St. Louis Rocketry Association High Power Rocket Launch
Launch Director: Mike Walsh
Contact info: mrwalsh85@gmail.com
When:
12/16/2023 OR 12/17/2023 (see note below)
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
If a cancellation is made, we will do our best to communicate by Friday evening.
The current weather forecast as of 12/11 is as follows:
Saturday 12/16: High of 52 degrees, increasing winds to 5 mph around 1pm, mostly cloudy.
Sunday 12/17: High of 55 degrees, increasing winds to 8mph around 2pm, partly cloudy.
PLEASE CONTACT MIKE WALSH by Wednesday 12/13 5:00 PM with a preference as to which day you’d like to fly, if you are planning to attend. The decision will be made Wednesday night, and communicated at that time. Please review the weather forecast for Elsberry prior to making your pick (Mike uses Weather Underground for his forecasts).
Location:
Elsberry, MO.
Our waiver is as follows:
Our waiver will be open from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. The range may or may not remain open until 4:00 pm, depending on how many people attend and how many rockets we want to fly.
Our waiver is 6,000' AGL with call-in windows to 14,000' AGL.
Note: We would like to try to minimize impact to FAA traffic, so please email Mike Walsh if you will need a window for your flight so we can try to group the flights together.
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 ten minute drive into town for fuel, food and restroom.
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 up to an M motor.
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, such as the monster pad (M capable), please contact Mike Walsh as soon as possible so we can arrange to have the monster pad there.
If you are wanting to make any of the following flights, please reach out to Mike Walsh (contact info above) as soon as possible:
- a certification attempt, whether with NAR or TRA. Please include details such as Name, Certifying Agency, What level you want to attempt, and if you are wanting to do a L2 attempt, please indicate if you have already taken the test, or need to take it onsite.
- a multi-stage flight attempt that is not black powder (i.e. using composites and electronic staging) with details of your flight.
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.
Elsberry, MO. Launch site location and directions to field:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1616154,-90.7682789,2917m/data=!3m1!1e3
Take MO-79 to Rt 920, located immediately north of the railroad bridge on the south side of town, and turn east onto 920, also known as Hatfield Rd, then turn right onto the access road on the east side of a large row of trees. We will have signage out. Please utilize the map attached for guidance to the launch site.
