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Old 05-02-2017, 10:01 PM
Mugs914 Mugs914 is offline
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I discovered tail sliding by accident as well, though not exactly the same concept.

At a launch back in the 80s my buddy's Estes Starship Vega had the shock cord break at ejection. As the nose cone drifted down on the parachute, the rest of it settled in to a tail-first glide better than a lot of purpose designed gliders. Of course we immediately drew up a rocket designed to do the same, but on purpose. Need to build it one of these days!
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