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A friend of mine gave me a book about the Titan II missiles to give back to a co-worker and I wound up reading it......I really wanted to model the missile, not the gemini-titan..I really didn't want to bother with twin engine thrust....Plan is to build two versions, a standard highpower version using loc tubing, and a lightweight foam structure version at the same scale. Both with polycarbonate fins.
Highpower version should be about 19 pounds and fly to 1100' on a J-570 38mm motor.
Foam version should be about 5.5 pounds and fly to 1100' on an I-200 29mm motor.
Highpower version is up first.
A quick trip to Home depot and Lowes and I think I found the start of a 7.5" diameter stand-off scale Titan II
2 18" traffic cones
2.5" metal cap for chain link fence posts
Some decorative lighting fixtures for engine bells.......
I just trimmed the cone base to be about 7" diameter, and made a ply ring the OD of the rocket, and trimmed to fit over the base of the cone, then made a styrene sheet shroud and CA/epoxied it to the ply ring, this will slide over the cone and act as the adapter ring on the real titan II.
The metal post cap had a flange and so fit into the trimmed top. I think from a few feet away it will have the right look. I don't think I'll get paint to stick to the traffic cone so I'll use stickershock matt black vinyl to cover it.
I plan on going with the motor tube up the middle in between the dummy engine bells....and will have thetube stick down and painted black and will try to hide it with some dummy motor plumbing.
I want to build a fin box with slots to put the lexan fins into, so I don't have fillets to worry about, and can replace them if damaged or scuffed....I'll retain them from the bottom I think.
I plan on cutting another traffic cone a bit shorter and slipping it over the first one so that it mimicks the thickness and step of the ablative material....
The cone is about 13" long which looks about right and that would leave the body to be about 60" long, which I think will work with two of the loc 7.5" tubing pieces wildman sells.
Frank
Highpower version should be about 19 pounds and fly to 1100' on a J-570 38mm motor.
Foam version should be about 5.5 pounds and fly to 1100' on an I-200 29mm motor.
Highpower version is up first.
A quick trip to Home depot and Lowes and I think I found the start of a 7.5" diameter stand-off scale Titan II
2 18" traffic cones
2.5" metal cap for chain link fence posts
Some decorative lighting fixtures for engine bells.......
I just trimmed the cone base to be about 7" diameter, and made a ply ring the OD of the rocket, and trimmed to fit over the base of the cone, then made a styrene sheet shroud and CA/epoxied it to the ply ring, this will slide over the cone and act as the adapter ring on the real titan II.
The metal post cap had a flange and so fit into the trimmed top. I think from a few feet away it will have the right look. I don't think I'll get paint to stick to the traffic cone so I'll use stickershock matt black vinyl to cover it.
I plan on going with the motor tube up the middle in between the dummy engine bells....and will have thetube stick down and painted black and will try to hide it with some dummy motor plumbing.
I want to build a fin box with slots to put the lexan fins into, so I don't have fillets to worry about, and can replace them if damaged or scuffed....I'll retain them from the bottom I think.
I plan on cutting another traffic cone a bit shorter and slipping it over the first one so that it mimicks the thickness and step of the ablative material....
The cone is about 13" long which looks about right and that would leave the body to be about 60" long, which I think will work with two of the loc 7.5" tubing pieces wildman sells.
Frank
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