All Tripoli Level 1 and 2, and Junior Level 1 certifications are handled by the prefect, Sean Hanlon. Ben Russell and Elaine Russell are the Tripoli TAP members that support Level 3 certifications.
Please contact Sean prior to any certification attempt or, when applicable, to arrange to take the written examination.
In alignment with Tripoli regulations, any of the following will result in the failure of a certification flight:
- Motor Cato
- Excessive Damage during flight or recovery
- Excessive damage is defined as damage to the rocket which would prevent flying it again
safely. - A zipper of a quarter caliber or less is acceptable.
- Cosmetic damage to fillets is acceptable, but a fin tab that is no longer securely bonded to
either the motor mount tube or body tube is not acceptable.
- Failed recovery system deployment, including failure to eject deployment system, tangled recovery
system, failure of chute release to release, or other failure that allows the rocket to descend faster
than designed even if there is no damage to the rocket. - Rocket exceeding the waivered altitude, the expected altitude as limited by FAR 101.25(G), or
drifting outside the specified launch range. - Components coming down that are not attached to the recovery system.
- Landing in excess of 35 feet per second.
- Any other violation of the Tripoli Unified Safety Code associated with this particular flight.