SARA October 2017 NRC Contest

SARA’s October 15, 2017 public launch will be a sanctioned National Rocketry Competition (NRC) contest. Sport flying and contest flying will be featured for SARA volunteers and their guests. FAA waiver is in place for high power flights to 6,500 feet above ground level. We encourage you to come out for the weekend! Volunteer for our Scout Launch Day on Saturday, October 14, stay for our volunteer potluck dinner on site, and enjoy our night launch from 6 pm – 9 pm. There will be camping overnight Saturday at the launch site, and our volunteer launch and NRC contest will be Sunday from 9 am – 1 pm. Event sanction will be in place both days in case you have the perfect weather during the scout launch day. We are expecting to wrap up Sunday by 1 pm, but otherwise, as long as we are setup to fly, we can make NRC flights. Plan to bring your own gear, as contest flying will be set up just South of the main launch site so we stay out of the way of sport fliers.

NRC events include:

1/2 A Parachute Duration
A Streamer Duration
A Helicopter Duration
1/2 A Boost Glider Duration
A Payload Altitude (with altimeter)
C Egg Loft Altitude (with altimeter)

Complete NRC rules are located here.