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Northern Virginia Association of Rocketry
Free Press
June – August 2004
THREE GREAT MONTHS!
THREE GREAT EVENTS!
ONE GREAT CLUB!
A Team America rocket makes a
perfect lift-off at the May Flyoffs
(Photo by Greg Bock)
Worried about the downwash from an incoming helicopter, some members of the range crew
hold rockets on the launch pads to prevent them from being blown over at NOVAAR’s Fourth
of July Demo. As it turned out, it wasn’t the wind caused by the helicopter that ultimately “did
in” the demo, but Mother Nature herself. The demo was canceled only eight rockets into the
launch, because the wind direction had the rockets drifting over the large crowd. (Photo by
Mitch Guess.)
A V-2 lifts off with the help of an
H-165 motor at NARAM-46 (Photo
by Mitch Guess)
THREE GREAT EVENTS IN 3 MONTHS!! FLY WITH THE BEST! FLY WITH NOVAAR!
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NOVAAR FREE PRESS
June – August 2004
Editor: Greg Bock
Contributors: Carl Curling, Mitch Guess, John Hochheimer, and
Joe Woodford
The NOVAAR Free Press is the official newsletter of the
Northern Virginia Association of Rocketry, NAR Section 205.
Subscriptions are included as part of the membership dues.
Send submissions to:
Ken Brown
7021 Forest View Drive
Springfield, VA 22150-3120
Submissions can also be sent electronically to the editor at:
gbock@verizon.net
NOVAAR Officers
President:
John Hochheimer
(j.n.hochheimer@verizon.net)
Secretary:
Trip Barber (ahbarber@alum.mit.edu)
Treasurer:
Keith Wancowicz (keith@thaicustomcrafts.com)
Senior Advisor: Ken Brown (brown007@bellatlantic.net)
Ken Brown
Visit NOVAAR’s Web site at:
http:// www.geocities.com/novaar.geo
Or better yet….
ATTEND NOVAAR MEETINGS!
NOVAAR holds meetings twice a month. We meet the first and
third Tuesday from 7:00 PM to 8:30 at the Kings Park
Community Center in the Kings Park Shopping Center. The
shopping center is in North Springfield, two miles outside the
Beltway (I495) at the intersection of Braddock and Burke Lake
Road.
Dues are $5.00 per year for ages 13 or younger, $8.00 per year for
ages 14-18, and $10.00 per year for age 19 or older. The
maximum yearly membership fee for a family is $20. Make
checks payable to "NOVAAR” and send to the Treasurer at:
Keith Wancowicz
Attn: NOVAAR
8371 Magic Leaf Rd
Springfield VA 22153-2529
Members who wish to receive important announcements of
launches, meetings and other club activities should send their email addresses to Trip Barber (ahbarber@alum.mit.edu)
June - August 2004
CONTENTS
President’s Corner… ……………………....3
Space Day at the Udvar-Hazey Center……..4
Rockets in Arlington………………………..5
Rocket Man (Reprint)………………………6
Spring Battle Park Launch………………….7
NOVAAR’s Launches March-June 2004…..8
TARC 2004 Photos…………………………8
NARAM 46 in Photos………………………9
Upcoming Events………………………….10
NOVAAR Membership Application ………11
From the
Editor
By Greg Bock
A lot has
happened since
the last issue of
the Free Press.
NOVAAR has been an active club hosting the 2004 Team
America Event in May, the annual 4th of July demo launch
at Great Meadow, and NARAM 46 in August. All this in
addition to hosting the usual monthly sport launches,
leading building sessions for elementary schools and
working with the AIA at Space Day. This issue covers a lot
of territory, and it’s difficult to include everything in a
single issue.
After five years of being the club’s newsletter editor, this
issue will be my last. When I took over the newsletter, my
first issue had a “NARAM 41 Champs!” on the cover with a
group picture of the club members who attended that meet
in Pittsburg. Trip Barber and the late Gary Kinnamon were
holding the section flag and Jim Brower the NARAM 41
trophy the club had just won. Five years is a long time to be
doing any type of job. I’ve enjoyed doing it. I especially
want to thank all of those club members, who over the years
took time to share their rocketry hobby by writing articles
and submitting plans and pictures for the newsletter. Your
newsletter is only as good as the club members that support
it.
Frank Prekel has volunteered to take over as the Free Press
editor, and we’ll do the next issue jointly transitioning the
editor job. Please support Frank as you have done so with
me. Remember – this is YOUR newsletter.
Once again, thanks to everyone, and good luck, Frank.
