| 2012-05-15 | Dean Booth's Estes Star Trooper | Estes 1/2A3-4T | - | Another picture-perfect flight on this reliable little rocket. Recovered close to the pad. |
| 2012-04-14 | Mark Kulka's Estes Mini Brute Combo Super Flea (Clone) | 1/2A3-2 | - | Great flight. Break-apart recovery. |
| 2012-04-14 | Mark Kulka's Estes Mini Brute Combo Javelin (Clone) | 1/2A3-2 | - | First flight of this rocket. Very straight and impressively high considering the windy conditions... |
| 2012-04-11 | Paul Nortness's Mini Max | 1/2A3-4T | 200 feet | Great first flight. streamer took a bit long to unravel but once it did it slowed MiniMax down... |
| 2012-04-11 | Paul Nortness's Mini Max | 1/2A3-4T | 200 feet | Second flight, winds were a tad stronger than last time. Perfect small field flight. Got up about... |
2012-04-09  | Cameron Talley's Estes Sky Dart | 1/2A3-2T | - | First launch of the day. Went straight up. Nice, stable flight. Ejection just past apogee, and... |
2012-04-09  | Cameron Talley's Estes Sky Dart | 1/2A3-2T | - | Last flight of the day. Megan prepped and launched. A perfect flight and landed maybe 40 feet... |
| 2012-04-03 | Paul Nortness's S.C.R.A.M. | 1/2A3-4T | 200 feet | Wow! Just like I remember. This baby boogies! Super fun flight with no hitches. Recovery was about... |
| 2012-03-18 | Dean Booth's Estes Mini Max | Estes 1/2A3-2T | - | Just a little warm up flight to check the winds for my glider launch. Not too high on 1/2A power. |
| 2012-03-18 | Dean Booth's Fliskits Overdrive | Estes 1/2A3-4T | - | Nice flight. The only damage was some paint chipping from dropping it on the pavement. Dho! |
| 2012-03-14 | Dean Booth's Semroc ThunderBee | Estes 1/2A3-4T | - | Maiden flight on my Thunderbee that's been completed for a while now. Winds were light and the... |
| 2012-03-14 | Dean Booth's Estes Star Trooper | Estes 1/2A3-4T | - | Blue skies made this little rocket easy to track. Recovered OK. |
2012-03-11  | Cameron Talley's Estes Sky Dart | 1/2A3-2 | - | Last launch of the day and the second flight of this rocket. Flew nice and straight with only a... |
| 2012-03-11 | Cameron Talley's Estes Sky Dart | 1/2A3-2T | - | My first rocket flight in nearly 20 years. Shot off the pad quick! Tracking was easy against the... |
2012-03-03  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Thor Able Carded | Estes 1/2A3-2t | - | While it tried it's best ro go vertical, it was marginally stable. No real damage on recovery.
The... |
2012-02-29  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Carded Downscale Satellite Interceptor | Estes 1/2A3-2t | 200' est. feet | Even with the streamer, this one hit hard on the basketball court breaking off one of the... |
| 2012-02-04 | Jeffrey Gortatowsky's Deltie | 1/2A3-2T | - | Red Baroned! Grrr... very very rare for this model |
| 2012-02-01 | Dean Booth's Estes Mini Max | Estes 1/2A3-4T | - | Oops! I meant to grab an A3-4, but mistakenly got a 1/2A3-4. Not a good thing. An unimpressive... |
| 2012-02-01 | Dean Booth's Estes Star Trooper | Estes 1/2A3-4T | - | This little rocket is ol' reliable on 1/2A3-4s. Good flight, nice smoke trail, recovered close. |
2012-01-22  | Jeffrey Gortatowsky's Arrowhead | 1/2A3-4T | 120 feet | Nice up part. Chute did not open. Broken fins, missing pieces. Ugh. May or may not repair |
| 2012-01-07 | Joe Vanlandingham's Moon Mutt | 1/2A3-3 | 300 feet | Great flight, good streamer recovery |
2012-01-05  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Carded Downscale Centuri Astro 1 | 1/2A3-5 | 500 feet | It drifted to the West and landed in the street. Parents were driving their kids to school and I... |
2011-12-25  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Odd'l Rockets Cyclone | Estes 1/2A3-2t | - | The winds were calm enough for my prototype Cyclone. After a boost with a 1/2A3-2t, the top half... |
2011-12-10  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Semroc Thunderbee | MPC 1/2A3-5 | 450' est. feet | Perfect flight. No damage under a long streamer recovery. |
| 2011-12-04 | George Beever's Scratch Astron Sprite | Estes 1/2A3-2 | - | Good flight |
| 2011-12-04 | George Beever's Semroc Micron | Estes 1/2A3-2 | - | Good flight. |
2011-11-10  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Carded Downscale Big Bertha | MPC 1/2A3-5 | - | This was a rebuild after losing the last one launched with an A3-4t engine. After a 350' boost,... |
