Mercury Little Joe

Hello Today I finish my Mercury Little Joe, i use the Michal Urban Model website modified.

I added the motor mount for a estes mini-engine, in the capsule i use customized connection strips to improve the resistance for the ejection charge. add a kevlar Shock cord using Tri Fold Method and Ejection Baffle.

Specifications
Mercury Little Joe
Scale: 1/48
Diameter: 4.2 cm
Length: 23.2 cm
Recovery: 12" Parachute with center port
Weight: 21 gr
Engine Mount: Estes Mini Engine (13mm)
Launch Lug: 1/4"
Ejection Baffle: Tri- 2/3 Circle

No escape tower at this moment.

Tomorrow will be the test launch, i'm quite worry because the only 13 mm Motor that i have is the A10-3T and the Open Open Rocket Simulation the apogee 72 Meters, that is too high for a 23 Cm Rocket, i think i will lose in the first flight . so the altimeter 2 will be in my pocket not in the rocket

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Very nice... who makes that kit??

Later! OL JR

luke strawwalker said:

Very nice... who makes that kit??

Later! OL JR

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Its a cardmodel. The link is in the first post.

luke strawwalker said:

Very nice... who makes that kit??

Later! OL JR

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Montaro said:

Hello Today I finish my Mercury Little Joe, i use the Michal Urban Model website modified.

I added the motor mount for a estes mini-engine, in the capsule i use customized connection strips to improve the resistance for the ejection charge. add a kevlar Shock cord using Tri Fold Method and Ejection Baffle.

Specifications
Mercury Little Joe
Scale: 1/48
Diameter: 4.2 cm
Length: 23.2 cm
Recovery: 12" Parachute with center port
Weight: 21 gr
Engine Mount: Estes Mini Engine (13mm)
Launch Lug: 1/4"
Ejection Baffle: Tri- 2/3 Circle

No escape tower at this moment.

Tomorrow will be the test launch, i'm quite worry because the only 13 mm Motor that i have is the A10-3T and the Open Open Rocket Simulation the apogee 72 Meters, that is too high for a 23 Cm Rocket, i think i will lose in the first flight . so the altimeter 2 will be in my pocket not in the rocket

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I agree that you've done a great job. May I copy it to the gallery section?

JAL3 said:

Its a cardmodel. The link is in the first post.

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Ah, ok... didn't see that... just though it was a link to somebody's blog on nifty kit tricks n stuff...

Later! OL JR

It is a nice model. I have built one also and is a great flyer. I did add some nose weight for stable flight. I did a cut out tower with a clear section of straw inside to give it rigid strength. If I can find the launch photos I'll post them. I'm currently building another one except I'm using 10 mil photo paper. Brings out the colors

Don't worry about the A10-3T motor. I always flew my LJ with that one and always recovered it with parachute.

Yesterday was the first flight, and was great , very fast acceleration, straight up flight with some a rotation.

Data Log

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JAL3 said:

I agree that you've done a great job. May I copy it to the gallery section?

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Thanks Jal, Of course you can, i just add 4 more pics

luke strawwalker said:

Very nice... who makes that kit??

Later! OL JR

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Thanks!

Massrokit said:

It is a nice model. I have built one also and is a great flyer. I did add some nose weight for stable flight. I did a cut out tower with a clear section of straw inside to give it rigid strength. If I can find the launch photos I'll post them. I'm currently building another one except I'm using 10 mil photo paper. Brings out the colors

Don't worry about the A10-3T motor. I always flew my LJ with that one and always recovered it with parachute.

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Thanks, the straw is a good idea. I use my xerox Laser printer (that i just bought in december) with cardstock and i'm very happy with the quality.
For nose Weight i used the altimeter two and flew very stable as you said it, no problem with the A10-3T

Dude.

You gotta put on the escape tower. . . .

GuyNoir said:

Dude.

You gotta put on the escape tower. . . .

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Heheh...let's get that one going again.

GuyNoir said:

Dude.

You gotta put on the escape tower. . . .

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Done !!!

Nice!

Montaro said:

Done !!!

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Well done, sir! :clap:

Is there anyone out there that downloaded this model that could share a copy with me. I would get it myself but cardinspace is now defunct , and the wayback machine didn't archive the model itself. I checked about 5 different archived days, and all gave me an error when i tried to download. I would appreciate anyone's help with this.

Scott_mills said:

Is there anyone out there that downloaded this model that could share a copy with me. I would get it myself but cardinspace is now defunct , and the wayback machine didn't archive the model itself. I checked about 5 different archived days, and all gave me an error when i tried to download. I would appreciate anyone's help with this.

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I've got it. Send me your email address.