SOUTHERN COLORADO ROCKETEERS
	LAUNCH DEBRIEFING April 26, 2003
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	by Ben Taylor
	Max and I arrived at PMI at around 9:00 a.m. A large crowd of participants were already assembled waiting for us to set up. Pueblo Motorsports Park was unusually busy with several events going on in addition to the normal weekend bikers. Max and I decided to get out of the traffic lanes and move a few hundred yards to the west onto the flat land. The turned out to be a great idea, as bikers have no need for flat land. Thus our launch was undisturbed.
	The weather at the launch site was in the low 40s with a slight breeze and overcast skies. We started the first rack at around 9:15 or so. There were 85 rockets launched between 9:15 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Nearly five hours of constant launches…wow it was great! At mid morning the temp rose in the 80s.
	Bill Moore and I flew multi-stage rockets for the first time. Bill's flew nicely, while mine needed a longer ejection delay.
	Mad Max flew his Multi Roc with Glider. The glider caught several thermals and raced around in an impressive aeral display for 32.37 seconds. It was a real treat to see. Building a glider will certainly be on my list to build.
	Rick brought out his arsenal of custom rockets. All flight high, straight and normal, as well as having professional looking paint jobs. Ken really has a talent on finishing touches.
	A unexpected treat was watching one of Bill Moore's masterpieces: The Giant Easter Egg. I just doesn't look like it could fly, but it did so -- Most impressive.
	Jason Unwin and Mad Max flew impressive egg loft rockets, while Bill's got scrambled. Fortunately, the egg was wrapped in plastic, toast not included.
	Rick's Silver Comet had an impressive CATO at engine start, sending the motor about 200' into the air, while the rocket body slipped back to the launch pad. While not good for the rocket, it was a really cool display. Caulk it up to another Estes D12 engine stored in freezing weather.
	We had noise makers, too. The TaylorMailer-1 was the loudest in memory and enveloped the both launch racks in a blue plume of smoke. It veered in a N.W. direction and for a moment I thought it was going to duplicate Bill's WartHog cruise missle flight.
	There was something for everyone's taste: Egg Loft, Funny rockets, single stage, multi-stage, clustered, single and clustered large rockets. All in all an excellent outting.
	SCORE NAR SECTION #632
	LAUNCH REPORT:  RACK# 1
	Date:  4-26-2003		Location:  Pueblo Sports Motor Park
	Weather: Overcast, Mild Breeze
	PAD	ROCKET	ENGINE	NAME	COMMENTS
	1	Dagger	B-6-4	Curtis Lane	31.76
	2	Dagger	B-6-4	Brandon Thomas	23.40
	3	Dagger	B-6-4	Jason Jones	32.25
	4	Dagger	B-6-4	Zackery Bainbridge	36.78
	5	Dagger	B-6-4	Zaven Navel	44.00
	6	Dagger	B-6-4	Alex Lane	25.19
	7	Dagger	B-6-4	Ben Calderia	D.Q. Lost nose cone
	8	Dagger	B-6-4	Allen Taylor	31.37
	9	Dagger	B-6-4	Mark Chwaltwald	D.Q. Separation
	10	TaylorMailer-1	F-20-7W X2	Ben Taylor	Not a straight Flight, Launch rod diameter to large and Parachute disintegrated on ejection
	SCORE NAR SECTION #632
	LAUNCH REPORT: Rack# 2
	Date:  4-26-2003		Location:  Pueblo Sports Motor Park
	Weather:  Overcast, Mild Breeze
	PAD	ROCKET	ENGINE	NAME	COMMENTS
	1	Geo Sat	C6	Rick
	2	Nightwing	C6	Rick
	3	Silver Comet	D12-5	Rick	CATO
	4	Custom Built	A-8-3	Jason Unwin
	5	Rampage	B6-4	Jason Unwin
	6	Multi-Rocket /w Glider	B6-4	Mad Max	32.37
	7	Screaming Mini	D12	Bill	Separation
	8	Rampage	C6-5	Alan
	9	Mini Galactic	C6	Josh
	10	Mustang	F20-7W	Ben Taylor
	SCORE NAR SECTION #632
	LAUNCH REPORT: Rack# 3
	Date:  4-26-2003		Location:  Pueblo Sports Motor Park
	Weather:  Overcast, Mild Breeze
