Black Knight's Launch Weekend 16th - 17th July 2005
"BK Flamer 05 "
Following on from the great success of the BK Flamer 04, we are pleased to announce that the next BK Flamer event is over the weekend of 16th-17th July 2005 at our Milson flying site.
The Event Team (Blackknights Committee) will be on hand to answer questions or provide assistance throughout the weekend
The weekend offers:
- Rockets from A-class to K-class
- Evening (Dusk) Flights
- Certification flights (UKRA Payment fee required for passes)
- Level 2 certification exam sessions
- On-site Food Vendors
- Odd-roc competitions
- Soft Toy competitions
- On-site Rocket Vendors
- On-site Toilets with washing facilities
You don't have to be a Black Knights member to come and fly, you just need to be a BMFA/UKRA member so every flight will be covered by insurance.
If you are completley new to the hobby, still come along and fly under our club insurance which allows you to fly for 2 flying sessions. Bring your starter set or even buy a starter set from the on-site vendors. There are many people here ready to help you and offer guidence.
Please Note:
This is a "K Class" site, with ceiling heights of....
6,000ft ceiling for single recovery
12,000ft ceiling for dual recovery
Launches to altitudes between 12,000ft and 25,000ft must be by prior arrangement only. We regret that vehicles that are likely to breach 12,000ft ceiling, which have not been arranged before the launch meeting will not be allowed to fly.
Because this is an active airstrip, you must comply with Milson traffic control and the RSO's. Currently no air traffic allowed to use the airstrip on Sundays between 2pm and 5pm, all other times by request. If fact last year there was just 1 aircraft taking off/landing. So we do have plenty of slots.
Costs
| Weekend Pass | Day Pass | |
| Member Flyer (HRP) | £10.00 | £6.00 |
| Member Flyer (Model) | £8.00 | £5.00 |
| Non-Member Flyer (HRP) | £13.00 | £6.50 |
| Non-Member Flyer (Model) | £11.00 | £5.50 |
| Camping | £5.00 | |
| Caravan | £10.00 | |
| Raffle Tickets (per strip) | £1.00 | |
So far the following Vendors have agreed to come....
Rockets & Things
Apo11o
Deepsky Rocketshop
Congreve Rockets
We have a mobile "Burger" wagon attending from Friday Night to Sunday. He will be cooking breakfasts, lunches and the good old fashioned bugers thought the day and evening.
Entry fee £1
Prize 50% of Od-Roc Competition Takings
The Od-Roc competition has two categories.
1) A rocket, but of "unusual Sci-Fi" design.
2) A "not-normally-expected-to-fly" object.
The entries will be subject to the normal UKRA RSO inspection and “RSO's word is final” regarding flight readiness. This is for insurance purposes.
Motors: anything legal ie. Restricted to S&T listed/stipulated.
Each entry will be judged by a “panel” of 3 non-flyers and/or non-entrants.
Each entrant will be asked to make a brief statement about what the rocket “will” do.
Marks to be awarded for:
Interest or “WOW” factor.
May be:
Unusualness of the design.
The quality/level of finish/detail.
What the rocket does (that it is intended to do) Maximum 10 points.
The flight stability. Maximum 5 points.
Successful, undamaged recovery. Maximum 5 points.
In the event of a points tie the winner will be the one to land closest to the launch point.
Rules For Soft Toy Competition.
Entry fee £1
Prize 50% of Soft ToyCompetition Takings
The Soft Toy competition is designed around launching a soft toy (i.e. a small beanie soft toy) as a payload and have the toy ejected at apogee and descend by a minimum 12in. parachute. The object of the competition is to land the soft toy nearest a designated marker (An off shoot of the spot lander competition).
The entries will be subject to the normal UKRA RSO inspection and “RSO's word is final” regarding flight readiness. This is for insurance purposes.
Motors: anything legal ie. Restricted to S&T listed/stipulated.
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