rokitflite
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6 months later... Is the original topic of this thread ever going to get finished? It has gotten off on to so many tangents, isn't it time to start a new thread???
6 months later...
Is the original topic of this thread ever going to get finished?
It has gotten off on to so many tangents, isn't it time to start a new thread???
4 months, 3 weeks later.
Yes. Every project goes past the completion deadline and is over budget. No worrys.
No.
Close.
Military, USAF, retired NCO.
Retired means no more deadlines, but I've had my share of 'em.
Having worked with civilian contractors, the phrase "Every project goes past the completion deadline and is over budget" has alot of truth to it.
While I have been draging my feet, it's not like I haven't already finished alot. I just do it when I feel like doing it. It is just a hobby, I wouldn't enjoy it much if I were to have deadlines again.
I need to make and place the dowels that will go between the 3 inch BT and the BT-60, glue everthing together, paint and detail.
That's not real far from being finished.
So another 6 months.... :roll:
Retired means no more deadlines, but I've had my share of 'em. ... "Every project goes past the completion deadline and is over budget" has a lot of truth to it.
OK, six years and three months have disappeared. I think I'll pull this one of the shelve and blow the dust off of it.
What are a few years among friends?
Dang Todd, you shaped a nose cone with a plane? And they call me Norm! Sodmeister was right, you are a true craftsman. Oh, and I love what you did with the Fat Boy. That looks slick!
Thank you for the compliment, but I don't consider myself a craftsman. I have a lot of nice tools, and some skill that was passed down to me by my father and grandfather. But I lack the artistic vision (and patience) of a true craftsman. You, however, are doing amazing things with simple hand tools. In my eyes, that's a mark of a craftsman.
There's a lot of detail in that little rocket! I love the faux rivets and panels. You've given a small simple rocket a lot of visual interest.
I simply can't recall why I sprayed the lower fins with primer before the fins were glued into place.
You know, there is something to be said for fins that break off cleanly, instead of tearing up the body tube.
Apogee's foam TARC cones come to mind.Crumple zones are built into cars to absorb a lot of the energy of an impact . I suppose they could be built into rockets also.
Hmmm...
Need to figure out the needed size and length for the dowel that braces the upper and lower sections of the missile.
Looking good, Todd!
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