deandome
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I did a search, and the last post in 'propulsion' with the word 'hybrid' in the title was in Feb. That confirms what I was thinking when I did the search; I haven't seen anyone talking about them here (or at Rocketry Planet..) for a while...nor have I seen them at our launches at Bong for some time.
This lull goes back before the lawsuit resolution, but geez, 2-3 years ago, hybrids got an awful lot of discussion here. And now that AP motors are easily accessible today, you have to wonder...
Are hybrids doomed?
Maybe 'doomed' is too strong a word, but can this hobby still support the 2-4 mfgs. currently making hardware (something tells me Aerotech won't be following thru on their plans to re-introduce their hybrids, as they discussed a while back)? Do you all see them as much as you used to? Was it kind of a 'fad' that got popular due to the LEUP stuff?
This lull goes back before the lawsuit resolution, but geez, 2-3 years ago, hybrids got an awful lot of discussion here. And now that AP motors are easily accessible today, you have to wonder...
Are hybrids doomed?
Maybe 'doomed' is too strong a word, but can this hobby still support the 2-4 mfgs. currently making hardware (something tells me Aerotech won't be following thru on their plans to re-introduce their hybrids, as they discussed a while back)? Do you all see them as much as you used to? Was it kind of a 'fad' that got popular due to the LEUP stuff?
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