Hellraiser.... The Abbreviated Build Thread.

Coop said:

Got the video together...

Hope you dig!

[video]https://youtu.be/exQ1TtzEGoE[/video]

Later!

--Coop

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Nice!

No finer sight in rocketry than a big bird properly deploying its main at low altitude -

CzTeacherMan said:

Phenomenal build, decals, and video.
Thanks for sharing!!

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Thanks so much ! I admit: I was thrilled with Mark's work with the decals...

CORZERO said:

Freakin sweet! Loved that flame and boost into the clouds! Congrats on L3. Any ideas for your grad project?

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My favorite shot is coming back down through the cloud from the on-board... just too surreal...

By graduation, I'm guessing you mean the next thing to take a level 3 motor... Yes, I have an idea. I've been toying with the idea for a couple of months. I just don't know, quite yet, what size I'm going to make it. This is one of those times where bigger may not be necessarily better... I plan on calculating what I can and EWAGging* the rest. The next thing I'm going to build has a 24mm MMT, and already has the name picked out....




* EWAG: Educated Wild-A**ed Guess

neil_w said:

Awesome video! No rotation at all on the way up, impressive (and it makes the video a lot more watchable). Photo montage at the beginning is great too. Nicely done!

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Thanks, Neil! To be honest, I didn't even realize about the upward rotation until you said something there! Not bad for marking it out with a few sheets of paper, a Sharpie, and no math, eh?

I'm glad you dug the montage. When I do a project like this, I typically do a blow-by-blow build thread on my Facebook page. It's overly detailed for here--more geared for someone who knows little to nothing about rocketry (thus, this abbreviated thread). Hellraiser had something like 300 photos in the build album. I thought the montage would be good to show progression from idea to completion, and am glad to hear a viewer recognized it!

watermelonman said:

Nice!

No finer sight in rocketry than a big bird properly deploying its main at low altitude

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I have to agree, there!


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Thanks so much, everyone--I'm thrilled that this project turned out!


Later!

--Coop