Engine Testing Notices

This announcement contains three types of model rocket motor decertifications.

NAR Contest Decertifications

The following motors will lose their certification for NAR contest use effective July 1, 1999 but are certified for use at NARAM 41. They remain certified for general sport flying for a period of three years, until July 1, 2002.

Aerotech:
    D15-8
    E11-4
    E16-10
    E18-10
    E28-8
    F39-3T

NAR General Use Decertifications (3 year notice)

The following motors, while not contest certified, will be decertified for general use three years after July 1, 1999 (i.e. July 1, 2002) in their "classic propellant" formulations. Please note the "White Lightning" propellant formulations of these motor remain certified indefinately for contest and general use.

Aerotech:
    F25-4,6,9
    G40-4,7,10

NAR General Use Decertifications (7/1/99)

The following motors, having been out of production for more than three years, will lose their NAR certification for general use effective July 1, 1999.

North Coast Rocketry (NCR):
    F30-4,6,P

Jim Cook,
Secretary for NAR Standards & Testing

Jack Kane,
Chairman

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