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I was taking a poll of LOC Big Nuke 3E owners, curious how much nose weight you have added. Its a fairly heavily built kit as I have fiberglassed both body tubes, 2x wrap of 6 oz and 1x wrap of 3 oz, and then a layer of 6oz and one layer of 3oz tip to tip on the fins. It is built to take a beating.
I made the changes in OpenRocket to the stock design to emulate what I have done with this kit. I added 10oz of metal scrap and epoxy to the nose this evening, which OpenRocket shows gets it to a 1.05 cal stability on a K550W, but only .96 cal stability on a K700W.
I want to make sure this thing flies stable, but I'm also interested in keeping it light as I can at this point so I don't sacrifice too much altitude. If I need to add additional weight I can add a few ounces of foam at a time until I hit the desired weight.
I made the changes in OpenRocket to the stock design to emulate what I have done with this kit. I added 10oz of metal scrap and epoxy to the nose this evening, which OpenRocket shows gets it to a 1.05 cal stability on a K550W, but only .96 cal stability on a K700W.
I want to make sure this thing flies stable, but I'm also interested in keeping it light as I can at this point so I don't sacrifice too much altitude. If I need to add additional weight I can add a few ounces of foam at a time until I hit the desired weight.
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