Now THIS would be a cool upscale!

That I agree with. How would you make the nose cone.

cwbullet said:

That I agree with. How would you make the nose cone.

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I think you could put a couple layers of 1 oz fiberglass over a plastic plate to get the radial pattern. I'm sure the captain will think of something.

How big you gonna make it Captain?

The nose wouldn't be too hard; you could do it with a 1-piece mold.

Changeling the subject, It would have to be perfect... otherwise it should just be sterilized.

I will cut the fins and parts if someone can help with the in mould. How big?

The Nose Cone reminds me of Chicken Pot Pie. It's a Swanson Satellite!

TopRamen said:

The Nose Cone reminds me of Chicken Pot Pie. It's a Swanson Satellite!

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Or a 1950's UFO

K'Tesh said:

Changeling the subject, It would have to be perfect... otherwise it should just be sterilized.

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Non sequitur.

qquake2k said:

Non sequitur.

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That does not compute

For the top just get a paper plate(s) and some epoxy.

That kit is on my to buy someday list. I need to get through my build pile first. Maybe I should add it to my secret santa wish list...

Looking forward to seeing an upscale. (You know you're going to do it. You wouldn't have started a thread about it otherwise. :tongue

chadrog said:

How big you gonna make it Captain?

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Hmmm. Real quick calculation tells me that upscaling to 7.5" diameter it would still only be 45.25" tall.
This really could be fun. Next thought, what size motor mount, 54mm ?

chadrog said:

How big you gonna make it Captain?

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Well, I'm not planning on building it yet. Mostly just a thought experiment right now. 4" tubing would make it 24" tall, and 5.5" would make it 33". And as kpotter pointed out, 7.5" would make it 45".

kpotter said:

Hmmm. Real quick calculation tells me that upscaling to 7.5" diameter it would still only be 45.25" tall.
This really could be fun. Next thought, what size motor mount, 54mm ?

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I hadn't really thought about it, but 54mm would be good for 7.5" and 5.5", and probably 38mm for 4". The problem is going to be the center tube. 7.5" outer tubes work out to 4.5" inner tube. 5.5" works out to 3.35", and 4" works out to 2.43". None of those sizes match standard tubes. But I suppose 4" would be close enough for 7.5"; 3" close enough for 5.5"; and 2.63" for 4".

qquake2k said:

7.5" outer tubes work out to 4.5" ...

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You can always used a 3.9" tube and build up the outside with a layer or two of honeycomb. Or, since it's non-structural, you can use a generic cardboard outer tube.

Chacun a son gout, but to me it looks like a toilet paper lofter.

Do all three body diameters.

Sweet looking rocket. The NC does look like a pot pie tin.

I started playing around with this in Open Rocket, but I'm having some trouble. I had to fake the aft outer tube by making it an inner tube. I also had to make the inner tube an inner tube, but you can't add fins to an inner tube. So I had to add the fins to the forward outer tube, and push them down all the way to the back. But then this threw off the position of the fins, which should be attached to the 2.56 inner tube below the aft outer tube. It also threw off the tabs. Anybody know a better way to do all this?

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Found your upscale's .ork file...

Here's my mod's to it.



The trick to OR is to remember that it doesn't know how to treat an exposed inner component as a body tube. My solution, break up that part into its exposed and hidden components.

The rods are simply solid "launch lugs" made of "pine" and attached to a phantom body tube that is the ID of the larger tube less twice the thickness of the rods. This phantom tube is .000001" (0.0") long, and 0.0" thick. and made of "air".

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Chacun a son gout, but to me it looks like a toilet paper lofter.

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Too bad its going to be too big for streamer recovery since TP streamers would be amusing.

That's certainly a lot closer than I was able to get. But it's simming awfully low. Could it be the incredible drag?

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rharshberger said:

Too bad its going to be too big for streamer recovery since TP streamers would be amusing.

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I'm afraid TP streamers would just shred.

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That's certainly a lot closer than I was able to get. But it's simming awfully low. Could it be the incredible drag?

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That would be my guess.

qquake2k said:

I'm afraid TP streamers would just shred.

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Well aware of that, and that they would be potentially flammable, I was kidding.