The theme for this event was "Going Crazy in Stages".    I flew three multi-stage rockets, including the first flight of the 25 year old Centuri Arrow 300 three stager.

Here i my first try at a  Streamer Rainbow using Completely Cardboard on a D12-3.

This day was also the second flight of the salvaged Archer (first time on a G80) and the first flight of the Magnetic Apogee Detector.

I won a Custom Venture kit in the staged fliers raffle.  So once again I return with more rockets than I arrived with.

My Flight Results:
 

Owner	Rocket	Engine	Notes	Alt	Results
Jeff	Estes Avenger "Wind Test Dummy"	Estes B6-0, Quest A6-4			Good staging.  Two booster fins broke off after staging but both were found.
Jeff	Estes Beta	Estes AT10-0T, 1/4A-3T	nylon		Good staging.  Lost sustainer for awhile until someone else brought it back.
Jeff	Centuri Arrow 300	Estes B6-0, B6-0, Quest A6-4	beeper		First 3 stager!  Worked perfectly.  Beeper helped someone else recover rocket.
Jeff	Scratch: Completely Cardboard	Estes D12-3	Rainbow		Manually held crepe paper streamer so wind wouldn't blow it away.  Worked fine.  Next time use longer streamer. See photo:  Streamer Rainbow,
Jeff	Estes Big Daddy	Estes D12-5			Good
Jeff	NCR SA-14 Archer	Aerotech G80-4T SU	Magnetic Apogee Detector	700	Nice flight.  Apogee charge didn't fire due to weak battery, but 2nd chute opened due to opening shock of first chute

Some of the other memorable flights were:

• Art's three stage Farside which was underpowered and cruise-missiled towards the crowd while staging.  It finally hit the ground before the crowd line and performed its third-stage ignition while lawn-darted.

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