Yes to all of the above.
For example: Neil's recurring trouble with this rocket has been separation of the half rings from the pylons/fins. This may be due in part to the ring's being made by laminating bent wood.
An upscaled ring could be made from sonotube, with a fiberglass wrap if you like or just a soak of the epoxy resin (making pseudo phenolic). Also, it would be wide enough to notch halfway across and interlock with similarly notched pylons. Once the interlocked notches are glued and filleted, you will not have the same problem Neil has had.
Will you have a different problem? Probably, but that'll be easier to deal with too.
No, we just happen to be thinking alike. Maybe that says something about each of our minds. Hmmm...Are you reading my mind? Thats exactly what I have in mind.
No, we just happen to be thinking alike. Maybe that says something about each of our minds. Hmmm...
Good luck with your future launches.
I just inadvertently noticed this bit of text in the first post of this thread. I suppose, having written it, that it was inevitable that this would become my *most* damaged and repaired rocket.I have learned over the course of my BAR career that I really do not enjoy making repairs to rockets. Therefore I will go out of my way to anticipate weaknesses and try to mitigate them, even if it sometimes leads to overthinking or overbuilding.
Sometimes even overthinking and overbuilding isn't enough!
I think that is very far-reaching. When building a new design, “going where no (hu)man has gone before“, beating a new path, trailblazing, exploring, doing research, starting a business, exploring a new land, experimenting, one is bound to encounter the unpredictable. And that’s part of what makes any of this fun! Rocketry is an affordable way to do this.
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