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Ok.... I am NOT L1 yet, but I expect to be L1 in early 2024. And yet, I have already built 3 or 4 rockets that require 38mm motors. I have a Zephyr that I already extended (it's about 7ft tall now), and I do not believe it's capable of getting off the rail with just a "G" motor -- too heavy. And while my LOC IV and some of my others may make it with a G motor, they won't go more than a few hundred feet. I've reached the point where I keep building bigger and heavier, and I'm now looking at H and I motors as "necessary" to actually fly some of these things I have built.
Admittedly, I'm running out of space in my place, so I may scale it back some after that -- I'm not gunning for L2 and beyond simply because my flying spaces are kind of limited. But I should be OK at METRA in NY to do anything as long as I don't go beyond 4500 ft. That said, I think 3" and 4" diameter rockets are my happy spot that I'm comfortable with and don't see myself going beyond that for now.
Admittedly, I'm running out of space in my place, so I may scale it back some after that -- I'm not gunning for L2 and beyond simply because my flying spaces are kind of limited. But I should be OK at METRA in NY to do anything as long as I don't go beyond 4500 ft. That said, I think 3" and 4" diameter rockets are my happy spot that I'm comfortable with and don't see myself going beyond that for now.