High-powered missile
The term high-power rocket originated in the USA in the late 1980s and was adopted by numerous clubs and organizations around the world. It designates non-professional rockets for hobby purposes , which on the one hand no longer fall under the term model rockets , on the other hand are also no amateur rockets or experimental rockets, because they are designed according to a high-power safety code specially drawn up for such rockets . According to this code, high-power rockets differ from model rockets in that they have a higher limit in terms of weight, motorization and construction.
Definition of terms
Like model rockets, high-power rockets are also subject to a safety code. They are also voluntarily regulated by international uniform criteria based on the NFPA Code 1127. These are in particular:
- Total impulse from 230 Ns to a maximum of 40,960 Ns
- Use of lightweight components
- Metal parts only where structurally absolutely necessary
- Use of factory-made engines, no self-made
Larger unregulated amateur rockets that do not meet these definitions fall under the term amateur rocket (with the subcategory experimental rocket).
Web links
- http://www.modellraketen.org (association with its own HPR certification system in D / A / CH)
- http://www.argoshpr.ch (Swiss HPR association Advanced Rocketry Group of Switzerland )
Individual evidence
- ↑ High-Power-Sicherheitskodex ( Memento of the original from October 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ NFPA Code 1127 (Code for High Power Rocketry)
- ↑ Missile categories ( Memento of the original from October 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
