99,000 feet?

Rocketry Planet has an article up about the new FAA procedures for securing waivers for super larger, super high-flying rockets. The first project to go through the process was slated to fly today at XPRS: it’s called the 99K Project and it’s a two stage rocket (P in the booster, N motor in the sustainer). [...]

Perfect weather, perfect flight

I went out to the eastern shore of Maryland today for the Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association’s monthly launch, and what a day! The weather was absolutely gorgeous – sunny and up to the mid 70s, not a cloud in the sky, and hardly a whisper of wind the whole day.

After two flights on I motors [...]

Tomorrow = J350

I’m getting ready for tomorrow’s MDRA launch and just finished assembling an Aerotech J350 to fly in my Lunch Money (a 4″ PML Endeavor):

So far Lunch Money has flown on an I218 Redline and an I211 White Lightning – this will be its first flight on a J motor, and what I now realize is [...]