[AR] Re: Spin stabilized rocket
- From: Chris Jones <clj@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2018 17:56:30 -0500
On 12/23/18 4:50 PM, David Summers wrote:
A quick question for those of you in the know: what is the best
performance that you can expect from a spin stabilized rocket. Is it
conceivable to make it beyond 100 km altitude? Just trying to see
what would be possible to achieve with an unguided rocket.
The X-17, which was a four stage rocket which did reentry tests in the
1950s, reached over 100 MILES in altitude using only the first stage
(the three remaining stage accelerated the payload downwards to maximize
reentry heating for testing purposes). As near as I can tell, it had
spin rockets and fins for guidance.
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