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Old 10-30-2011, 12:44 AM
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Very exciting news! And completely out of the blue as well. I really like that fact that it has a booster version as well - That will make it fun and really useful. For those who are more up on the regs than I am, do three of these remain legal to fly without level one cert, or is there enough propellant that three of them push over the threshold? If they are under the line, these babies will really rock in my 3x24mm Tube Daddy!



The E12 has very close to the same propellant mass as the E9, so three of them is still Level 0.


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Old 10-30-2011, 12:45 AM
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Most interesting thing is that the increased peak thrust actually allows for an E booster motor.

Although E9-0s were listed in some places I don't believe they were ever produced (just E9-Ps).

So E12-0 to E9-8 ought to make for some interesting flights.

Think we'll see an Estes EE-Express?



Maybe the EE-Excess?


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Old 10-30-2011, 01:15 AM
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Now I know why I've been procrastinating on my Renegade -D build. I've been putting it off and putting it off saying next week I'll get started. Now I won't have to gut her to retrofit for these as a booster engine.
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Old 10-30-2011, 08:41 AM
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This is a welcome release. The thrust is a bit higher but overall this is still a "soft" motor. The three cluster propellant mass is 107.7g which is well under either the older 113g limit or the newer 125g limit. Its 35.9g propellant mass is over the mailability limit. I would like to see Estes and NAR petitition the USPS to increase the mailability limit to 125g based on decades of hassle free mailing including times when they did allow such mailings. It would bring the USPS in line with FAA, another federal entity. Treaty changes to allow mailing to/from the USA and G20 countries would be helpful as well.

I look forward to a high thrust D with the new Estes igniters.

I urge users to give Estes feedback on reliability under different storage and launch site environments as soon as possible. You might recall, if you are old like me, the Mighty D started life as a D13 and was downrated to a D12 after field failures. The E9 started life as an E15 and was similarly downrated. This E12 seems like a middle ground compromise between these two designs.

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Old 10-30-2011, 11:04 AM
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Default Motor Data Estes E12 24mm

Estes E12
Pmass 35.9g
Imass 59.9g
0.93" x 3.75"

JEND
s-N-lb
0-2-0.449
0.1-10-2.248
0.25-32-7.194
0.28-33-7.419
0.35-15-3.372
0.45-13-2.923
0.9-10-2.248
2.37-10-2.248
2.43-0-0

TOTAL IMPULSE POUND-SECONDS = 6.290105
TOTAL IMPULSE NEWTON-SECONDS = 27.978387
AVERAGE THRUST NEWTONS = 11.51374
AVERAGE THRUST POUNDS = 2.588521
SPECIFIC IMPULSE (LB-SEC/LB) = 79.370963

Attached are some Malewicki charts (pdf) for the motor in common rocket sizes and weights.

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Very exciting news! And completely out of the blue as well. I really like that fact that it has a booster version as well - That will make it fun and really useful. For those who are more up on the regs than I am, do three of these remain legal to fly without level one cert, or is there enough propellant that three of them push over the threshold? If they are under the line, these babies will really rock in my 3x24mm Tube Daddy!

Greg


You need no Level anything cert to cluster E motors.

Level 1 cert in only required for flying H-I motors. ( or up to cluster of 1280 N-sec ).

three 30Nsec E's is 90 Nsec and no certification is required..

unsure on the waiver issues, however, is the new no-notification 'large model rocket' propellant weight limit 125 grams or 113 ?

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Has anyone tried to create an engine file for RockSim yet for this new motor?

ADDENDUM: Someone try this one out and see if I came close enough...
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First simulation, using the Interceptor-E file, shows the following:

Altitude -- 490'
Deployment V -- 4 FPS
Rod length -- 60" (took 56") This is the killer

Using the new graph, as Jerry indicated, the engine is "soft". It appears great, once the model is airborne, but getting off the ground it doesn't have a lot of "oomph" when used in a design that weighs in over 13 oz loaded.


I also tried it out in the SEMROC SLS Laser-X...

Altitude -- 554'
Deployment V -- 4 FPS
Rod length -- 60" (took 49")

This is a 12.5 oz design loaded, and shows great flight numbers, but lousy take-off numbers.


Another test, this time the DynaStar FireFox-SHX...

Altitude -- 643'
Deployment V -- 15 FPS
Rod Length -- 60" (took 47")

This is the lightest of the three, at 11.32 oz loaded. Still weak on the take-off...


Haven't simulated a Cherokee-D yet, but I expect better lift-off numbers. This engine should not be viewed as a serious BOOST engine for heavier designs; rather as a higher-performance "D" for light designs (3FNC and 4FNC variety).
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First simulation, using the Interceptor-E file, shows the following:

Altitude -- 490'
Deployment V -- 4 FPS
Rod length -- 60" (took 56") This is the killer


Kody and I flew our Interceptor-E on a D12-3 from a Mantis pad. The launch rod is 57" long and about a foot of that is completely wasted by the the blast deflector and the way the rod mounts in the pad. Bottom line is that a 4 foot rod is long enough with both the D12 and E12 as long as you fly on a calm day. I wouldn't attempt it in a breeze, even with 60" of usable rod. There's just too much fin/wing area to mess with the flight.
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Everybody but me gripes about low altitudes of the Saturn V on a D12-3. That's the E12 simulation you need to report.
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