10-15-2006, 09:42 PM
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BARCLONE Rocketry
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Posts: 5,357
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Originally Posted by James Pierson
Very nice Designs Craig!
Have you notice with the five fin designs such as Simple Simon and others, that the five fins seem to be the most efficient as far as maximum static margin. If you use 4 fins the margin reduces and if you use 6 fins it will also reduce intead of increase. Just a funny thing I noticed with the five fin designs. JP
James Pierson
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I guess I had not noticed it, but I'll start paying more attention to that in the future. It might have to do with shape and placement, too, so it's probably not consistent across every design. If it is, then we may have a "rule" to work with... 
Thanks, James! |