Green Jello
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After toying around with the idea of making a glider launching rocket and doing an upscale project for a while, I decided to bite the bullet and do both in one. I really liked the old Estes Orbital Transport that Semroc makes a retro kit of:
https://www.semroc.com/Store/scripts/RocketKits.asp?SKU=KV-66
It certainly isn't the easiest thing to do your first upscale of, but what the heck.
Here are the BT-60, BT-55 and BT-50 tubes in candy cane mode. I got them from BMS since they sell tubes in 34" length and I wouldn't need a coupler for the main booster body tube.
Since the balsa sheet layouts were available, it was easy to upscale them with my Photoshop skills and print them on large paper at work. Here are all the pieces. I did 1/8" basswood for the main booster wings and 1/8" balsa for the other pieces. Then I used 3/32" balsa for the glider wings. Since 4" thick stock is as wide as I could get, the wings had to be glued together in parts.
The engine mount will be made to take up to E engines. I got the stuff for that and the nose cones from SEMROC.
https://www.semroc.com/Store/scripts/RocketKits.asp?SKU=KV-66
It certainly isn't the easiest thing to do your first upscale of, but what the heck.
Here are the BT-60, BT-55 and BT-50 tubes in candy cane mode. I got them from BMS since they sell tubes in 34" length and I wouldn't need a coupler for the main booster body tube.
Since the balsa sheet layouts were available, it was easy to upscale them with my Photoshop skills and print them on large paper at work. Here are all the pieces. I did 1/8" basswood for the main booster wings and 1/8" balsa for the other pieces. Then I used 3/32" balsa for the glider wings. Since 4" thick stock is as wide as I could get, the wings had to be glued together in parts.
The engine mount will be made to take up to E engines. I got the stuff for that and the nose cones from SEMROC.
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