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NOVAAR Free Press November – December 2005 Inside this Issue Calendar..................................................................2 Competition Rocketry Editor’s Ramblings ”April Fools Meet” set for April 1st ......................3 Does anyone want to write an article?...............3 RAMTEC-12 set for May 27th and 28th ................3 Club News National Sport Launch for NOVAAR email Addresses Available ..............3 May 27th and 28th in Dallas, TX............................4 th Scout Launch set for May 6 th R/C Fly-in Scheduled for the July 8 Launch ......4 at Boy Scout Camp Snyder................................3 NARAM-48 set for July 29th to August 4th...........4 November Sport Launch One very busy Launch Day................................6 Try you hand at a Provisional Competition rd December Sport Launch Event on September 23 ......................................4 Last Sport Launch of the Year...........................8 Sport Rocketry Section 205 General Rocketry New Catalogs ......................................................11 The Redstone Family .......................................12 NOVAAR Free Press Ù NOVAAR Free Press Ú September – October 2005 Calendar This is the official newsletter of the Northern Virginia Association of Rocketry (NOVAAR), Section 205 of the National February 2006 Association of Rocketry (NAR). This newsletter is a benefit of SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT being a member – You are a member, aren’t you? 1 2 3 4 Ù Section Officers Ú Groundhog NOVAAR Army Nurse Corps Authorized, 1901 President:........................John Hochheimer Day Launch [email protected] 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Secretary:........................Trip Barber Launch NOVAAR [email protected] Back-up Meeting Treasurer: ......................Keith Wancowicz [email protected] 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Senior Advisor: ..............Ken Brown Lincolns Valentine [email protected] Birthday Day Ù Membership and Dues Ú 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 To maintain the clubs launch equipment and pay for our NOVAAR Presidents NOVAAR Washington Day Birthday website we collect dues. Dues are collected annually and are; $5 Build Meeting for members age 13 and younger, $8 for members age 14 to 18 26 27 28 and $10 for everyone else. A membership application can be found at many local hobby shops and on our website. Coast Guard Reserve Birthday, 1941 Ù Meetings Ú NOVAAR holds meetings on the first and third Tuesday of the March 2006 month, from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm, at the King’s Park Community SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT Center in Springfield, VA. The most current topics to be discussed and directions to our meeting room can be found on 1 2 3 4 NOVAAR our website. Naval Reserve Birthday, 1915 Launch Ù Build Sessions Ú Once a month, on the third Sunday of the month from 1:00 pm 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 to 5:00 pm, at the King’s Park Community Center, the club gets Launch NOVAAR Back-up together to build rockets and share construction techniques. The Meeting schedule and directions to our meeting room are on our website. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Ù Launches Ú Saint NOVAAR conducts monthly launches at Great Meadow which Patrick’s is located in The Plains, VA – approximately 50 minutes south of 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Washington DC on Route 66. Launches start at 9 am and run NOVAAR Spring NOVAAR until 5 pm (10 am to 4 pm during the winter). The most current Build Begins Meeting schedule and directions to Great Meadow can be found on our website. 26 27 28 29 30 31 There is no charge to fly at club launches (motor sizes A to F). However, there is a $5 charge to launch high-powered rockets (motor sizes G to I -- the field is not large enough for bigger motors). AND, you don’t have to be a member to fly with us. April 2006 Though, after you meet us and, realize that we don’t bite – as SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT long as we take our medication – we know you will want to join. 1 If weather threatens the launch day, our website will report the “April Fools” Daylight Savings Time Begins Competition NOVAAR status of the launch by 8:00 pm the day before. Launch Ù Website Ú 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The club’s website (www.novaar.org) is where the most NOVAAR NOVAAR NOVAAR current information about future club activities can be found. The Launch Meeting Launch site is maintained by... 