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In fairness I've been across these attempts for years. I was at BALLS when the initial Traveler CATOed, I watched it from Bruno's. Today is the first I've heard
by plugger 7y ago
In fairness I've been across these attempts for years. I was at BALLS when the initial Traveler CATOed, I watched it from Bruno's. Today is the first I've heard of this USAFA launch. The Wired article author is most likely much less across this stuff than I am. It could just be a case of USC RPL wasn't aware of the USAFA boosted dart flight.
And I still contend that recovery is necessary. USC RPL didn't claim Traveler III "broke the record" despite having good confidence it did given it didn't suffer a RUD during boost. They only "claimed" the record when they had a successful flight AND recovery. This is pretty much SOP for high altitude record attempts in the amateur rocketry community. I suspect it USAFA had recovered their boosted dart we would have most likely heard about it.
- wallace_f 7y agoThanks for sharing your experience here. I'd actually love to learn more about advances made in amateur rocketry lately, if you have any good links to share.
- plugger 7y agoCurrently there are three names that are repeatedly doing successful high alt two stage projects. Curt von Delius, Kip D, and Jim Jarvis. Kip's two stage flight from last year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdkqZV4RirI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdkqZV4RirI Kurt's PHNX4 flight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0imcpdLdB8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0imcpdLdB8 And Jim, well just have a look for Jim Jarvis rocket on youtube! Tripoli's records page is a good place to get more info on high alt record flights. http://tripoli-records.org/records/ http://tripoli-records.org/records/ And TRF is excessively noisy but it's the place where Jim and Kip document their work. Curt's a bit more secretive comparatively. https://www.rocketryforum.com/ https://www.rocketryforum.com/