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WSR Launch, Dayton, OH - September 19, 2020
Made 15 flights on the day, (or 14.5,) to set a new personal record. Still shooting for that 200 mark if I can get a few decent days at B6-4 Field. The half flight today occurred when the sustainer in the Estes Scorpion failed to light. It came down in a flat spin and landed without damage. Lost my El Gato cluster when it kicked right off the pad on a 2xC6-5 flight. It was almost out of the park when it ejected and the huge reef hole didn't help. Last seen over the biker bar across the street. My Screw Loose/Buffalo Wings and Rings did several loops before crashing to the ground on the flightline, almost at my feet. Badly damaged, but it will fly again. On A8-3s. The Estes Sky-Hi caught the road on recovery and wound up with a nasty zipper on a B6-0/B6-6 flight. Probably not fixable, but it was an eBay rescue anyway. Ten of the fifteen flights were first flight birds, so I got some new ones on the books.
The lineup: Custom Rockets - Aztec A8-5+A8-0 Semroc - Taurus B6-4 Mega Goon - Hareus Humongous D12-5 Semroc - Mini-Hustler B6-4 Estes - Sky-Hi B6-0+B6-6 Semroc - Egg Crate 2xC6-5 Estes - Vindicator C6-5 Estes - Falcon Commander C6-5 Estes - Dune Guild Heighliner B6-6 Semroc - S.P.E.V. C6-5 Estes - Patriot M104 RTF C6-5 Fishhead Rocketry - Buffalo Wings and Rings C6-3 Fishhead Rocketry - El Gato 2xC6-5 Estes - Sequoia A3-4 Estes - Scorpion B6-0
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Bill Eichelberger NAR 79563 http://wallyum.blogspot.com/ I miss being SAM 0058 Build floor: Centuri Mini Dactyl Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Marauder, Shrike, SST Shuttle In paint: Canaroc Starfighter Scorpion Estes F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II Semroc Cyber III Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark, Groonie Der V 1/2 |
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Sounds like a good day on the field. What’s your altitude estimate on your Egg Crate flight?
Earl
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Wow, busy day, and your flight totals for the year are amazing. I flew in January and March, and I don't think I broke 10 flights total. Looks like we are shut down until it either rains or snows (the latter more likely). I’ll keep building, I guess ...
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I've been out more often than usual and my score is less than 40 flights this season. 200 is impressive!
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I wrote down 800', but I'm really lousy at estimating.
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Bill Eichelberger NAR 79563 http://wallyum.blogspot.com/ I miss being SAM 0058 Build floor: Centuri Mini Dactyl Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Marauder, Shrike, SST Shuttle In paint: Canaroc Starfighter Scorpion Estes F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II Semroc Cyber III Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark, Groonie Der V 1/2 |
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If I was going to have a 20+ flight day, it would have been yesterday. Crowds were sparse, but I didn't get much time to prep on Friday night like I usually do. We're dogsitting for the kids and I didn't find the time to sneak downstairs to prep. I had a few done from my attempts at sneaking up to B6-4 Field, so it was just a matter of slipping a bigger motor in, but not many. It was pretty windy when we started yesterday, and I initially didn't trust anything larger than a B6, but I got over that once the winds settled.
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Bill Eichelberger NAR 79563 http://wallyum.blogspot.com/ I miss being SAM 0058 Build floor: Centuri Mini Dactyl Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Marauder, Shrike, SST Shuttle In paint: Canaroc Starfighter Scorpion Estes F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II Semroc Cyber III Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark, Groonie Der V 1/2 |
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Dumb luck on my part. I've actually been able to make 75% of the club launches this year, and while we were shut down I did a lot of flying on my own just to break up the monotony. It didn't really occur to me that I was having that big a season until late July or August. After that my flying luck went into the Port-a-john for a few weeks. A family funeral caused me to miss one weekend and B6-4 Field was suddenly packed with people for late season tournaments.
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Bill Eichelberger NAR 79563 http://wallyum.blogspot.com/ I miss being SAM 0058 Build floor: Centuri Mini Dactyl Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Marauder, Shrike, SST Shuttle In paint: Canaroc Starfighter Scorpion Estes F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II Semroc Cyber III Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark, Groonie Der V 1/2 |
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Bill did anyone get a lift off shot of the Semroc Egg Crate on the 2xC6-5 cluster? I just picked up a Semroc Egg Crate from a seller in Canada. Very interesting kit with the different interchangeable motor mounts.
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I've got some stills from my phone vid.
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Bill Eichelberger NAR 79563 http://wallyum.blogspot.com/ I miss being SAM 0058 Build floor: Centuri Mini Dactyl Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Marauder, Shrike, SST Shuttle In paint: Canaroc Starfighter Scorpion Estes F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II Semroc Cyber III Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark, Groonie Der V 1/2 |
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I am seriously thinking about bumping either my newly acquired Semroc Egg Crate or my Centurion-F parts kit Randy Boadway helped me with to the top of the build pile. I do plan to procure the parts from Randy to make a second alternate longer payload section for my Semroc Egg Crate. Similar to the one on the bottom of this EMRR page in white with the paint can next to it. Not sure if the link will work the images seem to change every time I visit for some reason. Every time I reload the page a different image comes up. One of these might be from your article I see you have your recent flight data here too. https://www.rocketreviews.com/semroc---egg-crate.html I have the parts in my cart I just haven't pulled the trigger on it yet ..... Edit: If the picture doesn't come up at the link I posted it here of the longer payload look. The decals on the bottom body tube should be in opposite positions but I do like the alternate longer look too. [Sorry, I can't give photo credit I don't know who this model belongs to]
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