GARLO 2013

Central Illinois Aerospace

presents

GARLO 2013

T-Shirt design

Rocket, Paper, Scissors

The Great Annual Rocket Launch of 2013

The 24th Annual Launch-and-Lunch

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday, June 29, 2013
Dodds Park
north and west of the intersection of Bradley and Mattis, in Champaign, IL

GARLO is a purely-for-fun rocket launch. NAR Safety Code approved rockets only. We will be awarding ribbons and prizes for the winners of several fun (for fun) events
- Best Paper Rocket. Contest Rules
- Best of Show (Static)
- Best of Show (Flying). The most impressive flight of the day will be given the Gary Buck Memorial Flight Award.
- Spot Landing (controlled and uncontrolled)
- The most unusual rocket of the day will be awarded the Rick Kramer Memorial Flight Award.
There will be a potluck cookout dinner at the home of one of the CIA members after the launch. We'll have burgers, etc. and suggest that people bring salads, side dishes, desserts and drinks. Directions will be available at the launch.
We have an FAA waiver to 4000' MSL (~3250' AGL), H motor limit (320 nt-sec)
Admission is free, but there will be raffle to raise funds to pay for GARLO. We'll have some great prizes of kits and motors. Tickets will be available at the launch and will cost $1 each or 6 for $5.
While supplies last we’ll be giving away some free rockets for kids (6-12 years old) to fly at the launch.
In case of bad weather the rain date will be Saturday, July 6, at the same time and place.
As usual we will be issuing a GARLO 2013 shirt.
The price this year will be $10.00. They will be light grey in color. Click here to view an image of the design. As always these will be a limited edition collectors item. We will be ordering a selection of adult sizes and will have them for sale at the launch, but if you want to guarantee yourself a GARLO 2013 shirt we recommend that you reserve it in advance. Call Jonathan at 217/359-8225 or by email at cia-sales@ciarocketry.org to place your order. Be sure to specify number and size(s). Payment can be made when you pick up your shirt(s), in cash or with a check made out to "Central Illinois Aerospace". Check back later for color, final artwork, price and other details.
Some pictures from previous GARLO's
GARLO 2012
GARLO 2011
GARLO 2010
GARLO 2009
GARLO 2008
GARLO 2007
GARLO 2006
GARLO 2005

Rules for the Paper Rocket Competition

The theme for GARLO 2013 will be "Rocket, Paper, Scissors," intended to promote rockets made from unconventional materials, specifically paper. There will be a Paper Rocket contest with up to four categories (at the discretion of the judges, depending on the quality of the entries). Here are the rules for the event:

A contest for rockets made entirely of paper. All external parts must be paper, cardstock, papier-mache or similar materials. No wood, plastic or metal parts (even screw eyes or motor hooks) are allowed. However, conventional parachutes, streamers, shock cords and non-metallic nose weights will be permitted. The maximum total impulse is 10 nS, or a "C" size motor. Staged and clustered designs are permitted up to this limit. Recovery systems such as tumbling, gliders or helicopters are allowed. Paper rockets may be judged in four categories:

Best flying rocket
Best looking/best built (could go crazy with some scale models and such)
Largest (based on weight) paper rocket that makes a successful flight
Smallest paper rocket that makes a successful flight

Rockets built with conventional paper body tubes, centering rings and such are allowed, but probably won't score as high as those rockets where all of the parts are custom-made. We hope people will use their imaginations and come up with some amazing rockets.

Print out a GARLO 2013 Flier (PDF - 167 KB) and pass it along to your friends.

For more information send a message to:

cia-info@ciarocketry.org

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