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If you enjoy fetching your rocket from a tree you can go higher. Back when I was involved with some of the higher power aspect of the hobby(J/K/L/M class) we'd
by vvanders 6y ago
If you enjoy fetching your rocket from a tree you can go higher.
Back when I was involved with some of the higher power aspect of the hobby(J/K/L/M class) we'd go our to the desert where retrieval was a lot easier. Even out M class stuff rarely topped 1500ft.
Minimum diameter can go much, much higher but usually your flight waiver has a fixed ceiling that you don't want to exceed.
- johnjones4 6y agoI'd like to eventually start working with those more high-powered motors, but for a first flight I wanted to keep things manageable. ... and I also had a 400 ft limit with my permit.
- vvanders 6y agoHonestly a little surprised you need a permit for the standard engine power stuff. It's been ages since I've been involved with the hobby but we used to not need one until we stepped above E class. Bigger stuff is fun but also hits the pocketbook a little bit more.
- johnjones4 6y agoI'm in the DC area where anything that goes up in the air is taken very seriously.
- plugger 6y agoHigh Power = H Impulse and above. Also, if your M class flights rarely went over 1500ft those rockets must have been HUGE. I did my L3 on a baby M (M2250 - 9.4% M) and went nearly 20k ft AGL and Mach 1.9.