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Aerotech - Initiator (89011) [1989-]

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Center Of Pressure: 26.0000 inches from front (Rocksim/Rocksim)
Designer: Bob Sanford
Manufacturer: Aerotech
Model: 89011
Power: Mid-Power
Product Type: Kit
Production Years: 1989-
Recovery: Parachute
Style: Sport

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Flight Log

DateRocket NameMotor(s)AltitudeNotes
1992-09-05Ron Watkins's Aerotech InitiatorF30-10- Good flight-predicted altitude-1,660 ft. -engine delay was too long-recovery system did not...
1996-07-04Ron Watkins's Aerotech InitiatorF50-6- Poor flight-engine malfunctioned and blew free from the engine mount-rocket did not leave the...
1999-08-09Bob Sanford's Aerotech InitiatorE15-4- Another great flight by an excellent kit
1999-08-28Paul Smith's Aerotech InitiatorF20-4- Used a Copperhead - another perfect ignition. Great, straight, high flight, perfect ejection,...
1999-08-29Paul Smith's Aerotech InitiatorF62-6- A drag race with Fred Jarosch (also flying an Initiator on a F62-6). I used one of Dean's...
1999-09-04Paul Smith's Aerotech InitiatorF62-6- Two of the fins knocked loose from their frames by the spinning of the descending rocket....
1999-09-04Paul Smith's Aerotech InitiatorF20-4- Perfect flight. Two misfires apparently due to a broken Copperhead (no continuity), which was...
1999-10-09Paul Smith's Aerotech InitiatorF62-6- Kicked engine, which landed very near RSO table, much to my horror.
1999-10-09Paul Smith's Aerotech InitiatorF25-6- Another perfect, fast, high flight.
1999-10-09Paul Smith's Aerotech InitiatorE23-5- Perfect flight. First RMS, with lots of help from Al Rognie.
1999-10-10Paul Smith's Aerotech InitiatorF52-5- One fin knocked loose on landing. Second RMS flight. Prepped with no help. Perfect flight.
1999-12-18Paul Smith's Aerotech InitiatorF62-6- Despite taping it in place, kicked the Darkstar again. Otherwise perfect flight.
1999-12-19Paul Smith's Aerotech InitiatorF62-6- Perfect flight, but despite having wired the engine in, it still kicked out, and landed nearby. I...
2000-02-13Elvis Crocker's Aerotech InitiatorF25-6- Maiden flight at North Texas High Power launch in Windom TX,(A great site!). Perfect flight in...
2000-02-26Fred Taverni's Aerotech InitiatorF20-7-
2000-05-13Cliff Oliver's Aerotech InitiatorF23-7- Good flight recovered close to pad
2000-05-21Darren Wright's Aerotech InitiatorF50- Another Beautiful flight
2000-05-21Darren Wright's Aerotech InitiatorF40- Beautiful Flight.
2000-05-28Darren Wright's Aerotech InitiatorF22-5-
2000-06-07Colin Harris's Aerotech InitiatorG40-10- My first flight using a G motor. Flew clear out of sight and not seen again, but returned next...
2000-06-11Joe Cacciatore's Aerotech InitiatorE15-4- First flight, striaght flight even though it was windy, landed 350' from pad.
2000-06-15Dan Patell's Aerotech InitiatorE16-4- First mid-power flight. Great noise and flame. No damage.
2000-07-22Eric Perron's Aerotech InitiatorE15-4- First flight - shock cord momentarily tangled around rocket. Scary couple of seconds, but chute...
2000-07-30David Lamb's Aerotech InitiatorE15-4- all earlier flights were not recorded. Didn't start logging flights till met Manuel at THOR club...
2000-08-15Joe Cacciatore's Aerotech InitiatorE30-4- Nice flight but engine doesn't make alot of flame or noise.
2000-08-21Dan Patell's Aerotech InitiatorF40-7- First F motor. Great liftoff and good parachute. No damage.
2000-08-26Eric Perron's Aerotech InitiatorE18-4- Blue Thunder is very cool. Loud and fast. Nominal flight
2000-08-30David Lamb's Aerotech InitiatorF25-6- Once again flew very true. However had a little walk this time ,recovered 1200ft from pad
2000-08-30David Lamb's Aerotech InitiatorE15-4- Notes flew straight and true. Recovered 500ft from pad. great flight
2000-09-03Joe Cacciatore's Aerotech InitiatorF52-8- Rocket just took off with this engine, lost view for a few seconds, estimated 1400'. Landed...
2000-09-10Joe Cacciatore's Aerotech InitiatorF40-7- Very good flight with this engine. Out of sight for a second. Landed not far from pad. Went maybe...
