The Flash

Well here she is-all ready for a C6-5.This one caught my attention cause of the up-swept fins!

I built one of these (w/ a small payload bay) to fly my PicoAlt to get an idea of altitude on different motors. I'll have to dig up the notebook with the info in it.

kj

-I'd be very interested to hear your results.

Very cool looking model Rob

Thanks Micro

That thing will move on a C6

Changes from stock: I decided to leave off the engine hook entirely. Iv'e had problems with this on the similar Pipsqueak. The hook would end up developing a lot of up & down play. I think this was caused by the powerful C motors for such a small & lite-weight model. I would also prefer the engine to "kick out" after the ejection charge, allowing the model to recover at an even lighter weight. I painted the bottom black half with flat black instead of the rec'd gloss black. I think the contrast of the two look better this way. I then got out the epoxy & coated the kevlar connection at the motor retainer to prevent the kevlar from being burned since it sits right above the motor. -Mixed a little more epoxy & thinned it out with rubbing alchohol & smeared it inside the top of the body tube to prevent wear. These small diameter rockets tend to wear this area quickly. Last, I put some more "thinned" epoxy around the bottom of the motor mount tube that hangs out of the bottom of the rocket to strengthen it since the fins are up-swept & the rocket could land right on the bottom.

-I also added a swivel hook even though this model uses a streamer. In the past I have had the kevlar unwind itself from the streamer spinning.

Originally posted by Rob Fisher
-I also added a swivel hook even though this model uses a streamer. In the past I have had the kevlar unwind itself from the streamer spinning.

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Great tip Ill have to keep that in mind

-She'll make point 5 past light-speed, she may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts..kid-Iv'e made a lot of special modifications myself............sorry, me & the kids were watch'in Star Wars today