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Rockets for C6-5 on small fields
C6-5s are the engines with the widest retail availability, but also have a reputation for putting small rockets "into orbit" which doesn't work well on small fields.
Wondering what kinds of designs strategies could lead to safe and recoverable C6-5 flights in smaller fields. - Extra weight in the nose cone? Getting close to max lift weight would seem to limit altitude. What determines maximum lift weight anyway - acceleration to fin effective speed by the time it leaves the launch rod? Would a longer launch rod help? - Draggy designs? Since drag is related to airspeed, this would seem to still permit reasonable acceleration to fin-effective speed on the launch rod, but limit maximum speed an altitude thereafter. - Undersized recovery systems are an obvious one... better to have to re-glue a broken fin or two than replace a model that drifts into a tall tree. |
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