It's a new year! St. Louis Rocketry Association memberships are due by calendar year, regardless of when you joined (if you joined near the end of the year, you should have been charged a reduced amount). But this means that if you were a paid member in 2016 and would like to continue being a paid member in 2017, this is an excellent time to renew. Thank you to those of you who have done so already!

Your club dues ($25 per calendar year) support the club and allow us to purchase and maintain safety and launch equipment, which in turn allows us to run safe and enjoyable launches. As a benefit, paid SLRA members are not charged launch fees for our model rocket launches. (Launch fees may still be charged to both members and non-members for high-power launches when we have additional expenses for the launch, such as the portable restroom facilities in Addieville.)

SLRA Membership Form (online payment)

SLRA Membership Form (pay by mail)

As a reminder - paid membership is never a requirement for participation in our launches. If you come to us with a rocket, we want to help you launch that rocket! But we hope that if you're having fun with our club, you will choose to support us.

We also encourage flyers to join one or both of the national organizations (National Association of Rocketry and Tripoli Rocketry Association) for the additional benefits they offer, such as liability insurance.

If you have any questions about St. Louis Rocketry Association, or problems with your membership, please email me at admin@stlouisrocketry.com.

Thanks,
Dan Crank
Secretary, St. Louis Rocketry Association

This information comes to us from Aris Simsarian of the St. Louis University Rocket Propulsion Lab. Today they are conducting a static test of an O motor in Columbia, MO and will be live-streaming video of the test online.

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SLU Rocket Propulsion Lab's Rocket Engine Test Fire in Columbia, Missouri

We will be test firing our new O-Class engine producing 1400 pounds of thrust for 6 seconds. This will be our first full scale motor test for our April and June competitions and will give the group an opportunity to measure thrust and chamber pressure.

Time Schedule

Arrival 11:15am
O-Class Engine 11:30am
End Time 12:00pm

Live Stream: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC20YUo6NIHVWGaS-XnzRflQ

Directions: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Saint+Louis+University,+St.+Louis,+MO/Audrain+Road+124,+Centralia,+MO+65240/@39.0010389,-92.3185124,364557m/am=t/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x87d8b48b8e5f118b:0xc9cb41c36ef1814c!2m2!1d-90.2373647!2d38.6354092!1m5!1m1!1s0x87dcdfe6b34fde39:0x639ba34de3c152ab!2m2!1d-92.1499689!2d39.28435

October Fly XV Standings

1/2A Boost Glider Duration Multiround

1/2A Helicopter Duration

1/2A Rocket Glider Duration

1/4A Super-Roc Altitude

1/4A Parachute Duration

Competition results from NARAM 58 have been posted, for those who are interested:

http://www.naram58.org/contest-results/

Cesaroni Technology Inc., manufacturer of high-power rocket motors, has announced that there is a known problem with the forward closures on some Pro38 reload kits manufactured between October 2015 and January 2016. If you are a user of CTI Pro38 motors, please refer to CTI's bulletin (http://www.pro38.com/pdfs/Bulletin-Pro38_Forward_Clousre.pdf) for details and instructions for replacing the affected parts.