Fall Classic Starship Entry

[Bone Daddy]

Each Fall - coincidence? I think not - the Dallas Area Rocketry Society holds it's Fall Classic.

Here's the link to last year's event:

http://www.dars.org/fallclassic/fc2011.htm

One of the categories is:

Starships
Starships is defined by any design that is intended to go into space with people on board, whether it is real or fantasy/sci-fi. The hope here is to see things like an Estes or Apogee Saturn V competing against a Klingon Battle Cruiser and an Estes Interceptor. The possibilities are endless here. The models must have been designed as a model rocket. No specific year of introduction is required. No plastic conversions or static art. Year of introduction bonus points do not apply. Flight points do apply.

Last year I entered my NRF Orianthi and scored 3rd place.

This year I'm setting my sights on 2nd place.

The winning rockets are determined by votes cast by all present.
I did note that the voting population was skewed towards preadolescence boys.
So my game plan is to appeal to this segment of the voting population, which shouldn't
be too tough since I pretty much think like a preadolescence boy.

With this in mind, the design goal can be distilled into two objectives:

1. build it bigger

2. bristling with weapons

Since this will not be a 3fnc, I'll be starting small with a proof of concept before scaling up to
gigantomundo.

Bones

[Bone Daddy]

The design calls for a docking station.

It will also serve as the nosecone.

My rough prototype is based on BT-50.

As you can probably tell from the aerodynamic - or lack thereof - profile of the nosecone,
the goal is low and slow.

Bones.

[cwbullet]

Each Fall - coincidence? I think not - the Dallas Area Rocketry Society holds it's Fall Classic.

Here's the link to last year's event:

http://www.dars.org/fallclassic/fc2011.htm

One of the categories is:

Starships
Starships is defined by any design that is intended to go into space with people on board, whether it is real or fantasy/sci-fi. The hope here is to see things like an Estes or Apogee Saturn V competing against a Klingon Battle Cruiser and an Estes Interceptor. The possibilities are endless here. The models must have been designed as a model rocket. No specific year of introduction is required. No plastic conversions or static art. Year of introduction bonus points do not apply. Flight points do apply.

Last year I entered my NRF Orianthi and scored 3rd place.

This year I'm setting my sights on 2nd place.

The winning rockets are determined by votes cast by all present.
I did note that the voting population was skewed towards preadolescence boys.
So my game plan is to appeal to this segment of the voting population, which shouldn't
be too tough since I pretty much think like a preadolescence boy.

With this in mind, the design goal can be distilled into two objectives:

1. build it bigger

2. bristling with weapons

Since this will not be a 3fnc, I'll be starting small with a proof of concept before scaling up to
gigantomundo.

Bones

I really like that. What are the guns made of?

[Bone Daddy]

Shiny things of questionable use will play a big role in the final design.

Bones

[Bone Daddy]

Thanks.

The gun turrets are imported from one of my secret vendors in China.

Note that no expense was spared on the 1 star units.

Also note that the box once contained 36 ping pong balls.........................

Here are some turrets I made for another project.

Bones

[Bone Daddy]

I've been practicing making shrouds - lots of them.

This build will need at least 1, maybe 2.

Pattern was generated by one of my favorite programs: VCT.

I also watched the how-to video on Apogee's site a few times.
Highly recommended.

Here the shroud is being tacked in place with CA to what will eventually be a bulkhead of sorts.

Bones

[mjennings]

ping pong balls do make awesome turret parts! Neat work as always Bones Good luck on the contest

[samb]

Bones consistantly wins the most interesting design(s) award at every launch he comes to. And they all fly in a "non-interesting" (stable) way. Almost all.

[Bone Daddy]

Well that two engine cluster bowl of noodle soup saucer seemed like a good idea at the time. I am still more than a little bit intrigued by George's suggestion that three engines might fix the problem......................

This shows definite promise.

Bones

[Bone Daddy]

We're going to need solar panels.

Bones

[mjennings]

How are you doing the solar panels? Those are awesome!