COSROCS Current
Events (Rocktivities)
• Sport Launch - We launch EVERY 2nd
Saturday of the month, year round, 9:00AM to 1:00PM at the "StarGate" near
Peyton, CO. This event is free and is for COSROCS members only.
It is not open to the public! FAR 101.22 rules apply - max 1500g
liftoff weight, 125g propellant weight.
• Sport Launch - We launch EVERY 4th
Saturday of the month, year round, 9:00AM to 1:00PM at the Challenger
Middle School. This event is free and open to the public
- all rocketeers welcome!
• We meet EVERY 2nd Wednesday of the month, 7:00PM to 9:00PM
at the Gold Hills police substation.
• Schedules for other
Colorado clubs are provided as a courtesy. Please check their
web sites for any last minute changes.
Directions to the
COSROCS Challenger launch site
Click here for a Google map to Challenger
Middle School.
Challenger Middle School is located in the
NW side of Colorado Springs a little east of the Briargate Parkway
exit (#151) off of I-25. The address is 10215 Lexington Drive.
From Briargate Parkway or Research Parkway
take Chapel Hills Drive north. Chapel Hills Drive will curve around
to the east at which point you will take a left onto Lexington.
The school is on the right at Gettysburg Road.
Check out the photos pages to get an idea
of space limitations: track, tennis, and ball fields. We
follow the Small Model Rocket guidelines for Challenger - 16oz
total liftoff weight and 114g total on-board propellant.
Directions
to the Peyton Launch site
Click
here for a Google map to the Stargate.
Travel east on Highway 24 to the town of
Peyton. Turn left (north) at the small grocery store, and travel
2.5 miles to Sweet Road. Turn right (east) on Sweet Road, and travel
2.5 miles to the Preble Ranch entrance. The address is 21410; look
for a green ranch gate on the left with an airplane propeller suspended
over it.
Remember, these mid-to-high power launches are for COSROCS members
only and are not open to the public.
This area is only open when COSROCS is having a Launch. ABSOLUTELY
NO EXCEPTIONS!
Directions
to the COSROCS meeting site
The Gold Hill Police substation at 955 West
Moreno Ave., is up the hill west of Wal Mart off of south 8th St.
Directions
to the SCORE launch site
First and third Saturday of each month. The
S.C.O.R.E launch field offers a road leading out to a very large
gravel covered area, which allows for safe launches of the largest
rockets even during the dry season. After launch you have a vast
open area for recovery so whether your rocket is big or small you
shouldn’t
have a problem recovering it.
The launch site has the ability to Launch
HIGH POWER Rockets, with the F.A.A. waiver to fly HIGH POWER
Rockets and Model Rockets on the 3rd Saturday of each month to
8000 Feet, weather permitted.
No charge for flying Model Rockets. There will be $5.00 charge
for use of the high power launch site. Free to club members.
Hudson Ranch is located 9.5 miles west
from the Walmart (at Pueblo Blvd.& Hwy.78) on Beulah Hwy.
It is located on the right side coming from Pueblo.
Directions to the C.R.A.S.H. launch site
First Sunday and third Saturday each month.
Take I-25 north to Denver. When you reach the south end of Denver,
turn onto C-470 West. Continue to the Morrison Road exit. Go East
(towards Denver). Take the first right into Bear Creek Lake Park
(A very short distance down the road). Go left, past the park entrance
gate, (park entry costs $3, or $30 for a yearly pass), then left
at the intersection (You are now heading east). That road goes
about a mile or so, then makes a "T",
where you have a choice of going down to the lake (right) or up
and around the hill (left). Choose up and around the hill (left).
We will be in the gravel parking lot on top of the hill (turn
right off of the road). We usually set up in the west end of the
lot (away from the dam).
Directions to the Hartsel Tripoli
Colorado Launch
Site
Variable dates, check the calendar on the
web site. Start in Colorado Springs at I-25 and Highway 24 and
head west. Pass through Woodland Park and pass through Divide.
Go over Wilkerson Pass. As you come down the pass and reach the
flat, look to your left and you will see a sign that reads "Chaparral
Park General Store". Turn left (road #23). Turn right at
the
"T" (road #59). The paved road is now dirt. Pass the
Chaparral Park General Store (on the right). Pass the junkyard
and ranch house (on the right). Pass the abandoned house (on the
right). You are almost there. Pass the Gravel Pit. The entrance
is a gate on the right. Get out, open it up, drive through and
re-close the gate. You should see people out setting up and preparing
to launch Rockets. Pick the trail that leads out to the launch
site and follow it.
This area is only open when Tripoli Colorado is having a Launch.
ABSOLUTELY NO EXCEPTIONS! Click here for a Google map to the Tripoli
Hartsel site. |
