Roger's Flight Log

Flights (93)
Date Flight Rocket #Motors Motor ISP Description
2/27/2000 1 Twister 1 A8-3 2.5 Straight , high flight, tumble recovery 100ft from launcher.
2/27/2000 2 Super Shot 1 A8-3 2.5 Great shot. Not too much drift. Parachute suffered a few powder burns.
2/27/2000 3 Big Dawg 1 A8-3 2.5 Straight shot, long drift. Hung up in tree. Retrieved by property owner.
2/27/2000 4 Twister 1 A8-3 2.5 Nice high flight. Longer drift, almost landed on top of school.
3/25/2000 5 Big Dawg 1 A8-3 2.5 Good one! Reefed the chute a bit to compensate for the windy conditions.
3/25/2000 6 Black Brant II 1 D12-5 20 High, straight flight. Drifted a long way over fence and into FOBC.
3/25/2000 7 Big Bertha 1 B6-4 5 Likes to weathercock. Not to much drift due to reefed chute.
3/25/2000 8 Big Bertha 1 C6-5 10 Good shot! Changed to a 12" chute.
3/25/2000 9 Gemini DC 1 B6-4 5 Just loaded one chute. Had a little trouble stuffing the wadding and chute into tube. Seemed to be a tight fit. A little too tight. Ejection charge blasted through the MM at the hook and blew through the side of the body tube.
3/25/2000 10 Super Shot 1 B6-4 5 Great shot!
3/25/2000 11 Big Bertha 1 B6-4 5 Low flight due to big weathercock. Long delay before chute ejection.
3/25/2000 12 Big Bertha 1 C6-5 10 Fantastic shot! Took chute forever to unfurl.
4/9/2000 13 Big Daddy 1 D12-5 20 Impressive flight! Landed in pasture.
4/9/2000 14 Big Bertha 1 B6-4 5
4/9/2000 15 Big Dawg 1 B6-4 5 Reefed the chute but still almost drifted over the fence. Sam recovered.
4/9/2000 16 Gemini DC 1 A8-3 2.5 Packed both chutes. A engine just doesn't have enough power. Don't do this again! Both chutes deployed perfectly. Repair seems to hold well.
4/9/2000 17 Twister 1 A8-3 2.5 High flight. Both sections tumbled down into pasture. Looked for thirty minutes but only found lower section. MIA!
4/9/2000 18 Big Bertha 1 B6-4 5 Good shot. Weathercocked as usual.
4/9/2000 19 Super Shot 1 A8-3 2.5 Good flight. Landed very close to pad.
4/22/2000 20 Big Daddy 1 D12-5 20 Nice high shot. Came down inside the park.
4/22/2000 21 Big Bertha 1 C6-3 10 Just like Bertha.
4/22/2000 22 Black Brant II 1 D12-5 20 Reefed the chute and cutout spill hole. I tried to get a picture while Hannah launched. I never saw it again after it left the rod. Searched all over the FOBC but never found it. Officially MIA.UPDATE!!! Ted Brady and son David found BBII while trying to recover their SRD. Will bring to OSP next weekend. 4/22/00Ted Brady brought it home 4/29/00.
4/29/2000 23 Super Shot 1 B6-4 5 Good shot
4/29/2000 24 Big Bertha 1 C6-5 10 Another typical shot.
4/29/2000 25 Big Daddy 1 D12-5 20 Cool!
4/29/2000 26 Gemini DC 1 B6-4 5 Pretty flight.
4/29/2000 27 Big Bertha 1 B6-4 5 Good one. Sustained damage to fin tip on landing.
4/29/2000 28 Big Dawg 1 B6-4 5 Perfect!
4/29/2000 29 Big Daddy 1 D12-5 20 Great shot. Landed just inside the park.
5/20/2000 30 Silver Comet 1 D12-5 20 Perfect boost!. Very high and no spin.
5/20/2000 31 Big Daddy 1 D12-5 20 Drag race with Sean's Big Daddy. They diverged and it was hard to tell who had the highest altitude. Looked good coming down on new nylon chute.
5/20/2000 32 Silver Comet 1 D12-5 20 Good shot.
5/20/2000 33 Bullpup 12D 1 A8-3 2.5 The A8-3 is a recommended motor for this rocket but it is grossly underpowered. Barely reached 40 ft. AGL. Luckily chute deployed and intact recovery.
