BALLS 2003
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Three of Woody’s M1600s (see: Bad Wiring) |
“O”! So that’s a Skid-Mark! (see: Jim Rosson) |
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William Inman was out working on a single motor altitude record attempt, as usual. This time he was going for “K”. Here is Video, and in these stills you can see that it seemed to come out of the tower straight, it kicked left, then straightened out. Afterward the smoke trail hinted at a mid-level wind-sheer. |
Jim Wilkerson did his Level 3 with a nicely painted 7.5” rocket (Video Here) he called “Hell Bent for Leather” I cut several stills out of the video: |
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Early afternoon Friday
& people were still arriving (video), and odd
things like the Hyper Snitch were starting to fly (video). |
I took some snapshots of a few rockets I
got no information on: 19 – 20
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Tony Alcocer (above) preps &
launches Phantom 109 (video). Then of course recovers it in one piece with his usual good spirited way (video).
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Tom Rouse brought a
speed burner of his own to the game.
If you miss it in the video, here is a still shot. |
Of course no BALLS launch would be complete
without the occasional carnage video or two, or three or four.
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And then there are the
rockets that were slow to light. Countdown
complete, now hold the button! I said, hold the
button! But alas, even that
last one took to the sky in due time.
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Besides rockets, there were other
interesting vehicles to video, and sometimes,
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Now, if you have never
seen an “O”3500 Skidmark, then check out this treat
from Jim Rosson: Pick a thumb view & click on it, or go straight to the video clip.
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On the Other hand, this “O”4500 motor by
Woody Wood,
was far more difficult to video because it just left! These three launch Pictures: 1 2 3 Show the amazing dust cloud that it created. |
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Ever wonder why people call
this propellant Ever Clear? Well look
at the still shot and video
of this Red & Grey rocket to see
why. Unfortunately, the rocket arced
over and came back in fine ballistic fashion. L |
This Red & Orange rocket flew nicely on an N3200 + 3 air started K900s.
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Nothing Flies Like a Deer
…so they tell me. Well what little I caught on video doesn’t suggest any flaws with that name. |
Tony Alcocer is the author of the
propellant called Wimpy Red, seen here
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This Black Rocket w/ Silver Nose cone:
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Mega-Buck RogersVideo: |
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