COrocket
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I had some larger motors in my collection that I'd like to be able to fly locally in Florida, so I set out to build a large diameter rocket that I could launch high thrust full K (maybe depending on final weight), up to small M motors and keep the flights under a mile in altitude. I've always enjoyed flying my Wildman 2.6" Patriot, so going 1/2 scale seemed like a fun project. Right now the plan is to do head end deploy and use the nosecone as the main chute compartment to keep the CG forward. I ordered a bunch of 8" diameter parts from Wildman, including a 52" booster, 25" upper airframe, coupler, 98MM motor mount, rings, and Tim was nice enough to sell me a 3:1 nosecone that I've seen on the Gizmo XL rockets for the scale look. I'll be cutting the fins and avionics bay items from scratch. All I've done so far is clean up the tube ends with sandpaper and give the parts a bath. They look good next to the 2.6" and Estes size Patriot