I made this thing -- even if I cannot make it stable it will make a nice display piece. My first print failed (but I learned some issues from what printed). I wound up splitting off ring fins/wings to print separately. Printed the rear ejection pod parts today.
Cool... My mind sim may be getting better training...
Yeah, I am skeptical about this -- just not long enough and a host of other issues.
Thanks -- I did angle the yaw-stability-pods more into the rocket to basically shorten them and make rear portion a bit larger. I also scrapped the cluster and went with a single 18mm engine. Depending on how heavy this is and how much weight I need to jam into the nosecone I may need to go up to a D engine (but then will need more weight and may not have enough space and length).
I am going to have so many crazy rockets to launch the next time I get out to the field.
Yeah, what he said. To be a little more specific, I think making the aft part of the wings into that "squashed ring tail" was a good move,
Cool... My mind sim may be getting better training...
but the forward part that remains flat constitutes large canards on a short rocket; that's going to be really tough. And that on top of the fact that flying cones are not stable to begin with unless they rely on base drag. (Put a nose cone alone into OR and look at where the CP is; it's not pretty.)
Yeah, I am skeptical about this -- just not long enough and a host of other issues.
The yaw stability pods should probably be shorter, coming from the base up only as high as the front edge of the ring.
The first thing I would do in your shoes to get rid of the mini motor cluster. Just use faux nozzle bells. That'll take a lot of mass out of the bottom.
I hope you can make it work, 'cause it's definitely cool looking.
Thanks -- I did angle the yaw-stability-pods more into the rocket to basically shorten them and make rear portion a bit larger. I also scrapped the cluster and went with a single 18mm engine. Depending on how heavy this is and how much weight I need to jam into the nosecone I may need to go up to a D engine (but then will need more weight and may not have enough space and length).
I am going to have so many crazy rockets to launch the next time I get out to the field.