Rail guides for AGM 33 Pike 5.5

glenbo · Feb 27, 2015

Bought the Madcow beauty during their Black Friday sale.
Locked & loaded on the pad with a 4 grain 75mm. motor it will weigh approx 35 lbs.
Its 9.5 ft. high & 5.5 dia. airframe.
For rail guide size are we talking 1515 or 1010?

dgreger · Feb 27, 2015

1010 will work no problem, at that size and weight its really a personal choice and consider what your club has in regards to pads.
My 5.5" 8ft tall upscale Archer weighs 21lbs with 6grain 54mm and I used 1515 airfoiled guides simply because in my opinion they looked better on that size rocket.

Handeman · Feb 27, 2015

It all depends on how the pad is constructed. Our club 1010 pads are only used up to 20 lbs. The rail will handle more, but the pads will not. If you show up at Battlepark, you'll need to use a 1515.

Sailorbill · Feb 27, 2015

glenbo said:
Bought the Madcow beauty during their Black Friday sale.
Locked & loaded on the pad with a 4 grain 75mm. motor it will weigh approx 35 lbs.
Its 9.5 ft. high & 5.5 dia. airframe.
For rail guide size are we talking 1515 or 1010?

Why not set it up for both. My L3 rocket, a PML Ultimate Endeavour, was 6" in diameter and 28Lb on the pad. I installed both 1/4-20 and 8-32 thread inserts so no matter what size rail was available I could fly!

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