Title says it all. Yesterday (3/29/2014) I met with my two TAP's and went over my initial plans, rocketry experience, etcetera. Last July I conceived an L3 idea by upscaling the Cosmodrome Black Brant II to a 6" nominal O.D. and then downscaling it to 3 inches and scratch building that. I was pleased and since January, I have been developing my ideas and tooling up. Now I've had the go-ahead from my advisors I can get building! The brief synopsis is as follows:
-Airframe tube was a 1/8" wall thickness, 6" I.D. cardboard tube from the carpet place up the road. It will be glassed with 2 layers of 8.9oz glass.
-Nose cone will be turned foam like I have done on projects in the past using the router and a rotisserie motor to rotate as I route.
-Fins will be glassed luan panel, glass in the center and a panel on each side with 2 layers of glass over that.
-Tail cone will be similar to the nose cone in turned foam construction.
-AV bay will be custom glassed tube.
-Electronics will be a RRC3 with an Adept DDC as backup.
-Motor will be a CTI 5 grain 75mm blue possibly.
Here is the rocksim file thus far and a screen shot of the project. As always, I invite comments and criticism.
-Airframe tube was a 1/8" wall thickness, 6" I.D. cardboard tube from the carpet place up the road. It will be glassed with 2 layers of 8.9oz glass.
-Nose cone will be turned foam like I have done on projects in the past using the router and a rotisserie motor to rotate as I route.
-Fins will be glassed luan panel, glass in the center and a panel on each side with 2 layers of glass over that.
-Tail cone will be similar to the nose cone in turned foam construction.
-AV bay will be custom glassed tube.
-Electronics will be a RRC3 with an Adept DDC as backup.
-Motor will be a CTI 5 grain 75mm blue possibly.
Here is the rocksim file thus far and a screen shot of the project. As always, I invite comments and criticism.
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