"Faith" My F powered Rocket tube fin scratch build.

This is my first Mid powered rocket. Launched at High Frontier 10 (Tulsa Rocketry Club) on Sept 29th 2013 in Pawhuska Oklahoma.

Anyway on to the pics...

Design:


Motor Mount/Baffle/retention part:


Motor installed:


Attaching Fins:


Ready for paint:


Installed:


Ready to go:


Liftoff:


Ascent:

Wow, that's some kinda motor mount - looks heavy. Nice liftoff shots!

chadrog said:

Wow, that's some kinda motor mount - looks heavy. Nice liftoff shots!

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Thank you, the motor mount, baffle, and retaining assembly is 2.25oz or 63.7g.

That's a really cool motor mount design. How did you cut all the parts out?

I built a CNC router in my garage. So I can make them pretty fast.

Welcome to TRF and nice rocket and flight :handshake:

shawfactor said:

I built a CNC router in my garage. So I can make them pretty fast.

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That motor mount is amazing - but how did you build a CNC router in your garage? - that sounds pretty interesting too.

Devontmp thank you it is great to be here. Hoping to contribute to the community as best I can.

rocketgeek101 here is the basic drawing layout of parts:


scsager yeah it was an epic task but well worth it. I will write up a CNC post but that is a bit out of scope for this thread. But I do alot of custom work for anyone that needs stuff cut. Fabbug there are some pictures of the machine in there somewhere. But I make alot of robot/toys/rocket parts for myself too.

Here are some second flight pics:

Pilot Ready.



Pre-lauch Complete



Liftoff



Up...


Up...


And away!


Touchdown... recovery team in route.



Baffle system worked great... The recovery system seen no black stuff. :wink:


Motor mount in good condition. However I broke off a retaining fin removing it... Which is fine since that was it's last flight. Redesigned(Version 3) it to take an RMS29/40-120... tentative launch oct. 20th.

Here is a video of the second launch. With slowmo and other eyecandy.

Second Launch Video

Faith V3 lifted off on Oct 20th with a perfect flight.

Now with a Aerotech RMS29/40-120 motor hardware and a G53-5FJ reload.

The new motor mount:


The Liftoff:



The parachute, so beautiful!


Very pleased with this design. Has a payload bay and baffles and retention all in one, that is all removable from the airframe. I found my mid power workhorse. It will get one more launch in November, then I am going to start working on my Level1 build, scheduled for liftoff in January.

That's one sweet looking Ride right there. Nice Photos!

Thanks TopRamen, I am pretty proud of it. Out of cash right now so will wait until after Christmas to start up R&D again