mtarallo
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Hi All - new to the forum. I appreciate your thoughts and insights. I just got my son (9) into this, I used to do it as a kid and loved it. We made our first paper towel tube rocket and we used a B6-4 engine. (half of a plastic Easter egg as a nose cone and cardboard fins) The thing flew almost perfectly - see video - and survived. I am designing other homemade budget rockets and wanted to know what is the easiest way to cut centering rings? I don't have patience to use an x-acto knife and my scissor skills are less than perfect. I am having a rocket party with his friends and I want to see if we can do this easily - or at least have them pre-cut. For the first one, I used corrugated cardboard circles, which worked but was not ideal for what I wanted. I need a tool something that can punch about a 1 1/2 diameter with a 1/2 diameter center. I searched the internet and found a few promising things, but none of them worked as expected.
(I want to try some low power engines, so I hollowed out a B engine and an A engine fits perfectly in there - so I can use that as a motor mount. I just want to mount that in the tube. I appreciate your thoughts. Thanks guys.
Note - I bought the design kit too just for fun, but I want to save that stuff for my son and I.
[video=youtube;1WScHYcttJU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WScHYcttJU[/video]
(I want to try some low power engines, so I hollowed out a B engine and an A engine fits perfectly in there - so I can use that as a motor mount. I just want to mount that in the tube. I appreciate your thoughts. Thanks guys.
Note - I bought the design kit too just for fun, but I want to save that stuff for my son and I.
[video=youtube;1WScHYcttJU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WScHYcttJU[/video]