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Old 09-07-2015, 08:20 PM
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Default NAR F Giant Altitude Postal Contest

NAR is running a postal contest that sounds like some fun.

Basic idea of the contest is you design a single stage rocket at least 1500 mm (59") in length and at least 75mm in diameter (3" tube) for 3/4 of that length. Fly it on a NAR contest approved F motor with a recording altimeter, submit a Rocksim or Open Rocket file along with the flight recording by October 19th, and the winner gets 50 bucks.

I bet a number of you already have rockets that meet the requirements, so I thought some of you might want to give it a shot.

Official link to the contest is at: https://sites.google.com/site/chris...-postal-contest

I like altitude contests.

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Old 09-08-2015, 11:39 AM
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It will go higher if you minimize mass with a paper nose cone and a super short motor mount with no plastic retainer.

This is similar to the big dumb rocket concept.

Tech Jerry

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Old 10-10-2015, 09:43 PM
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Has anyone else built an entry for this contest?
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