Stock Kit: LOC/Precision Onyx
First High Power Rocket
First BAR Rocket
First Loc Kit
First rocket that I flew an E motor.

Lost: At Interstate Launch Facult. Due to a horizontal flight.

Destroyed: Didn't have the O rings in the correct position on the delay
grain, causing the motor to CATO burning up the whole inside of the
rocket.

Ready For Flight: One of my most flown rockets. It did finaly crash landed due to an old delay element at Steel City 2002. Only the nose cone and payload section got crush, so it was rebuilt over night and flow the next day.

Ready For Flight: After about 6 flights the rocket ended up in a tree for over
a month. And it went though several rain storms. And once I did get it down
the tree I had to squeezed the water out of it. It then sat in my house for over a
year to finish drying out. After Hi-Tech #2 got lost up in the tree I decided to rebuilt the rocket. It now has a new payload section and a 29mm motor adapter glue into place to replaced the damage 38mm motor mount. And it still flys great to this day.

Ready For Flight:

Ready For Flight:

In Repair: Two of the fins came off during transit to the launch site

Destroyed: I got the rocket stuck up into a tree again, while trying to get
it down I almost killed myself. Then I decided to fly it one more time that
day just to have it land in a another tree. This time it was too high. I did
get the rocket back after being up on the tree/ laying on the forest floor for three
years. But a field mouse made its home and even chewed on the fins.

Stock Kit: LOC/Precision Iroc
My level one rocket.
-- NAR Level 1 at NARAM 1999
-- Tripoli Level 1 at Jonesburg Oct. 1999
My level 2 rocket.
-- Tripoli Level 2 at Delamar Dry Lake, NV May 2000
A real work horse of a rocket.
A great level one rocket. I highly recommend it!

RETIRED:
In Repair: After so many flights I have decided to retire this rocket. She has flown so many time she deserves a rest plus I would hate to see anything happen to it. On the last flight one fin was loosen so I am going to glue the fin back on and give it one more finaly coat of paint.

Ready For Flight: First dual deployment didn't work due to not enough black
powered for pushing the main chute to come out. Minor damage mostly just repainting.

Under Construction: Construction is on hold due to the IROC rocket helping reach level 2 certifcation. So I decided to stop construction and make a new rocket called the Vector 2. The Nose cone & payload bay went on to the first Vector 2 rocket. Which only the nose cone survived. Ive been thinking of using the airframe on a redesign of this rocket. As you can see by its picture it did get pretty close to being finished.

Destroyed: Due to a weak coupler section the Vector 2 was destroyed at
1500 feet when the rocket went though the sound barrier. It was a total destruction with many small pieces falling out of the sky.

Ready For Flight: A great little rocket. I have had fun clustering a couple of composite motors for this rocket. It has flown great, except I keep changing the name of this rocket.

I spent a lot of time designing this rocket. Correcting some of my earler mistakes.
It is based the Vector 2 design with improvements on:
-- Stronger fin can to handle more load forces
-- A much stronger coupler section
-- 2 layers of 6 Oz fiber glass to handle the M motors thrust.
-- Keeping the fin size down for lower shipping cost.
-- Used Interchangeable fin can & electronic bay
First rocket that received Ham Radio recovery commands
Design from the start to keep shipping cost down.

Semi Retired: This rocket has flown on everything from a AMW-J450 to a NASSA-M2600. With a maxium speed of 900 MPH, and reaching an altitude of 11,700 feet. I was able to get my level 3 at Las Vegas, Springfest Launch. The flight was so good I didn't even bother to ship the rocket home. It got to stay out in Las Vegas for the following Delamar Research Launch.

Back In Repair: This is one of my most flown rockets. It was Tripoli Pittsburgh first hybird rocket for western PA. For recovery I have used a small ham HT to receive codes to fire the deployment charges. That has work several times but I still have a problem with blowing out the FET transistor switches. Having a 54mm motor mount, this rocket has been very useful to testing out my research motors. I have never had a bad flight yet on a research motor. Best flight was on a NASSA K motor at LDRS in Las Vegas to an altitude of 6,500 feet. Unfortantly every time I have tried to fly the HyperTek 835 tank I have had leaks that has cause the rocket to cato. When the motor catos it blows off the bottom of the rocket & fins.

Ready For Flight:This rocket has flown on the Rattworks 29mm H and I motors. One of the design goals was to make it as light was possible for the small hybirds. The rocket with out the motor weighs only three pounds. One of the first flights was up at LDRS that was held in Rochester, NY, were it did amazed the crowd. I would highly recommend modifing this LOC kit for an easy entry hybird rocketry. It would be good for the Rattworks 29mm or the Skyripper 38mm motors.

Ready For Flight:This rocket has already had some amazing flight. With most of its flight being above 5,000 feet. So far even the biggest 54mm motors haven't been able to shered it yet. This rocket was design from the begining to be easy to travel with. It has flown in Val de Ruz, Switzerland at the ALRS VIII launch on an Aerotech J350. Then flown via airplane to the Blackrock Desert in northern Nevada, where it was flown on a NASSA Research K413. The highest flight was right back here in western PA, on a big K AMW motor to the an amazing 8,200 feet.

Ready For Flight: To be flown at the Balls launch in the Blackrock Desert.