Monday, June 13, 2011

Upcoming: Muck Fest 2, July 2-4 2011

Muck Fest is PYRO's biggest club launch of the year. Last year it was the launch that I did my level 3 certification flight. This year I will be launching Positive Ascent on an L2375 White Thunder motor. It is a 4 grain 75 mm motor with 4878 Newton seconds of total impulse. This puts it at about a 91% of a full L. It will definitely be the most aggressive motor I've flown yet, with 629 pounds of peak thrust and only a 2 second burn time.


The result?

Positive Ascent will go from 0 to 670 mph in 2 seconds, pulling about 18 G's. Maximum altitude will be about 7500 feet.

Forward bulkhead and grain spacer
 
Looking down the nozzle, you can actually see the grains and smoke charge

Nozzle exit

Nozzle with dimension