Request – Friends of Amateur Rocketry, Inc.

Request Form

This form allows you to request FAR services, such as, visits, uses, launches, and static firings.

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Name(Required)

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Group Type(Required)

Individual

Group

School

Company

Group Name(Required)

Groups like: Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Ham Radio Club, Model Rocket Club, High-Powered Rocket Club, Rockets and Robots Club, Etc.

School Name(Required)

Use the school's acronym like UCLA, LMU, UCR, CSULB, AFFTS or NPS, if it has a uniquely recognizable one.

Team Name(Required)

Enter N/A if you don't have a team name. Don't include the school's name or acronym. Please spell out the team's name like: Beach Launch Team or Student Space Initiative.

Company Name(Required)

Email(Required)

Phone(Required)

Request Type(Required)

What do you want to do? You can cancel or change an existing activity date by using either the Cancel Date or Change Date Request Type. To add a new activity or change information about an existing activity, use the New or Change Request Type.

Cancel Date

Change Date

New

Change Parameters

Activity(Required)

What activity do you want to do? For deliveries, pickups, and gate openings at FAR Site on Off-FAR-Days, use the Use Activity.

Visit

Launch

Static Firing

Use

People and Pricing Page

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Term Definitions
Term	Defnition
Arriving Day Of	Arriving after 8am on the day of your one-day visit, use, launch, or static test firing.
Arriving Evening Before	Arriving after 6pm on the day before your one-day visit, use, launch, or static test firing.
Arriving Noon Before	Arriving at Noon on the day before your one-day visit, use, launch, or static test firing.
Arriving Day Before	Arriving after 8am on the day before your one-day visit, use, launch, or static test firing.
Departing Day Of	Departing after 6pm on the day of your one-day visit, use, launch, or static test firing.
Departing Morning After	Departing before 8am on the day after your one-day visit, use, launch, or static test firing.
Departing Noon After	Departing before noon on the day after your one-day visit, use, launch, or static test firing.
Departing Day After	Departing before 4pm on the day after your one-day visit, use, launch, or static test firing.
FAR Saturdays (FSat)	The 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month.
FAR Sundays (FSun) (Temporary)	The 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month. Only during high usage months.
Off FAR Day (OFD)	All days of the month minus the 1st and 3rd Saturdays and Sundays.
Exclusive Use	Allows you the use of FAR Site with only your group present. This is not allowed on a FD. If another group is already scheduled for the day requested, the exclusive use will not be approved.
FSat and OFD Total Group Size	Total group size is limited to 200-people maximum to enable all person's present at FAR Site to safely fit into viewing bunkers.
FSun Total Group Size	Total group size is limited to 100-people maximum.
FSat Individual Group Size	Group size is limited to 25-people maximum. Up to 50-people on special request.
FSun Individual Group Size	Group size is limited to 20-people maximum.
OFD Individual Group Size	Groups over 50-people will be charged extra for each person over 50-people.
Pyrotechnic Operator	Any FD and OFD with rocket launches, static firings, or high-pressure testing requires a pyrotechnic operator.
Scheduling Priority	All scheduling for FDs and OFDs are made on a first-come, first-served basis.
DISCLAIMER	All scheduling for OFDs are dependent on the availability of support personnel for those days. If FAR personnel are not available, the OFD cannot be scheduled.

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Pricing (**When Activated)
Use	FAR Saturday	FAR Sunday**	Off FAR Day	Business Off FAR Day
Nonmember	$10 Per Person	$20 Per Person	See Below	See Below
Member	Free	$20 Per Person	See Below	See Below
Arriving Night Before After 6pm	Free	Free	+$300	+$300
Arriving Noon Before After 12 noon	+$250	Not Applicable	+$550	+$800
Arriving Day Before After 8am	+$500	Not Applicable	+$800	+$1300
Day Use	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	$500 Per Day	$1000 Per Day
Departing Day Of Before 6pm	No Extra Charge	No Extra Charge	No Extra Charge	No Extra Charge
Departing Morning After Before 8am	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	+$300	+$300
Departing Noon After Before 12 noon	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	+$550	+$800
Departing Day After Before 4pm	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	+$800	+$1300
Exclusive Use	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	+$400 Per Day	+$500 Per Day
Pyrotechnic Operator	Free	Free	+$400 Per Day	+$400 Per Day
Over 20-People	Allowed	Not Allowed	Allowed	Allowed
Over 25-People	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	Allowed	Allowed
Over 50-People	Not Allowed	Not Allowed	+$10 Per Person Over 50-People per Day	+$20 Per Person Over 50-People per Day
Pickup Delivery	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	$300 per Incident	$300 per Incident

Is this a FAR Day?