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President’s Corner
By John Hochheimer
At the recent NOVAAR election of officers, Trip Barber
and I switched positions; Trip stepped down as President of
NOVAAR to become Secretary and I, John Hochheimer,
switched from Secretary to President. Trip leaves behind
quite a legacy of leadership and service to NOVAAR. We
sure have grown in the three years that he has held the
office of President. The next time you see Trip, thank him
for all his hard work and dedication. NOVAAR is surely a
better organization as a result of his leadership.
I still remember the first NOVAAR meeting that I attended.
It was about 5 years ago and I was totally new to model
rocketry. Those present greeted me enthusiastically. The
most pressing topic at the meeting was a discussion of the
selection of contest events for an upcoming meet. As I tried
to follow along, the conversation was rapidly getting above
my head--contest factors, ELD, ½ A PD, altitude, my head
was spinning. Some members at the meeting were also
concerned about how much longer the Manassas Battlefield
would be available for launches. Then, in true NOVAAR
fashion, a very memorable thing happened. Bart Merkley
pulls up a chair beside me and started to explain the meeting
and happenings. Bart helped in many ways, I started to
understand the discussion and, more importantly, made me
feel welcome to the group.
What is my point you ask? Well, I am still amazed with the
spirit and genuine camaraderie that is the essence of
NOVAAR. Every time NOVAAR members become
involved in something, this spirit lives on. The events over
the past year stick in my mind about how NOVAAR
continues to evolve, at least in the relatively short time that I
have been a member.
This past year has been very active for NOVAAR. We have
held sport and contest launches at Great Meadow on a
monthly basis. High power rocketry is still gaining
momentum among NOVAAR members and we enjoy one
of the best flying fields in the East. NOVAAR proudly
serves as the local host to the Team America Rocketry
Challenge. What a boost this has been to aerospace
education and the hobby of rocketry. NOVAAR also hosted
a very successful NARAM, the national championship for
model rocketry competition. Thanks go to Jonathan Rains
and Charlie Sykos for leading us in this memorable event.
NOVAAR helped with countless rocketry educational
programs at schools throughout Northern Virginia. Greg
Bock, Joe Woodford, and many others have spent many
June - August 2004
hours helping with educational programs. The list could go
on.
Every launch seems to bring out more new faces and, most
often, we see familiar faces. We see young and old
launching rockets. Where else can you see legends in
model rocketry like Ken Brown, John Langford, and Trip
Barber launching rockets with that ever present gleam in
their eye and smile on their faces when their rocket
launches. How rewarding is it to see a 4 year old jumping
and cheering when her first rocket launches successfully.
Even more rewarding is seeing her at the next launch with
that same level of enthusiasm.
At the recent August sport launch, we witnessed numerous
RC rocket and boost gliders pilots launching their models.
Rob Edmonds’ designs are rapidly gaining in popularity.
Will we see RC equipment regularly at future launches? At
a recent NOVAAR meeting, we voted to purchase two high
power kits to build as a club. Who knows what the future of
high power rocketry will be? I can assure you though; these
two rockets will be the pride of NOVAAR. Will this new
adventure bring about more group projects? I certainly
hope so. I have already received several emails about
potential designs and ideas.
I seek your help to enable NOVAAR to maintain this high
level of service to the rocketry hobby and to help us grow in
new areas. A few good members can’t do it all. There are
many ways you can contribute. We continue to need
members to help set up and run our launches. Come to the
meetings. Participate in the business discussions. Most
importantly, bring your stories, ideas, and skills to share
with others.
Above all else, remember to enjoy your hobby of rocketry.
Bring your rockets, big and small, to the launches and make
sure you take the time to launch them.
ELECTION 2004 RESULTS
Congratulations to NOVAAR’s new club officers
John Hochheimer
Trip Barber
Keith Wancowicz
Senior Advisor
–
–
–
–
President
Recording Secretary
Treasurer
Ken Brown
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June - August 2004
Space Day at Udvar-Hazey Center
By Joe Woodford and Greg Bock
NOVAAR was one of almost 40 organizations participating
in the Space Day activities held on May 6th at the UdvarHazy Center. The purpose of Space Day is to show
elementary school students displays and activities that will
interest them in the space sciences. This year over 1200
students participated in the event which included talks by
Senator John Glenn, the introduction of a new astronaut
class and activity stations and information booths ranging
from building your own hovercraft and SR-71 to NASA’s
own Mobile Aeronautics Laboratory. NOVAAR was there
as part of the Aerospace Industries Association Team
America Rocketry Challenge station. Nicole Towle, from
the Aerospace Industries Association along with Joe
Woodford and Greg Bock from NOVAAR set up a display
and answered questions about Team America, the NAR and
model rocketry. Students from Oakton, HS in Vienna
displayed their Team America Rocket entry and explained
its operation to a continuing stream of elementary school
students, their teachers and parents. Oakton was one of the
one of the top schools in the country to attend the fly-offs.
