Gorge Rocket Club Section 790

Calendar of Events

 

NASA Student Launch

Here is a link for the 2023 NASA Student Launch Challenge Results :

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-names-winners-of-2023-student-rocket-launch-competition

Yamhill high-school and Camas High-school did AWESOME 👍🙂🚀🚀🚀🏆🏆🏆

Projects while weather has been crazy.

NAR Competition NRC Events for the 2023-2024 Contest Year

The Contest Board announces the following NRC events for the 2023-2024 Contest Year and NARAM-65:

  • 1/2A Helicopter Duration
  • 1/2A Parachute Duration
  • A Rocket/Glide
  • B Streamer Duration
  • B Payload Altitude
  • B Eggloft Altitude

These events have been selected by the NAR Contest Board and the NARAM Contest Director per Sporting Code rule 13.1.3.  The 2023-2024 Contest Year starts on August 2, 2023, and ends on the last day of NARAM.  NRC flying ends June 30, 2024.

Dan Wolf
NAR Contest Board Chair

Approved Altimeters

Contest Advice

http://www.nar.org/contest-flying/competition-guide/nar-rocketry-competition/

For information on the new contest book, here is the link:

https://www.nar.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/USMRSC_May-2021.pdf

If you have any questions please feel free to contact:

gorgerc790@gmail.com

Board of Trustee and Town Hall Meeting Minutes

Daniel Peirce did a remarkable job with the Semroc Saturn 1B rocket

Check out the rocketry show at https://www.therocketryshow.com/
Check out the rocketry show at
https://www.therocketryshow.com/

http://wgvunews.org/post/national-association-rocketry-festival

http://www.spacesounds.com/

Hercules up on a G75-4
Photo provided by Jim Reed
Photo provided by Jim Reed

"Congratulations to Daniel Peirce for Certifying Level 1"

Daniel successfully launched his Mad Cow Honest John rocket on an H128-10W with great results:

Welcome to the Gorge Rocket Club Section 790 website.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me: Thompsonje@gmail.com

  My Background

What is Thrust to weight ratio?

To safely launch a rocket the thrust to weight ratio should be at least 5 to 1

For example, if a rocket weighs 0.4 kg, and the motor has a thrust of 15 Newtons, is this safe?

Answer: The weight of the rocket is 0.4 x 9.8 = 3.9 N. Thrust is 15 N. The thrust to weight ratio is thus 15:3.9, or 3.8:1. This is less than 5:1 so the launch would be unsafe.

http://apollo17.org/

NAR http://www.nar.org/

nar_this_is_rocketry

http://wechoosethemoon.org/

Its a beautiful place for the hobby of rocketry

Its a beautiful place for the hobby of rocketry

dans-snake-jumper-1
Dans Snake Jumper Rocket

Rocket History Quiz:

early-rocketry-development-quiz

For the answers, email me:-)

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me: Thompsonje@gmail.com

High Powered Organization for those interested is:

Tripoli

http://www.tripoli.org/

What is this thing called World Space Modeling Championships:

Intro to rocketry part 1:

intro to rocketry part 2:

intro to rocketry part 3:

Propellant Types:

igniter installation:

Interesting site called "The Orbital Mechanics"

http://theorbitalmechanics.com/about/

Rocket Engineering and Science Technologies

Slide Rule Museum

1 Newton = 0.2248 pounds

1 Pound = 4.448 Newtons

Presentations

Estes has a new video that demonstrates how their solid BP motors work:

https://youtu.be/GXZEw7m-kIc

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