Southern Alberta Meet

SAM 2009 May 22nd to 24th, 2009 (Southern Alberta Meet)

SAM 2009

We have chosen a tentative date for SAM 2009... May 22nd to May 24th. The rain date is the following weekend, May 29th to May 31st. Note that the Friday is essentially arrival day so that some of us can get all settled in for the weekend.

Thank You to our SAM 2008 sponsors... Coast Rocketry, Advanced Rocketry Group (ARG), Quest Aerospace, and Suborbital Technologies.

Please support these long time sponsors of SAM and model rocketry.

SAM 2009 entry form.

Directions to Rosebud, Alberta. Site of SAM 2009.

SAM 2009 Events
Junior Events			Senior Events
Event	Weighting	Description	Event	Weighting	Description
A boost glide duration.		Fly a glider the longest.	S6A		(Multi Round A Streamer Duration, 40mm od for 50% of body, 500mm total length)
A Parachute Duration		Fly an A and take the longest to land.	S4A		(Multi Round A Boost Glide)
Open spot landing.		Land closet to a chosen spot.	Sport scale.		Build and fly a model of a real rocket.
C Eggloft Duration		Fly an egg and stay in the air the longest.	C Eggloft Duration		Fly an egg and stay in the air the longest.
C (10ns) complex set duration*		Fly a staged or clustered rocket exactly 45 seconds.	D (20ns) complex set duration*		Fly a staged or clustered rocket exactly 45 seconds.

* Set duration is 45 seconds. Complex means the rocket can be either a multi-stage rocket or a single rocket with a cluster or motors. The lowest error from the set duration divided by the number of motors gives the score. Flyer's choice as to the recovery system.

Event Rules as per the NAR Model Rocket Sporting Code. FAI Rules as per the FAI Sporting Code for Space Models Competions.

Any questions or interest can be sent to Garth Illerbrun,

, the Contest Director.