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If your rocket is flexing significantly, then it probably won't be a rocket for very long!
by hermitcrab 7mo ago
If your rocket is flexing significantly, then it probably won't be a rocket for very long!
- sandworm101 7mo agoShuttle was held on the launch pad after ignition for a couple seconds because of flex. The stack initially flexed out of alignment when the main engines were lit, the stack being asymetrical. Only once the nose drifted back to vertical would the srbs ignite and the stack begin to move.
- hermitcrab 7mo agoOpenRocket is intended for amateur rocketry, not NASA space shuttles. Amateur rocketry people try very hard to make their rockets symmetrical. Hobby rockets have to be stiff enough not to banana. I don't think it is figured into model rocketry beyond that.