Loki Research
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Let's start this thread off with something cool. ;-) I think it might be safe now to say, "54/4400" hardware.
Albeit a windy day, it got into the upper 50's yesterday and the stars aligned just right for me to have everything I needed ready to test an L-3000 in the 54/4400 hardware. I was being a bit conservative calling it an L-2900, but the burn time proved to be a hair shorter than I expected, bumping it up over the L-3000 mark. Although my testing electronics may not be as accurate or as high resolution as the certification testing provides, it is still very close.
I'll be quite honest. After firing this motor, I had a smile and grin on my face for at least a half an hour. I was ecstatic to say the least. I could not have asked for a more beautiful burn profile. It was close to a mirror image of the scaled down 38/1200 J-1127 blue test. Next up will be Loki White, but I'm not sure when just yet.
Pricing on 54/4400 reloads has yet to be determined, but there are a very limited number of motor cases left to be had after the sale in November. The hardware is almost done and will hopefully be here in 2-3 more weeks. The nozzles ordered for some of these cases are a bit behind as I want to get the white 54/4000 load tested before committing to a standard of specifications in the design. Once testing is complete and I am satisfied with the performance, I will produce the nozzles for those waiting on them.
I'm day dreaming of seeing this sitting out on an away pad at BALLS sitting atop a 3" diameter M-3400 Loki Blue booster waiting to break mach 4. The booster should get it half way there.
[video=youtube_share;Km4xkiLrdaU]https://youtu.be/Km4xkiLrdaU[/video]
Albeit a windy day, it got into the upper 50's yesterday and the stars aligned just right for me to have everything I needed ready to test an L-3000 in the 54/4400 hardware. I was being a bit conservative calling it an L-2900, but the burn time proved to be a hair shorter than I expected, bumping it up over the L-3000 mark. Although my testing electronics may not be as accurate or as high resolution as the certification testing provides, it is still very close.
I'll be quite honest. After firing this motor, I had a smile and grin on my face for at least a half an hour. I was ecstatic to say the least. I could not have asked for a more beautiful burn profile. It was close to a mirror image of the scaled down 38/1200 J-1127 blue test. Next up will be Loki White, but I'm not sure when just yet.
Pricing on 54/4400 reloads has yet to be determined, but there are a very limited number of motor cases left to be had after the sale in November. The hardware is almost done and will hopefully be here in 2-3 more weeks. The nozzles ordered for some of these cases are a bit behind as I want to get the white 54/4000 load tested before committing to a standard of specifications in the design. Once testing is complete and I am satisfied with the performance, I will produce the nozzles for those waiting on them.
I'm day dreaming of seeing this sitting out on an away pad at BALLS sitting atop a 3" diameter M-3400 Loki Blue booster waiting to break mach 4. The booster should get it half way there.
[video=youtube_share;Km4xkiLrdaU]https://youtu.be/Km4xkiLrdaU[/video]