watermelonman
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Yesterday I launched my Punisher on a Cesaroni L935, and my goodness, that was simply the most awesome flight I have ever put together.
I have plenty more to say about it and have footage to share, but I am a little curious about the numbers coming back from my Eggtimer.
Open Rocket said to expect 14100 feet and about 1300mph. My readings from the flight? 9800 feet and 3000mph. First off, this seems extremely low for this motor. I hear about people busting 15000 feet on lessor motors with this rocket. It did have a serious wiggle while trans sonic, and it took a fairly significant arc so I am sure I lost altitude with this. I tend to get about 75% of simulated altitude on this rocket so perhaps with that arc the altitude is believable.
3000mph, though? What the heck is that. I mean, wow, awesome! But, is that even realistic? Maybe I need to take the two numbers together and figure that going far faster than expected meant more drag. Or maybe that number is simply an errant reading.
I have plenty more to say about it and have footage to share, but I am a little curious about the numbers coming back from my Eggtimer.
Open Rocket said to expect 14100 feet and about 1300mph. My readings from the flight? 9800 feet and 3000mph. First off, this seems extremely low for this motor. I hear about people busting 15000 feet on lessor motors with this rocket. It did have a serious wiggle while trans sonic, and it took a fairly significant arc so I am sure I lost altitude with this. I tend to get about 75% of simulated altitude on this rocket so perhaps with that arc the altitude is believable.
3000mph, though? What the heck is that. I mean, wow, awesome! But, is that even realistic? Maybe I need to take the two numbers together and figure that going far faster than expected meant more drag. Or maybe that number is simply an errant reading.