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The Summit County Fairgrounds (SCFG) launch site is located in a grass parking area (used
as parking during the fair, but pretty much empty the rest of the year) in the northwestern
portion of the fairgrounds' property. This occasionally-mowed grass field is approximately 25
acres in size, with over 100 acres of former farmland to the north (now in tall native weeds
with some thorns), and plenty of rocket-eating trees to the south and east. A local model
airplane club flies in a field just east of the parking area, but we keep a respectable
distance from them.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a waiver of sections
101.23(b) and 101.23(c) of Federal Aviation Regulations Part 101
(FAR 101) for all
launches at SCFG in 2008. In conjunction with this waiver, the maximum ceiling imposed by MTMA
for all Large Model Rockets (LMR) (as defined by FAR 101.22) and High Power Rockets (HPR) is
2,500 feet AGL at this site. LMR and HPR flights over 1,500 feet are subject to approval by the RSO.
The RSO will consult the "Waiver Table" from Rocketry Online's Info-Central
(http://www.info-central.org/index.cgi?regulation)
for all proposed LMR and HPR flights. If the predicted maximum altitude of any rocket / motor
combination exceeds 1,500 feet in the table, a flight simulation prepared using either
RockSim
or
wRASP
or
ALTMARK - Model Rocket Altitude Predictor
with an initial Cd of 0.35 will be required. A higher Cd will only be accepted if previously
verified by altimeter-equipped flights.
The Summit County Fairgrounds are located on the northeast quadrant of the intersection
of State Route 91 (North Avenue) and East Howe Road in Tallmadge, Ohio. Our launch range is set
up to the north of the soccer fields and paved access road off of S.R. 91.
Click here
to open a new window with interactive directions to the SCFG launch site.
Click here
to open a new window with a Google map of the vicinity of the launch site.
Click here
to open a new window with a TerraServer aerial photo of the launch site.
Information about this page:
Maintained by: Mark Recktenwald.
Created: March 16, 2000.
Last updated: March 10, 2008.
Portions Copyright ©2000-2008 by Mark Recktenwald.
Portions Copyright ©2000 by Chuck Straka.
Portions Copyright ©2000-2008 by MTMA.