R&D design paper on rocket gliders

[I apologize for the February meeting announcement which got sent to some of you - obviously an error.]

The third and final post from last night's meeting is the R&D paper presented at a past NARAM entitled "Development of a Series of Rocket Gliders for 1/4A Through G Power." John brought a D motor powered example of his design, which is pictured below, and made the paper available to our members. Thanks, John!

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Figure 1: D Rocket Glider in launch configuration. The motor pod is held in place by a string which passes over the motor's ejection charge.

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Figure 2: D Rocket Glider in glide configuration. After the ejection charge burns through the string, a rubber band pulls the motor pod back.

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