Packed up six rockets for Saturday's BARC launch, four still awaiting their maiden flights. First launch of the year for me, at long last.
Maybe not as long as you think?
For me the interval between black powder launches was something like 1990 or 1991 to 2016. And those launches in 1990 were in support of a lab I TAed in grad school, so a more meaningful measurement might be the interval between the Gyroc I built and lost in middle school and the Gyroc clone I launched last summer. The elapsed time between that cloned Gyroc launch and first mid power launch was about three months.
As for what I did rocket wise today, I cut some parts for my L1 certification rocket. painted some on two mid-power rockets kit-bashed from an Estes Mammoth (I cannot quite match the metallic orange of the Mammoth tube), and finished the design for a simple and sturdy "Plan B" rocket (laid it out and simulated it in Open Rocket, set up the CAD/CAM in Fusion 360) -- in case my intended L1 vehicle doesn't qualify.
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The local club is very good, and I've got a young daughter who likes to build things even more than I do -- so it was pretty easy to slip back into the hobby.
Almost 5 years ago exactly I took my son to his first launch (and the first for me in 20+ years). My L3 project flies in September...you may be closer than you think!
That's awesome, y'all! I do hope to move into bigger, badder rockets fairly quickly. Get some experience building with the cheap, LPR's. I want to fly a mid-power before years end. Optimistically, I'd like to be going for my L1 cert by the end of next year. "The best laid plans..." and all that, but the bug has definitely bitten!
Is that Loki's 38/1200? Looks yummy next to that Go Devil.Got a package from Loki, and had to lay out my next project...It fits! Also, put a swanky new sticker on the range box.
Is that Loki's 38/1200? Looks yummy next to that Go Devil.
That's the one to get. Have fun with that!It is indeed.
Received an orange sled for Eggfinder Mini by Cl(VII). Thanks
Looking forward to putting my Go Devil 38 together. This weekends launch has been cancelled (weather) so I might get some time
Same thing happened to mine, still about 80ft up over a year later :-/Treed my JLCR. Argh.
That beats the smoking hole I put mine in a couple months ago (along with my PML Quicksilver, AltimeterThree & a GPS tracker). My daughter was not happy about it...
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Very important: what brand and part number of filament? :-DI finished off a spool of printer filament, and thought the hole in the middle looked about right...yep that is a 54mm spool rocket with no modification needed except a couple drill holes for a launch rod.
I'm thinking an I115-W or I117-FJ would work real well.
Very important: what brand and part number of filament? :-D
That has happened at our field as well; fortunately we have short grass and a few of us looking resulted in it being found relatively quickly.
Thanks. Me too. It got me through my L1 & L2 certs. I'm thinking about building a slightly bigger version for my L3....maybe.That's such a shame. I loved the looks of that rocket.
Thanks. Me too. It got me through my L1 & L2 certs. I'm thinking about building a slightly bigger version for my L3....maybe.
Thanks bud. I have to finish my tower & re-break the I record first...maybe L3 after that.That was a gorgeous rocket, and rebuilding bigger for an L3 would be sweet.
Completed all finishing tasks on the Starship Avalon:
And *now* I am all caught up from the weekend. Phew.
No kidding. That looks awesome!
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