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Patron Update!

🕑 Added 2022-02-22 00:30:45 +0000 UTC

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Joe , I’ve written a couple of times but I don’t know for sure that you have received them because they were sent from other forums. At any rate I started flying Estes model rockets in the late 60s and early 70s so I have a little experience with the old stuff !! Working on landing as well and have developed a couple of so far untested methods. Number one being pop out flaps which orient the rocket vertically at low altitude with three small ( Estes T ?? ) engines as retros exposed by the flap deployment. A variation in thrust effectiveness could be obtained by changing the angle of effective thrust direction on all three engines simultaneously. Still remembering the old days and safety issues an idea I like better is the possible use of under the flap thrusters powered by a CO2 cartridge like you find in a CO2 pistol. These would be extremely highly and relatively easily controllable and hugely safer !! One suggestion I would make on the current project ( space ) is to watch out for high input forces and extreme reaction to input forces in high velocity …… not usually recommended or necessary to move an entire control surface !!

Awesome update! Sounds like an exciting year! Would love to see a livestream with that fancy new tormach & you learning with it! Any chance of getting a discord link btw, the pateron connection just didn't work :( Keep up the good work!

I am sooooo looking forward to you successfully landing your rocket!! Love the other projects you are working on. I'm always in the mood for bacon--cooked however!