EeebeeE
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In addition to my ongoing 100,000' project which is on hold until after a heavy workload subsides in mid November, I also wanted to have two other winter builds. The first is an upgrade to my Mega Der Red Max and the second is an upscaled Estes Plasma Probe. The Plasma Probe will be the subject of another thread.
My MDRM has been a real trooper even though I have subjected it to a lot of abuse, but I was looking at it recently and thought...this thing needs some TLC...a LOT of TLC. So I decided to do some rebuilding...from the bottom of the nose cone on down. My thought was, I want to fly the hell out of this thing, so it better be sturdy...and if it is sturdy...let's put a bigger hole in it.
This thing will look like a normal MDRM. Same height, diameter, the fins might look a little thicker, but it will be everything but. The airframe will be 4" Bluetube. 3/8" Fins and rings will be cut by Upscale CNC. They will be interlocking in such a way that the rings will hold the fins in place at the root. I may use paper and epoxy to coat the fins. This will be a non-fiberglass mach buster with a 54mm Bluetube hole capable of holding up to 5-grain K's. I can't wait to enter an MDRM drag race where everyone else will be using H's and maybe I's, and mine will sit on the pad with a K2045.
The rocket will have a small altimeter in the nose cone to separate at apogee, then I am thinking of using a jolly logic chute release to deploy the main.
So if I am going to build an MDRM that will fly like a madman, I had to give it a different look. Something to distinguish itself from other MDRMs with aliens instead of skulls, etc. I hearkened back to one of my favorite movies...The Road Warrior. This Rocket will be called, "Der Mad Max." I have been designing decals for it using images from the movie as well as fan-supported imagery, along with some key movie quotes.
Below is the OR design as well as a collection of images that will be used in the decals. You can possibly see what will go where according to the typical decal placement, although this will not be completely true to form.
I don't know what color to paint the airframe. I'm kind of thinking to paint it white or possibly a white hammered look. The decals are starkly black and blood red and they would really stand out against a white background.
Whaddaya think?
My MDRM has been a real trooper even though I have subjected it to a lot of abuse, but I was looking at it recently and thought...this thing needs some TLC...a LOT of TLC. So I decided to do some rebuilding...from the bottom of the nose cone on down. My thought was, I want to fly the hell out of this thing, so it better be sturdy...and if it is sturdy...let's put a bigger hole in it.
This thing will look like a normal MDRM. Same height, diameter, the fins might look a little thicker, but it will be everything but. The airframe will be 4" Bluetube. 3/8" Fins and rings will be cut by Upscale CNC. They will be interlocking in such a way that the rings will hold the fins in place at the root. I may use paper and epoxy to coat the fins. This will be a non-fiberglass mach buster with a 54mm Bluetube hole capable of holding up to 5-grain K's. I can't wait to enter an MDRM drag race where everyone else will be using H's and maybe I's, and mine will sit on the pad with a K2045.
The rocket will have a small altimeter in the nose cone to separate at apogee, then I am thinking of using a jolly logic chute release to deploy the main.
So if I am going to build an MDRM that will fly like a madman, I had to give it a different look. Something to distinguish itself from other MDRMs with aliens instead of skulls, etc. I hearkened back to one of my favorite movies...The Road Warrior. This Rocket will be called, "Der Mad Max." I have been designing decals for it using images from the movie as well as fan-supported imagery, along with some key movie quotes.
Below is the OR design as well as a collection of images that will be used in the decals. You can possibly see what will go where according to the typical decal placement, although this will not be completely true to form.
I don't know what color to paint the airframe. I'm kind of thinking to paint it white or possibly a white hammered look. The decals are starkly black and blood red and they would really stand out against a white background.
Whaddaya think?