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March 11, 2012 Launch is Go!
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Current Club News
Welcome to the Tulsa Rocketry
website.
The next launch will be March 11, 2012 at the
Leonard launch complex. Bring out all those winter projects
and let's see them fly. See you then.
The 2012 launch calendar has been set. See the Launch Schedule for the dates.
The 2012 Tulsa Rocketry Calendar is now available in the web store.
Also a few new items have been added. Check it out.
Our next club meeting is scheduled for Thursday,
February 16, 2012 at 7:00pm at Hobby Town. We will have our usual rocket talk and review the new launch
operation guidelines that we will be using this year. Of course, we'll also have our usual show and tell
at the end of the meeting. Hobby Town is located in the shopping center on the southwest corner
of 71st and Memorial in Tulsa. You can find a map
here.
Construction and display
photos
of the Tulsa Rocketry float for the Pawhuska Christmas parade are posted.
The RocketScience flight went off successfully at the May 15th launch. Jeff
Chaplin has some video he took of the flight, including some on-board video at
www.YouTube.com/rocketmanjeff.
We have posted a PDF file of the
flight cards.
You can download it and fill it out, then bring it to the launch and
you'll be ready for check-in immediately. It is a fillable form so you can enter your data
then print the form, or you can print the blank form and fill in the info with old fashioned
pencil or pen.
Unfortunately, Joe Grasso, a long time member of the club, passed away
Sunday October 3, 2010. He was one of those few guys that touched nearly everyone in the club.
He had a wealth of fascinating stories to tell. His knowledge of the hobby was second to none.
In his honor, we have put up a tribute page, with lots of pictures of him at our launches and
club project builds. He will be greatly missed and never replaced.
Just as a reminder to new visitors to our launches,
please only drive on the dirt roads between the sod fields.
DO NOT DRIVE ON THE SOD. We simply CANNOT
stress this enough. Driving on the sod can damage it
and make it harder to harvest. If it doesn't look like a well worn dirt road then it's not
a dirt road, it's probably an area that was recently harvested. Check
out the new updated map and directions. Thanks for
your cooperation.
We still have a few t-shirts left from High Frontier 5.
If you would like one they are $12 each plus $5 shipping. We have 1 XXL, 1 XL and 5 L
shirts left. Email
for ordering info, first come first served.
In case you were thinking of using Future Floor Finish
(now called Pledge with Future Shine), here is a
link
to a page with most of what you should know in order to use it.
The RocketScience Project is on
for 2011.
We will be launching this month. If you are interested in participating in RocketScience 2012, check out the RocketScience
page. If your
school might be interested in lofting a science payload several thousand feet into the
atmosphere, check out the RocketScience page for more details.
Some sample electronics can be found on the Examples
page. Check it out.
See the May Launch Photos for pictures of the
2008 launch.
If you wish to donate to help fund various Tulsa Rocketry programs,
please check the sponsor page.
If you are thinking of trying to push the sound barrier on one of
your flights, you've got to check out this
video.
It shows what can happen to G10 fins at transonic/supersonic speeds.
Keep in mind our launch notification procedure. The Prefect
will send out an email by 10:00 am Saturday to indicate if the launch is a GO/NOGO.
It will be posted on this web site shortly after the notice goes out. We also have
simplified our launch fees. Low power (1/4 A through G) will be free for anyone.
If you are going to fly High Power (H or above) the fee is $5.00 for members and $10.00
for non members.
Do you think you'd like to join our happy group? Visit our
Membership Info page to find out how. You can see the
2011 Officer's here.
High Power News (H thru O motors only):
Anyone in the club that is Level 1 or higher or planning on getting
your Level 1 will no longer need to get a LEUP to purchase motors. The
tutorial on this website will help you get one if you want
one. However it is no longer required since the TRA/NAR won their court case against the
BATF.
Also the Attached Garage Storage Variance Tutorial.
Is still posted for anyone who still wishes to get one. It has worked for several
members so we have now turned it into our latest LEUP related tutorial. We hope it
helps you.
Questions, problems or comments contact
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Send us your launch photos and we'll put them up on the site with your photo credit.
(Give us your URL and we'll include a link to your site.)
Copyright 2011, Tulsa Rocketry
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