Does anyone happen to know if its still stable when shortened up by removing the payload section?
[FFT] Loc Weasel
Apr 12, 2005
10 Replies
It should be. It is one of LOC's more stable rockets.
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to verify.
I've put the Barrwoman Equations into a spreadsheet. Posted to alt.binaries.models.rockets.
Not fully automated, a little bit of double entry, but "fairly" easy to use.
I loaded Rocksim 7.0 with the LOC Weasel file found at EMRR
I loaded a nice Ellis H50 into it and it was marginally stable via barrowman and stable via rock sim.
6949 feetI next loaded a Ellis G35 into it and it was stable via barrowman and overstable via rock sim
4036 feetMy favorite engine on a full length Weasel is the I-69 in the shortened one it is barly stable, but shows 8018 feet.
There is no such thing as over stable.
Dude! That's what Rocsim is for. Eh?
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Yes, there most certainly is. An over stable rocket will weathercock and turn into a horizontal missile if there is any appreciable wind.
John
Thanks for your helpful answer. I don't have Rocksim (yet). Maybe soon.
Cool - thanks.
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