JDcluster
Well-Known Member
MDRA use to have a launch site at Coverdale Cross Rds and Rhodesdale, MD
I attended both of them once.
Rhodesdale, was bigger than Higgs.
JD
I attended both of them once.
Rhodesdale, was bigger than Higgs.
JD
I remember sitting for days, well, hours maybe, on that bridge driving to Rehoboth one summer. THAT was less than ideal. Good luck with the club, Joker, used to be nothing but corn and chickens in that part of the world (Milton).
Joker, do you have a launch field in mind? I guess it's a chicken and egg thing. You might start a club, but not find a place to launch; or find a place to launch, but not be able to start a club; or start a club and find a place to launch, but not be able to get a waiver. Lots to consider.
That being said, I'd drive to DE for a launch if it were on a different weekend from MDRA. I've missed the last three MDRA launches die to rain, so another option would be great.
Please do keep us informed on your progress.
We do actually have a field already reserved for our uses and I'm working on getting the section chartered by NAR. And as for the waiver, our field is only a little ways from where they used to hold punkin chunkin and they had a 10,000' waiver. Just incase.
Our biggest hurtle right now is going to be launch equipment. If we can't get any donations or gather the money up ourselves, then it's gonna be a pretty small set up from the start.
That doesn't matter Patrick,,,
All clubs start small and accrue equipment over time...
You grow,,, you'll see...
Teddy
Great, that is just down the street from me (Seaford). You could start with a misfire alley set up.
This year, there will be an effort made to set schedules with no interference amongst the four clubs so that most New Englanders will have a weekly launch within 2 or 3 hours of them. For those who want, there are clubs in New Hampshire and Vermont as well as New York that will be closer than those mentioned above. Weather should be the only factor limiting someone from flying about as much as they could stand.
Joker050608; said:? Be kind of hard to put electronics in a BT5 A10-0T/A3-4T?
Here's a question I would like some serious input on.
I am trying to write some bylaws and staging came to mind. Would it be wrong for me to state, "All rockets using staging or air start techniques must be equipped with a fail safe or cut off in the event of a malfunction, i.e. Accelerometer, tilt-o-meter or similar device."
I don't want to discourage fliers that use staging but I also don't want to see anyone get hurt.
Starting out with a list of what you can't do is not, IMHO, not the way to go. A simple statement that all rockets will be reviewed for safe flight should suffice. Add in something like "Got something special? Talk to us before you bring it" if you want to cover the basis can help.
Once you get your section chartered with the NAR, apply for a $250 section grant. It used to be just for safety equipment but they have opened it up to many other needs. I am sure launch equipment will be approved. SWARM received $250 for an excellent PA system.
Let us not argue over how many slices of the pie can be cut!
It is more important to recognize that there is pie that is NOT! being eaten!:2:
Bake A Bigger Pie!
Some one get this guy a pie. ASAP!!!
Once you get your section chartered with the NAR, apply for a $250 section grant. It used to be just for safety equipment but they have opened it up to many other needs. I am sure launch equipment will be approved. SWARM received $250 for an excellent PA system.
Maybe that was too deep dish for you to follow! But I was trying to bolster your point of there is room for more clubs.
Not every club is going to have a turf farm and 10k(M³sc) or 17k(MDRA) waiver, but every soccer field will do for A, B, C motors.
Don't you have to spend the money first then, they will reimburse you with provided receipt?
JD
Bylaws are a permanent legal document that defines the purpose of the club, the club structure, organization, affiliations and defines the roles of the principals of the club and issues like elections, membership, committees, dues, etc. It does not define range procedures, and other policies that the committees of the club or the officers or members develop and may be changed without a vote of the members.Here's a question I would like some serious input on.
I am trying to write some bylaws and staging came to mind. Would it be wrong for me to state, "All rockets using staging or air start techniques must be equipped with a fail safe or cut off in the event of a malfunction, i.e. Accelerometer, tilt-o-meter or similar device."
I don't want to discourage fliers that use staging but I also don't want to see anyone get hurt.
The only launch site we have rights to as of now is in Milton. I am currently talking to a couple of land owners in Middletown for a nice open area. This way anyone in northern Delaware will feel a little better about a shorter drive. I'm actually located in a perfect little town for Any launch site. Half an hour from anywhere!
Bylaws are a permanent legal document that defines the purpose of the club, the club structure, organization, affiliations and defines the roles of the principals of the club and issues like elections, membership, committees, dues, etc. It does not define range procedures, and other policies that the committees of the club or the officers or members develop and may be changed without a vote of the members.
Here's a link to the CMASS Bylaws. https://www.cmass.org/images/documents/cmass_bylaws.pdf
Range rules are policies that the club will adopt and have no place in the bylaws.
Bob
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-- Roger
Middletown, DE is where I stop for gas on the way home.
It's 28-30 miles to MDRA's Higg's farm from there....
JD
Wooooo Hooooooooooo....
lol...
Good for you Pat....
Teddy
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