August 28th 1999
This summer a small group of us got together and held the first official High Powerlaunch in B.C. The Canadian Launch Safety Office (CLSO) wavier gave us up to 10,000
feet above sea level! The site is great - with plenty of recovery area and minimal
wind. The weather was fantastic. We hope to hold another High Power launch at the site in
the spring of 2000.
It was definately not my day in terms of successful flights, but bad days happen in this hobby :)
I lost my 3" LOC 4-29ss which had two 29mm Dr. Rocket reloadable motors on board.
Click Here to see the flight data from the launch.
Mark Eisinger setting up his LOC Caliber for its first flight on an H123W
Mark's Caliber as the payload seperates and the chute comes out. The H123 motor experienced 'blow-by' and fired the ejection charge just after the motor pressurized.
The Caliber lives to fly again! This time the H123 performs flawlessly and it soars to 3200 feet.
The Spectator/Prep Area
Me and my "Upward Express" (LOC Caliber) which is quite 'weathered', having sat in the Monroe swamp for a month.
The Upward Express snaps off the pad on a H238T.
My LOC 4-29ss fully loaded with 2 H128's which were to airstart 2 G35's. Unfortunately, as the picture confirms, only one of the H's lit and it flew a long arc and pranged in the forest.
David Wakarchuk's bird flying on a neat smokey motor.
Dave's NK1157 leaving the pad atop a H97 black-jack.
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