DAS ROCKET - HellFire 6

Tim Boschert
   NAR Section #523, UROC
   NAR 77002 Level 1 
NationalAssociation of Rocketry

HellFire 6 on the Bonneville Salt Flats. What a blast - Literally. The weather was perfect, the crowd was serious, the vendors makin' money and I launched! I pulled my trusty (now rusty) trailer out on to the Flats on Friday morning. The salt was just a little damp, but who cared as the weather was launch perfect.  Two nights in the nearby Wendover Casinos actually did help me buy more motors. It didn't help my arrival time on Sunday (noon).  All said it was a good weekend for me. I broke a few personal records and retreived all but three in launch ready shape. The Flats tend to behave like concrete so check your fin reinforcing and upgrade the chute. The casualty list: The Jaguar will be reconstructed, the Estes V2.29 will get a fin to fly again, and only the nose cone from the Estes "D" Alpha has been parted out. All-in-all I learned several good lessons about Flats flying and will be back next year for HellFire 7.
 

 Update: 4/12/01