2012-02-05  | Rich DeAngelis's EAC Viper | A3-4 | 179 feet | Yet another sport flight for the Viper. It was cold and a bit windy. I didn't know if the chute... |
2012-01-07  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Carded Downscale Satellite Interceptor | Estes A3-4t | - | Great stable flight, streamer recovery. |
2012-01-07  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Carded Downscale Big Bertha | A3-4 | 700 feet | At launch I lost sight of it as it rose to an estimated 700'. Eagle-eyed spectators found both... |
| 2011-12-18 | Bob Bernatchez's Estes Beta Clone | A10-0/A3-6 | - | Deployed right at apogee |
2011-12-17  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Hot Rod Rockets Bell Bottom | Estes A3-4t | 300' est. feet | Perfect stable flight and ejection of the streamer. |
2011-11-25  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Semroc Batrok | Estes A3-4t | 350' est. feet | The 13mm engine was friction fitted into an 18 mm casing. Altitude at ejection was about 350'.... |
2011-11-25  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Hot Rod Rockets Bell Bottom | Estes A3-4t | 350' est. feet | After eleven flights it's always stable, reliable and seemingly indestructible. Altitude was an... |
2011-11-13  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Cork Screw | Estes A3-4t | - | New Odd'l Rockets kit, the CORKSCREW with an A3-4t.
It lived up to it's name, spiraling to an... |
| 2011-11-06 | Rich DeAngelis's EAC Viper | A3-4 | 199 feet | Good flight & Recovery. The breezy winds had little effect on the flight, went up fairly... |
2011-10-25  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Carded Downscale Big Bertha | Estes A3-4t | 700' est. feet | Even with a small streamer, it was lost! High winds blew it to the South and outside the field. Oh... |
2011-10-23  | Mike Caplinger's Fliskits Cougar 660 | A3-4 | - | Test flight for A streamer duration. Lost the nose cone, streamer somewhat burned and damaged,... |
2011-10-16  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Quest Flics 13mm Conversion | Estes A3-4t | 650' est. feet | Perfect flight test for new combo kit. Streamer recovery. |
2011-10-11  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Cork Screw | Estes A3-4t | 550' est. feet | Second flight today of the Corkscrew with an A3-4t engine. The corkscrew spin was much more... |
| 2011-10-08 | Rich DeAngelis's Aero-Hi | A3-4 | 256 feet | This second flight of the day was a test to compare the A3 with the A10 motor. Under calm winds,... |
| 2011-10-05 | Dean Booth's Fliskits Overdrive | A3-4 | - | Terrific flight of 37 seconds duration. Not bad for a stock kit with crepe streamer on an A motor. |
| 2011-10-05 | Dean Booth's Estes Mini Max | A3-4 | - | I haven't given up on using the Estes 6-inch chute with this rocket, even though it rarely opens... |
| 2011-10-02 | Rich DeAngelis's Aero-Hi | A3-4 | 201 feet | First flight with an Altimeter 2 on board! Moderate winds but didn't seem to affect the liftoff... |
2011-09-10  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Hot Rod Rockets Bell Bottom | Estes A3-4t | 425' est. feet | Solid reliable performer. |
| 2011-09-10 | Alan Kaiser's Estes Aero-Hi | A3-4 | - | Just about out of sight. Recovered on a streamer. Recovered about 80 yards away but over in the... |
2011-09-03  | Rich DeAngelis's EAC Viper | A3-4 | 176 feet | Good test flight. Perfect recovery. Launched to see how winds were behaving a few hundred feet up... |
| 2011-08-17 | Dean Booth's Fliskits Overdrive | A3-4 | - | This has become one of my favorite 13mm rockets to fly. Nice, slow descent via the externally... |
| 2011-08-13 | Justin Stotter's Yankee | A3-4T | - | |
| 2011-08-08 | Justin Stotter's Yankee | A3-4 | - | |
2011-08-07  | Rich DeAngelis's Aero-Hi | A3-4 | 284 feet | Perfect flight and recovery. This first flight of the day was a good test flight to see how the... |
