NARHAMS Model Rocket Club

Event Details

Sport Launch - Old National Pike Park, Mt. Airy, MD

Sport launches are held on the third Saturday of every month, weather permitting. Anyone who wants to fly is welcome. We usually get started about 10 am and fly until 4 pm. Launch controller and pads are provided for low power flights off 1/8" and 3/16" rods. Mid power equipment is occasionally available, so if you need 1/4" or larger, consider bringing your own pad. Site is currently limited to G impulse.

Note that the launch site is located adjacent to soccer fields. When there is a game in progress on the adjacent field, flights will be limited to D impulse, with no clustered or staged flights allowed. The Range Safety Officer may choose to impose other restrictions based on activity on nearby fields.

Contact Information
Jim Filler - 301-524-4447

Directions
Take I-70 to Exit 62 (MD Route 75 North toward Libertytown, about 8 miles east of Frederick). Turn right at the second light on to Old National Pike (MD Route 144). Park entrance is about 2 miles on the left (there is a large sign on the left). Follow the main road to the back of the park. Launch area is about 300 yards from the parking lot. If the gate is open, you may drive on to the field to unload, but you must still park in the parking lot.

Public Launches - Goddard Visitor Center, Greenbelt, MD

Public launches are held at 1 pm on the first Sunday of every month, weather permitting, at the Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center in Greenbelt, MD. Anyone who wants to fly is welcome. Due to the limited recovery area, no multi-stage models or motors larger than D power.

Contact Information
NASA Goddard Visitor Center - 301-286-8981
Ed Pearson - 301-577-7775
Jennifer Ash-Poole - 410-674-6262

Directions
Take I-495 to Exit 23 (Greenbelt Road - Kenilworth Avenue) to Kenilworth Ave (MD 201) South. Exit at Greenbelt Roat (MD 193) East. Stay on Greenbelt Road for about 3 miles, past the main gate to Goddard on your left and the shopping center on your right. Turn left on ICESat Road. Take the first left into the Goddard Visitor Center.

Meetings - College Park Airport, College Park, MD

Club business meetings are held on the first Saturday of every month. Anyone who wants to attend is welcome, but only current members may vote on actions. Meetings start at 5:30 pm with a building session or discussion until 8 pm. Then the real business gets taken care of until 9-10 pm. Any leftover items get discussed over a late dinner at Ledo's.

Contact Information
Jim Filler - 301-524-4447

Directions
Take I-495 to Exit 23 (Greenbelt Road - Kenilworth Avenue) to Kenilworth Ave. (MD 201) South. Travel south on Kenilworth Avenue for 2.5 miles and turn right on Paint Branch Parkway. There will be signs directing you to the College Park Airport. Follow Paint Branch for 0.6 mile to Cpl. Frank S. Scott Drive and turn right. When you enter the airport, you will see a sign directing you to the right to the Operations Center. We meet in the building just to the right of the Operations Center.

East Coast Regional Meet - Old National Pike Park, Mt. Airy, MD

NARHAMS is hosting ECRM-36 at Old National Pike Park in Mt. Airy, MD, June 20-21, 2009.

Events are:
Random Altitude
A Altitude (18mm only)
B Rocket Glider Duration
A Streamer Duration
1/2A Parachute Duration Multiround
Science Fiction Future Scale

Entry fee of $5 per person will be used to cover the cost of trophies for 1st place winners, and ribbons for 2nd - 4th places in each event. There is an additional fee of $5 per person for the optional picnic on Sunday.

Schedule:
Saturday
10 am - 1 pm: Range open for altitude flights
1 pm: Turn-in deadline for F/F Scale
1 pm - 1:30 pm: Range closed for lunch
1:30 pm - 5 pm: Range open for duration flights
Sunday
9:30 am - 2 pm: Range open for duration and F/F Scale flights
3 pm: Picnic

Contact Information
Jim Filler - 301-524-4447