All,

The high-power launch scheduled for Saturday, December 21 has been cancelled due to the field being too wet. Our next scheduled launch is January 25, 2025. (Don't forget and keep writing 2024 on your flight cards!)

All,

We officially have landowner permission for our launch Saturday in Elsberry. Please refer to the earlier announcement for details. If you have questions or need to let Mike know about high-altitude flights, need for the monster pad, etc., please email him at mrwalsh85@gmail.com.

November 23, 2024 - ELSBERRY HIGH POWER ROCKET LAUNCH

Launch Director: Mike Walsh

Contact info: mrwalsh85@gmail.com

Date and time: 11/23/2024, pending landowner permission due to weather forecast for the week leading up to the launch. The waiver will be active between 10:00 AM CST and 4:00 PM CST.

If a cancellation is made, we will do our best to communicate as early as possible, but no later than Friday evening. Cancellation announcements will be made via the website and Facebook webpage.

Location: Elsberry, MO.

Our waiver will be open from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. The range may or may not remain open until 4:00 pm, depending on how many people attend and how many rockets we want to fly.
Our waiver is 6,000′ AGL with call-in windows to 14,000′ AGL.

Note: We would like to try to minimize impact to FAA traffic, so please email Mike Walsh if you will need a window for your flight so we can try to group the flights together.

The club equipment trailer should arrive at the field around 9:00 am for us to begin setup. We would greatly appreciate as much help as possible with setup and cleanup, so please plan to arrive early if you can.

There will be neither food concessions nor restroom facilities at this site, but it is a ten minute drive into town for fuel, food and restroom.

For current SLRA members, there will be no launch fee for Low-Power Rockets (also called Model Rockets, or Class 1 rockets, with 1/4A up to G engines. High power fees will be $5 for the day.

If you’re not a current SLRA member, low power rocket fees are $3, and high power fees will be $10.

We plan to have various sizes of launch pads set up, from the 1/8′′ model rocket rods up to 1515 rails. If you have any special needs, such as the monster pad (M capable), please contact Mike Walsh as soon as possible so we can arrange to have the monster pad there.

If you are wanting to make any of the following flights, please reach out to Mike Walsh (contact info above) as soon as possible:
● A certification attempt, whether with NAR or TRA. Please include details such as Name, Certifying Agency, What level you want to attempt, and if you are wanting to do a L2 attempt, please indicate if you have already taken the test, or need to take it onsite.
● A multi-stage flight attempt that is not black powder (i.e. using composites and electronic staging) with details of your flight.
● If you are a SLI team in need of a flight attempt
● As mentioned above, in need of a window for your flight ( Flights > 6,000′, and less than 14,000′)

As always, please be courteous to our hosts and respectful of their property, including driving slowly on all farm roads. Once we get on site, we will clarify where it is okay to drive and park. Do not attempt to drive on the field.

Launch site location and directions to field:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1616154,-90.7682789,2917m/data=!3m1!1e3

From the St. Louis area, take MO highway 79 north to its intersection with JJ. (If you get into the town of Elsberry itself, you’ve gone too far.) Turn right onto Old Highway 79, which is a gravel road. Old 79 will turn right again, but do not follow it – continue straight onto the farm road, across a wooden bridge. From that point, follow the signs. Please refer to the following two maps: the first map is the "usual" way; the second map is an alternate route we may be asked to use due to field conditions. When we confirm the launch, we will send another announcement telling you which route to use.