NOVAAR Free Press May – June 2005 TTAARRCC 22000055 Inside this Issue Calendar................................................ 2 FlisKits Announced as the Officially Editor’s Ramblings Endorsed Maker of MicroMaxx A call for Articles and Rockets.............................................. 7 a Little Help....................................... 3 MicroMaxx Rockets Alive and Well on Competition Rocketry the “MicroMax” Yahoo Group ......... 8 NARAM 47 .......................................... 3 TARC 2005 A Correction to “Building the Super A Rainy Friday Set-up results in Behemoth .......................................... 8 Fantastic Saturday Event ...................... 4 General Rocketry Sport Rocketry ”Reality TV Rocketry” Vertical Force Rocketry Releases on the SciFi Channel......................... 9 First Model Rocket Kit......................... 7 Project Mercury Road Trip ............. 10 Section 205 Page 1 of 14 January – February 2005 NOVAAR Free Press Ù NOVAAR Free Press Ú Calendar May - June 2005 This is the official newsletter of the Northern Virginia Association of Rocketry (NOVAAR), Section 205 of the National August 2005 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? 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ù Section Officers Ú NOVAAR President:..................... John Hochheimer Meeting U.S. Coast Guard Established [email protected] 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Secretary:..................... Trip Barber [email protected] Treasurer:.................... Keith Wancowicz [email protected] 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 NOVAAR NOVAAR Senior Advisor:............ Ken Brown Meeting Launch [email protected] 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Ù Membership and Dues Ú Launch To maintain the clubs launch equipment, pay for our website, Backup and produce this newsletter we collect dues. Dues are collected annually and are; $5 for members age 13 and younger, $8 for 28 29 30 31 members age 14 to 18 and $10 for everyone else. A membership application can be found at many local hobby shops and on our website. Ù Meetings Ú September 2005 NOVAAR holds meetings on the first and third Tuesday of the SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT month, from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm, at the King’s Park Community Center in Springfield, VA. The most current topics to be discussed 1 2 3 and directions to our meeting room can be found on our website. Ù Build Sessions Ú Once a month, on the third Sunday of the month from 1:00 pm 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 to 5:00 pm, at the King’s Park Community Center, the club gets Labor NOVAAR Day together to build rockets and share construction techniques. The Meeting most current schedule and directions to our meeting room can be 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 found on our website. POW/MIA NOVAAR Patriot Day Ù Launches Ú Launch Day NOVAAR conducts monthly launches at Great Meadow which is located in The Plains, VA – approximately 50 minutes south of 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 NOVAAR NOVAAR First Day Washington DC on Route 66. Launches start at 9 am and run until Build Meeting of Fall 5 pm (10 am to 4 pm during the winter). The most current schedule and directions to Great Meadow can be found on our 25 26 27 28 29 30 website. U.S. Air Force Established 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 October 2005 motors). AND, you don’t have to be a member to fly with us. SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT Though, after you meet us and, realize that we don’t bite – as 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 status of the launch by 8:00 pm the day before. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ù Website Ú NOVAAR The club’s website (www.novaar.org) is where the most current Meeting information about future club activities can be found. The site is maintained by... 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Columbus Webmaster:.................. Dan Winings U.S. Navy Established [email protected] Day Ù Newsletter Ú 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 The club’s newsletter is published 6 times a year or, as close to NOVAAR NOVAAR that schedule that is humanly possible for the editor to achieve. Build Meeting The newsletter reports on the club’s activities and features articles 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 written by club members about their endeavors within the Model Rocketry Hobby. The articles include, but are not limited to, topics on sport rocketry, competitive rocketry and high-powered rocketry. Send submissions to ... 