There is a high power launch in Walnut Grove on June 20th, particulars are below. I have scheduled an NRC rocket contest to go with it and I will be attending. The Walnut Grove folks would like an estimate of how many from St Louis will attend. If you are planning to go, please reply to jbuckley1996@gmail.com or text to 6367340762.

Here are the particulars.

John Buckley

Launch will be a combined effort (High Power and NRC contest) of St Louis Rocketry Association (St. Louis) and Tripoli MO-KAN (Walnut Grove MO). The event will be held on the site of NARAM 58 in Walnut Grove MO, May 18-19, 2019. Site location is at - 37.4486N, 93.61565W.
John Buckley will host a model rocket competition sanctioned under NRC rules. Sport range equipment will be used.
On the sport range rockets up to and including M impulse class may be flown. The maximum permitted altitude will be 12,500 feet AGL. Rockets projected to go over 8,000 ft, require a simulation prior to flight. Also, if you plan to conduct a Level II certification flight or have any questions regarding the sport range operation, please contact Gary Cole at gary.cole@att.net. Gary Cole is Range Safety Officer over all aspects of the launch including contest.
Sport range hours will be approximately 12 PM to 5PM Saturday June 20th These hours are approximate subject to weather conditions and range safety officers discretion.
Attendance at this launch is limited to 50 people. Please check in with the Range Safety officer to get clearance to attend.
Launch fee for this event will be $10 per person, to cover the cost of an onsite Porta Potty.

FYI, I will be running an NRC contest at the launch Sunday. So I will be there with flight cards and forms.

See you there!

John Buckley

Tuesday we had teacher visitors from this school. They have a TARC team and are looking for support. I am too far away to make meetings on a regular basis, Keith Vinyard too. I am looking for some one who is close enough to be able to look in on them and look over their shoulder and give them basic advice on how to build rockets. You dont need to know anything about TARC I can help remotely on that.

They have 10 kids and a $2500 grant to buy stuff. They have a good shot at launching a team.

I'm looking for a volunteer. If you want to help or discuss this send me an e-mail at jbuckley1996@gmail.com or call me at 636-734-0762. This is a great opportunity to pay it forward.

John Buckley

Reminder!
This weekend we are running October Fly XVIII at Buder Park in St Louis. We'll fly Saturday and Sunday. I will be on the field on both days by 8AM with the goal of starting flying by 9AM. Saturday we'll stop around 5PM approximately. Sunday we will have a hard stop at 3PM.

I will be using a misfire alley range setup. . Sport flyers are welcome, but bring your own launch equipment.

John Buckley

I have added an NRC launch to each weekend in June at our Buder site. In addition, I scheduled a sport launch and NRC for the weekend of June 29-30. We'll run all of these launches by our standard procedure 9am to 12PM, set up at 8. In the event of weather, we may fly on either Saturday or Sunday, but the launch will be confined to one day.

The official SLRA club launch is Sunday June 30th.

All NRC events may be flown, but we will not provide eggs, payloads or altimeters. A few eggs may be available.

Anyone who is interested in flying at the NRC launches should contact me separately at jbuckley1996@gmail.com. I will contact those interested with details.

John Buckley

Due to pending bad weather we are delaying the Heavy Metal IV sport range opening to Sunday morning at 11 AM. The range will remain open to 6PM.

The contest range will open a little earlier at 10AM, set up shortly before that. There will be no contest flights on Saturday. We will run until 6PM Sunday afternoon.

The weather includes heavy rain and high winds all day Saturday. Sunday looks to be a good day for flying though.

John Buckley

Heavy Metal IV Update
Right the weather forecast for Saturday looks grim. Lots of rain. Sunday looks like good weather. We will decide Friday morning about status. The current tentative plan is to fly on Sunday if Saturday is a washout. The decision will be made Friday AM>
John Buckley

A quick survey. Who is still planning on attending Heavy Metal IV in Walnut Grove MO? I'd like to get a rough head count to pass on to the Walnut Grove guys.

Please respond to my email jbuckley1996@gmail.com

Below is the launch information.

