Saying hi and here's my Horsefly

[NickQ]

Hi folks,

I've been lurking around here for a couple of weeks now, but I wanted to post and say hello. I'm "TheRadiator" on the TRF Archive. I took an unplanned hiatus from rocketry as I ran out of room to build and store rockets. A couple of huge spring cleaning campaigns and now I can go back to building and flying.

My first project back was the one I stalled on previously. It's the Horsefly, you can find the plans on the Ye Old Rocket Shoppe site, found under BARCLONE Proven Designs.

I deviated from the plans in using a FlisKits Rhino cone instead of the one resembling a Deuce cone, and I also left off the pointy dowels as I find them annoying to maintain.

Also, here's a photo posing it with a Big Bertha and a Semroc Firefly for size reference.

For those wondering it's an 18mm+18mm, and no, I'm not done painting it yet!

[plano-doug]

...and I also left off the pointy dowels as I find them annoying to maintain.

Wow...and I thought I was the only one. So many rocketeers are into keeping things authentic, especially the sci-fi type stuff. OTOH, I'm all for eliminating the toothpicks. They'll put your eye out

BTW, have fun with the Horsefly. It looks good.

Doug

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[ghrocketman]

Looking good but it's big enough to have 24mm in the booster for an option.

[NickQ]

Wow...and I thought I was the only one. So many rocketeers are into keeping things authentic...

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I like keeping them authentic as well, but I do have a cat that loves to eat small pointy items and several rockets have suffered as a result.

[NickQ]

Alright, I finally finished the paint job. Sorry for the photo quality, my camera is a bit outdated.

I was a bit disappointed at how the red turned out. I thought the weather had cooled off enough to spray, but it wasn't cool enough. Unfortunately the glossy component of the paint dried before it hit the rocket. On the upside it gives it more of a vintage look, so all is not lost.

At any rate I hope to fly it this weekend, weather permitting.

[Peartree]

...I do have a cat that loves to eat small pointy items and several rockets have suffered as a result.

Our cat likes to chew shoe laces...