March Pre-Launch announcement 3/21 and 3/22:
Friday, March 20, 2009 at 5:20PM NO MORE ATF PERMITS REQUIRED FOR HPR! (well, maybe...)
For the time being at least the ATF regulation of APCP has been vacated. See the next story below for the official NAR & Tripoli announcements or our our rocketryplanet.com/group/rocc if you are a member for more details. So if you have been on the HPR fence - jump on the bandwagon and fly some APCP! Level 1 certification requires a well built rocket and basic knowledge of rocketry and it opens up H and I motors to you. Everything you need will be available from Ken at our launch so break out the wallet and get cracking and by next month you can be L1 (or higher).
Ken Allen - HPR Dealer Again!
Ken Allen has confirmed that he sent a large order in to Aerotech yesterday. He may have a number of HPR motors this weekend on site. Ken will be attending both days of our launch.
Weather
For once all reports look good. Wind on both days looks to be light (7mph). Saturday the direction of the wind may be odd - it appears that it may be blowing down the runway away from the road - which could make recovery a bit odd - plan accordingly. Sunday appears to be a more typical wind direction - towards the intersection of Hopewell and Tines. All of this is likely to change as we get closer to the actual launch date.
Setup Time
I am planning on our standard setup time - 10am. If there is a great deal of desire to setup at a different time please let me know. With Daylight savings I suspect we will be flying later than we have been. As the days start to get longer we may push the setup time later in the day but for this weekend we're sticking to what we have done all winter.
Food
Ralph should be there with Hot Dogs, Chili, Slaw & Chips on Saturday ONLY.
NAR HPR Contest Rules
As some may have known I have been serving on the team drafting the NAR HPR rules. I have not been the primary contributor - just a guy to bounce ideas off of. I'm not 100% thrilled with where things have gone but it's a start. I have a draft of the rules available. I will try to remember to bring these with me to the field. I am also interested in running one or more of these as a provisional event. I would love to see this happen in April - let me know if that works for you at our meeting.
Meeting
We need to have a quick meeting both days to cover a few minor topics. I'm thinking Noon or close to it will work but if you have other ideas let me know.
Help/Volunteers Needed
We're going to need LCO's and we'll need help on the setup and tear down. We're trying to keep the launches informal but I'm thinking we need to get more LCO participation so I may start asking folks to sign up for a timeslot and stick to it to help keep the racks from filling up and letting rockets cool their heels and altimeters batteries run down.
Sincerely,
Brad Shea
ROCC President
roccprez@rocketrycarolina.org
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