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Ok, I was working on a clone of the Centuri Magnum D Hornet (redshifted to an E motor), and I messed up. I didn't catch that the back of the motor tube protrudes 1/4" below the back of the body tube. NUTS!!!!
Well, I have the parts... I guess I'll start over. Now what... Well, the Vigilante uses the same nosecone as the Estes Hornet (the foundation for the Centuri clone).... Hmmm... But the body tube is 4" short... Oh, I have a scrap of body tube... Hey! It's 4" long! I couldn't possibly have a 2.75" long scrap of BT-55... No, I do have one... Hmmm.
I'm now working on a 24mm powered (E sustainer, D booster) of the Vigilante.
But what about that other nosecone, the BT-60AH, that I have... Hmmm I wonder... Yup! I've got enough BT-60 to do the job... I'm now working on an upscale of the Vigilante too.
Both will be 24mm powered, and both will have a payload section. Now all I need to do is get those fins printed out, then verify the measurements, before I start cutting balsa.
If you haven't guessed it by now... I LOVE building rockets!
Well, I have the parts... I guess I'll start over. Now what... Well, the Vigilante uses the same nosecone as the Estes Hornet (the foundation for the Centuri clone).... Hmmm... But the body tube is 4" short... Oh, I have a scrap of body tube... Hey! It's 4" long! I couldn't possibly have a 2.75" long scrap of BT-55... No, I do have one... Hmmm.
I'm now working on a 24mm powered (E sustainer, D booster) of the Vigilante.
But what about that other nosecone, the BT-60AH, that I have... Hmmm I wonder... Yup! I've got enough BT-60 to do the job... I'm now working on an upscale of the Vigilante too.
Both will be 24mm powered, and both will have a payload section. Now all I need to do is get those fins printed out, then verify the measurements, before I start cutting balsa.
If you haven't guessed it by now... I LOVE building rockets!
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