Seeking Insights on Water Rocket Fins Optimization
Oct 4, 2023 · Hello Rocketry Enthusiasts! I hope this post finds you all soaring high in your rocketry adventures! I'm a high school student currently navigating through the fascinating …
University team looking for advice: Movable fins or thrust vector ...
Oct 6, 2024 · Question Hi everyone! We’re a university team just getting started with building model rockets, and one of our main goals is to develop an active control system. We’re …
GPS Trackers for Rocket - Rocketry Forum
Jan 18, 2024 · Long story short I just got my Level 1 over the weekend and flew it low and slow. But now I might like to reach for the stars as it were lol. I'm terrified of losing my rocket though …
Looking for a liquid motor + rocket? Half-Cat Rocketry
May 7, 2017 · FWIW here is 369 pages of design/construction info on the Mojave Sphinx, apparently very similar to the Half-Cat rocket. 350 lb thrust for five seconds. A two-minute …
Hybrid Rocket Build Thread - Rocketry Forum
May 29, 2023 · Hello everyone, I am currently in the process of building a HPR hybrid rocket motor and am posting to get opinions, advice, and help. The motor has a theoretical average …
How to make a model rocket fly higher? - Rocketry Forum
Apr 23, 2021 · The advanced rocket will be multi stage rocket projects but has a new set of flight challenges. Electronics: flight computers and or altimeters to help with dual.deploy, cable …
New Method for Parachute Deployment? Deployment by Rocket …
Feb 15, 2022 · These either requiere the rocket to have a certainly speed to work or a heavy supporting structure to enable the deployments. If the objective is to minimize weight and for …
Electronic Gyro Rocket Roll Stabilization System - Rocketry Forum
Dec 2, 2021 · Hello everyone, I would like to introduce you to a gyroscopic stabilization system which I made.The system is designed to prevent the rocket from rolling. The idea is to use it …
Designing a Rocket for a (considerably) High Altitude Flight
Feb 19, 2024 · Looking at your rocket, I'm thinking you need a bigger rocket, and probably a few more years of experience flying high power rockets. Even with the biggest LOKI motor, the …
Fineness and Stability Margin in OpenRocket - Rocketry Forum
Apr 4, 2023 · I have a tall/thin rocket with a fineness (aka aspect ratio or length to diameter ratio) of ~26 (80” long 3.1” diameter). As currently configured, it has a stability margin of 3.7/14.6% …