The Big O

5
2004-10-10
2008-05-04
8443ft
Ready To Fly
Warren Musselman

Scratch build.

Booster section - Carbon fiber over phenolic with fiberglass sanding veil. 54mm phenolic motor mount 31" long. Aeropack tail-cone retainer

Fins - Nomex honeycomb sheet with hard maple leading and trailing edge bevels. tip-to-tip 6oz. fiberglass across motor mount tube. Tip to tip 5.6oz hybrid carbon/Kevlar fabirc across airframe topped with 3oz fiberglass sanding veil. 3 fins, Nike-Smoke style planform.

Av-bay - Dual redundant altimeters - Missileworks RRC2 and RRC2 mini backup. 3x 9V disposable lithium dry cells in parallel for power bus supplying both altimeters. Redundant charges
Apogee recovery is 2' drogue and 30' of 1/2" tubular Kevlar

Main recovery is 64" Skyangle chute.

Nose - Performance Rocketry true conical.


Apogee deploy 2' Skyangle drogue

Main - 64" Skyangle

Scratch Build
54.0mm
98.0mm
88.0in

Flight Cards


Flyer:
 Warren Musselman
TRA Level-2
Motor:
L1300 54.0mm [AMW]
Weight:

1314.0g

Case:

AMW 54-2550

Mfg:

Animal Motor Works


Altitude:
8,443 ft  1-Mile Club

Comments:
carbon, honeycomb fins, filament wound

LCO / RSO:
JH
Flight Date:
2008-05-04

Flyer:
 Warren Musselman
TRA Level-2
Motor Configuration:
Single
Motor:
K185 54.0mm [AeroTech]
Weight:

836.8g

Case:

RMS-54/1706

Mfg:

AeroTech


Altitude:
5,172 ft  


LCO / RSO:
UNLCO
Flight Date:
2005-04-17

Flyer:
 Warren Musselman
TRA Level-2
Motor Configuration:
Single
Motor:
K555 54.0mm [AMW]
Weight:

862.0g

Case:

AMW 54-1750

Mfg:

Animal Motor Works


Altitude:
5,812 ft  1-Mile Club

Notes:
Textbook dual deploy flight, awesome boost.

LCO / RSO:
ACB
Flight Date:
2005-04-16

Flyer:
 Warren Musselman
TRA Level-2
Motor Configuration:
Single
Motor:
K240 81.0mm [Hypertek]
Weight:

799.2g

Mfg:

Hypertek


Altitude:
3,516 ft  

Notes:
First hybrid flight.

LCO / RSO:
UNLCO
Flight Date:
2005-04-15

Flyer:
 Warren Musselman
TRA Level-2
Motor Configuration:
Single
Motor:
J275 54.0mm [AeroTech]
Weight:

472.0g

Case:

RMS-54/852

Mfg:

AeroTech


Altitude:
2,874 ft  

Comments:

Scratch built carbon over phenolic bird, nomex honeycomb fins, carbon, carbon/kevlar and fiberglass were layered tip to tip across both the motor tube and airframe. Dual altimeter, dual deploy, dual match single charges.

Notes:
Successful L2 Cert!

LCO / RSO:
UNLCO
Flight Date:
2004-10-10