| 2011-08-05 | Justin Stotter's Yankee | A3-4T | - | |
2011-08-04  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Hot Rod Rockets Bell Bottom | Estes A3-4t | 450' est. feet | Perfect, stable flight. Small dent in lip of conical tail. |
| 2011-07-23 | Justin Stotter's Yankee | A3-4 | - | First time using mini adapter. Worked great. |
| 2011-07-16 | Dean Booth's Estes Mini Max | A3-4 | - | 6 inch chute didn't open until about 50 feet off the ground. Still a nice flight. |
| 2011-07-16 | Dean Booth's Fliskits Overdrive | A3-4 | - | A nice high flight on an A3. External shock cord works well in slowing the descent. |
2011-07-06  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Cork Screw | Estes A3-4t | 500' est. feet | It looked great spiraling during boost. At ejection the drift was evident and it landed in some... |
| 2011-07-03 | Rich DeAngelis's Beta | A10-0+A3-4 | 714 feet | Used an A10-0T booster and A3-4T sustainer. Beautiful flight, sailed out of sight for a long... |
| 2011-07-03 | Rich DeAngelis's EAC Viper | A3-4 | 183 feet | First test with altimeter payload. Perfect flight and recovery. |
| 2011-07-02 | Rich DeAngelis's Aero-Hi | A3-4 | 274 feet | Perfect flight, first test with added altimeter bay. |
| 2011-07-02 | Rich DeAngelis's Beta | A10-0+A3-4 | 700 feet | First test with an altimeter payload. Luckily, I caught my mistake when I put the upper-stage... |
| 2011-06-30 | Dean Booth's Estes Mini Max | A3-4 | - | Perfect flight with no wind this morning. Recovered on a 6 inch chute, almost landed on top of... |
| 2011-06-30 | Dean Booth's Fliskits Overdrive | A3-4 | - | Since there was no wind this morning, I decided to let 'er rip on an A3 motor. Overdrive stayed... |
2011-06-28  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Carded Downscale A-20 Demon 13mm | A3-4t | 400 feet | This one is getting a little banged up. Still, great flight with streamer recovery. |
2011-05-31  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Hot Rod Rockets Bell Bottom | Estes A3-4t | 300' est. feet | Perfect flight. Prismatic streamer easy to see in the air. |
2011-05-30  | Matthew Bond's Mini Red Bird Max Zero | A3-4 | - | First Flight of the Mini Max / Red Bird kit-bash. Decent boost, straight, but no too high. ... |
| 2011-05-30 | Matthew Bond's Mini Red Bird Max Zero | A3-4 | - | Second flight, same motor, same result. Nice boost, quick but not too high. Tipping over,... |
2011-05-30  | Matthew Bond's Estes Mini Max | A3-4 | - | First Flight of the Mini Max. Swapped out the streamer for a 9" nylon chute. Nice boost, very... |
2011-05-25  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Quest Flics 13mm Conversion | Estes A3-4t | 650' est. feet | Nice boost with a little roll. Drifted 150 yards away. |
2011-05-25  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Carded Downscale Big Bertha | Estes A3-4t | 700' est. feet | Big altitude for an A engine. Streamer deplyed, but had drift. Landed 200 yards away. |
2011-05-18  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Cork Screw | Estes A3-4t | 350' est. feet | Perfect flight, lots of spiral smoke trail. Streamer recovery. |
2011-05-10  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Carded Downscale Patriot 13mm | Estes A3-4t | 500' est. feet | Beautiful high flight. Lost sight of it at apogee. Broke and lost the black fin after hard landing... |
| 2011-05-07 | George Beever's SEMROC Astro Jr. | Estes A3-4 | - | Good Flight, slight nose cone ding. |
| 2011-05-07 | George Beever's SEMROC Astro Jr. | Estes A3-4 | - | Perfect flight. |
| 2011-05-01 | Jason Orosco's Estes Beta | A3-0/1/2A3-4T | - | Great flight. |
2011-04-30  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Cork Screw | Estes A3-4t | 350? est. feet | After great corkscrewing boost, it blew the friction fit engine and nosed in. 1/2 inch of BT-5... |
