Right behind the cockpit, one motor slightly canted down just enough to not burn off the tail.So, where does the rocket motor go?
None.Looks great and swing test looked good.
How much nose weight did you use?
I used 2oz and I think I tried to get my CG a bit closer to front of the wings but that may have been conservative.
Did you try a swing test with the propellers on? just curious...
None.
I did the swing test twice. First time with a spent motor and no parachute and was surprised to see how stable it was. So I redid it with a new motor and the parachute which just barely fits inside. Going to have to use nomex. No room for wadding. And that was also stable. I'm thinking about trying a glide test, no shoot, no motor, but I don't have any place soft for it to land yet.
uff.... hard landing... I assume that was not just with a hand toss. Was it stable in the flight without nose weight?Result of glide test. After repairs, parachute.
Not very stable and just a hand toss. Rolled once. Put about an ounce of nose weight. Started ok then said ok look, ground. I wonder if it will be friends with me and dropped hard.uff.... hard landing... I assume that was not just with a hand toss. Was it stable in the flight without nose weight?
In my tests it was close to gliding without the nosecone (or at least it fell flat).
If you do not need to add much nose weight you could maybe bring the nosecone down with a small chute or maybe even a streamer and let the body glide / tumble recover.
Ah - sorry it did not work out (I was hopeful that I had just been too conservative). Good experiment and good repair I suppose!Not very stable and just a hand toss. Rolled once. Put about an ounce of nose weight. Started ok then said ok look, ground. I wonder if it will be friends with me and dropped hard.
How much nose weight did you put? I usually used 2oz but may even go up to 2.5oz in the latest build.Very poor flight performance. Failed to record video but it pitched over once clear of the launch rod and corkscrewed until power ran out. No damage though.
Sorry about instability but glad there was no damage...Only one ounce. Will increase to 2.5 for next attempt.
Had similar thoughts about turning the Apogee X-15 into a boost glider.Goal is rear ejectable nose weight with retained cone staying in place with glider.
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