GLYPO-002 – One small step, one smaller leap
Having now built my Level-1 rocket I set about finding a suitable launch site and an RSO willing to assess my certification flight. My closest club is FOG in Wales but this site limits launches to G-impulse motors. The next nearest site, a mere seven-hour round trip, is Midlands Rocketry Club. I spoke with their Chairman, incidentally also the Chair of the UK Rocketry Association, Paul Carter.
The discussion with the Chair was very helpful. The upshot is that it would probably be best if I focused on a few mid-power flights. The leap from the C–D impulse rockets, that I am very familiar with, to an H-impulse rocket would not seem so great if I first took a smaller step. Thus was born the second rocket in the GLYPO series, GLYPO-002, an F-class rocket markedly smaller than GLYPO-001.