[AR] Re: Disadvantages

  • From: Bill Claybaugh <wclaybaugh2@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 18:41:28 -0400

Ken:

You might want to visit w/ Kevin Sages at Virgin Galactic who solved these
problems to the FAA's satisfaction for his 9" solids.

Bill

Sent from my Commodore 64

On Sep 15, 2015, at 3:38 PM, Ken Biba <kenbiba@xxxxxx> wrote:

Currently 2 stage. Our calibrated drag profile suggests we can get as high
as 80 km in this form factor with off the shelf amateur motors with less than
30k nsec of total impulse.

Trying to control flight path by good wind column forecast from NOAA, Monte
Carlo simulation to predict launch angle to compensate for wind column. We
are in process of debugging that.

K

Ken Biba
Novarum, Inc.
415-577-5496


On Sep 15, 2015, at 11:27 AM, Bill Claybaugh <wclaybaugh2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You considering clustering and staging?

Bill

Sent from my Commodore 64

On Sep 15, 2015, at 2:20 PM, Ken Biba <kenbiba@xxxxxx> wrote:

Or as our ARLISS Extreme system demonstrates you can get to 30+ km with
modest sized (N to O total impulse) commercial motors.

K

Ken Biba
Novarum, Inc.
415-577-5496


On Sep 15, 2015, at 8:26 AM, Bill Claybaugh <wclaybaugh2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Low cost solids are cast at the launch site; this specifically avoids th

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