Yes

Is this Multiple Days?

Yes

Total Number of People(Required)

How many people will be in your group? Please limit your group size to 25 people for FAR 1st and 3rd Saturdays. Please limit your group size to 20 people for FAR 1st and 3rd Sundays. For groups than have already signed up with more than 25 people, we will let you know if you can bring the extra people when we get closer to the date. Please include in your count: team members, family, friends, advisors, and media. Basically, anyone that is coming to FAR Site to watch your static firing or launch.

Please enter a number from 1 to 200.

Exclusive Use

Do you want to have exclusive use of the FAR Site while you are there? If someone else is already signed up for that day or that day is a FAR Day, exclusive use will not be allowed. It will cost $400 per day.

Yes

Activity Date(Required)

Pick the date of your visit, use, launch, or static firing. FAR will resume normal charges after that date.

Year

Month

Day

FAR Day Arriving

Evening Day Before-free, Morning Day Of-free, Noon Day Before-$250, Full Day Before-$500

OFD Arriving

Evening Day Before-$300, Morning Day Of-free, Noon Day Before-$550, Full Day Before-$800

Departing

Evening Day Of-free, Morning After-$300, Noon Day After-$550, Day After-$800

Overnight Stay

Are you going to stay overnight? Camping is available with tents, trailers, or recreational vehicles in authorized locations only. Access to FAR buildings is not available for camping. A limited number of RVs can camp in authorized locations only, but we DO NOT HAVE concrete or black top parking, water or electrical hookups, and grey or black water dump stations.

Yes

Map

Do you need a map to FAR Site?

Yes

Drone

Do you want to fly a drone? Warning: Drones will not be allowed to fly within 20-feet of a crowd or over a crowd of people. Your drone will be confiscated, if you do so. Ask the pyrotechnic operator for permission to fly before you start flying your drone.

Yes

Quonset Hut

Do you want to use the Quonset Hut? You may be required to share the Quonset hut with other groups. Cooking inside the Quonset hut is not allowed.

Yes

Campfire

Do you want to have a campfire while you are camping? Campfires will not be allowed near the fence line or during high winds. Ask the pyrotechnic operator before starting a fire. If the pyrotechnic operator is asleep or unavailable, do not start a fire.

Yes

Cancel Date Page

Cancel Date(Required)

What date do you want to cancel?

Year

Month

Day

Change Date Page

Old Date(Required)

What date do you have now?

Year

Month

Day

New Date(Required)

What date do you want to change it to?

Year

Month

Day

Multi-Day Page

Arrival Date(Required)

What is the first day of your visit/use?

Year

Month

Day

Arrival Time(Required)

What time will you arrive? Arriving before 6pm will result in a $500 use fee for that day.

Hours

Minutes

AM/PM

Departure Date(Required)

What is the last date of your visit?

Year

Month

Day

Departure Time(Required)

What time will you depart? Departing after 8am will result in a $500 use fee for that day.

Hours

Minutes

AM/PM

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Multi-Day Additional Information

Use Page

Use Type(Required)

What kind of use will you be doing?

Describe Other Use(Required)

What other use do you want to do that is not on the list?

Use Additional Information

Motor/Engine and Propellant Type Page

Motor/Engine Type(Required)

What type of motor/engine are you static firing or launching?

Oxidizer(Required)

What type of oxidizer are you using?

Other Oxidizer(Required)

What other oxidizer are you using?

Catalyst(Required)

What type of catalyst are you using?

Liquid Catalyst(Required)

Describe your liquid catalyst.

Fuel(Required)

What type of fuel are your using?

Other Fuel(Required)

What other fuel are you using?

Static Firing Page

Motor/Engine or Rocket

Are you static firing the motor/engine or the full up rocket?

Motor/Engine

Rocket

Maximum Thrust (lbs)(Required)

What is the maximum thrust of your motor/engine?

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Short Thrust

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Thrust Multiplier

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Short Thrust

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Thrust Multiplier

Number of Firings(Required)

How many static firings will you perform?

