Vince Catalano's Extreme
Vince is with Tripoli Las Vegas and
has been Level III for almost 2 years. He flew "Extreme"
at ROC Stock last June on a full L. Vince has previously flown
this rocket with M1939 and M1419 motors. After the World's Largest
Level III Mega Event he will be retireing Extreme to a place
of honor at his local hobby shop.
Extreme stands 120-Inches tall and is 5.5-Inches in dia. She
weighs in at 34 lbs. with a baby M motor. Should be quite a performer.
John
Coker's OTRAG 28% Scale model
"I wanted to try my hand at clustering and after looking over the same old rockets again, I discovered something new". The OTRAG was Germany's only solo rocket venture and it was ultimately unsuccessful. However, it was a very unusual looking rocket and would make a great model for clustering with its main body of four tubes.
Four M1315s would give this rocket 26,753Ns (6012lbs.) of total impulse, yet it would stay fairly low to the ground being essentialy a 9" rocket. It could even be flown in California on four L1120s for 19,882Ns (4468lbs.) of total impulse. (The maximum engine class for California is "M" and the limit for clusters in an "N".)
"I'm having problems with my
project, though. Even with a 9" body, I
can't keep the altitude low enough. I asked Rick if we could
get a higher
waiver for the event. I won't know exactly until I get the final
weight,
but RockSim predicts 17,000+ plus. Sigh. I wonder if we have
any chance of
20k' for this day?"
Kurt Gugisberg & Big Purple
Big Purple has now grown to 11' 6"
tall by 6" diameter with the addition of the video camara
section. It has a single 75mm motor mount and is capable of using
any of the 75mm motors. The four fins are 1/8" G-10 fiberglass,
the airframe is fiberglassed flexible phenolic. It uses two Blacksky
Altaccs for revcovery. It was originally rigged for dual deployment
(and can be converted back to that with the removal of the camera
section) and is now set only for apogee deployment so that it
can get the longest hang time for the camera taping. The video
system is so aligned as to stay in the right-side-up position
throughout the entire flight. The three chute system (custom
made by Pricilla's Chutes) is designed to stabalize the rocket
body to prevent spinning during decent. "Did I mention
that it is purple?"
Kelly Smith & 1/2 Scale Patriot
Missile
"I have always loved scale models
and my entry will be no exception".
Kelly's Mega Event Entry is a scratch built 1/2 Scale Patriot
Missile. This 9.5-Inch baby is 10 Feet Four and weighs in at
about 54 Lbs fully loaded.
It will Take to the skies on an Aerotech M1419 central motor
airstarting four J350 motors 2 seconds after main burnout. It
will be gently lowered to the dry lakebed on a Purple Rocket
Man R19 Parachute. Kelly will be using Olsen Altimeters with
Pratt RC for back-up recovery and second stage ignition.
John Eric Thompson & his 1/2 scale
Phoenix
"I have been in the hobby ever
since 1976. I Love this stuff".
John flies once a month at Ocotillo with Kevin Harnes of Tripoli
San Diego.
John's Phoenix will be flying either
on an M1419, or an M2400T.
The Phoenix is:
8 inches Diameter:
height: 100 inches
weight: 51 lbs.
expected altitude: 5,280 feet on M1419
This rocket features Blacksky Altacc avionics with a Pyro II
release mechanism for drogue to main deployment.
