I know the entire back story of the ex-vendor who offered up this 2.6" viper kit. Here's the story for this particular kit. I bought it from somebody who signed up for the 4" kit. When the whole s**t with the 4" prepaids not being delivered started to go down, I contacted the old owner and offered to simply send it back and reverse the deal. He declined so I built it. It was a pretty enjoyable build even though my usual procrastination and short attention span pushed off completion.
It's maiden flight will be at Airfest this year. I'm thinking about a Sparky or Dark Matter I.
Now that it's done, I realized I didn't paint the silver bands around the booster tubes. I don't think I'll end up going back and doing it - I'm lazy. Here's a couple of pics of it along with it's smaller 168% upscale built from Excelsior's plans & decals (yes, I messed that one up too, you can criticize if you want.)
I'm sorry to all those who were scr*d with the 4" situation. This thread is meant to be a celebration of a rocket. If you want to complain about this vendor please resurrect one of the 3 other threads for that purpose.
Kevin
It's maiden flight will be at Airfest this year. I'm thinking about a Sparky or Dark Matter I.
Now that it's done, I realized I didn't paint the silver bands around the booster tubes. I don't think I'll end up going back and doing it - I'm lazy. Here's a couple of pics of it along with it's smaller 168% upscale built from Excelsior's plans & decals (yes, I messed that one up too, you can criticize if you want.)
I'm sorry to all those who were scr*d with the 4" situation. This thread is meant to be a celebration of a rocket. If you want to complain about this vendor please resurrect one of the 3 other threads for that purpose.
Kevin