2025-26 NRC Contest Events:
1/2 A PD FAI
1/2 A SD FAI
1/2 A HD FAI
A RG FAI
C Egg Loft Altitude
A Altitude
This slate of events was chosen to support the increased participation of FAI contestants, especially juniors, in NRC and NARAM. These events were also chosen to integrate NRC championship with US Team selection which will be held during NARAM-67.
The 2025-26 NRC closes 10 days before the official start of NARAM-67. The last day of flying for 2025-26 NRC events is XXXXXXX and results must be submitted within 7 days of the completion of the NRC sanctioned launch. Results must be submitted by XXXXXXX.
The first day of flying NRC events for the 2025-26 contest year is Sunday June 29th.
NRC launches can be contests of their own with members from several clubs or from a large area competing, a contest between 2 NAR Sections, a monthly club launch, or even a launch with only 2 NAR members (one a Senior NAR member). NAR members can compete in as many NRC launches as they want throughout the contest year. Results are posted on the National Scoreboard.
The U.S. Model Rocket Sporting Code is the official rulebook for conducting and participating in NAR sanctioned competition. NAR members can design and build model rockets for over 25 different Contest Events. Official US Records can be set in many of these events. To get started refer to the Sporting Code and the Contest Events page which breaks down all of the events and has plans for them on the sub pages.
As mentioned, any two NAR members (at least one of them an adult) can get together and fly any or all of the NRC events anytime, anywhere as long as you register the launch event 48 hours or more in advance through “Launches”. Anybody can do this, it does not have to be done through an NAR section.
When you’re done flying one of the NRC events, you just report your flight scores and they get posted to a national “Scoreboard” where you can see how you are doing in that compared to everyone else in the US that year. If you want to move up in the rankings, just fly again the next weekend; you can fly as often as you want. At the end of the contest year the NAR recognizes the top 10 fliers in each event, and if you are one of these you can go to the National Championships (NARAM) and compete head-to-head in the event for the title of “National Champion”. If you want to know more about how the NRC process works, read the basic explanation briefing below.