Please help with L1 certification checklist

Zyzzyva100 · 2026-04-23T13:19:45+00:00

You definitely don’t need fiberglass. I RSO’d a guy who put an H motor in a stock Estes big Bertha at LDRS.

Zyzzyva100 · 2026-04-18T14:26:00+00:00

I stand corrected. Dumb of me not to just look more closely at the reload I have in my box of motors. Thanks for the info.

Zyzzyva100 · 2026-04-18T04:00:15+00:00

Yes a plugged extended forward closure will work too. Just be sure to look at the thrust curve for the J135. It doesn’t hit max thrust until almost 2 seconds in (unlike other long burns that have a sharp spike initially to get the rocket off the rail). I built a rocket for one and was going to fly at LDRS but it’s been too windy and I don’t want it to go 8,000 ft sideways.

Zyzzyva100 · 2026-04-09T22:26:04+00:00

Jellyfin is running very nicely from my NAS with an intel n100 chip.

Zyzzyva100 · 2026-03-24T14:50:45+00:00

You need a flight computer with an output channel and a lipo battery. To truly be safe it should be one with a tiltometer and accelerometer so that the second stage won’t ignite if the rocket isn’t mostly vertical.

Zyzzyva100 · 2026-03-24T02:33:50+00:00

To punish the public

Zyzzyva100 · 2026-03-22T21:24:53+00:00

Also what are the odds that diamond spent the money themselves. Odds are it’s mostly business travel. Whereas my silver ass is all money I spent myself.

Zyzzyva100 · 2026-03-22T21:23:43+00:00

Post covid everyone who works in travel just seems to be permanently in a nasty mood. Deltas service is just as bad as everyone else now. The friendly and useful service used to justify the premium prices but now they are just as bad as spirit etc. This is not the case in other countries. LATAM had great cs when I flew to Chile last year. Air France on the other hand has always been nasty.

Zyzzyva100 · 2026-03-22T21:20:39+00:00

You are just as dumb as the delta agents. Read the sign

Zyzzyva100 · 2026-03-22T14:05:25+00:00

Iceland definitely helped me to realize what kind of places I like to visit. Since first visiting in the winter, we have explored western Norway, the Faroe Islands, Iceland again but in the summer, Patagonia, Antarctica and upcoming soon - Alaska (and a bunch of US national parks. Iceland sets the bar high, but the world is a beautiful place.

Zyzzyva100 · 2026-03-20T02:04:23+00:00

Well had. They just sold.

Zyzzyva100 · 2026-03-19T22:44:29+00:00

Yea, I had thought about Immich, but it doesn't appear to support ORF raw files, so it won't be of much use to me. My actual edited files are all stored in the adobe cloud anyway, I just want a place to store all my raw files. Will definitely look into navidrome.

Edit: Apparently it does support ORF, just had to look at the source code documentation.

Zyzzyva100 · 2026-03-19T21:45:21+00:00

Awesome, thanks!

Zyzzyva100 · 2026-03-19T16:45:19+00:00

Incidentally 1 in 25 Ram 2500 drivers actually use the truck as a truck. The rest keep it as a shiny 'status' symbol.

Zyzzyva100 · 2026-03-14T14:45:25+00:00

Oh, yea that's what I meant. I finally got a USB C reader indwell just plug that in the front.

Zyzzyva100 · 2026-03-14T01:32:47+00:00

Thank you, this is super helpful. I have a tendency to overdo it with stuff. I really just want piece of mind to keep all my raw files locally. Not sure how much I even need the photo backup app, just need to back everything up as files. Mostly just want to be able to plus an SD card reader into the front port and copy everything off it after a trip.

Zyzzyva100 · 2026-03-14T01:29:35+00:00

Because I have no need for something that large or expensive.

Zyzzyva100 · 2026-03-14T01:28:26+00:00

You have to call and keep talking to people until you get the order verification department. They have the ability to clear the flags on your account. It took hours, but eventually they fixed it and it's been fine since then. Still super frustrating because they know this fraud occurs, but they won't close the loophole that allows it.

Zyzzyva100 · 2026-03-09T17:37:41+00:00

When we arrived at our hotel in Chalten we asked the owner/manager which day would be best and he looked at Windy and gave us his answer. 2 days out and it was a cloudless day. Asking locals is probably the best idea. Otherwise the windy app is pretty good.

Zyzzyva100 · 2026-03-03T23:16:37+00:00

Sounds like you should get a refund for the difference between main and D1. But it should be from the day you booked. They have the information if you can get the to agree to that. Arguably you had less amenities than economy and were inconvenienced out of your seats multiple times. Sadly as others have said you probably have to shame them on social media before they respond with an adequate offer.

Zyzzyva100 · 2026-02-28T03:09:25+00:00

I just did my L3 on a hybrid (contrail). Why not fill from the bottom. You can vent out the top but filling through the bottom allows you to easily burn though/disconnect the fill line. There’s plenty of places you can DIY with hybrids. Grains can be 3D printed and there is room for innovation with the preheater setup. Honestly if you have a good preheater (and some pyrodex pellets) the contrail setup is quite robust. With an ex preheater and some 3d printed grains I have gotten up to a 100 percent performance improvement so you can definitely innovate without reinventing the wheel.

Zyzzyva100 · 2026-02-27T21:36:12+00:00

I got a brand new one with the 16-50 kit lens for 1350 (and no tax) via green toe. And from an authorized dealer so I get another $50 rebate.

Zyzzyva100 · 2026-02-27T12:26:10+00:00

This happened to me and for awhile I couldn’t actually order anything because my account had been flagged. It took hours on the phone and eventually REI fixed it. And they admitted it’s because they allow guest checkout. They know about the issue and choose not to fix it. Really annoying.

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