[LUNAR Announce:] Saturday's Launch Stats

[Jack Hagerty]

I normally don't post these to the "announce" list, but Tony mentioned that
some new members were asking about our totals and other stats. Since this is
the list that everyone subscribes to I figure I'll hit those who asked for
sure.  BTW, if you want to reply, do it to the "general" list because unless
you're a club officer it will bounce off of this one.

 

Sorry I missed the launch, but I had an e-friend visiting from Norway. I've
known this guy for over 20 years now but this is his first visit to the
'states (and he brought his family). Looks like there was a really good
turnout!

 

Thanks to Tony, we already have the cards counted. The only thing missing
are most of the safety stats. He remembered two motor failures, two recovery
failures and one "land shark" (which I put down as a stability failure).
Other than that the safety looks too perfect.

 

Here are today's numbers:

 


June, 2011 - NASA Ames

	


Total Flights:

286

	


Motors consumed, Known:

288

Unknown:

5

Total:

293

								

Total Impulse expended:

2,982

A low range "L"

			New Fliers:

0

Contest Flights:

0

	

Average Impulse Per motor:

10.4

A low range "D"

	


Per flight:

10.6

A low range "D"

			Total Fliers:

414

TARC Flights:

0

	
	

	


Motors and Flight Class

1/8A

1/4A

1/2A

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

Unknown

		

Total Motors:

0

1

2

45

84

98

21

29

5

3

5

		

Contest Flights

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

		

TARC Flights

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

		

First Time Fliers:

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

		

Safety Stats

	
Category Total

% of Total


Total Flights:

0

1

2

44

83

95

19

29

5

3

5

286

100.0


Successful:

0

1

2

44

82

92

18

29

5

3

5

281

98.3


Motor Failure:

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

2

0.7


Unstable:

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0.3


Recovery Failure:

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

2

0.7

 

 

As a bonus, here's the latest of the club's grand totals since 1993:

 


Number of Launches

208


Total Flights

39,045


Motors consumed

42,210


Total Impulse

1,719,488


Average Impulse Per motor

40.7


Per flight

44.0

 

As you can see, we're closing in on 40,000 flights. At the average number of
flights per launch this year, that should happen at either the end of the
October launch or the beginning of November, assuming we don't have any more
cancellations between now and then. Sounds like another excuse for a party!

 

- Jack

 

Jack Hagerty, ARA Press 

http://www.arapress.com

 

"If winning is not important, then why keep score?" -- Worf

 

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