Estes 2196 Spaceship One build and mod

I'm finally getting close to flight. This kit doesn't have a good reputation, so we'll see how flights go.

I have pics of earlier stages, but let's start at the finish.



[video=youtube;lgDHZ4HhBM8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgDHZ4HhBM8[/video]

Courtesy an Eggfinder Quantum.

Well, drop test completed. Took a little damage and popped a glue joint. Repairable.

But I won't be able to come down feathered alone. I'll have to deploy a chute.

I'm not familiar with how this model is actually supposed to work. What's the deal with the flip up wings?

Wow! What motor are you going to use?

It's to emulate the real Spaceship One. A Quantum throws the servo at apogee.

I had hopes that there would be enough broadside area to descend on that alone. No such luck. So I'll have it pop a chute lower down. Probably long delay, rather than Quantum controlled, but we'll see.

At least it means it won't hit the ground tail first. The booms aren't especially sturdy.

I'm thinking E11 off a rail (guides added to the bottom) or maybe an E18.

Ok. An E11 doesn't have enough liftoff thrust. At least off a rail, which I think tends to have more friction.

But the feathering did work enough to save my SSO-E from major damage. The two parts of the nose cone popped at the glue joint. She'll fly again.

[video=youtube;D60CtYTw1w0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D60CtYTw1w0[/video]

I'll have to ask Cris how to disarm a Quantum - she didn't reach min altitude, I think.