Yukon@K-9 Rocket Tech
Student, Drone and Rockets, Aspiring Engineer
Hi everyone! I have been developing a open source TVC system for model rocket. I then got a crazy Idea of clustering 9 motors. Of course I highly doubt I would attempt this anytime soon, But I was wondering if anyone ever clustered slow burn motors with normal motors. I made a rough CAD design to show my concept. So the 8 motors around are to produce tremendous thrust at the boost phase, and the ejection charge will eject the spent motors out. Because the center motor would be in theory a slow burn motor, It'll continue to burn for a few more seconds. Also the ejected spent motors would create a lot more space, so the TVC computer would detect this, and command more degrees of freedom of gimbaling. Of course there are many complex challenges and problems and of source, safety concerns with this, but I'm just curious what everyone think about this. Also by no means is the CAD a actual design, it a very rough "sketch" to visualize my concept.
P.S. Would make a great Falcon 9 model rocket! This is the gimbal system I made, It's open source https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3657663
P.S. Would make a great Falcon 9 model rocket! This is the gimbal system I made, It's open source https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3657663