I finally got back to launching rockets!
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the latest launch was a relatively small rocket that packed a punch, as it did 0-60 mph in 0.043 seconds (i like to compare the rockets to cars with car stats because it shows how much of an unfair advantage rockets have over traditional engines)
it produced a peak horsepower if 813hp, but it only weighed about 5 pounds excluding propellant.
the top speed acheived was 1,748 mph, or about 2.3 times the speed of sound, at a perigee of just 1500ft AGL, and apogee was at just shy of 3 miles AGL.
the motor that powered this rocket was one that i designed, built, and tested myself named the "EX-J414_G" (lovely name, i know but these names help me keep the motors organized in the simulation software and also tells me some info about the motor at a glance).
the rocket itself was a Carbon Fiber COPV (Composite Overwrap Pressure Vessel) body with a Carbon-glass composite fin can and an RF-transparent composite nose cone. surface heating was around 450 degrees F above ambient. peak G-force was around 94.8G and the peak drag deceleration was -14G (slowing down about 16 times harder than a road car slows down when you slam on the brakes all the way)
let me know any questions you may have and i'll do my best to answer!
the latest launch was a relatively small rocket that packed a punch, as it did 0-60 mph in 0.043 seconds (i like to compare the rockets to cars with car stats because it shows how much of an unfair advantage rockets have over traditional engines)
it produced a peak horsepower if 813hp, but it only weighed about 5 pounds excluding propellant.
the top speed acheived was 1,748 mph, or about 2.3 times the speed of sound, at a perigee of just 1500ft AGL, and apogee was at just shy of 3 miles AGL.
the motor that powered this rocket was one that i designed, built, and tested myself named the "EX-J414_G" (lovely name, i know but these names help me keep the motors organized in the simulation software and also tells me some info about the motor at a glance).
the rocket itself was a Carbon Fiber COPV (Composite Overwrap Pressure Vessel) body with a Carbon-glass composite fin can and an RF-transparent composite nose cone. surface heating was around 450 degrees F above ambient. peak G-force was around 94.8G and the peak drag deceleration was -14G (slowing down about 16 times harder than a road car slows down when you slam on the brakes all the way)
let me know any questions you may have and i'll do my best to answer!
Local rocket man