Jay Dub 4009
Well-Known Member
Question for the more experienced crowd after a little Background...
Nearing the tail end of my L1 rocket build and it’s getting time to start considering motor choices. I purposefully build this rocket to one day be able to withstand 38mm Js when I feel I’m ready for level 2 in a year or two. With that being said, she was ended up being a little Heavier then I wanted it to be ( fully loaded with redundant avionics bay and nose cone gps sled ) roughly 75 oz before paint and I suspect it will land around 80oz. I was hoping to be able to use an H for the cert and then move up to I motors after that, and hit somewhere around 1700-2k ft. The only suitable H motor apparent to me to fulfill those criteria right now is a H550. It has plenty of go for a H, and sims tell me it’s going to gen about 24g’s on liftoff.
My question is will a overbuilt LOC bird take 24g’s without issues?
If so, does anyone know the “line” of speed and G’s that they will Tolerate before having issues?
Thanks in advance
Josh
Nearing the tail end of my L1 rocket build and it’s getting time to start considering motor choices. I purposefully build this rocket to one day be able to withstand 38mm Js when I feel I’m ready for level 2 in a year or two. With that being said, she was ended up being a little Heavier then I wanted it to be ( fully loaded with redundant avionics bay and nose cone gps sled ) roughly 75 oz before paint and I suspect it will land around 80oz. I was hoping to be able to use an H for the cert and then move up to I motors after that, and hit somewhere around 1700-2k ft. The only suitable H motor apparent to me to fulfill those criteria right now is a H550. It has plenty of go for a H, and sims tell me it’s going to gen about 24g’s on liftoff.
My question is will a overbuilt LOC bird take 24g’s without issues?
If so, does anyone know the “line” of speed and G’s that they will Tolerate before having issues?
Thanks in advance
Josh