Getting back into the hobby in Maryland. Need a launch spot
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When I lived in MD I flew my low power rockets at a local park with a bunch of athletic fields. The park had a sign at the entrance listing all of the prohibited activities which included launching model rockets, but that didn't deter me. But after losing several rockets in the surrounding woods I decided to join MDRA. That was several years ago and since then I have made lots of new friends and gotten a whole lot more enjoyment out of rocketry than I ever could have launching rockets by myself at a ball field. So I hope you reconsider joining a club. You won't regret it.
NARHAMS membership is $5.00 a year, but if that is too steep, as noted above, launches are free to anyone. Members just get an extra hour or two to fly before non-members get the opportunity.
MDRA does have an annual $25.00 membership fee plus $10.00 per weekend to launch.
I have launched here and here on my own, but you are at the mercy of sports teams, and the schedules aren't posted anywhere that I know of.
MDRA does have an annual $25.00 membership fee plus $10.00 per weekend to launch.
I have launched here and here on my own, but you are at the mercy of sports teams, and the schedules aren't posted anywhere that I know of.
Problem with that is, is that they usually do weekends and as a self employed blue collar guy I work most weekends, besides, I want to launch when I want to launch. I just need a field or even a big empty parking lot.
