Heavy Metal IV

Heavy Metal IV will be a combined effort (High Power and NRC contest) of St Louis Rocketry Association (St. Louis) and Tripoli MO-KAN (Walnut Grove MO). The event will be held on the site of NARAM 58 in Walnut Grove MO, May 18-19, 2019. Site location is at: 37.4486N, 93.61565W. Directions to be provided. A block of hotel rooms in Springfield has not been planned as yet, but may be if there is sufficient interest.

We will host a model rocket competition sanctioned under NRC rules. The Heavy Metal IV contest will consist of 7 events selected from the 2018/2019 NRC events list plus 1 additional event. Contestants are free to fly any or all of the NRC events. Results for these events will be submitted to the national scoreboard. C RG will not be submitted We will provide eggs but not payloads or altimeters. NO returns are required for this event except as required by the sporting code for eggloft and payload.
Contest hours will be 9AM (setup time) to 5PM Saturday. Contest flights will begin sometime after that. Sunday will begin at 8AM and the contest will end promptly at 3PM. These are approximate and subject to weather conditions and the contest director’s (John Buckley, jbuckley1996@gmail.com ) discretion. Sport range hours may differ slightly.

Heavy Metal III Contest events
C RG*
1/ 4 A HD
C ELA
B ELD
1/4 A PD
A BG
B PAY
*NON NRC event

Sport Launch:
The sport range will be separate from the contest range and rockets up to and including M impulse class may be flown. The maximum permitted altitude will be 12,500 feet AGL. Rockets projected to go over 8,000 ft, require a simulation prior to flight. Also, if you plan to conduct a Level II certification flight or have any questions regarding the sport range operation, please contact Gary Cole at gary.cole@att.net.

Sport range hours will be approximately 11 AM to 5PM Saturday and 10AM to 5PM on Sunday. These hours are approximate subject to weather conditions and range safety officers discretion.

Launch fee for this event will be $10 per person, to cover the cost of an onsite Porta Potty.