(modified) RW Mongoose 29 - 29mm MD "Altitude Seeker": 16,000' & mach 2

Any updates rockethunter?

Home for the weekend, and finally finished up assembling the tower! Despite the flimsiness of the 0.05" aluminum T bar, the whole structure is amazingly stiff and almost doesn't need the 1010 rail that will be supporting it - essentially, I will bring the tower out to a regular 1010 launch pad, slide it on, and tighten it down and instantly have a heavy duty, angle-able tower! I did probably go a little overjill with the fasteners - used something like 150 8-32 small pattern nuts :lol:

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Next step: figure out plans so that I can fly this at red glare this April :smile:

TEST: Hmmm, just wrote up a big update and the thread then accordingly popped up on the new thread list, and in my recent activity in my profile, but the post doesn't seem to be showing up here. Will see if this post shows up.

UPDATE: after 10 minutes the posts showed up, weird!

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Very cool tower you got there. Will the other one also make it out to Red Glare?

T34zac said:

Very cool tower you got there. Will the other one also make it out to Red Glare?

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Yup!

That's one damn nice tower design!

I can't wait to see that tower Coleman...
You da man... lol..

Teddy

RocketHunter said:

Home for the weekend, and finally finished up assembling the tower! Despite the flimsiness of the 0.05" aluminum T bar, the whole structure is amazingly stiff and almost doesn't need the 1010 rail that will be supporting it - essentially, I will bring the tower out to a regular 1010 launch pad, slide it on, and tighten it down and instantly have a heavy duty, angle-able tower! I did probably go a little overjill with the fasteners - used something like 150 8-32 small pattern nuts :lol:

Next step: figure out plans so that I can fly this at red glare this April :smile:

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:jaw:

jqavins said:

That's one damn nice tower design!

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Thanks! Quite a bit over-engineered and complex just for the heck of it, but also because with designing it in CAD and then 3-d printing it, I can find time to do that anywhere/anytime on my laptop, vs physical assembly/construction which is harder to find the time/place to do.

onebadhawk said:

I can't wait to see that tower Coleman...
You da man... lol..

Teddy

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Thanks! Looking forward to seeing ya at Red Glare! :smile:

TRFfan said:

:jaw:

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:smile:

RocketHunter said:

Thanks! Quite a bit over-engineered and complex just for the heck of it, but also because with designing it in CAD and then 3-d printing it, I can find time to do that anywhere/anytime on my laptop, vs physical assembly/construction which is harder to find the time/place to do.



Thanks! Looking forward to seeing ya at Red Glare! :smile:


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Honestly, your tower is a work of art. Nicely done!

Hey Coleman, awesome flights yesterday. Just PM me your email address and I'll send photos of your flights along.

What happened with this rocket?

Coleman has his sights a something 16 mm thicker

mpitfield said:

Coleman has his sights a something 16 mm thicker

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Oh.

Did he launch it?

mpitfield said:

Coleman has his sights a something 16 mm thicker

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I kinda tink Coleman has his sights on lingerie these days...

Teddy

onebadhawk said:

I kinda tink Coleman has his sights on lingerie these days...

Teddy

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You, sir, have the perfect name by which to make the comment above.

jqavins said:

You, sir, have the perfect name by which to make the comment above.

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Lol...

Coleman's gonna kill me when he see's this,,, lol..

Teddy

So he's wearing lingerie now?

Lol, Teddy!