Maintenance Day March 24th

With our flying season soon to begin we need to do some work on our launch equipment. So we have scheduled a maintenance day for Sunday, March 24th. We needed to do Sunday because the Man has Roger working his tail off!

Please let us know if you are able to attend. We will need to do some cleaning and soldering.

Lunch is on the JMRC! 


We will be at Roger's house at 4788 Moon Lake Rd. Jackson, MI. We'll start about 10:00am and work until we get done or the food is all gone...

Come on Spring!

Crap Shoot May 25-26

Our joint launch with MMAR and SMASH is scheduled for May 25-26 (Memorial day weekend) at the Muskegon waste water facility. Details to follow but one thing for sure, bring bug spray...

Other launch dates coming soon.

Lots of fun at the Grotto

A very special thanks to all of you that came out to our meeting/potluck at the Grotto.
Officers were reelected.
Finances are good.
Maker Faire is on (pending formal approval from the Henry Ford) July 27-28, 2019.
We will be raffling off a new edition Estes Saturn V to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.
Joint launch with MMAR (Crapshoot) will be Memorial day weekend (May 25-26)
Raffle, auction and white elephant gifts were a great success!
And, there was much food and fun as well!
We will try for a launch in March depending on weather.

A reminder that our annual party/business meeting set for January 12th

A reminder that our annual party/business meeting set for January 12th at the Grotto Club , 102 E. Washington Ave, Jackson, MI.
Setup at 12:00 noon, eat about 1:00pm then party on until 5:00pm
This is not just your boring club business stuff, although we need to take care of that.
It is a potluck lunch with tons of great food (as long as you bring a dish to pass)!
Raffle and auction of cool stuff (please bring something to donate)!
Drinks are on the JMRC!
We can talk about winter builds and plan for warmer weather.
Also a great time to renew your membership. Remember, members fly free!

If you plan to attend you can sign-up and list what you plan to bring here:
https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showRSVPSignUp/60b0e4fa5a62babfc1-annual1
Also:
White Elephant Rocket Gift Exchange

• If you wish to participate bring a wrapped rocket related gift in the $10 price range. Can be something useful, or maybe not..   ;)
• Rules will be explained at the party

We are looking for some great ideas for us to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing. Let us know what ya got.

Launch for December 1st is cancelled!

Due to field conditions and the high probability of rain, the launch scheduled for December 1st is cancelled.

We will probably not launch again until March so have a great winter everyone!

Launch postponed to December 1st!

Due to the cold temps and high winds forecast for this weekend we will be moving our launch to December 1st at Horning #2.

Let's hope for a late fall warmup. 
 

Next Launch November 10th at Horning #2

Horning #2 is on Bethel Church Rd. between Ernst and Schneider Rd. northeast of the city of Manchester.



GPS Coordinates (degrees, decimal minutes):

N42 10.841
W83 57.020

Next Launch October 13, 2018

Our next launch will be October 13, 2018. We will be back at MIS.
Please see the "Launch Fields" tab above for directions. 

A bit windy but a great launch

We had some wind and we had to close the range early but it was another great launch with about 85 flights.
Thanks to all that came out and a special thanks to those that helped with setup and tear down.

Next Launch September 8th at MIS

Join us for our last launch of the summer! This Saturday, September 8, 2018 at the Michigan International Speedway. Please see the "Launch Fields" tab above for detailed directions.