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TRIPOLI Pittsburgh
Launch Report
May 3, 2026
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Peter Pak proudly poses with his printed project.
 
The entire Big Heavy 2 was 3D printed in the uni-body design. Uni-body printed rockets print the fins and the airframe tube as a single element.
 
An onboard camera captured the images below.
Flyers: 28
Flights: 42
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Thomas Liu hauls his Just Thrust, grid fin rocket to the high power tower for a Level 3 Certification flight.
Thomas' flight took a wild ride flipping over numerous times before deploying its recovery system.
 
Thomas said he will try again for his L3 sometime soon.
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