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Model Forum / General / Rockets / August 2004launching rockets question, not specific to portland oregon area, but any specifics would help!
This may be a dumb question (aren't statements like this ALWAYS followed by a dumb question?) Anyway... I live in the portland oregon area, and I just bought an estes starter kit. I want to launch this thing with my children, and have not had anything to do with this hobby since the 5th grade (1980) So my question is this, can I just go to a city park and light it up? What do I have to do so I won't get arrested? are there certain rules/regulations that anyone who might live in this area can clue me in to? I've done web searches, and I can't find anything prohibiting this, but I can't believe that I can just walk down to a local public park and launch it. Any help would be great! Thanks everyone! Can't speak for Oregon, but I can't believe that it would be tougher than California, which requires 1) permission from the land owner, and 2) permission from the fire department. Often, you will find that permission from the land owner requires proof of insurance. Your best bet is to find a local NAR section (check www.nar.org to see if there is one near you), and contact the local club to find out what the rules are in your area. David Erbas-White >This may be a dumb question (aren't statements like this ALWAYS >followed by a dumb question?) [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >Thanks everyone! > Specifically for Portland Oregon your going to find most parks have specific regulations prohibiting rocketry. If you find a school that will allow this let me know. Local contacts are: www.oregonrocketry.com which hosts both a NAR and TRA section. There is a local launch coming up in Sheridan in September. George Rachor >Can't speak for Oregon, but I can't believe that it would be tougher >than California, which requires 1) permission from the land owner, and >2) permission from the fire department. Often, you will find that >permission from the land owner requires proof of insurance. >Your best bet is to find a local NAR section (check www.nar.org to see >if there is one near you), and contact the local club to find out what >the rules are in your area. >David Erbas-White >>This may be a dumb question (aren't statements like this ALWAYS >>followed by a dumb question?) [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >>Thanks everyone! >> -- ========================================================= George L. Rachor Jr. george@rachors.com Hillsboro, Oregon http:rachors.com United States of America Amateur Radio : KD7DCX Hi Jim, Model rockets Estes size are usually fine most anywhere there are not signs prohibiting it. Some city parks or schools do not allow it however. The best place to ask would be the northwest rocketry mail list. I'm down here in Salem, where even model rockets are banned unless you buy a permit, where they let you launch rockets in only one park in town. Hardly worth it. If you are interested in attending a club launch where we launch hundreds of rockets, the local club has a launch near Sheridan coming up two weekends from now. Newbies and born again rocketeers are always welcomed. We've got a great group of people in Oregonrocketry. For full details including a launch schedule and directions out to the site, visit http://oregonrocketry.com Be sure to sign up for the mail list! Mike Fisher Binder Design Rocketry http://binderdesign.com I live quite close. Perhaps I'll take a look. >I live quite close. Perhaps I'll take a look. That's what I did five years ago. Now I'm certified to level 3 and own a rocket kit business.....go figure. :) Mike Fisher Binder Design http://binderdesign.com >So my question is this, can I just go to a city park and light it up? >What do I have to do so I won't get arrested? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >anything prohibiting this, but I can't believe that I can just walk >down to a local public park and launch it. That's what I'm doing. Granted, I'm not in your area, but it may be similar. I figure that if there's a local ordinance against it, the police will probably just give you a warning. Eldred  Signaturehttp://www.umich.edu/~epickett Screamers League IICC League GPLRank -6.0 MoGPL rank +267.80 Ch.Rank +52.58 MoC +741.71 Hist. +82.34 MoH:na N2k3 rank:in progress Slayer Spektera lvl 79 assassin Slayer Spectral_K lvl 44 Necro US East > >So my question is this, can I just go to a city park and light it up? > >What do I have to do so I won't get arrested? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > I figure that if there's a local ordinance against it, the police will probably > just give you a warning. That's what most people do with model rockets. they go to a park or school and shoot them. If their is a problem, someone tells them, and they leave. If not, they have fun. All bets are off in the country of California. Fred will jump in with their rules any second now. I'm sure permits and fines are the order of the day there. > All bets are off in the country of California. Fred will jump in with their > rules any second now. > I'm sure permits and fines are the order of the day there. For model rockets you need the consent of the local fire marshals and the site owner. (Depending on the area, the fire marshal may be more willing to give his consent to organized groups, who tend to be percieved as less likely than lone fliers to interfere with the airplanes or start grass fires (and a large group has a better chance at dealing effectively with such a fire if it does happen). -dave w from: jim@jim.jim Troll > This may be a dumb question (aren't statements like this ALWAYS > followed by a dumb question?) [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Thanks everyone! thats called not wanting spam - not being a troll. Thanks to everyone for the info!! >from: jim@jim.jim >Troll [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >> >> Thanks everyone! > from: jim@jim.jim > Troll What? TBerk Jim, Call the City of Portland on the phone, but you'd be better off just finding a NAR section like O.R.E.O. We (Challenger 498) got with Harris County down here in Houston and have permission to fly at the park and have a great time. We had about 20 people show on Saturday, including one from Austin and Lake Jackson. We have a very active club with 20-30 active members, and a group server that's going crazy -- currently at 1400+ messages a month. What's the name of the park? I know some guys up there with O.R.E.O. Privately email me your phone number and I will hook you guys up. You'll like it! --Jon > This may be a dumb question (aren't statements like this ALWAYS > followed by a dumb question?) [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Thanks everyone! |
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