05/14/2003:
THE SCARE WEB SITE HAS MOVED!
Well sort of.
It
is still here for now but eventually skywacker.com
will become my personal rocketry home page again.
SCARE
has two new domains, narscare.com and
scarerocketry.com.
Either will take
you to the current SCARE home page.
So please bookmark one of these links for future reference.
Thanks,
Jim.
POV Ray image
created by Eric Brown.
7/2/2003:
Want to
join our SCARE e-group?
You can
access all the message posts and keep abreast of what's happening.
This link will take you to the group home page where you will find a button
to request membership.
http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/scare
SCARE Section membership is NOT required to join our e-group.
03/10/2003: URGENT NEWS UPDATE; The Safe Explosives Act
The Safe Explosives Act embedded inside the Homeland Security Act imposed new restrictions on amateur, high power and model rocketry. Starting May 24, 2003, consumers will need an ATF permit to purchase rocket motors using ammonium perchlorate composite propellant (APCP). Amateurs who make their own ammonium perchlorate composite propellants will also need an ATF permit to move ammonium perchlorate composite propellant within the state it is made. Prior to this, a permit was only required when amateurs transported APCP out of the state they made the propellant in. Also, black powder commonly used in ejection charges for deploying parachutes cannot be purchased for this purpose after May 23rd without an ATF permit. There are many more implications being brought about by this legislation, one of which is that shipping companies will refuse to ship rocket motors and propellant. UPS has already even though the Explosives Act does not take affect until May 34, 2003. Most other carriers will probably refuse to accept rocket motors for shipment on or before that date.
The ARSA, NAR and Tripoli are at present encouraging their members and other interested parties to contact their Senators about this unnecessary and burdensome legislation.
For all the details and background information and a list of the Senator's contact info please follow this link. This link is updated almost daily with the latest updates so please bookmark it and check it frequently.
http://www.space-rockets.com/congress.html
02/23/2003: NEWS UPDATE
The Star City Area Rocketry Enthusiasts have their own domains now. We are now:
http://www.narscare.com and http://www.scarerocketry.com
We also are using the mail server at overacker.com for mail. Each SCARE Member now has a mail account with the SCARE group. The mail addresses are:
Mike Overacker - SCARE
Secretary/Treasurer -
Eric Brown
-
Kevin
Spangler -
Jon Barnhart
-
Just another of the benefits of joining the SCARE group.
10/03/2002:
NEWS UPDATE; New Roanoke, VA NAR Section!!!
We held our first meeting for forming a new Roanoke/S.W. Virginia NAR Section on Sunday 9/29/2002. We have chose the name of Star City Area Rocketry Enthusiasts (SCARE). I was voted president and Mike Overacker was voted to be secretary / treasurer. Other charter members present were Jon Barnhardt, Eric Brown and Kevin Spangler.
Dues were set at $20.00 per year and a $5.00 initiation fee. A membership application has not been created yet so in the mean time if you want to join please send me your pertinent information including you NAR number and enclose with a check or money order for $25.00 made out to Mike Overacker and mail to,
SCARE
PO Box 20435
Roanoke, VA 24018-0044
Monthly meetings will be held at Roanoke County's "Green Hill Park"
the
second Sunday of the month at
1:30 PM. And weather permitting we will have a launch immediately after the
meeting. NAR safety rules will apply. So bring some rockets and motors with
you and join us and help us to "Bullet the Blue Sky" following the
meeting. Should the weather not be cooperative enough to allow launching come
on out to the park at 1:30 PM and we will then decide on an alternate location
to have the meeting.
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!
If you
need directions to Green Hill Park or for more info just
e-mail me at:
or call me (Jim) at (540) 989-3272 or contact Mike at .
LAUNCH DATES
Monthly launches will be held at Roanoke County's "Green Hill Park" the second Sunday of the month immediately following our 1:30 PM meeting. Weather permitting. NAR safety rules will apply. So bring some rockets and motors with you and join in and help us to "Bullet the Blue Sky" following the meeting.
Launch equipment will be on site that will be capable of handling up to G impulse motors and smaller. (¼" launch lug maximum!) Should you have any rockets in the 1-3.3# weight range or using more than 4 oz. of propellant please notify me by noon the Thursday before the launch date so we can inform the necessary FAA officials. At our current launch site we unfortunately cannot allow high power "Level 1, 2 or 3" flights. We are working on securing a site and a FAA waiver that will allow the accommodation of high power flights.
LAUNCH REPORTS
Detailed
launch data can be downloaded as an Excel file here.
The latest reports are listed first.
Launch
Data 02-09-29.xls
Not
yet available!
I have
a bunch of pictures to share but, have yet to take the time to get them posted
yet. Check back for more pictures soon.
Follow
the above link for pictures from Eric's and mine first trip to a Tripoli high
power and experimental launch at Whitakers, NC. Gigantic field surrounded
by more gigantic fields and some very big and powerful rockets. If you have
never been to Whitakers you don't know what you are missing.
CHECK BACK AGAIN FOR UPDATED LAUNCH DATES
8/17/2002:
OTHER NEWS
We have
a petition for allowing the flying of model rockets in Green Hill Park.
GREEN HILL PARK August 11,2002
It is now available to read and
sign at,
CROSSROADS HOBBIES
1104 W MAIN ST.
SALEM, VA 24153
And is also available at,
RICK'S HOBBY SHOP
6711 B WILLIAMSON RD
ROANOKE, VA 24019
and soon at some more local hobby shops. I will update this list with new
locations as they become available.
I have been flying rockets since my early teen years. My good
friend and childhood neighbor Mike Overacker got me started many years ago.
Here is a link to Mikes web site.
Mike and I have designed our own series of custom launch controllers,
RO Worldwide .
Follow this link for more info on them.
As the old Skywacker bumper stickers said,
No trace,
Lost in space!
Want to help find ET?
SETI@home: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence at Home
© 2002, The Washington Post Writers Group. Reprinted with permission.
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