We had a great launch today! Excellent attendance, low winds, and lots of flights.
Next launch is
JUNE 8th
Be there, or be bored silly!
We had a great launch today! Excellent attendance, low winds, and lots of flights.
Next launch is
Be there, or be bored silly!
Fellow Rocketeers,
I am so very pleased to announce that KARS will be launching for our 15th year!
Many thanks to our generous landowners, Tim & Jenny Courser, and Eric Swanson for making this possible.
Our first launch will be on May 4th (“May the Fourth be with you”) on the Warner Farm Field from 1 to 3:30PM. If the weather does not cooperate, we’ll try for Sunday (same time). We usually make a GO / NOGO decision the Friday afternoon before and post it to our website, e-mail list and facebook page.
As usual, we do not charge launch fees or have an official membership – just show up and fly rockets. If you want to come and spectate – Great! Bring the family.
So fix those broken fins, inventory your motors and put a KARS LAUNCH reminder on your calendar for May 4th! See you there!!
~ Mike Bellino
Fellow Rocketeers, It’s late February and still very cold outside. Been thinking about warm spring/summer/fall days on the rocket field as I have? Consider this your wake-up from the winter slumber!
First, I have to thank the landowners (Tim & Jenny Courser) for allowing us to use the field in 2018! And of course, Eric Swanson for his ever energetic and enthusiastic launch support! And thank you all for coming out to join the launches! It has been amazing to watch the young kids grow up and the new kids show up with great excitement!
Will we launch again 2019 (15th season!)? So long as we can use the field and have help, sure! I’m waiting for the landowner insurance form to show up, then I will start asking around. If we do launch in 2019, it will probably start the first weekend in May.
Meanwhile…. as you are building up your 2019 collection of rockets, I have some inspiration for you – a web article and some videos to help you dreams of those hot July launches!
Fellow Rocketeers, Due to the rain and subsequent high winds on Saturday, we will move the FINAL 2018 launch to SUNDAY Nov 4th from 12 to 2:30PM
The temperatures on Sunday will be in the mid-to upper 40’s, clear skies, the winds around 5mph! And… everyone who attends will seem as though they had an extra hour of sleep!
This is it until probably early May. See ‘ya all there!
Fellow Rocketeers, We are GO FOR LAUNCH at the New England Fall Astronomy Day.
Any and all are welcome*. There are no launch fees. We will have 12 pads available.
Launch Windows: Launch 12:45 -1:15PM , and 4:05 to 5:15PM
The winds will be very low (<5mph) and we’ll enjoy warm temperatures and partly cloudy skies.
For directions to the UNH Observatory (where the launch will be held), click HERE (scroll down part way)
Keep the Pointy End up!
*’E’ impulse or lower please. We reserve the right to not allow rockets to launch which seem likely to not land on the field. This is a new field for us and we’ll have to make some judgement calls once we are there.
Fellow Rocketeers, Who doesn’t like a little change of pace now and then? We’ve decided to move the September KARS launch to UNH in Durham, NH to help some young rocketeers get started in Model Rocketry. Anyone and Everyone is Invited to fly with KARS, however, since this is integral to the New England Fall Astronomy Festival, there is a different launch schedule. Here’s the skinny:
When: Saturday, September 15th
Launch Windows: Launch 12:45 -1:15PM , and 4:05 to 5:15PM
Where: Spinney Lane, Durham, NH – Right next to the UNH Observatory
The New England Fall Astronomy Festival needs help with the kids there who will be assembling rockets. If you can come during the build times to help out – that is appreciated. The build times are: 10:30-11:15AM and 1:30 to 2:30PM.
We will have 12 rocket pads at the ready, so bring ’em on! Since the field is new to us, probably best to start with low-flying rockets until we see how the winds are.
See you there and Keep the Pointy End up!