2011-04-26  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Carded Downscale Patriot 13mm | A3-4 | 400 feet | High flight, drifted and landed 100 yards away. |
2011-04-20  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Cork Screw | Estes A3-4t | 550 est. feet | Definate corkscrew on way up. Lots of drift, landed over ten feet up in a tree bordering the... |
2011-04-20  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Carded Downscale Patriot 13mm | Estes A3-4t | 25 feet | Went unstable after leaving rod. Ejected on ground. |
| 2011-04-16 | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Carded Downscale Big Bertha | Estes A3-4t | 700 est. feet | Heavy winds, straight boost and big drift even with streamer recovery. |
2011-04-11  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Carded Downscale Big Bertha | Estes A3-4t | 650' est. feet | Slight tail wag during boost, full streamer recovery |
| 2011-04-10 | Matt Gillard's Scratch - Son of Dent | A3-4 | 669 feet | A good flight. streamer helped to spot rocket in the sky |
| 2011-04-10 | Matt Gillard's Scratch - Son of Dent | A3-4 | 669 feet | good flight |
| 2011-04-03 | Luke Wolski's Flying Pippin | A3-4T | - | Great flight! |
2011-04-02  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Cork Screw | Estes A3-4t | 400 feet | Good corkscrew on boost. Streamer recovery |
2011-03-25  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Carded Downscale A-20 Demon 13mm | Estes A3-4t | 400 feet | Best flight of the day, stable and true. Popped off a fin on landing, smiley dent in nose cone. |
| 2011-03-20 | Dick Stafford's Applewhite Rockets Max-Q (beta) | 7xA3-4 | - | This spun wildly since one of the outer motors did not ignite. |
| 2011-03-19 | Bernard Cawley's Semroc Astro-Jr | A3-4 | - | Nice flight overall. Deploy just over the top. Good 'chute and nearby landing. Final flight of the... |
2011-03-14  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Cork Screw | Estes A3-4t | 400 feet | Lots of coning now that nose weight was removed. I noticed it lands with the open side of the tail... |
2011-03-14  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Hot Rod Rockets Bell Bottom | Estes A3-4t | 400 feet | The tripod angle was good, it drifted back and I caught it before it hit the ground.. |
2011-03-12  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Cork Screw | Estes A3-4t | 400 feet | With the nose weight removed, it corkscrews (cones) the way it really should! |
2011-03-12  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Odd'l Rockets Cyclone | Estes A3-4t | 490 feet | The 490 feet estimate was from the Open Rocket software. This was a heavily painted new version... |
| 2011-03-12 | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Cork Screw | Estes A3-4t | - | Second flight for Roger to get a flight video. The video showed good spiral of the smoke trail. |
| 2011-03-06 | Bernard Cawley's Sky Bird II-T | A3-4 | - | Nice flight except shock cord failed. Fortunately both parts fell quite close to launch spot. No... |
2011-03-05  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Cork Screw | Estes A3-4t | - | First flight in front of R.O.C.K. group. Tight corkscrew, really noticeable when it slowed down at... |
2011-02-26  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Cork Screw | Estes A3-4t | - | Better altitude with corkscrew boost. Streamer recovery. I'll shorten the body and remove a little... |
| 2011-02-20 | Bernard Cawley's Semroc Astro-Jr | A3-4 | - | Out of sight on boost (it's getting late). Good 'chute. Nice slow descent, but a bit too far east.... |
| 2011-02-20 | Bernard Cawley's Whatchamacallit | A3-4 | - | Getting iffy on visibility. Good boost. Disappeared for a bit but good deploy (a bit past... |
2011-01-31  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Hot Rod Rockets Bell Bottom | Estes A3-4t | - | Used my new tripod launcher today! The Bell Bottom is a good, reliable performer. Very stable... |
