CoachSteve
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone, I am new to this forum (this is my second scratch build post) so I thought I would share some of my builds with people who truly appreciate the thrill of hurling hand made objects high into the sky, with the skill to recover them to do it again 
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I look forward to seeing everything you all talk about and hopefully sharing some of my experience (and mistakes) with being an amateur rocket fanatic for 40+ years.
Here is a vision that I have had for quite some time, build a rocket that resembles the cartoon style rockets we all saw growing up.
What we have here is a dual 4" nose cone rocket (no body tube at all).
The actual nose is a 9" heavy weight 4" cone (thicker lip).
The boat tail is a 14" light weight nose cone with the entire shoulder cut off.
The boat tail slid right over the shoulder of the heavy weight cone.
All accents (door, vent, rivet strips, windows and window trim) were 3D prints by my son (big thanks there).
Fins are G10 capped with standard Estes b-20 goodies.
A heavy walled 24mm engine tube extends all the way to the tip of the nose cone (separating at the seam of the body cones)
The parachute sits beside the engine tube between 2 centering rings (each about 3 inches inside the boat tail and one inch inside the nose)
This one flew perfect and straight on a F39-6 Reload - it was truly a great launch.
.I look forward to seeing everything you all talk about and hopefully sharing some of my experience (and mistakes) with being an amateur rocket fanatic for 40+ years.
Here is a vision that I have had for quite some time, build a rocket that resembles the cartoon style rockets we all saw growing up.
What we have here is a dual 4" nose cone rocket (no body tube at all).
The actual nose is a 9" heavy weight 4" cone (thicker lip).
The boat tail is a 14" light weight nose cone with the entire shoulder cut off.
The boat tail slid right over the shoulder of the heavy weight cone.
All accents (door, vent, rivet strips, windows and window trim) were 3D prints by my son (big thanks there).
Fins are G10 capped with standard Estes b-20 goodies.
A heavy walled 24mm engine tube extends all the way to the tip of the nose cone (separating at the seam of the body cones)
The parachute sits beside the engine tube between 2 centering rings (each about 3 inches inside the boat tail and one inch inside the nose)
This one flew perfect and straight on a F39-6 Reload - it was truly a great launch.
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