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michaeldk
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Hi all!
I've come here to seek your expertise because I've ran into a bit of a heated discussion (well, heated from the other side ;-) about rockets, hovering and center of gravity.
Basically people are referencing to the pendulum fallacy when I say that a rocket which is hovering would be better off having a payload hang below the rocket, rather than having a payload at the same level or above the thrusters. I am by no means an expert, not even something distantly related to one! So it might well be that I am wrong, but everything that I do know about helicopters and general physics seems to indicate that having the payload hanging below the thrusters when hovering should be more stable.
Can anyone comment on this? I'd be greatly helped! I don't mind being proven wrong at all, but certainly would enjoy it of course if the logic I applied in the end made sense :)
- Michael
I've come here to seek your expertise because I've ran into a bit of a heated discussion (well, heated from the other side ;-) about rockets, hovering and center of gravity.
Basically people are referencing to the pendulum fallacy when I say that a rocket which is hovering would be better off having a payload hang below the rocket, rather than having a payload at the same level or above the thrusters. I am by no means an expert, not even something distantly related to one! So it might well be that I am wrong, but everything that I do know about helicopters and general physics seems to indicate that having the payload hanging below the thrusters when hovering should be more stable.
Can anyone comment on this? I'd be greatly helped! I don't mind being proven wrong at all, but certainly would enjoy it of course if the logic I applied in the end made sense :)
- Michael