5/20/2000 34 Big Bertha 1 C6-3 10 Woo hoo! Nice high flight.
5/20/2000 35 Big Dawg 1 B6-4 5 This maybe the perfect combo for this rocket. Fast off the pad and very high boost.
5/20/2000 36 Bullpup 12D 1 B6-4 5 Nice flight. Caught it on the fly before touchdown. Imact I might say. The 12" chute is a too small for this hefty little rocket.
5/20/2000 37 Gemini DC 1 C6-3 10 Very good flight. High and straight. Chutes tangled on descent. Inspection after recovery revealed a blowout in one of the chute pods.
5/20/2000 38 Big Bertha 1 C6-5 10 Good flight. Caught on the fly before touchdown.
6/8/2000 39 Ovilofter 1 C6-5 10 Rockemole C Eggloft Duration. Nice high flight with audible "Pop" at chute deployment. Great hang time. Drifted way over into the FOBC almost to the back fence. Official time was 1min 42sec for third place as a non-NAR participant.
6/8/2000 40 Python 1 D12-5 20 Low arcing flight. Possible rod whip due to 1/8" rod instead of 3/16". An "E" motor is probably a better choice for this rocket. Stock chute allowed a hard landing. Body tube suffered an "Estes Dent".
7/2/2000 41 Big Dawg 1 A8-3 2.5 Nice flight. Streamer worked well.
7/2/2000 42 Bullpup 12D 1 B6-0 5 My first two stage flight in about twenty years. Booster worked well but dinged a fin on landing. Sustainer shredded chute on deployment and landed hard enough to break two fins. Already repaired and ready to go again.
7/2/2000 42 Bullpup 12D 1 B6-4 5 My first two stage flight in about twenty years. Booster worked well but dinged a fin on landing. Sustainer shredded chute on deployment and landed hard enough to break two fins. Already repaired and ready to go again.
7/2/2000 43 Big Bertha 1 C6-3 10 Chute shredded and it landed hard. Crumpled the BT a bit.
7/2/2000 44 Cobra 3 B6-4 15 My first cluster launch ever! Probably my straightest and highest flight of the day. Tangled chute caused a hard landing. No damge. Need to use a B6-6 next time.
7/2/2000 45 Python 1 D12-5 20 Nice flight with a little weathercock.
7/2/2000 46 Big Daddy 1 D12-5 20 Did a loopy loop off the rod then headed upwind like a cruise missle. Chute deplyment just before impact. No damage. Not to self: This is not a rocket for windy conditions.
7/2/2000 47 Pathfinder 1 D12-5 20 Headed downwind off the rod. Still gained a respectable altitude. Payload separated and shredded it's chute. Fin can landed normally. Both sections landed in FOBC.
7/8/2000 48 Ranger 3 B6-4 15 Fantastic flight, high straigh boost. Could use a longer delay. Melted a good portion of the chute but survived the landing.
7/8/2000 49 Gemini DC 1 C6-5 10 One chute deployed at launch and acted like a sea anchor while the rocket struggle to gain altitude. Ejection deployed second chute and recovery was nominal. The ejection burned a hole in the other side pod.
7/8/2000 50 Big Bertha 1 C6-5 10 Perfect shot for old bertha.
7/8/2000 51 Black Brant II 1 C6-5 10 Used an adapter to launch with an 18mm motor. The C6-5 is a good motor for this rocket. High straight flight.
7/8/2000 52 Bullpup 12D 1 C6-5 10 Very impressive shot. Very high even with a little tip-off. Drifted far over to the west right to the fence line.
7/8/2000 53 Silver Comet 1 D12-5 20 Great flight. Very high and straight.
7/8/2000 54 Big Daddy 1 D12-5 20 Large tipoff resulting in cruise missle flight. Ejection broke the shock cord and fin can tumble into the trees. Luckily it fell through to the ground. Nose cone landed fine. Will have to repair with new SC. If problems with tip-off persist will have to reduce some of the hardware affecting the CG.
7/8/2000 55 Python 1 D12-5 20 Another cruise missle and another SC separation. Lee Bell caught upper section on the fly. Fin can landed without damage.
7/8/2000 56 Pathfinder 1 D12-5 20 Maybe the best flight of the day. Very high and straight. Upper section separated but took awhile for chute to unfurl. It landed just short of the fence line. Fin can drifted over into the FOBC.
7/8/2000 57 Cobra 3 B6-6 15 Woo Hoo! Very impresive take-off. High and straight . Six second delay is perfect. Landed just over the fence.
