- Joined
- Jan 18, 2009
- Messages
- 3,192
- Reaction score
- 1,403
Jim,
Thanks for the input.
I'll go back and talk to Keith again about using tilt - not a bad idea.
We hope NOT to spin the rocket as the primary "mission" goal is to be a camera platform.
However, I wouldn't be surprised if the FAA demands spin....we'll see on that.
If we are forced to spin, deployment as close as possible to apogee will become even more desirable.
Deployment will arrest much of the spin which will be required for decent photography.
The rocket is a rebuild of our half-scale Nike Apache shown below taking off at Balls-20 on a "O."
The booster had a deployment issue and broke a fin on landing - thus we want to rebuild it and plan to make it "all motor" to get to the "R."
The sustainer recovered fine and we don't plan to mess with it much - just an avionics refresh and new/more cameras.
There isn't room in the sustainer for any anti-roll device.
Thanks for the input.
I'll go back and talk to Keith again about using tilt - not a bad idea.
We hope NOT to spin the rocket as the primary "mission" goal is to be a camera platform.
However, I wouldn't be surprised if the FAA demands spin....we'll see on that.
If we are forced to spin, deployment as close as possible to apogee will become even more desirable.
Deployment will arrest much of the spin which will be required for decent photography.
The rocket is a rebuild of our half-scale Nike Apache shown below taking off at Balls-20 on a "O."
The booster had a deployment issue and broke a fin on landing - thus we want to rebuild it and plan to make it "all motor" to get to the "R."
The sustainer recovered fine and we don't plan to mess with it much - just an avionics refresh and new/more cameras.
There isn't room in the sustainer for any anti-roll device.
Last edited: