If the weather holds true the first launch of my rocket will be on 21 November at the MDRA launch in Maryland. It will test numerous things:

• Rocket motors under thrust
• Construction techniques of the rocket
• Flight computer and tracking

To limit ejection failure I'll be utilizing a secondary altimeter.

I'll be testing a few new motor concepts (progressive single grain, BATES grain, and finocyl grains) and deciding which motor I want to fly with after a few static tests.

Here's the sample of the fuel grains that are going to be in a BATES configuration:

And the cast nozzles waiting to be used.