Captain Ron
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One of my Boy Scout Sale Wizards.
I built it pretty much stock except for a few mods:
- I glassed the body and fins
- 29mm motor mount just in case I ever want to fly her with something bigger than a C.
- replaced the rubber band shockcord with 30 ft of 1/2 tubular nylon to prevent the dreaded Estes dent to the plastic nosecone
- zipperless design
- replaced cheap flagging tape streamer with a 24" nylon chute
- used epoxy throughout the build including fillets
Can't wait to fly her at tomorrow's club launch.
That's a slick trick! You have to tell us why you glassed a BT-20.
And a 29 mm motor mount? That had to be done magicly. What's up with that?
You got 30 ft of 1/2 tubular nylon and a 24 inch parachute to fit into that size tube.
All of that from one of your Boy Scout Sale Wizards. You da man Bones.
I built my Wizard with the intent to launch her on a C6-5 and not expecting to see her again. She flew like a ticked off banshee off the pad. One second on the pad, next second gone. Heard a pop and actually saw the streamer for a second before I lost sight of her. Everything went exactly as planned. One screeching fast, high altitude flight then gone. Then, I suddenly realized, I really liked that little rocket and maybe I should have used an A8-3.
It was a windy day and I figured she probably drifted pretty far, so I set out looking for her. No luck. I figured that with all the people flying and all the rockets being flown, some one would find her. I looked out for her each time I set out to retrieve a rocket. She was the second flight of the day at 10:00 or so. 4:00 the range was shutting down and she was never found.
So, RIP my little friend. You will always be fondly remembered.
(What me overbuild? Never.)
Thats really cool. A two stage wizard though? what are the odds of getting it back after an otherwise very impressive flight?
BEC, just go for it. There is too much fun to be had with this marvelous miniature missile. Just ordered 2 more 12 packs myself.
At $2.00 a pop, how can you go wrong?
Flew my three Wizards this past weekend. All for the first time. All on A8-3s. A perfect day to fly with little wind and clear skies.
The Wizter is my newest build. It flew first. As its name implies, it was built to spin on the way up. Flew straight as an arrow with some spin, but not as much as I was expecting. Next one will be built for more spin. A fin broke off on landing which really surprised me. She had a nice long streamer.
Next up was the Wizi Smoke followed by the Wizard Space Plane. Both flew straight and high. Both were recovered by a 12" chute with a spill hole.
I really love, bordering on obsessed with, this rocket.
Bones
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