John Buckley

Heavy Metal IV info
Heavy Metal IV will be a combined effort (High Power and NRC contest) of St Louis Rocketry Association (St. Louis) and Tripoli MO-KAN (Walnut Grove MO). The event will be held on the site of NARAM 58 in Walnut Grove MO, May 18-19, 2019. Site location is at - 37.4486N, 93.61565W. Directions to be provided. A block of hotel rooms in Springfield has not been planned as yet, but may be if there is sufficient interest.

We will host a model rocket competition sanctioned under NRC rules. The Heavy Metal IV contest will consist of 7 events selected from the 2018/2019 NRC events list plus 1 additional event. Contestants are free to fly any or all of the NRC events. Results for these events will be submitted to the national scoreboard. C RG will not be submitted We will provide eggs but not payloads or altimeters. NO returns are required for this event except as required by the sporting code for eggloft and payload.
Contest hours will be 9AM (setup time) to 5PM Saturday. Contest flights will begin sometime after that. Sunday will begin at 8AM and the contest will end promptly at 3PM. These are approximate and subject to weather conditions and the contest director’s (John Buckley, jbuckley1996@gmail.com ) discretion. Sport range hours may differ slightly.

Heavy Metal III Contest events
C RG*
1/ 4 A HD
C ELA
B ELD
1/4 A PD
A BG
B PAY
*NON NRC event

Sport Launch:
The sport range will be separate from the contest range and rockets up to and including M impulse class may be flown. The maximum permitted altitude will be 12,500 feet AGL. Rockets projected to go over 8,000 ft, require a simulation prior to flight. Also, if you plan to conduct a Level II certification flight or have any questions regarding the sport range operation, please contact Gary Cole at gary.cole@att.net.

Sport range hours will be approximately 11 AM to 5PM Saturday and 10AM to 5PM on Sunday. These hours are approximate subject to weather conditions and range safety officers discretion.

Launch fee for this event will be $10 per person, to cover the cost of an onsite Porta Potty.

Heavy Metal IV will be a combined effort (High Power and NRC contest) of St Louis Rocketry Association (St. Louis) and Tripoli MO-KAN (Walnut Grove MO). The event will be held on the site of NARAM 58 in Walnut Grove MO, May 18-19, 2019. Site location is at - 37.4486N, 93.61565W. Directions to be provided. A block of hotel rooms in Springfield has not been planned as yet, but may be if there is sufficient interest.

We will host a model rocket competition sanctioned under NRC rules. The Heavy Metal IV contest will consist of 7 events selected from the 2018/2019 NRC events list plus 1 additional event. Contestants are free to fly any or all of the NRC events. Results for these events will be submitted to the national scoreboard. C RG will not be submitted We will provide eggs but not payloads or altimeters. NO returns are required for this event except as required by the sporting code for eggloft and payload.

Contest hours will be 9AM (setup time) to 5PM Saturday. Contest flights will begin sometime after that. Sunday will begin at 8AM and the contest will end promptly at 3PM. These are approximate and subject to weather conditions and the contest director’s (John Buckley, jbuckley1996@gmail.com ) discretion. Sport range hours may differ slightly.

Heavy Metal III Contest events
C RG*
1/ 4 A HD
C ELA
B ELD
1/4 A PD
A BG
B PAY
*NON NRC event

Sport Launch:
The sport range will be separate from the contest range and rockets up to and including M impulse class may be flown. The maximum permitted altitude will be 12,500 feet AGL. Rockets projected to go over 8,000 ft, require a simulation prior to flight. Also, if you plan to conduct a Level II certification flight or have any questions regarding the sport range operation, please contact Gary Cole at gary.cole@att.net.

Sport range hours will be approximately 11 AM to 5PM Saturday and 10AM to 5PM on Sunday. These hours are approximate subject to weather conditions and range safety officers discretion.

Launch fee for this event will be $10 per person, to cover the cost of an onsite Porta Potty.

I had a conversation with Gary Cole from the Springfield Club about running a joint Launch this year again (Heavy Metal IV?) Anyway, we discussed 2 possible events. First event would be a launch in May 18-19 with a NRC competition. Third Saturday is the normal monthly launch for them. The second event would be a two day Apollo 11 celebration/launch. I am not sure they want to run 2 2 day launches.

So who would be willing to travel for a two day combination contest and high power launch? I assume we have a plan to work with the SLSC on an Apollo 11 event on July 20-21.

John B.