Joshua F Thomas
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Hello all!
I'm a physics/chemistry double major student at a university in Connecticut. I've been a spaceflight enthusiast for a long time, and decided to explore model rocketry this summer - lighter class load gives me more free time.
I'm starting with a small Estes rocket to become familiar with how everything works, and have connected with a local group in my area, so I feel like I'm off to a good start.
I've also been learning how to build microcontrollers with Arduino. I'd like to be able to combine these two things and send up an Arduino with a pressure sensor for use as an altimeter, so I can get some very rough rocket performance data. I'm sure there are already pre-built things for this, but I'd like to build this myself.
My questions are:
1) How are payloads usually mounted in model rockets?
2) How much mass can I launch on a given rocket, assuming I know the mass of the rocket and the particular engine(s)?
Any/all advice is appreciated. Thanks in advance!
-Joshua
I'm a physics/chemistry double major student at a university in Connecticut. I've been a spaceflight enthusiast for a long time, and decided to explore model rocketry this summer - lighter class load gives me more free time.
I'm starting with a small Estes rocket to become familiar with how everything works, and have connected with a local group in my area, so I feel like I'm off to a good start.
I've also been learning how to build microcontrollers with Arduino. I'd like to be able to combine these two things and send up an Arduino with a pressure sensor for use as an altimeter, so I can get some very rough rocket performance data. I'm sure there are already pre-built things for this, but I'd like to build this myself.
My questions are:
1) How are payloads usually mounted in model rockets?
2) How much mass can I launch on a given rocket, assuming I know the mass of the rocket and the particular engine(s)?
Any/all advice is appreciated. Thanks in advance!
-Joshua