Nv7
Well-Known Member
For Christmas we want to launch a candy cane rocket! However, I am not sure if it will work. I just want it to go mostly vertical and be safe.
CAD:
The nose cone is a very unconventional shape and I am not sure if it will fly correctly. To try to make it work, I put it into OpenRocket and entered all the mass correctly and made the stability 3.6. I know the side area of the nose cone will move the Cp up from what it is in the sims, reducing stability, and I believe having a higher stability is better to counteract the asymmetric forces on the nose cone. Do you think 3.6 stability is enough?
I will launch it with the Aerotech G80-10T. The main body tube is a PVC Pipe I got from home depot, and the adapter, fins, and nose cone will be 3d printed. The parachute will be an 18" parachute attached to the nose cone and the nose cone will be attached to the PVC pipe with some shock cord.
Will it be ok? Is there anything I need to change?
CAD:
The nose cone is a very unconventional shape and I am not sure if it will fly correctly. To try to make it work, I put it into OpenRocket and entered all the mass correctly and made the stability 3.6. I know the side area of the nose cone will move the Cp up from what it is in the sims, reducing stability, and I believe having a higher stability is better to counteract the asymmetric forces on the nose cone. Do you think 3.6 stability is enough?
I will launch it with the Aerotech G80-10T. The main body tube is a PVC Pipe I got from home depot, and the adapter, fins, and nose cone will be 3d printed. The parachute will be an 18" parachute attached to the nose cone and the nose cone will be attached to the PVC pipe with some shock cord.
Will it be ok? Is there anything I need to change?