| 2011-10-23 | Dean Booth's Estes Star Trooper | Estes 1/2A3-4T | - | Disappeared off the pad. I heard the ejection charge go, but never saw a thing. It was only... |
| 2011-10-11 | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Cork Screw | Estes 1/2A3-2t | 300' est. feet | I rarely fly "naked" but I was trying out a new build of the Bruce Levison design - the CORKSCREW.... |
2011-10-11  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Odd'l Rockets Cyclone | Estes 1/2A3-2t | 375' est. feet | This one was an old protype and was loaded up with a 1/2A3-2t engine. From a peak altitude of... |
| 2011-10-08 | Jason Orosco's Estes Mosquito | 1/2 A3-4T | - | Too many people showing up today only to flights. |
2011-10-08  | Jason Orosco's Estes Screamer | 1/2 A3-4T | - | Blew the shock cord out, no damge done to the rocket. |
| 2011-10-05 | Dean Booth's Estes Star Trooper | 1/2A3-4 | - | A nice flight on this recently-repaired rocket. Left a nice smoke trail against the clear blue... |
| 2011-10-02 | Dave B's Pinkie Quark | 1/2A3-4T | 700-800' feet | Cool little rocket. Speeds up at apogee and whistles on desent. Became a 5" long lawn dart and... |
2011-09-22  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Carded Downscale Centuri Astro 1 | MPC 1/2A3-5 | - | Good first flight of the morning. High up, there was a little bit of wind and the model came down... |
| 2011-09-18 | Jeffrey Gortatowsky's Deltie | 1/2A3-2T | - | Good boost. A fair enough glide for 23+ seconds |
| 2011-09-18 | Jeffrey Gortatowsky's Magpie Version 1.37 | 1/2A3-4T | - | Fine flight. I knew -4 was too long a delay but it still ejected well before touching down for a... |
2011-08-29  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Carded Downscale Centuri Astro 1 | MPC 1/2A3-5 | - | As you can see in the inset launch picture, it was fast off my tripod launcher with an MPC... |
2011-08-18  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Semroc Thunderbee | MPC 1/2A3-5 | 450' est. feet | Perfect flight and recovery, one fin loose at root edge on landing. |
| 2011-08-17 | Dean Booth's Estes Star Trooper | 1/2A3-4 | - | Nice boost and ejection, but then I noticed the streamer going one way and the body another. Both... |
2011-08-13  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Carded Downscale Cherokee T 13mm | MPC 1/2A3-5 | 425' est. feet | Perfect flight and recovery. This rocket never fails. |
2011-08-13  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Odd'l Rockets Cyclone | Estes 1/2A3-2t | 200' est. feet | Good whistle on boost. Lots of spin on both sections, more so on upper part. |
| 2011-08-13 | Edward Chess's Edmonds Aerospace Ecee | 1/2A3-2 | - | Short boost, nice glide, no damage, no trimming needed |
2011-08-07  | Rich DeAngelis's Beta | A10/1/2A3 | 435 feet | Perfect flight and recovery. Apogee's 4' shiny red mylar streamer is good for this model. Since I... |
2011-08-06  | Jeffrey Gortatowsky's Deltie | 1/2A3-2T | - | Great flight as usual. These Deltie's are just fool proof. I got a 33 second flight before I... |
2011-07-24  | Tyler Runyon's Golden Scout | 1/2A3-4T | - | Straight up. It was a poor motor choice. It lawn darted. Banged up the NC, and crimp BT. Huge... |
2011-07-18  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Odd'l Rockets Cyclone | Estes 1/2A3-2t | 375' est. feet | With no wind, the Cyclone landed close. Great spinning hover of the upper, single blade section. |
| 2011-07-16 | Dean Booth's Fliskits Overdrive | 1/2A3-4 | - | A nice flight, not too high and clearly visible. Ejected the motor. |
| 2011-07-16 | Tyler Runyon's Estes Mini Max | 1/2A3-4T | 161 feet | Straight boost off the mini launch pad. Thought that it was going into neighbors yard, but landed... |
| 2011-07-15 | Dean Booth's Estes Star Trooper | 1/2A3-4 | - | Star Trooper is an old reliable on A3-4Ts. A nice 19 second flight, recovered 50 feet away. |
| 2011-06-30 | Dean Booth's Estes Star Trooper | 1/2A3-4 | - | Arrow straight with no wind at all this morning. 20 seconds duration, recovered 50 feet from the... |
| 2011-06-30 | Dean Booth's Fliskits Overdrive | 1/2A3-4 | - | Perfect flight and recoverd on a 1/2A motor. |
2011-06-24  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Carded Downscale Cherokee T 13mm | MPC 1/2A3-5 | 425' est. feet | Great flight. Landed hard on basketball court, but no damage, hit engine casing first. |
| 2011-06-08 | Dean Booth's Estes Star Trooper | 1/2A3-4 | - | Good flight despite drifting in the 15 mph wind. |
