The Single Shot Sweepstakes, and Super Single Shot Sweepstakes has proven to be one of NCR's most popular contests. With new motors and better tracking we can easily exceed our waiver. Some fights will have to be flown at other sites with better waivers and recovery.
CTI has suggested that they could potentially be a sponsor and helping us with national attention and prizes. This will need to be a very simple contest, with simple rules otherwise it will be a logistical nightmare. It is suggested that we have a class for 29mm, 38mm, 54mm, 75mm, and 98mm motors. Documentation of the design/build/and flight should also be posted on the web.
Should NCR consider opening it's SSS and SSSS contests to a national audience? (Further discussions at NCR's annual meeting in January)
I'm definitely all for this. Conceivably the pot could end up well in the the thousands of dollars. Just within the club we had the SSS up to $380 a few years ago. While participation has been light this year (I don't believe anyone has flown and no one has given me an entry fee), as Ed has said, this has been our most popular contest in years.
We could set it up in 4 classes - Level 0 (G motor), Level 1 (H or I motor), Level 2 (J, K or L motor), Level 3 (M or N motor) with motors chosen as appropriate. Of course flyers could fly whichever or all of them with a separate entry for each class.
What I would want to do is discuss motors with Dr. J a bit to fine tune the choices. The motors chosen should have certain characteristics - not expensive for their class, good performance but not too good - the contest is between the rockets and the strategy and not between motors.
Other rule issues would be: Should this contest require flying at an NCR launch? OR would we accept properly witnessed flight cards from other clubs? The broader the appeal of this contest and the more people sign up, the more likely the prize pot could be truly astronomical.
Should there be altimeter restrictions? GPS requirement?
Just some thoughts here...
Warren
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