Rocksim optimal mass calc.

[maxvelocity]

Does anyone know if rocksims optimal mass calculator accounts for the empty case and liner during coast after burnout? If so is that mass included in the optimal number?

[clreynolds]

Rocksim includes the motor weight in the simulation calcs, but the optimal mass reported to you is dry weight without the motor included.

As a side note, this is one area where simulation models differ from reality. The engine files include the loaded/ready to fly weight, as well as the final empty weight, but not any info about what happens in between. I think Rocksim still uses a linear mass/time curve that ends at burnout, but I don't think it has any way to account for the small difference after burnout of any still burning delay train or black powder charges. Luckily these are usually very small.