The AIA/NAR Display at the Udvar-Hazey Center on
Space Day in May shows two Team America entries from
Oakton High School. The NAR display and some models
are shown on the right. (Photo by Greg Bock)
Joe and Greg bought along some of their own models to
display and discuss the finer points of model rocket
operation. Students, teachers and parents were given
brochures describing the 2005 Team America Challenge
along with NAR literature, NOVAAR club brochures and
copies of Sport Rocketry Magazine. The effort resulted in a
follow-up visits to Barrett Elementary School in Arlington
for a building session and launch.
(l to r) Greg Bock, Nicole Towle and JoeWoodford.
(Photo contributed by Nicole Towle)
Oakton HS students Christine
Lowry and Chester Macklin explain
their TARC model entry to elementary
school students. Not pictured here are
Oakton students Nathan Fry and
Andrew Weems who also participated
in the AIA/NAR Space Day exhibit.
(Photo by Greg Bock)
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Rockets in Arlington
Joe Woodford and Greg Bock
In June, Joe Woodford and Greg Bock hosted a building
session and launch at Barrett Elementary School in
Arlington, Virginia. Ms. Laurie Sullivan, the Project
Discovery Teacher at Barrett Elementary School in
Arlington asked NOVAAR to assist her and three other 5th
grade teachers with a rocket building session and launch
during the last week of school. Joe and Greg had met Ms.
Sullivan at on May 6th at the “Space Day” activities at the
Udvar-Hazy Air and Space Museum.
The event spanned two days-- building on one day and
launching a few days later. The class comprised of about
fifty enthusiastic 5th graders. The class was divided into
two groups of 25 students with a pair of students building a
single rocket. After a brief introduction and overview of
model rocketry in the library, Joe and Greg each took a
class, and instructed them in the finer points of building the
Pratt Hobbies “Super Six” kit. The students were sharp,
and picked up the assembly very well. (The Super Six is a
great rocket to use in building sessions, since it goes
together quickly, and can be flown on a variety of motors.
The streamer recovery system works well in small fields,
and the use of nomex to protect the recovery system from
the motor ejection heat makes prepping it simple.)
Launching the rockets would pose the biggest challenge.
The field at Barrett Elementary is very small, bounded on
thee sides by heavily traveled roads and residential homes
on the 4th side. To prevent the rockets from leaving the
school grounds, we decided to use ½ A6-2 motors. We used
the old NOVAAR launch system with about half a dozen
launch heads and green stakes. We divided the students
into three groups and held a rocket prep session before
going out to the field. All the rockets worked well with no
fins stripped and no motor mount failures. As a finale Joe
launched Ms. Sullivan’s super six with a full A motor, and
the students loved it. This automatically led to questions by
the students on why her rocket went higher.
The Arlington School System Science Superintendent
stopped by the building session. It was a great way for the
5th graders to end their elementary years. The students
sent us thank you notes along with some great questions
about rockets. Here are a few of the questions: What is the
speed of most rockets? How much thrust weight is in a
rocket? What is the capacity of a real rocket? Which motors
make rockets go higher? We also passed out some Team
June - August 2004
America flyers and some NOVAAR brochures and
membership applications.
A NAR Regional Competition & Tripoli
Pittsburgh High Power Launch
COME FLY AT THIS WELL RUN
COMBINATION SPORT LAUNCH AND
CONTEST. ENJOY ONE OF THE LAST
CONTESTS OF THE FLYING SEASON AND
THE FANTASTIC FALL PENSYLVANIA
WEATHER
Events:
• 1/8A Parachute Duration
• A Flex Wing
• C Payload Competition
• C Egg Loft
• E Boost Glider
NOVAAR WILL FLY THE CONTEST AS A
CLUB !!!!!!!
Host: Pittsburg Space Command
http://www.psc473nar.org
If you enjoyed E Super-Roc Duration come by and
try your hand at E Boost Glider.
NOVAAR Club Shirts are available in sizes S,
M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL for $25.00 (add $6.50 extra
for embroidery of your name on the shirt.)
