Hi everyone, New to the forum, and i know for now i will be taking a lot more then i am giving but todays question is, My son and I are working on building a Starship with Super heavy booster (Scratch Built 3d Printing) I know I have some laws that i need to follow regarding amount of thrust and final weight. I have confirmed that i am going to be within those rules but im close obviously.
Due to the distance between the First and Second stage, It looks like i am going to need to have a means to ignite the second phase after separation of the Super heavy Booster. I was doing some research and it looks like i can build an Arduino accelerometer to do this, However after some thought i might need a dual ignition source for the separation and the ignition, I was looking at using a small A motor to create a separation and Recovery deployment charge but I'm not sure what manner i would like to do that yet. I may 3d print a tube and use a gas blow off from the first stage for separation, That of course adds weight and I'm getting close to max weight.
we are looking at building this to "scale" so overall it will be a huge rocket, We are still in the design and size phase but so far its coming together nicely in concept just have a few items to finalize before we fire up the printer and get to work.
Due to the distance between the First and Second stage, It looks like i am going to need to have a means to ignite the second phase after separation of the Super heavy Booster. I was doing some research and it looks like i can build an Arduino accelerometer to do this, However after some thought i might need a dual ignition source for the separation and the ignition, I was looking at using a small A motor to create a separation and Recovery deployment charge but I'm not sure what manner i would like to do that yet. I may 3d print a tube and use a gas blow off from the first stage for separation, That of course adds weight and I'm getting close to max weight.
we are looking at building this to "scale" so overall it will be a huge rocket, We are still in the design and size phase but so far its coming together nicely in concept just have a few items to finalize before we fire up the printer and get to work.