***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.

To make it absolutely clear, CMASS does not allow "sparky" motors at any of our launches.

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Nov 7, 2015 Launch, Amesbury

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Published: Tuesday, 10 November 2015 11:00
Written by Claude Maina

Another windy day in Amesbury. In fact, I think this was windier than our last launch and certainly colder. I counted three rockets that went way past Whitehall Road (and should have landed by now!). Even with that we had 158 launches with one successful L1 attempt and one successful L2. The L2 was the last flight of the day part of the launch and so was nice to end on a good note. Boris launched the Toginator, which is always great to see! He also launched a new creation - the Seis, a great looking upscale of Fliskits Tres with 6 motors (which is kinda of wimpy for Boris). It flew great but drifted quite a bit an almost made the trees. We had a (very lively) scout troop which counted for many of our launches. And perhaps because of all of the 'not-flying' and the scouts, we sold almost 100 hot dogs and a lot of snacks. So a good day for the CMASS coffers. Jim was there in the morning and AMW was there the whole day. Gloria had hot cocoa, coffee and hot turkey soup! The soup was great on that cold-windy day.

The night launch had the usual suspects. Boris flew his Turbine Rocket Saucer and two others (I believe). I had a couple of my CHAD creations and Guy launched a small lit saucer. Robert and Gloria stayed for the night launch and had the area lit making it easier to load and launch - and Gloria kept the cocoa and soup hot - Thanks Robert and Gloria!

Thanks to Liz for helping out with food and to all who helped with setup, break down, LCO, RSO and driving duties. Pictures are in the Gallery (as soon as people start posting them!!).

Launch Sign-Up Sheet Is Back - CMASS Needs You

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Published: Saturday, 31 October 2015 23:29
Written by Alan S

Thanks to the efforts of the CMASS webmasters, the Launch Sign-Up sheet has returned.

This is the place where you can elect to volunteer an hour of your time at the next CMASS launch to help keep things running smoothly. We need your help. Just so you know, no one gets paid at a launch, not even those friendly people in the light blue CMASS shirts. The field use fee is only used to pay the local municipality for the field rental.

The various duties of LCO, RSO, Food Service, and Shuttle Driver are explained at the top of the Launch Sign-Up sheet. Just go here, fill in your name in a time slot and then push Submit at the bottom. Each time slot is one hour long. Its that easy and very much appreciated.

We can also use a hand setting up and tearing down the range before and after the launch. You don't need to sign-up for that, just arrive one hour before the launch or stay for a while after.

Thanks for reading. Your help keeps the rockets flying !

 

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