Part 1
Bill with his 2-stage 24mm Rhino, ready for launch on a D12/E9 combination.
This is a view of Bill's table. There are a large number of FlisKits models to be seen!
Another view. Between these two pictures, I count 23 FlisKits models (out of 29...) Come on Bill! You're short a few! Sheesh!
This is our booth on Friday morning shortly after we set up.
Doug does his duty on the range. The first to refer to the low power pads as "FlisKits pads". Way to go, Doug!
Adam with his Wild D'ufo (an entry in the Deuce Bash contest)
One of the first HPR launches of the weekend
A nice shot of an Honest John on the away cell. For scale, you can see one of the crew to the left
Perfect launch! Lots of smoke and fire!
Perfect recovery too. No, the jet isn't as close as it looks. In fact, it wasn't even in our air space during launch.
I don't know who's this rocket belongs too, but this was a very cool launch pix
Adam's Wild D'ufo binds on the launch rod under the power of a single motor.
My Sprint'73 on her 482nd flight!
A lot of mid and high power flights this weekend. I don't have the names of the owners nor the rockets (or motors). If anyone can help I will update this album with the information.
My Tres on a triplet of C6-5 motors
This will give you an idea of how far I had to go to recover the Tres. That was a half mile walk!
These Skid-Mark motors are incredible!
Bill's 2-stage Rhino take to the air! Now, she weather cocked quite a bit and when the sustainer lit, she was nearly horizontal and the long burn E9 motor simply sent this model far, FAR away!
Drake (Doc) Damerau with his Orbital Sciences GQM 163a "Coyote"
Here's an HPR on the away cell. Looks something like an upscale Big Bertha.
The Decaffeinator on pad 8
Doc's GQM-163a Coyote ready on the away cell
Beautiful launch, drag separation with an air start sustainer and altimeter controlled deployment.
Everything worked perfectly too!
Here is Doc and crew returning with the different sections.
Doug Gardei's Ladyrobin with an AMW J230 Skidmark motor!
Kathy reading at the booth. Oddly, we were never very busy at our booth during this event.
Another HPR takes to the air
Bill and I drag race our A.C.M.E. Spitfire kits. Even though Bill's Spitfire spent a week atop a tree in the rain, his turned in a better flight!
Tony Vincent's Thrustline Aerospace Astral Lance on a D12-7
Bill and his son Billy get the Richter Recker ready for launch
Whoa there, baby....
"Lookit'er go!", says Bill as the Richter Recker screams with a triplet of D12 motors
Perfect deployment and recovery too!
This young lady and her daughter have the most beautiful Rhino along with an A.C.M.E. Spitfire, dubed the "Aluminum Accident"
Here's a better view of the Rhino, called the "Climbing Vine", if I recall correctly
A close up showing the details of the hand painted vines. Simply beautiful!
(Planet) Andy Turits shows off his Stingray just before a flight!
Another HPR launch on a Blue-Baboon motor.
A nice recovery shot showing the complexity of an HPR recovery setup.
This boy just loved his Rhino!
A shot of the flight line on Saturday. The lines only got real long a couple of times.
A view looking south from our booth
Looking north from our booth.
PlanetAndy's Stingray takes to the air! You can see my 2-stage Pheord X-150 with an Athena sustainer on pad 15
Next up was the Decaffeinator foam cup rocket! You will note that Bill has added his 2-stage Pheord X-150 with Athena sustainer on the pad along side of mine
In one of the most unusual drag races ever, two Pheord X150 redneck pickup saucers push-start Athena's into the air!
Here PlanetAndy shows off his beautifully finished Long OverDue
The "Aluminum Accident" takes to the air! On the other pad you can view QModeling's MRS-Viper and further, this is Proto-Type #2 build by Bob Cox!
These HPR flights were incredible!
As were the recoveries!
NERRF 2005
Part 1