VonRecktofen
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Might I recommend that you do quite a few L1 flights before going to L2. There is A LOT you can and should learn before going L2 motors. I think you should look into electronics and dual deployment before your L2 and many rockets can REALLY have some kick ass flights on L2 motors. You should also get into and pretty much master some form of tracking whether RDF or GPS.
Oh you bet I will get lots of L1 flights in before I try to attempt an L2 flight NEXT season....I'm planning on using a Jolly Logic Altimeter 3 (if they ever come back in stock) for tracking and basic flight data, and on my L1 flight I'll also be using a JL Chute Release, which I've already tested in "suborbital" flights with an Estes Star Orbiter that I built earlier in the season...I've got my Burrito style packing of the chute and release in a Nomex cloth down pretty well, thanks to the postings/pictures here on this forum...
Not really sure that I will ever feel comfortable with Black Powder-activated Dual Deployment, as I live in a "Nanny"state when it comes to almost all things gun related...I'm not going to go through all the red tape of a firearms purchasing card in this state just to buy Black Powder to load a deployment system....Sucks but we are limited to how much "freedom" we are allowed to have here in NJ....Frankly, I'm surprised that we still get to pay ridiculous HAZMAT fees to get larger motors delivered here in this state...If the officials really new what the FedEx trucks were bringing us, I'm sure it would come to an end....
Anyway, Thanks for the suggestions!
Cheers,
Franz in NJ