Re: [amsat-bb] Leaking out the nozzle

[Richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Richard W L Limebear)]

 "MCGWIER ROBERT" writes:

> At perigee, the loss of velocity due to the mass
> loss is TINY as a percentage, compared to
> the velocity loss as a percentage of the total
> at apogee.

Shouldn't that be "increase" at perigee and "loss" at apogee.

I drew a graphic to demonstrate this. Its on the Amsat-UK website at:
<http://www.uk.amsat.org/phase3d.htm>

73
Richard W L Limebear G3RWL
g3rwl@amsat.org
FOC # 1188

          So many beautiful girls ..... (sob) so little time
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