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GARLO 2006

The Great Annual Rocket Launch Of 2006! Held July 1, 2006 at Dodds Park in Champaign, Illinois. This year's theme was "Cluster's Last Stand," featuring clustered, staged, and any other multiple-motor configurations.
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  • Green Rage 2 (PML AMRAAM 2.1") / G38-4 (Aerotech).  Photo by Alan Carroll

    Green Rage 2 (PML AMRAAM 2.1") / G38-4 (Aerotech). Photo by Alan Carroll

  • Alan Carroll's Green Rage 2. Photo by Robert Brunner

    Alan Carroll's Green Rage 2. Photo by Robert Brunner

  • Alan Carroll's Green Rage (PML AMRAAM).  Photo by Mark Smith

    Alan Carroll's Green Rage (PML AMRAAM). Photo by Mark Smith

  • Wendy Gregory helps Jonathan Sivier prepare his three-stage, red, white and blue Comanche 3 for flight.  Photo by Alan Carroll

    Wendy Gregory helps Jonathan Sivier prepare his three-stage, red, white and blue Comanche 3 for flight. Photo by Alan Carroll

  • Obligatory smoke trail in the sky picture.  Photo by Alan Carroll

    Obligatory smoke trail in the sky picture. Photo by Alan Carroll

  • Photo by Alan Carroll

    Photo by Alan Carroll

  • Photo by Alan Carroll

    Photo by Alan Carroll

  • Stephen's Estes Maxi-Force takes off under the thrust of three mighty Estes D12-5 motors.  Photo by Alan Carroll

    Stephen's Estes Maxi-Force takes off under the thrust of three mighty Estes D12-5 motors. Photo by Alan Carroll

  • Liftoff of William Carney's Dee Seven, a cluster rocket powered by seven D12-5 motors.  All but one ignited correctly.  Photo by Alan Carroll

    Liftoff of William Carney's Dee Seven, a cluster rocket powered by seven D12-5 motors. All but one ignited correctly. Photo by Alan Carroll

  • The monocopter fires up.  Photo by Alan M. Carroll

    The monocopter fires up. Photo by Alan M. Carroll

  • Liftoff of Jonathan Sivier's Monocopter, a rocket that uses a single counterbalanced wing for aerodynamic lift, spun by a horizontally-firing E9 motor.  Photo by Greg Smith

    Liftoff of Jonathan Sivier's Monocopter, a rocket that uses a single counterbalanced wing for aerodynamic lift, spun by a horizontally-firing E9 motor. Photo by Greg Smith

  • Pre-flight check of Mark and Adam Joseph's UFFO, an oddroc made out of styrofoam coffee cups.  Photo by Alan Carroll

    Pre-flight check of Mark and Adam Joseph's UFFO, an oddroc made out of styrofoam coffee cups. Photo by Alan Carroll

  • Mark Joseph's UFFO styrofoam cup rocket in flight. Photo by Robert Brunner

    Mark Joseph's UFFO styrofoam cup rocket in flight. Photo by Robert Brunner

  • Bad attitude after launch.  Actually, it's the inverted recovery of Adam and Mark Joseph's UFFO all-styrofoam rocket.  Photo by Alan Carroll

    Bad attitude after launch. Actually, it's the inverted recovery of Adam and Mark Joseph's UFFO all-styrofoam rocket. Photo by Alan Carroll

  • Mark Joseph's BSD 38 Special, deployed.  Photo by Alan Carroll

    Mark Joseph's BSD 38 Special, deployed. Photo by Alan Carroll

  • Setting up a rack. Photo by Robert Brunner

    Setting up a rack. Photo by Robert Brunner

  • Staging. Photo by Robert Brunner

    Staging. Photo by Robert Brunner

  • Jeff Deem's clustered Fun-Bird. Photo by Robert Brunner

    Jeff Deem's clustered Fun-Bird. Photo by Robert Brunner

  • Liftoff of Jeff Deem's Mega Fun Bird -- a modified BecTec Flying Fun Bird with a cluster of three C6 motors.  Photo by Greg Smith

    Liftoff of Jeff Deem's Mega Fun Bird -- a modified BecTec Flying Fun Bird with a cluster of three C6 motors. Photo by Greg Smith

  • Stephen's Expediter ascends with an Aerotech G64-4 motor.  Photo by Greg Smith

    Stephen's Expediter ascends with an Aerotech G64-4 motor. Photo by Greg Smith

  • Stephen's Expediter still going up with an Aerotech G64-4 reloadable motor.  Photo by Greg Smith

    Stephen's Expediter still going up with an Aerotech G64-4 reloadable motor. Photo by Greg Smith

  • Rear view of Kevin Trueblood's Tasmanian Devil, showing the ten motors, including rhe four D12s that spin the rocket.  Look closely between the center motors for the launch lug running up the middle of the rocket.  Photo by Mark Smith

    Rear view of Kevin Trueblood's Tasmanian Devil, showing the ten motors, including rhe four D12s that spin the rocket. Look closely between the center motors for the launch lug running up the middle of the rocket. Photo by Mark Smith

  • Kevin Trueblood prepares the "flash pan" ignition system used by his ten-motor, spin-stabilized Tasmanian Devil rocket.  Photo by Greg Smith

    Kevin Trueblood prepares the "flash pan" ignition system used by his ten-motor, spin-stabilized Tasmanian Devil rocket. Photo by Greg Smith

