Max Q Challenge Official Rules

These are the official rules for the Max Q Aerospace contest. This is a maximum altitude contest to take place at NXRS June 27th, 28th, and 29th 2014 in Brothers Oregon.

There will be two categories, one for 3" diameter and one for 4" diameter rockets. One Max Q Aerospace aluminum fin can will be awarded for the highest flight in each category. The only rocket that may be used in the contest is the OROC Research Test Vehicle kit by Binder Design.

The rocket must be built with the stock kit components with no fiberglass or carbon fiber fabric reinforcement on airframe or fins. Composite fillet additives are ok.

Aftermarket motor retainers are ok, as long as they do not give an aerodynamic advantage, ie. no boat-tail retainers.

The rocket must be painted any colors of your choosing but all supplied decals must be applied.

It may be flown in either single or dual deploy mode as long as it is recovered within the waiver cylinder.

Any motor may be used, research or commercial, but it must fit the stock motor mount diameter.

Only barometric altimeter data will be accepted, and the altimeter used must have a way to verify the data onsite. If an altimeter is flown that has both accelerometer and barometric data logging, only the barometric data will be used.

The recovered rocket must be deemed flyable again with minimal repairs, Binder Design will make that determination. We will be fairly liberal on this, but don't bring us your core sampled rocket and expect to win a fin can. All entries will need to be flown, recovered and verified before noon on Sunday the 29th. If the winner is not present at the time of the award, we will contact you via e-mail to make shipping arrangements.

The decision of the winners will be made by Mike Fisher of Binder Design, and it will be final. No whiners, no cheaters, lets keep this a clean contest. May the odds be ever in your favor.