evildave42
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Hi all,
Iv'e been tossing around an odd idea, I wanted to build a rocket-deployed radio controled glider. Thats part is easy enough, the ejection charge just spits out the nose weight instantly balancing it for gliding.
Here's the trick: I want to make it a scale model of Wernher Von Braun's 3-stage Ferry Rocket. Google it. It has the glider on top of a 3-stage cone shaped rocket. But for now, let's ignore the glider and just say its short tube with a cone on top.
The lower-most stage has large fins, so thats no problem.
But the second stage does not! It is still cone shaped though. I want to make the whole thing rather large and I dont want clear fins. I've only been able to find a tiny bit of info on finless, cone-shaped rockets.
So, what do I need to know to make a stable, finless, cone-shaped rocket?
Bare in mind I dont care about performance, I just want to see if I can do it, I dont mind adding lots of nose weight.
P.S.: The more dramatic it looks the better!
P.P.S.: Anyone have experiance with clustering AND staging in the same rocket?
Iv'e been tossing around an odd idea, I wanted to build a rocket-deployed radio controled glider. Thats part is easy enough, the ejection charge just spits out the nose weight instantly balancing it for gliding.
Here's the trick: I want to make it a scale model of Wernher Von Braun's 3-stage Ferry Rocket. Google it. It has the glider on top of a 3-stage cone shaped rocket. But for now, let's ignore the glider and just say its short tube with a cone on top.
The lower-most stage has large fins, so thats no problem.
But the second stage does not! It is still cone shaped though. I want to make the whole thing rather large and I dont want clear fins. I've only been able to find a tiny bit of info on finless, cone-shaped rockets.
So, what do I need to know to make a stable, finless, cone-shaped rocket?
Bare in mind I dont care about performance, I just want to see if I can do it, I dont mind adding lots of nose weight.
P.S.: The more dramatic it looks the better!
P.P.S.: Anyone have experiance with clustering AND staging in the same rocket?
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