New Design - the LITTLE GREEN MAN!

Go with a 10'inch upscale.

cwbullet said:

Go with a 10'inch upscale.

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But, the original is over 11 inches tall!

-- Roger

cwbullet said:

Go with a 10'inch upscale.

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Maybe after the 5.5 ... There are a few challenges here. For one thing, I need to work pretty hard to reduce the fin weight and get the junk out of the trunk. Also, it's not clear to me what I should make the antennae out of. Pipe cleaners would seem to be inadequate :y:, and I don't want anything truly sharp up there...

A 10" diameter upscale would be about 5' tall. That seems like a cool size. It would stand pretty much eye-to-eye with my wife!

-- Roger

wfcook said:

Maybe after the 5.5 ... There are a few challenges here. For one thing, I need to work pretty hard to reduce the fin weight and get the junk out of the trunk. Also, it's not clear to me what I should make the antennae out of. Pipe cleaners would seem to be inadequate :y:, and I don't want anything truly sharp up there...

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You can find large pipe cleaners online and in craft stores.

-- Roger

jadebox said:

A 10" diameter upscale would be about 5' tall. That seems like a cool size. It would stand pretty much eye-to-eye with my wife!

-- Roger

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That would be a BIG green man

jadebox said:

You can find large pipe cleaners online and in craft stores.

-- Roger

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I'll give them a look. I'm just not sure I think they'll survive the Gs likely to be achieved from, say, a 4G 54mm load.

wfcook said:

I'll give them a look. I'm just not sure I think they'll survive the Gs likely to be achieved from, say, a 4G 54mm load.

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How about a pipe brush? Clip off the handle and you're good to go!

The 10 inch would require one heck of a pipe cleaner.

wfcook said:

I'll give them a look. I'm just not sure I think they'll survive the Gs likely to be achieved from, say, a 4G 54mm load.

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The G forces will probably be less on the larger rocket. On a C motor, the original rocket accelerates very quickly. Unless you flew an upscale on a Warp9 or whatever, I doubt it would jump off the pad like that.

In any case, if the pipe cleaners get bent during the flight or landing, the could easily be bent back into shape.

-- Roger

In the rocket kit business, these are not pipe cleaners.
The antennas are made from Chenille Stems.

In twenty years I don't want this to turn into one of those "Motor - Engine" arguments.

Reminds me of "Sheldon Plankton" from "Spongebob Squarepants"
Really cool, I likes it!

The SpudNik is a different idea.

I still say that it's a "Goonie" rocket....

That's a fun design!

Launched my daughters this weekend. This was actually one of the straightest flying rockets of the day. Real crowd pleaser!!!

Nice! I've been following the blog for a while and I say goonie too! Really love the ray gun - it's a nice touch!

Looks like his just a "Rippin" off the launch pad, (smerk)