Love the idea, just need to account for the added weight. Don't think C's are gonna cut it. Mine was marginal with E16s or D12s with a small Lipo,sled and Quantum. Quickly reaches a point where b.p. just does not make sense.
Drop the impulse in your sustainer main motor for next flight. Maybe even adapt down to a 24 mm D12-5. You will get all the excitement of staging, a little less mass in the tail which will help your stability (I see you are already overstable, but the lower mass will also get you off the rail a bit quicker), and a lower max altitude which should give you a shorter recovery walk. If all goes well on that flight, consider going back to your F motor for next run.
IMO first flights for stagers should be to prove successful complete flight profile, not go for maximum altitude,
Was thinking about Q Jet Ds on the outboards, but doesn’t look like they have a 0 delay. And they mass more than the Estes C6-0. They would still work and give you more “oomph” off the pad, but they are going to hang on board your sustainer longer after propellant burn out (more drag, less altitude, not necessarily a BAD thing for first flight. Lot of smoke, which is good!) problem is they will separate at a much higher altitude than a Zero delay outboard motor. Your main booster should separate pretty low, so that won’t be too hard to track, but the outboards may be a bit hard to find/recover if they are riding on D12-4s.
You will need a lot of eyes on the flight to track all 4 parts.
Hope you get 4 straight trails!
I like the cones on the pods a lot, but... The D12-0 blowthrough is certainly hotter and probably more violent than a regular ejection charge. Sadly, I predict that the streamers won't survive, as there's not much space for wadding.
One way or other, it will be a spectacle!Cosmetics are obviously out the window, just need it to fly in a spectacular fashion
As an added bonus I'll also be wearing my spectacles..One way or other, it will be a spectacle!
Black, white, bright green, bright red, and silver mylar - at least it'll be easy to see. You could name it "All Together Now".[T]he whole thing's kind of an eyesore...
Black, white, green, red,
Can I bring my friend to bed?
Pink, brown, yellow, orange and blue
I love you.
Lemme guess, you went with the F15 in the sustainer?Unfortunately the sustainer has not been recovered.
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