Homemade Logo Rocket

[bradycros]

I saw this logo rocket on the home page of www.performancehobbies.com and liked what I saw. I drew it out and started building. Because of the perspective of the logo rocket drawing, I had to make some guesstamations. If you bring up performancehobbies from the above web site, leave the frame small, scroll down to bottom of page and slide the whole frame over to the left, you can compare the logo drawing and the picture of my build side by side.
Every tube was cut by hand. Every slot, centering ring, bulkhead, nose cone, fin, baffle and tail cone was made by hand. I did it, and you can do it to.

Length: 20.5 in
Width: 3 in
Fin Span: 12 in
Motor Mount: 29 mm
Nose Cone: Balsa
Tail Cone: Card Stock
Weight: 10.7 oz

[CCR]

Nice looking design. What are the nose and tail cones made of?

[bradycros]

The nose cone is balsa and the tail cone is card stock.

[GrossApproximator]

The nose cone is balsa and the tail cone is card stock.

That's a GREAT looking cone. Wish I could make mine do that.

[powderburner]

I'm not sure why but that design somehow looks good. If that rocket is a logo, can you say who uses it?

Nice-looking build, BTW. Good job on the NC conic shape and the tail skirt, they look smooth and even. Is the NC made of balsa all the way to the tip or did you extend the mounting dowel out through the nose? Do you have any tips for rolling cardstock to make those tail parts turn out so well?

It looks like it will be a high-power rocket.... what sort of motors are you planning to use in this thing?

Any ideas yet for colors or decoration?

[bradycros]

If that rocket is a logo, can you say who uses it?

I 'm waiting to hear back from the person that uses the logo. I'll be more then happy to tell you if he gives the OK. Can't see why he would object, it will probly increase sales.

Nice-looking build, BTW. Good job on the NC conic shape and the tail skirt, they look smooth and even. Is the NC made of balsa all the way to the tip or did you extend the mounting dowel out through the nose?

In the first picture with the nose cone on its side you can see the shoulder is a piese of coupler glued to the balsa. The coupler is soaked with thin CA and sanded down to fit smoothly into the body tube.

In the second picture find there are four balsa squares glued together, which were then shaped into a rough cylinder with my very sharp fish fillet knive. So, yes the balsa goes all the way to the tip.

The third picture showes the arangement of nose cone, spacer, mandrel and sacrificial body tube.

Fourth picture showes the nose cone templet. Sand, check...sand check...ect...
This would be much easyer with a lathe, but we ain't got no stink'n lathe.

Do you have any tips for rolling cardstock to make those tail parts turn out so well?

I'll need to start another post for that.

It looks like it will be a high-power rocket.... what sort of motors are you planning to use in this thing?

Rocket was built with a 29mm motor mount, so it could handle a H motor. But it was built for the high end of Mid Power.

Any ideas yet for colors or decoration?

Yes. Turquoise nose cone, body and tail cone.Black glue rivets with fine pin stripes in several equaly spaced places on the body, burnt orange fins.

[bradycros]

[QUOTE=powderburner;91254]I'm not sure why but that design somehow looks good. If that rocket is a logo, can you say who uses it?

Ken Allen, of performancehobbies.com said go ahead. Scroll to the bottom of his home page to see logo.