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Webmaster:.................. Dan Winings NOVAAR [email protected] Launch Air Force Reserve Birthday, 1948 Ù NewsletterÚ 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 The club’s newsletter is published 6 times a year or, as close to NOVAAR Tax Day NOVAAR Earth Day that schedule that is humanly possible for the editor to achieve. Build Meeting The newsletter reports on the club’s activities and features articles written by club members about their endeavors within the 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Arbor Day Model Rocketry Hobby. The articles include, but are not limited Army Reserve Birthday, 1908 to, topics on sport rocketry, competitive rocketry and high- Administrative Professionals Day powered rocketry. Send submissions to ... 30 Editor: .......................... Frank Prekel [email protected] Page 2 of 12 November – December 2005 NOVAAR Free Press Scout Launch set for May 6th at Boy Scout Editor’s Ramblings Camp Snyder Greetings – This is the last of the 2005 Issues. I have At the last meeting NOVAAR voted to hold another every intention to get the next issue in the next few weeks. members only sport launch at the Camp Snyder Boy Scout Just imagine a Free-Press out in the same year it was written facility on May 6. No notification will be given about. Stranger things have happened. to the FAA so models need to weigh less than 16 oz at liftoff and contain less than 4 I have seen a few great models on the launch-rods, be it a ounces of propellant. Hours are TBD. kit or a scratch-built, a article about you experience (2-3 paragraphs say 4-5 sentences long with 2-3 pictures -- that s Ken Allen of all there is to writing a kit review) would be wonderful. Performance Hobbies has said he'll be on site. When you are done just email, mail or pass it to me at a This will be the Camp launch. See-ya on the launch field Snyder "Grand Opening" and will Frank include lots of other activities. Antique and zzz modern aircraft flyovers are expected. Skydivers are expected. So launches will be need to be suspended when these events happen. Did you know that the For more information contact Will Marchant at [email protected]. NOVAAR Hatpin can also zzz be a Lapel Pin? Competition Rocketry “April Fools Meet” set for April 1st The club’s next open meet date has been set. Dubbed the “April Fools Meet” and has been aptly set for of all dates April 1st – is that where they got the name? The events scheduled are … B Helicopter Duration, 1/2A Streamer Duration (multi-round), 1/2A Boost-Glide, and A Altitude. zzz RAMTEC-12 set for May 27th and 28th It’s True!!! The Southern Pennsylvania Area Association of And, it is available from Frank Prekel -- [email protected]. Rocketry National Association of Rocketry, Section #503 The NAR pin is available from NARTS (www.nar.org/narts) has set the dates for their next RAMTEC Open Competition. The Flag Ribbon is out-of-print and no longer available. RAMTEC-12, one of the Regionals of the MADROC Championship Series is set of May 27 and 28, 2006. The events scheduled are: Club News D Dual Egglofting Altitude, NOVAAR email Addresses Available D Helicopter Duration, Rocket Glider Duration, and Since moving the club’s website move from the GeoCites server, Dan Winnings has been working to expand 1/4A Parachute Duration the capabilities and features our new dedicated slice of the RAMTEC-12 will be flown at Fort Indiantown Gap 829 internet. The latest is the availability of NOVVAR email Harrison School Road, Annville, PA 17003 -- about 30 addresses. minutes northeast of Harrisburg, PA. Accounts are available to any NOVAAR member, and The flying site is on the military reservation of the the address can be accessed via standard Post Office Pennsylvania National Guard. "The Gap" is an active Protocal (“POP”) account or by a web-based mail program training facility for the Pennsylvania Air and Army National (at www.novaar.org/webmail). The account can even be set- Guard, and is the second most active Army aviation facility up to forwarded your mail to an existing account. in the continental United States. The military officials at For more information contact The Gap have been very supportive of our flying activities. Dan Winings at [email protected] At their suggestion, RAMTEC-12 is being held over a zzz holiday weekend, when training activities are minimal. November – December 2005 Page 3 of 12 NOVAAR Free Press Trophies will be awarded for 1st place in each event The DARS Classic celebrates the rockets that started the (divisions A, B, C and Team) and ribbons for 2nd thru 4th commercial hobby, and stroll down memory lane with some place. of the classic rockets that you may have owned or just wish The Contest Range will be open Saturday from 9am to you owned. This event will run in parallel with the NAR 5pm and Sunday from 9am to 2pm. Events may be flown National Sport Launch McGregor, Texas on Saturday, May either day with the exception of D Dual Egg Lofting 27.