	PAD	ROCKET	ENGINE	NAME	COMMENTS
	1	Rampage	B6-4	Curtis Lane	21.40
	2	Rampage	B6-4	Mark Chatterwald	32.07
	3	Rampage	B6-4	Alex Lane	No Ignition
	4	Rampage	B6-4	Zack Bainbridge	25.43
	5	Gemini D.C.	?	Rick	No Ignition
	6	Cruise Missle	A-10-3T	Max
	7	Rampage	A-10-3T	Allen Taylor	22.33
	8	Rampage	A-10-3T	Brandon Thomas	28.56
9	Menace	C6-5	Tash
10	Giant Easter Egg	E9-4	Bill	About the size of a basketball, flew surprisingly well
SCORE NAR SECTION #632
LAUNCH REPORT:  RACK#  4
Date:  4-26-2003		Location:  Pueblo Sports Motor Park
Weather:  Overcast, Mild Breeze
PAD	ROCKET	ENGINE	NAME	COMMENTS
1	Rampage	B-6-4	Jason Jones	Separation
2	Bumble Bee	A-8-3	Bill Moore
3	Rampage	B-6-4	Alex Lane	16.81
4	Courier	C-6-3	Jason Unwin
5	Express	C-11-0/D-12-5	Ben Taylor	Ejection delay too short, chute tangled in fins, hard landing -- No damage
6	Antores	A-8-3	Max
7	Rampage	B-6-4	Ben Caldera	Separation
8	Red Max	C-6-3	Carl
9	Rampage	B-6-4	John Colten	15.00
10	Mega Machum	D-12	Rick
SCORE NAR SECTION #632
LAUNCH REPORT:  RACK# 5
Date:  4-26-2003		Location:  Pueblo Sports Motor Park
Weather:  Partly Cloudy, moderate Northern Breeze
PAD	ROCKET	ENGINE	NAME	COMMENTS
1	Rampage	B-6-4	Mark Churchwell	27.89
2	Rampage	B-6-4	Curtis Lane	Separation
3	Twister	A-8-3	Mark Churchwell
4	Alpha	B-4-4	Mark Churchwell
5	Star Dart	A-8-3	Mark Churchwell
6	Rampage	B-6-4	Alex Lane	Separation
7	Rampage	B-6-4	Brandon	Separation
8	Ken's Custom	A-10-3-T	Ken
9	Custom	E-9-4	Ken Kraylen
10	V-2 Cluster	D-12 X3	Ben Taylor
SCORE NAR SECTION #632
LAUNCH REPORT: Rack# 6
Date:  4-26-2003		Location:  Pueblo Sports Motor Park
Weather:  Partly Cloudy, moderate breeze, warm 80 Deg. F
PAD	ROCKET	ENGINE	NAME	COMMENTS
1	Hi Flyer	A-8-3	Bill Moore	Separation
2	Courier	C-6-3	Jason Unwin	31.00
3	Rampage	B-4	Zack	Separation
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6	Antari	A-8-3	Mad Max	14.30
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9	Meteor		Ken
10	Aerotech Mustang	F-20-7W	Ben Taylor
SCORE NAR SECTION #632
LAUNCH REPORT: Rack# 7
Date:  4-26-2003		Location:  Pueblo Sports Motor Park
Weather:  Partly Cloudy, moderate breeze, warm 80 Deg. F
PAD	ROCKET	ENGINE	NAME	COMMENTS
1	?	B-6-4	Mark
2	Wizard	B-6-4	Mark
3	StarDart	B-6-4	Mark
4	Echo Star	C-6-0/C-6-5	Mark
5	Max Trax		Ken
6	Elite	C-6-5	Bill	D.Q. Separation
7	Nike Arrow	A-10-3-T	Max
8	Super Eagle	C-6-3	Kathleen Morris
9	Custom by Ken
10	Executioner, Cluster	C-6-5 x3	Ben Taylor
LAUNCH REPORT: Rack# 8
Date:  4-26-2003		Location:  Pueblo Sports Motor Park
Weather:  Partly Cloudy, 10 m.p.h. breeze, warm 83 Deg. F
PAD	ROCKET	ENGINE	NAME	COMMENTS
1	Echo Star	B6-0/A8-3	Bill Moore	Bill 1st Multi-stage -- Good Flight
2	Banshee	B6-4	Mad Max
3	Screw Machine	C-6-5	Bill Moore
4	E2X	B-6-4	Ken
5	E2X	B-6-4	Ken
6	BIG BERTHA	C-6-3	Jason Unwin
7	Rampage	C-6-5	Debby
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10	V-2 Cluster	D-12 X3	Ben Taylor
SCORE NAR SECTION #632
LAUNCH REPORT: Rack# 9
Date:  4-26-2003		Location:  Pueblo Sports Motor Park
Weather:  sunny, steady breeze, warm 84 Deg. F
PAD	ROCKET	ENGINE	NAME	COMMENTS
1	Nananono	B-6-2	Bill Moore	46.94
2	Rampage	C-6-5	Allen Taylor
3	Mini Gallaxy	B-6-4	Halley
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5	Goliath	B-6-4	Ken
6	BIG BERTHA		Jason Unwin
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8	E2X	B-6-4	Ken
9	Ken's Custom	B-6-4	Ken
10	Sizzler	B-6-2	Bill Moore
SCORE NAR SECTION #632
LAUNCH REPORT: Rack# 10
Date:  4-26-2003		Location:  Pueblo Sports Motor Park
Weather:  Mostly sunny, steady breeze, hot 85 Deg. F
PAD	ROCKET	ENGINE	NAME	COMMENTS
1
2	Goliath	B-6-4	Ken
3	Big Bertha	C-6-5	Jason Unwin
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5	Nova Star	D-12-3	Carl
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