CMASS - Amesbury

Robert DeHate launches his M Motor Eater with an AMW K950 ST. Looking at the weather report the night before the last launch of the year, I decided that I was not going to fly any High Power rockets. It looked like it was going be very cold and windy, and I didn’t feel like prepping them the night before, and finding out at the launch that the weather was to bad to launch them. So instead, I took a couple hours that night and prepped several low power rockets. Saturday morning I was actually able to get to Amesbury early to get my stuff set up and to participate in the setup of the range. Greg from the Nashua Hobbytown USA was there, and I shared my booth with him so he could sell some Estes motors and several Aerotech motors. Jim said on the rocketry forum, “All the real die-hard nuts, er I mean rocketeers showed up early and sat on their hands, each looking to the other "you gonna fly first?", "nope, you?"... LOL.” He was right on the money. People were reluctant to launch. I finally stepped up to the pad, and after a moment of figuring out why the launcher had no power, I took the honors of the first flight and made fourteen more throughout the day. My main flight of the day was my brand new Aerotech Sumo, which I flew with a brand new RMS 29/40-120 motor, loaded with a fresh from Aerotech G71-4R motor. The Sumo was so new, it did not have any paint on it yet. Aerotech just sent me all of this because my first Sumo and its motor got damaged when the first G71 I tried catoed. There were other cool flights during the day, By far the coolest flight of the day was Robert DeHates M-Motor-Eater which launched on a K950ST. Another cool flight was Mike from Cosmodrome who launched his Nike Smoke with a G35 Econojet motor. I miss those motors. Doug Gardei's Flights Estes Lucky Seven A10-3T Chute did not fully deploy. Aft Bulkhead blew out. Estes Firehawk 1/2A3-4T Hot ejection charge roasted the top of the motor. Caused parachute to tangle on itself. no damage. Estes Jinx A10-3T Igniter shorted first try. Perfect Flight. Estes Moondog A10-3T Igniter smoked first try. Perfect Flight. Semroc Lil Ivan Quest B6-4 Perfect Flight. Snapped a fin off when I accidentally stepped on it. Estes Speed Freak B4-4 Measured 38.4 mph. Broke a fin on landing. Estes Outlaw B4-4 Great flight. Also broke a fin on landing. Sunward Phoenix C6-3 Flew away like a kite in the wind. Recovered in the thick bushes next to the woods. Did not have to walk to far because a young girl saw it and had it in her hands by the time I crossed the fence. Estes Astrocam C6-5 Perfect Flight. Quest Nike K Quest C6-5 Perfect Flight. Estes Cluster Bomb D13-4W. Perfect flight. Landed on the other side of the woods in the prickly weeds of the frozen swamp. Estes D-Region Tomahawk F12-5J The delay was way longer than seconds! Deployed about 20 feet from the ground. No damage. Aerotech Sumo G71-4R PERFECT FLIGHT! This was the warranty replacement for the Sumo G71 cato I had a couple months ago. LOC "Hotel Express" G61-6W Aerotech . First flight of my RMS 38/120 motor. PERFECT! Trimmed the delay just right. PML Bul Puppy RR F45-5R Major whiplash but great flight! When I got back from the long recovery, they were wrapping up the launch. Pictures :) The Vikings are coming! Mike from Cosmodrome poses with his Nike Smoke. He has it loaded with a G35 Econojet motor. I miss those motors. Greg from the Nashua Hobbytown USA sets up a small shop on my table. A pumpkin rocket takes off. This rocket had an interesting flight. My NIKE-K takes off with a Quest C6-5. My Sunward Phoenix takes off with a C6-3. My Estes D-Region Tomahawk takes off with an Aerotech F12 Blackjack motor. My brand new Aerotech Sumo takes off with a G71-4R. The Sumo, G71 and the motor hardware were sent to me from Aerotech after my first G71 catoed. Nice looking rocket takes off with a White Lightning motor. Probabily a H123. An LOC Graduator takes off with what I believe is an Aerotech F25 White Lightning motor. Return To The Top.