I'm building a 3" rocket for AIRFest this year and have designed it to fly on a G all the way to a K. For the K motor, in order to get decent stability I need to add 3oz of mass to the top of the nose cone. The nosecone is a standard issue LOC 3" plastic nosecone and houses my electronics. I don't have any issue mounting mass since my ebay is in there and i can 3dprint whatever structures I need. My question is what material is typically used to add mass? I don't want to make like a kinetic warhead so something that can absorb energy in a crash would be ideal IMO. I was thinking of something like a water balloon but i have my doubts.
what material have you guys used to add mass to a nose cone?
PS i built a really neat removable/reusable motor mount where i can swap out a 29mm mount used for the G and then swap in a 38mm motor mount for everything else (H, I, J, and K). Once i get at least a checkout flight in i'll do a thread about the build in general.
what material have you guys used to add mass to a nose cone?
PS i built a really neat removable/reusable motor mount where i can swap out a 29mm mount used for the G and then swap in a 38mm motor mount for everything else (H, I, J, and K). Once i get at least a checkout flight in i'll do a thread about the build in general.