Launch
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Launch
Launch Report for Saturday, September 29th, 2001
(Salvo 4)
Jean-Simon's Aerotech Arreaux on an Aerotech F22-5J
| Time at Liftoff: | 13:32:11 |
| Flight Duration in Seconds: | 54 |
Flight
602, 121st flight this year
Keith Bedard's Aerotech Arreaux on an Aerotech E16-4W for its 7th flight
| Time at Liftoff: | 13:32:15 |
| Flight Duration in Seconds: | 28 |
| With reloadable
motors just having been approved for sale here in Canada, we wanted to
start using them at our monthly launches. Both Jean-Simon & I
announced prior to this launch our intention to fly reloads today and to
hopefully be the first in the club to use a reloadable motor at a
monthly launch.
Since we were both flying Aerotech Arreaux's and both using RMS's, we decided to have a drag race. Jean-Simon's F22-5 Blackjack motor lit first and this was my first time seeing a Blackjack live. My E16-4 lit a few seconds afterwards and carried my Arreaux and its onboard Transroc II beeper into the air for a perfect flight and landing a couple hundred feet west of the pad. Jean-Simon's rocket got some serious altitude on that F22 for a super cool flight which unfortunately ended with a landing not too far into the corn field just beyond the recovery area. A detailed search was unable to find the rocket and the nearly as expensive 29mm reloadable motor casing. Although Jean-Simon lost the rocket, he now has the honor of being the first of our members to have used an RMS at a monthly launch. |
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Marc Ouellette's' Aerotech HV Arcas on an Aerotech F50-6T
| Time at Liftoff: | 13:34:18 |
| Flight Duration in Seconds: | 39 |
| Marc's nicely painted HV Arcas was next up on an F50-6 for a perfect flight and landing just west of the pad with the onboard beeper (a personal alarm bought from Canadian Tire) being clearly audible. | |
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Jacques Beauséjours' Estes Astrocam 110 on an Estes C6-7
| Time at Liftoff: | 13:35:17 |
| Flight Duration in Seconds: | 29 |
| Jacques' Astrocam 110 was up next on a C6-7... can hardly wait to see the photo! | |
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Richard Sylvain's scratch built contest rocket on an Aerotech F50-6T
| Time at Liftoff: | 13:37:14 |
| Flight Duration in Seconds: | 27 |
| Richard's nicely finished contest rocket was up next on an F50-6. Very nice flight with an unfortunate landing in the only power line in the area! | |
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Anthony Brohan's Estes Viking on an Estes C6-7
| Time at Liftoff: | 13:38:54 |
| Flight Duration in Seconds: | 31 |
| Anthony's Estes Viking was up next on a C6-7. He always flies this rocket on C6-7's and he always gets it back. Don't ask me how... | |
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