After the success of last year's "October Sky" event Midland Rocketry are happy to announce it's second National event "Midland Sky"

This year's weekend event is being held is on 17th to the 19th of September 2010 at our Twycross 2 Flying Site.

The Flying Event Leaflet which covers this event is available to download (Right Click Here and Save As) however here are a few details.

Extra News.
We have spooken to the local Fish and Chip shop who have aggreed to bulk deliver orders for Saturday Night (and possibly Friday Night is there is demand). Please come to Flyer Registration where you can see the entire menu available and place your orders.

Twycross 2 Site Details

   

Site Altitude is 4500 feet. We recommend that flights over 2000ft use dual-deployment. Single Deployment over 2000ft will be at the RSO discretion depending on the rockets construction, weight and parachute size.

 

Range Flying Times  Sat 10.00 am to 6.00 pm (possible extension)

                             Sun 10.00 am to 4.00 pm

 

Costs

	Day Rate	Weekend rate
HPR Flying Fee	£10.00	£15.00
Model Flying Fee	£8.00	£12.00
Spectator Fee	£1.00	£2.00
Camping Fee	£10.00

Facilities

We will have piped water on site but please bring your own just in case of problems.

We will also have a number of Porta-Loos on site but please do not use these for emptying waste containers from caravans etc.

Parking

There will be committee members and helper's on duty throughout the weekend giving directions as to where to park. Please follow all instructions that you are given, even if this leaves you parked at a distance from the launch area.

If you do not intend to stay more than one day then we ask if you would park in the Day Parking designated area.

 

Apart from gear drop off's or vehicles being driven down the track and parked along “Runway 2” for the purpose of rocket prep, “ALL” car's need to be parked in the designated area.

 

Please “do not” park or drive on the grass or crops.

 

Please ensure that you only park in the approved area "Remember" this is a fully Working Farm.

 

First Aid

The club has a designated First Aider. Anyone requiring first aid should seek assistance as soon as possible from the first Aider by reporting to Flyer Registration.

 

The First Aid kit is held at Flyer Registration.

 

Please make sure the accident book is filled in.

 

Flyer Briefing

Launch Controller Cables

Please lay-out your own GSE as directed by the RSO.  When laying out launch controller cables, can you please keep all cables to one side of the track.  This is to stop the wires getting tangled up, but also to stop them all getting trodden on by flyers as they take their rockets out to the pads.

 

The committee have provided a number of loan GSE equipment for your usage.  Please ensure you are familiar with its operation and treat the equipment with respect.

If you are willing to let other flyers use your controller and pad please let the RSO know and leave any arming key with him.

Recovering Rockets

Once you’ve flown your rocket and the RSO has given you permission to recover it, there are some rules that we would like you to follow. The farmer has specified to us that he wants the minimum number of people walking over his fields. So unless you are recovering a rocket, please stay out of the fields/crops.

 

1.     There should be no more than two people sent to recover a rocket, unless the weight of the rocket means more people are needed to carry bits of it.

2.     Always walk down the tractor wheel paths to reach you rocket. Please walk as far down one of these as possible before cutting into the crops to recover the rocket.

3.     If you can’t find your rocket, please don’t wander aimlessly around the farmer’s field. The chances are someone back at the launch site got a good line of sight to where it landed, so please come back and talk to the RSO about where your rocket came down.

 

Clearing Up

Once your rocket has flown, or when you are dismantling your pad at the end of the day, can you please pick up any used igniters, motor end caps, masking tape or other rubbish that is in the vicinity of your pad and place them in the pad bin provided. All flyers at MRC events have a responsibility to clear up after themselves, not only on the range, but also around their cars and preparation areas. If you see any litter lying around on the site, could you please pick it up and put it one of the bin bags that are provided.

 

Car Owners

Drive slowly on the launch site.

Line your car up the same way as the others in a neat and tidy manner.

 

Use of Electronics

Frequency Usage – PMR

PMR446 radios are in wide spread usage.  Midland Rocketry will use certain channels during the event.  The Channels we will use are 4 (Sub channel 12) and 5 (Sub channel 12). Therefore we would ask for your cooperation and not to use either of these channels for the period of the event. If in doubt, please check with the RSO.

 

Frequency Usage - Trackers

Trackers are becoming wide spread it their usage but because they use the licence exempt 433MHz band there may be more than 1 user wanting to use the frequency at any one time. To avoid conflicts check the frequency first with a scanner to make sure no one is transmitting and then confirm with the RSO as a final check before turning your tracker on. This will also help you as there is no point turning your tracker on with another tracker in operation as all you will do is swamp the signal and no one will be able to track any of their rockets.

 

Frequency Usage - Wireless Video

Wireless Video is becoming to be used at out club a bit now but because they use the licence exempt 2.4GHz band there may be more than 1 user wanting to use the frequency at any one time. To avoid conflicts check the frequencies first with your receiving equipment to make sure no one is transmitting and then seek the RSO as a final check before turning your video transmitter on. This will also help you as there is no point turning your video gear on with another video transmitter in operation as all you will do is swap the signal and no one will be able to wireless video.

 

To avoid conflict with electrical items at MRC we would ask you to follow these simple guidelines to make sure that you don’t interfere with the running of the launch, or the recovery of other flyers rockets.

Event Sponsors

MRC would like to thank the following companies who have supported the club in various ways enabling MRC to raise funds and bring you a first class event:

 

Apollomodels, Congreve Rockets, Rocketstore and Rockets & Things

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