Goonies

Love ALL the goonies,

But my favorite so fay is Blades Sky Goon. Cool looking goonie and if I remember correct it even glides! I'll have to attempt one some day, but it looks to be an involved conversion and I've never built a pop pod glider before.

I just have the one:


But I have the feeling something might be missing from this photo:

Judo, it's your dog isn't it? Your dog is missing from the photo, right?

Or is it the cat?

Cat. He's 99% indoors. He's just not bright enough to fend for himself. I actually let him suck up some sunshine while I was making my fin guide. He turned 15 in November and is beginning to have problems just making it up and onto the sofa. He's on the floor next too me right now getting his pointed head scratched. Usually I'm fighting him for chair space.

mach7 said:

Love ALL the goonies,

But my favorite so fay is Blades Sky Goon. Cool looking goonie and if I remember correct it even glides! I'll have to attempt one some day, but it looks to be an involved conversion and I've never built a pop pod glider before.

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Thanks, not only does it glide, but it does it well! On a C6-3, it'll turn in a glide time of 30 seconds or better. If you really want to have fun, put it up on a D13 reload.

It's actually a fairly easy modification. Most of the shoulder of the nose cone is cut away, it saves weight and allows the pop pod to extend all the way into the nose, giving a better launch CG. Most of the original pop pod gliders had a BT50 body, doesn't give a lot of room to pack a chute. That's not a problem with the Sky Goon. Here's a shot of the glider with the pop pod.

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You can also go one further and make a BT80 upscale with a 24mm engine mount.

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It also flies very nicely.
If anyone would like the plans, let me know. I'd post them here but the PDF is to large of a file.

These are all so cool. As has been mentioned, a place dedicated to all the plans would be great. I'm tellin ya, if someone were to kit these...

Blades said:

It also flies very nicely.
If anyone would like the plans, let me know. I'd post them here but the PDF is to large of a file.

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Pretty please with sugar on top?

Me too!!!!

Been working on this over the weekend while glue dried on another project...

brianc...that photo makes me wonder something about the true definition of "Goonie." Almost all Goonies I have seen thus far I think have been reproductions of either current or OOP Estes kits. If you do a Goonie of a rocket that isn't of Estes origin is it still a Goonie?

I ask because I want to do a Goonie of a BSD Thor. Call it my "Ghor."

My wife tells me I think too much about silly things. Donno where she gets that from.

-DAllen

DAllen said:

My wife tells me I think too much about silly things. Donno where she gets that from.

-DAllen

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She's right (this time).

You can goon anything. Just post pics if you do.

Blades said:

Just remember, you asked for it. Here's my latest goonies, bring my goonie fleet to 23 birds. All my goonies to date have been Estes patterns, it was time to change that, enter one of my favorite Centuri models, the Scram Jet.

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In a similar vein, one of the more popular MRN patterns from way back, the Top Secret.

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And just because it's a cool design, the Estes Firecat.

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AK, I'll have the patterns of these for you shortly.

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Brilliant. I love all three.

Mike Howie and Mach7, as well as anyone else interested in the Sky Goon plans, just PM me with your email addresses and I'll get 'em out to you.

done,

And Thanks!

Here are a few that I have made. In response to the question about Goonifying rockets other than Estes', one of mine is a LOC/Precision. Two of mine may not be true Goonies for the purists out there -- they were made with Easter egg NC's (I'm a scratch builder at heart). In my opinion, however, they are just as Goony as any other and can easily be made with a Baby Bertha kit.

Those are great, I especially like the bomarc and the interceptor, remind me of my "eggplane" collection....

Frank

Mr Peabody said:

I like the downscale Alien Space Probe!

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It was actually intended to be a Goonified Asteroid Explorer.

Had to start another one! See if you can guess what it is!

Any one have a clean copy of the decals?

You know, this is a neat thread.

There have been some cool pictures posted, and some neat projects.

But something has been lacking.

Seriously lacking.

It's time to fix that.

A few of them, in various states of assembly...



No, they're not clones. Those are all stock, original kits.

Here are their boxes...



That took me 4 or 5 years to accumulate, and, well, we won't talk about the cost.

In LPR, Goonybirds are my passion. There's nothing that compares to the real thing.

-Kevin

Is it just me, or do those original Estes Goonies freak anyone else out?

I always expect to see them come with trading cards and a stick of bubble gum inside.

mikeyd said:

Had to start another one! See if you can guess what it is!

Any one have a clean copy of the decals?

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mikeyd,

Well, you kinda gave it away in the last picture, if anyone couldn't guess. I assume you heated the nose cone and pressed in the tip? Tell us how you did it!

Trident said:

mikeyd,

Well, you kinda gave it away in the last picture, if anyone couldn't guess. I assume you heated the nose cone and pressed in the tip? Tell us how you did it!

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I placed the tip if the nose cone, into a 29mm motor tube, at a slight angle, keeping the "seam" pointing up. This gave me the "Elipse" around the nose, which I then traced with a pencil. I then took an x-acto razor saw, and cut on the pencil line. The Tip I just cut off, I turned upside down, and glued back into the nose, keeping the seam lines in line, to keep it symetrical. Once glued, I trimmed, and sanded the edges, no filler yet, will see how it comes out after primer.

I did find a clean scan of the decals as well.

Here is my GoonyCeptor.
Due to a laptop crash, I can't locate the pics of the Omegoon and the scissorwing goon. I'll find em later and post up

Ha, I found em. I got the old laptop drive in an external enclosure, so all the stuff is there, just a little hard to navigate.

SwingWing said:

Ha, I found em. I got the old laptop drive in an external enclosure, so all the stuff is there, just a little hard to navigate.

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Glad you found the pics. Have you flown the Swing Wing yet? I'm kinda curious as to how it will do. I've been toying with the idea of doing one myself.

No, but it's not intended to glide. The wing pivots and the pod pops, but the wing area is way to small. It will parachute down.

Getting Closer.

The scissor wing is great!