Baby Daddy

[Jowayen]

18mm Body Tube, 13mm MMT, 1/16 fins, 4.625" OAL
I dub thee "BABY DADDY"

Unnecessary build thread to come...

 

[SolarYellow]

What nose cone? I'm not aware of a 2.75:1-ish BT-20 cone. The Wizard cone is more like 4:1.

Also, it seems like a great application for a tower, in order to leave off the lug.

 

[DigBaddy]

That's tiny. I did a BT50 Big Daddy with a 13mm mount and it gets nearly out of sight on A3s...

Good flyer though. Super fun.

 

[techrat]

What is the recovery on a rocket that short and tiny? Just pop the nose and tumble or are you planning a streamer?

 

[Jowayen]

Custom nose to keep the scale accurate and probably pop and tumble depending on the altitude.
I don't care for 3D printed parts. Not my style.
All scratch built (except for balsa wood. no intention to grow my own)

 

[mh9162013]

What nose cone? I'm not aware of a 2.75:1-ish BT-20 cone. The Wizard cone is more like 4:1.

Also, it seems like a great application for a tower, in order to leave off the lug.

There's at least one company that sells a BT-20 plastic nose cones that, while not a perfect shape match to the Big Daddy, is much closer than the Wizard.

Another option is the nose cone from the Mini Mean Machine, although I think it'll still be a bit too long for a perfect match.

As for leaving off the launch lug, a FALL is another option so the OP can use a stock 1/8" LPR launch pad.

 

[bad_idea]

What nose cone? I'm not aware of a 2.75:1-ish BT-20 cone. The Wizard cone is more like 4:1.

Big Daddy cone is 3:1. Just remeasured one to confirm.

 

[PDawg]

But are we sure it's the Baby Daddy?

 

[techrat]

But are we sure it's the Baby Daddy?

Only Jerry Springer can find out for sure....

 

[PDawg]

Only Jerry Springer can find out for sure....

All Hail Jerry, May he RIP. That's me in between Jerry and the lady asking a question. Yes, I've lived a Full Life!.

 

[techrat]

After working the first season for Carmen Sandiego (The PBS Kids Game show) in the early 90's we had to pull out of Chelsea Studios because another show was coming in. Rather than move out to Astoria Studios in Queens with the show, some of my co-workers instead submitted their resumes to the incoming show. And some got in. I can't remember the name of the guy, maybe it was Maury Povich, but he had a Jerry Springer-like show. After they got settled in, I made contact with my former co-workers now still at Chelsea and they told me that internally. the name of the show was "nuts and sluts". But hey, a paycheck is a paycheck.

 

[KenECoyote]

All Hail Jerry, May he RIP. That's me in between Jerry and the lady asking a question. Yes, I've lived a Full Life!

So were you the husband or brother?

 

[SolarYellow]

 

[PDawg]

So were you the husband or brother?

Just an Audience member fortunately. This Screen Grab is one of my favorite possesions.

 

[ep29030]

You could get a balsa cone from Balsa Machining , glue a dowel in the bottom and turn it down on a drill with a file or sandpaper stick

 

[BABAR]