Wow, those rings are great. Were they cut on a water jet? I'd love to see a picture of it when it's assembled.
Naturally I unpacked both packages, stashed the epoxy in the warm house, checked the Punisher for all parts (check!) and did a little test fitting. Not sure how I will attach the metal tip as I my mitts won't fit up inside the nose cone but I'm sure there will be a build thread soon and someone will enlighten the rest of us as to the technique.
My punisher has a plastic tip for the nose cone. As a matter of fact the nose cone I got isn't even fiberglass. I was a little disappointed by that since my first wildman kit really impressed me.
Definitely not metal. I checked. Looks to be made from the same material as the nose cone.Huh. I'll have to check the nose cone tip. Thought it was metal but didn't take it out of the plastic vacuum pack.
Prepped a rocket for my first club launch tomorrow. Will keep it simple and just use an A8-3 as I want to primarily see how things are done out there and, as it has been raining all day, the field is going to be a bit muddy I am sure.
Definitely not metal. I checked. Looks to be made from the same material as the nose cone.
Also tried sliding the stainless closed eyebolt down inside the nosecone and threaded the nose cone on it. I could only thread it about 2/3 of the way without some method for holding onto the bolt. I imagine with the shockcord and quicklink attached, I could probably jam a dowel or a square length of wood into the nosecone and hold it in place while I thread the nose cone. More experimentation is needed.
I bought some motors at lunch today(it's great when the vendor brings his trailer to lunch). When I got home I prepped 4 rockets for tomorrow's launch.
I got up, prepped a couple of rockets for the launch today, made sure my field box was stocked, then called the LUNAR hotline. Launch has been scrubbed due to rain in the area. Guess I'll take the boys bowling.
Wa wa waaaaa. Me too. I was just about to get ready to go when I checked my email.
Launched some rockets & took my NAR L2 exam. Had 1 motor failure, an AT F42-8. It just fizzed on the pad. Definetly cracked after attempted launch. Motor went in with ease but needed pliers to remove it.
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