7/8/2000 58 Super Shot 1 A8-3 2.5 Ho hum. Needs more streamer.
7/8/2000 59 Big Dawg 1 A8-3 2.5 Kinda wimpy on an A. Looks good with the big ol' "CAUTION" streamer though.
7/5/2003 60 Big Bertha 24 1 D12-5 20 First flight of the day. Went high and straight. Recovered close to the pad.
7/5/2003 61 Cobra 1 B6-4 5 Only one engine lit due to operator error. I neglected to hook up the other half of the clip whip. Arced over the crowd and lawndarted into the mud with the motor still burning. Recovered with no damage
7/5/2003 62 Ranger 1 B6-4 5 Another one engine ignition. Hung on the controller wire and plopped down on it's side with motor still burning. No damage.
7/5/2003 63 Big Bertha 1 C6-3 10 Nice straight high flight. Landed near pad.
7/5/2003 64 Big Daddy 1 D12-5 20 Cocked over into the wind. Chute depoyed but did not unfurl. Landed in the corn field. Looked for it for about thirty minutes but did not find. MIA.
8/9/2003 65 Big Bertha 1 C6-3 10 Your basic BB flight. Good way to start the day.
8/9/2003 66 Silver Comet 1 D12-5 20 Nice, straight and high. Chute was a little scorched. I think I forgot the wadding. Need to get a nomex pad for this one.
8/9/2003 67 Flying Saucer 24 1 D12-0 20 Very different, tumbled on the way down. I don't think that is supposed to happen.
8/9/2003 68 Big Daddy 1 D12-5 20 I guess this one could use a bigger chute. Sure comes down fast.
8/9/2003 69 Big Bertha 24 1 D12-5 20 Great flight!
8/9/2003 70 Fat Boy 24 1 D12-5 20 Maiden flight. Hot and straight.
8/9/2003 71 Der Red Max 1 D12-5 20 First flight. Great flight. Chute is a little big for this one. Recovery walk was longest of the day.
8/9/2003 72 Ranger 3 B6-6 15 Nice flight.
8/9/2003 73 HL-20 1 C6-3 10 Maiden voyage. Nice boost, but the glide left something to be desired. More like a nose dive. Motor ejected but streamer detached. Did not locate motor.
8/9/2003 74 Big Dawg 1 C6-3 10 Very high flight. Even with streamer recovery it was a good walk.
8/9/2003 75 Initiator 1 F20-4W SU 65 My first midpower launch! My first launch from the club pads! Maiden voyage for this one! Very, Very cool!
10/4/2003 76 Arreaux 1 F20-4W SU 65 Nice straight boost. Recovered near the pads.
10/4/2003 77 Initiator 1 G35-7W SU 104 Very high flight! Rocket landed in the stand of trees north of the pads. Used GPS to track it down. Then used GPS to track down dropped cell phone.
10/4/2003 78 Der V-3 Cubed 3 D12-5 60 First rail launch. First D cluster. Very impressive liftoff. Recovered near pads. Fast descent resulted in broken fin. Repaired.
10/18/2003 79 Initiator 1 G80-7T SU 120 Launched high and straight into a cloudless sky. The roar of a G80 launched from 8 ft away if very impressive. The 7 second delay allowed the rocket to arc over before deployment. Might have to try the 10 sec delay next time. As it was, the rocket drifted southwest about .5 mile into the middle of the field. Recovered without damage.
10/18/2003 80 Morningstar 1 G40-4T SU 120 First flight for this rocket. Installed the SU motor using a masking tape thrust ring. A double wrap seemed to work just fine. The four sec delay seemed to eject right at or a little before apogee. Descent was a little fast on the 24 in. chute. Recovered SW about .5 miles by Dr. Gelb. Witnessed Rick�s shred while walking back.
1/3/2004 81 Big Daddy 1 D12-5 20 Launched in a 20 mph wind. Weather cocked a bit but overall put on a good show. Drifted just off the field despite severly reefing the shrouds. Brittain picked it up for me on his way in from the outfield.
1/3/2004 82 Big Bertha 24 1 C11-7 SU 10 I chose the C11 so that it would be moving fairly quickly when it got to the end of the rod and hit the 20 mph wind. Put on a good show and landed within the field.
