Clipped Delta Profile

Criteria

Description

Look Back Factor

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Traditional Clipped Delta that is based on the Black Brant (BB) profile but modified to provide slight performance increase over the traditional BB profile AND allow for additional construction techniques and materials.

 

Performance

Max Altitude: 12,389’

Max Velocity: 848 f/sec

Max Acceleration: 167 f/sec2

Stability caliber: 1.67

Size

Single Surface Area: 556.657 in^2

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Suitable Construction Techniques

Option A and Option B

The size for both the individual fins and interconnecting brackets will fit into the available CNC machine build volume.

Suitable Construction Materials

Materials that include basic laminated birch, Nomex Honeycomb, and a FULL modular aluminum fin assembly.