jmuck78
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Right around 17 pounds. 1500 feet max altitude.
Did you fly it with an electronics bay and dual deploy, or motor eject?
Right around 17 pounds. 1500 feet max altitude.
Flew with the avbay dual rrc3 main deployment at apogee. This was the new LOC avbay with the short sled.Did you fly it with an electronics bay and dual deploy, or motor eject?
Cant wait to see that video!I will try to get a video of the flight up tooView attachment 371626
Right around 17 pounds. 1500 feet max altitude.
I will try to get a video of the flight up tooView attachment 371626
The motor overpressured due to lack of fillets? I'm guessing you mean you flew the fins off?My school's club was sent this kit and we had a cato with our first flight because we didn't do internal fillets, but we ordered a second one and are building it with an excessive amount of rocketpoxy
Damn, good point. Will a motor vendor allow you to buy an L motor for an L2 cert flight? I wish I had thought to ask that question for my L2...
My school's club was sent this kit and we had a cato with our first flight because we didn't do internal fillets, but we ordered a second one and are building it with an excessive amount of rocketpoxy
Any L2 motor may be used for your L2 attempt: J, K, or L.
Did my L1 with the biggest Pro 38 motor going in the UK. Seams only right to do the same with my L2 . Traditions are best kept and stuck too.
I’d like to built it light but also strong.
Did my L1 with the biggest Pro 38 motor going in the UK. Seams only right to do the same with my L2 . Traditions are best kept and stuck too.
I’d like to built it light but also strong.
Did my L1 with the biggest Pro 38 motor going in the UK. Seams only right to do the same with my L2 . Traditions are best kept and stuck too.
I’d like to built it light but also strong.
Those I540 motors are awesome! I have a friend who calls the I540 the “Sledgehammer of Level 1 motors”! Another friend and I flew a drag race of our LOC Warlock rockets on I540 motors, and the thrust tore the rail guides off of BOTH rockets! That’s a pretty gutsy move, picking the I540 for your L1 certification flight.
So... what L motor are you using for level 2?
The biggest I can get within the UK. Would be something CTI. Attached is what I’ve been told I can get 75mm wise. View attachment 371753
It looks like you have many good options.
Just not sure what! Has to be something 75mm
Any L-class motor is going to be awesome. So it mostly comes down to your preference on propellant type and whether you need particular thrust characteristics. I like white propellants with visible flame and lots of white smoke, and it looks like there is only one 75mm L in White — the 3 grain. It looks like that would be good for a rocket up to 35 pounds or 15 kilos or thereabouts. There’s also white thunder, like the I540 you used for L1, if you want or need something faster, or if the rocket is heavier. If you really want the BIGGEST, then it’s the 5 grain Smokey Sam or the 4 grain Classic.
As I work on this rocket, I often put the nose cone in the incomplete booster section just to keep the nose cone out of the way, and it occurred to me that a short version of the LOC-VII would be fun too. The rocket looks stable and launchable without the payload bay, so I modeled it in OR and it looks good as a simple motor eject rocket:
View attachment 371915
Too bad you can't get Aerotech over there. The L2200 Mojave Green is a monster of a motor (just ask Louisville's SLI team )
Update: I've been adding fin fillets and installed the 54 mm motor mount adapter to check the fit.View attachment 371907View attachment 371908
One more set of fin fillets and install the rail buttons and the booster section is ready for finishing.
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