Hi, I'm new to the rc community and as a first project, I'd like to make my own electric powered rocket which could land.
My inspirations are Tom Stanton and rctestflight for this new project of mine.
So my question is about the motors I should use. I did a ton of research online, but since I'm pretty new to this hobby, I wasn't able to know how powerful my rocket motor should be.
I plan to make a 400-500g rocket, so since there is the gravity, does it mean I should have at least 5kg of thrust (in this case, it would get very expensive) or there is something I'm not getting right and I coulf actually fly it with only 600-700g of thrust ?
From the videos of Tom and rctestflight, they don't seem to use very powerful motors, but I might be wrong.
I know this is a very difficult project, but I think I can handle it on the programming and building part as soon as I know what motor and propeller I should use.
Thanks for your help.
My inspirations are Tom Stanton and rctestflight for this new project of mine.
So my question is about the motors I should use. I did a ton of research online, but since I'm pretty new to this hobby, I wasn't able to know how powerful my rocket motor should be.
I plan to make a 400-500g rocket, so since there is the gravity, does it mean I should have at least 5kg of thrust (in this case, it would get very expensive) or there is something I'm not getting right and I coulf actually fly it with only 600-700g of thrust ?
From the videos of Tom and rctestflight, they don't seem to use very powerful motors, but I might be wrong.
I know this is a very difficult project, but I think I can handle it on the programming and building part as soon as I know what motor and propeller I should use.
Thanks for your help.