Testing Fly away rail guides at QCRS launch January 24,2015

I've been testing versions of the "Fly away rail guides" that are printed on a 3D Printer out of PLA. The guides are used around a 38MM airframe (thin wall tubing) and have been successfully flown using F and G motors. I'll have several at the QCRS launch on Saturday January 24th, for anyone that wants to try them out on a 38mm airframe.

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Cool!! I will definitely check that out. Looks like we are going to have good weather for the lunch.

GRIFFIN said:

Cool!! I will definitely check that out. Looks like we are going to have good weather for the lunch.

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Cripes!!! Gotta do the dad thing and be with my kid at his Boy Scouts Pinewood Derby races... And now it looks like I'm gonna miss lunch!!!!! :tongue: :neener:
I'm going to load up a rocket just in case I can slip away early, ya never know...

Adrian

Cool. Kind of reminds me of Arnold Roquerre's old magnetic rail guides (space warp technologies??? something like that).

I flew these last weekend and they are really quite nice.
In cut corn fields I recommend the orange (yellow tends to blend in a little too well)!!
If I recall the guides were never more than 15 feet or so from the rail so they were always easy to retrieve (unlike my mini vindicator).
See you all at the lunch! :grin:

Thanks, Jarhead, I appreciate your comments. I had the same experience with yellow last weekend in a cut corn field and rest assured that won't be a color I make them out of in the future.

I am really looking forward to seeing the results with the rockets tomorrow, and I hope your lunch is delicious!

If anyone has one of those GoPro cameras with the 120 frame/second video capability, I'd sure love some footage of the separation...

BIll,

I have one of those camera's with 240 FPS... I'll see if my boss will let me make the trek down.

Alex

alexzogh said:

BIll,

I have one of those camera's with 240 FPS... I'll see if my boss will let me make the trek down.

Alex

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Unfortunately I won't make it, but please get with rockdoc, that would be very very awesome

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I flew these last weekend and they are really quite nice.
In cut corn fields I recommend the orange (yellow tends to blend in a little too well)!!

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You could make them easier to find by tying them to the pad with a piece of kevlar cord. Maybe use a spool, so that after the launch, you could just wind them back.

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If anyone has one of those GoPro cameras with the 120 frame/second video capability, I'd sure love some footage of the separation...

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When I get a pair to test out, We might be able to get some high speed video. Coleman is quite handy with his GoPro, so if it's still valuable to you, we could probably get some video in Feb.

Nate

Yup, that would be great Nate!

I'll be there! Wish i had a 38mm rocket