Biggest scratch build yet - Bluto

qquake2k · Feb 26, 2013

JP Morgan said:
hmm. That would make ya pull your hair out! :bang:

Looking good there friend!

JP

Tell me about it! I'm sure I could have figured something out, but it would have made me cuss. LOL

MasonH · Feb 26, 2013

Still looking food!!

Davidtmp · Feb 26, 2013

qquake2k said:
I bet Norm could build a mean rocket!

I bet he'd make all kinds of jigs that we could copy! :wink:

qquake2k · Feb 27, 2013

MasonH said:
Still looking food!!

Freudian slip? Were you hungry when you typed that? :tongue:

qquake2k · Feb 27, 2013

Davidtmp said:
I bet he'd make all kinds of jigs that we could copy! :wink:

Now that's an episode I'd buy on DVD!

qquake2k · Feb 27, 2013

JP Morgan said:
What a Beast! This thing should make a magazine cover when it goes up!
Too bad we are so far apart, I'd really like to stand next to this rocket, especially when finished!
Oh well, there's always video and pics...

JP

I've often wished the same thing for many, many builds I've seen on here.

MasonH · Feb 27, 2013

qquake2k said:
Freudian slip? Were you hungry when you typed that? :tongue:

Yes but thats not the point! Keep building!

soxfan121 · Mar 2, 2013

qquake2k said:
Of course I do, don't be silly. I have to sleep sometimes. :tongue:

i have actually sleep walked (slept?) and found my self sitting at my workbench holding my dremel thank god it wasn't plugged in because i left a carving bit in it :y:

qquake2k · Mar 2, 2013

soxfan121 said:
i have actually sleep walked (slept?) and found my self sitting at my workbench holding my dremel thank god it wasn't plugged in because i left a carving bit in it :y:

I prefer getting up early to work on rockets. I'm an early riser.

There are soooooo many options for a Level 1 kit. I was originally going to use a LOC-IV for mine, but ended up using a Minie Magg instead. It was a low and slow flight on an AT H123, to about 900ft.

sodmeister · Mar 4, 2013

I once forgot to add my U-bolt in a rocket one time.

Cussing didn`t help.......but it didn`t hurt either !

I got one in eventually ,but never again......I hope !

paul t

sodmeister · Mar 4, 2013

I can hardly wait to buy myself a wood lathe ,then i`ll have every tool known to mankind :eyeroll:

What do you do about duct collection Jim ,as there must be quite a lot of it.

I have never used a wood lathe (believe it or not ) but from watching woodworking shows (love that stuff) there seems to be plenty of shavings and dust.Since I`m in the trade/business ,I was thinking of making a large dust collection hood behind the area where the wood flys off.....but it seems to come off in several directions.

Any thoughts ?

Paul t

qquake2k · Mar 5, 2013

sodmeister said:
I can hardly wait to buy myself a wood lathe ,then i`ll have every tool known to mankind :eyeroll:

What do you do about duct collection Jim ,as there must be quite a lot of it.

I have never used a wood lathe (believe it or not ) but from watching woodworking shows (love that stuff) there seems to be plenty of shavings and dust.Since I`m in the trade/business ,I was thinking of making a large dust collection hood behind the area where the wood flys off.....but it seems to come off in several directions.

Any thoughts ?

Paul t

They make a hood that you put behind the lathe and attach a dust collector to. I have one somewhere, but never did try it. I had a dust collector at one time, but didn't use it much. I sold it, and just use a shop vac now. I don't know how well the lathe hoods work, but I'm sure they would at least help.

qquake2k · Mar 23, 2013

I realized I put the rail button blocks in the wrong places. I had oriented them between the 29mm outboards, but the fin tabs will have to go between them to the 54mm motor tube. So I had to epoxy on new ones. That meant I had to saw off one of the tee-nuts on the aft centering rings.

qquake2k · Mar 23, 2013

At over 24", this is the longest finwrap I've ever made!

qquake2k · Mar 24, 2013

I got the new rail button blocks sanded and the new tee-nut pressed in. I decided to offset the new tee-nut, to give me more room for the rail button screw.

qquake2k · Mar 24, 2013

Got the new tee-nut epoxied in, and the u-bolt reinstalled.

qquake2k · Apr 27, 2013

After a month long hiatus, I'm back at work on Bluto. Since there are five motor tubes in the motor mount, it was a little bit fiddly getting the aft centering ring aligned with all the tubes. So I used a 45 degree grinding stone in my Dremel, and put a slight chamfer on the inside of the holes in the centering ring. Seemed to help a bit. I also got a bigger piece of aluminum angle to make sure the fin and rail button lines are straight.

qquake2k · Apr 27, 2013

I smeared a very liberal amount of epoxy inside the body tube, at the place the forward centering ring would be. Inserting the motor mount half way, I smeared some more epoxy inside that the middle centering ring would catch. I used 30 minute epoxy for the extra setting time.

JP Morgan · Apr 27, 2013

GREAT work Jim!!!
I wish I could drop by and put my hands on this beast...

JP

Cl(VII) · Apr 27, 2013

Glad to see you at this one again. I was wondering about it's status.

bill2654 · Apr 27, 2013

I know your about to go into your off season, but I cant wait to see this fly.

qquake2k · Apr 27, 2013

JP Morgan said:
GREAT work Jim!!!
I wish I could drop by and put my hands on this beast...

JP

Come on out! I'll buy you a beer!

Cl(VII) said:
Glad to see you at this one again. I was wondering about it's status.

Yeah, I had one launch to attend, then I got busy with Jersey Bomber and Chopped. I guess I needed a break from Bluto's complexity.

qquake2k · Apr 27, 2013

bill2654 said:
I know your about to go into your off season, but I cant wait to see this fly.

Me too! It's going to be my most epic flight yet!

qquake2k · Apr 27, 2013

Now that is a big a$$ fin slot! I had to cut a slot in the fin tab to fit over the middle centering ring. First time I've had to do that. I marked it, then drilled a 1/4" hole before I cut it with the bandsaw.

qquake2k · Apr 27, 2013

I obviously marked the slot in the fin tab wrong, so I had to recut it.

qquake2k · Apr 27, 2013

Much better. I also had to do a little sanding on the fin tab.

rocketgeek101 · Apr 27, 2013

It's looking good! That is one heck of a big rocket!

qquake2k · Apr 27, 2013

rocketgeek101 said:
It's looking good! That is one heck of a big rocket!

Yeah, I look at it and wonder what I was thinking!

o1d_dude · Apr 27, 2013

qquake2k said:
Yeah, I look at it and wonder what I was thinking!

I'm pretty sure a lot of other folks have the same thought.

It's a cautionary tale. It starts out so small and low powered. Then it's only going to be a level one cert... Next thing you know, you need a trailer to haul your rocket to the launch.

iter · Apr 27, 2013

o1d_dude said:
INext thing you know, you need a trailer to haul your rocket to the launch.

So they tell me.

Ari.

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