TaPe WorM RoCkeT...

[stardust]

A fine Saturday at CRASH,Denver, CO Sat. JulY...20th 2013...daddysbar, TapEwOrm rocket pics...WhOO? needs fins to fly a rocket! David can make dirt fly...I think he call his SIM..."Mind Simmmm" hehe He used E9'sx3 and junk from the waste bin for construction..flew so fine!

Daniel

 

[Daddyisabar]

Thanks for posting your photos Dan! Yes, the water bottles are recycled from the trash but the rest were spare parts and the styrofoam ball was new from Hobby Lobby. Thanks for letting me move over to the thread in Odd Rocs - you should visit that section some time!

https://rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?56058-Multiple-choice-What-is-your-opinion-on-this-Tapeworm-Model-Rocket&p=567631#post567631

 

[sodmeister]

That`s just so bizzare.......just so freek`n cool !!!!

How could you not like that one...BRAVO :handshake:

Regards


Paul T

 

[Daddyisabar]

That`s just so bizzare.......just so freek`n cool !!!!

How could you not like that one...BRAVO :handshake:

Regards


Paul T

Thanks. Fly high and be free hermaphrodite tape worm!

 

[Fred Garvin]

Very cool! We should have a "Will it Blend".....call it "Will it Fly".....

:flyingpig:

 

[Daddyisabar]

A fine Saturday at CRASH,Denver, CO Sat. JulY...20th 2013...daddysbar, TapEwOrm rocket pics...WhOO? needs fins to fly a rocket! David can make dirt fly...I think he call his SIM..."Mind Simmmm" hehe He used E9'sx3 and junk from the waste bin for construction..flew so fine!

Daniel


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I do see in picture #3 you did catch that high tech method of ground secure, wind stabilization and assured pad release on the tail section. No fins, nose cone, centering rings, blast deflector, positive motor retention, wadding, launch lug, packed or designated recovery system. I could have just stuck the launch rod in the dirt, but that would have been as primitive as can be and with out a single luxury. A kind of pop bottle rocket, kite, streamer rocket, canted odd roc type thingy.

 

[Pem Tech]

Absurdity at it best.
Bravo!

 

[Daddyisabar]

Absurdity at it best.
Bravo!

Thanks! It is a simple life form that makes a simple rocket. Since the motors only need to thrust it might be time to take those old used Estes E casings and . . . . well I better not say such vile and forbidden things here. Time for some Pyrotechnic fun.

 

[Scotty Dog]

WOW ... bout all I can come up with.

 

[Daddyisabar]

WOW ... bout all I can come up with.

These nasty little critters can eat away and your mind and you don't even realize it until bad things start to happen.

 

[Daddyisabar]

Very cool! We should have a "Will it Blend".....call it "Will it Fly".....

:flyingpig:

It flew to about 700-800 feet and the tail flutter just did in the end segment. It could have a much longer tail. This one was to test how high it would go and how much a short tail would slow it down on decent. This tail is the shortest I would fly it on.

 

[emckee]

Nifty!

How long was the tail? I'm guessing ~6'?

 

[Daddyisabar]

Nifty!

How long was the tail? I'm guessing ~6'?

The tail was just a tad over 6 feet long. After two flights the flutter on the end has done in the end segment on each flight. Decent is a bit fast on six feet of tail but the styrofoam takes the impact well. The tail could be much longer and if I build the Mark 2 I would go for 12 feet with the segments simply taped together and accordioned under the rocket on a flat surface. Mark 2 will also have some red streamers up front for a blood burp effect and will hopefully act to horizontal out the body on decent.

 

[boomtube]

I never thought I’d say this about a model rocket but that is gross.

 

[Daddyisabar]

I never thought I’d say this about a model rocket but that is gross.

Parasitic worm flying is not for the faint of heart, the kinder - gentler set, or those with weak constitutions.

 

[tcomfort]

My kids and I had the distinct pleasure of arriving just in time to see the Tapeworm fly.

I mean, how many people in the entire world can say that the very first club launch they ever witnessed was a flying hermaphroditic scolex-ed proglottid-laden parasitic... thing? Five? Six?

In any case, it makes me proud. So thanks.

Tim

 

[Daddyisabar]

My kids and I had the distinct pleasure of arriving just in time to see the Tapeworm fly.

I mean, how many people in the entire world can say that the very first club launch they ever witnessed was a flying hermaphroditic scolex-ed proglottid-laden parasitic... thing? Five? Six?

In any case, it makes me proud. So thanks.

Tim

I think you guys are unique in saying your first outing involved fun parasitic worm flying for the entire family! Safe to say not many three canted motor tapeworm rockets have flown. But this one is real fun and if it gets even one kid or family interested in the highly diverse field of model rocketry it is worth it. All it takes is some recycled parts from an old rocket, a trip to Hobby Lobby with the 40% coupon and two recycled plastic water bottles.

 

[Daddyisabar]

Video link:

https://youtu.be/uv6sQzLVCdc

 

[AlfaBrewer]

I never thought I’d say this about a model rocket but that is gross.

I presume you never saw JeffGeraci's "Mr. Hankey" rocket.

https://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?21972-OH-NO-you-DIDN-T!!

 

[Daddyisabar]

I presume you never saw JeffGeraci's "Mr. Hankey" rocket.

https://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?21972-OH-NO-you-DIDN-T!!

Icky, and I though putting shaped Tootsie Rolls in Gatorade in the Estes Liquidator was gross, especially when you recovered it and had a nice refreshing treat to share.