Please take note that dates,
times and locations are subject to change on short notice.
Launches are subject to cancellation or postponement due to
weather and other factors beyond our control on short notice.
Launches may not last as late into the day as the times listed
on this page; if you arrive late in the afternoon, you might
find an empty field.
We STRONGLY recommend that you check back
here right before an event for the
latest updates. "Sparky" type motors, such as
Aerotech Metalstorm, CTI/AMW Skidmark, or any other brand of
motor that emits showers of sparks, are NOT ALLOWED at any MASA
launch.
2012
Meeting Date:Thursday, February 2 Time:
7:00 to 9:00 pm Location:Science
Museum, Classrooms 11 & 12,
Google Maps Link Topic: "Most everything that
you ever wanted to know about Level 1 and 2 high power
certification" -
Alan Estenson If you're planning to go for your L1 or L2 cert this year,
or if you might do it someday, or if you're just curious about
these big rockets, come to this meeting!
Launch Date: Saturday, February 25 Time: 10am to 2pm Location:Sunrise Park Middle School, White
Bear Lake,
Google Maps Link Theme:You've Got to Love Rocketry (Valentine's Rockets) Notes: Maximum rocket lift-off
weight of 16 ounces. Maximum motor size of "E". (May be
limited by the RSO to smaller motors depending upon wind speed
and direction) Clusters allowed only at the discretion of
RSO. Multi-stage flights allowed only at the discretion of
RSO.
RANGE INFO: This launch will be misfire alley, but the
range will be under RSO/LCO control at all times. Please bring
your own launch equipment or make arrangements to share with
someone else.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Please consider helping with an RSO/LCO
shift (even a half-hour helps). You can sign up at the field.
Meeting Date:Thursday, March 1 Time:
7:00 to 9:00 pm Location: TBA Topic:
Safety Review, RSO/LCO Training
Launch Date: Saturday, March 24 Time: 10am to 2pm Location:Elk River / Otsego VFW soccer fields,
Google Maps Link Themes: Flyin' o' the Green - St. Patricks Notes:
Maximum rocket lift-off weight of 16 ounces. Maximum motor
size of "E". (May be limited by the RSO to smaller motors
depending upon wind speed and direction). Clusters allowed
only at the discretion of RSO. Multi-stage flights allowed
only at the discretion of RSO.
Meeting Date:Thursday, April 5 Time: 7:00 to 9:00 pm Location: TBA Topic:
Review of Regional Contest Events. Prep & strategy
discussion.
NARCON -
http://www.narcon.org/
Dates:Friday - Sunday, April 13, 14, 15 Location: Hutchinson,
Kansas Notes: NARCON 2012 will be hosted
by KCAR section April 13-15 in Hutchinson Kansas, home of one of
America's best space museums, the Kansas Cosmosphere and
Space Center. The event director
is Blake Goddard. NARCON will include free entry to the Cosmosphere
and a special Friday afternoon tour of the "Spaceworks", the
museum's back lot not normally open to the public. The NAR
Board of Trustees will hold its winter meeting at NARCON, so all
of the Board members will be there as well and they look forward
to meeting and hearing from NAR members from this region of the
US.
In addition to the opportunities to experience the Cosmosphere,
NARCON will include several guest speakers, vendor
presentations, a banquet, and multiple break-out groups and
workshops on a wide range of topics about the hobby's technology
and about building and flying rockets of all sizes from small
models to high-end high power. Registration is open, and
pre-registration pricing continues through March 15.
Launch Date: Saturday, April 28 Time:10am to 2pm Location:Nowthen sod fields,
Google Maps Link (field conditions permitting) Themes: Special Events: Fun
Contest: 1/2A Streamer Duration (FREE 1/2A3-4t motors courtesy
of Hub Hobby Center) Notes:
Meeting Date:May TBA Time: 5:00 to 9:00 pm Location: Alan
Estenson's house, Maple Grove, MN Topic: Meeting,
Kitbash Contest Kickoff build session, Vintage arcade game and
pinball party!