  • Close-up of the "flash pan" used to insure ignition of all ten motors in Kevin Trueblood's Tasmanian Devil.  All the motors ignited, but the rocket failed structurally shortly after liftoff, scattering pieces all around the launch area.  Photo by Greg Smith

    Close-up of the "flash pan" used to insure ignition of all ten motors in Kevin Trueblood's Tasmanian Devil. All the motors ignited, but the rocket failed structurally shortly after liftoff, scattering pieces all around the launch area. Photo by Greg Smith

  • Kevin Trueblood's Tasmanian Devil just before launch.  Note the custom "Taz" decal.  Photo by Greg Smith

    Kevin Trueblood's Tasmanian Devil just before launch. Note the custom "Taz" decal. Photo by Greg Smith

  • Kevin's Taz ignites in a flash!  Photo by Mark Smith

    Kevin's Taz ignites in a flash! Photo by Mark Smith

  • Cluster gone bad. Kevin Trueblood's Tasmanian Devil comes apart under thrust, just a few feet above the launcher.  Note the free-flying D12-0 motors burning at both ends.  Photo by Robert Brunner

    Cluster gone bad. Kevin Trueblood's Tasmanian Devil comes apart under thrust, just a few feet above the launcher. Note the free-flying D12-0 motors burning at both ends. Photo by Robert Brunner

  • Jack W. Murphy preps his Quest Antares prior to flight.  Photo by Greg Smith

    Jack W. Murphy preps his Quest Antares prior to flight. Photo by Greg Smith

  • Lon Westfall's ASP Tall Boy flying in a CHAD staged configuration using a cluster of one D and two C motors in the bottom "stage," igniting a single E9 motor in the sustainer.  This was the only staged AND clustered rocket to fly at GARLO 2006, and earned Lon a special award from the judges.  Photo by Greg Smith

    Lon Westfall's ASP Tall Boy flying in a CHAD staged configuration using a cluster of one D and two C motors in the bottom "stage," igniting a single E9 motor in the sustainer. This was the only staged AND clustered rocket to fly at GARLO 2006, and earned Lon a special award from the judges. Photo by Greg Smith

  • Alan Carroll checks in rockets and works the launch control console at GARLO 2006.  Photo by Greg Smith

    Alan Carroll checks in rockets and works the launch control console at GARLO 2006. Photo by Greg Smith

  • Stephen's Estes Executioner lifts off with an E9-4 motor.  Photo by Greg Smith

    Stephen's Estes Executioner lifts off with an E9-4 motor. Photo by Greg Smith

  • Chris Deem's "Ivan's Big Brother" at liftoff with a cluster of 7 - D12 motors.  The center motor of the cluster did not ignite, but the flight was spectacular anyway.  Photo by Alan Carroll

    Chris Deem's "Ivan's Big Brother" at liftoff with a cluster of 7 - D12 motors. The center motor of the cluster did not ignite, but the flight was spectacular anyway. Photo by Alan Carroll

  • Another view of Ivan's Big Brother clearing the launcher.  Photo by Alan Carroll

    Another view of Ivan's Big Brother clearing the launcher. Photo by Alan Carroll

  • Chris Deem's Ivan's Big Brother Cluster. Photo by Robert Brunner

    Chris Deem's Ivan's Big Brother Cluster. Photo by Robert Brunner

  • Christopher Deem's "Ivan's Big Brother" in flight.  Photo by Greg Smith

    Christopher Deem's "Ivan's Big Brother" in flight. Photo by Greg Smith

  • Stephen's Aerotech Initiator lifts off.  Photo by Greg Smith

    Stephen's Aerotech Initiator lifts off. Photo by Greg Smith

  • William Carney adjusts the launch angle of his Deuces Wild, a twin-engine cluster rocket.  Photo by Greg Smith

    William Carney adjusts the launch angle of his Deuces Wild, a twin-engine cluster rocket. Photo by Greg Smith

  • Mark Page hooks up Cameron Page's Terror Ranger, a cluster rocket with two D12-5 motors.  Photo by Greg Smith

    Mark Page hooks up Cameron Page's Terror Ranger, a cluster rocket with two D12-5 motors. Photo by Greg Smith

  • Robert Brunner's THOY Robin lifts off on what may be its last flight.  The rocket landed on Bradley Avenue southwest of the launch site and was immediately run over by a truck!  Welcome to the Road Kill Club, Robert!  Photo by Greg Smith

    Robert Brunner's THOY Robin lifts off on what may be its last flight. The rocket landed on Bradley Avenue southwest of the launch site and was immediately run over by a truck! Welcome to the Road Kill Club, Robert! Photo by Greg Smith

  • CIA President Alan Carroll, working launch control at GARLO 2006, strains to see a rocket against the bright sky.  Photo by Greg Smith

    CIA President Alan Carroll, working launch control at GARLO 2006, strains to see a rocket against the bright sky. Photo by Greg Smith

  • Spectators watching the rockets lift off and waiting for their own chance to fly.  About 120 people attended GARLO 2006.  Photo by Greg Smith

    Spectators watching the rockets lift off and waiting for their own chance to fly. About 120 people attended GARLO 2006. Photo by Greg Smith

  • Photo by Mark Smith

    Photo by Mark Smith

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