Re-learning the Alphabet

The introduction of the Alphabet contest was popular enough to warrant a repeat, especially since the Prize Pot won by John Wilke will be converted/rolled over to a 3 Dogs Rocketry $300.00 Gift Certificate and primer for the kitty this year. Thank you John Wilke!! This contest stresses reliability and maximum performance as a tie breaker. Participants will be using the same rules for this contest as in 2009 with the addition of one caveat – any and all rockets used by a competitor have to have been personally built by the entrant (group project built rockets not allowed). Entry fee remains the same – $20.00 to participate this year. Pay entry fee to the contest administrator – Joe Hinton.
• Prize to be the sum of entry fees and 3 Dogs Rocketry coupon.
• $20.00 entry fee per person. No contest entries accepted after close of waiver Monday, May 31st, 2010.
• Over the course of the year, entrant to launch (NCR sponsored launch dates only) and successfully recover declared contest rocket(s). Successful recovery based on integrity of flown rocket(s) for immediate Return to Flight status (NO field repairs allowed excluding less than one inch of airframe zipper).
• Any and all rockets used by entrant must have been personally built by entrant – Group project built rockets not allowed.
• Rocket(s) to be powered by any commercially available motor(s) only, in designated motor class type, according to the Alphabet, flown in the proper sequence [any A motor, any B motor, any C motor, etc.] starting with A class.
• Maximum impulse available for each letter class could factor in contest tie breaker.
• Clusters and/or staging of the same motor class is optional and allowed. However, all included motors must light to count as a successful launch. For this contest, mixing motor classes is not allowed in clusters and/or staging.
• Each contest flight must be declared prior to ignition.
• Rocket must be recovered and presented for Return to Flight status verification prior to close of waiver on day of declared flight(s).
• Once a rocket has been flown and verified a successful recovery (two NCR club member witnesses) for each motor class, entrant moves up to next designated motor class/letter.
• At the time an entrant’s rocket is determined to be unsuccessfully flown (igniter misfires excepted) and/or unsuccessfully recovered, entrant must start the motor class letter progression over again from A.
• Participant who successfully achieves the most powerful letter of the alphabet flown and successfully recovered by the end of the contest year (February 7th, 2010- January 1st, 2011) wins.
• In the event of a letter (Motor class) tie, the participant that achieved the highest motor class with the accumulated greatest impulse used wins. In the unlikely event a second tie breaker is needed, the first participant that achieved the highest motor class with the accumulated greatest impulse used wins.
• Accumulated altitude of flights flown is optional.