My son saw the corkscrew rockets as described in a recent Sport Rocketry magazine and thought that would be a fun rocket to build. He drew some initial concept art...
And then some more formal engineering plans:
At which point I was consulted to help generate a simulation file. After some back and forth (you know how consultants are) I convinced him to increase the size of the rear fins, decrease the size of the front fins, and we still ended up with a bit of nose weight. Compromises all around.
And then some more formal engineering plans:
At which point I was consulted to help generate a simulation file. After some back and forth (you know how consultants are) I convinced him to increase the size of the rear fins, decrease the size of the front fins, and we still ended up with a bit of nose weight. Compromises all around.