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stability is overrated
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Bat-Mite I know it's too bad that it's a CATO, but the rocket was ok and is going to be launched again in a few weeks, and I just think it's funny that the flame and the rocket are separate.I like any flames not caused by a cato.
GaryT, that M1850GG is really nice. Too bad its out of my level though. Way too big. What does the GG stand for?
Its real and its most likely a Russian Soyuz booster.stealth6 HOW many motors is that there?
Or is that even a model rocket? Was that a real rocket?
Well, yours was really cool, but it wasn't actually a cato. It just spit the motor, right?Bat-Mite I know it's too bad that it's a CATO, but the rocket was ok and is going to be launched again in a few weeks, and I just think it's funny that the flame and the rocket are separate.
That would be an unstable rocket. Did they forget the nose weight?From last weekend's launches (not mine). Flew straight for 3/4 sec and then just tipped over with the motor still cooking.
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I'm fascinated by the small motors canted outwards on the outside.Its real and its most likely a Russian Soyuz booster.
Quickdip and a really big 12V battery.I am fascinated by SpaceX getting all of the Heavy's engines to ignite simultaneously.
I'm fascinated by the small motors canted outwards on the outside.
am fascinated by SpaceX getting all of the Heavy's engines to ignite simultaneously.
Well, yours was really cool, but it wasn't actually a cato. It just spit the motor, right?
That would be an unstable rocket. Did they forget the nose weight?
Lots of reasonable guesses. A frustrating thing about this hobby is that sometimes we just never find out for sure.No, it had plenty of nose weight. I didn’t RSO this one, but helped the person get it on the rail and hooked up. If anything, it was heavier in the nose than it needed to be.
My initial thought was that those little fins weren’t generating enough lift to counteract the nose tipping due to weathercocking, but the thing flew straight up for about 150 - 200’ before it tipped so it had plenty of velocity. It didn’t shred a fin either.
I didn’t get a chance to look at it post flight, but am wondering if there was a nozzle problem. Could also potentially have been the camera mount generating a side vector — I shot this on fast burst mode (8 frames/sec) and there was absolutely no spin showing in the sequence.
Too bad because the flyer had done a very nice job 3D printing the pieces and put a ton of work into it.
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