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Bigger also means they can put more sensors onboard (though you can do quite a bit with Estes). But even the Shuttle SRBs used parachute recovery, although with
by delibes 7y ago
Bigger also means they can put more sensors onboard (though you can do quite a bit with Estes). But even the Shuttle SRBs used parachute recovery, although without popping the nose cone.
Biggest difference I can think of is that the SRBs had a gimballing nozzle. From photos on the project website, it looks like fins are fixed too. I don't know the law around it, but guess adding control surfaces would make this into a guided missile!
https://www.uscrpl.com/traveler-iv https://www.uscrpl.com/traveler-iv
http://www.uscrpl.com/updates/2019/5/22/traveler-iv http://www.uscrpl.com/updates/2019/5/22/traveler-iv
- 0xffff2 7y agoI've done a small amount of model rocketry. My interest in the hobby basically ended once the various old-timers I had access to convinced me that any sort of guidance beyond extremely basic horizon tracking would indeed amount to ITAR controlled missile tech.
- octorian 7y agoMy interest ended when I couldn't afford to build the model rocket kits I wanted to build (I was a kid with a very limited budget). When I got older and had money, the lack of any convenient launch sites probably discouraged me from getting back into it.