***RE-POSTPONED***

Due to ongoing red flag fire conditions, we will be unable to conduct our launch in Amesbury on the 16th of November. We will see what we can do to reschedule in December.

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16 July 2016 Acton Launch

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Published: Sunday, 24 July 2016 00:00
Written by Kenn Blade

Our first summer launch of the year on the Acton field took place under clear skies and seasonally hot conditions. The grass was pretty well dried out and may need to be reseeded for anything to grow before the soccer season. As an extra precaution, Alan set up a fire lookout station beyond pad 8. We were joined by Troop 157 and Pack 157 from Weston with many of the scouts performing launches in pursuit of a merit badge or just for fun. With their help, we reached 217 total launches with motors ranging from 1/2-A to G impulse.

Fliskits had a lot of interest in his products and Jason helped people recognize CTI Pro38 delay grains that may need to be exchanged due to a production problem. We had a good number of volunteers helping spread the work load so everyone was able to make it through the heat of the day.

We announced a new recycling program, of sorts, that will be detailed in an email. Briefly, rather than throw out your drink cans or bottles in our trash can, we’re asking that you take them home and recycle or return them yourselves. This will cut down on items unnecessarily going into landfills.

If you have any pictures from the launch, please upload them in the gallery.

May 21, 2016, Berwick

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Published: Tuesday, 24 May 2016 19:25
Written by Claude Maina

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Our joint launch with MMMSC was this past Saturday at the Tuckahoe Turf Farm in Berwick ME. The weather was sunny and in the 60's, with some very variable winds near the surface, but the winds seemed to be mild higher up. I counted 35 vehicles in the early afternoon, not including vendors and the club vehicles. I'd estimate close to 100 people. Jim of Fliskits was there. He launched three prototypes - all looked great and two flew really well. The third will need a little tweaking. Jason of AMW was also there and every time I looked over at his table, there were several people. So, it looked as if he did a brisk business. We had 176 flights from A through L. I believe the max altitude of the day was Boris's Golden Arrow which hit 7775' and landed well within the launch field. That was very nice! I'll take the minimum altitude as I left my Christmas Tree rocket on the pad with a burnt igniter! We had one successful L2 attempt and one successful and one not-so-successful L1 attempt. The irrigation sprayer was going throughout the day but as far as I could tell, remained stationary. Although it did cause some off-road exiting at the end of the day for a few people. I've posted some pictures in the gallery - please put up yours!

Thanks to all that helped set-up and take-down and especially to Kenn and Guy for manning the LCO and RSO duties throughout the day.

Our next launch is another joint launch. This time with RIMRA in West Kingston, RI on June 11th.

 

 

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