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Don’t think so little man. PVC is strictly forbidden for any launch, even in the world of Tripoli.
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Don’t think so little man. PVC is strictly forbidden for any launch, even in the world of Tripoli.
Don’t think so little man. PVC is strictly forbidden for any launch, even in the world of Tripoli.
Dont think so little man. PVC is strictly forbidden for any launch, even in the world of Tripoli.
Don’t think so little man. PVC is strictly forbidden for any launch, even in the world of Tripoli.
No, that's really not feasible. Most of us spend more than $150 on parachutes, let alone harnesses, hardware, electronics, etc. My advice would be to take your $150 and spend it on L2 motors and get a little more experience flying and deploying high power rockets properly. There's no prize for quickest to L3.
No it's not.... Last I heard PML Quantum tubing rockets are still allowed to fly.
Oh lord I wish my parachute was only $150. All together I was in the $1300 range before the first attempt (parachutes and hardware are killers)...I'm in another $225 for the second attempt.
7.5" diameter, 0.080" Wall, 72" long Blue Tube 2.0 at $140? Maybe? What do you guys think of Blue Tube stuff?
I've seen someone (many may know) do his L3 using 5 gallon buckets--those are pretty cheap!
I am not a fan of it. While version 2 is a bit better it still has warping issues from what I have been told.
Don’t think so little man. PVC is strictly forbidden for any launch, even in the world of Tripoli.
Here. It's already been done. PVC is proven. What a shocker it doesn't take a fiberglass kit? Literally couldn't sleep about it for some odd reason.
https://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?58482-Ari-s-6-quot-PVC-sewer-pipe-tube-fin-L3-rocket
Not a shocker at all. There are plenty of L3 rockets done with cardboard, phenolic, and other materials. Heck, there was one that was made out of bass drum shells.
I've seen someone (many may know) do his L3 using 5 gallon buckets--those are pretty cheap!
From the Ether...
I don't take mine swimming, but I've got piles of good straight V.2, My optima are all BT and I've flown, blown, and crashed all three of them still all true.
It does shrink and swell a bit with temp and humidity, but I haven't had one seize yet.
Pretty cool, MaxQ. So many rocketeers are into music, or should I say so many musicians are into rockets?
Quantum isn't PVC, it's ABS tubing. You can tell because it's soluble in acetone and it has a very distinctive sickly-sweet styrene smell when it's cut by a power tool.
+1. LOC Bruiser.Loc 7.67 inch kits (Patriot or Bruiser) ship with 75mm motor mounts for between $250 and $320 from Chris Rocket Supplies. An experienced flyer with good building skills can certify L3 with one of them on an M1297. Its not $150 and it doesnt include the motor. Thats about the least expensive kit that I would try.
I have that episode on VHS...I should get it digitized on DVD.
$150 to build a L3 rocket? :surprised:
Mine went about like this:
$1,100 - fiberglass
$500 - main and drogue chutes
$150 - custom recovery harnesses
$50 - hardware
$50 - motor retainer
$290 - motor casing
$130 - electronics
$300 - paint
That's over $2,500. And that's before you add the price of a M reload.
I'm sure it could be done cheaper, but not for $150.
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