I really want to try it with what I have (for now) the Argent has a good handful (7) perfect flights on the G40- We flew my buddies Leviathon on the G80 the last time out together and frankly the Argent would have been just fine on it as well, and it was a pretty breezy day and I walked my azz off, smiling though
I tend to overbuild a bit- and its very solid, I have no doubt it can handle the small H -
Now I guess the question becomes what case/brand AT or CTI -29/140 ?
I also have a MC Hawk23B/ 2 2.6Mozzies and a MC Bomark that all fly 29mm so I would benefit the most from this for now- but open to suggestions .
I really think if I dont get greedy and pick my day- the Argent will be just fine using some of the given advice.
Andy
If you have any of the Estes PSII rockets, you can use them for an L1 cert. I have a Leviathan that I routinely fly on H165R and H128W motors. Our field also has a 16,000 ft. waiver and plenty of room. I don't make those flights if the surface winds are much over 5mph because they go over 2500 ft.. You have to learn to fly your field. I'll repeat that again, but it's really important and one of the reasons to take any advice you get here with a grain of salt. The advice you get, although well meant, may not be the best for the conditions you will be flying in at your field.
One of the things you will learn as you start flying the full range of L1 motors is that they have a very large range of power. If you are used to MPR, where and F motor is 40 to 80 Ns and the G is 80 - 160 Ns, the H motors covers everything from A to G, on top of a G! I motors have power of twice that. It's one thing to read and understand the motor spec. information, but another to build and fly a rocket over those ranges of motors. In the L1 range, if your rocket does 1200 ft on a small H motor, it might top a mile on a large I motor. You won't get that type of variation in F to G motors. That is a very significant difference in performance and something that will become more obvious as you get more L1 experience.
My personal recommendation for a L1 rocket is something 3" to 4" diameter, a 38mm MMT, and 4 - 6 lbs without the motor. I think this gives you a good rocket for most conditions while flying the full range of H and I motors. You don't need to have that type of rocket to obtain your cert, but I recommend you consider building something in that range, even as a cert rocket. It would allow you to cert with a baby H at a low altitude, but still fly any H or I motor when the field conditions are right.
As for dual deployment, I recommend it for any rocket flying over 3,000 ft. but I'm an east coast flyer where corn, creek bottoms, hills, tree lines, and woods are always issues, so "fly your field". I scratch built my L1 cert rocket to use DD and used a long burn I motor for the cert flight. The next six flight with that rocket were I motors that got the rocket into the 3,500 to 4,200 ft range. But that was the goal I had for my L1 cert rocket. It met my goals.
Use the rocket for your cert that will meet the goals you have for getting you L1 cert.
Good Luck!
