Hi OTT, I did a few sims and I found that Open Rocket raised an alarm with smaller Drogue Chutes. It says "Recovery Device Deployment at High Speed"- which I think it means when the Main Chute is ejected. e.g. for 18" - roughly 29ms-1 When I put in larger Drogue Chutes, the warning w...

Wow, would still be a economical rocket today.

PPSS: Rocket Trivia..... by the way at the top of this page, flying sideways, is the "Drama Queen" flying on a sparky "O" motor. 7.5in diameter 14ft tall . I built that in 3 days and delivered it to Blake at BlackRock.....Lol I've always wondered who Blake named that rocket afte...

How would put fins on it while keepin the same look? Back end looks pretty big and draggy. Think about how it compares to things like saucer and pyramid odd-rocs. RS and OR are not likely to give believable results for simulations. If I were building it, I would build it as is, load motors, and do ...

Next step, download the open rocket plugin for multiple wind layers.

Nice job SpaceX. Gotta say that one looked extra toasty on re-entry, both grid fins fully glowing and something appeared to be being cooked at the business end then the single cut out. Won't be supprised if this one gets retired.

Good video. His new plan is definitely a better solution then the last, still thinking financial funding is going to be difficult.

Space is hard, space colonization is many times harder.

For those who want to stay up, SpaceX are launching in little under 2 hrs.

Iridium-3 launch is set for Monday Oct 9th, at 5:37 AM PACIFIC time, which is 10:37 Brisbane time.

Falcon-9 launch from Vandenerg. Booster will land on the ASDS barge Just Read The Instructions

Very nice job on the finish!

I think your over doing it. I would not go with the assumption that it won't vent. I this is causing to over do the pins and then to over compensate with bigger BP charges. End result high energy deployment. You'll then need to make sure that you use extra long recovery harness. With a reasonable si...

Looks really good.

OverTheTop wrote:Option 2. If you are into, or want to, clusters. Looks like it will be stable as is, assuming you follow the normal CP/CG rules.

How would put fins on it while keepin the same look? Other issue I see is all the weight will be a the back, especially once you load 11 motors.

Since Star Wars rockets are proving so popular I thought I would do a bigger / better / different scratch build. This time however I'm looking for some more participation from forum members. First up I'm looking for feedback on what to build, with the help of my son we came up with three possibiliti...

2. "Proposed storage method and location for explosives" - I was going to put that I don't intend on storing any of explosives that are allowed under the License - that I would be purchasing/using directly at launch site. What about black powder?, also there are times when you'll purchase...

In response to you questions: I have a few questions regarding the form. Hoping someone might be able to help. 1."Have you been assessed as competent in the use of explosives within the past 5 years". I assume this is more for Shotfirerers...but I'm ticking "NO". No sure about th...