| 2011-06-08 | Dean Booth's Fliskits Overdrive | 1/2A3-2 | - | I almost loaded an A3, but was really glad I didn't. The streamer and externally-mounted shock... |
2011-06-06  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Semroc Thunderbee | MPC 1/2A3-5 | 425' est. feet | Broke another fin at the root edge. I don't think I could make the streamer any longer! It's... |
| 2011-06-01 | Dean Booth's Estes Star Trooper | 1/2A3-4 | - | The motor ejected despite the wrap of masking tape, making for a nice, slow descent. (Luckily,... |
| 2011-05-29 | Bill Eichelberger's Edmonds Aerospace Tinee | 1/2A3-4 | - | Oops. Wrong motor. I meant to grab the 2 second delay. Ejection charge drove it into the ground. |
| 2011-05-29 | Bill Eichelberger's Edmonds Aerospace Tinee | 1/2A3-2 | - | Much better flight. Glide phase interrupted by a misplaced hill. |
2011-05-18  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Semroc Thunderbee | MPC 1/2A3-5 | 450' est. feet | Perfect high flight. I caught it before it hit the ground, so no broken fins. |
| 2011-05-14 | Howard Smart's 18mm Contest Rocket | 1/2A3-4 | - | 49 sec, winner of 1/2A PD event |
| 2011-05-14 | Howard Smart's QCR Flexwing | 1/2A3-2 | - | Flexwing duration contest. Failed to deploy wing - foam piston stuck on back end of spars and... |
| 2011-05-14 | Howard Smart's QCR Flexwing | 1/2A3-2 | - | Second attempt. Deployed but never transitioned. Steep glide. DQ by the Contest Director as "no... |
| 2011-05-08 | Duffy Johnson's Zinger | 1/2 A3-10 | 1000 plus feet | Great launch, but lost sight of rocket as it fell and did not recover it. |
2011-05-04  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Semroc Thunderbee | MPC 1/2A3-5 | 450' est. feet | This is my rebuilt second Thunderbee. At landing it bounced on the low grass. Two cracked fin... |
2011-05-01  | Jeffrey Gortatowsky's Chicago Chopper | 1/2A3-2T | - | Perfect boost.. I really thought I'd get it this time... but no... this time something really odd... |
| 2011-04-27 | Dean Booth's Fliskits Overdrive | 1/2A3-2 | - | Sprinkling rain, but I decided to get a couple of flights in. Recovered OK. |
| 2011-04-10 | Matt Gillard's Scratch - Son of Dent | 1/2A3-2 | 354 feet | first flight |
| 2011-04-10 | Dean Booth's Estes Star Trooper | 1/2A3-4 | - | Another nice flight after finally locating this little rocket in the grass. I broke a fin off... |
| 2011-04-10 | Dean Booth's Estes Star Trooper | 1/2A3-4 | - | A nice high flight. I took my eyes off it just before landing, and that little green rocket... |
2011-04-04  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Carded Downscale Big Bertha | Estes 1/2A3-2t | 350 feet | Good, stable flight. |
2011-04-04  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Truax Carded Patriot | MPC 1/2A3-5 | 375 feet | Great flight, I'll have to seal the printed cardstock better. Some red ink rubbed off when drying... |
| 2011-04-02 | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Carded Downscale Big Bertha | MPC 1/2A3-5 | - | Didn't blow out melted streamer at ejection. Landed with no damage. |
2011-03-25  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Carded Downscale Patriot 13mm | MPC 1/2A3-5 | 125 feet | Got 100 feet up and tail slid, ejection was very close to the ground. Could be a bad engine, this... |
2011-03-25  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Carded Downscale Big Bertha | MPC 1/2A3-5 | - | Stable but a slight coning during boost. Full streamer deploy. |
| 2011-03-20 | Bob Bernatchez's Estes Beta Clone | A10-0/1/2A3-4 | - | good flight |
2011-03-18  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Carded Downscale Cherokee T 13mm | MPC 1/2A3-5 | 450 feet | Once again, a 35 year old MPC Minijet did it's job well. I had a 100 yard run to pick it up. |
2011-03-18  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Truax Carded Patriot | Estes 1/2A3-4t | - | Very stable, I added nose weight washers to move the CG forward. Still, great altitude and full... |
| 2011-03-05 | Jeffrey Gortatowsky's Deltie | 1/2A3-2T | - | Super flight. 30 seconds. |
2011-02-26  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Semroc Thunderbee | MPC 1/2A3-5 | - | On this new re-build, broke a another fin on landing! |
2011-02-24  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Cork Screw | Estes 1/2A3-2t | - | While it did corkscrew in flight, it didn't "cone" as much as I expected it to.
