[SML] Rockets- onstage use

[Jon Lagerquist]

Using mechanical advantage you can get more acceleration. Or you can 
control the speed by how you lower the weight. I find the ACME weights 
are quite adaptable for this type of effect.

On 6/5/2016 5:58 PM, Bill Nelson via Stagecraft wrote:
> This method also allows you to use a slow acceleration - there is no need to
> have the relatively high acceleration needed for an unguided rocket. The
> maximum acceleration you will get is 1 G, which would produce a height of 16
> feet in one second and 36 feet in 1.5 seconds. It will be somewhat less
> depending on the pulley frictions and the ration of the acceleration mass
> compared to the rest of the mass (rocket + pulleys + line).

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Jon Lagerquist
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