2000-09-16Nick Anderson's Aerotech InitiatorE16-4- Seems like to small of a motor for this rocket. 4 sec is the shortest delay time. If uisng stock...
2000-09-23Joe Cacciatore's Aerotech InitiatorF50-6- Great flight with fast lift off but not real high. Came down relatively close to pad.
2000-09-30David Lamb's Aerotech InitiatorE15-4- good flight . no problem recovering.
2000-09-30Joe Cacciatore's Aerotech InitiatorF22-5- Bad flight. Rocket left pad at low angle, went over horizon into forest. Not sure what happen,...
2000-10-21Bob Albright's Aerotech InitiatorF50-6-
2000-10-21Bob Albright's Aerotech InitiatorG35-7-
2000-10-21Bob Albright's Aerotech InitiatorE30-4-
2000-10-28Cliff Oliver's Aerotech InitiatorG38-7- 'Chute tangled slight damage on impact.
2000-10-30David Lamb's Aerotech InitiatorF25-6- perfect chute opening but drifted into a tree. But with our rocket retriever pole we recovered it.
2000-10-30David Lamb's Aerotech InitiatorE15-4- great flight ,perfect recovery no problems
2000-11-11Mark Joseph's Aerotech InitiatorF40-7- Beautiful flight with good ejection and recovery. Noticed very minor separation on joint between...
2000-11-11Bob Albright's Aerotech InitiatorG40-10-
2000-11-11Bob Albright's Aerotech InitiatorF25-6-
2000-11-11Bob Albright's Aerotech InitiatorG35-7-
2000-12-02David Virga's Aerotech InitiatorE16-4- 1st flight. . . SCARY!! Angled into wind (Low speed? Weathercock?), 300ft max alt. HUGE bonus...
2000-12-09Bob Albright's Aerotech InitiatorG64-10-
2000-12-09Bob Albright's Aerotech InitiatorF40-7-
2001-01-06Bob Albright's Aerotech InitiatorG64-7- this motor turns heads, great motor with a nice roar
2001-01-06Bob Albright's Aerotech InitiatorG33-7- great long burn, much longer than normal and a very long ejection delay
2001-01-06Bob Albright's Aerotech InitiatorF52-5- nice motor too.
2001-02-03Cliff Oliver's Aerotech InitiatorG64-7- Great flight! Very high and long recovery walk
2001-04-29Ed Scientist's Aerotech InitiatorE15-4- Awesome lift off but the ejection charge was late. It landed in a tree. Eric rescued it with the...
2001-04-29Ed Scientist's Aerotech InitiatorE15-4- Tom launched it and I missed the picture. Oh my move over Big Bertha theres something meatier....
2001-05-06Larry Zeilmann's Aerotech InitiatorF22-5- Notes
2001-06-30David Kneble's Aerotech InitiatorF20-4- Won four way initator drag race, rocket lost to all spotters, found mile away on big hill,...
2001-08-05Ed Scientist's Aerotech InitiatorE15-4- Perfect high flight lots of smoke.
2001-09-03Larry Zeilmann's Aerotech InitiatorF22-5- great flight
2001-09-29Steve Sanders's Aerotech InitiatorE30-4700 feet Loud motor-got to 700 feet-perfect flight
2001-10-07Mike Burton's Aerotech InitiatorF40-7- Late ejection caused 3-4 inch zipper and a short walk to retrieve.
2001-11-03Dan Patell's Aerotech InitiatorG33-5- Great, long burn. Drifted about a mile away, but because of NARCONN's great field, recovered with...
2001-11-03Larry Zeilmann's Aerotech InitiatorF22-5- Hard landing needs bigger chute, slight fin damage, repairable
2001-11-10Larry Zeilmann's Aerotech InitiatorF20-7- delay to long very slight zipper, easily repairable
2001-11-17John Arthur's Aerotech InitiatorF50-6- Great Flight! Rocket is now at the top of a very, very tall tree.
2001-12-09Larry Zeilmann's Aerotech InitiatorF22-5- AGF
2002-04-20Bob Bernatchez's Aerotech InitiatorG33-7- Very nice flight! Got concerned that I wouldn't get it back when the Initiator started...
2002-04-21Bob Bernatchez's Aerotech InitiatorF40-4- Great flight into the wind. Landed in the north field.
2002-05-04Frank Ross's Aerotech InitiatorG33-7- SpudRoc-7. Perfect flight. First time on a G33 - good choice.
2002-05-10Bill Baur's Aerotech InitiatorF23-4- good
2002-05-27Micah Sweeney's Aerotech InitiatorE16-4- my first mid power launch and it was awesome, the parchute didn't unravel and the rocket came down...
