Weather Underground is showing about the same weather pattern for this weekend as it was earlier in the week. Saturday’s forecast is a little worse and Sunday’s forecast is a little better, with Saturday still being the much better day.

If we have enough interest in doing a High Power Rocket (HPR) launch on Saturday it will be a go.

If not, we will scrub the launch for this weekend and wait till Saturday, Dec. 7 for the next HPR launch at Elsberry (weather permitting).

Please respond to  admin@stlouisrocketry.com whether or not you plan to fly HPR on Saturday. And do so ASAP.

Thank you;

Darrell Weber, SLRA Secretay

Our High Power Rocket Launch at Elsberry is scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 10. But with the predicted cloud cover the launch may be moved to Saturday, Nov. 9, or be scrubbed altogether. Watch for further notices.

Please watch the calendar and subscribe to our email list for updates.

Sunday, November 10^th is the date for our next high-power launch. This launch will be held at the Elsberry launch field (see map).

• Our waiver will be open from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm. The range may or may not remain open until 4:30 pm, depending on how many people attend and how many rockets we want to fly.
  Our waiver altitude is 6,500 feet AGL, with call-in windows to 14,500 feet AGL.
• 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 very short drive into town for those needs.
• Launch fees will be $0 for Low-Power Rockets (also called Model Rockets and class 1 rockets, with 1/4 A up to G80 engines) if you're a PAID SLRA member, and $3 if you're not a paid SLRA member; and $10 for High-Power Rockets (also called class 2 rockets, with H up to O engines), however we are currently only able to fly rocket motors up to M.
• 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, please reply to this email and we will see if we can accommodate you. In particular, if you need the "Monster Pad," please let us know ahead of time.
• 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.

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

Take MO-79 to Highway JJ, the first intersection south of the town of Elsberry.
From this point, we should have signs up to guide you - but head east onto Old Missouri 79 (if you were coming north from the St. Louis area, this is a right turn) and continue straight onto the farm road where the main road takes another right turn.

If you have any questions, please email admin@stlouisrocketry.com.

Due to weather and low cloud ceiling concerns the High Power Launch at Elsberry, MO has been moved from Saturday, Oct. 19th to Sunday, Oct. 20th.

Right now precipitation does not seem to be a problem for Saturday, but cloud cover could be.  Weather Underground is showing about 70% coverage.   So we may have to wait for the blue skies to be over us depending on how high the ceiling is and how high the rockets are going.

The launch status is currently go, but with a weather caution?  Please check our website before you head to the launch site. 

So, with an uncertain cloud ceiling, we are asking for help from any flyers who plan to fly rockets they have flown before that have a pretty accurate estimate of altitude, in order to help us to determine how high the cloud ceiling is.

Thanks, Dan Welling

With rain moving in, the range is now closed at Buder Park. I wanted to send a quick note in case anyone was still planning to arrive later. Join us in Elsberry on 10/19 (weather permitting) instead!

Dan Crank

At last night's meeting, we received news that no crops had been planted in the fields around Elsberry this year due to the flooding. While unfortunate for the landowner, this is good news for us because it looks as if the field is available for us to launch rockets this fall.

We have added three dates to the calendar:

• Saturday, October 19
• Sunday, November 10
• Saturday, December 7

As always, these dates are weather-dependent. High-power flyers will pay a $10 launch fee; paid SLRA members can fly low-power for free, and non-members pay $3 for low-power only.

The entrance to the field is just south of the town of Elsberry, on the east side of Highway 79 where Highway JJ intersects it. https://goo.gl/maps/3CdtkUbTvw6dY8Kf6

The launch will be held under Tripoli Research rules; research motors are allowed with approval of the RSO. Our FAA waiver allows flights to 7,000 feet above sea level (about 6,500 feet above ground level) with call-in windows to 15,000 feet above sea level (14,500 feet above ground level). If you plan a flight above 10,000 feet, please bring simulation data along to help the RSO evaluate the risk of your flight violating the waiver.

If you have any questions, please email admin@stlouisrocketry.com.