EFr_000
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Hi All,
Just found this forum and I have a couple of questions.
I bought for 3 Estes Wizard rocket kits for my 3 daughters (ages 8, twins 4). We built all 3 a few months back and had our first launch 2 days ago (Saturday). We weren't really prepared for what to bring other than rockets, motors and wadding. After I got the wadding and A8-3 motors in I had each of the girls have it inspected by the rocket inspector. A few adjustments with adding a little tape to the motors and nose cones to snug it up a bit better (they were just sliding off). The girls each got to slam the launch button after the countdown. Watched each fly into the air. 2 of the 3 had good timing for the cones and streamer to pop off... the 3rd popped a bit to early.
So we went to go and grab them off the ground, all three had slight damage to the fins, landing on the concrete runway. All 3 had some damage to the body tubes. 2 cracked the paint along the seam close to where the top of motor. 1 was actually cracked open along the tube seams about 3-4 inches.
So I talked to one of the club members and he superglued the seam close. The girls could only handle one launch, too hot, too sunny, no place to sit, and hunger started to set in.
Now for the questions... Will this super glue hold for awhile? 1 or 2 more launches? Since the other 2 almost cracked open are they prone to open up completely the next time we launch? What to use to re-enforce the tube bodies? I used 3 sheets of wadding, was that too much?
thanks,
Just found this forum and I have a couple of questions.
I bought for 3 Estes Wizard rocket kits for my 3 daughters (ages 8, twins 4). We built all 3 a few months back and had our first launch 2 days ago (Saturday). We weren't really prepared for what to bring other than rockets, motors and wadding. After I got the wadding and A8-3 motors in I had each of the girls have it inspected by the rocket inspector. A few adjustments with adding a little tape to the motors and nose cones to snug it up a bit better (they were just sliding off). The girls each got to slam the launch button after the countdown. Watched each fly into the air. 2 of the 3 had good timing for the cones and streamer to pop off... the 3rd popped a bit to early.
So we went to go and grab them off the ground, all three had slight damage to the fins, landing on the concrete runway. All 3 had some damage to the body tubes. 2 cracked the paint along the seam close to where the top of motor. 1 was actually cracked open along the tube seams about 3-4 inches.
So I talked to one of the club members and he superglued the seam close. The girls could only handle one launch, too hot, too sunny, no place to sit, and hunger started to set in.
Now for the questions... Will this super glue hold for awhile? 1 or 2 more launches? Since the other 2 almost cracked open are they prone to open up completely the next time we launch? What to use to re-enforce the tube bodies? I used 3 sheets of wadding, was that too much?
thanks,