Level 1 Flight
| Zephyr on a Aerotech H100W motor Simulated to 1391 ft No electronics Motor ejection with parachute | Launched 3/16/2025 at Warpcore site Mack, CO |
Level 2 Flight
| Loc IV X2 with Aerotech I140W Simulated (Rocksim) to ~1600 ft No electronics Motor ejection with parachute | Launched 3/16/2025 at Warpcore site Mack, CO |
| Stinger 6″ Motor M1297 Booster 2 Blue Ravens Nosecone 2 Blue Jay+ 1 Featherweight GPS | 10-18-2025 SCORE Pueblo, CO Main and Drogue deployed Center coupler came loose at center and dropped to the ground. Nosecone came down in parking lot under parachute and booster came down under drogue in a field close by. Data Altitude GPS 9,903 ft. Altitude altimeter 9,915 ft. Inertial navigation max altitude was 9,793 ft. Max vertical velocity GPS 1077 ft/sec or 734 mph Max velocity (altimeter) 1257.80 ft/sec or 858 mph (>Mach 1) Probable cause of flight failure: It was determined that the center bolt spun itself loose causing a loss of the center section and each end of the rocket landed under the respective chute. Flight 10-19-2025 Pueblo, CO Drogue deployed and Main did not. The main parachute altimeters were Blue Jay+ and I determined it was their failure to deploy that was the cause of the crash. They were on at the launch pad with the correct settings. Batteries were attached when I took the rocket apart after landing. Rocket came down about 2 miles away in a field. It was retrieved with the help of the landowner. Fin fillets were cracked on 2 fins but repairable. The nosecone avbay (a 3d printed part) was cracked beyond repair. Because I wanted to swap out the Blue jays with Blue Ravens I needed to design a larger avbay. Data Altitude (altimeter) 10,806 ft Inertial navigation max altitude was 11,445 ft. Max vertical velocity GPS 1164.04 ft/sec or 797 mph (>Mach 1) Max velocity (altimeter) 1033 ft/sec or 704 mph The Blue Jay+ data file (for the Main) called itself a Blue Raven. It had Main as the deploy charge and battery at 4.2V. Nothing fired. So it had the right settings and enough power but just didn’t fire. It recorded a start time as 35.12 and landing time as 37:55.9 so it was running the entire flight. Upone inspection all wires were connected and tight. Probable Cause of flight failure: Failure of Blue ravens to fire a charge. |
| M2050X 2 Blue Ravens Redesigned avbay | Flight 10-25-2025 Hartsel, CO Pad altitude 8495 ft. Flight altitude 11,351 ft. 907mph at apogee Mach 1.227 (adjusted for alt) Successful landing L3 signed off |
Level 3 Flight
Minie Magg
| Motor H219T-6 Weight with motor: 3.457 lb Added weight in nosecone (stones and epoxy): 5 oz Electronics: Featherweight GPS taped to Kevlar cord on nosecone. Nose cone friction fit with motor eject parachute Simulated (Rocksim) altitude ~4,000 ft Came down close to launch site | Launched 5/24/2025 Alamosa, CO at LDS West |
| Minie Magg with H100-6 Simulated (Rocksim) altitude ~1,662 ft | Luanched 11/24/2025 Mack, CO Warpcore launch Calm winds around 50 degrees, cloudy |
Mach 3 by Wildman
| Motor L2200G-6 Minimum diameter with dual deployment Electronics: Featherweight Blue Raven x2 Featherweight GPS Recovery: Drogue: Recon Recovery 18” 20 ft BadHawk harness Parachute: Apogee 53” Launched 5/25/2025 Alamosa, CO at LDS West To 31,863.50ft ASL To 24,077.50 ft. AGL Vertical velocity 1,140 ft/sec (1.48 times the speed of sound) Mach 1.0842 (https://aerospaceweb.org/design/scripts/atmosphere/) Successful landing 3.92 miles away from launch site. Nose cone friction fit with motor eject parachute Simulated (Rocksim) altitude ~4,000 ft Came down close to launch site | Launched 5/24/2025 Alamosa, CO at LDS West |
LOC Level II
| Motor J250W-8 Simulation (Rocksim) altitude 5600 ft Dual deploy 2 Blue ravens 58″ Nylon Cloth Parachute, 18″ Nylon Cloth Drogue Chute First attempt March 2025 premature deployment at pad. Due to either memory from previous sim testing triggered a simulation or unit went on while travelling to pad and when placed upright computer thought it was a launch. It was at the end of the day so no time for re-launch.o 1391 ft No electronics Motor ejection with parachute | Launched 3/16/2025 at Warpcore site Mack, CO |
| Second attempt at Airfest 2025 8-28-2025 @ 12:21PM 3,325ft ASL or 2,276 ft AGL @ 650 ft/sec or 443mph main chute deploy 499ft descent -16ft/sec |
Cherokee Mini Flight
| Motor: H135W-0 Aft has 2 Blue Jay+ in ebay Nosecone has mini 38mm ebay with Blue Raven in 38mm Blue Jay+ and Featherweight GPS | flight at Airfest 2025 at 8-29-2025 3:32PM 4,807ft ASL or 3,726ft AGL @ 410 ft/sec or 280mph main chute deploy 698ft |
Wildman Punisher 2.6
| Motor 1st flight H550ST 2nd flight H100 3rd flight J250 Parachute: Top Flight nylon 30” Drogue: 14” with center hole | 3 flights at Airfest 2025 at 8-30-25. It was an altitude content but the ceiling was low so kept trying different motors to go as high as I could given the ceiling restrictions. Flight #1 @ 12:52PM 3,999ft. ASL or 2,840ft. AGL @ 545 feet/sec or 372mph Flight #2 @ 2:50PM 2,913ft. ASL or 1,784ft. AGL @ 332 feet/sec or 226mph Flight #3 @ 5:55PM Lost GPS…..later found rocket No data Nosecone destroyed |
| New replacement nosecone Motor: L1000 DMS Sim altitude 15,402 ft Parachute: Top Flight nylon 30” Drogue: 14” with center hole | Balls 2025 14,827 ft AGL Pad altitude 3,912 ft Backup altimeter apogee fired and not main Drogue descent rate -33.9 ft/sec or 22mph Good landing no damage |
Madcow 4″ Tomach
| Motor K550W One ebay 2 Blue Raven Ravens One Featherweight tracker in nosecone Est altitude 7,000 ft Body is carbon fiber and nosecone is fiberglass | Flight at Airfest 2025 at 14:35 8-31-25 7,377 ASL or 6,273ft AGL @ 171 ft/sec Max velocity 754 ft/sec or 514mph Lost gps at takeoff but chutes deployed and rocket recovered unhurt ..tracker fell into main body from nosecone and shielded by carbon fiber Apogee charge fired @ 6100ft AGL Main charge fired @ 870ft descent rate -26ft/sec |
| Motor J270W plugged One ebay 2 Blue Raven Ravens One Featherweight tracker in nosecone Est altitude (Rocksim) 2,516 ft Apo fired at 2,472 ft Main fired at 620 ft. Drogue descent rate -65 ft/sec Main descent rate -21 ft/sec Thrust tilt efficiency 98% Maximum velocity 393.45 feet/sec (268 mph) | Mack, CO 11-23-2025 4,772 alt 55 degrees low wind and cloudy |
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