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I'm starting to contemplate my L2 cert. I have an extremely well built LOC Vulcanite that I would like to be a contender for this flight, but only if I can be reasonably assured it will hold together. My simulations indicate that even with the smallest J I can put in it, it's going to break mach. (1264 ft/s on a J285 for example, and others are in that same zone). I've flown it beautifully on I motors.
There seems to be the implication in the world of high-power rocketry that if you go as much as 1 fps over mach with a non FG, unglassed, non tip to tip rocket it's going to explode in a fiery death show. But is that always the case? This is thick LOC cardboard tubing, ttw fins, titebond II'd for the apocalypse and nice beefy fillets. What are the factors that would lead to failure in a cardboard and plywood rocket?
In other words, will it shred?
I have a lovely FG Madcow Adventurer I plan on building soon, so I could make this one the flyer, but the Vulcanite is a beast and it's ready to go.
I haven't had much luck getting Rasaero to work on my Mac as I understand it to be better at simulating mach+ flights.
This will be motor-eject with a JL chute release. Either AT DMS or I also have a CTI 5 grain case on hand. (please note I do plan making good old-fashioned pyro dual deploy my next skill to learn, but for my L2 flight I want to keep it as simple as possible.)
There seems to be the implication in the world of high-power rocketry that if you go as much as 1 fps over mach with a non FG, unglassed, non tip to tip rocket it's going to explode in a fiery death show. But is that always the case? This is thick LOC cardboard tubing, ttw fins, titebond II'd for the apocalypse and nice beefy fillets. What are the factors that would lead to failure in a cardboard and plywood rocket?
In other words, will it shred?
I have a lovely FG Madcow Adventurer I plan on building soon, so I could make this one the flyer, but the Vulcanite is a beast and it's ready to go.
I haven't had much luck getting Rasaero to work on my Mac as I understand it to be better at simulating mach+ flights.
This will be motor-eject with a JL chute release. Either AT DMS or I also have a CTI 5 grain case on hand. (please note I do plan making good old-fashioned pyro dual deploy my next skill to learn, but for my L2 flight I want to keep it as simple as possible.)