5thDay
Well-Known Member
Quick background on this experiment. My father suggested a spin stabilized design using rifle barrels as an example one day.
In my "advanced" rocketry knowledge and wisdom I quickly explained reasons that wouldn't work with various CP and CG elaboration.
Later that same week I was considering that conversation and realised I was being a know-it-all for no good reason and put this stomp rocket together as a test to show him along with my apology. Turns out (not surprising as my father is mechanically adept like nobody else I know) that this simple design actually does fly very well as a stomp rocket.
I may scale this up and see how motor weight and subsequent nose weight effects it but, the way this spinning rocket behaves at apogee is unique and fun! Has anyone else experimented with or tested a similar style fin layout?
In my "advanced" rocketry knowledge and wisdom I quickly explained reasons that wouldn't work with various CP and CG elaboration.
Later that same week I was considering that conversation and realised I was being a know-it-all for no good reason and put this stomp rocket together as a test to show him along with my apology. Turns out (not surprising as my father is mechanically adept like nobody else I know) that this simple design actually does fly very well as a stomp rocket.
I may scale this up and see how motor weight and subsequent nose weight effects it but, the way this spinning rocket behaves at apogee is unique and fun! Has anyone else experimented with or tested a similar style fin layout?