Recent content by charlesrwest

You are right. I did the Dyneema calculation and then went back to do the composite calculation. In the process, I forgot to convert the specific strength kN to N, I followed your advice. The resulting python program is below (please let me know if anything seems wrong). The good news is...

A company called SpinLaunch claims it can get something to 2200 m/s by spinning it up on a carbon fiber composite arm. I'm trying to figure out the limit of that approach. How fast can you go with existing materials? I tried to work it out for a constant with cable with no payload (result...