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I watch a lot of youtube rocket videos. My guess is we all do. When I see someone doing a Cert flight, it's normally a 3FNC rocket. But I also see videos of all these wonderful rocket gliders that are radio controlled and seem to hang in the air for many minutes gliding in slow circles and it lands where the pilot wants it to land.
So that got me thinking -- does anyone use a rocket glider for a Cert flight? Or is a parachute part of the cert requirement? My understanding is that the rocket needs to be recovered and presented to the mentor/witness as ready to fly again, which makes me think that an RC glider would be perfect for that application. But I'm sure I'm missing something or everyone would be doing it, right?
So that got me thinking -- does anyone use a rocket glider for a Cert flight? Or is a parachute part of the cert requirement? My understanding is that the rocket needs to be recovered and presented to the mentor/witness as ready to fly again, which makes me think that an RC glider would be perfect for that application. But I'm sure I'm missing something or everyone would be doing it, right?