GuyNoir
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Northern Illinois Rocketry Conference 2023 (NIRCON 2023), Saturday, March 4, 2023, 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
What: Northern Illinois Rocketry Conference 2023 (NIRCON 2023)
A one-day convention modeled on NAR’s national NARCON event with speakers, rocket display with “People’s Choice” voting for best model, and a prize raffle, sponsored by the Fox Valley Rocketeers (FVR), NAR Section #683.
Pre-Registration: Definitely not required and no payments collected until you arrive. Visit: http://www.foxvalleyrocketeers.org/nircon-2023-pre-registration/
When: Saturday, March 4, 2023. Registration opens at 8:30 AM and conference activities begin at 9:00 AM.
Where: Woodstock North High School, Room D-187, 3000 Raffel Road, Woodstock, IL
Google Map Link: https://tinyurl.com/y8yfzq9q
Entry Fee: COMPLETELY FREE!
Raffle Tickets: Raffle Tickets $1 / Six for $5.
Lunch: Subway sandwich, chips and a drink for $8 OR for $10 get lunch and three raffle tickets!
Workshops: (subject to change):
NIRCON Q&A:
What: Northern Illinois Rocketry Conference 2023 (NIRCON 2023)
A one-day convention modeled on NAR’s national NARCON event with speakers, rocket display with “People’s Choice” voting for best model, and a prize raffle, sponsored by the Fox Valley Rocketeers (FVR), NAR Section #683.
Pre-Registration: Definitely not required and no payments collected until you arrive. Visit: http://www.foxvalleyrocketeers.org/nircon-2023-pre-registration/
When: Saturday, March 4, 2023. Registration opens at 8:30 AM and conference activities begin at 9:00 AM.
Where: Woodstock North High School, Room D-187, 3000 Raffel Road, Woodstock, IL
Google Map Link: https://tinyurl.com/y8yfzq9q
Entry Fee: COMPLETELY FREE!
Raffle Tickets: Raffle Tickets $1 / Six for $5.
Lunch: Subway sandwich, chips and a drink for $8 OR for $10 get lunch and three raffle tickets!
Workshops: (subject to change):
- Simple Ground Support Equipment (GSE) Hacks to Assist your Next Launch
- My Level 3 Project
- Recovery With Trackers or "Jungles, Lions, Tigers and Bears"
- Fantastic Space Discoveries: Theories of Solar System Formation
- Standard Sled Designs for Rocket Electronics
- Non-Pyro Chute Deployment
- Scale Modeling Tips and Ideas
- Refurbish Your Fleet
- Razor Plane: It's Not For Shaving
NIRCON Q&A:
- Cost? NIRCON is free!
- Raffle? Yes, we’ll be having a raffle! We have 48 great prizes to give away including: Estes Saturn V (#2001), Estes Pro Series Mega der Red Max. Estes Pro Series Partizon, Estes Space Shuttle, LOC Graduator, Rocket Warehouse Formula 54, Aerotech Initiator starter set, Jolly Logic Altimeter 3, MPC Martian Patrol, TopFlight 60” Chute and more!
- People’s Choice Model Display? Yep, we’ll be having a display of your great models!
- COVID? Well, yes there’s still COVID around. If you feel bad or have had any contact with anyone who’s sick with COVID in the previous week, please stay home.
- Cancellation? "You cancelled NIRCON for the past 3 years. Any chance that’ll happen this year?" Well, yes as that’s entirely up to COVID, but monitor our website (http://www.foxvalleyrocketeers.org) and our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/FoxValleyRocketeers) for announcements.