Launch Date: Saturday, May 19 (one week
earlier than normal) Time: 9am to 4pm Location:Nowthen sod fields,
Google Maps Link Themes: Multi-Stage Rockets Special Events: Fun
Contest: B Parachute Duration Notes:
National Sport Launch -
http://www.marsclub.org/nsl2012/ Date: Friday - Sunday, May 26, 27, 28 Location:
Geneseo, New York Notes:NSL 2012 will be
held in Geneseo, NY on May 26-28, 2012 hosted by MARS section.
The Launch Director is Jim Goggins. MARS Rocketry is a family
friendly rocketry club that flies at the 1941 Historical
Aircraft Group airfield in Geneseo, NY. NSL registration and
information is available now on the NSL 2012 website.
Fliers will experience both low power flying as well as HP
flights up to M class motors. The launch area is grass with an
overall area of 1.5 X 1.5 miles and a 9000 foot waiver. There
are 15 low power pads that have 1/8 and 3/16 rods. The high
power pads consist of 17 rails 1010 and 1015 plus some rods of
various sizes for low-altitude flights. There are 2-3 "away
cells" using 1515 and unistrut rails. So if flying lots of
rockets of all sizes just for fun excites you, then come to the
huge Geneseo field in 2012 and join in the fun.
Meeting Date:Thursday, June 7 Time: 7:00 to 9:00 pm Location: TBA Topic: "Everything you ever wanted to know about
getting your L1 (or L2) high power certification" - Alan
Estenson
MASA Summer Regional
Contest Dates: Saturday &
Sunday, June TBA Time: TBA Location:Nowthen sod fields,
Google Maps Link Contest Events: Notes:
Launch Date: Saturday, June 23 Time: 9am to 4pm Location:Nowthen sod fields,
Google Maps Link Themes: Patriotic Rockets - Fly the Red, White & Blue! Special Events: Patriot Drag Race Fun
Contests: Kitbash Contest Launch, Open Spot Landing Notes:
NARAM 54 Date: Saturday, July 28 - Friday, August 3 Location:
Muskegon, Michigan Contest Events: Research and
Development, G ELA altimeter (C/T), D ELA altimeter (A/B),
Classic Model, Sport Scale, A HD, B BG, C SD MR, A SRD, A PD MR,
Set Dur 50 seconds, Open Spot Landing
Notes: The NAR Annual Meet, NARAM-54, will be held
July 28 to August 3, 2012, in Muskegon, Michigan. The Contest
Director is Pamela Gilmore. The host section is Southwest
Michigan Association of Spacemodeling Hobbyists (SMASH, Section
500), assisted by Muskegon Michigan Area Rocketry (MMAR, Section
702)
Launch Date: Saturday, July 28 Time: 9am to 4pm Location:Nowthen sod fields,
Google Maps Link Themes: Clustered-Engine Rockets Special Events: Interceptor-E Drag Race Fun
Contest: A Boost Glide Duration Notes:
Meeting Date:Thursday, August 2 Time: 7:00 to 9:00 pm Location: TBA Topic: Rocket Locating
Launch Date: Saturday, August 25 Time: 9am to 4pm Location:Nowthen sod fields,
Google Maps Link Themes: Scale Rockets Special Events: 14th Annual Great UFO Drag Race, 11th Annual Comanche-3
Drag Race, 3rd Annual Back To School Crayon Drag Race Contests: Notes:
Meeting Date:Thursday, September 6 Time: 7:00 to 9:00 pm Location: TBA Topic: "Thinking Outside the Tube" - building rockets
from non-rocket parts - Rick Vatsaas
Launch Date: Saturday, September 22 Time: 9am to 4pm Location:Nowthen sod fields,
Google Maps Link Themes: Missiles & Military Rockets Special Events: Fun
Contest: D Altitude (must use an AltimeterOne or AltimeterTwo) Notes:
Meeting Date:Thursday, October 4 (Anniversary of the launch of
Sputnik!) Time: 7:00 to 9:00 pm Location: TBA Topic: Rocket Software - Open Rocket, RockSim, and more
- Neal Higgins
Launch Date: Saturday, October 27 Time: 9am to 4pm Location:Nowthen sod fields,
Google Maps Link Themes: "If it's weird, fly it!" - Oddrocs and Halloween
Rockets Special Events: OktoberFAST G motor drag race Contests: Notes:
Meeting Date:Thursday, November 1 Time: 7:00 to 9:00 pm Location: TBA Topic: TBA
Launch Date: Saturday, November 17 (one week
earlier than normal) Time: 10am to 3pm Location:Elk River / Otsego VFW soccer fields,
Google Maps Link Themes: Christmas Special Events: Snowball Fight Drag Race Contests: Notes:
Holiday Party
Date:TBA Time: TBA Location: TBA Notes:
IGNORE THIS STUFF - JUST YOUR WEB MASTER BEING
LAZY... ;-)
Launch Date: Time: Location: Themes:
Special Events:
Contests:
Notes: RANGE INFO: This launch will be misfire alley, but
the range will be under RSO and LCO control at all times. A few
community pads and a launch rail will be available. FAA waiver
will be in effect permitting high power flights to 4,500 feet
agl. Field size supports up through J motors.