Please enter a number greater than or equal to 1.

Firing Time (sec)(Required)

Estimate how many seconds your motor/engine will fire?

Static Firing Test Stand(Required)

What static firing test stand will you be using? If your personal test stand needs to mount to an I-beam you need to request that I-beam. Drilling into the concrete pads is not allowed without prior authorization. Launch rails will not be allowed for performing a static firing.

Other Static Firing Test Stand(Required)

Describe the other static firing test stand you will be using.

Firing Angle(Required)

What angle will your motor/engine be at during the static firing?

Horizontal

15-Degrees Down Off-Horizontal

30-Degrees Down Off-Horizontal

45-Degrees Down Off-Horizontal

Vertical (Down)

Inverted (Up)

Medium Horizontal

Do you need to use the medium horizontal stand?

Yes

Flame Deflector

Will you require a flame deflector for your static firing?

Yes

Static Firing Stand Rests on the Ground

Does your static stand rest on the ground and backed up by the I-bead?

Yes

Load Cell

Did you need to use the FAR load cell?

Yes

Data Acquisition

Do you need to use the FAR data acquisition box?

Yes

Static Firing Additional Information

Launch Page

Competition

Are you launching as part of a FAR launch competition?

Yes

Select the Competition(Required)

Please select the FAR competition.

NAR Certification

Are you attempting to get a NAR Certification? FAR is no longer a Tripoli Prefecture and cannot give out Tripoli Level Certifications.

Yes

NAR Certification Level(Required)

Please select the level of NAR certification are you attempting?

Launch Rail/Tower(Required)

What launch rail or tower are you launching from?

Personal Rail/Tower Length (feet)(Required)

How long is your personal rail/tower in feet?

Please enter a number greater than or equal to 1.

Type of Rail(Required)

What kind of rail do your launch lugs require?

Launch Flame Deflector

Do you need a flame deflector for the launch?

Yes

Number of Launches(Required)

How many launches will you perform?

Please enter a number greater than or equal to 1.

Number of Stages(Required)

How many stages does your rocket have?

Please enter a number from 1 to 4.

Total Impulse (lbs-sec)(Required)

What is the total impulse of all engines, motors, and stages? Look at the table below to determine each model, high-power, and experimental rocket motor total impulse, if you only know the motor letter. Then add together the total impulse for each motor. A resulting total impulse over 200,000 pound-seconds is no longer an amateur rocket and requires an FAA Commercial Launch License.

Please enter a number from 1 to 200000.

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Motor Letter	Total Impulse (N-s)	Total Impulse (lb-s)	Rocket Type
⅛A	0.3215	0.07025	Model
¼A	0.625	0.1405	Model
½A	1.25	0.281	Model
A	2.5	0.562	Model
B	5	1.124	Model
C	10	2.248	Model
D	20	4.496	Model
E	40	9	Model
F	80	18	Model
G	160	36	Model
H	320	72	High-Power
I	640	144	High-Power
J	1,280	288	High-Power
K	2,560	576	High-Power
L	5,120	1,151	High-Power
M	10,240	2,302	High-Power
N	20,480	4,604	High-Power
O	40,960	9,208	High-Power
P	81,920	18,416	Experimental
Q	163,840	36,832	Experimental
R	327,680	73,664	Experimental
S	655,360	147,328	Experimental
T	1,310,720	294,656	Experimental

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FAA Rocket Class

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FAA Rocket Class

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FAA Rocket Class

Expected Altitude (feet)(Required)

How high will your rocket go? Altitudes over 250,000-feet require a new FAA COA.

Please enter a number from 1 to 492096.

New FAA COA(Required)

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Short Altitude

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Altitude Multiplier

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Short Altitude

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Altitude Multiplier

Initial Thrust (lbs)(Required)

What is the initial thrust of your motor/engine in pounds?

Initial Weight (lbs)(Required)

What is the initial weight of your rocket full-loaded with propellant in pounds?

Trust-to-Weight Ratio

This is your calculated thrust-to-weight.

Recovery Method(Required)

What method of recovery do you use?

Other Recovery Method(Required)

Describe your other type of recovery.

Ballistic Impact Time (sec)(Required)

For launches over 18,000-feet, give the time from launch until impact without the deployment of both drogue and main parachutes.

Tracker Frequency (MHz)

What is your tracker frequency in MHz?

Launch Additional Information