Build Falcon Heavy scale model, including drop-off side boosters
Build thread, please? Super extra please with rockets on top?
Build Falcon Heavy scale model, including drop-off side boosters
Goal #1 - Fly rockets and have fun. No pressure or expectations, just do what I want at the time. Or just go watch. Or just help with the range so others can have fun and fly. No worries man.
Build thread, please? Super extra please with rockets on top?
1) Fly more rockets, 2016 wasn't that good.
2) Complete my current build pile, which consists of four kits at this moment (MadCow mini DX3, Wildman Drago 4XL, Wildman Blackhawk 38, and a Gary T Designs Painkiller Micro).
3) Repair damaged Wildman Jart.
4) Purchase/Build a new kit I have my eye on, Wildman Drago 5.
5) Design/Purchase/Build a two stage 54mm Drago, 38mm motor booster and 29mm motor sustainer.
6) Complete Bronze level of NAR's NARTREK program.
7) Fly at Midwest Power.
8) Spend more time with my rocket friends.
Build a rocket.
More if possible.
Go a whole year without crashing a rocket.
Go a whole year without crashing a rocket.
I have a big list of to-dos for 2017. We'll see how far I get through them.
LPR
- scratch built broadhead design
- scratch built grid fin design
- rebuild MIRV kit and get it to fly well this time
- get better at painting
MPR
- build Scion with son
- scale up LPR broadhead
- scratch build large fin area whistler design I've been playing with
HPR
- make it to 3+ HPR launches
- learn to do better FG layups
- scratch build glassed cardboard 3" model that can do
- mach 1+
- 5k'
- 10k'
- get L3 with a scratch built 8" model
EX
- finish parallel beam load cell thrust stand
- move from sugar motors to composite
- fully profile composite motor
- launch on 38mm EX motor
Funny I had none verbalized until I read this dang thread -
All this list are fun to read and then this ��. Man where do you live? Can I hang out in your shop! Sweet.
My 2016 was Upscale a QCC , an L3 and fly at MWP, all happened in 1 fell swoop!
2017 - hmm , learn more about rocketry!
1. Airfest - but honestly may not happen since it is a popular weekend for my family to get together. But want to for some of the following goals and see CVIII L3 V2 flight!
2. My first RETRIEVED Mach 1 (3" Wildman punisher and MAC Firestick XL will be the vehicles)
3. First successful air start - MWP I failed bad.
4. Get my HAM license
5. Learn APP code - want to play with a flight lop thread maybe
6. Learn DASHWARE
7. Fly to 10K
8. Fly an L
9. Scratch build at least one of these mailing tubes that my customers are nice enough to hold back for me.
The 2 stager I think will be unrealized this year so will likely wait
Oh an #10. Make all rockets I have flight ready! Which includes finishing all the rockets I have sitting there painted and ready - just waiting on Altimeters and AV bays 4 of them !!
1) Fly more rockets, 2016 wasn't that good.
2) Complete my current build pile, which consists of four kits at this moment (MadCow mini DX3, Wildman Drago 4XL, Wildman Blackhawk 38, and a Gary T Designs Painkiller Micro).
3) Repair damaged Wildman Jart.
4) Purchase/Build a new kit I have my eye on, Wildman Drago 5.
5) Design/Purchase/Build a two stage 54mm Drago, 38mm motor booster and 29mm motor sustainer.
6) Complete Bronze level of NAR's NARTREK program.
7) Fly at Midwest Power.
8) Spend more time with my rocket friends.
Well, I've done about a third of these ; and I think I'll get up to about half.Renew NRA & Tripoli membership
Join PARC; re-up Tulsa Tripoli
Build out MPR / LPR Jawstand incl. rails
Finish NARTREK
Participate in TRF Summer Santa
Dominate TRF Summer Buildoff
Attend Airfest & High Frontier
Build thrust stand incl. temp & pressure
Work on autofollow rocketcam
Get a Tripoli record ( the good kind )
I'm going to do a mid-year course correction:Well, since I completed about half of my goals from last year, I'll keep it a bit more conservative.
L2 cert
Dual deploy & chute release
Looks like NAPAS could be up and running again so a bit of HPR :clap:
Boatloads of LPR!
1) Fly more rockets, 2016 wasn't that good.
2) Complete my current build pile, which consists of four kits at this moment (MadCow mini DX3, Wildman Drago 4XL, Wildman Blackhawk 38, and a Gary T Designs Painkiller Micro).
3) Repair damaged Wildman Jart.
4) Purchase/Build a new kit I have my eye on, Wildman Drago 5.
5) Design/Purchase/Build a two stage 54mm Drago, 38mm motor booster and 29mm motor sustainer.
6) Complete Bronze level of NAR's NARTREK program.
7) Fly at Midwest Power.
8) Spend more time with my rocket friends.
- Finish my L3 project, and successfully fly it (in primer)
- Break 3 miles AGL (previous best 13.9k)
- Break Mach 1.63, i.e. 1250 mph (previous best Mach 1.37)
- Go back to Airfest (none of the above can happen without this one)
I will start by assuming the BroncBuster II is completed and ready to fly by New Years.
--Fly Big SAM again (H225)
--Test Chute Release in BroncBuster II, then fly it on an H, I
--Build modified Ventris (Vertigo II) with transition ebay for main deployment testing, then fly it on an H or I
--Build modified Argent (Unnamed) with transition ebay for apogee deployment testing, then fly on an H or I
--Build modified Partizon (H.A.P.I) with ebay for Dual-deploy training, then fly on an H or I
--Buy (and hopefully build) Madcow Phoenix for next official Hi-power rocket, fly an I
--Build whatever I got for Secret Santa from AC Supply Co
--Get certain other items from wishlist to round out Lo-power fleet (need more 24mm and don't have 13mm yet)
--Continue planning L2: modified Loc Cruiser (dual deploy) Possibly another L1 h-power electronics training craft.
Make more than the three HPR launches I made this year
Get my L2
Resist buying more kits until I take a sizeable chunk out of the current build pile. Black Friday all bets are off.
Host the TRF summer buildoff contest
Get others interested in the hobby. Current idea is to do a high power demo launch at one of the RC airplane events in the area.
Project list:
Finish the Polecat BBIII (L2 project)
Madcow mini Frenzy, BBII, and cardboard Pike
Madcow BBII 2.6"
Wildman Drago XL 4" (also onboard video with this one)
Madcow Sea Wolf 4"
Pemberton Kraken
FlisKits Mini Mercury Redstone
Big Daddy glassed and 38mm motor mount
Plus some other LPR kits on the wall, but the above list is going to keep me pretty busy
Fly as many motors as I can in the back yard with my daughter.
Hmm. I have a few things I'd like to get done
Level 2, I have the hardware, may as well use it, at least once
Air starts
Tracking
Finish:
Madcow Tembo (juiced to a 54MMT)
Big Daddy
Mega Mosquito
Build:
Binder Design Tyrannosaur and use it for my L2
Super Neon XL
LOC Viper IV and use it to break into air starts
Get this scratch built, tube fin rocket in my head built
Not buy any more until I complete the above list - unless I splurge on a MAC Performance kit.
Building goals
Build a MD rocket (RW Mongoose 54)
Learn how do tip-to-tip layups with both FG and CF (related to the previous goal)
3D printed sled
Scratch build an upscale Estes Magnum Payloader
Flying goals ​(all will require travel to a field with a higher waiver)
L2 (almost there)
Play with onboard video
Break mach 1 (Holdover from last year. I'm too chicken to build and fly the Mongoose.)
HPR 2 stage
20,000 ft (Ambitious because I'm not even close to this yet.)
Most important goal
Keep my kids building things instead of playing video games!
Renew NRA & Tripoli membership
Join PARC; re-up Tulsa Tripoli
Build out MPR / LPR Jawstand incl. rails
Finish NARTREK
Participate in TRF Summer Santa
Dominate TRF Summer Buildoff
Attend Airfest & High Frontier
Build thrust stand incl. temp & pressure
Work on autofollow rocketcam
Get a Tripoli record ( the good kind )
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