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Old 10-24-2012, 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Doug Sams
Re: Noseweight

Here's some stuff I put together on noseweight.

http://www.doug79.com/noseweight/

It presents several methods for having adjustable weight. I prefer the weight to be nearer the aft end of the cone, for safety, but some of my older stuff shown here has it all the way forward.

Nowadays, I prefer to err on the side of safety - ie, to make the nosecones unstable - rather than trying to get minimal mass.

YMMV.

Doug

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Thanks Doug. Those are some pretty nifty solutions to the problem but I'm pretty keen on my sandbag idea. What I really want to do is fill a payload bay with a litter of kittens just to see if they really do come down on their feet. Of course, that might be overkill.
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