zeketrimmer
Active Member
This is for my mid power competition rocket that requires a helicopter recovery mechanism for the payload. the payload is contained within the nosecone which deploys from the airframe at apogee. I had an idea for using cantilevered canards as the helicopter recovery, but I feel like it might cause some serious drag and reduce stability. The rockets airframe is about 40 cm, it uses 4 7cm elliptical fins. The stability in the OR simulation is around 3 cal. And the entire rocket without nose cone canards weighs around 600g. The airframe is cardboard and the nosecone is 3d printed with around 100g of filament. Would my idea of cantilevered canards work?