Rock It!

Member: James Sampayan

Club: AeroPAC

Altitude: 4 to 5,ooo'

Motor: H733

Project Goal: Just another gig in the high desert. Will play an encore flight of that classic tune "H73J". Maybe try to shred the solo of that other popular song, "I161W".

Mach 2 or Bust

Here you see her maiden flight on a N2850 Blue to Mach 2.2

Member: Steve Jurveston

Club(s): AeroPAC, TCC, Lunar, Rocket Mavericks

Altitude: 32,000' AGL

Motor: AMW 2801 Skidmark

Project Note: The 48" vintage Skidmark is a glorious motor. Much titanium sponge spewage to enjoy. I am looking forward to testing the BalloonBoy GPS tracking system.

Links:

My last N2801 for a sense of the plume

Slow mo video of the maiden flight

Carbon Assault

This photo was her maiden flight, hitting Mach 1.5 on a L935 Imax.

Member: Steve Jurveston

Club(s): AeroPAC, TCC, Lunar, Rocket Mavericks

Altitude: 14,000' AGL

Motors: K300, K1440 L640 dual thrust

Web Page

Minerva

Member: Aaron Stanley

Club(s): Lunar, AeroPAC, SARG

Motors: TBA

Altitude: 25-30,000' AGL

Project Goal: To break 20k

Gumby ARLISS

Members: Peter and Jamie Clay

Club: AeroPAC

Altitude: 12,000'

Motor: M 1419

Goal: To fly as many student projects as possible!

Pegasus

Member: James Dougherty

Club: AeroPAC

Altitude: 45,000' AGL

Motors: Aerotech N-1000, Ceseroni N-58000 CS

Project Goal: Test out new Real Flight Systems GPS-TWO rocket electronics && telemetry system. Test out multiple base-station/modem configurations. Test out air-frame and launch tower improvements. Have fun!

Project Note: Flew last year to over 42,000' AGL. Got some scratched paint and made a few tweaks for aerodynamics and weight reduction.

Tim the Rocket

Member: Sam Fineberg

Club: AeroPAC

Motor: CTI K260 Classic Long Burn

Altitude: 12,000' agl

Project Goal: My first time playing with K's. I have a K2045 to use as a warm up before I try to exceed 12K!

Details:

• Airframe: Performance Competitor 3
• Electronics: PerfectFlite StratoLogger
• Recovery Setup: drogueless at apogee, 60" Fruity Chute main at 600 ft.

Be Very Afraid

Member: Ken Biba

Club: AeroPAC

Motor: M1315

Altitude: 20,000' agl

Project Goal:

• 16 lb Bowling Ball
• Supersonic
• Dual Deploy
• 3" min diameter carbon airframe.

What more really needs to be said?

XPRSso Love

Member: Ken Biba

Club: AeroPAC

Motor: N1000

Altitude: 45,000' agl

Project Goal: Current N single stage record holder. Flying again ... just maybe to get that extra 1k'!

Dare to Rock

Member: Ken Biba

Club: AeroPAC

Motor: H180

Altitude: 2500 agl

Project Goal: A mini bowling ball rocket with a 2lb mini Elvis Presley "He Dared To Rock" bowling ball. Simply irresistible.

Kestrel

Member: Jason Trotter

Motors: D10-7 (1x), A10T-0 (6x)

Altitude: 1600'

Project Goal: This is my first self-designed rocket. It is a single stage, cluster. All 7 motors are minimum diameter, with a central 18mm and 6 outboard 13mm motors.

Project Note: This rocket is being submitted with the encouragement an suggestion of Bill Earls.

Insanity 2.5

Members: James Marino & Dave Riamondi

Clubs: AeroPAC, LUNAR

Altitude: 30,000'

Motors: M2500AF to M1950AF

Project Goal: To successfully stage a PR Competitor 4 off the top of a PR Competitor 5 booster using research motors and a custom machined aluminum interstage coupler system. And to have a lot of fun. 8^)

10K NSec M2500 AlumaFlame Bates in the booster, active stage separation @ booster burnout, then a short delay to a 6K NSec M1950 AlumaFlame Bates in the sustainer.

Booster main @ apogee, sustainer dual-d using CD3 @ apogee, with main around 2K.

Project Note: Flying Monday morning at XPRS/Rx, before all the ARLISS students arrive.

Needle Jr.

Member: Bill Earls

Club: AeroPAC

Altitude: 20,500'

Motor: CTI J-530

Project Goal: This is my Needle Jr. Project. It is a 38mm minimum diameter rocket. It is 27"L and weighs less than 20oz. All carbon fiber and a metal strip under the fiber along the root edge of the fins. This rocket is extremely strong and can handle mach 3+ flights. I will be putting it up on a CTI 6GXL J530 IMAX motor. It sims to over mach 2.5 and reaches well over 20k Ft. it will house a Raven for altitude verification as well as a Walston for tracking.