If you are interested in purchasing one or more of
these high quality knit shirts contact John
Hochheimer at j.n.hochheimer@verizon.net
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June - August 2004
NOVAAR’s own Carl Curling has been publishing about his model rocket exploits on the side. The
article below appeared in the July 2004 issue of Executive Update. Carl gave your newsletter editor a
copy of the magazine. The scanned article is below. --Editor
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THE SPRING BATTLE PARK
LAUNCH – 1-2 May 2004
By Greg Bock
Tripoli Central (#25) and Tripoli East (#82) hosted the
Battle Park Spring Launch on 1-2 May 2004. Several
members from NOVAAR attended the launch on
Saturday. (Ted Phipps, Don Hooker, Jim Gearhart, Jeff
Perry and Greg Bock.) The launch field was great! It
was a farm just off Rt. 15 in Culpepper, VA. The field
had lots of “easy walking” recovery area for those big
rockets. Ken Allen from Performance Hobbies was
there, and several club members, me included, stocked
up on great rocket kits and motors.
June - August 2004
IV survived, I decided the model was worth painting.
Throughout the afternoon, thunderclouds began building up
over the launch area, and around 4PM it started raining.
Rain started to move in around. Several of us came back
for more on Sunday, but found the field deserted. With lots
of rain on Saturday evening, and the muddy conditions on
the field, the club had to cancel Sunday’s activities. In any
event, this was a great launch, and I recommend attending
the Fall Battle Park Launch scheduled for 29-31 October
2004. Just point your browser to the website below for
more details.
http://www.colonialvirginiahpr.org/virginia.html
A Scale Model ARCAS?? Heck No!!! It’s the real
thing. The Culpepper club proudly displayed this real
life Atlantic Research Corporation ARCAS sounding
rocket.
“NOVAAR’s Own” Ted Phipps is all
smiles as he get ready to launch his first
scratch built hybrid motor rocket.
Ted Phipps made a maiden flight with his first scratch built
rocket specifically designed for hybrids. It flew twice that
day, first on a RATTworks H70, then on a RATTworks
I80. The rocket used a GWiz altimeter for ‘chute
deployment. Deployment worked well on the rocket’s first
flight, but didn’t happen on the second flight and she was a
total loss.
A
Bumper –
WAC.
The V-2
portion
was
powered
by a Kmotor
and the
WAC on
top by an
Aerotech
F50.
I made a maiden flight on my unpainted LOC Viper IV
using 4 D12-5 motors. The flight was so great, even though
only 3 of the 4 motors in the cluster ignited. Since the Viper
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June - August 2004
NOVAAR’S Launches: March – June 2004
(Compiled by Joe Woodford)
+
13-Mar-04
3-Apr-04
45F - Sunny
48 F - Partly Cloudy
NW 10-12 mph
WNW 10-12 mph
Motor Class Number of Launches Number of Launches
0
1/2A
0
4
A
3
10
B
2
10
C
6
3
D
3
5
E
2
0
F
0
5
G
2
4-Apr-04
42 F - Partley Sunny
NW 17-20 mph
Number of Launches
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
15-May-04
12-Jun-04
91 F - Sunny
75F - Sunny
WSW 7 mph
ESE 3-5 mph
Number of Launches Number of Launches
9
6
39
17
52
24
42
29
20
26
16
10
6
10
6
13
High Power
H
I
J
Team
America
Rocketry
Challenge
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
4
3
38
44
10
20
Total
77
63
11
217
4
2
1
142
There were 4 certification flights at the June sport launch
This team won an award for the best team uniform.
Team Prep Tent (l) and Operations Tent (r)
All photos on
this page by
Greg Bock
The F-18 fly-over started things off.
A busy Event Operations tent ready for the contestants.
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Ted Phipps launches a monocopter belonging to Mitch
Guess at the sport range. (Photo by Mitch Guess)
The contest range operations tent waiting for
business. (Photo by Mitch Guess)
Trip Barber presents Jonathan Rains with the
NARAM “Contest Director” patch. (Photo by Greg
Bock)
June - August 2004
John McCoy from the
NARHAMS club
supplied the flag pole
and U.S. and NAR
flags. John’s wife,
Mary, had just sewn in
7 more stars to
commemorate the
Columbia astronauts.
John also supplied the
weather station used at
the rangehead all
week. (Photo by Mitch
Guess.)
NOVAAR member Randy Repcheck serves his shift as
LCO with RSO Matt Steele. (Photo by Mitch Guess.)
Contest range on 31 July (Photo by Greg Bock.)
NARAM 46 Trophies (Photo by Greg Bock)
A scale model of a
Saturn-Skylab on
Friday—Scale and
Plastic Model Events
Day (Photo by Mitch
Guess.)
