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Originally Posted by Chas Russell
What should they produce that would give them a niche, but qualifying market?
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Now you're asking the tough questions
Let's call them segue motors (seg-way for everyone who missed the segway thread on rmr a few years ago
Consider this: In most - nearly all - cases, you can fly a given model on a high thrust motor just as easily as on a medium or low thrust motor. The converse is not necessarily true. A medium sized model might weathercock badly on a B3, and a heavy one may not even get off the rod. But, barring a shred, a light, medium or heavy can fly on a B14.
So, B14's are more flexible than B6's or B3's. Niche rocketeers can put them in their Farsides while mainstream rocketeers can fly them in Astras and Alphas.
A similar argument can be made for just about any impulse range MR motors.
I don't have a crystal clear vision of exactly what will win, but I think the case for high thrust motors makes the most sense.
O/T: Chas, were you sweating pretty good along about 2:15 Saturday afternoon?
Doug