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  1. 12th June 2012, 06:48 AM #1
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    polcat 5.5" mercury redstone building advice

    So recently I bought a polcate aerospace 5.5" mercury redstone so I wanted to know if anyone has any building advice for me!?
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    Man I'd love to pick one of those up.

    I recently built a Polecat 5.5 inch Nike Smoke. (Here)

    The tubes are great quality, and all the parts fit just perfectly! I can see the redstone being a more difficult build, but polecat kits are a breeze, even when fiberglassing the fins like I did.

    My advice: Sand everything that will be bonded very well, and have fun!



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  3. 12th June 2012, 04:31 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by UPscaler View Post
    Man I'd love to pick one of those up.

    I recently built a Polecat 5.5 inch Nike Smoke. (Here)

    The tubes are great quality, and all the parts fit just perfectly! I can see the redstone being a more difficult build, but polecat kits are a breeze, even when fiberglassing the fins like I did.

    My advice: Sand everything that will be bonded very well, and have fun!



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    Man that is a nice looking rocket.Cool paint job love the green fins.How did the launch go?
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    Im guessing you at least have an L1, L2 would be better, that thing's a little heavy for a G motor.


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    Thank you, It actually still has not had a chance to fly, I've got the charges already made from the first time we went to launch, and it's K740 C-star sitting in our box!



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    Quote Originally Posted by UPscaler View Post
    Thank you, It actually still has not had a chance to fly, I've got the charges already made from the first time we went to launch, and it's K740 C-star sitting in our box!



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    Thats a nice motor.Hope you get to launch it soon!
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    So I've had the kit for about a week and today I finaly made some actual progress. I built the escape tower.Can't figure out how to post pictures otherwise I would.
    But tomorow maybe I'll work on it some more
    Thats all for now!
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    I have one....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaycee View Post
    I have one....

    http://www.rocketryforum.com/showthr...ghlight=kaycee
    Hey that rocket looks great.hope mine looks that when I'm done
    Those stickers look sooo good I just might have to get some
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    Do any of you guys have a rocksim file for this?I have already check rocket reviews library and had no luck.
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