Bubba's P MAN-527 24mm MINDI

This is my attempt at MINDI... wish me luck...

Estes 24mm BT
PNC24c (Apogee)
designed to fly all 24mm motors

I understand the need to keep these as light as possible but im not trying to break any records so this one will have a nice livery on it... but the general concensious here is the same... I am going to try and use the bare amount of materials i can possibly get away with... motor retention will be friction fit or with tape on the end... as you can see in the OR file i have it set up so the motor will overhang the BT a bit so i can use tape to hold it in... still deciding on recovery



View attachment P MAN-527.ork

I started building her tonight... earlier today i went to apogee to pick up the nose cones and decided i would go with balsa over bass wood .. so i got the balsa while i was there too... i already had the bt so i picked some other sruff i needed to do my 54mm mpr build as well...

Anyway on with build...


I feel like MINDI is an incomplete rocket... i have the thrust ring waiting in my build box so it isnt pictured... im waiting to install that until i know far i want the motor in

I decided i would just measure out and cut each fin individually since i am using 1/8" balsa... i left them a hair bigger then needed so i could sand them down



and now they are glued on



I still have the thrust ring 3/16" launch lug and recovery to install... I also have some clay that I will be adding to the nose cone after i have it finished and get a final weight and CG

later tonight i will get the launch lug and start on the fillets...

I would put it 90mm from the aft end and use a 25 mm spacer for C11's, D12's, and AT 24/40 cases. leave out the spacer for E9's, E12's, and the AT 24/60 cases.
rex

er um, which way do you have the grain running on those fins? if it is parallel to the body you'll have problems.
rex

I ended up putting it 90mm in... and i just noticed the grain was parrallel... crap... ill tighten them up with some CA tland replace them as get they get broken i guess

laminating them with paper will help.
rex

Ill probably do that to... even tough im debating ripping them off and redoing them

Good looking build. I like the shape of the fins. Reminds me of my 24mm MD Bolt. I've only flown it once on a C11 - and it bolted off the pad like a bullet! I haven't had the guts to fly it on anything bigger.

So this snow storm we have had the past couple days has haulted progress on paint... i have the blue down but i need to do the white... (im backwards cause i ran out of white painting another rocket) so ive been thinking about recovery options... streamer vs chute... what kind of streamer yada yada yada...

Bubba02STi said:

So this snow storm we have had the past couple days has haulted progress on paint... i have the blue down but i need to do the white... (im backwards cause i ran out of white painting another rocket) so ive been thinking about recovery options... streamer vs chute... what kind of streamer yada yada yada...

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What, you can't paint it in the bathroom with the fart fan on?

I would if i wasnt married and had a 3 year old... lol

Bubba02STi said:

I would if i wasnt married and had a 3 year old... lol

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Chicken.

qquake2k said:

Chicken.

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you would be too... all i have to say is my wife is a ginger...

Cool little rocket! Looks like a fun one.

Bubba02STi said:

you would be too... all i have to say is my wife is a ginger...

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Okay, okay, I'll cut you some slack. You're not chicken, you're prudent!

qquake2k said:

Okay, okay, I'll cut you some slack. You're not chicken, you're prudent!

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What she doesnt know doesnt kill me... :wink: