My Lil Nuke #1 - Rocket Profile

My Lil Nuke #1

LOC Precision — Lil' Nuke

✅ ActiveModified kit

www.altimetercloud.com

A slightly extended LIL Nuke that I built to test a Fluctus flight computers tracking on G80 motors. I've not yet flown it on a Mercury or Nano so maybe next visit to Midland rocketry club!

Flight history

Flights

Best

823.05m

Avg

458.61m

Flight	Tag	Apogee	Motor	Date
2946		98.1m	AeroTech G80T-10	17/09/26-21:17:08	View
2916	MyNano	823.0m	AeroTech G80T-10	13/09/26-19:11:00	View
1796	TEST2	756.8m	AeroTech G80T-10	17/06/26-19:00:48	View
1786	TEST-1	756.7m	AeroTech G80T-10	14/06/26-19:43:44	View
1785	TEST-LEFT-3	756.7m	AeroTech G80T-10	14-Jun at 15:01	View
1784	TEST-RIGHT-4	756.8m	AeroTech G80T-10	14-Jun at 14:55	View
1235	leo mercury!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	2.7m	—	15-Mar at 10:33	View
1218	Merc8349	36.4m	Estes 1/2A3-4	08-Mar at 15:15	View
1217	Merc8349	140.3m	—	08-Mar at 15:15	View

Rocket kit info

Brand

LOC Precision

Kit name

Lil' Nuke

SKU

PK-4

Motor range

E16-4 – H128-14A

Est. altitude

549 m

Skill level

Advanced

User's rating

5/5

A great kit from LOC. Everything fits together well and it flys perfectly. Ive mostly flown on G80 motors.

Physical specifications

Diameter

57.40 mm

Length

749.30 mm

Empty weight

368.50 g, no motor

Fins

3 Plywood

Body material

Loc paper tube

Motor & recovery

Stages

Recovery

Parachute

Chute size

61.0 cm

MOTOR MOUNTS

29mm

Build notes

Glued it!

Simulation files

RKT

estes_viking.rkt

RockSim · 43KB

Download

Simulation results

Motor	Altitude	Velocity	Accel	Apogee	Source
Estes A8-3	135.3 m	64.8 m/s	29.6 G	4.5 s	RockSim (estes_viking.rkt)
Estes B4-4	282.9 m	105.3 m/s	30.0 G	6.1 s	RockSim (estes_viking.rkt)
Estes B6-4	288.1 m	116.9 m/s	31.0 G	5.9 s	RockSim (estes_viking.rkt)
Estes C6-5	475.1 m	171.4 m/s	34.4 G	7.5 s	RockSim (estes_viking.rkt)
Estes C6-7	483.1 m	171.4 m/s	34.4 G	8.1 s	RockSim (estes_viking.rkt)