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January/February 2003 Volume 10 Number 1
(L) Candy Davis and Bruce Lee with Candy’s Witch Candy right after its successful Level 2
flight at Nebraska Heat II. (R) Candy with her 1999 Graduator at NH II. (Richard Burney)
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Winter Meeting Schedule
Tuesday January 7th, Tuesday February 4th, and Tuesday March 4th.
Each meeting will start at 7:00 PM at the La Vista Community Center.
January/February 2003 Calendar
2003 calendar pending. Stay tuned!
In Memory of Candy Davis By Richard Burney
Most everyone who belongs to THOR has probably learned by now of Candy’s accidental death the evening before Thanksgiving. Candy’s son, Jacob, had stopped breathing and Candy had rushed him down to the basement of the Davis’ residence where Arley was, in order for Arley to perform CPR. When Candy went to run to go call 911, Candy slipped and fell in a pool of water that had backed up from the basement drain. In the process, Candy came in contact with a drill press that was plugged into an improperly wired socket. Candy was electrocuted. Arley was able to revive Jacob, but was unable to revive Candy. Candy was only 22 years old. She leaves behind her two year old son, Jacob, and her four month old daughter, Necia. Candy was laid to rest at the St. Mary’s Cemetery on December 5th. During the last five years, a few other THOR members have passed away. Bruce Furan died in early 1998 from MS. Scott Meinhardt died in August 2000 from cancer. In both cases, both men weren’t that old; Scott was in his mid 30’s and Bruce I believe was in his late 40’s. But due to the nature of their illnesses, we had time to say goodbye. In Candy’s case, the last time some of us got to see her was at the November meeting. And then she was gone. I know I will miss her. Candy was only 7 years younger then me, so this definitely puts into perspective how short our lives can be in this world and how fragile human life is. There is currently a memorial fund in Candy’s name in order to raise money for any legal expenses that Arley may need to pay in order to keep custody of Jacob and Necia. Donations may be sent to the below address or may be made in person at any US Bank office:
Candy Davis Memorial c/o Arley Davis US Bank
1700 Farnam St Omaha, NE 68102
Candy, along with Bruce Lee and Tony Cochran, during a construction party for the Nebraska Heat
rocket in February 1997. (Burney)
Arley Davis, Candy, and Richard Burney get ready for a Minie Magg drag race at the 1998 AIRFest at
Argonia, KS. (Arley Davis)
Candy and myself work on cutting a coupler for THOR’s 1/3rd scale Mercury Redstone. (Davis)
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Candy working on a part for the Redstone. (Davis)
Candy and her son, Jacob. Additional pictures of Candy along with an Omaha World Herald article
about the accident are currently posted at the Tripoli web page (www.tripoli.org). (Davis)
Deuce’s Wild Review Article and pictures by Larry Vetter
Deuce’s Wild is a kit by FlisKits, Inc. FlisKits is out of Merrimack, New Hampshire. They just started offering kits in September. I ordered one called Deuce's Wild. It has a length of 21.2", a diameter of 1.637”, and has four fins. Deuce flies on a twin cluster of A8-3’s, B6-4’s, or C6-5’s. It’s unique because it uses a canted engine design. The engines are canted 15 degrees. They don't offer it with die cut balsa fins so you have to use the fin pattern and cut them yourself. A lot like the old Estes kits used to be. The part I didn't care for was the way the engine mount was done. They use cardboard rings and a triangle wedge to set the canted angle. The ring with the holes for the engine tubes is glued to the pointed end of the wedge. The other solid ring is glued to the bottom of the wedge. When you put the engine tubes in they try to twist off sideways. I finally enlarged the holes so the tubes didn't bind up and twist things off sideways. The rest of the kit went smoothly. FlisKits is just getting started and plans on offering more kits in the future. Right now they offer just a few kits in various skill levels. Check them out at www.FlisKits.com.
Jeramy Vetter and his dad’s Deuce’s Wild.
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Deuce’s Wild ready for launch. Note canted motor
pods sticking out of the bottom.
Liftoff on two B6-4’s.
A successful flight!
THOR High Power Launch Pickrell, NE – October 26th Article and pictures by Richard Burney
The last high power launch of the year turned out to be one of the best launches of the year if not ever! Though the day started a bit cool, the sky was pretty clear, it warmed up to somewhere in the 50’s, and the wind was virtually non-existent all day long. To give an idea on just how calm it was, Mark Havel’s Level 2 Cert. flight using the PML Small Endeavor powered by a J350, landed just about two or three hundred feet from the pad after going a few thousand feet up. Normally, one would expect to walk a half mile or more to get it back!
