Very well done! How do you tell it in which direction to tilt the 15 degrees? Do you measure the wind direction before launch and then tell the on-board computer?
Hey Jim, another great launch. Curious about your minimum diameter builds...are you using standard rail buttons? If so, is the lower button just attached to the surface of the tube or do you have another design. Any experience with the conformal rail guides or fly away rail guides. Interested in your thoughts and/or preferences.
On minimum diameter boosters, I use the PML rail guides. I don't really like them because they are brittle, but they are a reasonable choice. I have used them on single stage rockets as well, but a tower is better there. I have never used fly away guides. I've seen them break fins.
@@Jiminaus50 Ok, thanks Jim. I've used the PML rail guides with success as well but have heard others express caution. Just to be clear, when you come to Argonia, KS with a single stage off a standard rail, you're using the PML rail guides not the rail buttons?
Yes. I don't use buttons on minimum diameter. It's possible I've mounted a popcycle stick to get something to tap into, but generally not. My L3 4" was the PML guides.
Very nice Jim well done!
Well done
Beautiful as always!
Very well done! How do you tell it in which direction to tilt the 15 degrees? Do you measure the wind direction before launch and then tell the on-board computer?
Just by the orientation of the pad
Hey Jim, another great launch. Curious about your minimum diameter builds...are you using standard rail buttons? If so, is the lower button just attached to the surface of the tube or do you have another design. Any experience with the conformal rail guides or fly away rail guides. Interested in your thoughts and/or preferences.
On minimum diameter boosters, I use the PML rail guides. I don't really like them because they are brittle, but they are a reasonable choice. I have used them on single stage rockets as well, but a tower is better there. I have never used fly away guides. I've seen them break fins.
@@Jiminaus50 Ok, thanks Jim. I've used the PML rail guides with success as well but have heard others express caution. Just to be clear, when you come to Argonia, KS with a single stage off a standard rail, you're using the PML rail guides not the rail buttons?
Yes. I don't use buttons on minimum diameter. It's possible I've mounted a popcycle stick to get something to tap into, but generally not. My L3 4" was the PML guides.
@@Jiminaus50 Thanks again Jim, that answers my question.....I'm looking ahead at a L3 min diam cert plan.
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