Maximum height of viewable rocket flight??? | Rocketry Forum - Model ...
Mar 21, 2024 · There are a number of factors that affect the observation height of a rocket. Observations looking directly up with sun and cloud cover will limit the observable height to 4-5K ft. Observing the …
Seeking Insights on Water Rocket Fins Optimization
Oct 4, 2023 · Hello Rocketry Enthusiasts! I hope this post finds you all soaring high in your rocketry adventures! I'm a high school student currently navigating through the fascinating world of water …
University team looking for advice: Movable fins or thrust vector ...
Oct 6, 2024 · Question Hi everyone! We’re a university team just getting started with building model rockets, and one of our main goals is to develop an active control system. We’re currently debating …
Yard Sale / Wanted | Rocketry Forum - Model Rocketry Forums
Dec 4, 2025 · If you have a personal rocketry-related item for sale, or that you're looking for, this is where you list it. These are for one time sales items, no business sales. To post you must either be a …
Looking for a liquid motor + rocket? Half-Cat Rocketry
May 7, 2017 · FWIW here is 369 pages of design/construction info on the Mojave Sphinx, apparently very similar to the Half-Cat rocket. 350 lb thrust for five seconds. A two-minute YouTube video.
Where do you put your Name / phone # on the rocket?
Mar 22, 2025 · Put your contact data on your rocket in multiple locations. Murphy's Law says you'll easily recover the marked rocket part, but the unmarked parts are the ones people will pick up later and say …
GPS Trackers for Rocket - Rocketry Forum
Jan 18, 2024 · I'm terrified of losing my rocket though and am contemplating investing in some sort of tracking system. I know these "egg timers" are suggested but yes, I'm intimidated by all the tiny …
Hybrid Rocket Build Thread - Rocketry Forum
May 29, 2023 · Hello everyone, I am currently in the process of building a HPR hybrid rocket motor and am posting to get opinions, advice, and help. The motor has a theoretical average thrust of 800N 2. …
New Method for Parachute Deployment? Deployment by Rocket …
Feb 15, 2022 · These either requiere the rocket to have a certainly speed to work or a heavy supporting structure to enable the deployments. If the objective is to minimize weight and for the deployment to …
OpenRocket Tutorial: All about multi-selection - Rocketry Forum
Jul 14, 2015 · Suppose a zipperless-style dual deploy rocket with a floating avbay sunk into one of the tubes. I have various recovery hardware (shock cords, quicklinks, chutes, blankets, etc.) for both …