2/7/2004 83 Python 1 E18-7W RMS 40 Great motor for this rocket. First RMS launch. The Copperhead ignitor failed, luckily Ray loaned one of his "special" ones. It worked the first time. Ejection occured at apogee but chute was stuck in airframe. Need to remember not to wrap the chute in the heat shield next time. Rocket desended horizontilly and suffered no damage on impact.
2/7/2004 84 Initiator 1 F40-7W RMS 80 First 29mm RMS reload. Great flight!
2/7/2004 85 Super Ranger 4 E9-6 SU 160 All motors lit! Very impressive liftoff. The 3 second burn seems like an eternity. Straight boost with a little backslide after apogee. Looked great under the spherachute.
2/7/2004 86 Morningstar 1 G64-10W RMS 120 Interesting wiggle on ascent. The 10 second delay is way to long. Descent was good but the end of the airframe was dented on impact.
2/7/2004 87 Cheetah 1 F40-4W RMS 80 Delay a little short.
2/7/2004 88 Initiator 1 G80-4T SU 120 Great flight!
2/21/2004 89 Cheetah 1 F40-10W RMS 80 Very high and straight flight. I lost track of it and didn't see it land. Luckily, Danny saw it and pointed out the track line. I overshot it and ended up tramping all over the plowed, wet field with no luck. By the time I got back, Danny, et al had gone out and retrieved it for me.
2/21/2004 90 Big Daddy 29 1 F52-11T RMS 80 Nice flight. Jarvis walked out to retrieve it with me.
2/21/2004 91 Der Huge Red Max 1 F40-10W RMS 80 I taped a launch lug on this one so I could launch it off my Aerotech pad. The winds were a little high so the rocket snapped into the wind off the pad and headed east. The ejection delay was a little long for the altitude gained, resulting in a lawndart. The rocket was completely destroyed. The nosecone and my fiberglassed fins survived along with the motor mount so I will likely rebuild this one.
2/21/2004 92 Optima 1 G64-10W RMS 120 Maiden flight for my potential L1 rocket. My first altimeter flight also. Launched it off the 16' rail. Great flight but headed into the wind near apogee. The delay was a little long and the parachute a little small but it survived the landing. It's next flight should be on a H128 for my L1.

Total ISP: 2369 newton-seconds

Average ISP: 25.47 newton-seconds

Flights (93)
Date	Flight	Rocket	#Motors	Motor	ISP	Description
2/27/2000	1	Twister	1	A8-3	2.5	Straight , high flight, tumble recovery 100ft from launcher.
2/27/2000	2	Super Shot	1	A8-3	2.5	Great shot. Not too much drift. Parachute suffered a few powder burns.
2/27/2000	3	Big Dawg	1	A8-3	2.5	Straight shot, long drift. Hung up in tree. Retrieved by property owner.
2/27/2000	4	Twister	1	A8-3	2.5	Nice high flight. Longer drift, almost landed on top of school.
3/25/2000	5	Big Dawg	1	A8-3	2.5	Good one! Reefed the chute a bit to compensate for the windy conditions.
3/25/2000	6	Black Brant II	1	D12-5	20	High, straight flight. Drifted a long way over fence and into FOBC.
3/25/2000	7	Big Bertha	1	B6-4	5	Likes to weathercock. Not to much drift due to reefed chute.
3/25/2000	8	Big Bertha	1	C6-5	10	Good shot! Changed to a 12" chute.
3/25/2000	9	Gemini DC	1	B6-4	5	Just loaded one chute. Had a little trouble stuffing the wadding and chute into tube. Seemed to be a tight fit. A little too tight. Ejection charge blasted through the MM at the hook and blew through the side of the body tube.
3/25/2000	10	Super Shot	1	B6-4	5	Great shot!
3/25/2000	11	Big Bertha	1	B6-4	5	Low flight due to big weathercock. Long delay before chute ejection.
3/25/2000	12	Big Bertha	1	C6-5	10	Fantastic shot! Took chute forever to unfurl.
4/9/2000	13	Big Daddy	1	D12-5	20	Impressive flight! Landed in pasture.
4/9/2000	14	Big Bertha	1	B6-4	5
4/9/2000	15	Big Dawg	1	B6-4	5	Reefed the chute but still almost drifted over the fence. Sam recovered.
4/9/2000	16	Gemini DC	1	A8-3	2.5	Packed both chutes. A engine just doesn't have enough power. Don't do this again! Both chutes deployed perfectly. Repair seems to hold well.
