Charles_McG
Ciderwright
I watch my 2-3” cardboard/plywood (with printed details) tumble during drogueless descent. The descent rate varies during the tumble, like this.
I’ve seen descent rates go up to 80-100fps if the string happens to straighten out vertically- it doesn’t usually hold that orientation long.
It seems to me that if I could size a drogue properly, it would hold the string orientation vertical and yield a higher descent rate than the tumble.
I’ve tried a streamer, but it didn’t stop the tumble. Does anyone know how I might go about calculating/ simming a better sized drogue? Or maybe my rockets are too light to pull this off?
I’ve seen descent rates go up to 80-100fps if the string happens to straighten out vertically- it doesn’t usually hold that orientation long.
It seems to me that if I could size a drogue properly, it would hold the string orientation vertical and yield a higher descent rate than the tumble.
I’ve tried a streamer, but it didn’t stop the tumble. Does anyone know how I might go about calculating/ simming a better sized drogue? Or maybe my rockets are too light to pull this off?