Bernard Cawley's Page

AKA: BEC

Location: Auburn, Washington

Club Memberships: NAR,BEMRC,BMR

Biography:

Another BAR who came back at the behest of a group of home-school students for which I was giving an "Aeronautics" class. So, of course I have more rockets and motors now than I ever dreamed of 30-odd years ago when I was a rocketeer for the first time.

I am currently a Configurations engineer at Boeing in Renton (home of the 737). I've been at Boeing now just over 32 years as of this writing (mid February, 2011).

I am also the treasurer of the Boeing Employees Model Rocket Club - which is struggling to keep going as it has only a tiny patch of ground at the south end of Boeing's Kent, Washington facility left as a flying site. I also belong to the Blue Mountain Rocketeers - a youth-run club on the other side of the state. They have a flying site in a big alfalfa field at which several launches a year are held.

I have been an active aeromodeller all my life and am somewhat of a pioneer in electric powered RC. I've been flying electric airplanes since 1980. Because electric is now mainstream and it doesn't take much finesse to put together an electric airplane that performs well is, I think, one of the reasons returning to rockets has taken hold so hard.

I'm still strictly low power - the highest impulse motor I've used is an E (single-use Aerotechs) and will likely stay that way for the forseeable future, though I do have an Aerotech Initiator kit for a proper introduction to mid-power.  But first I need to build all the rockets I wanted to but couldn't afford back in the mid to late 1970s.....Trident, Orbital Transport, Starship Excalibur, Ranger, etc., etc.....:)

Club Home Page: http://www.bmr615.org/

RocketReviews.com Pages:


   

2011-06-26

Nova Payloader

Flight

HH RT: 289 feet. Pnut: 280 feet, 75 mph. Instant igntion (Q2G2) Good profile. Ejection a bit late. Close landing. - QU B6-4 - Weyerhauser North Meadow [More]

   

Nova Payloader

Flight

PerfectFlite Pnut first flight. 92 mph peak speed. Another lovely flight. Straight boost w/ bit of roll. Good 'chute and again fairly near landing. - B6-4 - Weyerhauser North Meadow [More]

   

Nova Payloader

Flight

APRA. 155 mph. Beautiful flight. Straight. Good deploy and 'chute and again near landing. - C6-5 - Weyerhauser North Meadow [More]

   

Nova Payloader

Flight

First flight of PerfectFlite APRA. Max speed 88 mph. Nice profile flight. Deploy just past apogee. Good 'chute. Almost came right back to launch pad. - B6-4 - Weyerhauser North Meadow [More]

   

Semroc Mini Hustler

Flight

APRA: 508 feet 113 mph. A1: 491 feet HH RT: 511 feet. Again very nice flight. Super straight. Good 'chute and near landing again. - C6-5 - Weyerhauser North Meadow [More]

   

Semroc Mini Hustler

Flight

APRA 498 feet 112 mph. A1: 480 feet. HowHigh RT 493 feet. Good profile. Deploy after apogee. Good 'chute. Close landing. - C6-5 - Weyerhauser North Meadow [More]

   

Semroc Mini Hustler

Flight

Pnut 605 feet 133 mph. AltimeterTwo 606 feet 123 mph. Gorgeous flight all around except rather violent ejection. Good 'chute and close landing. - C6-5 - Weyerhauser North Meadow [More]

   

Semroc Mini Hustler

Flight

Pnut: 526 feet 112 mph. Adept A1: 511 feet. Very nice flight all around. Good boost, deploy just past apogee. Good 'chute and near landing. - C6-5 - Weyerhauser North Meadow [More]

   

Semroc Mini Hustler

Flight

Pnut: 253 and 73 mph. AltimeterTwo 374 feet (!!) and 81 mph. Good flight except S/C tangle. Almost right back to pad. - B6-4 - Weyerhauser North Meadow [More]

   

Semroc Mini Hustler

Flight

APRA: 211 feet and 59 mph. AlitmeterTwo: 215 feet and 71 mph. Good profile overall except 'chute took a bit to deploy. Very near ldg. - B6-4 - Weyerhauser North Meadow [More]

   

2009-10-11

Balsa Machining Service School Rocket (Kit)

Review

Brief: The BMS School Rocket is a basic four fin and a nose cone streamer recovery beginner rocket that is well thought out and well executed. It has a few interesting features including through-the-wall fin mounting for extra ruggedness and laser etched lines to tell you where to put ... [More]

   

Bernard Cawley