06-12-2020, 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by fulldec
Blackshire,
I just found this thread, great idea. Chris Flanigan and I had put out heads together and are running an unofficial postal Virtual NARAM, much like what you have outlined. We are running all the NARAM-62 events except R&D, which btw included 1/2A Altitude and Sport Scale. The announcement is elsewhere in this section but the details are on the web here:
https://www.nar.org/site/virtual-naram/
Chris has actually run some model rocket postal contests in the past and I have been a contestant in them. They are a great way to fly contests, in a relaxed sort of way. We've tailored the rules to make it about as easy and flexible to participate as possible.
You can participate all by yourself - time your own flight, judge it's safety and adherence to the rules, and email the reuslts in! This means small groups, households and the like can go out whenever they like, as long as they can find a place to fly. It makes it possible to not have to rely on club-size launches that may not be permitted under local restrictions. It also means that folks who would not have been able to travel to the real NARAM can get a taste of nationwide competition!
Of course, this not the actual NARAM, it is just fun reason to practice flying the NRC events that are currently in place plus the addition events that will also be held at NARAM-62 next year.
We are also planning to other NARAM-like activities, such as the Manufacturer's Forum, but do it virtually.
Perhaps you might give it a go?
Don Carson |
Wow...Thank You (and for the link; I just read it), Don! I can also think of another reason to keep such postal substitute/practice/parallel ("along with" in-person meets) events, even after things have returned to normal. There will always be people who, for various reasons (finances, health, type of job, or individual [or family] business, inability to take enough time off from work [or at the proper time], etc.), will never be able to attend a NARAM or a NARCON, and:
Much like the Boy Scouts of America's long-running--since 1915--Lone Scout program (for physically isolated boys, often in rural areas; the Girl Scouts appear to also have one, see: https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf...&sclient=psy-ab ^and^ http://www.lonescouting.org/girls.htm ), postal model rocket contests (and even R & D contest events, as well as NARCON activities, which wired, wireless, and wireless satellite internet connections would enable) would enable such isolated children (and isolated adults, who are also interested in competition spacemodeling) to participate. |