I almost didn't go to the NEFAR launch today, I was really on the fence.The weather said it was going to be cooler with 5 - 10 mph winds to the North.
Not many lower power fliers today. I sure got in my share of flights.
The BIG GIRTHA had a perfect launch with two Estes C6-5 engines.
Estimated altitude would be around 800 feet with no damage on recovery.
Jeff Capehart brought his 20 year old Estes Saros and Blue Bird Zero.
You can see the yellowed white paint on the Saros body.
The Saros flew with an A8-5 engine. That 5 second delay seemed quicker, though.
To the right is my refinished HONEST GOON. It had a perfect flight with an Estes C6-5 to about 600 feet.
The SCAVENGER was flown with an Estes E9-4 to an estimated 850 feet.
Even with a soft landing, one fin root edge broke loose and will be glued back.
That's Bill Stafford with the new Estes Firestorm and Booster-60.
I first thought this might have been one of the recalled Helios and Red Rider.
This combo was very stable with no problems staging.
The booster held a D12-0, with a C6-5 in the sustainer.
A new BT-5 carded downscale was tested, the Centuri BANDITO.
Very stable and quite high for it's first flight with an Estes 1/2A3-4t engine.
The streamer will have to be replaced though.
Mike Orpi launched a beautifully built Semroc Space Shuttle with a C6-3.
The flight was short. It seemed to get a bit of rod whip and spiraled into the ground.
I remember it was hard to get a straight boost with these when Centuri first produced the kit in the mid 1970s.
Rob Guarriello brought out an original Estes Maxi-Brute Honest John.
With the D12-3 engine the boost was slow and majestic.
The model arced over the flight line to an altitude of about 200' before ejecting two large parachutes.
My also flowns:
CHEROKEE GOON on a Quest B6-4 to 400'. The parachute ejected but not the wadding!
Quest RAPTOR with and Estes C6-5. I was going to retire this battered model but pushed another flight out of it.
The BIG GIRTHA had a perfect launch with two Estes C6-5 engines.
Estimated altitude would be around 800 feet with no damage on recovery.
Jeff Capehart brought his 20 year old Estes Saros and Blue Bird Zero.
You can see the yellowed white paint on the Saros body.
The Saros flew with an A8-5 engine. That 5 second delay seemed quicker, though.
To the right is my refinished HONEST GOON. It had a perfect flight with an Estes C6-5 to about 600 feet.
The SCAVENGER was flown with an Estes E9-4 to an estimated 850 feet.
Even with a soft landing, one fin root edge broke loose and will be glued back.
That's Bill Stafford with the new Estes Firestorm and Booster-60.
I first thought this might have been one of the recalled Helios and Red Rider.
This combo was very stable with no problems staging.
The booster held a D12-0, with a C6-5 in the sustainer.
A new BT-5 carded downscale was tested, the Centuri BANDITO.
Very stable and quite high for it's first flight with an Estes 1/2A3-4t engine.
The streamer will have to be replaced though.
Mike Orpi launched a beautifully built Semroc Space Shuttle with a C6-3.
The flight was short. It seemed to get a bit of rod whip and spiraled into the ground.
I remember it was hard to get a straight boost with these when Centuri first produced the kit in the mid 1970s.
Rob Guarriello brought out an original Estes Maxi-Brute Honest John.
With the D12-3 engine the boost was slow and majestic.
The model arced over the flight line to an altitude of about 200' before ejecting two large parachutes.
My also flowns:
CHEROKEE GOON on a Quest B6-4 to 400'. The parachute ejected but not the wadding!
Quest RAPTOR with and Estes C6-5. I was going to retire this battered model but pushed another flight out of it.
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