Is overbuilding turning into a thing we should reconsider?

[grouch]

This thread is overbuilt.

 

[Ez2cDave]

The same way you RSO three fins and a nose cone. Is it sturdy enough for the installed motor? Is it aerodynamically stable (and can the flyer demonstrate this)?

Dave,

As RSO, how do you "know" it is "sturdy enough" and what means do you have, on the field, to verify its "sturdiness" ?

If a flyer tells you a certain construction method was used in a Fin Can, do you simply "believe" the flyer or ask him to slice open the airframe to verify that the method was actually used and correctly done . . . Are you personally qualified to make that judgment ? Who certified you in that regard ?

If a flyer shows you a Rocksim printout, it might "look stable", except that he entered the wrong materials for components in the program . . . Oops, no way to "verify" that!

Much as it seems you would like to, you can't, practically, "quantify" everything . . . It's just a Hobby, not a "way of life" or something to "obsess" over !

David F.

 

[Ez2cDave]

This thread is overbuilt.

Well said . . . Spot on !

 

[cbrarick]

constipation shouldn't be a way of life.

Not pointing fingers, not accusing, just saying..

 

[jeffjblack]

How do you compute the 110%? And 110% of what?

edit: Not trying to be provocative. I am curious what folks measure, and how folks spec their rockets when defining "the mission".

Good question. Maybe the various rocket specific manufacturers could provide burst and tensile strength ratings for various parts. the we could be better informed.

 

[Nytrunner]

Maybe the various rocket specific manufacturers could provide burst and tensile strength ratings for various parts.

There's the laugh I needed today!

 

[Ez2cDave]

Maybe the various rocket specific manufacturers could provide burst and tensile strength ratings for various parts. the we could be better informed.

When pigs fly . . . Unfortunately.

 

[cbrarick]

I RSO'd that in LDRS31

 

[rharshberger]

When pigs fly . . . Unfortunately.

Keep thinking its unfortunate, me I will be glad they dont as all that testing would jack the costs to produce kits way up.

 

[Ez2cDave]

Keep thinking its unfortunate, me I will be glad they dont as all that testing would jack the costs to produce kits way up.

Yes, there is always a "down side" . . . Guess it's best to stay as things are.

 

[Alan15578]

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