stealth6
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Hey all, brand new to the forum - pretty new to rocketry, sort of. Was into it as a kid WAY back in time (early 1800's as I recall), and just re-igniting the interest in my old age.
Have built and flown a few single stage rockets, some of my own extremely low-tech seat-of-the-pants design. Now I'm interested in multi-staging and I've got an idea in my head that I want to get some feedback on. What I have in mind is essentially a multi-rocket second stage. By this I mean the whole thing launches as a single craft from the pad, but during the second stage, it splits apart into two or three seperate rockets.
I can think of a few problems with this idea, but none that absolutely say, "major bad idea - do NOT go there". I've bounced around the net trying to find others that have explored this idea and found nothing. I figure either A)I'm not using the right phrases to search with, or B)it's such a bad idea that no one else has tried it and lived to tell the tale, or C)I'm a rocket science genius about to usher in a new era of technology and human achievement. (something tells me it's not "C").
So, whadda y'all think? Anyone done this? Is this really stupid to try? Anyone have tips or ideas or bits to share? Is this actually pretty common, or is it obvious this can't work because of ___x__?
Thanks in advance for your help/suggestions/guidance,
s6
Have built and flown a few single stage rockets, some of my own extremely low-tech seat-of-the-pants design. Now I'm interested in multi-staging and I've got an idea in my head that I want to get some feedback on. What I have in mind is essentially a multi-rocket second stage. By this I mean the whole thing launches as a single craft from the pad, but during the second stage, it splits apart into two or three seperate rockets.
I can think of a few problems with this idea, but none that absolutely say, "major bad idea - do NOT go there". I've bounced around the net trying to find others that have explored this idea and found nothing. I figure either A)I'm not using the right phrases to search with, or B)it's such a bad idea that no one else has tried it and lived to tell the tale, or C)I'm a rocket science genius about to usher in a new era of technology and human achievement. (something tells me it's not "C").
So, whadda y'all think? Anyone done this? Is this really stupid to try? Anyone have tips or ideas or bits to share? Is this actually pretty common, or is it obvious this can't work because of ___x__?
Thanks in advance for your help/suggestions/guidance,
s6