4/9/2000	17	Twister	1	A8-3	2.5	High flight. Both sections tumbled down into pasture. Looked for thirty minutes but only found lower section. MIA!
4/9/2000	18	Big Bertha	1	B6-4	5	Good shot. Weathercocked as usual.
4/9/2000	19	Super Shot	1	A8-3	2.5	Good flight. Landed very close to pad.
4/22/2000	20	Big Daddy	1	D12-5	20	Nice high shot. Came down inside the park.
4/22/2000	21	Big Bertha	1	C6-3	10	Just like Bertha.
4/22/2000	22	Black Brant II	1	D12-5	20	Reefed the chute and cutout spill hole. I tried to get a picture while Hannah launched. I never saw it again after it left the rod. Searched all over the FOBC but never found it. Officially MIA.UPDATE!!! Ted Brady and son David found BBII while trying to recover their SRD. Will bring to OSP next weekend. 4/22/00Ted Brady brought it home 4/29/00.
4/29/2000	23	Super Shot	1	B6-4	5	Good shot
4/29/2000	24	Big Bertha	1	C6-5	10	Another typical shot.
4/29/2000	25	Big Daddy	1	D12-5	20	Cool!
4/29/2000	26	Gemini DC	1	B6-4	5	Pretty flight.
4/29/2000	27	Big Bertha	1	B6-4	5	Good one. Sustained damage to fin tip on landing.
4/29/2000	28	Big Dawg	1	B6-4	5	Perfect!
4/29/2000	29	Big Daddy	1	D12-5	20	Great shot. Landed just inside the park.
5/20/2000	30	Silver Comet	1	D12-5	20	Perfect boost!. Very high and no spin.
5/20/2000	31	Big Daddy	1	D12-5	20	Drag race with Sean's Big Daddy. They diverged and it was hard to tell who had the highest altitude. Looked good coming down on new nylon chute.
5/20/2000	32	Silver Comet	1	D12-5	20	Good shot.
5/20/2000	33	Bullpup 12D	1	A8-3	2.5	The A8-3 is a recommended motor for this rocket but it is grossly underpowered. Barely reached 40 ft. AGL. Luckily chute deployed and intact recovery.
5/20/2000	34	Big Bertha	1	C6-3	10	Woo hoo! Nice high flight.
5/20/2000	35	Big Dawg	1	B6-4	5	This maybe the perfect combo for this rocket. Fast off the pad and very high boost.
5/20/2000	36	Bullpup 12D	1	B6-4	5	Nice flight. Caught it on the fly before touchdown. Imact I might say. The 12" chute is a too small for this hefty little rocket.
5/20/2000	37	Gemini DC	1	C6-3	10	Very good flight. High and straight. Chutes tangled on descent. Inspection after recovery revealed a blowout in one of the chute pods.
5/20/2000	38	Big Bertha	1	C6-5	10	Good flight. Caught on the fly before touchdown.
6/8/2000	39	Ovilofter	1	C6-5	10	Rockemole C Eggloft Duration. Nice high flight with audible "Pop" at chute deployment. Great hang time. Drifted way over into the FOBC almost to the back fence. Official time was 1min 42sec for third place as a non-NAR participant.
6/8/2000	40	Python	1	D12-5	20	Low arcing flight. Possible rod whip due to 1/8" rod instead of 3/16". An "E" motor is probably a better choice for this rocket. Stock chute allowed a hard landing. Body tube suffered an "Estes Dent".
7/2/2000	41	Big Dawg	1	A8-3	2.5	Nice flight. Streamer worked well.
7/2/2000	42	Bullpup 12D	1	B6-0	5	My first two stage flight in about twenty years. Booster worked well but dinged a fin on landing. Sustainer shredded chute on deployment and landed hard enough to break two fins. Already repaired and ready to go again.
7/2/2000	42	Bullpup 12D	1	B6-4	5	My first two stage flight in about twenty years. Booster worked well but dinged a fin on landing. Sustainer shredded chute on deployment and landed hard enough to break two fins. Already repaired and ready to go again.
7/2/2000	43	Big Bertha	1	C6-3	10	Chute shredded and it landed hard. Crumpled the BT a bit.
7/2/2000	44	Cobra	3	B6-4	15	My first cluster launch ever! Probably my straightest and highest flight of the day. Tangled chute caused a hard landing. No damge. Need to use a B6-6 next time.
7/2/2000	45	Python	1	D12-5	20	Nice flight with a little weathercock.
