Awareness

qquake2k said:

I sprayed on several coats of sanding sealer, sanding in between. Then sprayed on the usual Rusto 2X white primer. Finally, several coats of Rusto 2X pink. Once again, I'm amazed at how smooth the basswood turned out.

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Is it just me, or does that nose cone have whole different look from intended?

BABAR said:

Is it just me, or does that nose cone have whole different look from intended?

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I think once that "inny" is replaced with an "outy" it is going to look more like expected --- otherwise I think we've all been hoodwinked by one of those Crying Game switcheroos.

Added an external fillet to the aft centering ring. Sprayed sanding sealer on the fins, and sanded them. Then primered the aft section. And I got the chutes sewn together. I think they're going to work as I envisioned!

I sprayed on several coats of pink. And, of course, my old friend paint came back to visit. One side of the body tube has a rough surface, as opposed to the other two sides. But I don't think I have time to do anything with it. In my experience, it will have to cure for several days before I could sand it. I think I'd better leave it as is if I want to get this into the air on Saturday.

Great build Jim,the paint looks fine.

cjp said:

Great build Jim,the paint looks fine.

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Agreed.

I think people won't be looking at the fin can anyway.

Just saying.

o1d_dude said:

Agreed.

I think people won't be looking at the fin can anyway.

Just saying.

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Yeah, they'll be staring at the fin can, and the rocket will be like, "Excuse me, I'm up here!"

ThirstyBarbarian said:

Yeah, they'll be staring at the fin can, and the rocket will be like, "Excuse me, I'm up here!"

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Two and a half men line!

Saturday should be great. Just push the button, and the rocket goes, "Ta Ta!"

I thought I'd be lazy and spray the fluorescent pink on the forward body tube without primer. But I didn't think about the spirals. The white primer, even though it's not high build, does help hide the spirals. So I primered over it, and resprayed the pink. Turned out pretty good. I still need to clear coat it.

Build is looking great Quake as always!

I flew my Sam Adams Patriot sunday (Yeah, its not a pink rocket but..) on the CTI J316 Pink motor in honor of Awareness month. Those pinks have a hell of a kick and fast flight! It reached 36DD feet, I mean 3611ft!

The pickup tube must have come loose inside, so I had to hold the can upside down to get it to spray. My clear coats never look as smooth or shiny as o1d_dude's, but it's good enough for me. He is the clear coat pimp!

Apparently the "tang" on the end of my chuck taper won't let it fit into the Jet's headstock. So I had to use my collet chuck instead.

My son calculated that the MaTS (mach transition splitter) needed to be slightly larger. And he would know, he's an expert on such things. So I turned one a little bigger and longer.

And of course, everybody knows that the color red has a lower drag coefficient than other colors, and will create fewer transitional artifacts.

Captain, you are indeed a friend of the boob.

I sure got a nice giggle out of this build. Especially the ending.:lol:

I'm speechless
I'm honestly speechless.
Well done sir!

Nate

You should launch it at night and see if it causes an Aerola Borealis.

Honestly though... I picked up a good tip or two from this!

Nice Work Captain!

I'm still laughing as I type this.

Well played, sir!

Not sure what kind of sweater cows you're looking at...

patelldp said:

Not sure what kind of sweater cows you're looking at...

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I had to make a trip to Urban Dictionary for that one...

Got the first decal on. I wish it was bigger and white, but it's all I could find. I still like it, though. I couldn't stand it, I had to sand the rough spots on the aft section and respray it. It looks better now. I'll have to wait until the paint sets, probably tomorrow, to apply the second decal.

Got the second decal on. Got to have a "Save the Ta Tas" decal!

This flew over while I was outside. The Man is watching!

There are a lot of imperfections, even for me. But overall, I'm very happy with the result!

Very nice job. I am sure a lot of people will be aware when you launch this

Seriously, great idea and great rocket.
Hoping for a straight trail and good recovery Saturday!