The DARS Fall Classic XI
Mostly Military Models (MMM)
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September
16, 2017 In Gunter
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The Fall
Classic is The Dallas Area Rocket Society’s annual contest that is part air
show, museum visit, and science lesson all rolled into one! The contests are simple and fun... The
rockets are classic and cool... Did we
mention that there are prizes?
This years
theme is a salute to the military models of the past and military scale models
in general. Missles hit the top of the
list here, but there are certainly aircraft, target drones, and other flying
objects that the military has used over the years that have been imortalized in
models. This year, we bring back the
plastic model conversion rule, allowing thoes models to compete with the
classics under specific guidelines. If
you haven’t competed before, fear not!
There are plenty of opportunities to get your Classic on in the Classic
Classic and Classic Upscale events.
All the details for each event can be found in the overviews below and
in the guidelines
document.
All of the
fun can be found in Gunter,
on September 16 from 10am to 4pm. If you
are new to the event, please take a look around and be sure to check out the
articles and pictures from past events at the bottom of the page.
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News
and Updates
T-Shirts – Shirts will be
delivered to the field on the day of the event.
The cost is $20 for sizes up to XL.
$22 for sizes larger than that.
Please bring exact change or a check written to me. If you can’t pick up your shirt at the field,
please contact me. Here is the final proof.
Prizes – Our sponsors have been very genrous again this year. We have over $700 in retail value in the
prize we have to give out. Here is a
sample of a few of the prizes.
1st Place Military – MadCow 1.6 Jayhawk and a $5
ASP Gift Certificate
2nd Place Military - $25 HobbyTown USA Lewisville
Gift Certificate and a 3X3 MadCow Chute Protector
3rd Place Military – Art Applewhite 18mm X-Fire
and a Sirius Rocketry thrust ring insertion tool
Last Drawing of the Day for the Young Rocketeers – Estes
Mammoth Kit from R/C Zone
Last Drawing of the Day for contest participants – Sirus
Rocketry Erradicator
Best in Show – The Launch Pad Nike Hercules dontate by Bob
Melton
There are many, many , so come on out, enter a rocket, try
your luck!
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This
Year’s Event Sponsors
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Click on the logos
to link to their sites
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This
Year’s Event Line Up
(for all event details, please see the
guidelines/rules document below)
Mostly Military Models (MMM)
Militaries around the world are constantly pushing the
envelope to find a design that will make their weapons better than everyones
elses. These designs are constantly
evolving into the latest generation of hardware, which are often shrouded in
mystry at their initial release as to not give away the latest
breakthough. This category will salute
the designs of military flying objects of all types that were designed as kits
in the past as well as scale model rockets.
Plastic model conversion to flying rocket will be allowed in this
category with certain stipulations (see the guidlines).
The Classic Classic
Rockets
qualify for this category if the original design of this rocket was introduced
in the 60s, 70s, 80s or 90s. This
category is open to originals, clones, and re-issue versions of the rockets
from these eras. Ninfinger.org can be an
invaluable resource here, as they have list of all Estes and Centuri rockets
made, as well as many of the catalogs they appeared in. Rockets are judged by the public, so
sometimes it pays to match the original, and sometimes not. Bonus points apply to this category for
providing year of introduction documentation, including old catalogs. Flight points also apply.
Classic
Upscale
Kit based or scratch built models of classic rocket models
that are scaled up –or- scaled down.
Always hard fought, and generally the category that generates the Best
in Show winner.
Best in Show
This award goes to the rocket judged best in show by the
voting public. All rockets in all
categories are eligible to win best in show.
Young Rocketeers Prize Drawings
Once again this year we will be holding drawings for the young
rocketeers for some great prizes.
Rocketeers 14 and under are eligible.
You must be present to win.
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What’s
a Classic?
Much of this
is in the eye of the beholder. Generally
Classic rockets are considered to be those designs that appeared early in the
hobby when everything was new and anything was possible. That certainly includes the 60’s when Vern
Estes, G. Harry Stine, Lee Piester, and others created kits, motors, and
components to build safe and reliable hobby rockets. It includes the 70’s, since that is the
decade where the competition between Estes and Centuri was the fiercest and
other constructors began come on line.
We include the 80’s and 90’s in our competition as there were still many
great designs that appeared in that decade that would be a shame not to
represent.
These Classic
designs continue to be popular with the old timers in the hobby that grew up
with them, as well as those that came into the hobby beyond these decades. The evidence for this shows up with events
like Estes re-release of Classics like the Orbital Transport, Red Max, Scissor
Wing Transport, Interceptor, and the Classic Series. It is also shown by manufacturers like Sirrius Rocketry, Balsa
Machining Service, Morerockets.com and others that
continue to fill the demand for these classic kits and parts. The fact that the Big Bertha has been made
continuously since at least 1965 (the shape appeared as the Ranger in 1962)
probably says it all.
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Helpful
Links
Guidelines/Rules for
all the events Guidelines (If you are going to compete, please read this)
Store Flyer here
Map and directions
to the site Gunter Field
Tips for building
your own Classic Cloning the
Classics by our departed friend James Gartrell
Three Classic
must-have sites Ninfinger.org JimZ’s
Rocket Plans Ye Olde Rocket
Plans
The Hall of Fame
winners of past events The
Hall of Fame
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Past
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