NOVAAR member Bart
Merkley gets ready to
launch a model from the
sport range. Special thanks
go to Bart, his brother
Monty, Ted Phipps and
Mitch Guess for running the
sport and high power range
all week long. (Photo by
Mitch Guess)
Congratulations to NARHAMS. They claimed the
NARAM 46 prize and were NAR section of the year.
(Photo by Greg Bock.)
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UPCOMING EVENTS
June - August 2004
11 December 2004 - Sport Launch at Great Meadow 10 AM – 3
PM
NOVAAR meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at the
Kings Park Community Center. Meetings begin promptly at 7
pm and usually last 11⁄2hours. The Community Center is
located in the King's Park Shopping Center, Braddock Rd.
and Burke Lake Rd. — two miles outside the Beltway in
Springfield. NOVAAR flys at Great Meadow - Travel on I-66
to The Plains Exit #31; proceed south on Old Tavern Rd. (Rt.
245) to enter the gate.
5 October 2004 – Club Meeting: Trip Barber will present a
discussion on solid propellant rocket motors. No, he will not be
giving instruction on build your own, but will talk about the
theory behind and practice of using solid propellant motors.
9 – 10 October 2004 – Regional Launch: Steel City Smoke Trail
4 Regional Meet: Pittsburg, PA
Events: 1/8A Parachute Duration
A Flex Wing
C Payload Competition
C Egg Loft
E Boost Glider
Host: Pittsburg Space Command
(http://www.psc473nar.org)
19 December 2004 – NOVAAR’s Annual Holiday Party: 1 – 5
PM. Kings Park Community Center
July 30 – August 5 2004 - NARAM-47 National Championships:
West Chester, OH
Events: 1/4 A Helicopter Duration
1/2A Boost Glider Duration
A Cluster Altitude
B Super Roc Altitude
C Streamer Duration (Multi-round)
Set Duration
D Dual Eggloft Duration
Open Spot Landing
Giant Sport Scale
Plastic Model Conversion
Research and Development
Host: Queen City Area Rocket Klub
http://quarkers.org/
19 October 2004 – Club Meeting: Carl Curling will talk about
rockets and e-Bay. Come learn about Carl’s experience in buying
rockets and rocket stuff on e-Bay. He will tell us about some
strategies and what he has found out there in the cyber auction
world.
17 October 2004 – Building Session at King’s Park Community
Center; 1 – 5 PM. Club members will be building NOVAAR’s
two high power demonstration rockets. Come and join the fun!!
29-31 October 2004 – Battle Park Launch Fall Launch
http://www.colonialvirginiahpr.org/virginia.html
6 November 2004 (Backup day -7 November) - Sport Launch at
Great Meadow 9 AM – 5 PM
21 November 2004 - Building Session at King’s Park Community
Center; 1-5PM. Club members will be building NOVAAR’s two
high power demonstration rockets. Come and join the fun!!
All new members get Version 2.0 of NOVAAR’s
Model Rocket Competition Handbook if you did
not receive one when you joined, contact
NOVAAR’s treasurer, Keith Wancowicz at:
(keith@thaicustomcrafts.com)
The club needs volunteers to present interesting rocketry related talks at NOVAAR’s Tuesday evening
meetings. Please consider volunteering to give one of these talks. The club has members with a lot of
expertise and experience in model and high power rocketry. These informal presentations are a great
source of information for both new and seasoned club members.
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NOVAAR MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
Dues are $5.00 per year for ages 13 or younger, $8.00 per year for ages 14-18, and $10.00
per year for age 19 or older. The maximum yearly membership fee for a family is $20.00.
Make checks payable to "NOVAAR" and send to the Treasurer at:
Keith Wancowicz
8371 Magic Leaf Rd
Springfield VA 22153-2529
Attn: NOVAAR
Keith can also be reached by email (keith@thaicustomcrafts.com). Be sure and put "NOVAAR"
somewhere on the outside of the envelope, and enclose a copy of the renewal application.
Date
Please check one:
New Member
Renewal
NAME:
DATE OF BIRTH
STREET:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP:
HOME PHONE:
NAR membership number, if a member:
EMAIL ADDRESS
(Optional)
I heard about NOVAAR from:
Dues are for one year of NOVAAR membership and do not include optional NAR Membership.
Please check one category based on your age as of the previous July lst:
One:
Age 13 or younger ($5)
Ages 14-18 ($8)
Age 19 or older ($10)
_Family ($20) [if the sum of the individual memberships for a family exceed $20.00]
NOVAAR FREE PRESS
c/o Ken Brown
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A Titan IV Lift-Off!!!
THE FLYING SEASON HAS ARRIVED!! FLY WITH THE BEST! FLY WITH NOVAAR!
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