So I've been quietly watching this thread. 2016 was not quite the year I had hoped for, rocketry-wise. For one thing, I only made it to 1 CMASS launch all year (and no meetings!) Long story short, life got busy for me and before I knew it, flying season was over.
But the posts on this thread (and some much-needed time off from work) have inspired me! Here's my list of rocketry goals for the winter build season and 2017:
My 2017 build queue:
1) Flis Kits S.P.A.D. (started today!)
2) Flis Kits Cheetah (w/ my son)
3) Estes Puma (Holiday gift from my son)
Stretch Builds for 2017:
4) Flis Kits Rot-a-Roc
5) Always Ready Rocketry Blue Phenix (for Level 1 HP Cert attempt...This one may actually spill into early 2018)
My Rocketry Goals for 2017:
- Fly my Estes Hi-Flier XL with keychain camera onboard to record in flight video. (Maybe also film launch from ground & quadcopter as well for multiple angles, if I can coordinate with others?) Thinking of flying on an Estes BP E9 or E12. (Fingers crossed hoping I can continue to avoid the purported E9 / E12 CATO curse with my E-motor inventory.)
- Fly my NCR SA-14 Archer again (after post-URRF3 zipper repair and recovery harness improvements) on a G40 or G80 AP motor
- Attend a few CMASS monthly meetings & launches in 2017, and become a more involved member / occasional volunteer.
- Present a dry-run of the research project I've been working on for NARAM-59 (or for possible submittal as a Sports Rocketry article) at an upcoming CMASS monthly meeting for peer review & comment.
- Make it back to Amesbury for a couple of CMASS launches in 2017...Really missed flying at that field during the drought last summer, and couldn't make it up there once the fire dept. cleared us to launch again.
- Make the trip up to Berwick for another MMMSC launch in 2017. Always a good trip!
- Attend NYPOWER 21 over Mem. Day weekend in Geneseo, Upstate NY...Annual father-son rocketry road trip weekend with my son this year.
- Attend NARAM-59 in Muskegon, Michigan in late July. Enter my research project in the R&D competition. And fly lots of rockets on the NARAM Sport range during the week. (My first-ever NARAM, in my childhood home state!)
Quite an ambitious list for me. Hoping I can make some of these "New Years Rocketry Resolutions" priorities and avoid having too many of them become "paving stones on the road to hell."
Best wishes to all for good health, good luck, and prosperity in the coming New Year, and hope to see you all on the fields soon!
(Love to read about other folks' 2017 rocketry goals as well.)
Dan Tyszka
CMASS member since 2013 / NAR # 95916
