{"id":182,"date":"2016-03-09T19:47:30","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T00:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centralohiorocketry.org\/?p=182"},"modified":"2016-03-10T15:38:25","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T20:38:25","slug":"march-2016-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralohiorocketry.org\/index.php\/2016\/03\/09\/march-2016-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2016 Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"openrocket\"<\/a>Since our last meeting we received a letter from the IRS determining that we meet all of the criteria for a community charity. The Central Ohio Rocketry & Spacemodeling Alliance is officially recognized as a 501(c)(3) non profit corporation. Ok, perhaps not big rocketry news, but it in 6 months we have completed all of the necessary filing to be a fully compliant non profit corporation. This opens a lot of doors as we move forward with other community and non-profit activities.<\/p>\n

There has been progress on securing a partnership for a LPR\/MPR field that will be available once a month year round. We need to start building our community outreach now. We are going to start with a focus on the schools and youth organizations that are nearest the site. We can\u2019t use the site without it being a benefit to community and the community can\u2019t use the site until arrangements are final. It\u2019s a bit of a cart\/horse, chicken\/egg situation but we feel strongly that both will come together in time.<\/p>\n

Our rocket topic was an overview of the Open Rocket<\/a> application.\u00a0 This is an open source application which costs nothing to download and use. Ed gave a presentation on its\u2019 basic schematic features, how to build a rocket and model its\u2019 flight. The application is easy to use and feature rich. There wasn\u2019t enough time to explore all its\u2019 features. This will be a topic we\u2019ll visit again and focus on specific elements of rocket design and flight models.<\/p>\n

The last hour of the meeting was spent in open discussion.\u00a0 Ed brought the book Rockets of World<\/em> by Peter Alway<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0Erich Z. shared a balloon rocket launch design that one of the OSU aeronautics seniors is doing for his senior project. If it\u2019s successful, it will be the first time a rocket will have been launched at 100,000 ft.; previous launches have been attained heights of approximately 30,000 ft. Michael K. shared some ideas he has for on board electronics although nothing specific was discussed. Lloyd N. asked for some input on adding a payload bay to an Estes Pro II Partizon<\/a>.\u00a0 The rocket has a unique 2.5\u2033 body tube which is between BT-70 and BT-80 so it will involve design and construction using custom parts.<\/p>\n

Paul D. joined our meeting via a Google Hangouts video meeting link. This was CORSA\u2019s first utilization of \u201cremote attendance\u201d. There were a few bugs but we are going to continue to work on this delivery method as an alternative for members who may be on the road for work or otherwise unable to attend an opportunity to participate without being present in person. We still encourage members first and foremost to attend in person as there are too many hands on elements that can\u2019t be duplicated virtually.<\/p>\n

You can view the meeting presentation here: CORSA 03_2016 March Meeting<\/a><\/p>\n

APRIL MEETING PREVIEW!!:<\/strong> Educator Bulk Pack Build
\nAs the groups we support continue to increase we will need to be prepared to help our school and youth alliances build rockets that are available as educator bulk packs. You may choose to build one rocket individually or as a team as a dry practice run for this important future CORSA goal and activity.\u00a0 We will have one of each of the following rockets:<\/p>\n

Apogee Apprentice<\/a>
\nApogee Avion<\/a>
\nApogee Research Express<\/a>
\nEstes Viking<\/a>
\nEstes Alpha<\/a>
\nQuest Courier<\/a>
\nQuest Astra
\n<\/a>Quest Payloader One<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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