St. Louis Rocketry Association

November 24 Launch Report

by Jeff McCoy

This was the second day of the November 2-day launch.  Turn out was quite light, but there were still quite a few flights.  There was the second day of contest flying going off at the contest range.  Sport Flyers put up 30 flights with motors from A to I flown.  There were only four high power flights flown during the day.  Rob Chapie, Don Hansen, and Scott Goebel and believe it or not our own Bruce Weidner flew high power.  There were 17 flights flown by the Boy Scouts who Camped out over night and had a great time.  The frequent flyer of the day was Neil Babcock with 10 flights.  Neil was a first time flyer and really started out on the right foot, his dad Bill is getting hooked on the hobby.  Other Sport Flyers included Emily Goebel and Alex Chapie. 

High power flights featured Rob Chapie first up flying a PML AMRAAM on an I 211.  Second out was Don Hansen flying a LOC EZI-65 on a I 195.  Next out was Scott Goebel who traveled all the way from Wisconsin, flew an upscale Estes Manta on a I 211.  Bruce Weidner, Yes I said Bruce, flew a PML AMRAAM on a I 284.  He noted several things on his flight card, first was the name of “In Your Face” and second was the comment of “Kiss My A**”.  Yes Bruce, you have shown us that you do know how to fly something besides Ugly Space Junk.

Motor Summary:

A-   4

B-   7

C-   22

F-      1

G-    3

H-     4

The day ended with the delightful task of loading the Clubs’ trailer wall to wall with equipment with room to spare.