Put the launch rail guiees on my Super Saucer MMT
Kenny
how big is this saucer?
work on TRA BOD stuff and TRA Contest and Records stuff. Selling my extra stuff on ebay also.
work on TRA BOD stuff and TRA Contest and Records stuff. Selling my extra stuff on ebay also.
Downscaled and used the plans I got from Mr. Macklin to begin a carbon fiber simple machine.
I'll bet this jig will be building rockets a thousand years from now.
I suck at getting 3 and 4 FNC fins perfectly uncanted, because even when they look perfect, I don't trust them, so I mess with them some more til' I screw them up, no pun intended.
That's why I fell in love with the rockets that have wings, you relly know they are straight when you can align them with tha much surface area.
Anyhow, I'm building a fin jig for tiny models like 13-24MM.
Lovin' the CF!!!
If I had to build that thing per the instructions out of hardwood, I'de need a router and some general shopcraft.
While it is a thing of beauty in it's original scale and aspect, I have not used a router since High School Shop Class and Tech School.
The CF can be tuned to very exacting specs with my calipers, and it holds those dimensions in a manner equal to most metals.
I'm mixing it up with superthin balsa and sometimes glass, but at least using these methods I can actually make it at my workbench.
Obviously needs the other half of layers and the holes get cut as each layer is applied, so the fibers of the CF and balsa get scrambeld together in the areas that will be exposed to other materials during actual use. This part has to slide up and down, and while I am going to sleeve the threaded portion of each rod that goes in each channel, the moving/sliding parts need to last forever without wear. I am considering a replaceable rubber expansion washer, so that when you tighten the knurled knob, the washer locks via compression, and does not mar the action surfaces. The rubber can dry out, but it can be replaced easily.
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Put the launch rail guiees on my Super Saucer MMT
Kenny
You will not regret building one. The thing works perfectly...provided you build it perfectly (which I am sure you will).
On the road again, before I left I took all the measurements and weights needed from my Polecat BBIII kit so today I was able to make an Open Rocket file for it. Fun to play with different motors to see what I can expect from this kit.
Inventoried all our motors. I think we came back from LDRS with more than we left with, even after flying fifteen rockets. Currently, we have 272 motors, from black powder "B" motors to an N2000. We also picked up an extra 98/10240 casing from Wildman. Sharon and I both like the AT M2000 Redline, I flew it in my Ultimate Darkstar and Sharon flew one in her Gizmo XL.
Dang-Top! I am so stealing the rubber washer idea-thanks and it really makes sense. Your jig looks really sweet. I'd almost bribe you to make me one, but I need bigger and not smaller. Oh well! Looks cool as all get out!Made more components for the fin jig.
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Dang-Top! I am so stealing the rubber washer idea-thanks and it really makes sense. Your jig looks really sweet. I'd almost bribe you to make me one, but I need bigger and not smaller. Oh well! Looks cool as all get out!
Thanks!
I am hoping to get up the nerve to write a letter to 3M and ask them to sponsor my desires to work with their products, but that's just so far out of my wheelhouse.
I know that if I worked at 3M, and saw someone using our products in a different scale and with fresh methods, I'de take notice.
do it. Seriously. 3m is built on innovation. Scotchgard was an accident. Post it notes started with glue that didn't do what they hoped. They actually pay their employees to muck around with their products and try to come up with new stuff. I think you'd have a shot.
Sounds kind of fun. I wonder if that is a full to job. Chief Screw Around with Stuff Officer - no, that doesn't spell anything.
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