ridnharley
Well-Known Member
Could I save money going with reloadable motors or are their disadvantages?
Stick with DMS or not?
Going for Level 2 Cert soon.
Stick with DMS or not?
Going for Level 2 Cert soon.
+1It’s whatever you enjoy.
This hobby isn't really about saving money.
Could I save money going with reloadable motors or are their disadvantages?
Stick with DMS or not?
Going for Level 2 Cert soon.
A fellow forum member JLebow worked out this graph.
I enjoy assembling reloadables, but when I started DMS wasn’t available.
In my analysis there are enough AT DMS engines in the 29 (10), 38mm (12) and 54mm (8) sizes that reloads aren't a terribly good value, especially if you are flying the larger engines in those classes on smaller airframes - if you lose a rocket you lose the hardware and there go your meager savings. The best reason to fly reloads in motors smaller than 75mm is if you want to fly propellants that aren't available in DMS load (but you still have choices with DMS - White Lightning, Blue Thunder, Redline and Dark Matter, so pretty good). If I go 38mm reloads, I'll do Cesaroni - brain dead simple. Any other form factor and reload assembly is pretty similar - go with whatever your club uses the most (more helpful hints) or your on-site vendor (if you have one) carries in inventory (most options available). Once you get to 75mm and above, your DMS options get a lot smaller (there are only 2 DMS motors at 75mm and 2 at 98mm) so reloads are almost a given, plus you're spending a lot of bucks and probably have trackers in your birds so losing the hardware is far less likely.
Could I save money going with reloadable motors or are their disadvantages?
Stick with DMS or not?
Going for Level 2 Cert soon.
Yes, that happens occasionally. I have lost two significant rockets over the years. About $2k in hardware total. Running DMS would not have saved me the majority of the cost.I’m L-0, but I am surprised no one has pointed out that it certainly must hurt more in the wallet if you lose a rocket with a reloadable motor case, or if a flight ends reaaaaalllly badly......... I guess with high power rockets and all their telemetry you don’t lose them as often?
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