The special SoAR “replacement” launch on February 3rd at Dawsonville had twenty-seven participants launch a total of ninety rockets under sunny skies. Wind gusts were a bit of an aggravation but coming from the east provided adequate recovery chances for those reaching the highest altitudes (albeit some long recovery walks).
There were many outstanding and unusual launches including Davud’s Dynasoar R/C Aurora Clipper boost glider climbing to excellent altitude on an E-6 motor then gliding for over a minute circling the field and finally coming in for a soft landing very close to where he was standing. Joshua and Hope Finn and family flew their J&H Aerospace Fliplock lite boost gliders on A3 motors for FAI Team qualifications along with their scratch-built Finn Astronaut on 1/2A3. Jorge launched his two-stage Apogee TTV that was shown at the January Rocket Talk meeting. The Timer Test Vehicle (TTV) uses a timer to ignite the second stage. This appeared to have worked as designed (see below action photographs by Kevin Boyd) but the initial stage looked like a CATO caused some damage to the body tube (hopefully repairable).
For some mid-power excitement there were some excellent flights by Allen Isdell with his LOC 4” AMRAAM powered by a G67 and his PML Carbon Monster thundering up on a G61. Ray Lecture launched his signature scratch-built 3” Goblin on a G77, Bob Taylor put a G80 in his scratch-built Magic for a dramatic flight and Glenn Harper sent up his Estes “Naked” Leviathan on an E30.
Check out the action captured by Kevin Boyd [here]. Some additional event photos [here]
Motor Ignition Count:
A – 35
B – 18
C – 14
D – 9
E – 8
F – 3
G – 4
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