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Double-Shot sounds interesting as good flights on two separate rockets needed to win.Double-shot staged sounds like a lot of lost upper stages to me… there’s enough trouble finding the single stage G80s. Add a staging event and you not only…   Read more»

I didn’t get my SSS bird together this year but plan to participate next year. I like the idea of the combined event but think it should be in addition to the individual events (separate entry and pool). The team…   Read more»

What about having a Team Double Shot- The team would consist of at least two people, one of which was NOT a level 1 flyer at the beginning of the year. Each team member would have to materially participate in…   Read more»

The “Double Shot” idea is very intriguing as well as lending itself to some potentially unique rocket names and/or graphics.Double shots could be related to Alcohol, Firearms and Explosives. Too bad we can’t cover Tobacco or perhaps we could get…   Read more»

The Double Shot idea is interesting, but if the selected motors were too widely spaced, say an F and an I, the obvious choice would be to optimize the airframe for the bigger motor. The smaller motor would be a…   Read more»

What if the rocket used for the G shot also had to be the same rocket used for the J shot and you got to combine altitudes for a grand total? Two shots at one prize.

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Except for the first year of the Single Shot Sweepstakes, we have focused on single use motors. First the Aerotech G80 and then the Roadrunner G80. Personally I feel that given that this is an altitude contest, the single use…   Read more»

What if the rocket used for the G shot also had to be the same rocket used for the J shot and you got to combine altitudes for a grand total? Two shots at one prize.I think that is a…   Read more»

What if the rocket used for the G shot also had to be the same rocket used for the J shot and you got to combine altitudes for a grand total? Two shots at one prize.

i’m new around here, but now a member and do intend to participate in SSS in 2009.I think that SU motors are preferable given the number of missing SSS rockets at just three launches i went to this year.If a…   Read more»

I ALWAYS plug my single use motors that I use for altitude shots. Pull the paper seal, dump the black powder and fill the hole with a bit of epoxy. On some motors I’ve epoxied in an screw-eye.Warren

Keeping the motor to G’s or under allows EVERYONE a chance to play if they desire to do so. I’d prefer a closing date for entry – single shot – pay in and take your chances – closed to all…   Read more»

I was able to time two of the RoadRunner G80 launches. The first had an actual delay of 12.5 seconds (14 seconds from launch), the second had 11.5 seconds. Seems like the G80 10 second delay is conservative, and perhaps…   Read more»

Above D impulse, I do believe you would have to do electronic deployment to get maximum altitude in an optimized design – I think that’s a given. For every altitude record I have chased from E on up, electronic deployment…   Read more»

I think that using a lower-impulse motor that would keep it in the visible range is a great idea. That way, we can leave it up to the competitors as to whether they want to deal with the hassle of…   Read more»

How about the Apogee F10? A local vendor, a VERY constrained mass, tight design requirements a given… and the possiblity of 7K or 8K given the 8.5 second burn… The motor is cheap too.Just throwing an idea out there, not…   Read more»

I’ll start with some of my opinions, albeit thoughts from a newbie.My first thought is that it is important to keep the motor to a G or under to maximize participation and keep costs down.I’d prefer a single use motor,…   Read more»

I just joined Tripoli earlier this year (but I have been flying for the past 12 years, since I was 8), so it is a fairly recent handbook.Brad, welcome! I am sure that the book you have is new but…   Read more»

Brad,First – Hybrids are fine for cert flights. Most definitely. Of course you need to have your electronics act together as far as a deployment controller and most folks don’t do that until at or after their L2 cert.Second… Welcome….   Read more»

Regarding medusas and off-axis mass… to me, there is one pretty compelling piece of evidence that suggests the multi-throat nozzle is to blame. Loki K350s have been flown *very* straight by several of us. That motor has an off-centered core….   Read more»