From the thread that got locked yesterday...
I keep hearing it, but sure would be nice to get Loki in Australia.
Apparently Blake has tried but there's some obstacle, a real shame. 
Yes, Blake spoke to me about bringing Loki Research products to Australia early on when I had first took over the reins of Loki. I had
a lot on my plate to figure out, and in many ways, I still do. The last I heard from him was in December of 2012. There was proprietary information that he said was needed and leery of sending it to anyone, I was requesting to send it directly to the AHJ myself. Not knowing who the AHJ was and never getting that information from Blake, it never got sent. That is where the communication ended. I honestly couldn't tell you who dropped the ball here or if it was a little of us both. I last emailed him in July of 2014 asking if we could pick up where we left off but I never got a response back. I wouldn't mind it if you put a bug back in his ear though.
Just remember, it's just me here, no one else. I have a lot to do already as it is, and when something else comes along that requires a lot of time, research and effort, it often takes a long time to get finished. A lot longer than what most people would consider a reasonable amount of time. One guy can only get so much work done in a week so that time is very valuable to me. I've been trying to get more things outsourced lately in order to free up more time for myself to get more propellant made. Growing pains are just that, a pain until you get over them. Anyone who can ease the pain and help make growing Loki Research an easier task is more than welcome to help out, whatever the task may be. The easiest task is burning more Loki propellant. That alone is the biggest help anyone can provide. Next to that, it's word of mouth.
Speaking of word of mouth, I often try to point out how reliable Loki Research reloads are. Lately, it seems there's not a week that goes by in which I hear about a motor catoing, but fortunately it's not one of mine. It's someone else. I recently gained another USLI team after they had two sequential catos on another brands 76mm motors. If there is one thing my dealers are happy about, it's that they don't have to worry about warrantying Loki products. Now I'm not saying that it never happens because it does, but it is
extremely rare that you will see a properly assembled Loki Research commercial motor cato or burn through. This is the kind of word of mouth that is important to pass along, and when you hear the opposite spoken, it is important that you challenge the person speaking it to sight their information. Make sure they are not simply trying to throw the Loki brand under the bus. It does happen unfortunately.
I've got some great word of mouth now for several years on the quality of Loki hardware as well. Eric Foster has done a very good job making most (not all but most) of my hardware. He has done great work and the feedback I have received from customers proves this to me. It all starts with using the best materials available.
Anodizing- The latest run of 54mm hardware was done at a new plater and is now back in stock. It is hardcoat anodized and dyed in a two slightly different but beautiful shades of blue. (longer story) Even after carefully detailing the use of the aluminum tubes with o-ring seals to the plater, and the great need for care in racking the tubes for plating, there are
some cases that came out a fair amount under the mark that I was aiming for with regard to racking the tubes. Keep in mind that I will not send out a case unless I am confident it will operate as intended, but that doesn't mean you won't see a few marks on the inside or ends of the case hear or there. To the average flier, they could probably care less and won't notice most of it after the first firing anyway. To the anal retentive among us who must have all matching red Dr.Rockets hardware in their Aerotech 29 & 38mm line-up, you may not be happy. I am sorry, but that's just the way it is. I promise the plater will do better next time. Well, I promise that he promised me. ;-)
I bring up word of mouth, because of the closed post that Viking referred to. I still hear from people that someone they knew thought that Loki Research had closed up shop 5 years ago and my jaw always drops. Apparently they are not hearing the right word of mouth, so I'll ask this of all Loki Research fliers. Help your friends to learn more about who and what Loki Research is. Ask them if they have Loki motors loaded in their simulation programs. I often hear of those who don't, though I'm not sure why anyone wouldn't load every motor available. Ask them to watch your flights when flying your Loki motors. And above all else tell them about all the motors they can purchase and have shipped to them through the USPS WITHOUT paying any haz-mat fees.
Currently there are 9 Loki motors from G to I which can be shipped without haz-mat fees. Very shortly, that number should increase to 14 motors from G to I. (3 more G's, 1 more H and 1 more I) I believe that is far more than any other manufacturer in this impulse range, which leaves me wondering why every L1 flier you know doesn't own the 38/240 and 38/480 Loki hardware. The hardware may be a bit more expensive but the reloads are less expensive and you'll buy a lot more reloads than you do hardware. After burning 4-5 reloads you'll be saving money with every launch.
These USPS shippable Loki motors are also regressive burn profiles which have a huge amount of thrust at ignition when compared to the competition in the same case/propellant size. If you've got a heavy fiberglass rocket and a windy launch field, there is no safer way to put your rocket up strait in the air than using a motor that gives you a high thrust to weight ratio. These "half grain" or "lifesaver" grain USPS shippable Loki motors will give you this high thrust. Check them out here.
https://www.thrustcurve.org/browser.jsp?1manufacturer=10 Mark Kolesh, if you are reading this, a highly visible notation of some sort indicating which motors don't require haz-mat on ThrustCurve.org would be a great addition for fliers to see. I see that topic come up once or twice each year.
Word of mouth here folks, tell this information to your friends. Don't assume that they know all this already. If you love Loki research and never want to see it go away, then tell people why and spread the word.
Thank you so much!
PS. There's another "K" and "M" motor being tested by TMT as well.
