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I’m at a crossroads for where to go next with my build projects.
I desperately want a 4” fiberglass rocket (WM something), but I’m on the fence with getting it in a 54mm or a 75mm motor mount. I already have several 3” fiberglass rockets with 54mm mounts that I get full J and K fun with, and I’ve run the $$ numbers on 54mm vs. 75mm equivalent-ish reloads, and I’m still in a quandary.
When I want to touch the sky, I launch down at Bayboro with 5 square miles of treeless recovery area and 17.5K waiver, so altitude limitations aren’t really going to be a ‘thing’ for this rocket.
I guess my question for the masters is “At what point did you make the jump from 54 to 75mm motors, and why” and “What would/did you choose to make this step”? Or am I looking at this all wrong and ya’ll went to L3 98mm motors, then stepped back to 75s?
I desperately want a 4” fiberglass rocket (WM something), but I’m on the fence with getting it in a 54mm or a 75mm motor mount. I already have several 3” fiberglass rockets with 54mm mounts that I get full J and K fun with, and I’ve run the $$ numbers on 54mm vs. 75mm equivalent-ish reloads, and I’m still in a quandary.
When I want to touch the sky, I launch down at Bayboro with 5 square miles of treeless recovery area and 17.5K waiver, so altitude limitations aren’t really going to be a ‘thing’ for this rocket.
I guess my question for the masters is “At what point did you make the jump from 54 to 75mm motors, and why” and “What would/did you choose to make this step”? Or am I looking at this all wrong and ya’ll went to L3 98mm motors, then stepped back to 75s?