luke strawwalker
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SLS climbing toward orbit...
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on this first unmanned test flight...
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of the SLS vehicle that will return America to deep space exploration...
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And we have a safe return of the SLS vehicle...
Later! OL JR
Yep, she sure did... couldn't have gotten any closer to a "scale" flight profile if you tried... she rolled a bit right off the pad, pitched over toward the east, and flew like a bat outta h3ll... just perfect!
Deployed her chute and landed not 50 yards from the pad... BEAUTIFUL flight!
I otta get mission points for this one...
Later! OL JR
Luke...can I ask what engine you had in her? C6-5? I agree with you...just a perfect flight!!
Sorry for the late reply-- don't know how I missed this... Yes, I flew her on a C6-5. Thanks!
Later! OL JR
this thread was extremely helpful to me in building the SLS kit. Having built the Shuttle kit also helped. I am just now finished with assembly of the components and need to paint the core stage before attaching the SRBs.
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I have not decided whether to paint in Shuttle ET colors, or paint white and add the black trim in Saturn colors. I did not use the Saturn wraps in the kit, I like the texture of the corrugation strips better than the simulated corrugation on the printed wraps. The red corrugation in this kit is more like a foil, different than the paper wrap that was in the Shuttle kit.
I hope to finish this SLS, and then maybe I can get the EFT-1 and build it before the actual launch takes place.
Go job, I like it!!! If there is a plan to put four SRB"s on the real one, I bet a model with four SRB's would fly without fins, especialy if the rocket where lengthened a little. I've done it lots of times.
this thread was extremely helpful to me in building the SLS kit. Having built the Shuttle kit also helped. I am just now finished with assembly of the components and need to paint the core stage before attaching the SRBs.
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I have not decided whether to paint in Shuttle ET colors, or paint white and add the black trim in Saturn colors. I did not use the Saturn wraps in the kit, I like the texture of the corrugation strips better than the simulated corrugation on the printed wraps. The red corrugation in this kit is more like a foil, different than the paper wrap that was in the Shuttle kit.
I hope to finish this SLS, and then maybe I can get the EFT-1 and build it before the actual launch takes place.
For these reasons, any "four SRB" proposals are pure fantasy...
speaking of which, Boy/Cub Scouts are in the middle of their popcorn fundraiser; the sales incentive prize sheets have an interesting rocket to illustrate this year's theme: Wings of Exploration. The rocket artwork is not one of the actual prizes scouts can earn, but an interesting artistic rendering of a 4-booster configuration. I wonder where it came from or what inspired it. Looks somewhat shuttle-derived. Probably came from clip-art.
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just now gluing up the flame fins to the body tubes for the SLS. I noticed these fins are slightly smaller than the Shuttle, I need to mark them so I don't forget which set goes with which rocket at the launch pad.
I ordered the EFT-1 from Apogee this week and it should arrive in the mail today. I have been on a Zooch-kick lately: Shuttle, SLS, EFT-1, those kits are addictive, just the right combination of scale-realism and simplicity. We are in the rainy season, so I can't fly for a while, so this is a good time for building up a new fleet.
just now gluing up the flame fins to the body tubes for the SLS. I noticed these fins are slightly smaller than the Shuttle, I need to mark them so I don't forget which set goes with which rocket at the launch pad.
I ordered the EFT-1 from Apogee this week and it should arrive in the mail today. I have been on a Zooch-kick lately: Shuttle, SLS, EFT-1, those kits are addictive, just the right combination of scale-realism and simplicity. We are in the rainy season, so I can't fly for a while, so this is a good time for building up a new fleet.
Yep, he does a great job on explaining what he's doing in the builds, and has a lot of great suggestions!I found all of Luke's beta build threads very detailed and helpful
Luke has great Redstone and Saturn V build threads. I have a detailed build thread of the Saturn V too (complete with instructions on how to get the Funky Glue Putty to work), but on the Redstone I limited my build thread to just the capsule and red Launch Escape Tower on top, showing how I managed to get the LET red without painting the capsule too. There's a useful tip in there on building it around a pencil that you should look at.My wish list includes a Mercury Redstone, a Mark II (close enough to a Titan/Gemini), and a Saturn V.
here's a cool promotional video on the Boeing web site:
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