10-30-2011, 01:28 PM
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Dazed and Confused
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: TN
Posts: 11,624
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Originally Posted by CPMcGraw
First simulation, using the Interceptor-E file, shows the following:
Altitude -- 490'
Deployment V -- 4 FPS
Rod length -- 60" (took 56") This is the killer  |
Kody and I flew our Interceptor-E on a D12-3 from a Mantis pad. The launch rod is 57" long and about a foot of that is completely wasted by the the blast deflector and the way the rod mounts in the pad. Bottom line is that a 4 foot rod is long enough with both the D12 and E12 as long as you fly on a calm day. I wouldn't attempt it in a breeze, even with 60" of usable rod. There's just too much fin/wing area to mess with the flight.
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