Application example for an #analogcomputer

Starting a rocket from earth

This application example simulates the start of the SATURN V rocket from earth. Unfortunately, it requires the use of 3 multipliers but only 2 are available on my THAT. Therefore, two approximations are compared: Simplifying gravity with the constant g and secondly using a taylor series for the acceleration of the rocket (only orders zero and one are used).
The results are very similar.
It is very instructive to play with gravity (simulating a start from e.g. the moon), fuel consumption, initial weight of the rocket and the speed of the exhaust.

Details again in my git repository https://permondes.de/gitweb/Analog_Engine.git