Timeline for Calculate rocket centre of mass
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| Mar 12, 2020 at 13:09 | comment | added | Carl Witthoft | If you are familiar with calculus, this is a simple problem (actually pretty simple even without :-) ). Write the equation for mass as a function of longitudinal position along the rocket's axis, and see how the value varies with time. | |
| Mar 12, 2020 at 12:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSpaceExp/status/1238072413910446080 | ||
| Mar 12, 2020 at 5:11 | comment | added | Lisa | Thank you for your comments everybody they were very enlightening! | |
| Mar 12, 2020 at 5:11 | vote | accept | Lisa | ||
| Mar 12, 2020 at 1:20 | comment | added | uhoh | related but not duplicates Center of mass location on any popular rocket in any typical condition? and How stable would a Falcon 9 first stage be after it has landed on a drone ship? | |
| Mar 11, 2020 at 22:51 | answer | added | Organic Marble | timeline score: 4 | |
| Mar 11, 2020 at 16:18 | comment | added | Organic Marble | Related, possible duplicate: space.stackexchange.com/q/30557/6944 | |
| Mar 11, 2020 at 15:33 | comment | added | user20636 | The fuel "cylinders" can be considered to be fixed at their bases and reducing in height | |
| Mar 11, 2020 at 15:11 | comment | added | GdD | A good question, welcome to the site. What you have described is a solid fuel rocket, Falcon (and most other) rockets are liquid fueled, where there are 2 cylindrical tanks for fuel and oxidizer. | |
| Mar 11, 2020 at 15:08 | history | asked | Lisa | CC BY-SA 4.0 |