SPECIAL NOTE - RSO INSPECTIONS: We will have a separate RSO
table at this launch. Under MASA rules, the following cases
require RSO inspection and approval before flight: clusters,
2-stage rockets using "D" or larger motors, 3-stage rockets, all
rockets weighing more than 1 lb, all rockets using an "E" or
larger motor, any scratch-built, unusual, or unproven design
making its first flight. This approval must come before the
flyer signs up for a launch pad.
If you plan to launch something that falls into the category of
"scratch-built, unusual, or unproven design making its first
flight," you must bring documentation to support a safe flight
(such as RockSim or Open Rocket print outs, hand-written
calculations, etc.).
Although RSO inspection is not required for rockets weighing
less than 1 lb, single motor - "D" or smaller, 2-stage with both
motors "C" or smaller, or built from a commercially-
manufactured kit, the RSO may inspect any such rocket at his/her
discretion or upon flyer request.
HPR FLIGHTS: Any high power flight requires proof of current NAR
or TRA membership, plus current NAR or TRA high power
certification, plus MASA membership. Make sure you bring your
NAR or TRA membership card and MASA badge!
Meeting
Date: Time:
7:00 to 8:30 pm Location: Topic:
Location: Hennepin County
Brookdale Library, 6125 Shingle Creek Pkwy, Brooklyn
Center, 55430
Google maps link We will be in Meeting Room C, which is supposed to be near
the front entrance of the library (the room might be labeled as
Brookdale Room C).
Location: Hennepin County Southdale
Library, 7001 York Avenue, Edina, MN 55435Google maps
link The library is located near the Galleria Mall, just a few
blocks south of the Southdale Mall.
We will be in the Ethel Berry Room, which is located on the
second floor of the library. The room is reserved beginning at
6:30. If people arrive early, they’re welcome to wait in the
meeting room. RANGE INFO: This launch will be misfire alley, but the range
will be under RSO and LCO control at all times. A few community
pads and a launch rail will be available. FAA waiver will be in
effect permitting high power flights to 4,500 feet agl. Field
size supports up through J motors.
SPECIAL NOTE - RSO INSPECTIONS: Under MASA rules, the following
cases require RSO inspection and approval before flight:
clusters, 2-stage rockets using "D" or larger motors, 3-stage
rockets, all rockets weighing more than 1 lb, all rockets using
an "E" or larger motor, any scratch-built, unusual, or unproven
design making its first flight. This approval must come before
the flyer signs up for a launch pad.
If you plan to launch something that falls into the category of
"scratch-built, unusual, or unproven design making its first
flight," you must bring documentation to support a safe flight
(such as RockSim or Open Rocket print outs, hand-written
calculations, etc.).
Although RSO inspection is not required for rockets weighing
less than 1 lb, single motor - "D" or smaller, 2-stage with both
motors "C" or smaller, or built from a commercially-manufactured
kit, the RSO may inspect any such rocket at his/her discretion
or upon flyer request.
HPR FLIGHTS: Any high power flight requires proof of current NAR
or TRA membership, plus current NAR or TRA high power
certification, plus MASA membership. Make sure you bring your
NAR or TRA membership card and MASA badge!
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: As always, we are looking for LCO and RSO
volunteers.
