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Congratulations to the teams that made the cut- 32.12 points this year. https://rocketcontest.org/result/2024-finalists/

ECRM-44 will be held as a Regional Meet on June 17-18, 2017 at Mt. Airy, MD. Events are: 1/2A Streamer Duration B Egg Lofting Altitude (altimeter) Open Spot Landing Random Duration Classic Model 1/2A Rocket Glider Contest entry fee is $5 for A/B division, $10 for C/T...

Who has the good C grain balsa these days- and will send you actual contest weight stuff, not balsa/oak slabs? kj

Greetings The NARHAMS annual night launch is coming up this Saturday Sept 12th at our field in Mt. Airy, Maryland. A few notes for your information. Day launch will be from 2pm-6pm No launches from 6pm-7pm Night Launch from 7pm-9pm If you wish to launch a model at the night launch it must...

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NARHAMS turns 50 in 2015! As the oldest continuously operating section in the NAR, we take great pride in our history. We will be hosting a 50th anniversary party on March 7, 2015, and we invite all to attend. We would especially like to see former NARHAMS members, but anyone who enjoys an...

NARHAMS is turning 50 this year, and to celebrate we are having a party and decided to make a limited edition kit to commemorate the club milestone. Pre-order your NARHAMS 50th Anniversary rocket kit -the NARHAMS Gold now! The price is $30, and shipping is $7.50 for up to 2 kits in the same box...

I had never seen one before: kj

Here are some photos of a glider that was built as part of a group build. I have more of a slightly RC setup to add later. The basic build is a foam wing core, vacuum bagged fiberglass and epoxy skins, carbon fiber boom. This glider is 1.7 oz (49g) without motor. kj

I thought this was an interesting read that all of us around here might benefit from, myself included: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/09/18/how-to-be-a-good-commenter/ kj

Here is a photo of a recently finished S8E class glider: And a video of the first boost- Best if viewed full screen and in HD: b1EMYjvMir8 Initial boost trim is set by towing aloft under a Radian electric glider like this: kj

ABC Triathlon Fun Event NARHAMS is hosting a triathlon fun event at Mt. Airy, MD on Saturday, August 18. The event is open to everyone, and there is no fee to participate. Winners will receive ribbons, and possibly other special prizes. If there is enough participation, contestants will be...

This year the WSMC are being held in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia. Things get underway the 1st week of September. The US delegation will be 57 folks including 15 juniors, 18 seniors and a lot of supporters. You've seen some of the models built by the junior S7 (scale) team recently. There...

Im working on a clone of the Manta Bomber, and noticed that the fin patterns at JimZ may not be the right shape for the ring fin supports. In the directions where it shows sanding the fins they look like swept clipped deltas, but the fin patterns in the PDF look like parallelograms. Does anyone...

A few years ago I found an old plan in the archives of my club's newsletter and reprinted it. I built it back then and flew it in B BG and it did fairly well. The club decided to do a build session on B BG this coming year, so I'm going to dust off the plans and use it as the basis for the...

A couple of years ago I started an Aerotech Phoenix kit with some friends who had purchased the SkyKing RC version. We got a great start on making the wings (using epoxy and a food saver vacuum bagger) and then sort of put the project away for a while. This year a couple of us started up on...

Objective: Build and fly a model rocket to a 123-meter altitude, measured using optical tracking Why: Provide a recreational activity to develop and use aerospace engineering skills For: Capitol College students and the community Where: Capitol College (11301 Springfield Road, Laurel...

FOR: All Area Model Rocketeers WHEN: Sunday, July 17, 2011 WHERE: NASA/Goddard Visitor Center, Greenbelt, Maryland (I-95 Exit 22A; Baltimore-Washington Parkway Exit for Route 193-East; then follow signs to Visitor Center on ICESat Road) EVENT: “Lunar” Spot Landing COST: Free REGISTRATION...

I'm working on a conversion of the Spacemonkey Models V2 in 1/24 scale. It's a great kit. If you don't have one, go here now and order, I'll wait... https://spacemonkeymodels.com/Spacemonkey_Models/V-2_Model.html Ok, no pictures in this post, but I will add a few later on. Work so far-...

Just got this today. Will have to move it to the top of the build pile. kj