Aerotech Initiator with New Paint Job

Hey,

The Aerotech Initiator is a pretty standard and easy to build kit, so I decided to jazz it up a bit with this new paint job:



The structure itself is unaltered and it has already flown twice (and now needs some repairs )

Looks good!


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Very Nicely Done!

Unfortunately, the second flight removed a launch lug. I'm in the process of patching it up but I doubt it'll look this nice again

Neilw said:

Unfortunately, the second flight removed a launch lug. I'm in the process of patching it up but I doubt it'll look this nice again

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They never do! I've got some that have been refinished 2 or 3 times and one that's been flying in it's original paint for 11 years. A new rocket is pretty, but a flown rocket has character!

Neilw said:

Unfortunately, the second flight removed a launch lug. I'm in the process of patching it up but I doubt it'll look this nice again

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Sorry I can't post pics, but both of mine have ACME rail guides. You can literally cut them in half and epoxy them on the outside for an almost bullet proof installation. Down side is you need a rail.

fyrwrxz said:

Sorry I can't post pics, but both of mine have ACME rail guides. You can literally cut them in half and epoxy them on the outside for an almost bullet proof installation. Down side is you need a rail.

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Can you send a link for where I can get those? The club that I do launches with provides rails so that might be worth it for me. In retrospect, I should have done something like that in the first place. Some of the senior guys at the launches told me that lugs on higher power rockets are bad news.

Rails work great. Here's a link to the acme rail guides, I haven't used them (have used normal rail buttons) but it looks like they should work well.
https://www.giantleaprocketry.com/p...nch_systems.aspx#Acme_Conformal_Launch_Guides

SCrocketfan said:

Rails work great. Here's a link to the acme rail guides, I haven't used them (have used normal rail buttons) but it looks like they should work well.
https://www.giantleaprocketry.com/p...nch_systems.aspx#Acme_Conformal_Launch_Guides

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Thanks! Those look pretty cool. I'll definitely be getting a few sets of these for my future rockets.