Wow, it's been ages. Couldn't believe when I looked up the date of the last Baildon launch and it was... March! Last year we had F&M to blame for the great summer lull, this year we have no one to blame but ourselves. In mitigation though, we did have outings to UKRA 2002, BigEARS and IRW 2002. This was a great launch though. The weather was sport on, as predicted. The only thing missing was the sun, and even that made an appearance towards the end of the session. Attending were: Mike, Dave, (and Mrs Dave), Lisa, Richard, Tony, George, Jim, David, John, Diane, Carl, Darren & Josh. Pictures by Mike, Richard, Darren with George's Camera, George, Dave, & Diane, unless stated otherwise.
You can find more pics, and some of those above at higher res, on Richard's web site and Mike's web site.
| Flier | Rocket | Motor | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darren | Phoenix | E28-6T | |
| Darren | Rapier | E30-7 | |
| Darren | Generic | C6-0 to B4-4 | Booster didn't seperate and sustainer exhaust vented through the sides |
| Darren | Generic | C6-0 to B4-4 | |
| Darren | Generic | D12-0 to D12-5 | |
| Josh | Fat Boy | C6-3 | |
| Josh | Fat Boy | C6-5 | |
| Josh | Fat Boy | B4-4 | Opitec motor |
| Josh | Astra | B4-4 | |
| Josh | JLCLV | C6-5 | |
| Josh | JLCLV | C6-5 | |
| Josh | JOSH LONGHORN | 1/2A3-2T | This was Josh's rocket from the swarm launch at Big EARS 2002 |
| Josh | JOSH LONGHORN | A3-2T | |
| Josh | Spudnik | A10-3T | |
| Josh | Spudnik | A10-3T | |
| George | Snitch | D21 | |
| George | Terrier-Sandhawk | E15-7 | |
| George | Navaho | C6-0 to B6-6 | |
| Carl | Big Rage | ??? | Nose cone separated |
| Carl | Big Rage | ??? | Nose cone separated |
| John | Big Daddy | D12-5 | No ejection, but little damage |
| John | Big Daddy | D12-5 | No ejection, but little damage |
| John | Phoenix | D12-3 | |
| John | Phoenix | D12-3 | |
| Mike | Mercury Redstone | C6-3 | |
| Mike | Helios Solar Probe | D12-5 | |
| Mike | Excalibur | C6-3 | |
| Mike | ICRS Ghost Rider | B6-4 | |
| Mike | Shuttle | A8-3 | |
| Mike | Spudnick | A10-3T | |
| Mike | SRX/TVM01 | C5-3 | |
| Mike | Scorpius | B6-4 | |
| Mike | Delta Wedge | B4-4 | |
| Dave | AOL spool | C6-3 | |
| Dave | Rogue Tsetse | C6-3 | |
| Dave | Art 9" UFO | D12-0 | |
| Dave | Nemesis | A8-3 | |
| Dave | Naboo Fighter | C5-3 | |
| Dave | Area 51 | C6-0 | Quest motor |
| Richard & Tony | Not-So-Mean Machine | D12-5 | |
| Richard & Tony | Python | D12-5 | |
| Richard & Tony | Eggsocet | C6-3 | |
| Richard & Tony | SideWinder | C6-3 | |
| David | Astrocam | ??? | |
| David | Big Rage | ??? | |
| Jim | Navy | C6-7 | |
| Jim | Navy | B6-4 | |
| Jim | Army | B6-4 | |
Brian had a prior engagement down at Yatesbury, at a SERFS meet. In his own words...
Bit windy but well within limits . flew the 2 scratchbuilts I brought to the chilli night plus the usual suspects .. FONVMD, Grymmley, V2 (3" scratchbuilt one on E18) Stariot -the Rocket Vision kitbash first attempt the D12-5 catoed on ignition but only real damage was the engine hook was ripped out and vapourised along with the motor case .. so next flight I just used friction fit with some tape .. worked fine. The Scramjet (upscale ramjet thingy) was excellent on d12-5 very straight (and fast) boost. Finally got to fly the I211 I prepped for UKRA2002 ..
Photos by Steve Moores and Rob House
Tony gives a masterclass entitled "How not to park your car". In the words of Richard...
Car is fine, but we sure took a lot of dirt with us! Stuff flying off all the way home. One minute we were driving down the track, and Tony looked down for literally 1 sec, and I noticed we were heading off the road.....but it was far too late, within a second we were at 45 degrees to the road in a ditch, There was generous usage of the F**k word at this point :-) Quickly called RAC and they turned up 20 mins later to pull us out, Just want to thank you all for helping to shift the bugger!
