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Blackhawk R&D and Saturn Press announce scale contest at LDRS |
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2000 Archived News by Blackhawk R&D
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Monday, June 12, 2000 |
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SPRINGFIELD, West Virginia USA — Blackhawk R&D and Saturn Press announced today a scale contest to be held at this years LDRS in Orangeburg, SC over the July 4th holiday. The winner will receive a $50 Blackhawk R&D gift certificate as well as a $25 Saturn Press gift certificate.
The contest is open to models of real missiles, research rockets and space launch vehicles. Every participating flight must make a safe, stable flight with a successful recovery deployment after completing a form at the Blackhawk R&D booth and alerting the judges to view the flight.
All participating models should include lower stages and boosters, though the stages need not separate. Models missing lower stages will lose points. The model will be judged against a drawing, painting, or photo of the real rocket, not of a kit. Judges will have Saturn Press books on hand, but for other rockets not included in them, you must provide pictures.
Scoring will be based on an adaption from NAR Sport Scale:
Accuracy of Shape: 200 points
Accuracy of color scheme and markings: 200 points
Complexity: 100 points
Quality of Construction: 100
Quality of Surface preparation: 100
Quality of Finish: 100
General flight: 100
Mission (special flight features like staging (40 points) and clustering (10 points per extra engine) that reflect the original rocket): up to 100
Prizes will be awarded July 4th or via US Mail should the winning contestant leave early. |
