Are you in a bad mood today Kurt, because that's the way your post came off, and you totally misinterpreted mine. I was not implying that NAR rules are the same as TRA, simply that the Tripoli MAY have had restrictions against it, Steve Shannon of course set that straight. My L3CC happens to also be a TRA TAP and iirc at one time was a member of TRA's Class 3 review committee (thats irrelevant to this conversation though). Yes documentation and photo records of the build can be accepted by the TAP but there are some TAPs who still want a physical periodic inspection. Each to their own, I did NAR simply because it is what my local club is and the nearest TAPs are all at least 3+ hours travel time each way (my L3CC was too, but only one L3CC is require). Not once was I asked to appear for a physical inspection of the rocket until the day of the flight, photos and documentation were fine (lots of photos, Kent even followed the build on both build threads here on TRF and my clubs forum, he also payed attention to the questions from readers and the answers I gave). Physical inspections are a convenience if the TAPs are available near to you. I absolutely am not telling someone what they can and cannot build, FYI my L3 project was in the planning stages before I even built my L1 or L2 cert rockets but due to NAR's rules I could not start the actual process until L2 was complete. Would I recommend someone blow through the three Cert levels as quick as possible, absolutely not, would I move as quickly as I did again, absolutely not (financial timing was important for the L3 in my case). There is a lot to be learned by flying L1 motors for a while before moving up to L2s and then to L3 motors. A
And yes your reply pissed me off.