BayouRat
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I'm re-purposing this booster that I flew into the ground at AirFest back in 2012. I decided to call it "SPIKE" since I drove it into the ground like a railroad spike! It was buried a good 3 feet!
What's old will be new again! Meet "SPIKE"
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Igotnothing
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Heh. Once did similar with an RC plane. Wing was fine, body was kindling back to near the main landing gear mount. It became a tail-dagger. New firewall, wing saddle and various adjustments inside. It was a bit squirrely.
I suspect Spike will have sufficient longitudinal rigidity.
I suspect Spike will have sufficient longitudinal rigidity.
BayouRat
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Spike is now in the paint shop.
grouch
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Nice Iwata. One of these days….
I like saving worthy projects... as long as the rocket godz left you something to work with. What color(s) are considering?
BayouRat
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I think I'm just going back with the same white Imron. I'm going to get a big vinyl decal of a rail road spike.
BayouRat
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Got Spike back from the paint shop yesterday. I still have a good bit of work to do. I need to add 2lbs of nose weight to get the CG right. I have some Acme conformal rail guides and then ebay, and recovery.
Nice looking paint, but what are you using for motor retention? With no payload tube, where is the avbay? N/C coupler?
Ooohh... Shiny! Airfest is fast approaching, so here's to hoping for an excellent launch and safe recovery of everything you take with you, including Spike!
BayouRat
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Spike didn't make it for AirFest. But I should have it ready for TRA-LA's October launch. I'm rethinking the stubby design and may extend it to include a traditional altimeter bay since I had problems with my nose cone design on my BOOMSTICK project.
