Acceleration = Net Force Acting on Rocket / Mass of Rocket
Net Force = Thrust of rocket - weight - drag
In the above equation is thrust of rocket equivalent to average thrust?
In the case of a cluster, would you add or multiply the thrust of the rocket( average thrust of each motor?) x number of motors in the cluster?
example avg thrust = 10.21 newtons per motor and you have 7 motors
avg thrust = 71.47 Newtons?
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You CAN estimate the average net force at any time by using the averages for everything, but it will only be an estimate and may not even be a good one at that - SWAG may be a better word than estimate. So, strictly speaking, no, you cannot use the average thrust in that equation. Every term in the equation has a time dependance.
The thrust usually has a peak then a rapid decline. The weight drops as the propellant burns and/or stages drop. The drag changes drasticly with speed and/or as stages drop.
I developed a spreadsheet to do some estimates of these quantities over time to do altitude estimation, but found that it was easier to use wRASP - especially because of the motor database. It hides a lot of the details but reports the pieces I needed.
This is correct. 2 x C6 is equivalent to a D12 (not necessarily Estes D12),
3 x C6 would be an E18, although a fairly low power E, it would have twice the average thrust of an E9.(Again wRASP handles even complex clusters).
Hope this helps.
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