I like the 3Kn200 contest. I'm in either way, but would open it up to more
flyers without the 12oz beverage. Its fun trying to pick a motor / rocket combo
to hit both of those numbers. I assume there will be sign-up lists coming out
for contests, volenteering and t-shirts?Thanks,Eric Hamilton------ Original
message------From: Gene EngelgauDate: Tue, Apr 23, 2019 6:30 PMTo:
tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;Cc: Subject:[tccrockets] Re: DairyAire ContestsOk yes,
good point. Let's drop the beer can, that will make it a lot easier. Sound
good?-G- RegardsGene EngelgauWeb: http://fruitychutes.com - Professional ;
Aerospace Recovery SystemsFacebook: facebook.com/fruitychutesTwitter:
@fruitychutesCell: 408-499-9050On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 5:22 PM James Dougherty
<jafrado@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Thanks Gene, I know; I posted the article - you did
that at XPRS 2013 also!The comments I got last year was that the 12oz can of
beer & 3k put this out of the limit of a lot of the L1 fliers.so ... we wanted
to mi
x it up a bit, but yeah, even J may be too much and we don't want stuff
drifting out to Canada! :-)Open for suggestions as always ...On Tue, Apr 23,
2019 at 5:12 PM Gene Engelgau <gene.engelgau@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:At LDRS I did the
3Kn200 contest, 3000ft altitude, 200 seconds duration, and you fly a 12 oz can
of beer or other beverage. That keeps the rockets closer. Folks seemed to like
it.I have a 20ft Iris canopy I can loft otherwise. It will land in
Canada!-Gene- RegardsGene EngelgauWeb: http://fruitychutes.com - Professional ;
Aerospace Recovery SystemsFacebook: facebook.com/fruitychutesTwitter:
@fruitychutesCell: 408-499-9050On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 3:22 PM James Dougherty
<jafrado@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:We won't be flying any of those. The idea is to
*descend*.On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 2:43 PM Eric Renger <ericrenger@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:Gene, did you have a suggestion for a chute-related contest? Something
like a precision 200-second flight duration? Or something similar to that? How
wou
ld you suggest doing it?I can do a longest-duration contest, but I am also
concerned about excessive drift. I’ve got chutes that might NEVER come down.
Some are big enough to catch thermals and actually ascend, even with a10-pound
rocket. Eric On Apr 22, 2019, at 3:17 PM, Gene Engelgau
<gene.engelgau@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:I think this can lead to lost rockets? If we
have precision duration at a altitude then it's more about the parachute sizing
and proper motor selection.Just a thought...-G- RegardsGene EngelgauWeb:
http://fruitychutes.com - Professional Aerospace Recovery SystemsFacebook: ;
facebook.com/fruitychutesTwitter: @fruitychutesCell: 408-499-9050On Mon, Apr
22, 2019 at 3:05 PM James Dougherty <jafrado@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:It's total
duration.You need a logging altimeter, and this event will be open to H and
above.On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 2:09 PM Eric Renger <ericrenger@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:Sounds great! For parachute duration, is that the entire flight duration?
Or slowest d
escent rate? I’m curious about the details of exactly how it will work and
what we would need to show to the judge. Thanks!Eric On Apr 22, 2019, at 12:35
PM, James Dougherty <jafrado@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Hey folks, Someone asked the
question, and it's a good one, for DA we have the below lined up:Presidents
Challenge - closest but does not exceed 16,800. Winner gets their motor of
choice. Only one per Launch (some folks have one and got ridiculous prizes -
like M's)Altitude Challenge(s) - 5K, 10K, 15K - winner takes all per heat -
$20 and up to 10 people per class, 50% match from Club!Parachute Duration -
longest hang time wins - similar to 2. Nightflight - best and most spectacular
Night flightAll of the above we end up having winners, usually great donations
from our vendors and the club support make this a hugefun and successful event.
Last big 3-day, we also had sponsors for some of the events. I'm really excited
about 4. Nightflight and 2/3 was killer and honestly some of
the 1. launches are amazing.
