[tccrockets] Re: Lost Hybrid
- From: Karl Baumheckel <karlbaum@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 12:38:01 +0000 (UTC)
I agree with James. If I had known that you had lost a rocket I would have
loaded up a few vehicles with scouts and scoured that area. Young people are
always excited to earn a reward and they have keen eyes if you tell them what
to look for which is the tail cone/ colors and or hole in the ground. In June
you can solicit volunteers. It will be more productive to search the cool
hours of the day. Depending on the send rate of the GPS it could be within an
acre of the coordinates. I would search in rows a quarter mile long and zig
zag back and forth in tight rows.
Karl
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Dougherty" <jafrado@xxxxxxxxx>
To: tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 11:15:14 PM
Subject: [tccrockets] Re: Lost Hybrid
So start there with 4 people, 1 per quadrant, if it deployed you will find it
But Mike, if it came in hot and lakestaked it would be buried
We had this happen to Terry's G3 and it was never found, I have been out to the
grape fields a few times at Davis and there has never been a sign of it ...
Build a new rocket ;-)
Sent from my iPhone
On May 22, 2012, at 10:42 PM, mike bailey < aerofabb@xxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:
The last known GPS coordinates were: N 36 degree 29.671'
W 120 degree 08.123'
Its showed it was NW 1.06 miles from launch site. I drove a circles around
the last point but didn't see any crater or the remains of the rocket and drove
1 mile along the projected flight path with no luck.
-----Original Message-----
From: Gene Engelgau < gene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
To: tccrockets < tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >
Sent: Tue, May 22, 2012 5:33 am
Subject: [tccrockets] Re: Lost Hybrid
Sorry to hear that Mike, I've been there as well with a distraction causing a
critical step to be missed....
-G
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 11:33 PM, mike bailey < aerofabb@xxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:
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I wasn't able to find my hybrid that was launched Saturday. Its the rocket
that's yellow and black that flew on a L575
hypertek motor. I know it came in ballistic, I put my trust in someone who I
asked to bring the ladder and in the process of trying to figure out why the
fill solenoid wouldn't open to fill it, I forgot all about needing the ladder
that I never got to arm my electronics. So If anyone has a picture of it or
video of the flight plz let me know, as this was my level 3 rocket last
flight. There is a $100.00 reward for anyone who finds the impact site, but
plz don't dig it out without me there, as the ejection charges may still be
active. I'm sure there wont be anything left that can survive a crash like
that and I think the whole rocket went into the ground since I couldn't find
anything sticking out, and the ground out there was soft. So if anyone saw
where it crashed or have a video showing its flight I would sure appreciate it
if you can post it or email me a copy of it.
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