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07-08-2012, 11:12 PM

Tau Zero

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Real world vs. RockSim?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carl@Semroc

The Goonies and Groonies are all "short, squat" designs that somehow get "aerodynamic exemptions" from the one caliber rule. I have heard of people changing the engine mount in the old Goonies from 13mm to 18mm, not adding nose weight and having stable flights. Rocksim shows that to be impossible.

That's while I'll be flight testing the latest riff on my Prometheus design. It's at 1.70 calibers empty, and 0.94 marginal on a C6-5. (crossing fingers)

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