with strakes, by Brian

FLASH! ah ah, he saved every one of us, doo, doo, doo, dodo, do dum....
R2D2nik is a product of JAWA^TM cut-n-shut industries
Fl.Lt. "Lightning" Lego, is one of Grp.Cpt. Gareth "Ginger" Watkins' role models
Really nice satelite boostery thingumy

The Flights


Flier	Rocket	Motor	Comments
Brian	Big Bertha	Quest C6-5
Brian	Nova Payloader	B4-2	with Fl.Lt. 'Lightning' Lego
Brian	R2D2Nik	C5-3	original Estes R2D2 - no legs - long fins
Brian	Estes Aerospace Plane	Quest C6-5
Brian	Fat Boy	C5-3
Brian	Saturn M(ini)	Quest C6-5
Brian	Harrier	?	SA - Archer type, used MRC parts
Brian	Twister	B4-2	out of sight and lost
Brian	Triton	C6-5	the cigar shape and warp-nacelles one
Brian	Booster	2 x B4-4	Ariane/Titan style sat-launcher
Brian	Mega Ninja	D12-3	upscale of Estes model to 2.6 tube
Brian	Silver Comet	D12-3	shorter-strengthened with strakes-nose to fin
Brian	Big Daddy	D12-3
Brian	Flash	D12-3	scratch built Flash Gordon style
Brian	Flying Octagon of (not very much) Doom	D12-0
Brian	Snitch	C6-0
Mike	Upscale ASM	D12-5
Mike	Tan Sam	2 x D12-5	First flight, perfect!
Mike	X15	C5-3	Stolen by the pixies!
Mike	Shuttlecock	A8-3
Mike	FireFlash	B4-4
Mike	Space Bunny	B4-2
Mike	Mini VBX	A10-3T
Mike	Spudnik	A10-3T	Dragrace
Mike	Star Speeder	B6-4	Chute failure, mega fin damage
Steve	Skywinder	C6-3
Steve	Skywinder	C6-3
Steve	Prowler	C6-3
Steve	Prowler	C6-3
Steve	Fireflash	C6-5
Pete & Angela	Mock Buster	D12-7	This cardboard-clone of the Mach Buster earned mission points by being lost on it's maiden flight
Pete & Angela	Octogone	D12-3	Ooerr
Pete & Angela	Monocopter	C6-5
Pete & Angela	Mars Snooper	C5-3
Pete & Angela	Merlin	B6-4
Darren	Rapier	F24-7
Darren	Phoenix	F24-7
Shaun	Centuri Saucer	D13
Shaun	40 Grit	B6-4
Shaun	Sidewinder	C6-3
Shaun	Spudnik	A10-3T	Dragrace
James	JLCLV	C6-3	Picked up a hitchhiker leading resulting in "to the death" struggle on landing
Kieran	KB-1	C6-3
Richard & Tony	Mean Machine	D12-5
Richard & Tony	InterSat	E15-4
Richard & Tony	Spudnik	A10-3	Dragrace
Richard & Tony	Dagger	C5-3
Richard & Tony	Sidewinder	C6-5
Richard & Tony	Eggstatic	C6-5
Richard & Tony	Fat Boy	C6-5