Estes Mega Der Red Max Slow Drag!
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jimzcatz
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Last I heard no drag races allowed at LDRS this year.
Greg Young
MARS and URRG member
Given the distance requirements, we really can't have drag races.
The pads for any 3-way or more high power drag race is 2 x time the complex separation distance of the total impulse of all the rockets flown. If you want even a small high power drag race, say a 4 rocket H impulse, the distance to the pads would need to be 400ft (4 H motors = a single J motor and 2 x the complex J motor separation works out to 400'). That would require using the second row of L2 pads which we have setup to accommodate complex Ks and Ls.
Given the revised distance requirements, number of fliers, and flights planned on the L2 pads, sorry but we just can't accommodate HP drag races.
That being said you could certainly launch 2 HP birds at a time, the best of which goes up against a third contender, etc. That would work...
Greg
The pads for any 3-way or more high power drag race is 2 x time the complex separation distance of the total impulse of all the rockets flown. If you want even a small high power drag race, say a 4 rocket H impulse, the distance to the pads would need to be 400ft (4 H motors = a single J motor and 2 x the complex J motor separation works out to 400'). That would require using the second row of L2 pads which we have setup to accommodate complex Ks and Ls.
Given the revised distance requirements, number of fliers, and flights planned on the L2 pads, sorry but we just can't accommodate HP drag races.
That being said you could certainly launch 2 HP birds at a time, the best of which goes up against a third contender, etc. That would work...
Greg
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I have a similar idea.
Instead of the Skull and Crossbones the following image, and in place of TOP SECRET the words HAIL HYDRA
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rules is rules, but I really don't understand the 2X part. how can a group of separate rockets require twice the distance as one huge rocket with the same impulse? what is the scenario where you need twice as much distance as one large motor/rocket?
MClark
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The distances may be based on the results of Drag Races Past.
Drag races seem to have a disproportionate number of catos and recovery failures.
Mark
Greg Young
MARS and URRG member
Riley the decision was made by the TRA based on safety concerns resulting from past drag races, as Mark noted..
The TRA BOD members will be present, as they have their meeting at our Saturday night banquet, and I am sure they would be willing to share their rationale with anyone interested.
The TRA BOD members will be present, as they have their meeting at our Saturday night banquet, and I am sure they would be willing to share their rationale with anyone interested.
Perhaps the more rockets in a drag race increases the chances of one hitting another...no big deal with LP, but HP can be a concern.
On a lighter side...anyone seen Der Pink Max (Hello Kitty scheme)?
On a lighter side...anyone seen Der Pink Max (Hello Kitty scheme)?
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