Just a project that has been in the back of my head

I'm not sure when I will have the time or funds to start this one, but maybe my wife will be nice and buy me a Raven for Christmas.

This is my, "I really want to build this one, but not sure if I have the skills to pull it off" project.

Let me know what you think and how you would go about booster separation. I think that I read somewhere that the booster on the Iris burned completely before leaving the pad.

The Cesaroni Pro-24-3G VMax has a burn time of .29s. I would like to use 3 of them in the booster section and an H255-BS in the sustainer. (That is assuming that I get my L1 prior to building this one.)

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Composite engines are always tricky to stage.
Try reading this:
https://www.apogeerockets.com/education/downloads/Newsletter49.pdf
It's a newsletter from Apogee that explains why you can't use regular staging for composites, and what you would do to stage them.

EDIT:
42nd post! To celebrate: Wikipedia: 42 (number)

Yeah, staging with composite engines requires onboard electronics. Hopefully, my wife has been paying attention to my birthday/Christmas gift hints.

Che said:

(That is assuming that I get my L1 prior to building this one.)

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Go for it! Build it now and once you get your L1 ticket punched, you're golden.