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Hi everyone!
So I want to get into mid-power rocketry, I've got the rockets selected and "in cart", but there's just one thing I'm not sure about. Is building your own launch controller doable? You just need to get some current through the igniters at around 12 volts and it should be fine, right? Or do I need something specific, that ex. an Estes launch controller has?
My second newbie question is. I've designed and nearly finished my 2 stage model rocket in OpenRocket. Which engines should I use for the booster stage? The one without any ejection charge ot the one with no delay and an ejection charge? The rocket is a relatively low-power one and the motors that would give me good results are C6 on both stages as suggested by the simulator.
So I want to get into mid-power rocketry, I've got the rockets selected and "in cart", but there's just one thing I'm not sure about. Is building your own launch controller doable? You just need to get some current through the igniters at around 12 volts and it should be fine, right? Or do I need something specific, that ex. an Estes launch controller has?
My second newbie question is. I've designed and nearly finished my 2 stage model rocket in OpenRocket. Which engines should I use for the booster stage? The one without any ejection charge ot the one with no delay and an ejection charge? The rocket is a relatively low-power one and the motors that would give me good results are C6 on both stages as suggested by the simulator.