ANNOUNCEMENT: OpenRocket 24. 12 beta 1 is now available for download Here is a bug I've just recently noticed in 23 09 and which isn't fixed in the beta On a Mac, if dark mode is enabled, printing the design info places a dark background behind a portion of the graphic of the rocket in the generated PDF (as shown below using the included example model rocket file) View attachment 684543
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Mid-Power Rocket | Rocketry Forum - Model Rocketry Forums Balsa Machining Service 3" School Rocket - best value in MPR rocketry Basic 29mm powered kit is $34 - fully optioned 5' rocket with payload bay and rail buttons is under $60 They also have a 24mm powered version but I'd go with the bigger motor - you can always adapt down Top quality made in USA parts and a super flyer
Setting CD in Open Rocket | Rocketry Forum - Model Rocketry Forums The rocket flew to 559 8 ft and 552 2 ft (corrected altitudes) Backtracking in OR this gave us a Cd adjustment of 0 416 View attachment 698364 Next we flew the same rocket but we removed mass to bring the liftoff mass to 516 g, using the same Aerotech F39-6 The rocket flew to 724 8 ft (corrected altitude)
Best Radio Module for Telemetry? - Model Rocketry Forums Eggfinders use 900MHz Hope RF modules for the GPS telemetry Work very well out to a few miles The optional 400MHz modules (Requires an FCC ham radio license) go 10's of miles and is only needed if rocket is going very high and expected to recover miles away
Moveable fins or canards for active stabilization? The potential problem is someone uses it to deliver a "package" to some "destination" Not one of the hobby rocket fliers at a hobby rocket launch Geofencing won't prevent the former and might not be of much benefit to the latter A better approach than geofencing might be to provide primary and secondary landing zones
First rocket what started you in rocketry. Mine was an innocent impulse purchase of an Estes Tandem-X starter kit from Michael's craft store around 2013 It included an Amazon Crossfire (an ideal intro imho since it includes a quick plastic fin can rocket that is very large as well as a small balsa finned build-it-yourself rocket)
Caliber and stability | Rocketry Forum - Model Rocketry Forums Ok, reading some documentation in OR and a few books, i have seen the same term used over and over, and that is caliber In units of measurement, that is inches, IE 50 caliber is 0 5 inches in diameter So if my rocket has a 2 35 caliber, which according to OR basic rocket design documentation