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Old 05-11-2005, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Eagle3
Craig, if you already have the fins made up in Rocksim try putting the 86% fins on the upper stage and the normal fins on the booster? I'll try this myself if I get time tonight.


Better than that, you only need to lengthen the sustainer with a 3" payload section and a balsa nose block. I tried this in one of the simulations, and it came out at just over 1 calibre stable.

I'm attaching two additional RKT files showing some variations on our theme...

Craig...
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