2011-01-27  | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Carded Mercury Redstone 13mm | Estes A3-4t | - | Great altitude, streamer recovery. I didn't check over the model until I got back to the launcher.... |
| 2011-01-03 | Dean Booth's Estes Gnome - RETIRED (2) | A3-4 | - | Folded mylar streamer was stiff in the cold. 19 seconds. |
| 2011-01-02 | Ken Tsai's Estes Ninja | A3-4 | - | |
| 2011-01-01 | Bernard Cawley's Semroc Astro-Jr | A3-4 | - | Zoom! Eject a bit early (and heard clatter of parts). But no apparent damage. Good 'chute and not... |
| 2010-12-04 | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Carded Downscale Patriot 13mm | A3-4 | - | Great flight on a full A engine. Good altitude, noticed a little wiggle in boost. |
| 2010-11-21 | Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Hot Rod Rockets Bell Bottom | A3-4 | - | This seems to be a great engine for this rocket when flying at the small schoolyard. Very stable... |
| 2010-11-13 | Rich DeAngelis's Aero-Hi | A3-4 | 300 feet | First flight in 31+ Years!!! Good Flight & Recovery, 1 shroud line detached from canopy.... |
| 2010-11-13 | Rich DeAngelis's EAC Viper | A3-4 | 200 feet | Good Flight & Recovery. Altitude is an estimate, there was no altimeter onboard. |
| 2010-11-06 | Dean Booth's Estes Gnome - RETIRED (2) | A3-4 | - | A nice high flight on A3 power. Came down hard and bent the engine hook. The used motor was... |
| 2010-11-06 | Jim Bassham's 13 mm Streamer | A3-4 | - | Piston worked, but head came off. Rocket flew out of sight. Motor ejected instead of streamer and... |
| 2010-10-23 | Dean Booth's Estes Gnome - RETIRED (2) | A3-4 | - | Big weathercock into the wind, but still recovered 300 feet down range. Kevlar shock cord has... |
| 2010-10-09 | Ray King's Piston Tester #1 Rocket | A3-4 | 438 feet | A012808 - New I Beam Piston - Good Flight |
| 2010-10-09 | Ray King's Piston Tester #1 Rocket | A3-4 | - | A012808 - ZV Floating Head - Good Flight! |
| 2010-10-09 | Ray King's Piston Tester #1 Rocket | A3-4 | - | A012808 - ZV Floating Head - Best Altitude so far on all pistons! |
| 2010-10-09 | Ray King's Piston Tester #1 Rocket | A3-4 | - | A060810 - ZV Floating Head - Good Flight |
2010-10-09  | Mike Mistele's Estes EAC Viper | A3-2 | - | Good flight, but parachute fouled on some recovery wadding, and it never unfurled. Came down nose... |
| 2010-10-08 | Ray King's Piston Tester #1 Rocket | A3-4 | 378 feet | A110308 - No Piston - Good Flight |
| 2010-10-08 | Ray King's Piston Tester #1 Rocket | A3-4 | 353 feet | A110308 - No Piston - Good Flight - Lowest so far! |
| 2010-10-08 | Ray King's Piston Tester #1 Rocket | A3-4 | 394 feet | A110308 - New I-Beam Piston - Good Flight! |
| 2010-10-08 | Ray King's Piston Tester #1 Rocket | A3-4 | 431 feet | A110308 - New I Beam Piston - Good Flight - One of the best so far! |
| 2010-10-03 | Bernard Cawley's Sky Bird II-T | A3-4 | - | Perfect straight boost. Deploy about on time (hard to see). Near landing in damp grass. Nice. |
| 2010-09-26 | Ray King's Piston Tester #1 Rocket | A3-4 | - | A060810 - No Piston - Control Flight 408 Feet - First Flight with Altimeter One Alitimeter. |
| 2010-09-26 | Ray King's Piston Tester #1 Rocket | A3-4 | 417 feet | A060810 - No Piston - Good Flight |
| 2010-09-26 | Ray King's Piston Tester #1 Rocket | A3-4 | 379 feet | A060810 - No Piston - Good Flight - Altitude not as high as second. |
| 2010-09-26 | Ray King's Piston Tester #1 Rocket | A3-4 | 396 feet | A060810 - No Piston - Good Flight. |
| 2010-09-26 | Ray King's Piston Tester #1 Rocket | A3-4 | 408 feet | A060810 - I-Beam Piston - Nice first flight off new piston. |
| 2010-09-26 | Ray King's Piston Tester #1 Rocket | A3-4 | 417 feet | A060810 - New I-Beam Piston - Good Flight |
| 2010-09-26 | Ray King's Piston Tester #1 Rocket | A3-4 | 442 feet | A060810 - New I Beam Piston - Best Flight so far!! |