Thanks, I'll check that site out. I am in the Maryland area every once and a while. I also found this site https://www.para520.org (Philadelphia Area Rocketry Association). I am hoping someone on this forum might be familiar? It is about 30 minutes from where I am.
Thanks again. Much appreciated.
Thanks, I'll check that site out. I am in the Maryland area every once and a while. I also found this site https://www.para520.org (Philadelphia Area Rocketry Association). I am hoping someone on this forum might be familiar? It is about 30 minutes from where I am.
Thanks again. Much appreciated.
I could give you a great site if you were closer to the Susquehanna. We have a nice public field (old landfill) that we use in southern York County. As a quick note though, if you want to do some club flying and/or check out some HPR stuff, consider attending a Maryland/Delaware launch https://www.mdrocketry.org. They launch about 2 hours south of you.
Something in York County?
Hrrm... details, please...
Later!
--Coop
Anyone know of a good place to launch low powered model rockets in the Southeast Pennsylvania area? I am in Yardley, PA 19067 and have tried Macclesfield Park along the river and was looking for a larger open area.
Thanks!
If you don't mind traveling to south NJ, you might like to check out SoJARS, NAR section 593. We're easily accessible off the Altantic City Parkway/Route 55 in Glassboro. Our next launch is Jan 1st. Please see my sig for the link to our web site.
My wife's family all lives in the Gloucester City and Deptford areas. Checking a SoJARS launch would be very cool!
I'm taking my Cub Scout pack over to PARA for a launch after I work out all the details. Perhaps after that, it'll be time for a field trip to SoJARS.
Hi.. thanks to those that replied. What I'm really looking for is a (somewhat) nearby open field which we can causally use whenever
we get that itch to fly. I'm not really looking for organized club events, just want a place to fly where the local authorities don't seem bothered by it.
I am just getting back into this hobby.. I made dozens of Estes models as a kid in the 70's, we had a playground across the street from the house.
Whenever we felt like a launch, we'd just go across the street! If it wasn't occupied, we'd just fire away! Surely there must be places like this still around??
I have all my surviving rockets in a recently opened box and I am rehabbing them as well as starting a few new ones. I'm also planning to finish the Estes Saturn-V I started 40 years ago! It'd be nice to fly these babies again!!
I'm in Delaware County, very interested in any fields good for low power launches.. wide open, minimal trees, minimal interest from the neighbors..
Doesn't have to be in Delco.. as long as its within an hour's drive..
Does anyone have any experience/information about launching rockets (mostly low, but some low-mid power) at PPL Soccer Complex (Conewago Creek Recreation Area) in York/Mount Wolf, PA? My daughter had a soccer tourney there this weekend and it is a vast area that looks ideal for rocket launching.
Most soccer complexes prohibit non-soccer activities. It's a waste of grass if you ask me...
In fact the one near me (where both of my boys play soccer) has a big sign specifically forbidding any non-related activities. And guys in golf carts drive around and harass you if you so much as walk on the fields except during sanctioned play. Even PRACTICE by members of the club is forbidden on those fields... they have to go use the public parks and schoolgrounds for practice.
Marc
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