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..

NRC Contest launches for remainder of 2018 contest year, edited

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

Update on Heavy Metal III launch in Springfield, including hotel info

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.

NRC contest Sunday April 29

Just a reminder I will be running an NRC competition at the launch this weekend, Sunday. A quick reminder, NRC rules no longer require motor check in prior to flight so you can prep your models at home if you like. If anyone wants to fly Egg loft let me know and I will bring a few eggs, I won't have payloads to loan out though.

John B.

October Fly XVI Update, October 21-22

October Fly this year will be held October 21-22, at Buder Park.

Contest events:

1/4A Altitude (altimeter)

1/2A PD*

A SD*

1/2A BG*

1/2A HD

Predicted duration

*NRC event

This contest will be sanctioned as an NRC competition, three of the NRC events are on the events list.  All NRC events may be flown at this meet.  Contestants wishing to fly A payload or C ELA must provide their own NAR compliant payloads and eggs.  Stopwatches will be available.

Contest hours will be 10AM to 5PM Saturday and 9AM to 3PM Sunday.  The contest will end promptly at 3PM Sunday.

John Buckley