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Old 08-18-2011, 08:38 AM
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That's a good question. The judge is at school right now, so I can't ask her, but I'll go out on a limb and say it will be acceptable. Marc S. re-flew his booster entry last year, so the precedent has been allowed.

Let's not forget that Marc's failure last year was caused by crossed wires, whereas my failure was caused by dumbness- is the mode of failure a factor on a do-over?
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Old 08-18-2011, 08:52 AM
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Let's not forget that Marc's failure last year was caused by crossed wires, whereas my failure was caused by dumbness- is the mode of failure a factor on a do-over?


Your's wasn't a failure... You are the 2010 Honorable Mention!
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Your's wasn't a failure... You are the 2010 Honorable Mention!

I've never been a vary gracious recipiant of the "Spirit Award"...
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I'm not sure who the flyer is, but it was an awesome flight!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbRQB1I6Xmg

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That was Jay Rietz's entry.
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Old 08-28-2011, 09:34 PM
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Here's my lander's launch from today

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Here's my lander's launch from today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZukAJ7fR7M


Fantastic flight!
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My apologies in not getting this published sooner. The final results are in. Here is a brief summary to be expanded after LDRS...

Kelly Engineering Challenge Hall of Fame...

2011 - Legged Landers
1st place - Sather R. - "12" Modular Booster with Vanessa Doofenshmirtz Legged Lander" (Phineas and Ferb characters in lander capsule) - L3150 Vmax.
2nd place - Ben W. and Tom K. (Team entry) - " Gladiator 1 and 2" (2 stage) - G76 to F52, timer for second stage ignition
3rd place - Joe K. and Walt E. (Team entry) - "Mars Lander" (2 stage) - D12-0 to C6-5
Honorable Mention - tie
- Jay R. - "Pad Abort Lander" - H170 - Perfect scores in Innovation in Design (20), Quality of Build (20), and Quality of Flight (20)
- Bill R. - "Miranda Mashup" - H120 - Perfect scores in Innovation in Design (20), Quality of Flight (20), and Quality of Recovery (20)
2010 - Strap-on Boosters
1st place - Jay R - "Delta 304 Gravity Probe" - I236 in core (Cesaroni Pro 38-3G)), with 6 x D12, 3 x E9 (9 boosters)
2nd place - Marc S - "Ultimate Ninja" - 6 x C6, 2 x A10, staged to D12
3rd place - Walt E - "Devil Dog" - H175 (Cesaroni Pro 29-4G) in core, 2 x F20-4 in boosters
Honorable Mention - Chad R - "Tres Daddy" - I154-J in core, 2 x F-39T in boosters
2009 - Crayons
1st place - Scott G - yellow crayon, CrayMarc missile on AeroTech J500-G (6 grain 38mm = 723.0 Ns) + 2 x airstarted AeroTech F52-T (each 73.0 Ns) = combined 869.0 Ns
2nd place - Jay R - red crayon, with 3 strap-on crayon boosters that deployed after burnout and had individual recovery systems. Cesaroni G69 Skidmark (1 grain 38mm = 121.1 Ns) + 6 x Estes D12-3 (each 16.8 Ns) = combined 221.9 Ns
3rd place - Marc S - yellow FAO Schwartz crayon on AeroTech I218-Redline (3 grain 38mm = 330.0 Ns)
Honorable Mention - Tim L - green crayon. Cesaroni K675 Skidmark (6 grain 54mm = 2009.6 Ns)
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