2002-05-27Jason Vennard's Aerotech InitiatorF20-4- First flight, excellent straight boost, good chute deployment 22 nylon. Only problem was this...
2002-06-08Micah Sweeney's Aerotech InitiatorF40-71400 feet Absolutely beautiful rocket/motor combo. was beautiful all the way up to the 1400 ft apogee, my...
2002-06-29Micah Sweeney's Aerotech InitiatorF50-6- I decided to fly again because I blew in one end of the rocket and saw smoke come out the other...
2002-06-29Micah Sweeney's Aerotech InitiatorF25-6- well this time there was a big flame, lots of smoke, load roar, went up to 1300 feet, started...
2002-06-29Micah Sweeney's Aerotech InitiatorF22-5- dud motor, went fifteen feet up, ejected, came back down on lauch pad popping off a fin and...
2002-07-07Mark Van+Luvender's Aerotech InitiatorE16-4- First mid power, first reload. Nice flight - backslid about a second before ejection.
2002-08-03Casey Kruse's Aerotech InitiatorG35-7-
2002-08-03Mark Van+Luvender's Aerotech InitiatorF40-7- Awesome flight! Perfect motor for this rocket - a little under 1500 feet, looked gorgeous!
2002-10-05Mike Burton's Aerotech InitiatorF22-5- Good flight. Stuck and broke 1 fin in the mud on landing.
2002-10-20Mark Van+Luvender's Aerotech InitiatorF20-4- Nice loud flight! Good ejection and recovery. Nice motor, but the F40 is still my favorite.
2002-12-07Sean Thomas's Aerotech InitiatorF25-6- My first mid power flight. good flight, but chute was too big for wind and motor combo. drifted...
2003-01-01Kenny Powell's Aerotech InitiatorG35-7- Way high. I'm glad I painted it crome. It twinkled all the way down. Broke fin on landing. Then...
2003-03-16Jason Vennard's Aerotech InitiatorG35-7- Nice loud smokey flight, good straight boost even in winds. Good chute deployment with no...
2003-04-12Terrill Willard's Aerotech InitiatorG33-7- My last G33-7. Great flight. Cracked one fin joint on landing.
2003-04-26Jason Vennard's Aerotech InitiatorF40-7- Organized launch, my first RMS flight. Little windy but still a very nice straight boost. Good...
2003-05-04Matt Vennard's Aerotech InitiatorF21-6- Great launch off the pad. Love this motor. Exciting, loud boost, decent altitude, and came down...
2003-06-08Larry Zeilmann's Aerotech InitiatorF24-4- vained hard off the rod.
2003-06-28Matt Vennard's Aerotech InitiatorG64-7- Very high flight, approx 2K ft (sims), so didn't completely see ejection, but came down only 50ft...
2003-06-28Matt Vennard's Aerotech InitiatorF21-6- Great off the pad. Very straight boost. Ejection just as nose started to point down, recovered...
2003-07-27Rocky Firth's Aerotech InitiatorE16-4- Perfect first flight for this rocket.
2003-08-02David Logan's Aerotech InitiatorF20-41100 feet Good flight to about 1100 ft. Recovered on a 22 inch chute about 40 yards from pad.
2003-08-10Rocky Firth's Aerotech InitiatorE23-4- Rocket toasted when the motor fired forward through the forward closure. MESS submitted. The...
2003-11-15Rod Thrasher's Aerotech InitiatorF52-8- Great flight, but the wind carried it 1/4 mile or so. Good thing the field was large. Not a mark...
2003-11-15Rod Thrasher's Aerotech InitiatorF25-4- Another great flight on a great rocket.
2003-12-31Jeff Inman's Aerotech InitiatorF25-6- Perfect flight. 12-1300 feet and perfect ejection. Rocket came down within 30 feet of pad. I like...
2003-12-31Jeff Inman's Aerotech InitiatorE15-4- Nice initial launch, but wouldn't reccomend the E15-4 for this rocket. Thought it was going to...
2004-01-24Jeff Inman's Aerotech InitiatorF21-4- Beautiful flight. Short delay was good with the Econo-F21. Landed within 30 feet of landing.
2004-02-15J Plemmons's Aerotech InitiatorF20-7- First flight of the Initiator. Used the Econojet and it worked great. Fast liftoff, loud, high...
2004-02-20J Plemmons's Aerotech InitiatorF20-7- Second flight of Initiator/second use of Econojet. Great flight. Mirrored previous listing....
2004-03-08Jeff Inman's Aerotech InitiatorG40-7- Beautiful flight. Upper winds were stronger than anticipated. I was watching the rocket come down...
2004-04-04Brian Jarchow's Aerotech InitiatorF40-7- Best launch I have had with the Initiator, but the parachute shroud lines all separated where they...
