Contests

Need for Speed Event Extreme Altitude Contest Economax! DUDE WHERE'S MY ROCKET?  (for ages 17 and under)

Rules for all events:

1. Rockets must be entered in contest prior to flight

2. Flyers must designate the specific event on their flight card to be an official entry.

3. Only one event per flight

4. Official flights are from 8:00 am Friday to 6:00 pm Saturday

5. Awards presented at Saturday night's pot luck dinner.

6. There will be awards for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in all motor classes, in all contests.

7. Certified motors only

8. Motor classes: H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O

9. Kids Class, A through E

10. All rockets must be recovered in good condition to be considered a successful flight 

11. The class of Clusters and Staged flights will be based on total installed impulse.

12. TRA or NAR Certified Motors Only.  Please observe the TRA 40K Ns limit or petition TRA at least 30 days in advance if you wish to fly a cluster larger than 40K Ns.

13. Any disputes or ties will be handled by the contest directors 

14. No contest flights during the night launch

This event is sponsored by the wonderful people at Mojave Desert High Power

The challenge:  to fly  the FASTEST rocket in a motor class.

Rules Specific to this Event:

• Motor classes: H through O
• Must have a commercially available recording accelerometer 
• It will be the responsibility of the flier to be able to download the information
• General Rules

Extreme Altitude Event

This event is sponsored by the wonderful people at What's Up Hobbies

The challenge: to fly the HIGHEST altitude in a motor class

Rules Specific to this Event:

• Motor classes: H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O
• Must have a commercially available altimeter
• General Rules

Aerocon EconoMax  Best Bang for the Buck-a-thon!

This event is sponsored by the wonderful people at Aerocon

The challenge: The most economical flight in class, highest altitude on least dollar spent

Rules Specific to this Event:

• Most economical flight in class: highest altitude on least dollar spent
• Motor classes: H through O
• Must have a commercially available altimeter 
• A manufacture suggested retail price sheet will be used to determine a motor's dollar value. The rocket's altitude will be divided by the cost of the motor to give a rating in feet per dollar - similar to miles per gallon. Let's say a rocket powered by a J350 which costs $40 MSRP achieves 8,750 feet.  8,750 feet divided by $40 gives a result of 218 feet per dollar.  Contrast that with a rocket powered by a J800 which gets 8,750 feet.  To be fair solid motors only please, hybrids would win in a heartbeat!
• General Rules

Manufacture suggested retail price sheets from the various manufacturers

• Aerotech MSRPs

• Loki MSRP

• Ellis Mountain reloads MSRP

• Ellis Mountain Single use MSRP

• Animal Motor Works MSRP

DUDE, WHERE'S MY ROCKET?   Kids Parachute Duration

This event is sponsored by the wonderful people at LOC/Precision

Kids Parachute Duration  is an event is to see how long you can keep your rocket in the air and still recover it.  
Bring your own stopwatch if you have one.

• You need to time the flight from launch to landing, so bring a stop watch!
• Kids 17 and under
• Black Powder or Composite motors
• Motor classes: A, B, C, D, E only
• General Rules

Note: Kids Parachute Duration timing determined by stopwatch.  Bring your own stopwatch if you have one.