Level 1 recert on Aerotech H128W in Spock's Johnson on June 3 2023 at AARG Launch in Apache Pass, TX
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I posted this in another thread last year when it happened, 10/2/2022. Here’s my L1 pic. LOC IV, H100-W, CRASH Ft. Lupton, CO site.
Nice one Scottie !
How high did your LOC-IV fly on the H100 ?
-- kjh( the LOC-IV was one of my favorite rockets to watch back in the day )
1702’. Flight was beautiful, short recovery. Recovery distance was partially aided by the chute not deciding to open until roughly 500’. Apparently a packing issue, my guess is stickiness in the nylon. Ironically I was planning to try out a JLCR on that flight, but was discouraged from doing so by my very smart friends at the field.
I strongly recommend the LOC IV as an L1 cert rocket. Teaches L1 build techniques within an appropriate degree of difficulty.
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Here is my LVL 1 Cert Flight ... Aug 18, 2012. A Public Enemy SA-14 Archer Kit.
The Liftoff shot was captured from a phone video so its not good......
The Liftoff shot was captured from a phone video so its not good......
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Almost 11 years later.... This Is my LVL2 Cert Flight at LDRS-41 a few days ago.
This one also flew very nice.
Had an anomaly with the Jolly Logic Chute Release, the main inflated at about 4800 FT.
Recovery was a mile away, outside the park.
Thank God my BRB900 took me RIGHT to it... in the tree.
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Was a great time at LDRS ...
This one also flew very nice.
Had an anomaly with the Jolly Logic Chute Release, the main inflated at about 4800 FT.
Recovery was a mile away, outside the park.
Thank God my BRB900 took me RIGHT to it... in the tree.
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Was a great time at LDRS ...
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I'm hoping for that next spring!!! Awesome man!!
Wow really nice, I'm going for my L1 next spring I cannot wait!!!!
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Congratulations
Awesome photos of that beast taking off
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Thanks @KB4SMK
I just now added the RMS 98/7680 M2100G to my sim-list for my Level 3 4-inch Vulcanite upscale ( El Mui Grande Vulcanite ).
I already own an RMS 98/10240 Motor Set and a big box of 25-year-old components for my Level 3 build.
I had planned on an M1939-W for my Level 3.
But after seeing your pictures, if there was also a certified RMS 98/10240 motor with mojave green propellant, I would seriously consider that as well ...
Maybe some day there will be one I could fly ...
In the meantime, I am going to have to try the 'green' in a couple of my smaller rockets -- I really liked the flame and smoke off the pad from your flight !
Thanks again !
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level 3 cert darkstar extreme with m1550r. 14,100 altitude and only landed less than a mile away.
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I love the Green however they are hard to light.
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We have a hill that we was standing on that made it look like that. Thanks on the paint job, I have a couple of them darkstars painted like that.
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Can you hear them whistle when they coast ?
I've got a fleet of beat up LOC Vulcanite scale models but none of them are, if they ever were, as pretty as your covey of DarkStars
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Yes you can hear them coast if they are low enough when they coast. If they are over a couple thousand feet it gets hard to hear them.
Level 3 cert flight on a scratch built Iris on a M1939W at the salt flats. Twenty three years ago.@DEmery --
VERY NICE !
I love the the way the Iris flies and yours is a beauty !
What were your Mass and Diameter and what Altitude did you get on an M1939 ?
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p.s. I couldn't bear to get rid of my 4-inch LOC-tubed Scratch Iris when it came down on an Ocotillo Rockpile and broke a fin.
It's waiting patiently in the attic for a repair and more K550 Flights !
VERY NICE !
I love the the way the Iris flies and yours is a beauty !
What were your Mass and Diameter and what Altitude did you get on an M1939 ?
-- kjh
p.s. I couldn't bear to get rid of my 4-inch LOC-tubed Scratch Iris when it came down on an Ocotillo Rockpile and broke a fin.
It's waiting patiently in the attic for a repair and more K550 Flights !
The Iris was 7.5” in diameter and weighed 43 lbs. without the motor. It went 8,844 feet.
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Well I ended up going for my L1 cert last weekend at URRG in NY on 11/4. Used an Aerotech H135W-14A, odd ejection happened early but still was given the certification per rules. Theres a build thread with much more detail, flight video below.
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Nice one, @waltr !
I really like the J270-W and +1 for flying DD when you did not have to !
Was that your own Avionics Package that you flew ?
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