Tom Henry and his stretched PML Pterodactyl Jr.
Liftoff on an I161.
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Don Rice and one of his dual-stage deployment
capable rockets…. that is one looooonnnggg rocket!
Liftoff on an I285. Unfortunately, the main chute
failed to deploy resulting in a hard landing.
Bill Richardson and his PML Endeavor. Motor for
this flight was an I435.
A quick and rapid launch!
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Tony NicKlin and his own scratch built Spike. Spike may only be a few feet long and 4” in diameter, but it
weighs about 8 pounds (lots of nose weight)!
Liftoff on a Pro38 I205.
THOR Meeting Minutes: November/December 2002 Compiled by Richard Burney, Secretary
THOR Meeting Minutes 11/502 Attendance: Doug Buhrman, Richard Burney, Tony Nicklin, Bruce Lee, Jacob Davis, Arley Davis, Candy Davis, Necia Davis, Shaun Landgraff, Kevin Trojanowski, Denis Gilbert, Jeff Moon Larry Drake, and Jon Damme. Meeting starts at 19:15. Since THOR (Tripoli Nebraska) is responsible for the Tripoli Raffle, four raffle tickets are pulled by Jon Damme for the four available raffle prizes. Over $400 was raised for the first raffle. For the second (November) raffle, a variety of prizes including reload casings, cups, etc. will be available. Cesaroni’s 150mm O5100 now available through Magnum and Blacksky. Animal Motor Works and Cesaroni now have a joint collaboration. A ruling will be coming soon on the BATF lawsuit. It appears that the ruling will be good for the rocketry community. Kevin Trojanowski’s Lusty Corn Maiden is a featured item in the November issue (Issue #22) of Extreme Rocketry magazine. The plans for rebuilding the 1/3rd scale Mercury Redstone are on hold. Rick Loehr, as of right now, will probably be unable to attend LDRS. We would need his presence there in order to use his P motor (per Tripoli rules). Plans are proceeding to develop Elmer Harms set-aside land for THOR’s usage. In the early spring, gravel for the parking space and the path leading up to the parking space along with permanent wiring will be laid down. Treasurer’s report: $815.26 currently in THOR’s account. As soon as Kevin is done finishing up the work on a few other web pages, he will finish the new THOR web page. Jon Damme shows some motor mount configurations and designs he has created which were made with the Estes E-9 in mind.
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Tony Nicklin just got his Animal Motor Works 54mm motor casing set. It is comprised of a 1,000+ N/S J and a 1,700+ N/s K case. Rich Burney passes around pictures that he took at the last several high and low power launches. The THOR Christmas party will be at Denis Gilbert’s house on Friday, December 6th. Nominations are made for THOR officer positions. They are: President – Bruce Lee Vice President – Greg Rothman or Arley Davis Secretary – Richard Burney Treasurer – Larry Drake Tripoli Nebraska Prefect – Kevin Trojanowski Spend remainder of meeting watching tape that Mark Kahler had made of numerous flights from Nebraska Heat V. Meeting adjourned at 21:25. THOR Meeting Minutes 12/3/02 Attendance: Richard Burney, Greg Rothman, Rick Bosworth, Jon Damme, Kevin Rich, Kevin Trojanowski, Bruce Lee, Tony Nicklin, Doug Holverson, and Larry Drake. Meeting starts at 19:20. Rick Bosworth is introduced to the group. Pictures (mainly by Nadine Kinney) of the CSXT space shot attempt in September are passed around. Bruce plays a tape of various news clips which covered Candy Davis’ accidental death the night before Thanksgiving. The funeral service will be at 10:00 AM on Thursday morning at the Good Shepherd Funeral Home at 56th and Sorenson. The club will pay for a bouquet of flowers. Jon Damme passes around a card for Arley Davis for the club to sign. First TV (the people behind the Battlebots show on Comedy Central) will be recording enough footage at LDRS next summer to make three separate shows. Bruce, along with Ky Michaelson, plan on making a flying Porta Potty! Bruce recommends that any and all THOR members planning on attending LDRS to bring something big, powerful, and/or unique! The Team America NAR competition is discussed. THOR will be meeting with Team America participants at our planned launch on Sunday. More information on the Team America competition can be found through NAR’s web page.
