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Old 11-14-2020, 01:10 AM
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Originally Posted by 5x7
Nice, did that need an 8?

You can see from the AltimeterThree screen shot (second image) the actual delay was 6.55 seconds and it was just 0.15s too long. So, in short, no.

I actually have flown a -8 in that model....too long.

Here's flight data for a C18-8W in the same model, flown a little over a week later: https://flightsketch.com/flights/1259/

As you can see in the graph, the delay was too long.

The picture is right at ignition, off of a ~1967 Electro-Launch.

Added: picture of snap-back damage from too-long delay, and time-acceleration curve from the FS Mini, which shows the shape of the time-thrust curve nicely.
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