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 Daylight Halloween NOVAAR Editor: .......................... Frank Prekel Savings End [email protected] Meeting Page 2 of 14 January – February 2005 NOVAAR Free Press Editor’s Ramblings Competition Rocketry Greetings -- I don’t know how many people know it but I am an active duty enlisted member of the United States Coast Guard. On May 1st, I was promoted to Master Chief Petty Officer (E9) and reassigned to The Coast Guard’s Training Center in Yorktown, Virginia. This assignment makes me responsible for my rating’s (specialty’s) Training and Education Program. Qualified Competition Rockets Even though I have moved, it is my intention to continue Complete Line of NAR Competition Kits and Parts editing the “NOVAAR Free Press”. However, because I can no Sport Model Rocket Kits and Micro Maxx Kits longer attend the meetings, or the build sessions, reporting on items discussed or projects worked on is no longer possible. QCR kits have placed in Your newsletter needs your help. A volunteer or more are NARAM's 31 – 46 needed to write articles (2-3 paragraphs, each 3-5 sentences For catalog, send Self-Addresses Envelope to … long) to document the clubs activities. In addition, we also Kenneth Brown need someone to take a few pictures to document them. 7021 View Drive Springfield, VA 22150 Phone: 703-451-2808 As for the launch days, I am going to try to attend as many as possible. However, I am always looking for pictures. And, www.cybertravelog.com/qcr if I am not able to attend the launch, I am really going to need them. I see a lot of cameras on the field but only a few of the July 30th to August 5th – images ever get to me. NARAM-47 at VOA Park, West Chester, OH And, as always I am looking for member articles on From July 30th to rocketry related issues. Over the last year I have been using August 5th, 2005, five broad categories to frame the content of the newsletter; NARAM-47 will be Completion Rocketry, Sport Rocketry, High Powered conducted at the Rocketry, Advanced Rocketry and General Rocketry. Voice of America How about a review of a kit you just finished, a trip you Park in West took to a museum, a research project/challenge you just Chester, OH and finished, your experience at an competition or sport event you is to be hosted attended, a dissertation on why you are always winning a by the Queen particular competitive event or, what it took for you get that City Area Rocket hybrid rocket to fly. Klub (QUARK, When you are done just email, mail or pass it to me at a NAR section 624 – launch. See-ya on the launch field -- Frank http://www.naram.org/). zzz Events to be flown are: Are you missing something? • ¼A Helicopter Duration How about your NOVAAR Hatpin!! • ½A Boost Glider Duration • A Cluster Altitude • B Super Roc Altitude • C Streamer Duration (Multi-round) • Set Duration • D Dual Eggloft Duration • E Dual Eggloft Duration • Open Spot Landing • Giant Sport Scale • Plastic Model Conversion, and And, it is available from Frank Prekel -- [email protected]. • Research and Development The NAR pin is available from NARTS (www.nar.org/narts) The Flag Ribbon is out-of-print and no longer available. The Contest Director is Mark Fisher ([email protected]). zzz March – April 2005 Page 3 of 14 NOVAAR Free Press TARC 2005 May 20st -- TARC 2005 There was no club launch in May just the convergence of 100 student teams, 520 high school students, their families, and advisors to fly the finals of the Team America Rocketry Challenge. The setup Friday was greeted by cold rain and wind and Saturday dawned clear and sunny. Page 4 of 14 May – June 2005 NOVAAR Free Press TARC 2005 March – April 2005 Page 5 of 14 NOVAAR Free Press TARC 2005 Page 6 of 14 May – June 2005 NOVAAR Free Press Sport Rocketry Vertical Force Rocketry Releases First FlisKits Announced as the Officially Model Rocket Kit Endorsed Maker of MicroMaxx Rockets by Vertical Force has released its first model rocket – Quest Aerospace, Quest to Continue Congratulations Rich!! The rocket is 2-foot ring fin rocket. It Making Motors is packaged with a Mylar parachute, water slide decals and From the FlisKit’s website … detailed instructions. And, it hustles off the pad with just a “B” motor. A worth addition anyone’s personal fleet. “Welcome to the world of Micromaxx® and the only Micromaxx products endorsed by Quest Aerospace, the From the Vertical Force Rocketry’s’s website … originators of the Micromaxx product line. If you are new to the Micromaxx line or an established fan of these tiny flying ythology: The symbol to the left is the “:M models, we STILL "welcome you to the world of Norse symbol Gar.