Some stats for saturday

My physics final was 115 multiple-guess questions today. it was supposed to take the whole two-hour exams period. I was done in 40 minutes. Hence I had some time to do calculations, plus finally changing the program to allow for multiple stages. It now can calculate single-staged rockets, booster stages (both from a launch pad and mid-air ignition), and sustainers. It works very well, especially at low speeds, but multiple stages at high speeds and altitudes are problematic - it thinks a Comanche-3 on a full load should go 4200 feet (~2600 really), and I think the estimate of 2200 feet for D12-0 / B6-0 / A8-5 is a bit off, but I'll work on that.

Anyway, the calculations:

Rocket	Motor	Altitude, ft	Max velocity, fps	Optimum Delay	Delay Used
Pen rocket	MMX	118	73	2.1	1
Mosquito	1/4A3	170	115	2.9	3
Electric Mosquito	1/2A3	227	139	3.3	4
Rokit	A10	268	136	3.2	3
Nuclear Mosquito	B6	320	193	3.3	4
Orbital Transport*	C6	511	209	3.8	3
Comanche-3*: 1st booster	D12	339	323	-	0
2nd booster	B6	639	391	-	0
sustainer	A8	2288	113	3	3 or 5
Twin saucers*: 24mm saucer	D12	104	103	-	0
18mm saucer	C6	493	162	0.5	0
Mozzie	E15W	816	222	4.2	4
Nantucket Sound**	E18W reload	345	207	1.3	4
24mm Saucer	F32T	184	182	0.5	4
Machnum Force***	G78G	3572	1592	8.5	7

* The staging calculations aren't working quite right, and so upper stages go too fast and too high. In additions, the calculations give ridiculously high accelerations for UFO-shaped rockets becuase the tenth-of-a-second interval means that the drag is not quite continuous.

** The D12-3 and E9-4 are recommended for the Nantucket Sound, so an E18-4 should work despite the delay.

*** Very unlikely to be flown saturday. I'll save it for another time.