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John, Well it turns out it was a data entry problem on my end with the OpenRocket file. I copied the Ascender file as a basis of design for creating the new Majestic file and along with it copied a mass overide that didn't belong in the Majestic design file. The corrected file is posted below for you. I weighed my built model (mass with no motors) and I come in at exactly 8.6 oz. The package weight shows 9.6 oz so I'm a full ounce below that. I measured the CG of my built model and it falls right at the center of the letter E where I have my decal placed. That puts the CG @ 21.9" so I entered override center of gravity: 21.9 in, and override mass: 8.6 oz With the F15-6 motor loaded I get stability: 1.72 cal RockSim does a better job of modeling the nose cone as you can use a conical length of 7.5" with an exposed base length of 3.5" where OpenRocket I had to just use an 11.0" ogive shape. That barely makes any change on the design performance. I can't figure out the reason for the unstable flight because same as you I determined the model does indeed indicate the model has good stability. .
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Bearing in mind that OpenRocket is just an estimation and that I also have just the one flight on my Majestic with the F15 engine and not the E16, refer to the first image in my last post for a possible answer. The 6 sec delay shows 8.38 ft/s velocity at deployment which is very good. With all the same conditions the 8 sec delays shows 40.1 ft/s velocity at deployment so according to this estimation, the extra two seconds of delay do make a difference. .
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Cool - thanks! |
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Out of the five F15 engines I burned yesterday only the F15-6 engine that was used for the Majestic fight had more nozzle erosion and more soot on the nozzle end, also leaving a small ring of soot around the end of the case. These two engines came from the same package.
The engine on the left was used on the Ascender flight. The engine on the right was used on the Majestic flight. This motor was also the only one that I used that had to be forced out from the front side with a rod. The other motors could be shaken out or pulled out easily from the engine mount tube. Did not appear to have any thrust vectoring in the photos. Not sure if any of this helps .... I'm just making a post flight observance. .
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To prevent any backpressure issues with the EB-20 Semroc baffles I punch extra holes in the baffles. I haven't notice any burning/soot on the parachutes.
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The soot on the nozzle end probably came from the rocket flipping around. Is there any way you can get the camera to focus on the nozzles, not the label? It may only take a brief, severe thrust vector to knock the thing to the point where the fins stall out and it slows to a speed that the fins can't recover. It sounds odd that the empty motor was tight in the rocket.
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The Majestic I have here made from a kit weighs more then what's stated on the box. Attached is my RockSim file for it. I get quite different results that the Open Rocket file posted. I used the RockSim Calculation Method instead of the Barrowmen, since I was told it was more accurate.
I did not include launch lugs on this design but I can't see that making much difference. I choose materials for each component to represent as close as possible the actual weights of the parts. With engine unloaded and loaded the CG is right where it is stated on the RockSim file. The Mass of my rocket is correct as well. Can someone explain why we have such different results. By the way the copy of Open Rocket I have on my machine would not open the Open Rocket file posted in this thread. John Boren |
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Was there a motor block or thrust ring installed? Just curious if the motor could have moved forward under thrust and the result would be a "Krushnic Effect" with lower thrust - and possibly vectored if the aft motor retaining ring started to melt.
I have seen several of these rockets flown with the F15-6 motor and they all were extremely stable. I have seen them flown off the 6 foot long steel rods that our club uses as well as individual pads using the Estes rod which is a bit shorter. Quote:
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looks like you should update your open rocket, they changed the design file format (to a zip based one) with the 13.05 release. Rex |
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The Estes PS II E2X kits include an orange spacer ring for use in the motor mount tube when using the E16/F15 motors. The kits are set up to handle the Estes (re-labeled AeroTech) G40 and G80 motors which have longer cases than the E16/F15 motors.
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