There are lots of programs, including many commercial programs, that will predict the maximum altitude of a model rocket. There are some inexpensive altimeters out there also that can give altitude results when placed inside your model during flight. Are they trustworthy? I wasn't sure so I had an idea to see if I could come up with a LB program that would predict accurately (within 5%) the height of a model rocket. Of course this program is more involved than the others presented on this page so I needed some help. I got a great deal of help from Mr. John Fisher who lives in Merry Old England. I had the ideas of what I wanted to do and he developed the code that would get me there. I give all credit to him.
cogburn
May 23, 2012
There are lots of programs, including many commercial programs, that will predict the maximum altitude of a model rocket. There are some inexpensive altimeters out there also that can give altitude results when placed inside your model during flight. Are they trustworthy? I wasn't sure so I had an idea to see if I could come up with a LB program that would predict accurately (within 5%) the height of a model rocket. Of course this program is more involved than the others presented on this page so I needed some help. I got a great deal of help from Mr. John Fisher who lives in Merry Old England. I had the ideas of what I wanted to do and he developed the code that would get me there. I give all credit to him.
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