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Old 04-19-2018, 12:05 PM   #21
Anthony
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Berkeley, CA
Default Re: [Spaceships] Black powder Rockets?

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Originally Posted by Phoenix_Dragon View Post
If you mean a pendulum rocket, unfortunately those are no more stable than conventional layouts. The force of the rocket is fixed along the axis of the rocket rather than the axis of gravity (As we would usually think of a normal pendulum), so it provides no correcting force.
Hm. It should still make a difference for atmospheric flight, though yeah, I see the error now.
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