[tccrockets] Re: DairyAire 2012 Nike Smoke Drag Race
- From: David Weinshenker <daze39@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:54:51 -0700
Jack Garibaldi wrote:
> It is premature Robert NAR (Trip Barber) is not for mass launches and has or
> is or did submit a new ruling to the NFPA basically saying that ten and
> over or over ten rockets launched simitaneously should be at a safe distance
> of 1.5 times the expected altitude so if we had 11 Nike's and they all were
> expected to do about 7,000ft then the safe distance required to launch them
> would be 10,500 ft. It is way too early to start worrying but the thought is
> that if it gets adopted by the NFPA well then Tripoli would probably adopt
> it too because a lot of people don't really care or do mass launches but the
> few that do would be screwed like us and a few other clubs. Take Plaster
> Blaster they always do a fun launch for the kids and give out T-shirts and
> candy by doing a 100 Estes quirks or alpha's or some small rocket that the
> kids can go run and retrieve and get paid in Candy or prizes well if they
> were going to go 1,000ft the the safe distance would have to be launched at
> 1,500ft and then no one can even see them at that distance. In general Trip
> just doesn't like, agree or want mass launching.
Isn't this something where it might be better for NAR and TRA
to just "agree to disagree", and each set up their rules according
to their respective preferences (as in the case of, for example,
"experimental" motors vs. "certified" commercial models...)?
After all, wasn't this sort of situation part of the reason
that TRA was (historically) founded in the first place?
-dave w
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