Lil- Rascal- from components to the Launch Pad

cwbullet said:

Very nice build and flight. Thanks for sharing. Was it launch with a wilsonfx system?

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rfjustin said:

Russel,

What is the final dry weight (ready for flight, sans motor) of you Lil Rascal?

Thank you,



Justin

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RochonRockets said:

Hate to drag up a old thread but:

I used your Rocksim file and with the 54mm motors I can not get to a full caliper of stability. With 18 ounces of weight in the nose it is still around .5 in Open rocket. Did I miss something? I plan to use this for my level 2 cert flight and really want to feel confident it will fly straight. I built a nose cone AV Bay in it with a sled for a Stratologger.

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RochonRockets said:

Ok great, glad to know. I poured the 16 ounces of BBs and 3 ounces of Epoxy in tonight. Total of about 22 ounces in the tip with the previous attachment point. add all the AV bay bits and I have 26-28 ounces forward of the part line. I am using redundant cable cutters to release the main at 700 ft and a 14 inch drogue. Will try it on a Cessaroni 1 grain 54 first then try for my level 2 next month.

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RochonRockets said:

Ok great, glad to know. I poured the 16 ounces of BBs and 3 ounces of Epoxy in tonight. Total of about 22 ounces in the tip with the previous attachment point. add all the AV bay bits and I have 26-28 ounces forward of the part line. I am using redundant cable cutters to release the main at 700 ft and a 14 inch drogue. Will try it on a Cessaroni 1 grain 54 first then try for my level 2 next month.

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Rrwjr said:

I was able to launch the lil Rascal yesterday. Rare waeather for mid January in Wisconsin. Launch was at our club launch at Bong. Weather was in the 40's with winds from 5 TO 20 mph. Skies ranged from partly cloudy to mostly cloudy. By the time i launched at 2:32 in the afternoon we were mostly cloudy , with winds at 12MPH and 42 degrees. I decided to go with a H123 Smokey sam ( 38mm 2 grain). My intent was to keep the rocket under 1500 feet. I really wanted to prove out the stabilty factor which simmed out at just over 1 caliber of stability. I also wanted to prove out if my build quality would hold up with some of the new things i did. I also wanted to avoid chasing the rocket into the trees or swamps that make Bong a fun launch sight. I decieded to only use a 36 inch chute. Here are the pictures of the launch.
Here she is on the pad.
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Here is the start of liftoff:
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Here is rocket in flight:
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Here is rocket under Chute:
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And Finally a safe touchdown about 500 feet away from the pad:
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Upon post flight inspection I found no damage and everthing looked good. I was very happy with the flight and the build. This appears to be a pretty popular rocket and I look forward to pushing it further into the air.

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