THOR’s Christmas party will be at Denis Gilbert’s on Friday. Larry Drake is wanting to cluster 303 Estes D motors to set the new cluster record! Larry plans on flying this rocket at LDRS. The combined thrust of this cluster would be equal to either an M3333 or an M3434 depending on if D12’s or D11’s are used. Larry set the cluster record a few years back when he successfully lit 269 A10 motors out of a cluster of 293. The rocket went a few hundred feet up. Treasurer’s report: $680 currently in THOR account. Kevin Trojanowski has got the new THOR web page up and running (Editor’s note: the URL may eventually change… at press time it has!). Kevin has also applied to establish the waiver at Pickrell for next year. The Tripoli Raffle is conducted. Jon Damme pulls the tickets for the prizes for this month. Jon Damme shows his copy of the book Full Moon which he bought for $24.95. The book is full of pictures taken from the various moon landings. These are digital copies taken from the original negatives. Many of these pictures have not been previously published. Doug Holverson shows some of the latest artwork that he has done for John Carroll’s book on the German A-9. Good news on the AeroTech front. AeroTech will be receiving its remaining insurance money that it needs to complete construction of its new plant. Rich Burney talks about his current and future rocket projects. Rich proposes that Candy’s Witch Candy rocket be repaired and flown at a major event (ie. LDRS, Nebraska Heat VI, etc.) next year. Tony Nicklin shows off his Level 3 rocket Mediterranean Raider. A unique feature of the rocket (besides its fin configuration) is that he painted all the internal components! Greg Rothman is voted in as the new vice president. All other officers will remain the same. Meeting adjourned at 21:40.
Breda Waiver Update By Kevin Trojanowski – 12/17/02
We will once again have waivers above 7,000’ MSL at the Breda site. Friday and Saturday, I'll be able to get a window to 15,000’ MSL and we should be able to get 15,000’ MSL all day on Sunday. All this complements of the fine folks at the Iowa Air National Guard, who "own" that airspace.
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CLUB OFFICERS PRESIDENT - Bruce Lee Phone Number: (402) 691-8420 E-mail: [email protected] VICE PRESIDENT – Greg Rothman Phone Number: (402) 891-5706 E-mail: [email protected] TREASURER – Larry Drake Phone Number: (402) 895-1583 E-mail: [email protected] SECRETARY – Richard Burney Phone Number: (402) 553-5816 E-mail: [email protected] TRIPOLI NEBRASKA PREFECT – Kevin Trojanowski Phone Number: (402) 292-4101 E-mail: [email protected] NAR SECTION #562 LEADER – Bruce Lee NEWSLETTER EDITOR – Richard Burney
THOR on the Super Information Highway!
Brand New Address!!!
http://www.nerocketry.org/
What is THOR?
The Heartland Organization of Rocketry (THOR) is both an officially sanctioned prefecture of the Tripoli Rocketry Association (Tripoli Nebraska #46) and is an officially sanctioned Section (#562) of the National Association of Rocketry. THOR conducts low through high power model rocket activities through out the year. THOR strictly adheres to the safety guidelines that have been established by the NAR and Tripoli.
When and where does THOR meet?
Meetings are usually held the first Tuesday of the month at 7:00 PM (different days or times will be announced in advance) at the La Vista Community Center at 8116 Parkview St., La Vista, NE (turn east at the Sinclair Gas Station on 84th St. and go a block east). Visitors are welcome to attend.
For additional information…
For club launch times, launch locations, or for those with additional questions call THOR at (402) 896-2069 or toll free 1-888-546-0396 (there is a voice mail option at the end of the message). Interested parties may also write their inquiries to the address to the right and are also welcome to contact any of THOR’s officers.
THOR Membership Application Personal Information
Name:________________________________ Address:_____________________________ City:_________________________________ State:___________ Zip Code:____________ Phone Number:________________________ E-mail:_______________________________
Hobby Information How long have you been in model rocketry:__________ Do you belong to a national rocketry organization (enter your number to the applicable organization): NAR#_________ TRA#_________ NERO#__________ Are you certified for high power rocketry (check mark your applicable TRA or NAR Certification Level):
Level 1____ Level 2____ Level 3____
Membership Rates ½ year memberships will divide by 2 and add
$1. Write your check payable to “The Heartland Organization of Rocketry” or “THOR”. Mail it to the below address or pay at the next meeting. Family Membership - $36 Senior Membership– 18 and over - $24 Junior Membership – Under 18 - $12 Correspondence Membership - $10 (Members over 50 miles from Omaha) Newsletter Only (6 issues a year) - $6 I agree to comply with THOR’s policies as pertains to the safety guidelines set forth by the NAR and Tripoli. Failure to do so is grounds for expulsion. Signature:____________________________ Dated:________________________________
The Heartland Organization of Rocketry 6211 South 141st St. Omaha, NE 68137
Membership in The Heartland Organization of
Rocketry is open to all interested parties.
