Chris LaPanse

It has a healthy dose of noseweight 🙂 It needs it anyways for optimum mass.

12"??? Wow - mine is a LOT less than that. Looking at between 8.5" and 10" for my design. (body tube length - 12" to 14" overall with nosecone)

It was successful? Congrats then 😀

As long as you remembered to scuff up the tube and fins thoroughly before gluing, you're fine (100 grit at the finest). Never had any problems with a well-scuffed tube 🙂

Sounds like you had a CATO. File a MESS report and contact Aerotech - they'll hook you up with a new motor (the MESS report is so that they can keep track of failures).

Pretty sure Apogee has been doing it all along. I can't say anything about older versions, or reminisce about the good old days with building size computers less capable than my calculator ( 😉 ), but ...

Yes - I've been amazed by rocksim before. My Black Brant at mile high mayhem was my closest to simmed yet - it got 5120' out of a projected 5137. I can only hope it's as accurate on my SSS rocket.

Yeah - I've had that feeling before 🙄 As for mine - it looks great on the sims - way above what I ever expected for the contest - but we'll have to see how close it actually comes to the simmed result...

If there is a launch between when I finish the rocket and the end of the year (basically, august or on), I will fly it, assuming the weather at all cooperates. As for loosing it - yeah, that's my bigg...

Actually I just did. It currently is hovering around 1.2 calibers (with noseweight), and the CG is pretty much central (the noseweight balances out the motor weight). As for mach - I break it, but not...

Mine is intentionally coming in as light as possible, and I will add weight with lead shot as needed. My thought is that I can always make it heavier if need be, but not lighter, so I will bump it up ...

Yeah - I'm sure that would work. I've done one that was just rolled paper with 3 layers of 1/2oz glass - worked fine, but it only had a C motor. Wasn't sure what the limit would be for the G80, so I p...

I bet you could probably do it somehow, but it would be hard. My airframe at .01" thick is more than strong enough, but I have tried 1 layer layups too, and they have essentially no strength from my l...

Yep - I may well fly my SSS at hartsel if the burn ban lasts any significant length of time. Still, with any luck, it will rain some this summer (it certainly rained 2 years ago 🙄 ), and we'll be abl...

Yep - by my calipers, it has a thickness of .010 inches 😀 Don't think you can get much thinner than that and have it be strong enough for a G80 😀 Of course if you want to prove me wrong, go ahead. I'd...