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Michigan Spacemodeling Championship
Winds were very strong this weekend in Jackson and C Dual Egglofters were the models taking the pounding. Due the their very high center of gravity these models can be pushed off the course by winds against the fins. B Super Roc Duration was very exciting with very straight flights and 1/4 A cluster was a very difficult event.
Results will be posted as soon as John Potts gets done reviewing them.
Rob Gustin had a very unexpected recovery. If we only had some bacon
Jeff Graham from team The Dark Side pushed the envelope with a double barrel 1/4 A altitude model made of velum. Seconds after lift off the model split in half. This is a great shot on ejection heading downward after the separation.
Josh Gruell launching his Super-Roc
Josh with a return on Super-Roc
Smash Bash Regional Competition and Sport Launch
We arrived Saturday morning with hopes of some great weather for contest and sport flying but the sky's were not co-operating. Major storm clouds were moving in and very strong winds tried to tear the tents down. Luckily rocketeers were there as anchors keeping the tent from turning itself into a parachute. After the storm front moved on the sky's cleared up resulting in some spectacular rocket flights. We flew till dark and that's when the night launch began. Dave Gilmore and Matt Johnson were the favorites in this event with models that looked like the Vegas Strip and all the lights blinking.
Contest results will be posted in a few days.
HUVARS hosted the Michigan Spacemodeling Championships (MSC) at the campus of the Jackson Community College.
Results:
A Div Winner: Amanda Boadway 1776 points
B Div Winner: Josh Gruell 1260 points
C Div Winner: Jay Calvert 1308 points
T Div Winner: Bumbling Brothers 1800 Points
Section winner: SMASH 9738 Points
Records:
B Div 1/4A Cluster Josh Gruell 39 Meters
MSC Results
The Mad Cow Regional Contest & Sport Launch was one of the best launches ever this year. competitors and sport fliers from all around flew this weekend. D boost glider seemed to be the tough event with many models getting tangled in their shock cords.
Results:
A Div Winner: Emma Kristal 966pts
B Div Winner: Josh Smith 1,596pts
C Div Winner: Jay Calvert 1,602pts
T Div Winner: Spanish Inq 1,824pts
Section winner: SMASH 15,183pts
Records:
B Div D Boost Gld Kyle Ritsema 108sec (old 46sec)
A Div C Payload Emma Kristal 525mtrs (old 489mtrs)
A Div B Streamer Emma Kristal 259sec (old 159 sec)
Mad Cow Results
Members of SMASH are making their plans to travel to the Planes, Virginia, to compete in the national championships. The National Association of Rocketry Annual Meet (NARAM), this years meet is the 50th annual. The event will be held between July 26th and August 1st.
To celebrate the 50th year of rocketry will be an event called Set Duration of 50 seconds. Other events include D Boost Glider Duration, B Streamer Duration Multi round, B Helicopter Duration, C Payload Altitude, D Eggloft Altitude, Scale and Research & Development.
SMASH Ready to go to National Meet
A Division
Age 7 to 14
Amanda Boadway
B Division
Age 14 to 18
Andrew Alway-Cooper
Patrick Sutherland-Alway
Joe Wolf
Josh Gruell
Josh Smith
C Division
Age 19 and up
Jay Calvert
Rob Gustin
Matt Johnson
T Division
Old
Bumbling Brothers
Dark Side
Spanish Inquisition
More information on NARAM-50 is available at www.naram.org
Congratulations Josh Gruell and Joe Wolf for applying for and getting a travel grant to attend NARAM-50. Josh has been involved in rocketry off and on over the last few years. This will be his first NARAM. Josh is Jeff Graham's step son. Joe Wolf flew his first contest in June of 2008 and is very new to competition rocketry. Joe is Randy Boadway's nephew.
The grants were made available through the NAR because of the Alway contribution to promote B divisioners participating in NARAM.
2 SMASHers get Travel Grants
SMASH hosted SMASH Bash, congratulations to the winners. More will be posted soon.
Results:
A Div Winner: Amanda Boadway 2208 points
B Div Winner: Josh Gruell 1872 points
C Div Winner: Jim Stum 2028 points
T Div Winner: Dark Side 2052 points
Section winner: SMASH 14399 points
SMASH Bash Results
Sport launch Sunday July 6th
Sunday July 6th Smash will be hosting a sport launch from 1-7pm at the Michigan Farmers Hall of Fame located at 7990 Milo Rd. Delton Michigan. An FAA waiver will be filed for 7000' AGL.
We welcome everyone that wants to fly with us. Guests need only rockets and motors, A motor Vendor will be onsite. and there are plenty of pads to use.
Hope to see you there.