7/2/2000	46	Big Daddy	1	D12-5	20	Did a loopy loop off the rod then headed upwind like a cruise missle. Chute deplyment just before impact. No damage. Not to self: This is not a rocket for windy conditions.
7/2/2000	47	Pathfinder	1	D12-5	20	Headed downwind off the rod. Still gained a respectable altitude. Payload separated and shredded it's chute. Fin can landed normally. Both sections landed in FOBC.
7/8/2000	48	Ranger	3	B6-4	15	Fantastic flight, high straigh boost. Could use a longer delay. Melted a good portion of the chute but survived the landing.
7/8/2000	49	Gemini DC	1	C6-5	10	One chute deployed at launch and acted like a sea anchor while the rocket struggle to gain altitude. Ejection deployed second chute and recovery was nominal. The ejection burned a hole in the other side pod.
7/8/2000	50	Big Bertha	1	C6-5	10	Perfect shot for old bertha.
7/8/2000	51	Black Brant II	1	C6-5	10	Used an adapter to launch with an 18mm motor. The C6-5 is a good motor for this rocket. High straight flight.
7/8/2000	52	Bullpup 12D	1	C6-5	10	Very impressive shot. Very high even with a little tip-off. Drifted far over to the west right to the fence line.
7/8/2000	53	Silver Comet	1	D12-5	20	Great flight. Very high and straight.
7/8/2000	54	Big Daddy	1	D12-5	20	Large tipoff resulting in cruise missle flight. Ejection broke the shock cord and fin can tumble into the trees. Luckily it fell through to the ground. Nose cone landed fine. Will have to repair with new SC. If problems with tip-off persist will have to reduce some of the hardware affecting the CG.
7/8/2000	55	Python	1	D12-5	20	Another cruise missle and another SC separation. Lee Bell caught upper section on the fly. Fin can landed without damage.
7/8/2000	56	Pathfinder	1	D12-5	20	Maybe the best flight of the day. Very high and straight. Upper section separated but took awhile for chute to unfurl. It landed just short of the fence line. Fin can drifted over into the FOBC.
7/8/2000	57	Cobra	3	B6-6	15	Woo Hoo! Very impresive take-off. High and straight . Six second delay is perfect. Landed just over the fence.
7/8/2000	58	Super Shot	1	A8-3	2.5	Ho hum. Needs more streamer.
7/8/2000	59	Big Dawg	1	A8-3	2.5	Kinda wimpy on an A. Looks good with the big ol' "CAUTION" streamer though.
7/5/2003	60	Big Bertha 24	1	D12-5	20	First flight of the day. Went high and straight. Recovered close to the pad.
7/5/2003	61	Cobra	1	B6-4	5	Only one engine lit due to operator error. I neglected to hook up the other half of the clip whip. Arced over the crowd and lawndarted into the mud with the motor still burning. Recovered with no damage
7/5/2003	62	Ranger	1	B6-4	5	Another one engine ignition. Hung on the controller wire and plopped down on it's side with motor still burning. No damage.
7/5/2003	63	Big Bertha	1	C6-3	10	Nice straight high flight. Landed near pad.
7/5/2003	64	Big Daddy	1	D12-5	20	Cocked over into the wind. Chute depoyed but did not unfurl. Landed in the corn field. Looked for it for about thirty minutes but did not find. MIA.
8/9/2003	65	Big Bertha	1	C6-3	10	Your basic BB flight. Good way to start the day.
8/9/2003	66	Silver Comet	1	D12-5	20	Nice, straight and high. Chute was a little scorched. I think I forgot the wadding. Need to get a nomex pad for this one.
8/9/2003	67	Flying Saucer 24	1	D12-0	20	Very different, tumbled on the way down. I don't think that is supposed to happen.
8/9/2003	68	Big Daddy	1	D12-5	20	I guess this one could use a bigger chute. Sure comes down fast.
8/9/2003	69	Big Bertha 24	1	D12-5	20	Great flight!
8/9/2003	70	Fat Boy 24	1	D12-5	20	Maiden flight. Hot and straight.
8/9/2003	71	Der Red Max	1	D12-5	20	First flight. Great flight. Chute is a little big for this one. Recovery walk was longest of the day.
8/9/2003	72	Ranger	3	B6-6	15	Nice flight.
8/9/2003	73	HL-20	1	C6-3	10	Maiden voyage. Nice boost, but the glide left something to be desired. More like a nose dive. Motor ejected but streamer detached. Did not locate motor.
