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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...

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...

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...

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 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...

It’s January and Winter Follies time is upon us. I hope everyone had a good and safe holiday season. Sunday will be a little warmer but Saturday will have sunshine and that should feel pretty good. The Follies are a bit less formal than our regular launches so you won't need to fill out flight...

It's time to finish out the 2021 flying season. We'll have our normal launch from ten to about four, then breakdown and pack up all the gear and set up a small set of pads by the road to do our night launch. Please read the information we have published about the COVID-19 rules and restrictions...

For those of you who were on the club Zoom call this past Tuesday, there was talk of moving the launch to Sunday due to poor conditions on Saturday. Well, conditions have improved for Saturday so we'll stick to our originally scheduled date of the 23rd. The wind should be blowing from the west...

Our launch scheduled for 09 October will be somewhat subdued. The wind is predicted to be blowing at a moderate speed from the east the whole time we will be on the field. This means no high-power launches. Also, any mid-and low-power flights must be kept under 1000-ft altitude. As far as I...

We will fly from the Acton School Street field on 04 September from 10 to 4 as long as the weather and the volunteers hold out. As usual, Acton is a small field so we are limited to low- and mid-power rockets. Be careful pairing your motors and rockets to be sure you recover on the field...

We will fly from the Acton School Street field on 19 June from 10 to 4 as long as the weather and the volunteers hold out. As usual, Acton is a small field so we are limited to low- and mid-power rockets. Be careful pairing your motors and rockets to be sure you recover on the field especially...

We are GO for Sunday, 17 January. It’s January and Winter Follies time is upon us. I hope everyone had a good and safe holiday season. Our plan was to try and hold this year’s launch on 09 January but we are sliding the date to the 16th at the earliest. This is due to the state limiting the...

It's time to wrap up the 2020 flying season, such as it's been. We'll have our normal launch from noon to four, then breakdown and pack up all the gear and set up a small set of pads to do our night launch. Please read the information we have published about the COVID-19 rules and restrictions...

Our 19 September launch was quite a success and seemed to run smoothly. Let's make the October launch go just as well. Please read the information we have published about the COVID-19 rules and restrictions, fill in, print out, sign and bring your tracing form with you to the launch. Without the...

CMASS will be holding its first launch as we continue to work our way through the current pandemic. We will fly from the Acton School Street field on 08 August from 10 to 2. As usual, Acton is a small field so we are limited to low- and mid-power rockets. Be careful pairing your motors and...

The wind may not be great but the temperature won't be bad. The rain has all but disappeared from the forecast so we're going to go ahead with our Winter Follies on 11 January. The wind will be strong all day with gusts that will shut us down waiting for a lull. We'll set up at the end of the...

As has been the case for most of our launches this year, the soccer crowd won't be using the field (and who would have road race this time of year) so there should be plenty of easy parking. It would be great if we could have someone volunteer their car/van/SUV for shuttle use. Volunteers for...