What is the criteria one would meet for this 10,000 ft "honor?"
1) minimum dia
2) light weight?
3) a motor that hammers?
4) longburn motor
4)combo of both high impulse/longburn...
concider this:
Our club pres from a few years back and myself made 54mm minimum dia rockets, and attempted to get to one mile. We wanted to become a part of STARROCKETRY.COM's mile high club.
He chose a 54mm Lexan clear tube, ACME fincan, LOC cone...I don't remember what the particulars were on the recovery items that he used, I just remembered they worked. He used the new ACME rail guides with their new low drag design.
I chose filament wound fiberglass tubing, ACME fincan, ACME rail guides, and PML cone. ( I stress cone types, as LOC cones are a little more "blunt" than PML).
My rocket weighed 9.5 pounds with motor, and his weighed 7
His motor of choice was the HyperTEK J115, and I chose the HyperTEK J190. These both use the same 440cc tank system. The difference in performance of these motors was a key factor. The J115 has a total impulse of 674 and a burntime of 5.9 seconds. The J190 has a total impulse of 827 and a burntime of 4.33 seconds.
I acheived 4,557 ft. and he hit 3,445 ft. No, we did not hit our 1 mile goal, but his lighter built rocket did not have the inertia after burn out, and lost altitude rapidly. After motor burn out, my weight gain and swifter motor flew past his altitude by 1,112 ft.
One year later I flew the same rocket with the newly released 54mm 835cc tank, using the J330 EFX load, and hit 6,745 ft.
Now concider this, Tom Baiga from the west coast area of California, flew his 54mm minimum dia. ShadowAero Aftershock on the J330. His rocket weighed 4.5 pounds less than mine, and he only beat me by 1,503 ft. by going to 8,248 ft. It is strong, but it could use to add a little weight.
So I figure if the Cirrus rips your wildest dreams, then I say get it, build it strong, and fly it on a high impulse lonburn motor...K185 maybe?
good luck!