01-31-2013, 01:01 PM
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Old Far...er...Rocketeer
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Plano, TX resident since 1998.
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Originally Posted by ghrocketman
The only Estes rocket CLOSE would be the Astron Farside or Comanche-3; one might get away with adding another booster to those on a totally windless day.
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I want to say I've read several accounts of 4-stagers done much like you describe, although I see lots of anecdotal accounts where the flier simply got danged lucky flying something which could just as easily have become a land shark.
Nevertheless, I think, using the D12-0 in the 1st stage, that a 4-stager might be practical. But, no doubt, the flier would need to build light, and use light upper stage motors, such as A8-0's in stages 2 and 3, to keep the overall weight down for the D12-0. I might go as far as to say "totally windless" isn't mandatory, but I agree it's a good idea 
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The Farside would have to be B14 to B14 in the first two of four stages though.
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I think, here again, a modernized Farside, with 24mm mount in the 1st stage, could do this without needing those unobtainable motors (that we all have on our wish lists).
Doug
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