Ccoen
Active Member
So a team and I are working on a rocket to go to 1 mile in the air and we currently are somewhat in a good stage but I am not sure what to make our fins out of. I am leaning towards 3d printing as I believe it would be the easiest and quickest option. Currently, I have been looking at materials and I am having issues determining what would or would not work. I don't think petg would be strong enough but I'm not sure, unless I find a carbon fiber reinforced option but I'm not sure if that would help. Then there's PA6-cf which has a stronger tensile strength than petg but I wasn't sure if there were other better options at a low price point. This is what I was looking at https://www.amazon.com/Polymaker-PA6-CF-Filament-Carbon-1-75mm/dp/B08T1ZQFKR.
So essentially my question is what has been used by the rocket community in the past when it comes to fins?
According to open rocket, our current design's max speed is 607ft/s and the max acceleration is 175ft/s^2 although that is the best-case scenario.
So essentially my question is what has been used by the rocket community in the past when it comes to fins?
According to open rocket, our current design's max speed is 607ft/s and the max acceleration is 175ft/s^2 although that is the best-case scenario.