2004-04-17Darwin May's Aerotech InitiatorE16-4- I don't know what to put for the ejection, but it was just as it hit the ground. Crimp in BT but...
2004-05-01David Logan's Aerotech InitiatorG35-7- Flew beautifully. Built stock, used stock chute. Recovered nicely about 150 yards from the pad.
2004-06-05Matt Vennard's Aerotech InitiatorF40-7- Good flight, and recovery with no problems. Stock chute.
2004-06-06Rod Thrasher's Aerotech InitiatorF23-4- Another good flight.
2004-06-19Jason Vennard's Aerotech InitiatorF40-7- Another nice flight, good straight boost, nice motor for this rocket, recovery fie under 22 nylon...
2004-07-24Bill Pate's Aerotech InitiatorG64-72000 feet Had the room and it was a calm day, so I had to try a G64-7. Perfect flight, and only landed a...
2004-08-28Andrew Grippo's Aerotech InitiatorF40-7- Maiden flight. Loud and fast, very high altitude. Beautiful flight. Can’t wait to fly this baby...
2004-09-04Rod Thrasher's Aerotech InitiatorF52-8-
2004-09-05Rod Thrasher's Aerotech InitiatorF40-4-
2004-09-11Rod Thrasher's Aerotech InitiatorF40-4- 8th flight on this rocket and not a mark on it.
2004-09-11Scott Turnbull's Aerotech InitiatorF25-4- Virgin flight. Straight boost to several hundred feet. Recovered within 3m of pad. Added barf...
2004-09-12Taylor Jessee's Aerotech InitiatorF40-7- Very nice flight lots of smoke and fire!
2004-09-12Scott Turnbull's Aerotech InitiatorF25-4- Copperhead fired. Rocket hopped. Nozzle blown off. Unburned propellant driven intact an inch out...
2004-09-25Andrew Grippo's Aerotech InitiatorF20-4- Good stable flight and recovered without damage
2004-10-02Rod Thrasher's Aerotech InitiatorG33-7- Great flight.
2004-10-07Richard Irwin's Aerotech InitiatorE15-4- Good, low flight. First real mid-power flight!
2004-10-07Richard Irwin's Aerotech InitiatorG35-4- Great flight, super loud motor! Delay a bit short, but not too bad. No damage.
2004-10-23Taylor Jessee's Aerotech InitiatorG64-7- BEAUTIFUL!
2004-10-24Larry Steere's Aerotech InitiatorG64-7- Decided to go for broke with a G64 after the great flight on the F20. Pushed the button, saw the...
2004-10-24Larry Steere's Aerotech InitiatorF20-4- Great flight! My first mid-power. Angled the rod ~15 degrees into the wind which turned out to be...
2004-10-30Andrew Grippo's Aerotech InitiatorF25-6- Good altitude and but drifted onto Tinsletown roof. Recovered without damage.
2004-11-27Brian Charnigo's Aerotech InitiatorF20-71087 feet Good flight, very loud with lots of smoke. Slight damage to bottom of airframe between fins from...
2004-12-04Aaron Stanley's Aerotech InitiatorE23-5- Don't ever fly this rocket on this motor. This rocket need at least a F motor.
2004-12-09Richard Irwin's Aerotech InitiatorG40-7- Another loud motor. Delay a bit long. Good flight!
2004-12-12Scott Kluth's Aerotech InitiatorF20-7- motor chugged off pad and then lit nice and straight. good flight
2005-01-02Chris LaPanse's Aerotech InitiatorF52-8- Another great flight on my first mid-power rocket. Much faster launch than the F40, with almost no...
2005-01-02Chris LaPanse's Aerotech InitiatorF40-7- Beautiful flight with big white flame and lots of white smoke. Fast launch, expected altitude 1450...
2005-01-08Pierre Julien's Aerotech InitiatorG40-7- Lost sight , never saw come down , found sitting upright with fins planted in snow one kilometer...
2005-01-08Pierre Julien's Aerotech InitiatorE15-4- came down through snow , ice and 4'' into frozen soil ejection charge went off when in the ground...
2005-01-08Pierre Julien's Aerotech InitiatorF20-7- Delay a little too long but overall good flight , hand caught before it touched ground .
2005-01-15Bob Bernatchez's Aerotech InitiatorF40-4- Lots of folks had early ejection today. Model landed in a tree, but was able to retrieve it...
2005-01-20Richard Irwin's Aerotech InitiatorF25-6- Better flight. Landed on power lines. No damage.
2005-01-20Richard Irwin's Aerotech InitiatorF40-7- First reload. Motor took forever to come up to pressure. Weathercocked like crazy, landed in a...
