[AR] Re: Way off topic was also arocket Digest V3 #50
- From: Anthony Cesaroni <acesaroni@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 20:31:51 -0400
Hi Troy,
Kudos on the launch. If you had designed it to fly on an O motor and given the
structural and aerodynamic loads involved, why was the rocket that heavy?
Anthony.
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> On Mar 18, 2015, at 7:46 PM, Troy Prideaux <GEORDI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Fair point. Ok, for a small contribution:
>
> Last weekend we launched the 1:1 scale V2 HPR rocket. It was a success,
> albeit at a much lower altitude than we all would have liked, but hey, you
> can't expect to break altitude records launching a 400kg rocket on a single O
> motor:)
> Anyway, the low altitude apogee certainly provided some challenges for
> recovery, but the CO2 separation and deployment system that I mentioned here
> last year worked a treat. The valve system was quite a different design to
> the system I generally settled on. The remote fill hose disconnect system
> worked a treat (controlled by the LCO controller). The devices' pressure
> status reporting and remote activation all worked perfectly on the day.
> Hats off to all involved in the project. Great team, fantastic team leader
> and support from everyone.
>
> Troy.
>
>>
>> Just to be a wet blanket, what does this >50 message thread (combining
>> the multiple subjects it's been under, and not including the various
>> previous times Mr. Henson has opined on the subject) have to do with
>> (AMATEUR. ROCKETS.)? A little off topic discussion is understandable,
>> but to hash out the details in a forum of people who ar
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