[AR] Re: "How Hard Can It Be" rocket episode
- From: "Monroe L. King Jr." <monroe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 10:41:02 -0700
This speaks volumes to me about the state of the art in rocketry.
Rockets are not flown for their data or telemetry. It's all about the
big whoosh and that's pretty much it. Why even bother with recovery as
none of the rockets fly twice. Get live telemetry and just get the CG
set for flat spin and let her go. Have a sliding weight/payload that
moves the CG back after apogee.
Ballistic anyway as far as I can tell- I know of 3 of these same
rockets never found at black rock.
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [AR] Re: "How Hard Can It Be" rocket episode
> From: David Weinshenker <daze39@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, November 19, 2013 9:47 am
> To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> Uwe Klein wrote:
> > George Herbert wrote:
> >> 50 foot long bright colored streamer. Small weight on one end. SD card in
> >> the middle, in a little pouch...
> >
> > When do you separate the storage?
> >
> > You want to have data to the last nanosecond if possible.
> > Also the crash site unusually is the easiest to find.
> >
> > Just harden the storage to a level that makes
> > the surrounding vehicle into a sufficiently effective
> > crash zone.
>
> Maybe just put the streamer on the memory chip, and wrap
> it up within the electronics package, so that if it becomes
> dislodged on impact you can find it easily in the debris field.
>
> -dave w
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