2005-02-05Pierre Julien's Aerotech InitiatorF25-4- perfect flight , loud and high . this motor is worth the extra bucks when compared to the F20...
2005-02-05Pierre Julien's Aerotech InitiatorF20-7- good flight , recovered 100 ft from launch site .
2005-02-27Richard Irwin's Aerotech InitiatorG40-7- Delay too long. Otherwise, good flight.
2005-02-27Richard Irwin's Aerotech InitiatorF50-6- Good motor, but now the delay is too short! Chute separated from booster, booster took a nice core...
2005-03-05Aaron Stanley's Aerotech InitiatorF40-4- This rocket and motor work perfect together I think a seven second delay would have been to long....
2005-03-18Michael Robbins's Aerotech InitiatorG64-72000 feet Gorgeous launch and nice roar. Became concerned when the rocket went out of sight but breathed a...
2005-04-02Aaron Stanley's Aerotech InitiatorF52-5- Perfect except the delay was a little to short. I don't really like Blue Thunder so I'm not gona...
2005-04-09Rod Thrasher's Aerotech InitiatorF40-7- Seal fail? Burned forward and did damage. No parachute. Will fly again with work. 10th flight on...
2005-04-16Philip Levanda's Aerotech InitiatorF23-4- Landed in a stream at the METRA site. Guy grabbed it with a telescoping pole as it drifted down...
2005-05-07Aaron Stanley's Aerotech InitiatorG64-7- WOW!!! THIS WAS ONE AWESOME FLIGHT! IT WENT TO ABOUT 2000 feet and I was albe to track it the...
2005-05-07Aaron Stanley's Aerotech InitiatorF40-4- Perfect flight straight up and back down in tall grass. But I found it.
2005-05-07Aaron Stanley's Aerotech InitiatorF22-4- It was really a F22-7 but I drilled out the delay but the delay was still very long and deployed...
2005-05-08Jason Vennard's Aerotech InitiatorF20-4- Another nice flight, windy but she went straight as an arrow. Went alot higher than we remember...
2005-05-15Andrew Grippo's Aerotech InitiatorG64-7- Very good motor and delay combination with this rocket. Nice high flight and recovered without...
2005-05-28Andrew Grippo's Aerotech InitiatorG64-7- Nice straight flight and recovered without damage.
2005-06-11Chan Stevens's Aerotech InitiatorF40-4- Ejection failure--blew right after burnout
2005-06-12Scott Turnbull's Aerotech InitiatorF20-4- Return to flight from previous pad incident. Seemingly Perfect flight. Engine nearly kicked loose....
2005-07-03Scott Turnbull's Aerotech InitiatorF20-4- First flight with strap on boostervision camera pod. Arcing, spinning flight.
2005-07-03George Beever's Aerotech InitiatorF22-4- Great flight.
2005-07-04Scott Turnbull's Aerotech InitiatorF20-4- Flight 2 w/onboard Video downlink in strapon booster
2005-07-09Bob Bernatchez's Aerotech InitiatorG33-7- Very high flight and a looong walk to recover it.
2005-07-10Scott Turnbull's Aerotech InitiatorF20-4- Flight with StrapOn video downlink. Ejection just as horizon centers in the frame.
2005-07-31Malcolm Smith's Aerotech InitiatorG80-7- Fast lift-off, great smoke trail. Simmed to 2,500 feet. Long drift based upon wind. Rocket...
2005-07-31Malcolm Smith's Aerotech InitiatorF50-6- Fast lift-off, not quite as impressive as the G-80 used first. Lower altitude meant a much...
2005-08-05Aaron Stanley's Aerotech InitiatorG64-7- Another great flight for my Initiator.
2005-08-13Philip Levanda's Aerotech InitiatorF20-4- Nice flight love those econojets nice crackle
2005-09-10Scott Turnbull's Aerotech InitiatorF20-4- Another video downlink flight. Less spin than previous attempts.
2005-09-11Scott Turnbull's Aerotech InitiatorG40-4- No strap-on video for this tall boost. The chute hung up for a few seconds, giving a poor man's...
2005-09-17Mike Kimbler's Aerotech InitiatorF22-5-
2005-09-24Aaron Stanley's Aerotech InitiatorG79-S- Great and fun flight had a payload bay full for of candy and apogee all the candy came out and...
2005-09-24Aaron Stanley's Aerotech InitiatorG64-7- Great flight except for the delay being a tad long.
2005-10-15Aaron Stanley's Aerotech InitiatorF25-6- Another great flight for my Initiator. I add a 10 LOC payload bay to extend and help keep the...
2005-10-22Andrew Grippo's Aerotech InitiatorG64-7- A little problem with igniter lighting on first try but after a little jiggle and a curse it lit...
