The March 8th SoAR Launch event at Mill Springs Academy was held under mostly sunny skies with mild temperatures, but oh – those gusty winds were challenging. Most launches were made on A and B motors to keep recovery chances at their best, but still there were a few trees snagging rockets and many recoveries made in the adjacent fields beyond the tree line. The event saw a very good turnout, and for the day there were a total of 122 launches accomplished. A lot of new families came out and had their first flights with plenty of help provided by the club’s more experienced members.
Of special note was flight by the team “The Flying Nuggets” of their scratch-built Buff Chicken (egg payload) ARC competition test flight with a F15-4 for power. Kevin Boyd launched his Estes Super Bid Bertha on an E20-4, and Kevin Scholberg flew his scratch-built Nike Z-Fin on an E16-4 and his Quadraporte on a cluster of two E12-4s. Darren continued his scratch-built X-Wing test flights with Franken Wing on an E12-4 and his Dynastar Lexx Jet also on an E12-4.
All-in-all a very good launch event with a lot of great spectator activity to entice new club memberships and continued participation in upcoming events. Event photos by Kevin Boyd [here]. Some additional photos from the event [here].
Motor Ignition Counts:
A – 49
B – 39
C – 18
D – 9
E – 7
F – 1
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