DeepOvertone
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I've been noticing a trend in myself and the rockets I'm interested in. I feel like every rocket I look at has too big of a motor mount. IE, when its a 54mm mount, I want to fly a 38mm motor. If its got a 38mm mount, I want to fly a 29mm motor in it... Not that the manufacturer made a poor design or anything but that more often than not, I dont want to put that much power into a rocket of that size.
Some of my reasons are:
Bigger motors are more expensive
Bigger motors of the same power move the CG further back
More powerful big motors launch it so high that I can't get any more enjoyment out of it past a certain altitude( I like being able to see most of the entire flight)
Higher altitudes have higher risk of losing it entirely.
And so on and so on....
Take my MC 3" Little John for example. It came with a 38mm mount. There is PLENTY of power in 29mm to get that rocket really going. My L1 with that rocket went to 2700 feet on a 29mm motor. And that was really pushing it for my tastes. I wont fly it that hard again.
Is it just me? Am I an old fart? LOL
Some of my reasons are:
Bigger motors are more expensive
Bigger motors of the same power move the CG further back
More powerful big motors launch it so high that I can't get any more enjoyment out of it past a certain altitude( I like being able to see most of the entire flight)
Higher altitudes have higher risk of losing it entirely.
And so on and so on....
Take my MC 3" Little John for example. It came with a 38mm mount. There is PLENTY of power in 29mm to get that rocket really going. My L1 with that rocket went to 2700 feet on a 29mm motor. And that was really pushing it for my tastes. I wont fly it that hard again.
Is it just me? Am I an old fart? LOL