For those who may know the Woebkenberg family from the Indiana rocket club Luanch Crue. Ryan Woebkenberg's daughter Lauren passed away on Saturday at the age of 11. Ryan's Dad, Dave Woebkenberg, has faithfully attended all or nearly all of SLRA's October Fly contests. Please remember them in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.
John Buckley
Results have been approved by the NAR contest board.
John B
I am not too sure if my other message went through, so sending again. I have attached an excel spreadsheet summarizing the results. I have uploaded results to the national scoreboard.. Anyway Keith Vinyard was the meet champion.
If you would like a copy of the contest manager file let me know. The website will not allow me to attach that file type.
Thanks to all for participating.
John Buckley
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I am hoping that we will get the contest in this weekend, though I am watching the weather forecast, which is calling for scattered showers. I plan to be on the field at Buder Park around 8:30 to check wind direction and rain. Probably it will be the west end of the park, based on the current wind forecast. But we'll see.
If people want to fly sport models that's ok but we'll not be using the club equipment. I'll be running the contest range as a misfire alley set up, so bring your own launcher. As contest director I will be the range safety officer so check in with me if you want to fly sport models.
John Buckley
As a reminder here are the contest particulars:
October Fly XVII, October 6-7, 2018
Location: Buder Park in St. Louis
October Fly has an events (5) list as follows:
1/4A helicopter duration
1/4A parachute duration
C Egg loft altitude
A Boost Glide
Set duration (t=55s)
These 5 events will decide the October Fly championship. The contest will be sanctioned as an NRC contest. Therefore, any NRC event may be flown although those results won’t count toward October Fly. Eggs will be available but not payloads.
Contest hours will be 9AM to 5PM Saturday and 9AM to 3PM Sunday. Note that the first hour of each day may involve some set up time.
October Fly XVII, October 6-7, 2018
Location: Buder Park in St. Louis
October Fly has an events (5) list as follows:
1/4A helicopter duration
1/4A parachute duration
C Egg loft altitude
A Boost Glide
Set duration (t=55s)
These 5 events will decide the October Fly championship. The contest will be sanctioned as an NRC contest. Therefore, any NRC event may be flown although those results won’t count toward October Fly. Eggs will be available but not payloads.
Contest hours will be 9AM to 5PM Saturday and 9AM to 3PM Sunday. Note that the first hour of each day may involve some set up time..
Just to let everybody know I scheduled an NRC contest for this Sunday's launch. All NRC events can be flown. I will probably have a few eggs available. Are there any NAR members coming?
John Buckley
I will be out at Buder park on Saturday, starting at 9AM flying NRC events. If any NAR members in the club want to join in I'll be there starting at 9AM. Based on the expected wind direction, I'll likely set up at the WEST end of the park. If you can't find me my cell phone is 636-734-0762.
John Buckley
I made an error on this post, I have scheduled the NRC contest for JUNE 23-24 NOT SEPTEMBER> I plan to fly this Saturday OR Sunday depending on weather.
John B.
Just to let everyone know I have scheduled NRC contests for Buder Park Sept 23/24 and at the regular club launch on June 30th. I plan to start at 9 AM and it will be 1 day Saturday or Sunday depending on weather, June 30th is the last day of the contest year.
I will also run an NRC in Springfield for this weekend, June 16th. I also have one set for the same weekend in Buder park but I plan to abandon that one.
We will have at least 1 out of town participant for June 23/24. If you want to come out and attempt to qualify or just to help with timing it would be appreciated.
Thanks, John Buckley
How many folks from St. Louis are coming? Just trying to get and idea of attendance. BTW, I am meeting with Dave Woebkenberg for Dinner Friday evening. Let me know if you want to join in.
Heavy Metal III will be a combined effort 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 19-20, 2018. Site location is at - 37.4486N, 93.61565W. Directions to be provided. A block of hotel rooms in Springfield is planned.
The group hotel block is at the Best Western Coach House Plus located at 2535 N. Glenstone Springfield, MO 65803. Phone number is PH 417-862-0701 Fax 417-862-9797. The group rate is $96.99 per night. While this is a bit pricey, its graduation season in Springfield, with 4 major universities, regular price is $119.99. The hotel is about 40 minutes drive from the field. There are a number of fast food and other restaurants close by.
Please make reservations not later than May 11.
We will host a model rocket competition sanctioned under NRC rules. The Heavy Metal III contest will consist of 4 events selected from the 2017/2018 NRC events list plus 2 additional events. Contestants are free to fly any or all of the 2 additional NRC events. Results for these two events will be submitted to the national scoreboard but will not count toward your score in the Heavy Metal III contest. 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 8AM (setup time) to 5PM Saturday. 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*
D SD*
A HD
C ELA
1/2 A PD
1/2A BG
*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.