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Name: Gary Dahlke
Certification Level: 3
Rocket Name: Quantum Leap 6
Kit or Scratch Built?: Scratch
Height: 11 ft. 5 in.
Diameter: 6 in.
Weight: 42 lbs.
Primary Construction Materials: Fiberglass
Motors: 1 Aerotech L900
Electronics: PerfectFlite StratoLogger X2 Additional Onboard Electronics,
(GPS, Cameras, Etc.)*: Communications Specialists RF Locator; Transolve Mini
TransBeep Recovery Devices: Sky Angle Cert 3 XXL at 800 ft.
Expected Altitude: 3800 ft.
First Flight?: No
Rail Buttons: 1515, Unistrut
Name: Trip Barber
NAR or TRA Number: 4322
Certification Level: 3
Rocket Name: Thumper
Kit or Scratch Built?: Kit (Polecat)
Height: 96 inches
Diameter: 10 inches
Weight: 59 pounds with M motor
Primary Construction Materials: Fiber tube covered with fiberglass, plywood fins fiberglassed
Motors: Aerotech M1845
Electronics: 2 Perfectflite Stratologgers
Additional Onboard Electronics, (GPS, Cameras, Etc.)*:
Recovery Devices: drogue plus 14 foot main at 1000
Expected Altitude: 5600 ft
First Flight?: No
Rail Buttons: 1515
Additional Notes: This was my Level 3 cert rocket in 2012 and this will be its 7th flight, all successful and all went between 5300 and 5600 feet.
Name: Trip Barber
NAR or TRA Number: 4322
Certification Level: 3
Rocket Name: Silver Arrow
Kit or Scratch Built?: Scratch
Height: 100.5 inches
Diameter: 5.15 inches
Weight: 41 pounds with M motor
Primary Construction Materials: fiberglass body, nose, and fins
Motors: Aerotech M2400
Electronics: 2 Perfectflite Stratologgers
Additional Onboard Electronics, (GPS, Cameras, Etc.)*: Featherweight GPS
Recovery Devices: drogue plus 8 foot main at 700
Expected Altitude: 13,800 ft
First Flight?: No
Rail Buttons: 1515
Additional Notes: Flew once previously on a K1275 to test all onboard systems. Trying to go past Mach 1 with this!
Name: Everett Stowe
NAR or TRA Number: 92177
Certification Level: 2
Rocket Name: Saturn V Project / Apollo 8
Kit or Scratch Built?: Scratch Built
Height: 14 feet
Diameter: 16 inches
Weight: 55 lbs
Primary Construction Materials: 6 layers of heavy cardstock laminated together, fiberglass, bass wood, solid resin capsule
Motors: (1) K700, (2) I211, (2) H123 -5 motor cluster
Electronics: MAD – Magnetic Apogee Detector
Additional Onboard Electronics, (GPS, Cameras, Etc.)*: Camera, Altimeter
Recovery Devices: (1) 10 dia parachute (1) 15 dia parachute
Expected Altitude: 1000 ft
First Flight?: No
Rail Buttons: 1010
Additional Notes: This Saturn V model rocket was featured in the Sport Rocketry Magazine May/June 2017 issue. She has been flown 5 times. She features a (5) motor cluster since the Saturn V had (5) F1 Engines. She is flown in honor of NASA’s Apollo 8 mission from December 1968.
Name: Stanley Speegle
NAR or TRA Number: 5808
Certification Level: 3
Rocket Name: Elijah 354 Boosted
Kit or Scratch Built?: Stratch
Height: 11ft
Diameter: 3
Weight: 14.5
Primary Construction Materials: fiberglass
Motors: k400 & k660
Electronics: Blue Raven, AltusMetum Easy Mini
Recovery Devices: Booster motor ejection, Sustainer dual dual deploy
Expected Altitude: 13,500
First Flight?: No
Rail Buttons: 1010, Unistrut
Additional Notes: Have selected1010 rail but will use custom tower launcher. The file uploaded is an Open Rocket file but the web page will not allow the upload of an Open Rocket file.
Name: Charles Hakes
NAR or TRA Number: 19094
Certification Level: 2
Rocket Name: Sorta Manic II
Kit or Scratch Built?: Modified Madcow Mania
Height: 96″
Diameter: 4″
Weight: 11.5 kg
Primary Construction Materials: Fiberglass
Motors: Aerotech L1520
Electronics: TeleMega, StratologgerCF
Additional Onboard Electronics, (GPS, Cameras, Etc.)*: GoPro, Runcam4 split
Recovery Devices: Fruity Chutes 24″ drogues with 60″ Iris Ultra Main
Expected Altitude: 10,100′
First Flight?: No
Rail Buttons: 1515