Your not-so-humble scribe had "better things to do" than attend this launch, but still ended up with an inbox full of pictures and flight logs, so here goes... The usual crowd were there (except me and mine obviously) plus some new comers. I have a list of names here that says "Mick Stead, John Smith, & Adrian Harrison who also brought his daughter and two lads - one called Tom Weston". Good to see some new faces, sorry I couldn't have been there.
You can see more pictures on Richard's web site, here...
| Flier | Rocket | Motor | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave | AOL spool | C5-3 | snapped the discs | |
| Dave | Spudnik | A10-T | ||
| Dave | Area 51 | C6-0 | ||
| Dave | Fatboy | D12-5 | ||
| Dave | Stretch Blobbo | D12-5 | reincarnation | |
| Dave | Fatboy | D12-5 | ||
| Dave | Stretch Blobbo | D12-5 | ||
| John Smith | Apollo | C6-7 | ||
| John Smith | Amraam v0.5 | D12-5 | ||
| John Smith | Amraam v0.5 | C6-7 | ||
| Unknown | Air Europa Boeing 737-400 | 2x CFM tubofans | 1000ft fly by raised a few eyebrows but appears to have landed safely | |
| Brian | Sizzler | A8-3 | the rocket that started it all - only comes out on nice days with soft landings | |
| Brian | Big Bertha | B6-4 | almost as early - my first big! rocket | |
| Brian | Triton | Quest C6-5 | not enough boost came in horizontally so not much damage (should have used a C5-3 like Mike said) | |
| Brian | Interdictor | C5-3 | followed Mike's advice .. fast and straight | |
| Brian | Big Daddy | D12-3 | no ejection came in verticaly - but still not much damage | |
| Brian | FONVMD | D12-0 | totally doomless | |
| Brian | Scramjet | C11-5 | a first for NSRG .. perfect flight as well | |
| Brian | Booster | 2x B6-4 | both lit - yippee | |
| Brian | BoSnark | D12-3 | ||
| Brian | Flash | D12-3 | ||
| Brian | SAM | B6-4 | ||
| Brian | Greyhawk | C5-3 | ||
| Mike | Solar Probe | D12-5 | ||
| Mike | Omloid | C6-5 | Suborbital Creme Egg Loft. Balistic flight due to detached fin. Payload damaged but edible | |
| Mike | Delta Wedge | B4-4 | ||
| Mike | AmRamRaid | B6-0 A8-5 | ||
| Mike | Tiger6 | D12-0 | Two flights. Went higher than expected! | |
| Mike | SHX/TVM01 | C5-3 | Fast but squirelly | |
| Richard | Python | D12-5 | ||
| Richard | Quest Nike K | C5-3 | ||
| Pete & Angela | Apogee heliroc | A10-3T | ||
| Pete & Angela | TMK Scout | B6-4 | ||
| Pete & Angela | Estes Black Brant | C6-5 | Modified for 18mm motor mount - awsome straight boost! | |
| Pete & Angela | Estes Maxi Alpha | D12-3 | This really needs an 'E' minimum! | |
| Pete & Angela | Quest DCY Space Clipper | C6-3 | Again, super straight boost for the finless wonder! | |
| Tom | Polaris | C6-5 | ||
| Tom | Nemesis | C6-5 | ||
| Tom | Nemesis | C6-5 | ||
P.S. Sorry for the poor layout and briefness of this report - I've been kinda busy on work-related stuff this week.