FWIW, I plan on pulling the trailer on Saturday. I expect to be at the Atlas site by 8:30 so we will be ready to go at 9AM. Weather is suppose to be good with temps in the 50's for a high.

Sounds as if a group of students from the School of Mines are planning on visiting and flying a few projects. Apparently, they also need to do some community service or something so they'll help with set up or tear down or flight ops for the day.

And we might get a visit from the Broomfield Civil Air Patrol squadron. They are touring the Missile Silo in Greeley and planning on visiting our launch sometime afternoon. Hopefully the W stuff - that's weather vernacular for air flow - won't materialize until very late in the day.

School of Mines Rocket club has changed plans and will attend the April launch at the North Site. Civil Air Patrol is still planning to attend.

Bring your low power birds and jump into the Alphabet Bribery contest! $20 in cash appreciated, but I'll take checks.

Your Contest Manager,
Chad Moore

I know that there was a paper passed out at the club meet, but can someone post them on the webpage? I am terrible at losing paper and after tearing my office apart just now, I am convinced the gnomes have stolen them.

Kevin

Alphabet Bribery Rules have been posted on this web page - from home page, click on the right hand column article.

We missed you at the launch today Joe, but we managed to muddle along. Great weather, sunshine, a bit of wind (not too much), and good skies for visual tracking of rockets. A few memorable flights, including one K motor (Baby on Board) and a J to J two stager.

Bear and I made some progress on the Alphabet contest.

My 4th E in the Alphabet did a really great CATO. It just got off the pad when it blew out both ends, removed the motor mount, fractured the fin mounts and started a little grass fire from grass growing out of cracks in the asphalt.
The chute came out, the rocket landed, but it is a hollow tube now. Bummer. I guess I can pay my $5 and continue on with the "E's", or is this procedure incorrect.

A photographer friend of mine tagged along yesterday (some of you met Ray),, and since Mike wasn't there, here's a few pictures he took. He told me I could share the link..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46635915@N02/sets/72157632902717508/

Enjoy...

My 4th E in the Alphabet did a really great CATO. It just got off the pad when it blew out both ends, removed the motor mount, fractured the fin mounts and started a little grass fire from grass growing out of cracks in the asphalt.
The chute came out, the rocket landed, but it is a hollow tube now. Bummer. I guess I can pay my $5 and continue on with the "E's", or is this procedure incorrect.

Bear, for D-E-F redos it is $10. You can pick up again with the 4th E.

What motor Cato'd? I pressed the launch button for a few E-28s yesterday that had a very hard start with a few AP fragments leaving the nozzle.

A photographer friend of mine tagged along yesterday (some of you met Ray),, and since Mike wasn't there, here's a few pictures he took. He told me I could share the link..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46635915@N02/sets/72157632902717508/

Enjoy...

Thank you for these pictures. I was too nervous and busy to worry about pictures of my L2 cert flight (the purple orange and yellow rocket). I hope I can steal these for my own use. JackMatt - Does your friend sell the full-res versions? I'd like to get those if possible. He can contact me at david[at]thepinters.com Thanks again for the link.

Chad,
It was an Estes E9-6. Guess I will be going back to the AT ones that I have.
Guess I will be doing a $10 do-over in April. If you are not there, I will try to give the money to Joe unless you want me to mail it.

- Does your friend sell the full-res versions?

Dave - I'm sure you can work a deal with Ray. I sent him your contact information,,, he travels a bit, so if you don't hear from him in a few days, PM me and I'll give him a call on his cell and see if he's interested.