2006-02-20Nick Hemlock's Aerotech InitiatorF20-4- Flew straight as an arrow on its maiden flight. Great sound and flame on engine. Recovered...
2006-03-26Bill Walters's Aerotech InitiatorF40-7- Good launch, Rolled a little and weather cocked in upper level winds. Delay was to long, rocket...
2006-04-20Simon Crafts's Aerotech InitiatorF26-5- Park launch in gusty winds. Nervous tail waggle as it left the rod, but a decent flight on the FJ...
2006-04-23Bruce Sexton's Aerotech InitiatorG64-7- Nice flight to about 2,000 ft.
2006-04-29Rod Thrasher's Aerotech InitiatorF40-7- Motor burned through forward closure and destroyed rocket.
2006-05-06Aaron Stanley's Aerotech InitiatorG64-7- 11th flight and it was perfect. But Drifted about 3/4 away.
2006-05-21Bob Bernatchez's Aerotech InitiatorF52-5- Delay seemed to be a bit less than 5 seconds. Great flight, though.
2006-06-24Scott Turnbull's Aerotech InitiatorF20-4- Boostercam Video Pod, and opposing dummy pod resulted in gentle roll. Great downlinked video.
2006-07-23Bill Walters's Aerotech InitiatorF22-5- First launch with a Black Jack motor. Nice motor went higher than i had expected. Delay was WAAAAY...
2006-07-29Scott Turnbull's Aerotech InitiatorF25-4- Another videopod flight. Faux Pod opposite camera helped reduce spin to 2.5 revolutions during...
2006-08-12David Logan's Aerotech InitiatorG35-7- Nice high flight. Recovered about 300 yards down wind using the stock 22 inch chute.
2006-08-15Simon Crafts's Aerotech InitiatorG38-7- Angled into gusty winds. Nice flight on the G38FJ. Great motor for this bird. Long walk into...
2006-08-19Darren Jakel's Aerotech InitiatorF20-4- First flight. Lots of white smoke and noise. landed 50 yards from padWith no damage. video...
2006-09-03Mike Kimbler's Aerotech InitiatorF24-7-
2006-09-10Richie Brunjes's Aerotech InitiatorE18-4- First flight of this rocket. It flew good ,only about 600 feet
2006-09-23Aaron Stanley's Aerotech InitiatorG64-7- Launch was perfect but lost it at after burn out due to the fact that it was a night launch but...
2006-09-24Aaron Stanley's Aerotech InitiatorG79-6- launched it at dusk didn't see where it ejected but it was a great boost and thankfully some...
2006-10-15Bob Bernatchez's Aerotech InitiatorF52-5- Great Flight!
2006-11-11Mike Kimbler's Aerotech InitiatorG64-7- Burned up--Blew hole in fwd closure
2006-12-17Bruce Sexton's Aerotech InitiatorF20-4- Nice boost and recovery.
2006-12-17Bob Bernatchez's Aerotech InitiatorF52-5- Great flight.
2006-12-21Michael Jenkins's Aerotech InitiatorF20-7- Beautiful flight with the white lightning motor. Got stuck in a tree on recovery but it was a low...
2006-12-27Jerry Nishihira's Aerotech InitiatorF23-7- Very nice flight after a long vacation from rocket launching.Launch Day 2006 @ PMRF Missile Range,...
2007-01-02Bill Poster's Aerotech InitiatorF52-8-
2007-01-02Bill Poster's Aerotech InitiatorF22-5- Gust in middle of flight, weather cocked badly.Found tree.
2007-02-10Bill Poster's Aerotech InitiatorF50-6-
2007-02-10Bill Poster's Aerotech InitiatorG64-7- Loved this motor.
2007-04-15Ralph Hart's Aerotech InitiatorF20-4- Flew my Initiator for the first time on an Aerotech F20-4W perfect flight. Landed a 100 metres...
2007-04-22Bob Bernatchez's Aerotech InitiatorF52-5- Great flight.
2007-05-26George Beever's Aerotech InitiatorF40-4- Great flight - perfect motor/delay combination.
2007-06-22Richie Brunjes's Aerotech InitiatorF23-7-
2007-06-22Richie Brunjes's Aerotech InitiatorF23-7-
2007-06-23Scott Turnbull's Aerotech InitiatorF22-4- First AT Reload, ever.
2007-06-24Scott Turnbull's Aerotech InitiatorF40-4- A kicky F caused the strap-on camera to shift, moving the CG, resulting in some sky writing. All...
2007-07-21Bob Bernatchez's Aerotech InitiatorF40-4- Great flight.
