HPR question revisited..

ok folks the plot thickens..heres what NFPA 1127 Code for High Power Rcoketry says about the RSO function:

3.3.14* Range Safety Officer (RSO). A certified user with overall responsibility for the safety, setup, and launching of all

rockets at a high power rocket launch.

Notice it just says "A Certified user" it doesn't specify that the Certified User be any specidic L1 level.....SO from this it appears a

L1 could fucntion as RSO..

Chapter 4 Requirements for High Power Rocket

Construction and Operation

4.1 Range Safety Officer Requirements and Responsibilities.

4.1.1 The range safety officer shall have knowledge of NFPA 1127, Code for High Power Rocketry.

4.1.2 The range safety officer shall possess the technical competency of high power rocketry safety as determined by the

authority having jurisdiction.

4.1.3 The range safety officer shall have the authority to intervene and control any safety aspect of a high power rocket

launch when, in his or her judgment, a potential or actual danger, accident, or unsafe condition exists.

to be propelled by one or more high power rocket motors shall be constructed using lightweight materials such as paper,

wood, rubber, plastic, fiberglass, or, when necessary, ductile metal so that the rocket conforms to the other requirements

of this code.

A.3.3.14 Range Safety Officer (RSO). At a high power rocket launch with only one certified user, the certified user also acts

as the range safety officer.

Again, no where within NFPA 1127 does it say that the RSO has to be ANY specific certified level...... The RSO just has to be " A certified user" ..

So now the question is this:

Which takes precedence? the NFPA 1127 Code or the NAR? I can find NOTHING on the NAR website that specificially states that the RSO has to be at least an L2..

Except in the case of the TSO program itself...

Mark B.? Care to clarify this for us all?

shockie B)