MMMSC 23 June 2018 Launch, Berwick, Maine

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KennB

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The next launch in Berwick will be on Saturday, 23 June. Keep an eye on this thread, the club website and Facebook page to get the latest information.

Set up starts at 9:30 AM and flying as soon as we're set up. Come early and get trained on setting up the range so we can all start flying earlier. Our flying day will end at 4 PM. Breaking down the range and packing up the trailer is a big part of making for a good day, too, so stick around an learn how to get things ready for the next launch.

If you want to help out with food service, get a hold of Scott to coordinate efforts.

So far, we have no feedback from the farmer, good or bad, about our use of the field with the new parking restrictions. Let's hope we keep finding goods spots to launch near areas where we can park.

Not sure if anyone will be on the field with the AMWProX goodies. If you have any particular needs, please contact Jason or Robert and Gloria ahead of time. If Jason has the item you need on hand, Guy may be able to bring it to the field after you've arranged payment.

Is there anyone who is looking to do a Level 1, 2 or 3 certification at the Launch? If so, please do not wait until the last minute. You need time to go through safety check and set up on the pad. Time runs out quickly if you are not the only one rushing to cert at the end of the day. Also, make sure you have proof of current NAR membership and your paper work ready to go.

Also, does anyone expect to need the 1515-rail pad setup? Let us know ahead of time and try to be there to help set it up so you are familiar with how to work it. The same goes for the other high power pads; the more people we can teach set up and break down to, the quicker we can get flying in the morning and the earlier we can get to the all important debriefing sessions after the launch.

All of the usual rules apply:
  • Stay on the roadways - no more than two wheels on the very edges of the grass
  • No sparky motors
  • If you haven't done it yet, have your 38mm CTI motors checked for the proper delay grain (if we don't have a vendor on the field, don't fly a CTI 38mm unless you know you've made the upgrade)
  • Any rocket using a CTI VMax motor and an active recovery system must not rely on the motor's ejection charge for a safe recovery; it must have electronic deployment for all of its events.
  • Positive motor retention especially for composite motors
  • Have your NAR (or TRA) card with you showing your cert level if you're going to fly HPR
  • If the winds aloft are doing much of anything, don't overfly the conditions
  • All the usual stuff in the NAR Safety Code, too.
 
If the weather looks good I'll be there and will need the 1515 pad for a K flight to about 3k feet.

I'll try and be there early enough to help set up, though I'm giving rides to some family members which constrains my timing a bit.
 
The weather forecast is at it again and we have another cancellation.
In an effort to make up some lost time, we'll have a joint MMMSC/CMASS launch on 07 July.
MMMSC will move their 14 July launch to 21 July. More on that later.
Bummer... it looks to me like the rain won't be until early evening, and even then it isn't for sure. The cancellation is for sure?
 
Weather Bug is forecasting a 30% chance of rain at 3:00pm and nothing before that. Surely we could get a rocket or two up by then.
 
Weather Bug is forecasting a 30% chance of rain at 3:00pm and nothing before that. Surely we could get a rocket or two up by then.
The club website and facebook page still say nothing about a cancellation.

Kenn - can you confirm that the launch is definitely canceled? Or is it not for sure yet?
 
The club website and facebook page still say nothing about a cancellation.

Kenn - can you confirm that the launch is definitely canceled? Or is it not for sure yet?

Scott just posted on FB that it’s scrubbed.

WeatherBug now says no precipitation until 5 but doesn’t matter now.
 
The launch is definitely cancelled. Scott takes care of the FB page and he told me to update the website. Unfortunately, due to numerous attacks on the website, all of the admins have been shut out except Scott. I've texted him to update the pages and it looks like he's in the process of doing that as I write this.

See you in Maine on the 7th.
 
Nice new avatar, Kenny B.
Thanks, Daniel.
The old one was quite pixelated in the switch to the new forum so I wanted to reinstall it. Once I got into the edit mode, I found it wasn't on this computer and resides on a drive in a dead machine. This was the only thing I thought was interesting but I couldn't crop it the way I wanted.
I'll get the old one or a different one back soon.
 

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