2007-07-28Scott Turnbull's Aerotech InitiatorF52-6-
2007-07-29Scott Turnbull's Aerotech InitiatorG33-6- With strap on video pod. Rod bind, coning arc, late deploy, no damage.
2007-09-02Bob Bernatchez's Aerotech InitiatorG33-7- Great flight
2007-11-18Bob Bernatchez's Aerotech InitiatorF40-7- Great flight
2008-02-16Bob Bernatchez's Aerotech InitiatorF52-5- Great flight
2008-03-15Scott Turnbull's Aerotech InitiatorF25-4-
2008-03-22Bob Bernatchez's Aerotech InitiatorF52-5- Great flight, but had to fight off some cows to get it back.
2008-04-27JST's Aerotech InitiatorF50-6- Maiden flight. Probably around 1,000 feet. Amazing performance! Could not believe how fast this...
2008-05-10Scott Turnbull's Aerotech InitiatorF50-4- Scout Demonstration Flight. Fin damage on touchdown... to be repaired
2008-05-17JST's Aerotech InitiatorF20-7- Pefect liftoff, but moderately late ejection again. Perfect deployment. Came down on yard adjacent...
2008-05-17JST's Aerotech InitiatorF20-7- Sputtered at liftoff. Way late on recovery deployment. Watching soon-to-be lawn dart when finally...
2008-05-17JST's Aerotech InitiatorF50-6- Perfect liftoff. Went up about 1,000 ft. Perfect deployment. almost made it back onto field....
2008-05-25Scott Turnbull's Aerotech InitiatorF25-4-
2008-05-25JST's Aerotech InitiatorG79-M- Nice flight to about 1600 feet. Arced over for unknown reasons. Late, but perfect deployment. Kids...
2008-05-25JST's Aerotech InitiatorG77-M- Perfect flight. Straight up to about 1700 feet. Seemed to hang in the air for half a second and...
2008-06-07JST's Aerotech InitiatorF62-4- Arced on way up to about 1,200 ft. Chute deployed nosecone down, and shock cord fouled on one of...
2008-06-07JST's Aerotech InitiatorF62-4- Straight up flight to about 1,400 ft. Hung in air and began to coast backward into its own...
2008-06-29Scott Guimond's Aerotech InitiatorE16-4- bad motor/rocket combo. just not enough momentum so it came down ballistic and just about to hit...
2008-07-06George Beever's Aerotech InitiatorF20-7- Thought that 7-second delay might be too long, but no problem - great flight!
2008-07-28Bob Sanford's Aerotech InitiatorF20-4- Rocket was autographed by Apollo 7 astronaut Walt Cunningham at NARAM-50. Retired to the display...
2008-08-03Tom Geddes's Aerotech InitiatorE18-4- First flight. Low and slow. Recovered perfectly.Great motor for a small field.
2008-10-19Scott Turnbull's Aerotech InitiatorF50-4-
2008-12-06Aaron Stanley's Aerotech InitiatorF42-4- 14th Perfect Flight.
2008-12-06Aaron Stanley's Aerotech InitiatorF20-4- 15th Perfect Flight
2008-12-20John Bergsmith's Aerotech InitiatorF40-7- Weathercocked slightly on launch. Delay was a little long, but recovered with no damage. Great...
2009-01-03Aaron Stanley's Aerotech InitiatorF20-4- 16th Perfect Flight.
2009-01-03Aaron Stanely's Aerotech InitiatorF20-4- 16th Perfect Flight
2009-02-28Aaron Stanley's Aerotech InitiatorF20-4- 17th perfect flight except for a splash landing in water.
2009-03-01 Mark H's Aerotech InitiatorE18-4600 feet First flight. Flew naked. Got some snow stuck in the top of the BT and some mud on the fins, but...
2009-03-22Bob Bernatchez's Aerotech InitiatorF40-7- Got a bit of bonus delay on this one. No damage, model recovered after long walk.
2009-04-17Mark H's Aerotech InitiatorG80-10- The new G80T kicked the Init in the. Very quick ascent. Estimated altitude over 2000 feet. ...
2009-05-16 Mark H's Aerotech InitiatorE16-4- E16-4 performed as usual. Needed a FF Jr.; would not light with a copperhead. About a 7 second...
2009-06-07George Beever's Aerotech InitiatorF21-4- Great flight on an old war horse.
2009-06-13Andrew Grippo's Aerotech InitiatorG33-5- A little early on the delay but it was expected going only five seconds but all was well.
2009-06-14George Beever's Aerotech InitiatorF39-6- Another great flight.
2009-06-20Dave Goodwin's Aerotech InitiatorF40-7- Excellent flight, good deployment then eaten by our famous rocket-eating tree. Fortunately, it...
