geof
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I've always wanted to fly a G33 (or equiv) without losing the casing or rocket. Seems like every rocket I build is either too heavy for it to get off the pad safely with G33, or too light that the rocket will go into orbit.
I finally have a candidate, maybe. 25in tall 2.0in OD, 3fnc 16.2oz rocket. That 16.2oz includes about 3.5oz of extra lead nose weight inserted (in principle) solely for the purpose of keeping down the altitude. Not needed for stability. Approx 30in chute.
With those parameters, rocksim gives me 2345ft on a G33.
Suppose I paint it in bright or dark colors like red or black. Do you think it can be visually tracked to 2300ft? I don't want to lose my casing! The long burn will help with the smoke trail, but still--that's a long way up for such a small rocket.
What do you think? Please don't tell me to buy or borrow any tracking electronics...this question is purely for standard visual tracking and recovery.
Geof
PS. Think I could see it at 5300ft on a H180?
I finally have a candidate, maybe. 25in tall 2.0in OD, 3fnc 16.2oz rocket. That 16.2oz includes about 3.5oz of extra lead nose weight inserted (in principle) solely for the purpose of keeping down the altitude. Not needed for stability. Approx 30in chute.
With those parameters, rocksim gives me 2345ft on a G33.
Suppose I paint it in bright or dark colors like red or black. Do you think it can be visually tracked to 2300ft? I don't want to lose my casing! The long burn will help with the smoke trail, but still--that's a long way up for such a small rocket.
What do you think? Please don't tell me to buy or borrow any tracking electronics...this question is purely for standard visual tracking and recovery.
Geof
PS. Think I could see it at 5300ft on a H180?