[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 20:57:10 -0400
Great to hear it went well nonetheless.
Anthony
Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 18, 2015, at 8:50 PM, Troy Prideaux <GEORDI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Anthony,
> I'm probably not the best person to answer that specifically (I wasn't
> involved in the airframe construction), but I know the weight of the tail
> section got away from us for the construction (considerably). More structure
> than anticipated, more resin etc. I think the 2 other bits came in close to
> expectations in terms of weight. I'll ask Karl.
> Great motor BTW. The Cesaroni O25000 provided some awesome lift off photos -
> a plume to complement the rocket :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Troy
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Anthony Cesaroni
>> Sent: Thursday, 19 March 2015 11:32 AM
>> To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [AR] Re: Way off topic was also arocket Digest V3 #50
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>>> 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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