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We’re starting another new season in Amesbury!! Our 20 April launch on the schedule has been postponed to Sunday, the 21st, due to the weather forecast. We will continue to park at the launch site. This means you can drive out the path to the field and park your car perpendicular to the roadway...

CMASS will be holding the first of three scheduled ARC launches at the School Street Field in Acton on 09 March. The intention of these events is to give local ARC teams the opportunity to make practice and qualifying launches with the required NAR oversight for the qualifying flights. If your...

Our Acton Winter Follies launch in 2024 is Saturday, 20 January postponed until at least 03 February. If the weather looks too bad for that day, we have the flexibility to postpone the launch to the Sunday of that weekend. As always, Acton is a low- and mid-power field only; no high-power...

The weekend approaches and that means rain. But not for us for a change. Saturday is looking; sunny morning to make setting up a pleasure (join in to find out how much fun it is), high clouds after noon with wind under 10 mph all day with gusts staying below 20 mph. All rods and rails should be...

Well, we missed September this year. The good news is we'll have three launches scheduled in October. This first one is from the postponement of this past weekend's attempt. The weather was never steadily bad in Amesbury but it sprinkled often enough that it would have been unpleasant to try...

We've played chicken with Mother Nature many times this season and have done pretty well as far as only having to shut down launches for a few hours total. This weekend is different. The weather pattern for Saturday is very unstable with rain and, more importantly, lightning predicted...

The third of five Acton launches this season will be on 15 July. Acton is a low- and mid-power field so no high-power rockets and, as always, no sparky motors. This launch is not registered as an NRC event as this season is closed; the new season starts after NARAM so our August launch will...

A high school section in our area is hosting a launch on 17 June 2023 to spread the word on model rocketry and raise some money for their TARC team and other activities. If you're in the area, stop by and check it out. Details in this link.

The second of five Acton launches this season will be on 10 June. Acton is a low- and mid-power field so no high-power rockets and, as always, no sparky motors. This launch has also been registered as an NRC event so bring your contest rockets. This will be the last NRC event we hold before it...

We’re starting another new season in Amesbury!! Our 22 April launch is on the schedule. We will continue to park at the launch site. This means you can drive out the path to the field and park your car perpendicular to the roadway just far enough onto the grass to clear the path. We can use...

CMASS has scheduled a series of four TARC-only launches at the School Street Field in Acton, MA, for any teams that need the space to practice or witnesses for qualifying attempts. The dates are: 18 February 04 &18 March 01 April These are not open club launches but any club members (especially...

Our Acton Winter Follies launch in 2023 is Saturday, 21 January. This is a postponement from the original date. We will still be following the COVID-19 protocols set forth by the state. Please fill out the tracing form and bring it with you. If the weather looks too bad for that day, we have...

The weather isn't looking too good for our scheduled launch on 12 November. Sunday the 13th looks better. I'll be making a decision by Thursday evening about any rescheduling. All the usual Amesbury rules apply. We'll have NRC flying available and we will cap off the day and the year with a...

The Amesbury Fire Department has given us the go ahead to hold our launch on the first of October. Now we'll be at the mercy of the weather and it's not being the nicest to us. The wind may be blowing toward the wires early in the day; when that's the case, we can't allow high-power flights or...

Due to drought conditions, the Amesbury Fire Department has asked us to suspend out scheduled launch for the 17th of September. We can hope for improved conditions for our scheduled 01 October launch.

Our final Acton launch of this year will be on 03 September. Acton is a low- and mid-power field so no high-power rockets and, as always, no sparky motors. This launch has also been registered as an NRC event so check out this year's categories and bring your contest rockets. Someone will be...

Our next Acton launch will be on 13 August. Acton is a low- and mid-power field so no high-power rockets and, as always, no sparky motors. This launch has also been registered as an NRC event so check out this year's catagories and bring your contest rockets. Wildman CT will attend this launch...

The third of five Acton launches this season will be on 02 July. Acton is a low- and mid-power field so no high-power rockets and, as always, no sparky motors. No NRC event this time; if you want to improve your standing, you'll have to attend NARAM and compete there. We'll be back to...

The second of five Acton launches this season will be on 11 June. Acton is a low- and mid-power field so no high-power rockets and, as always, no sparky motors. This launch has also been registered as an NRC event so bring your contest rockets. Wildman CT will attend this launch and some others...

The first of five Acton launches this season will be on 28 May. Acton is a low- and mid-power field so no high-power rockets and, as always, no sparky motors. This launch has also been registered as an NRC event so bring your contest rockets. We won’t have a motor vendor on site this time but...