Still, stable... |
2011-02-24  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Carded Downscale Patriot 13mm | 1/2A3-5 | - | Stable with a little tail wiggle. The five second delay is a little long but safe ejection and... |
| 2011-02-20 | Bernard Cawley's Whatchamacallit | 1/2A3-2 | - | Quick off the pad. Good deployment at about right time. Landed near east edge of field. Readjusted... |
| 2011-02-20 | Bernard Cawley's Semroc Astro-Jr | 1/2A3-4 | - | Nice straight boost. Deployment well past apogee, but no damage to 'chute. Landed on west edge of... |
2011-02-20  | Jeffrey Gortatowsky's Deltie | 1/2A3-2T | - | Excellent boost, good separation, and 47 second slowly circling flight! Yeah! |
2011-02-20  | Jeffrey Gortatowsky's Chicago Chopper | 1/2A3-2T | - | Not so great. Deployment of the rotors went fine! But spin up barely happened before landing. No... |
| 2011-02-19 | Bob Bernatchez's Estes Beta Clone | A10-0/1/2A3-4 | - | Not bad for a first flight. |
| 2011-02-19 | Bob Bernatchez's Estes Beta Clone | A10-0/1/2A3-4 | - | Got a straighter flight this time. Altitude was pretty good. |
| 2011-02-19 | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Odd'l Rockets Cyclone | Estes 1/2A3-2t | - | 25 second duration on the Mapleseed upper section. |
2011-02-14  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Carded Downscale Cherokee T 13mm | 1/2A3-5 | - | Lots of smoke from this 35 year old MPC Minijet engine. |
2011-02-14  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Semroc Thunderbee | MPC 1/2A3-5 | 450 est. feet | Landed on grass but broke off a different fin this time! |
| 2011-02-14 | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Carded Downscale Wolverine 13mm | MPC 1/2A3-5 | - | Still a little wiggle during boost from the asymetrical fin arrangement. |
2011-02-05  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Odd'l Rockets Cyclone | Estes 1/2A3-2t | - | Quick off the pad. At ejection, both parts helicoptered in. Lots of drift in high winds. |
2011-01-31  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Odd'l Rockets Cyclone | 1/2A3-2t | - | Calm with no decernable wind today. Great vertical flight with long monocopter recovery on the... |
2011-01-15  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Odd'l Rockets Cyclone | 1/2A3-2t | - | Good duration for the Mapleseed upper section. Lots of surprised onlookers. |
2011-01-14  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Carded Downscale A-20 Demon 13mm | 1/2A3-2t | - | Low altitude flight, I should have went with an A3-4t or A10-3t engine.
Very stable, good flight... |
| 2011-01-03 | Dean Booth's Estes Gnome - RETIRED (2) | 1/2A3-2 | - | 27 degrees made it a little hard to prep. |
| 2010-12-26 | Brian Hoover's Edmonds Aerospace Ecee | 1/2A3-4 | - | best flight yet, good boost coast too long, glide great with the wind |
2010-12-15  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Odd'l Rockets Cyclone | 1/2A3-2 | - | This is a Mapleseed recovery rocket designed by Jonathan Mills. A great model with a fast spinning... |
2010-12-11  | Moe Bertrand's Mini Baby Bertha | 1/2A3-2 | - | Another good flight of my little Mini Baby Bertha |