Excellent idea, although with through the wall fins as shown may be a bit challenging.Rear eject, with small holes for a bit of venting through the dragon nostrils!
Freakin' awesome, man.Finished painting the Green Dragon
This is a wingless dragon, similar to the Chinese dragons. Based on swing test and old school CP approximation it has between 1.5 and 2 calibers of stability. We'll see.Very cool!!!
If you think you need a bit more fin area / CP in back (probably do not but...) you could hang an additional pair of leg / claw fins from the bottom rear of rocket. Depends on where you fall on the debate about whether dragons have 2 legs or 4 (i.e., do the wings replace a pair of legs or are they extra).
Great use of 3D printing!
Next iterationMindsim says your fine. Really, it's more or less al 3FNC; it's just that the Fs and the NC have funky shapes. Those are good size fins, and a 3D printed nose cone is probably heavier than a molded one (that is, you've got intrinsic nose weight) so you've really got no problem.
Now if only you could get the nose to spit fire. Or smoke, at least.
Not really. The basic design was by one person and a second made the modifications to be a nosecone. My son is just really good at taking the files and making them work.Your son could sell those Dragon nose cones! Fantastic!
All but the very tip. Not sure if it was lost during powered flight or when it grounded.Did the tail survive?
Is there a way to duct some exhaust up and out the nostrils?Green Dragon flew beautifully today!View attachment 501161View attachment 501161
Every one asks that.Is there a way to duct some exhaust up and out the nostrils?
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