Good luck with the Sea Wolf, I did my L1 with one, she is a GREAT flyer
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there is over 26 feet of fillets!
Nope, you've both convinced me to change my mind. I'll get a good sanding sealer and go that route. Any suggestions on brand of sealer?
Good luck with the Sea Wolf, I did my L1 with one, she is a GREAT flyer
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there is over 26 feet of fillets!
Good luck with the Sea Wolf, I did my L1 with one, she is a GREAT flyer
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there is over 26 feet of fillets!
I have to admit from the start Penelope was a labor of love, my first HPR. Since coming back to rocketry from the mid/late 70's, my daughter and I have built upwards of 75/100 LPR's (we lost count around 58 kits) never built a mid power kit. But I wanted to get into HP, so I looked for what I thought would be a challenging/hard kit to build. Thinking that anything after it would be a breeze to build.
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maiden flight
I don't remember exactly how much weight I added to the cone, but she's at 2.9 Lbs. the whole rocket is 6.1 Lbs.
I did do internal fillets, motor mount to fin and inside BT to fin, with regular 5 min. epoxy, outside I used the epoxy clay Apogee sells on everything else. I liked the fact that I could shape the clay to what I wanted, like the small curves at the aft ends of the fins.
here is a close up picture of the fin and what I mean about shaping the clay.
NOW DON"T LAUGH
she is a little beaten up now a days, spent time out in the soy field in the rain, on power lines in rain, worst place in the back seat of the truck for lots of miles
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In the first picture, circle on the right that transition is what convinced me to use the clay. When I dry fitted all the parts I didn't like the way it would finish without something to pull the forward fin and the flat plate together, so to speak. I'm sure you know/see what I mean noffie79, just what ever you do take your time.
FWIW everything else is a BREEZE !
GOOD LUCK we all want to see some pictures, maybe even a build thread??
I would think the ply fins would be fine as is
Structurally, they would be. But I don't want to see the grain.
noffie79 it sands about the same as wood, the smoother you make it before cure the less sanding.
noffie79 it sands about the same as wood, the smoother you make it before cure the less sanding.
Well I can say she has reached over 3000' as for motor size, I don't know since my old computer crashed I lost all of my files. Just let me worn you about drift, with that big chute if there is any wind she will drift and far. LOL
I attempted "DD" with a deployment bag & drogue a few times, but I just can't to get the bag to work right. So she is semi-retired now LOL
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