kaplow snipped-for-privacy@eisner.encompasserve.org.TRABoD (Bob Kaplow) wrote in news:8IY5sLsr+$ snipped-for-privacy@eisner.encompasserve.org:
The best NIRA ever did at a MRFF was over 600 in a day, or one launch
> about every 45 seconds. Our limit was rockets, not range bandwidth.
> 1000 a day is possible.
As CMASS demonstrated last year on Space Day. IIRC, we actually launched close to 1300 rockets that day.
len.
I know you're not just trying to show off, Bob ;>), but let's not forget to remind our audience of the particulars of the famous "600 in a day". (anyone remember "7 with one blow"?)
-Waiver is 4,500 feet, so no rocket coasts longer than about 8, maybe 10 seconds, with the norm being the mighty C6-5. (higher flights coast in the 20 second range)
- Ensuring safe recovery of a Bandit at 600 feet is far more simple than ensuring safe characteristics of a 20 pounder at 7,000 feet.
- You don't need to stop launch activities if a Gnome under chute is landing in amongst the pads. Bowling balls under chutes require more attention to potential landing spots.
steve
Good show! Was this an 8 hour event? I was a little reluctant to say 1440 per day is doable, but I guess it really is.
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kaplow snipped-for-privacy@eisner.encompasserve.org.TRABoD (Bob Kaplow) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@eisner.encompasserve.org:
I looked it up. 1132 rockets in about 10 hours. That's one every 32 seconds.
Things were slower during the first and last hours, and a lot of these were built on site by kids, so I'm sure a higher total throughput is possible. I believe we filed this in the Guiness Book for World Records.
len.
Cool. I never thought of that for a Fest launch.
Jerry
Rocky & Bullwinkle 1962?
Randy
Yes, it was a children's fairy tale. What do I win? ;-)
Mark Simpson NAR 71503 Level II God Bless our peacekeepers
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