[NRV Rocketry] [NRVR-Launches] Upcoming Launches!

[Tweeks]

Thanks for asking Tish!

Sept 29th-30th Sinkland Launch:
http://nrvr.org/launches/index.html#current (updated)
Sat 10am-5pm
Sun 1pm-5pm

We always list all launches, times and details on the above link, or just hit 
the nrvr.org website and hit the "launches" link. :)

More details about all the fun stuff happening at the pumpkin festival can be 
found here:
	http://www.sinklandfarms.com/pumpkinfestivalschedule.html

I'll be updating the website to list the Oct 6th-7th VAST launch soon.

Tweeks

On Friday 28 September 2012, Tish Poteet wrote:
> Hi Mr. Weeks,
>
> What time do you expect the launch to happen this weekend at Sinkland?
>
> Thanks
> Tish Poteet
>
> On Sep 26, 2012, at 11:09 PM, Thomas Weeks <tweeksjunk2 at theweeks.org> wrote:
> > Any questions about the upcoming launch at Sinkland this weekend?
> > It is low/medium power only.. :v(
> > However, the weekened after this (Sat 6-7th) we have a bigger, HP launch
> > at Kentland farms. :) (not on the launhes page yet) Tweeks
> >
> > On Saturday, September 15, 2012 04:24:37 pm Thomas Weeks wrote:
> > > Upcoming Launches!
> > >
> > > So we have two big launches here in the next month!  First up is at the
> > > new launch site at the Sinkland Farms -- the Pumpkin Fest and Rocket
> > > Launch Sept 29th and 30th!  In case you've never been to Sinkland Farms
> > > before, it is located on Hwy 8, south of Christiansburg about 4 miles
> > > south of I81.  Lots of fun for the whole family with pumpkins, face
> > > painting, hay rides, food/craft vendors, and much much more!  Launch
> > > and Festival details are here: http://nrvr.org/launches/
> > > 	http://www.sinklandfarms.com/
> > >
> > > If you haven't been to sinkland before, see the first link above where
> > > you can download & print this map:
> > > 	http://nrvr.org/launches/files/Sinkland-Farms-Launch-Site_map.pdf
> > > 	NOTE: Class-2 (high power) launches are still tentative right now
> > >
> > > The second launch is just a week later at the regular Kentland Farms
> > > field where we have had most of our launches over the last year. This
> > > Kentland launch will be around Oct 6th, but we're still getting the
> > > details together on that one. Stay tuned!
> > >
> > >
> > > Other Good News:
> > >
> > > Bob Schoner, Monta Elkins, Dr. Shinpaugh and I have been working hard
> > > at not only getting us multiple new launch sites lined up, but also
> > > working with VAST and Tripoli Rocketry Association on making NRV
> > > Rocketry into our own official high power rocket group through
> > > international HP rocket group called TRA (Tripoli Rocketry
> > > Association). And we just got work, it's now official... NRV Rocketry
> > > is now an official Tripoli Rocket Prefecture #143!!!  Yaaaayy!
> > >
> > > Being our own official TRA group  means that we get our own TRA
> > > insurance, can high power certify our own people, have our own research
> > > launches, and more!... Right here in the Rocket Boy Homer Hickam's own
> > > back yard and alma matter (VT).
> > >
> > > There are other implications of becoming an official TRA HP rocket
> > > group, but I don't want to get the cart before the horse.  We'll talk
> > > more about that stuff once we get some of this fall's launches behind
> > > us. After all, above and beyond anything else, we're still just a bunch
> > > of rocket guys who want to launch (and help others launch) rockets!  :)
> > > Hmm.. "The Rocket Guys".. I like the sound of that Bob... ;)
> > >
> > >
> > > Interested in Getting High Power/L1 Certified?
> > >
> > > The delay before the upcoming launches is a good time to start down the
> > > road toward your HP rocket certification! Getting L1 certified is not
> > > just a badge of honor, it's what you need to do if you want to be able
> > > to buy and use the larger, higher impulse motors that go into bigger
> > > rockets like these: http://nrvr.org/pics/wise-rockets.jpg
> > > 	http://nrvr.org/pics/Hobby-Fun-Day-Rocket-Kid.jpg
> > >
> > > The first step for High Power certification is to join TRA (the
> > > legal/underwriter of our group now):
> > > 	http://www.tripoli.org/Membership/tabid/57/Default.aspx
> > >
> > > or the other rocketry group called the NAR.
> > >
> > > After you're L1 certified, you can buy "the big motors" (H and above
> > > with the other cert levels) that these big rockets use, and talk to
> > > someone in our group about doing your first certification launch (and
> > > getting you hooked up wit h your first H or I HP motor).
> > >
> > > Oh.. almost forgot.. want more info on L1 HP rockets, where to get
> > > them, suggestions on building them, etc? I sent out an email on this
> > > all (and more) a few months ago that should be on the mail list
> > > archives. Ahh.. here it is:
> > > http://nrvr.org/pipermail/nrvr/2012-March/000079.html
> > >
> > > FYI, more info on L1/2/3 certification, the difference between low
> > > power/model (Class-1) rocketry and high power (Class-2) rocketry, motor
> > > sizes and more related info, see the wikipedia page on it here:
> > > 	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Power_Rocketry
> > >
> > > And a really great book that I recommend to new folks with TONS of info
> > > on the hobby can be found here:
> > > 	"Modern High-Power Rocketry 2"
> > > 	http://www.amazon.com/dp/1412058104
> > >
> > >
> > > What You Get By Joining The TRA:
> > > The annual fees that each TRA member pays directly to the TRA is how
> > > the NRVR (our group) indirectly gets:
> > > * our launch/spectator/land-owner insurance
> > > * legal coverage/assistance (in case of incident)
> > > * safety requirements/documentation
> > > * listing in the international TRA rocketry group registry
> > > * general oversight, help and guidance
> > >
> > > While individual TRA members get:
> > > * L1-3 certification paperwork, exams, cert cards,
> > > * regular board of directors reports on what all is going on with
> > > rocketry * a voice in the voting of TRA board elections
> > >
> > > All this to say, if you want to get L1 certified you need to first join
> > > either the NAR or TRA before you want to attempt your L1 certification
> > > launch.
> > >
> > > If any of your are thinking you may want to get L1 certified at one of
> > > the upcoming launches, please make sure that you have your TRA
> > > membership ironed out, and you announce your intentions to the NRVR
> > > officers at this email address:
> > > 	officers[at]nrvr[dot]org  (obfuscated to keep out the spam)
> > >
> > >
> > > If anyone has any questions about the upcoming launch, or anything
> > > else, please just let us know here on the list or via direct email.
> > >
> > > Cheers!
> > >
> > > Thomas Weeks
> > > NRV Rocketry Founder
> > > p.s. We of NRV Rocketry want to give our sincere thanks to our brothers
> > > to the north, VAST(Valley Aerospace) and specifically Chuck Neff.
> > > Without Chuck and crew helping us oversee our various launches, provide
> > > the NAR/TRA insurance, get the FAA waivers ironed out, etc... it would
> > > have been much more difficult for NRVR to get to where we are now.
> > > Thanks Chuck and other VAST guys!
> >
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