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4/3/24 METRA launch this weekend, April 6-7 is a GO!

Good news, it will be cold, but the launch this weekend is a GO! Please be sure to keep warm!

This Saturday will be our equipment clean up launch; please come help out and support your club!. Please bring your own gloves, and the club will supply cleaning supplies. The cleanup will start at 9 am, and is usually done within a couple of hours, after which we will start the launch. NOTE: If you do not show up at 9 am and help with the cleanup, you will NOT fly Saturday! Saturday flying is ONLY for those that help out. As a bonus there will be no flight fees for those that help with the cleanup all weekend, Others can fly Sunday, and pay the regular $20 flight fee.

Please make sure your membership for Tripoli and/or NAR is up to date! Bring your membership card for when you check in, and turn in your METRA waiver and membership application (we need these every year). You can also go online and pay your METRA membership fee, and get it out of the way so you don’t need to mess with it on the field. Membership in TRA or NAR, and METRA is required to fly at our launches. You can also prepay your flight fees for the year on the same page, and save $20.

Certifications: please read the requirements on the website. Download, print, and fill out the cert form from either the TRA or NAR website and bring it with you. For this weekend, if you need to do a Tripoli cert, see Jon Walcott; likewise for NAR certs see David Mosher. We are expecting a lot of certifications, so be sure you are ready, and see the above folks early in the day. If you wait until late in the day, there might not be enough time, and you may not be able to certify.

Vendors: We will have Onebadhawk onsite Saturday, providing a large array of rocket goodies as well as Loki and Aerotech motors. Wildman CT had surgery recently, and will NOT be at the launch. Lloyd and Nadine’s Dogs will be onsite with all the usual yummy foods and lemonade !! Please check out our vendors and take advantage of them being there!

In case you need reminders:

1) Keep your speed under 20 MPH on the farm property. If you are raising a big dust cloud, please slow down.

2) For the new folks, directions to the field can be found here.

3) If you need to use one of our rocket recover poles, you must see David Mosher before getting it out of the container. We have had some damage to these poles last year, without anyone stepping up to take responsibility. David will also tell you how to use them so they don’t get damaged.

4) The RSO will have the final say on all flights. If the RSO thinks your flight is unsafe, he will say No. Be sure everything is well attached to your rocket and with a proper CP/Cg ratio, and you motor has enough thrust for at least a 5:1 thrust:weight off the pad.

5) Our field rules are here.

Let all have a great launch !

3/21/24 Launch this weekend, March 23-24 is NO GO!

Unfortunately, this weekend looks like a lot of rain. Because of this we have cancelled the launch.

Since next weekend is Easter, our next launch will be April 6-7. For those of you that were not ready for a launch, you have 2 more weeks to get the good stuff ready to go! To everyone else, sorry about that, but we always know that the weather this early can be a challenge.

If you haven’t yet, please go online and renew your METRA membership (check out the option to pay the entire season’s flight fees at once and save some bucks!)

At the same time, please download and fill out a waiver form.

See you in April!

1/2/24 Welcome to the 2024 METRA flying season!

We hope everyone is staying safe this winter, and is having a good time building rockets!

Our 2024 launch schedule has been posted to the website, please check it out!

Please pay your membership dues online. We make it easy on the website using paypal.

You will also need to fill out and sign a membership form and waiver for the 2024 season. You can bring these to the first launch, where they will be collected at the RSO table. Why not get it done now and put it with your gear so you don’t forget it?

Let’s have a great flying season!