For the three rockets in the 9.1 - 9.2 lb weight range, the two with
tailcones did 15K+ and the other did ~13.5K. The two heaviest rockets also
happened to have tailcones and the lightest did not have a tailcone. It
appears that the tailcone may have been a bigger factor than mass.
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From: roc-chat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:roc-chat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Kurt Gugisberg
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 8:57 AM
To: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [roc-chat] Re: Punisher Flight Data
I think some of them went straighter up than others but generally it looks
like the heavier rockets went higher. Says something about optimal weight.
In the sim, mine gained altitude with the addition of 6 oz of nose weight.
Could also mean the weighted ones were more stable than the others and
therefore, went straighter.
Kurt
On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 8:22 AM, R Dierking <applerocketry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
It’s unfortunate about the CATO’s, other than off course the personal
losses, it would have been easier drawing some conclusions from the flight
data if there were more ‘survivors’. However, it looks like the rockets
with tail cone retainers went higher. The mass vs. altitude is interesting
too.
This was a lot of work for you Chris. Thank you for doing this!
Is someone going to submit photos with some info to Rockets Mag?
From: Chris <mailto:Chris.J.Kobel@xxxxxxxx> Kobel
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 7:47 AM
To: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Here's my final data collection:
Orange - scratched
Pink - CATO (3/9)
6 successfully recovered flights - average altitude=14877' (though none of
the six rockets registered in the 14s!)
Bi-modal distribution of limited data
Chris
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