8/9/2003	74	Big Dawg	1	C6-3	10	Very high flight. Even with streamer recovery it was a good walk.
8/9/2003	75	Initiator	1	F20-4W SU	65	My first midpower launch! My first launch from the club pads! Maiden voyage for this one! Very, Very cool!
10/4/2003	76	Arreaux	1	F20-4W SU	65	Nice straight boost. Recovered near the pads.
10/4/2003	77	Initiator	1	G35-7W SU	104	Very high flight! Rocket landed in the stand of trees north of the pads. Used GPS to track it down. Then used GPS to track down dropped cell phone.
10/4/2003	78	Der V-3 Cubed	3	D12-5	60	First rail launch. First D cluster. Very impressive liftoff. Recovered near pads. Fast descent resulted in broken fin. Repaired.
10/18/2003	79	Initiator	1	G80-7T SU	120	Launched high and straight into a cloudless sky. The roar of a G80 launched from 8 ft away if very impressive. The 7 second delay allowed the rocket to arc over before deployment. Might have to try the 10 sec delay next time. As it was, the rocket drifted southwest about .5 mile into the middle of the field. Recovered without damage.
10/18/2003	80	Morningstar	1	G40-4T SU	120	First flight for this rocket. Installed the SU motor using a masking tape thrust ring. A double wrap seemed to work just fine. The four sec delay seemed to eject right at or a little before apogee. Descent was a little fast on the 24 in. chute. Recovered SW about .5 miles by Dr. Gelb. Witnessed Rick�s shred while walking back.
1/3/2004	81	Big Daddy	1	D12-5	20	Launched in a 20 mph wind. Weather cocked a bit but overall put on a good show. Drifted just off the field despite severly reefing the shrouds. Brittain picked it up for me on his way in from the outfield.
1/3/2004	82	Big Bertha 24	1	C11-7 SU	10	I chose the C11 so that it would be moving fairly quickly when it got to the end of the rod and hit the 20 mph wind. Put on a good show and landed within the field.
2/7/2004	83	Python	1	E18-7W RMS	40	Great motor for this rocket. First RMS launch. The Copperhead ignitor failed, luckily Ray loaned one of his "special" ones. It worked the first time. Ejection occured at apogee but chute was stuck in airframe. Need to remember not to wrap the chute in the heat shield next time. Rocket desended horizontilly and suffered no damage on impact.
2/7/2004	84	Initiator	1	F40-7W RMS	80	First 29mm RMS reload. Great flight!
2/7/2004	85	Super Ranger	4	E9-6 SU	160	All motors lit! Very impressive liftoff. The 3 second burn seems like an eternity. Straight boost with a little backslide after apogee. Looked great under the spherachute.
2/7/2004	86	Morningstar	1	G64-10W RMS	120	Interesting wiggle on ascent. The 10 second delay is way to long. Descent was good but the end of the airframe was dented on impact.
2/7/2004	87	Cheetah	1	F40-4W RMS	80	Delay a little short.
2/7/2004	88	Initiator	1	G80-4T SU	120	Great flight!
2/21/2004	89	Cheetah	1	F40-10W RMS	80	Very high and straight flight. I lost track of it and didn't see it land. Luckily, Danny saw it and pointed out the track line. I overshot it and ended up tramping all over the plowed, wet field with no luck. By the time I got back, Danny, et al had gone out and retrieved it for me.
2/21/2004	90	Big Daddy 29	1	F52-11T RMS	80	Nice flight. Jarvis walked out to retrieve it with me.
2/21/2004	91	Der Huge Red Max	1	F40-10W RMS	80	I taped a launch lug on this one so I could launch it off my Aerotech pad. The winds were a little high so the rocket snapped into the wind off the pad and headed east. The ejection delay was a little long for the altitude gained, resulting in a lawndart. The rocket was completely destroyed. The nosecone and my fiberglassed fins survived along with the motor mount so I will likely rebuild this one.
2/21/2004	92	Optima	1	G64-10W RMS	120	Maiden flight for my potential L1 rocket. My first altimeter flight also. Launched it off the 16' rail. Great flight but headed into the wind near apogee. The delay was a little long and the parachute a little small but it survived the landing. It's next flight should be on a H128 for my L1.

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Total ISP:	2369 newton-seconds
Average ISP:	25.47 newton-seconds