October Sky?

Cadets who complete all of the below performance critera and pass an in-depth written examination receive the CAP's Cadet Model Rocketry Badge

  Competition Staff Position
Cadet Altitude P-Duration Spot
Landing		 Payload Launch
Supervisor		 Safety
Officer
Abeel X          
Adamson X X X X    
Andes X X X X X X
Crews X          
Curtice X X X      
Friel X   X      
Griswold X X X      
Guenthoer X          
Hanneman X          
Hetrick X X X X    
Kelly, R. X X X      
Kelly, Z. X X X      
Kim X X        
Lindsey X X X X    
Lollis X X X      
Mixon X X X X X X
Naldret-Jays X X X X X X
Rash X          
Roberts X          
Smolar X          
Swenson X          
Ulianich X   X      
Whitney X          
Wilkins X X X X X X

May 18, 2002 Altitude Launch Results

Launch Category Cadet Altitude (in feet) Comments
Altitude Andes 0.0 Igniter misfire
Altitude Guenthoer 146.0 Good flight
Altitude Wilkins 174.0 Shock cord separation, all parts recovered
Altitude Andes 421.0 Parachute separation, parachute never recovered
Altitude Naldret-Jays 293.5 Good flight
Altitude Kelly, Z. 138.0 Good flight
Altitude Roberts 74.5 Good flight
Altitude Kelly, R. 101.0 Parachute did not fully open
Altitude Kim 120.5 Tangled parachute, one fin broken on landing, all parts recovered
Altitude Rash 143.0 Good flight
Altitude Lindsey 127.0 Parachute did not fully open, one fin broken on landing, all parts recovered
Altitude Mixon 0.0 Igniter misfire
Altitude Mixon 70.0 Good flight

May 18, 2002 Parachute Duration Launch Results

Launch Category Cadet Altitude (in feet) Flight Duration Comments
Parachute Duration Kelly, Z. 169.5 46.79 sec Good flight
Parachute Duration Wilkins 192.0 29.44 sec Good flight
Parachute Duration Mixon 99.0 30.66 sec Good flight
Parachute Duration Naldret-Jays 370.0 62.22 sec One fin lost during takeoff, lost fin never recovered
Parachute Duration Lindsey 172.0 29.89 sec Good flight
Parachute Duration Kelly, R. 177.5 33.07 sec Good flight
Parachute Duration Kim 146.0 N/A Shock cord separation, body tube lost in tree (unrecoverable)

May 18, 2002 Spot-Landing Launch Results

Launch Category Cadet Distance from target at landing Comments
Spot Landing Lindsey 58' 10" Good flight
Spot Landing Kelly, Z. 100'+ Good flight, rocket landed more than 100 feet from target
Spot Landing Wilkins 80' 0" Good flight
Spot Landing Mixon 100'+ Good flight, rocket landed more than 100 feet from target
Spot Landing Kelly, R. 100'+ Good flight, rocket landed more than 100 feet from target
Spot Landing Naldret-Jays 100'+ Good flight, rocket landed more than 100 feet from target

May 18, 2002 Payload Altitude Launch Results

Launch Category Cadet Altitude (in feet) Comments
Payload Altitude Mixon 258.0 Shock cord separation, payload never recovered. (Since we only had one certified payload to use, this ended the day's activities.)

Launches for May 21, 2002

Launch Category Cadet Altitude (in feet) Duration Time Comments
Altitude Swenson 185   Good Flight (Landed out-of-bounds)
Altitude Smolar 116   Shock cord separation
Altitude Hetrick 238   Good Flight (Landed out-of-bounds)
Altitude Friel 97   Good Flight
Altitude Curtice 238   Parachute did not fully deploy
Altitude Lollis 222   Shock cord separation, one fin lost on landing, all parts recovered.
Altitude Crews 246   Parachute did not fully deploy
Altitude Hanneman 161   Shock cord separation, nose cone and parachute landed out-of-bounds
Payload Wilkins 121   Good Flight
Altitude Griswold 171   Parachute did not fully deploy
Altitude Adamson 189   Good Flight
Altitude Whitney 146   Good Flight
Altitude Abeel 172   Good Flight
Parachute Duration Kim 312 16.35 sec Parachute did not fully deploy
Payload Naldrett-Jays 136   Shock cord separation, all parts recovered

Launches for May 25, 2002

Launch Category Cadet Altitude (in feet) Duration Time Comments
Parachute Duration Andes 119 32.00 sec Good flight
Fun Launch Guenthoer 104   Successful flight (Estes Fat Boy) but rocket took a unique turn during flight
Fun Launch Naldrett-Jays 549   C6-5 engine in an Alpha rocket!
Fun Launch Moore (Senior Member)     Home-built rocket, streamer did not fully deploy and rocket crashed into road (very severe damage)
Payload Mixon 123   Good flight
Spot Landing Andes 166   Rocket landed in tree (100+ feet from target) rocket safely recovered
Fun Launch Guenthoer     Good flight (Estes Fat Boy)
Fun Launch Wilkins (Senior Member)     Landed out-of-bounds (Estes Alpha)
Fun Launch Naldrett-Jays     Good flight (Estes Alpha)
Payload Andes 160   Good flight
Fun Launch Naldrett-Jays     Good flight
Experimental Mixon, Guenthoer, Andes, Naldrett-Jays, Wilkins less than 50   Unique attempt to attach two Estes Alpha rockets (each missing one fin) to create a multi-engine, twin body rocket. Flight using twin A8-3 engines was very low and unstable. It appeared that both engines were not producing equal thrust.

Launches for June 11, 2002

Launch Category Cadet Altitude (in feet) Duration Time Comments
Spot Landing Friel     Good flight, rocket landed 100+ feet from target
Spot Landing Curtice     Good flight, rocket landed 100+ feet from target
Spot Landing Hetrick     Good flight, rocket landed 71' 0" from target
Spot Landing Griswold     Parachute tangled, rocket landed 90' 7" from target
Payload Altitude Lindsey 121   Shock cord separation, all parts recovered
Spot Landing Adamson     Parachute did not fully deploy, rocket landed 85' 5" from target
Parachute Duration Griswold   16 sec Shock cord separation, all parts recovered
Parachute Duration Curtice   14 sec Shock cord separation, all parts recovered, body tube badly damaged on landing

Launches for June 18, 2002

Launch Category Cadet Altitude (in feet) Duration Time Comments
Altitude Ulianich 122   Good flight, rocket landed on hangar roof and was recovered after a gust of wind blew it down
Parachute Duration Hetrick   37.89 Good flight
Parachute Duration Lollis   28.72 One fin broken off on hard landing
Parachute Duration Adamson   31.04 Shock cord separation, all parts recovered
Payload Altitude Hetrick 132   Good flight
Fun Launch Guenthoer 91   Estes FAT BOY rocket, good flight
Payload Altitude Adamson 211   Shock cord separation, body tube recovered but payload section lost in tree
Spot Landing Lollis     Good flight, rocket landed 87' 4" from target
Spot Landing Ulianich     Good flight, rocket landed (in tree) 41' 10" from target