A few notes...
Due to the late sunset at this time of year and the proximity of a nearby residential neighborhood, we will have approximately 1 hour for twi-light / night flying, before we need to conclude, so when considering how many flights you'd like to make, please allow for launch and recovery time per rocket. Recovery will take longer in the dark. Please plan on recovering each rocket before you make another flight, probably at 5 -10 minutes per flight.
To keep things simple for the evening, we ask that everyone planning to fly please make a special effort to pre-register all of the rockets you plan to fly by Friday August 15th if at all possible. This will let us know exactly how many flights there will be, and so that day we can RSO the rockets well in advance of the night launch.
Please use this space on the message to post all of your planned flights - or - you may email your list to me:
randyolb@hotmail.com Rockets may carry lights of any color and as bright as you care to make them, but please note that in order to protect everyone's night vision, just before and during the night launch, we ask that all lighting equipment used for prepping and recovery be kept to a minimum and low wattage.
We want to have enough light to function but not enough to disrupt the over all theme of the launch and if at all possible, lights should be shielded to project light downward and turned off when they are not needed. We will be discussing ways to light your pads, rockets and prepping area on the BRB message board shortly.
Where and if possible, please use a green, yellow or red lens flashlight. Red, yellow and green lens material can be found at most hobby stores, Walmart, etc. or colored packing tape can be used over a regular flashlight lens to get the same effect.
*If anyone has to use a regular white light of any kind, please use one of very low intensity and only when necessary.
*No high intensity lighting, please! Mag Lights or similar flashlights are not recommended. This will not be a good time to show off your "Tim The Tool Man Taylor" 50k generator or 60 gigawatt Christmas lights.
Please keep in mind our proximity to the airport and the nearby neighborhood. We would also ask that everyone (especially the kids) please refrain from "spot lighting" other flyers, spectators, rockets in flight, passing planes - and the neighboring houses, which is actually against the law.
After the night launch is over, regular flashlights or car headlights may be used for packing up.
All rockets must be submitted to a Nite Flight RSO before they can be flown. No exceptions. In order to prevent a log jam we suggest all night flight rockets be prepped and submitted to a RSO for approval by 6:00pm or sooner.
It is strongly suggested that you have your night flight rockets RSO'ed as soon as possible, just in case you need to make adjustments while there is daylight and time to make them. If your rocket is new or has never been modified for night flights please plan to make at least 1 daylight flight with it to make sure things will go well that evening.
It will be much easier to breakdown your camp while we still have some daylight. To that end we suggest that well before dark we all pack up anything that is not necessary for night flying.
Randy
