Neat!
That is AWESOME! :clap:
Seemed to hold up well on landing considering the hard surface. As far as arcing away from the wind, perhaps its an effect of the asymmetric main body? A bit more deflection on the flat side? If only one had easy access to a wind tunnel...
Keep us updated, I like where this is going.
With all the weird angles and surfaces on that thing, it seems like it would be incredibly easy for some of them to be not quite symmetrical and cause the rocket to deflect. The real way to verify would be to fly it in different orientations relative to the wind, and see what it does. If it always arcs the same way, regardless of wind direction, then it's probably asymmetry in the build. If it always goes the same way relative to the wind, then... well I'm not quite sure what it means.
I'm really impressed that you got that to fly as well as it did, I had my doubts. If you get one all painted up it should really be a very cool model, very unique. Well done sir.
Yes, a wind tunnel would definitely help here. Maybe I can create a makeshift one.
Cool! Estes listed a design for a basic wind tunnel (no curing oven) a long time ago (1965?):I have some not-even-napkin sketches for a combination wind tunnel / curing oven....
Cool! Estes listed a design for a basic wind tunnel (no curing oven) a long time ago (1965?):
https://www2.estesrockets.com/pdf/2845_Classic_Collection_TR-TN.pdf
Apogee too + companion article:
https://www.apogeerockets.com/education/downloads/Newsletter252.pdf
https://www.apogeerockets.com/education/downloads/Newsletter345.pdf
FLIGHT VIDEO:
I got permission to link the flight video! It was shot by LUNAR past-president & current NAR section advisor, Jack Hagerty, on the LUNAR Facebook page. Thanks, Jack!
Uh, how does one embed a Facebook video?
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