The following comments are to fill out the discussion last night about the NRC.
The NRC contest year is 11 months: July 31 through the next June 30. The 2021-22 contest year will end on June 30 while the 2022-23 contest year will start on July 31, 2022. NARAM events are all of the NRC events for that year plus 3 other events plus R&D. The NRC contest year thus serves as practice and preparation for NARAM.
The following table shows the NRC events for the past 4 contest years. It appears that events were unchanged in 2019-20 and 2020-21 probably due to Covid (cancelled NARAM?).
Event 2018-19 2019-20 2021-22
2020-21
PD 1/4A 1/2A 1/2A
SD - 1/2A 1/4A
HD 1/4A 1/2A A
BG A 1/2A -
RG - - 1/2A
Egg Dur B - -
Egg Alt C - B
Alt - 1/2A B
Pay A B B -
Sport Scale - - x
Not unexpectedly, there is a pattern here. Low power PD and SD (to accommodate small fields, as a guess). HD. BG or RG. Something with an egg capsule and something with an altimeter. Sport scale was a late addition this past year; not certain what its fate will be this year.
Events for 2022-23 should be announced around July 1, 2022. While our July 2 launch will not see any contest flying one can still fly in the categories likely to be included in next year's NRC to prepare flightworthy rockets.
Regards,
Stephen