rfjustin
Well-Known Member
Mike at MAC Performance Rocketry announced that 54mm canvas phenolic tubing was coming soon
This is great as I have been wanting to get my hands on the tubing, build a small rocket out of it, and present my usage of the canvas phenolic tubing. Ill share some opinions about the tubing as I build, but this will be more of a presentation/build thread rather than a formal review. The rocket will be a basic 54mm minimum diameter, dual deploy bird. I intend to make the rocket as reasonably light as possible, but I am not going overboard. I want to be able to prep and fly the rocket comfortably.
The 3 fins are made from 3/16 thick canvas phenolic plate (made by upscalecnc, aka wingerarcher), here are the dimensions:
6 root
3 span
4 leading edge chord
1.25 tip chord
0.75 trailing edge chord
Once I unpacked the damaged box (thanks USPS!), I got to take a look at the tubing. My initial impression is that I like it, very light and strong. I also really like the stepped bulkheads for the avionics bay. Also, the tubes are cut perfectly square, and the coupler fit to the body tubes and nose cone is perfect. Later this week (or possibly weekend), Ill take the time to gather exact dimensions of the tubing as well as some weights.
The 3 fins are made from 3/16 thick canvas phenolic plate (made by upscalecnc, aka wingerarcher), here are the dimensions:
6 root
3 span
4 leading edge chord
1.25 tip chord
0.75 trailing edge chord
Once I unpacked the damaged box (thanks USPS!), I got to take a look at the tubing. My initial impression is that I like it, very light and strong. I also really like the stepped bulkheads for the avionics bay. Also, the tubes are cut perfectly square, and the coupler fit to the body tubes and nose cone is perfect. Later this week (or possibly weekend), Ill take the time to gather exact dimensions of the tubing as well as some weights.