Okay so no pressure........
I have learned to tune out the peanut gallery when it comes to the exhortations to make things bigger.
I do have some 4 inch phenolic laying around.....That'd be a 15" ring... I'd pay airfare to go see that thing launch.
I do have some 4 inch phenolic laying around.....
4 inch for the pods, got some 7.6 inch for the body....... got some in the attic.....how big would the ring be???? Sorry, but will need to get my level 3 to get this monster off the pad.Sure, I mean, that’ll be good for the *pods*...
Bigger. Bigger. Bigger! Bigger! Bigger!!!I have learned to tune out the peanut gallery when it comes to the exhortations to make things bigger.
4 inch for the pods, got some 7.6 inch for the body....... got some in the attic.....how big would the ring be???? Sorry, but will need to get my level 3 to get this monster off the pad.
Or just use epoxy with basswood and fight the tendency to overthink.Gonna need to research this.
Yeah, that's just not super-convenient all the time (like when I was laminating the layers of my upscale Quinstar frame pieces). I just wanna know what happened to the "glue joint is stronger than the wood itself" promise, which seems to have been pretty thoroughly broken.Or just use epoxy with basswood and fight the tendency to overthink.
Yeah, that's just not super-convenient all the time (like when I was laminating the layers of my upscale Quinstar frame pieces). I just wanna know what happened to the "glue joint is stronger than the wood itself" promise, which seems to have been pretty thoroughly broken..
That will be the approach. If it breaks again on the next flight, it will be retired.Maybe just rough the surface up a little, wipe with acetone on a Q-tip, use a little epoxy, and stop listening to the voices internal and external alike telling you to overcomplicate this.
Getting ready to upscale the Alcubierre. Just ordered parts from Madcow. Should start posting in a week or 2. 3 inch body tube, 12 inch ring. 38 mm motor mount. Should be fun.
Steve
I have to say that your rocket is simply awesome, Neil. Pity you don't have plans available for people to build their own.
If you're serious about building one, PM me and we can make it happen. I don't have plans per se but I could give you sufficient information (plus using this build thread as a reference) to do it.I have to say that your rocket is simply awesome, Neil. Pity you don't have plans available for people to build their own.
If you're serious about building one, PM me and we can make it happen. I don't have plans per se but I could give you sufficient information (plus using this build thread as a reference) to do it.
However, given that mine has been damaged on each of its two flights, you have to ask yourself whether you actually want to build it the way I did.
Let me tell you a secret. Upscales of rockets like Neil's are easier then the smaller versions. Bigger pieces are easier then small ones. Don't let anyone else know, okay?Well I'm only semi-serious, as I don't think my building skills are quite where they would need to be (yet).
Let me tell you a secret. Upscales of rockets like Neil's are easier then the smaller versions. Bigger pieces are easier then small ones. Don't let anyone else know, okay?
Definitely true at least into the MPR and Level 1 sizes.Let me tell you a secret. Upscales of rockets like Neil's are easier then the smaller versions.
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