blackjack2564
Crazy Jim's Gone Banana's
Yuuup....you read it right, I'm building a scratch cardboard fun flyer. I haven't done this in 6yrs!
I want a light weight ,flies on 24-29-38mm motors, kewl looking rocket. One that will scoot on cheap little motors, & gets the "Crazy Jim" seal of approval. I have always been fond of rockets with the tube transitions going from one size to another
Also has to be dual de-ploy for the new RRC3 altimeter AND........
........designing a new Av-bay utilizing the LOC transition reducer/coupler. This one being the 3in to 54mm like the Norad uses. I have figured out a rather simple solution to doing it. Basically sticking a 54mm av-bay into the reducer. More on that later.
This will be built from "stuff" left over from everywhere. It started with an upper section Wildman gave me from a crashed Little Deeter" & more stuff from my pile of Cr@$ plus a couple of fins and tubes I got from LOC.
I will be using some techniques from fiberglass rockets and some new ones I've come up with for cardboard. I also have this new type of rocket epoxy 1 to 1 mix that is VERY interesting. I'm doing some proto work with it & it's looking GREAT.
It's called Rocketpoxy and is tintable to many colors!
This came with the black.
Here the specs on this new stuff and more pics. It already comes with fillers added for gluing and fillets. Not for laminating...it's too thick. But it does not cure rock hard, it has a bit of give, according to the specs 6%
More about all this as the build goes on. I like it cause it sticks to plastic which I needed for the transition to work.
Soooooo...........let the fun begin............... OLD SCHOOL STYLE! :smile:
I want a light weight ,flies on 24-29-38mm motors, kewl looking rocket. One that will scoot on cheap little motors, & gets the "Crazy Jim" seal of approval. I have always been fond of rockets with the tube transitions going from one size to another
Also has to be dual de-ploy for the new RRC3 altimeter AND........
........designing a new Av-bay utilizing the LOC transition reducer/coupler. This one being the 3in to 54mm like the Norad uses. I have figured out a rather simple solution to doing it. Basically sticking a 54mm av-bay into the reducer. More on that later.
This will be built from "stuff" left over from everywhere. It started with an upper section Wildman gave me from a crashed Little Deeter" & more stuff from my pile of Cr@$ plus a couple of fins and tubes I got from LOC.
I will be using some techniques from fiberglass rockets and some new ones I've come up with for cardboard. I also have this new type of rocket epoxy 1 to 1 mix that is VERY interesting. I'm doing some proto work with it & it's looking GREAT.
It's called Rocketpoxy and is tintable to many colors!
This came with the black.
Here the specs on this new stuff and more pics. It already comes with fillers added for gluing and fillets. Not for laminating...it's too thick. But it does not cure rock hard, it has a bit of give, according to the specs 6%
More about all this as the build goes on. I like it cause it sticks to plastic which I needed for the transition to work.
Soooooo...........let the fun begin............... OLD SCHOOL STYLE! :smile: