Levels of certification

Odo · Jul 29, 2013

I keep hearing about these levels of certification.
I am new to this hobby and dont know too much yet, could someone explain what all this means? I dont want to do something illegal by accident or something :eyeroll:

JeromeK99 · Jul 29, 2013

Certification by NAR or TRA is required to purchase and/or fly HPR motors.

See NAR's website for clarification. https://www.nar.org/hpcert/NARhprintro.html

Jerome

Odo · Jul 29, 2013

JeromeK99 said:
Certification by NAR or TRA is required to purchase and/or fly HPR motors.

See NAR's website for clarification. https://www.nar.org/hpcert/NARhprintro.html

Jerome

Oh that makes sense.
I havent gone any bigger then a c-6-7 so Im sure this wont be a problem anytime soon!
Thanks for the response!

DizWolf · Jul 29, 2013

Tripoli: https://www.tripoli.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=KFR2HOyfPfo=&tabid=132

National Association of Rocketry: https://www.nar.org/hpcert/NARhprintro.html

After 160N/s of total impulse you need to be certified to fly those motors. There's also max weight limits, average thrust limits (80N), propellant weights, etc, etc. But the main idea is anything H or over, you need a Level one cert. Level two is J, and I think level three lets you fly a tank to Jupiter or something.

DizWolf · Jul 29, 2013

Odo said:
Oh that makes sense.
I havent gone any bigger then a c-6-7 so Im sure this wont be a problem anytime soon!
Thanks for the response!

Yea. You think that now.

It's addictive and progressive.
I once said I'd never launch anything bigger than a G, why bother? Yep. that didn't last.

Onebadhawk · Jul 29, 2013

DizWolf said:
Yea. You think that now. It's addictive and progressive.
I once said I'd never launch anything bigger than a G, why bother? Yep. that didn't last.

+1
Boy, is that the truth,,,,,,,
That was toooooo funny,,,,,,,,,,
I hope you don't mind if I occasionally hijack that line............
I'm honestly beginning to think about becoming certified myself to fly a tank to Jupiter...........

Teddy

dave carver · Jul 29, 2013

DizWolf said:
Yea. You think that now. It's addictive and progressive.
I once said I'd never launch anything bigger than a G, why bother? Yep. that didn't last.

He's 15 and has that hurdle to cross first

At least he's going about the right way and not trying to blow smoke up our arses. He's even learn how to tell what a BS'er is...and we do get some that really like to pile it deep

Odo · Jul 29, 2013

dave carver said:
He's 15 and has that hurdle to cross first At least he's going about the right way and not trying to blow smoke up our arses. He's even learn how to tell what a BS'er is...and we do get some that really like to pile it deep

And at least Im not trying to drop car batteries onto people from 700 feet using a rocket propelled by Rcandy and is controlled with an Arduino board making radio waves to "move the flame around"
:facepalm:

Also that "tank to jupiter" comment made me laugh so hard. Best mental image.

degreaser · Jul 29, 2013

I think TRA has a mentoring program and NAR has junior L1 certs. I don't know the details though. No time like the present to start.

goldlizard · Jul 29, 2013

Your on the right track. Keep up the good work! You can work on junior level certification.

DizWolf · Jul 30, 2013

dave carver said:
He's 15 and has that hurdle to cross first At least he's going about the right way and not trying to blow smoke up our arses. He's even learn how to tell what a BS'er is...and we do get some that really like to pile it deep

He's not even trying to use a joystick!

And.... the flight has to be after you are 18. Think how awesome of a L1 flight you can build/plan in 3 years

odo- you're doing it right man keep it up and lets see some build photos.

Odo · Jul 30, 2013

DizWolf said:
He's not even trying to use a joystick!

And.... the flight has to be after you are 18. Think how awesome of a L1 flight you can build/plan in 3 years

odo- you're doing it right man keep it up and lets see some build photos.

Thanks!

SRBS of my SLS.
Satisfied?

K'Tesh · Jul 30, 2013

onebadhawk said:
+1
Boy, is that the truth,,,,,,,
That was toooooo funny,,,,,,,,,,
I hope you don't mind if I occasionally hijack that line............
I'm honestly beginning to think about becoming certified myself to fly a tank to Jupiter...........

Teddy

Why limit yourself to only a tank to Jupiter... I wanna meet the guy who gets a battleship to Pluto!

Rex R · Jul 30, 2013

space battleship yamato?

rex

SSenesy · Jul 30, 2013

K'Tesh said:
Why limit yourself to only a tank to Jupiter... I wanna meet the guy who gets a battleship to Pluto!

Project Orion. Only problem is we stopped looking at it in the 60's.

mikemech · Jul 30, 2013

Is that a katana behind the SRBs? I would not keep sharp weapons close to the build area. Extreme frustration should be limited to bad words.

Mike

Fred Garvin · Jul 30, 2013

You might look into NARTREK.....it's a fun program for NAR Members....a great way to get started and work your way up to HPR Level 1.....I completed the Bronze level at the last Club Sport Launch....working on Silver now....

CitationSquirrel · Jul 30, 2013

Rex R said:
space battleship yamato?

I guess I'm showing my age by admitting that I remember watching that.

RocketMike · Jul 30, 2013

Hey I'm 50 years old and just now getting back into model rockets. My eventual goal is to get to at least level 1 certification but I imagine that will be several years down the road when my hobby budget will actually allow it.
I intend to do the NARTREK myself and I do already drool at the Estes Pro Series II kits every time I'm in Hobby Lobby. Anything beyond those is just dreaming at this point though.

Fred Garvin · Jul 30, 2013

RocketMike said:
I intend to do the NARTREK myself and I do already drool at the Estes Pro Series II kits every time I'm in Hobby Lobby. Anything beyond those is just dreaming at this point though.

Print out a 40% coupon and get one....that's what I used to buy mine....(so far)

degreaser · Jul 30, 2013

RocketMike said:
Hey I'm 50 years old and just now getting back into model rockets. My eventual goal is to get to at least level 1 certification but I imagine that will be several years down the road when my hobby budget will actually allow it.
I intend to do the NARTREK myself and I do already drool at the Estes Pro Series II kits every time I'm in Hobby Lobby. Anything beyond those is just dreaming at this point though.

Here's a really cheap airframe. I've seen lots of them used for rockets. It should work fine for an inexpensive and fun L1.

https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2995397

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