sounds like the next @lakeroadster design for OR
Is there a kit of the Flash Gordon rocket from the movie serials of the 1930’s?
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Fins would need to be bigger in rear to overcome the destabilizing effect of front canard things and front wheels, no?Should be easy enough to replicate in Open Rocket, an excellent candidate to show off the "POD" feature.
You could modify a non-flying model kit to actually fly. But @ $90 making one from scratch seems like a better option.
Should be easy enough to replicate in Open Rocket, an excellent candidate to show off the "POD" feature.
You could modify a non-flying model kit to actually fly. But @ $90 making one from scratch seems like a better option.
Keep the landing gear, a little asymmetry won't hurt. It is already a bonified RSO frightening machine. Maybe a sparkling kite tail of some sort for stability on a mid canted motor abomination? That old tinsel from Gramma's Christmas Tree? Would that look good enough?I want to see it with the forward circle of small tubes as an A10 cluster. I'd even be fine with leaving off the wings and landing gears. Maybe draw retract covers on the airframe, suggesting a technology upgrade.
Could a kit overcome the dreaded "Idiot factor?" Most likely a scratcher until 3D printing and active stabilization progress...which will be like next year!Is there a kit of the Flash Gordon rocket from the movie serials of the 1930’s?
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I think it would be stable if you knocked off the wheels. Then at least it would also look a little more symetrical. Almost rocket-like rather than a biplane without wings.
Spatted wheels and shoes are 30's sheek! Makes me want to swing in a zoot suit riot! A little JU 87 mean look, a little radio navigation loop upgrade on the opposite side balance drag. Maybe a little larger fin sticking out more to hide the midcant motors. All tricks to make it still look good and get a pad assignment!I think the spatted wheels really make it. What's a bit of asymmetric drag to the #oddrocscum who prowl these forums? (@Daddyisabar & @lakeroadster , I'm looking at you guys...)
A little JU 87 mean look, a little radio navigation loop upgrade on the opposite side balance drag.
Odd-roc porn at its finest/worst. I love it.It kinda wanted to glide, but making anything glide is way beyond my skill level.
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Well, if you go rear eject on a soft grass field there is a high probability you will stick the landing!
Yeah, when I took a closer look I noticed that. You could build the rocket with clear fins and decorate it like a Baskin Robins First Birthday Cone (one candle.)Pretty hard to do a rear eject, the entire back end of the rocket is a boat tail.
Blast the mindsim. Trust the machines!
This thing? Coolness. It reminds me of a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser. At least around the cockpit area.How about a Mongo warship "Ajax" from the 80'a S. Delaurentis movie? After seeing that big baby coming up through the clouds at the beginning of the final battle scenes on a 100' x 80' screen is impressive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'd love to see that launch!
Cheers!
Golly, man of the Colorado mountains, how do you get those detailed, irregular shapes into OpenRocket?
Golly, man of the Colorado mountains, how do you get those detailed, irregular shapes into OpenRocket?
You're going to need either clear fins at the rear or a ton of weight at the front or a mixture. Heads up.....Just plug the data from the drawing, your post #1, into the OR program... For those big front canards you make a fin template by pulling the drawing into MS Paint and tracing the outline, then import that image into the fin "shape" tab in OR.
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I'm of the opinion the better approach would be a tractor motor version... I pretty much hate Lexan fins, they ruin the entire look of oddocs and sci-fi rockets.You're going to need either clear fins at the rear or a ton of weight at the front or a mixture. Heads up.....
I look forward to the test flight.I'm of the opinion the better approach would be a tractor motor version... I pretty much hate Lexan fins, they ruin the entire look of oddocs and sci-fi rockets.
Without the wheel spats and the forward fins, it would be a lot more stable. Couldn't we just pretend Flash retracted them after take off.......
I look forward to the test flight.
sounds like the next @lakeroadster design for OR
Without the wheel spats and the forward fins, it would be a lot more stable. Couldn't we just pretend Flash retracted them after take off.......
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