NFPA 1127-1998 Code for High Power Rocketry

NFPA 1127-1998 Code for High Power Rocketry. 2-1 User Certification. Only a certified user shall be permit- ted to operate or fly a high power rocket. 2-2 Operating Clearances. A person shall fly a high power rocket only in compliance with the following: (a) This code (b) United States Code, Title 49, Section 1348, “Airspace Con- trol and Facilities,” 72 Statute 749, Section 307, Federal Aviation Act of 1958, covering Federal Aviation Administra- tion Regulations, from Code of Federal Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 1, Subchapter F, Part 101, Paragraph 101.1 through 101.25 or later revisions or amendments thereto (c) Other applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, reg- ulations, statutes, and ordinances 2-3 Preflight Inspection. A person shall fly a high power rocket only if it has been inspected and approved for opera- tion immediately prior to flight by a range safety officer. The range safety officer shall confirm the rocket’s compliance with the applicable provisions of this code and shall ascertain that the rocket will fly in a safe manner. 2-4 High Power Rocket Motors and Components. 2-4.1 A person shall use only commercially manufactured cer- tified high power rocket motors or motor reloading kits or components. 2-4.2 No person shall dismantle, reload, or alter a single-use high power rocket motor. No person shall alter the compo- nents of a reloadable high power rocket motor or use the con- tents of a reloadable rocket motor reloading kit for a purpose other than those specified by the manufacturer in the rocket motor or reloading kit instructions. 2-14.2 The person intending to launch a high power rocket shall locate the launcher at a distance of one-half the launch site dimension or 1500 ft (457 m), whichever is greater, from any inhabited building or public highway on which traffic flow exceeds 10 vehicles per hour, not including traffic flow related to the launch. Exception: Inhabited building(s) shall be permitted to be located with- in the launch site with the approval of the authority having jurisdic- tion and the owner(s) of the inhabited building(s), if the inhabited building(s) is unoccupied during the launch. 2-15 Safe Distances. 2-15.1 No person shall be closer to the launch of a high power rocket than the person actually launching the rocket and those authorized by the range safety officer. 2-15.2 All spectators shall remain within an area determined by the range safety officer and shall remain behind...