benjarvis
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I have been thinking about this for a long while... thought I'd post and guage interest before taking it forward...
(apart from Nial who I know will be interested) Would anyone be interested in being involved in a perpetual/rolling Black Powder altitude record competition here in the UK?
Basic rules would be that any commercially available and currently legal BP motors can be used, any number of them in any configuration...
Ten stages with 100 motors per stage if you want
Rocket must carry a commercially made barrometric altimeter and data must be verified and submitted with details of the flight, photos/video etc... as with any UKRA record.
I remember doing some sims.... and I recon that it's actually possible to hit 10,000ft+ with Estes motors if you really think about it....
Makes an interesting and technically challenging competition that (unlike most of the UKRA motor class records) can't be 'bought'... brute force and ignorance won't win it
Open to a wider audience too as BP is invariably cheaper than AP, even in silly clusters, and no licenses needed!
Thoughts?
Ben
(apart from Nial who I know will be interested) Would anyone be interested in being involved in a perpetual/rolling Black Powder altitude record competition here in the UK?
Basic rules would be that any commercially available and currently legal BP motors can be used, any number of them in any configuration...
Ten stages with 100 motors per stage if you want
Rocket must carry a commercially made barrometric altimeter and data must be verified and submitted with details of the flight, photos/video etc... as with any UKRA record.
I remember doing some sims.... and I recon that it's actually possible to hit 10,000ft+ with Estes motors if you really think about it....
Makes an interesting and technically challenging competition that (unlike most of the UKRA motor class records) can't be 'bought'... brute force and ignorance won't win it
Open to a wider audience too as BP is invariably cheaper than AP, even in silly clusters, and no licenses needed!
Thoughts?
Ben