I would like to hear some different rocketeers methods of folding chutes. I always use the Carlisle method, which Is pictured in the handbook of model rocketry, but I would like to see other's methods. Maybe some specific "best for" methods. (Best for opening quickly, slowly, best for...
I read a post earlier and it made me wonder what the fastest documented speed is during an amateur rocket flight? I checked the TRA records page and the only records I found are altitude related. My definition of documented is actual speed measured from an onboard device and recovered after a...
Hey, I'm the guy behind Silicdyne, a company dedicated to providing the best in advanced rocketry electronics at low cost. You may have heard of my first product, the Fluctus flight computer. It's a project that's still ongoing development and on the market, but in parallel I'm also developing...
On a rocket, it doesn’t add to stability at all, not the way that a tractor trailer or kite tail or pendulum does (as @Azamiryou correctly noted). Think about what happens when the rocket is disturbed in its flight and goes off-angle relative to the direction of travel through the air.
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As of the start of 2025, what is the best (or near best) onboard video camera to house with a 2. 1" / 54mm rocket that is - 1. Not necessarily the cheapest 2. Gets good - but not superb resolution 3. MUST be easy to install 4. Wifi blue tooth connectivity / connection to iphone highly...