Angelfire

Member: Vern Knowles

Club: Tripoli Idaho Rocketry

Altitude: 23,000'

Motor: N1000

Web page: Angelfire & www.vernk.com

Project Goal: Primary goal is to just have fun! This will also be a test flight with a new version of a GPS telemetry system that provides real time flight data announcements using a synthesized voice known as Kate.

Gumby and Little Joey I

Member: Jamie Clay

Club: AeroPAC

Motors: Cluster of 4 F-40s with one central I

Avionics: Perfectflite MAWD

Project description: Like Mercury Joe, LJ1 recovers in three components - booster, capsule and tower with a video camera on the tower, with Gumby at the helm.

Flower Power (Small Endeavor)

Member: Donald Blair

Club: AeroPAC

Altitude: 3500'

Motor: I211-w

Project Goal: To obtain my Level 1 (oh please, oh please)

Goldy LOCS

Member: Steve Kendall

Club: AeroPAC

Motor: G to H

Project Goal: Most likely will be flown forst flight on a SU For G motor, and, if the paint survives and the winds are favorable, maybe a small H.

Paint technique: Candy Gold over silver with Airbrush highlights

Project Note: This is a LOC Graduator, 29mm MMT. No electronics, just cool paint. Originally, it was to be rainbow colored, but I got lazy. The paint is House Of Kolor Kandy Aztec Gold over Orion Silver (how appropriate, no?) and the N/C is painted Kandy Fire Orange, with airbrush highlights on the fins.

Leopard

Member: Bill Earls

Club: AeroPAC

Altitude: 31k'

Motor: CTI K-300

Project Goal: This is my altitude record attempt. Leopard was launched last year to 21,607ft on an L935. This year I am putting it up on a K-300 long burn to a projected altitude of 31k. Since last year I removed some weight and shortened the booster by 6".

Astroboy: Take three!

Member: Jamie Clay

Club: AeroPac

Altitude: Good question to ask.

Motors: Aerotech single use Fs (or maybe Gs)

Facebook Pictures

Project Goal: To make Astro Boy fly a good stable flight and THIS time get the parachute out!! This is the third year, and we all know third times the charm! :)

The Black Brant Flies again (with Chili)

Member: Peter Clay

Club: AeroPac

Motor: Research M

Construction Photos (on Facebook)

Project Goal: This years XPRS will mark the 7^th “Birthday of my Black Brant II. At last years XPRS on it’s 9^th flight I blew a hole right through the side of her upper airframe. One of the e-charges was too tightly packed and basically turned into an M-80 and when packing the chute it was pushed up against the side, when it went off it blew about a 1.5” hole right through the airframe.

Now that she is repaired, she is ready to make her 10^th flight, but with a little something extra added in. This year the Black Brant will be carrying a payload of some of my Chili, taking it to new heights. If the Chili survives it will be of course served at the first annual XPRS Chili Cook off.

Mercury Joe: Project Pilgrim

Member: Jamie Clay

Club: AeroPac

Altitude: 2200'

Web site: MercuryJoe.com

Facebook Page

Project Goal: To land the Freedom 7 capsule upright on its own landing legs!

Luck Runs Out

Member: Darryl Paris
Club: AeroPAC
Motors: L952W, (2) J350W, (2) I200W
Project Goal: To build something other than three fins & a nosecone by constructing a big, complex multi-staged rocket with multiple clustered air starts and catch it all with on-board video. This is no mach buster but a sport flyer under the BDR category.

LRO details:

• 150" tall
• 6" dia first stage- L952W
• 4" dia second stage with four motors, lights (2) J350's first, then small coast and lights (2) I200's First high power two stage First 98mm motor

Project Note: Sustainer flown twice before here:

Nibbles Lander

Member: Kurt Gugisberg
Club: Rocketry Organization of California
Web Page: http://home.earthlink.net/~kurtgug/id17.html
Altitude: 2000 feet
Motors: J570 central--H180 airstart--H128 airstart
Project Goal: Nibbles the World Famous Astro Cat is testing his Lunar Lander in preparation for his attempt to be the first feline to land on the Moon. With the help and guidance from Mercury Joe, Nibbles is planning this sub-orbital flight as a test-bed for his guidance and recovery systems. God speed Nibbles! Meow!!

Cobra

Member: Bill Earls

Club: AeroPAC

Altitude: 30,000'

Motor: N-2501 / N-3180

Project Goal: This is my L3 project!!