2009-06-21Andrew Grippo's Aerotech InitiatorG77-7- Good motor and delay combination gave the rocket a great flight. Easily recovered in field
2009-07-04Michael Emerick's Aerotech InitiatorH123-M-
2009-08-12Steve Lindeman's InitiatorF27-8R- Love these redline motors. Rocket lept off the pad trailing a bright red plume and shot high into...
2009-08-14George Beever's Aerotech InitiatorE18-4- The Bob Sandford Autogragh Edition. Great boost, blew the nose but parachute got stuck. The model...
2009-09-15Steve Lindeman's InitiatorF27-8R- Second flight with an Aerotech redline motor. Same basic flight as last month and a real crowd...
2009-09-19Dave Goodwin's Aerotech InitiatorF40-10- First flight after a fin repair. Rocket weather-cocked and spun quickly on the way up. ...
2009-11-14Kevin Danjou's Aerotech InitiatorI200-L- Crazy Fast off the pad. Awesome motor for this rocket, and this was a stock unreinforced iniator....
2010-03-06Bob Bernatchez's Aerotech InitiatorE16-4- Good flight
2010-05-08Bob Bernatchez's Aerotech InitiatorE16-4- Good flight
2010-06-19Bob Bernatchez's Aerotech InitiatorF40-7- Model landed in the trees, with the casing. Maybe our tree climbing member can get the remains...
2010-06-19Steve Lindeman's InitiatorG78-7G- By far the best flight so far for this rocket. She rose off the pad straight and true on a long...
2010-09-18John Kelley's Aerotech InitiatorG64-7- After the CATO on the F42, this launch was a blast. Went up straight out of sight, chute came out,...
2010-09-18John Kelley's Aerotech InitiatorF42-4- Motor casing blew out on ignition. Rocket was ok, though.
2010-10-16John Kelley's Aerotech InitiatorG64-7- A great flight after 2 misfires. Stayed with the copperheads and 3rd time a cherm. Drifted quite a...
2010-10-16John Kelley's Aerotech InitiatorF42-4- Ejection was early, but otherwise a good flight
2010-11-21 Mark H's Aerotech InitiatorE18-4- Good combo. A bit breezy which caused some weathercocking. Not too high, maybe 500'. Caught it.
2011-01-29Andrew Grippo's Aerotech InitiatorF52-8-
2011-05-29John Kelley's Aerotech InitiatorAerotech G53-7- Great flight
2011-06-02Karl Brandt's InitiatorF20-4- - immediate 60 deg. angle off rod, horizontal for last 1/3 flight - landed ~800 feet...
2011-06-05Dwayne Shmel's InitiatorG53FJ-101564 feet
2011-06-19 Mark H's Aerotech InitiatorF39-6- Good flight. Caught it about 20 ft. from pad.
2011-07-05Karl Brandt's InitiatorF20-4- - slight angle off 1/4" rod - landed ~800 feet downwind (East) - loose launch lug
2011-08-20vincent penoso's Virginia Tech Initiatorf24-4w545 feet Maiden Flight; 22"25% chute; Alt-ONE; perfect conditions
2011-09-17Dr. Quigley's InitiatorF40-41600 feet Flew great! Had some trouble getting it to go up, bad connection on first try, igniter failed on...
2011-11-19Dr. Quigley's InitiatorG64-72000 feet Went up, and that was it. The story behind how we got it back is incredible, but too long for me...
2011-12-03vincent penoso's Virginia Tech InitiatorF39-6t682 feet ALT-1 measured 682 but I noticed that I never drilled the pressure holes in the BT so altitude on...
2011-12-13Karl Brandt's InitiatorG40-7W- - LOUD! - Lost sight near ground - Found in bushes. ~0.4 miles ESE
2011-12-27Karl Brandt's InitiatorE18-4W150 feet - motor too small maybe 150' high - lawn darted - ejection after landing - nose cone...
2011-12-31Karl Brandt's InitiatorG77-10R- - slow start/ingition - straight up - parachute near apogee - landed ~700' east
2012-01-05Karl Brandt's InitiatorF24-4W- - Forgot to tie on nose cone, landed separte from rocket - straight up - parachute...
2012-02-06Karl Brandt's InitiatorF52-8T- - Nice straight, vertical flight - Parachute slightly after, but very near, apogee -...
2012-03-10Mike McCollum's InitiatorE15-4483 feet Maiden flight. Perfect!
2012-03-10Mike McCollum's InitiatorF20-4826 feet Nice flight. Altimeter Two showed 119mph.
2012-03-17vincent penoso's Virginia Tech InitiatorF39-6t680 feet expected this flt to be muchhigher. Rocket is heavy
2012-05-12Dwayne Shmel's InitiatorG35-7-

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