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Absent Minded Professor
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My daughter had a cool idea that she doodled on the back of a music test last month. She was then mad because she had to wait until she got the music test back to show me. Here are two of her early-stage drawings.
The big idea is to make a rocket that can fly in both directions. It will fly "forward" on a single 29 mm motor, and it will fly "backward" on a canted 4x24 mm cluster. I thought it was a cool concept, so I decided it was worth a shot. Here are the OpenRocket mock-ups. (Unfortunately, OR can't handle the canted motors, and the "reverse" simulation generates errors.)
So this is the build thread. As a bonus, this build will also test the use of SLA-printed centering rings and bulkheads. It may end in disaster, but it will be fun to try.
The big idea is to make a rocket that can fly in both directions. It will fly "forward" on a single 29 mm motor, and it will fly "backward" on a canted 4x24 mm cluster. I thought it was a cool concept, so I decided it was worth a shot. Here are the OpenRocket mock-ups. (Unfortunately, OR can't handle the canted motors, and the "reverse" simulation generates errors.)
So this is the build thread. As a bonus, this build will also test the use of SLA-printed centering rings and bulkheads. It may end in disaster, but it will be fun to try.
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