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October Fly XVII results
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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High-power launch…gauging interest
Calling all high-power fliers!
We have received word that the field in Addieville will likely be available on the first weekend in November (Saturday 11/3 and Sunday 11/4). We are aware that that is the same weekend as Midwest Power, which some people already have plans to attend, so we are sending this notice to find out who would be interested in having an Addieville launch that same weekend.
If you would like to fly high power in Addieville on 11/3 and/or 11/4, please reply by email to admin@stlouisrocketry.com and tell us which days you can attend (Saturday, Sunday or both).
We'll send out another announcement once we have a plan.
Thanks,
Dan Crank
Secretary, St. Louis Rocketry Association
October Fly VII update
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.
Notes from this week’s SLRA meeting
At this week's meeting, we had some information from and about some other organizations to pass along to our members:
- Arch Reactor Makerspace: Myles Farrell, Sergeant at Arms of Arch Reactor, has invited SLRA members to tour the makerspace. If interested, please email Myles at sergeantatarms@archreactor.org.
- Inventor Forge Makerspace: Philip Newell attended our meeting, representing Inventor Forge as well as St. Louis Space Frontier. Inventor Forge has an open house every Thursday evening at 6:00 pm, and St. Louis Space Frontier meets on the fourth Saturday of the month at Washington University. If interested, please email Philip at spaceadvocatephilip@gmail.com.
- John Buckley provided information about next year's NARAM, which will be held from July 27th to August 3rd, 2019 at the International Aeromodeling Center near Muncie, Indiana. The pamphlet says that the event website is not set up yet, but you can check out the hosting clubs at http://www.nar.org/site/section703/ (Wright Stuff Rocketeers) and http://roci.indyrockets.org/ (Rocketeers of Central Indiana).
Reminder: the model rocket launch is ON for tomorrow at Buder Park, with setup at 9:00am and range open around 9:30am. The weather forecast still looks good, with cool temperatures and fairly light winds.
Buder Park model rocket launch – Saturday, September 29th
Our next model rocket launch is scheduled for this coming Saturday, September 29th at Buder Park. The current forecast is for partly cloudy skies, cool and breezy with a high of 70 F and 6-7 mph wind.
We'll start setup at 9:00 am and should have the range open by 9:30 if not earlier.
If you have any questions, please email admin@stlouisrocketry.com.
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 General Membership Meeting Announcement
SLRA is having our regular monthly meeting on Tuesday evening, September 25th, at our regular meeting location:
Fallon's Bar & Grill
9200 Olive Blvd. #116
Olivette, Missouri, 63132
The room will be available at 6:00 PM and the business meeting will start at about 7:00PM.
If you're a member of SLRA and are registered on the website, you can view minutes of previous meetings here: Meeting Minutes Page, The meeting minutes will be the basis of our "old business" discussion.
The standard agenda for all meetings is as follows:
1. Treasury Status.
2. Recognition of Achievements
3. Recognition of Contributions
4. Members expenses.
5. Old Business - please review minutes for last month's meeting for topics
6. New Business
Online and paper membership forms with payments received by mail to be processed by treasurer and president.
Please email admin@stlouisrocketry.com if you have new business for the meeting.
October Fly XVII, October 6-7, 2018
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..
Buder Park launch CANCELLED September 9
Due to weather and other factors, we have decided to cancel the scheduled model rocket launch tomorrow at Buder Park.
We may also be rescheduling the final park launch from September 29 to October 6-7 (both days) for the October Fly contest launch. Keep an eye out for a future announcement about that event.
Dan Crank
Secretary, St. Louis Rocketry Association
Buder Park model rocket launch – Sunday, September 9th
Our next model rocket launch is scheduled for this coming Sunday, September 9th at Buder Park. Unfortunately, it looks like Buder will be getting quite a bit of rain between now and then, as we have a cold front approaching from the west and the remains of tropical storm Gordon coming up from the south. If we have dry enough weather (and a dry enough field) to have a launch, the good news is that it will be nice and cool.
Set up time will be 9:00am, unless it looks like delaying an hour or two will give us better weather conditions. I will keep an eye on the forecast and send another announcement if we have to cancel.
If you have any questions, please email admin@stlouisrocketry.com.