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March 2004 Meeting Minutes (3/5/2004)
The March 2004 MASA meeting was held on the
4th. Due to scheduling concerns, the meeting was held in the
lunchroom at Aero Systems Engineering in Plymouth. 9 people
were in attendance.
Upcoming events:
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The next meeting is scheduled for April
1st. The activity will be a Junkyard Rockets building
session organized by Ellison Lenz.
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The next launch is scheduled for March 27.
Plans are to hold this launch at Apple Valley High School.
TARC teams will be encouraged to attend and attempt their
qualification flights. Stuart Lenz will be running a fun
Odd-Roc contest, and everyone who built Renegade kit-bash
rockets are encourage to fly them!
Stuff:
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The MASA Section Renewal has been sent in to NAR
HQ.
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Club had a great February launch with 79
flights!
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NARCON 2004 is March 13-15 near Milwaukee.
Several MASA members will be attending (and at least one will be
speaking!)
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MASA will be holding an official,
sanctioned, Section Contest at the June launch. Potential
contest events were discussed. As soon as the selections
are confirmed, details will be announced on the web site.
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There is an Outreach Opportunity for a rocket
presentation at the College of St. Scholastica's Upward Bound
Math Science Program in Duluth.
 Kitbash
Renegades:
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Twelve people began their participation in the
Renegade kitbash at the February meeting by purchasing a
Renegade kit. Mark Thell, Ellison Lenz, Stuart Lenz, Seth
Cochran, Ted Cochran, David Whitaker, Ed Eastman, Mike Erpelding,
Brett McDowell, Tom Lawell, Travis Lawell, and Andy Heren.
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Five out of those twelve were present at the
March meeting with their kitbash creations:
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Ted Cochran - "Enraged" with a
sporty black paint job. Potential 7 motor cluster!
(3-18 & 4-13)
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David Whitaker - a space cruiser looking
thingy inspired by the old Estes Interceptor
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Ellison Lenz - an unstable-looking creation
sporting fins darn near everywhere
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Stuart Lenz - "Negade" - a sharp
yellow & blue job with forward swept fins
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Andy Herron - a design with forward swept
fins and side pods
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Mike Erpelding gets a nod for at least having a
design on paper. He just didn't have time to build it
(some lame excuse about working 14 hour days.)
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By random chance, Andy Herron won a desk
clock/calculator/calendar. Ellison Lenz won a ruler.
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<raspberry> Everybody who didn't show up
with a kitbashed Renegade now gets heckled mercilessly!
</raspberry>
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Thanks to everybody who participated!
Remember, you're encourage to fly these rockets at the March
launch.
 Show'n
Off:
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David Whitaker brought along his
freshly-completed LOC I-roc.
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Ted Cochran brought along an upscale Tumbleweed
and his Tower Ring Infernal.
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Stuart Lenz brought along a wacky, wacky
scratchbuilt odd-roc. Stuart also brought a truly staggering
number of scratchbuilt Micro Maxx rockets.
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Ellison Lenz had a "kitbash" sorta-scale
creation "Saturn III"
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Alan Estenson brought along a couple
odd-rocs: the Monolith, a Birdie, flying pyramid, etc.
Odd Rocs
Stuart Lenz talked about just what defines an
"odd-roc". He passed around a number of
examples. A fun contest event involving odd-rocs was planned
for the March launch.
(Alan Estenson)
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