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So I have recently been thinking about what I call the "launch lug conundrum," which is basically this set of ideas that I have about how stiff a launch rod needs to be for a specific rocket and how big a launch lug is acceptable on a rocket. In essence, I want to use bigger launch rods to reduce rod whip, but also want to reduce the size of my launch lug. These goals are mutually exclusive, however, if you use launch rods.
Rails do not have this limitation because the rail goes around the rail button,rather than the other way around. But conventional rail needs rail buttons that are too big to go on rockets powered by anything less than an H motor in my opinon. I want to be able to launch very small rockets ( like 13mm motor size ) off of a rail.
So I am thinking of developing very small rail buttons and small gague rails. Basically, what I envision is a rail with three or four diffrent gauges on it to accomodate annything from a quarter A to a high thrust G on one rail. The four gauges would use buttons of mabey one, two, three, and four millimeters in diameter.
Do you guys think this is a good idea?
I am aware of that rocketgolf thing and their c rails.
Rails do not have this limitation because the rail goes around the rail button,rather than the other way around. But conventional rail needs rail buttons that are too big to go on rockets powered by anything less than an H motor in my opinon. I want to be able to launch very small rockets ( like 13mm motor size ) off of a rail.
So I am thinking of developing very small rail buttons and small gague rails. Basically, what I envision is a rail with three or four diffrent gauges on it to accomodate annything from a quarter A to a high thrust G on one rail. The four gauges would use buttons of mabey one, two, three, and four millimeters in diameter.
Do you guys think this is a good idea?
I am aware of that rocketgolf thing and their c rails.
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