The Deployer is a kit that I think should get more attention than it seems to.
The biggest selling point for me is that it's a mid-power kit equipped with dual deploy. This was instrumental to me coming off of my rocketry hiatus a few years ago, giving me a dual deploy platform that could fly to a modest 900-1000 feet on a G motor, allowing me to get comfortable with dual deploy again before doing a high-performing high power flight. I think this would also make it a good first dual deploy rocket for people looking to get into high power. You can try out dual deploy on G motors, and then put a 29mm H into it for a cert flight. I just flew mine on an H for the first time at Red Glare and it screamed on the H182R. It will take that punch and break 2000 feet for a nice high flight while staying in sight so you can see it come down.
It does have two pitfalls that newbies should be warned about though. First, it does say it can fly on an F motor on the package. It probably can if it's not carrying the weight of a dual deploy system. I wouldn't fly it on an F with dual deploy.
Second, it has the lightweight avionics bay, which does not seal properly if you build it stock. It has one bulkhead permanently epoxied in place while the other is removable. You must take measures to seal around the edges of the removable bulkhead when you fly it, or ejection gases are going to leak into your electronics bay and cause a pressure spike that may deploy your main early if the removable end is the drogue end. This is what happened to me the first couple of times I flew it. Even if the removable end is the main end though and you don't have to worry about early main deployment, you do not want ejection gases corroding your electronics. I use plumber's putty around the edge of the removable bulkhead to seal it. It sticks on well and peels right off after the flight.
Bear in mind as well, that some 29mm H motors come in under the 125 gram limit requiring an FAA waiver to launch, and my Deployer came in at 2.8 pounds ready for launch on an H, well under the 4.4 pound limit, so this rocket can be flown on some H motors outside of a club launch with a waiver, as long as you have an appropriate pad and controller and a level 1 cert to buy H motors.
The biggest selling point for me is that it's a mid-power kit equipped with dual deploy. This was instrumental to me coming off of my rocketry hiatus a few years ago, giving me a dual deploy platform that could fly to a modest 900-1000 feet on a G motor, allowing me to get comfortable with dual deploy again before doing a high-performing high power flight. I think this would also make it a good first dual deploy rocket for people looking to get into high power. You can try out dual deploy on G motors, and then put a 29mm H into it for a cert flight. I just flew mine on an H for the first time at Red Glare and it screamed on the H182R. It will take that punch and break 2000 feet for a nice high flight while staying in sight so you can see it come down.
It does have two pitfalls that newbies should be warned about though. First, it does say it can fly on an F motor on the package. It probably can if it's not carrying the weight of a dual deploy system. I wouldn't fly it on an F with dual deploy.
Second, it has the lightweight avionics bay, which does not seal properly if you build it stock. It has one bulkhead permanently epoxied in place while the other is removable. You must take measures to seal around the edges of the removable bulkhead when you fly it, or ejection gases are going to leak into your electronics bay and cause a pressure spike that may deploy your main early if the removable end is the drogue end. This is what happened to me the first couple of times I flew it. Even if the removable end is the main end though and you don't have to worry about early main deployment, you do not want ejection gases corroding your electronics. I use plumber's putty around the edge of the removable bulkhead to seal it. It sticks on well and peels right off after the flight.
Bear in mind as well, that some 29mm H motors come in under the 125 gram limit requiring an FAA waiver to launch, and my Deployer came in at 2.8 pounds ready for launch on an H, well under the 4.4 pound limit, so this rocket can be flown on some H motors outside of a club launch with a waiver, as long as you have an appropriate pad and controller and a level 1 cert to buy H motors.
