KnifeEdge01
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When I was younger I had the Estes Aim 9 Sidewinder kit and Loved it. Sadly it was damaged pretty badly when I moved. But I recently bought a new kit someone had listed on Ebay. This got me thinking about Building a larger one to be flown on Mid power motors. I recently finished my First Mid-Power Rocket (Estes Nike Smoke).
Here is my thought on the Sidewinder. I am thinking of buying the 3" tubes from Estes and using a 29mm Motor mount. What I can't decide on is length. They have a few that are already slotted for 4 fins. I could use one for the bottom and one for the top. I will use the fins from my current,smaller kit as templates and enlarge them to my liking.
What are your inputs on length? How a out a nose cone that would be similar? I tried to find other builds out there with no luck.
I will continue to post build updates on here. Im going to order a few tubes tonight and I can cut them to size if needed.
Thanks!
Here is my thought on the Sidewinder. I am thinking of buying the 3" tubes from Estes and using a 29mm Motor mount. What I can't decide on is length. They have a few that are already slotted for 4 fins. I could use one for the bottom and one for the top. I will use the fins from my current,smaller kit as templates and enlarge them to my liking.
What are your inputs on length? How a out a nose cone that would be similar? I tried to find other builds out there with no luck.
I will continue to post build updates on here. Im going to order a few tubes tonight and I can cut them to size if needed.
Thanks!