January 10th SEARS Launch Cancelled
Thursday, January 8th, 2009All,
The January 10th Rocket Launch in Samson has been cancelled due to the thunderstorms and winds forecast for launch day.
Sorry about that!
Greg Lane
SEARS President
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S.E.A.R.S. appreciates our Sponsors
Saturday, December 20th, 2008Please patronize these sponsors of SEARS Launches
Greens Grass Farm
877 Sod Road,
Samson, AL 36477
(334) 898-7901
We appreciate the use of the field at Greens Grass Farm for our launches.
Portable Toilet Service
2321 N Range St
Dothan, AL 36303
Phone : (334) 794-2144
PTS provides excellent service at our launch site in Samson.
S.E.A.R.S. 2009 UNLEASHED
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008SEARS fliers enjoy themed launches. But in 2009 were are unleashing a new concept. General, Youth, Challenge and Advanced categories. General will be on the green flight cards and there will be the drawing for a prize pool item. Youth is for fun and will you will likely get your picture on the web site. Challenge is to develop your rocketry skills. Advanced: This categoy is for those who have the basic skills down and have been flying rockets for a year or more with appropriate certifications. These flights will be flown from the wireless launcher if they present a greater risk than normal flights. That would be monocopters, billiard balls, four stage rockets, 7 motor clusters and the like. The stand off distance will be determined by the Club Advisor. Details will be supplied on the next cut. Let me know if you have any tweaks to the events.
Greg
Jan 10, 2009
General: Anything but a Chute day.
Youth: Make a colorful streamer and fly in a rocket
Challenge: Fly a helicopter rocket
Advanced: Fly a monocopter rocket See http://www.artapplewhite.com/
Feb 7, 2009
General: Egg Loft Day
Youth: Decorate eggs as Eggstronauts
Challenge: Egg Loft Duration
Advanced: Billiard Ball Loft
Mar 14, 2009
General: Maiden Flight Day
Youth: Decorate A Rocket Contest
Challenge: Kit Mash, build a rocket from two or more commercial kits.
Advanced: Fly a Hybrid Rocket
Apr 18, 2009
General: Peep Spot Landing
Youth: Launch three different kinds of peeps
Challenge: Deploy four or more peeps. The more the better
Advanced: Fly a peep to as close to 1500 feet as possible based on an altimeter
May 9, 2009
General: Classic Day: Any published design or kit over 20 years old including clones and upscales.
Youth: Bring a friend to the launch and show them how to fly a rocket
Challenge: Scratch Build an original Design
Advanced: Fly a dual deploy rocket
Jun 13, 2009
General: Multi Stage Day
Youth: fly a two stage rocket and find both the booster and sustainer
Challenge: fly a three stage rocket
Advanced: fly a four stage rocket
Jul 11, 2009
General: Glider Day
Youth: Bring a hand glider and fly it
Challenge: Glider Duration
Advanced: Fly an glider with 24 inch wingspan or greater (Maybe R/C)
Sep 12, 2009
General: Sci-fi / Futuristic / Alien Day
Youth: decorate a rocket to have aliens on-board
Challenge: Fly a Mars Lander type rocket
Advanced: Warp Factor
Oct 10, 2009
General: Odd Roc Day
Youth Build and fly an Applewhite 13mm saucer
Challenge: Build an totally original Odd Roc
Advanced: Fly an rocket on K or larger motor
Nov 14, 2009
General: Cluster Day
Youth: Paint a rocket the same color as a pumpkin
Challenge: Modify a rocket to take three motors instead of one
Advanced: Cluster 7 or more motors
Dec 12, 2009
General: Drag Race day
Youth: Decorate a rocket for Christmas
Challenge: Drag race a matched rocket and motor with a friend
Advanced: Drag race H or larger rockets
Don’t Miss the Nov 1st S.E.A.R.S. Launch
Monday, October 20th, 2008The next monthly S.E.A.R.S. Launch is November 1st at Samson, AL. The event is Cluster Day. A cluster rocket has two or more motors in a single stage. We setup at 8:30 AM, the waiver opens for launches at 9:00 AM. We usually go untill about 4:00 PM. Beginners are welcome. Bring the whole family!. Everyone is also invited to Crews BBQ in Samson after the launch. For more info see http://www.sears572.com/sears-
Greg Lane
S.E.A.R.S President
Two seven motor Hydras drag race
September 6th 2008 Launch Highlights
Sunday, September 21st, 2008All,
The weather was better than we thought. We had no showers. A great hot day for launching rockets. Cliff Oliver had the launch of the day with his Temporary Insanity. Cliff’s family came out to witness a perfect flight on the AMW M1350 White Wolf. The boost was very straight and the rocket landed nicely in the field. The rocket had an on-board video camera that gave us some of the best video yet.
We had Russ Roberts with a sucessful L1 Cert with his PML Explorer. Justyn Palmer had a successful L2 with his scratch build “Shoot the Moon” Rocket and finally Ricky Nichols launched his Giant Leap Vertical Assault painted red of course for his L2 also. Congratulations to all.
Alexa Stetson won the Scale event with a flight of her Patriot. Thanks to Russ Roberts for bringing many interesting scale rockets.
See pictures and videos on the web site. Thanks for a great day. The next launch is October 4th. The event will be Odd Rocket Day. What kind of Halloween creations can you fly?
Don’t Miss the July 12th Launch
Saturday, July 5th, 2008The next SEARS launch is July 12th at Samson and the event is Glider Day. Fly any rocket that recovers as a glider and you will be entered to pick a prize from the prize pool. Use the green flight cards for glider flights. In addition, we will have a Edmonds Deltie B Duration Contest. There will be a pick from the prize pool for the longest Deltie B flight. You can make up to two “for the record” flights. Just announce it is for the record before the flight and it will be timed.
New Club Banner!
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008Cliff Oliver contacted Graphics-N-Stuff and had a banner made for our club. It turned out fabulous! Graphics-N-Stuff also did the body wraps for Greg and Cliff’s L3 rockets. The SEARS Logo was created by Tom Rackers a while back.
April 12th Launch is Go! Note Late Start
Friday, April 11th, 2008We will launch in Samson, AL. Setup is at 11:30 and we will start flying at 12:00. The waiver will be open until 7 PM or when we are done launching. We will have the Sunward Peep Spot Landing Event and have the prizes will be drawn at 3:30.
As always stay in the road on the sod farm and park in the designated area. The sod will be wet and we do not want to make any ruts.
Greg
April 5th Launch Rescheduled to April 12th
Friday, April 4th, 2008All,
Due to the heavy rains expected on Saturday, the April 5th launch is cancelled and rescheduled to April 12th. The Auburn Team should workout a time with John Hansel if they want to launch before April 12th. Sorry our run of excellent weather ran out.
See you on the 12th!
Greg Lane
SEARS President
Peep Spot Landing - Sponsored by Sunward
Sunday, February 10th, 2008Peep Spot Landing Event at the April 5th 2008 launch will be sponsored by Sunward.
The Peep landing closest to a target on the field will win a draw first from the special Sunward prize pool. Then we will distribute the remaing Sunward prizes by random selection from the green flight cards for peep flights. Use Official Peeps of any variety. Multiple Peeps are allowed. Peeps that are ejected must have a recovery device for their protection.
Sunward Rockets Kits are high quality model rockets kits, parts, and accessories for the Rocketeer. Currently A-G powered with most of the model rocket kits being A-D engine powered.
