SLRA Member Steve Cox shared these photos from last Saturday's launch in Buder Park. The orange rocket is Heino Pull's 3D-printed Twister of Death, the red and white rocket is Michael Rouse's Heatseeker, and the copper and white rocket is my Mega Mosquito (which cato'ed, but will be repairable). Thanks for the photos, Steve! If anyone else has photos or videos that they'd like to share with the club, please email me at danno@danno.org.
Thanks to everyone who came out to the park to fly rockets with us today! The weather was better than expected (better than I expected, anyway), and, although we unfortunately did sacrifice a couple of rockets to the Meramec River, we met several new club members and everyone had a good time. The range was open from 9:00 am to noon, and we had a total of 24 flights from eight flyers.
I spoke with a couple of people who said they had photos they would like to share with the club. Please email photos to me at danno@danno.org and I will post them here. Thanks!
The weather looks as if it's going to be clear through the morning, so the launch is still GO and I will be heading to the park shortly to start setting up the launch equipment. Setup starts at 8:30 and flying should start around 9:00. (Google Maps link for Buder Park)
It will be hot and humid today, so please remember to bring drinking water and sunscreen.
The chance of rain, along with the heat/humidity, increase as we get into the afternoon. We don't set an end time for our launches - we just fly until we're "done" based on weather and what participants want to do. Please arrive earlier rather than later to make sure you get in on the fun!
At this evening's meeting, we discussed the upcoming park launch scheduled for Saturday June 13, and established that enough club members were going to be present to run a safe launch. Therefore, as long as it is not raining, the launch will be held as scheduled. As always, please check stlouisrocketry.com for status updates before going to the park.
Setup will begin around 8:30 am and we plan to start flying around 9:00 am. Launches typically last until early afternoon, as long as people have rockets to fly. The more people who can help set up and tear down, the easier it is on everyone.
Please note that due to our insurance regulations, only current members of the National Association of Rocketry or Tripoli Rocketry Association are permitted to fly rockets at our launches. If you are not a member of one of these two organizations, you can still bring your rockets to the park, but a NAR or Tripoli member will have to supervise the preparation of your rocket and then fly it for you using our launch equipment. NAR membership can be obtained online at http://www.nar.org/. Membership is not required if you just want to watch the flights, though.
We should have a good turnout this month, so we look forward to seeing everyone at the park!
SLRA is having our regular monthly meeting on Tuesday evening, June 9th, at our meeting location: Google Map Link
Bandana's Bbq Sunset Hills
11750 Gravois Road
Sunset Hills, Missouri, 63127
We are continuing to meet at Bandana’s BBQ Sunset Hills. Even though Bandana’s Sunset Hills doesn’t have a minimum food purchase, we are encouraging members to purchase something to support the use of the room. We have the room from 6:30 to 9:00 and we’ll need to leave promptly since 9 pm is the closing time.
The room will be available at 6:30 PM and the business meeting will start at about 7:00PM. We'll need to be out of the room by 9:00 PM (closing).
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.
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 comment on this post or email danno@danno.org if you have new business for the meeting.
At this evening's club meeting, we discussed the upcoming launch at Buder Park and came to the conclusion that too many key people were going to be unable to attend. Therefore, we decided to go ahead and cancel the event so we could make an early announcement and let everyone know. The next scheduled launch will be on June 13th at Buder Park.
SLRA is having our regular monthly meeting on Tuesday
evening, May 12th, at our meeting location: Google Map Link
Bandana's Bbq Sunset Hills
11750 Gravois Road
Sunset Hills, Missouri, 63127
We are continuing to meet at Bandana’s BBQ Sunset Hills. Even though Bandana’s Sunset Hills doesn’t have a minimum food purchase, we are encouraging members to purchase something to support the use of the room. We have the room from 6:30 to 9:00 and we’ll need to leave promptly since 9 pm is the closing time.
The room will be available at 6:30 PM and the business meeting will start at about 7:00PM. We'll need to be out of the room by 9:00 PM (closing).
If you're a member of SLRA, you can view the meeting minutes from previous meetings here: Meeting Minutes Page. The meeting minutes will be the basis of our "old business" discussion.
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
Please comment on this post or email me at danno@danno.org if you have new business for the meeting.
Again, we regret to announce that although Saturday's weather looks promising, mid-week rain is re-soaking the field and not allowing the roads to dry out. Therefore, we have made the decision to cancel the March 28 date and allow club members to make other plans.
If you want to fly high-power and are willing to travel, Quad Cities Rocket Society will have a launch on March 28 at their Princeton, IL field. This is an excellent field about four hours' drive north of the St. Louis area with a standing 15,000 foot waiver. Please see their website at http://qcrs.us/ for more information.
As I said in my previous post, we are looking for a new high-power launch site. If you have any leads on a suitable site, please contact me at danno@danno.org or attend one of our regular monthly meetings to discuss it. All suggestions are welcome!
The field is still too muddy for us to bring vehicles into the Elsberry field, so there will be no launch tomorrow (March 21). There is still a possibility for a launch on March 28 at this location, but we are still not optimistic.
The club officers are actively investigating a possible new high-power launch site, but continue to welcome suggestions if other members know of a place that could be suitable. The primary criteria for a high-power site are relatively flat, open terrain (free of large numbers of trees, buildings or power lines) and the further from major airports, the better. Farmland is usually ideal. Please send any suggestions to danno@danno.org and I will forward them to the club officers. Thanks!
We had a great launch and thanks to everyone who attended.