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Old 09-17-2007, 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Solomoriah
Well, that was a resounding silence.

I have two designs on the drawing board that RockSim couldn't handle... one is the Spike, and the other is a cone-shaped model. I wish I knew how to figure them out. Guess I'm going to have to actually learn the math.


Solo,

I tried working your "Spike" up and couldn't get the margin without some additional work, like a paper shroud...

My suspicion is that you can get the idea to fly, using a set of rings that get progressively larger toward the tail. It might generate the same slipstream as the shroud, and thus create a similar drag. RockSim might just not be able to compute the air flow correctly...

One thing that will help: Use 13mm motors instead of 18mm. All you want for this prototype is to fly, say, no more than 400'. An A3-4T would be more than sufficient.
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