Entry Information

$10 Entry Fee

$10 Re-Entrance Flyers may re-enter the contest for an additional $10 if they are disqualified.

Make sure to declare your flight as an “Alphabet Contest” flight prior to launch.

There will be a contest registration sign-up sheet at the flight table.

Deposit your entry fees with the club’s Contest Director.

Contest Rules

Fly and successfully recover a model rocket, using each motor class in succession: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, …

You may use a different rocket for each flight, or the same rocket for multiple flights as you desire.  Each flight must be declared prior to launch as a contest launch, and designated on your flight card.

Re-Entrance

Flyers who are disqualified, and buy-back-in, will start at the motor that they were disqualified at.  For example, if your E flight failed, you would continue the contest at an E impulse motor.

Disqualification

If you have a failure resulting in damage that prevents a second flight without repair, or you are unable to recover the rocket, then your last successful flight will be recorded as your final flight for the contest.

Prizes

First Place: 60% of the collected entry fees.

Second Place: 30% of the collected entry fees.

Third Place: 10% of the collected entry fees.

Additional Considerations

Multiple Stages

Multiple stages may be used to accomplish multiple letters of the alphabet in a single flight.  You must recover all stages successfully.  Limit up to and including 3-stages.

Contestants must progress through the alphabet contest sequentially.

You cannot skip any letters of the alphabet, flights with multiple motors that are not sequential are allowed, but you can only achieve a single letter in the alphabet contest if your staged-motor configuration is not sequential.

Ignition sequence does not have to be alphabetical.  You may fly a staged rocket that has a C as the booster, and a B as the sustainer (assuming you have successfully completed your A impulse flight).

Clusters

The total impulse of the cluster can be substituted for the impulse letter in the alphabet.  For example, a cluster of 6 (six) E motors @ 40ns each would have a total impulse of 240ns, which is equivalent to an H motor.

Entry Information

Entry Fee: $5 per flight (no limit on number of flights)

Make sure to declare your flight as “$5 Mile Contest” flight prior to launch.

There will be a contest registration sign-up sheet at the flight table.

Deposit your entry fees with the club’s Contest Director.

Objective

Build and fly a model rocket that will reach as close to 5,280 feet AGL without going over.

Rules

Build Constraints

The rocket must be stable and constructed with materials approved by NAR or Tripoli, you may also use a kit.

Tie Breakers

• Lowest motor impulse
• Least number of attempted flights

Prizes

3 kits will be available for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place along with a share of the entry fees collected.

Cash prizes for First, Second and Third place will be a % of the entry fees collected.

First Place: 60% of entry fees.

Second Place: 30% of entry fees.

Third Place: 10% of entry fees.

Recorded Flights