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With the two months of the year the Southern California Rocketry Association (SCRA) is banished to a much smaller field fast approaching I thought I'd look for more unique rockets to fly in the 200' or so altitude limit.
With Jim Flis claiming it goes less than that on 3 A10s, and with me having a sh&t load of A10-0s, I thought I'd give it a shot.
I went onto eBay and placed an order with JonRocket.com along with a frick n frack to eat some C6-0s when things return to normal. I like ordering from JonRocket.com. Gotta love a crew that have good service and run RocketReviews where I log all my flights. AND he is right here on TRF.
The obligatory parts shot. I have already removed the balsa from the laser cut sheets. I did not notice mine said #34 until I looked at an older build thread here on TRF and reminded me to look. Oh well... I have enough 'collectibles'. More flying, less collecting!
Next picture is my idea for covering the surfaces. Lightweight colored packing tape. Back in the day I was thinking of flying R/C foam wings. Like the Zaggie. They were all the rage. And you covered the foam with strapping tape, then packing tape for color. So I bought six rolls. And there they have sat for 10 years.
Here's a picture of some additional plates I cut out to test the idea. As long as I 'carefully' wick thin CA into the edges, I think the tape will not peel back. We'll see...
The idea is to alternate red/black and green/yellow.
Question to ya'll: If I use packing tape on the plates and fins, do you think I still need to paper the upper fins per the instructions?
With Jim Flis claiming it goes less than that on 3 A10s, and with me having a sh&t load of A10-0s, I thought I'd give it a shot.
I went onto eBay and placed an order with JonRocket.com along with a frick n frack to eat some C6-0s when things return to normal. I like ordering from JonRocket.com. Gotta love a crew that have good service and run RocketReviews where I log all my flights. AND he is right here on TRF.
The obligatory parts shot. I have already removed the balsa from the laser cut sheets. I did not notice mine said #34 until I looked at an older build thread here on TRF and reminded me to look. Oh well... I have enough 'collectibles'. More flying, less collecting!
Next picture is my idea for covering the surfaces. Lightweight colored packing tape. Back in the day I was thinking of flying R/C foam wings. Like the Zaggie. They were all the rage. And you covered the foam with strapping tape, then packing tape for color. So I bought six rolls. And there they have sat for 10 years.
Here's a picture of some additional plates I cut out to test the idea. As long as I 'carefully' wick thin CA into the edges, I think the tape will not peel back. We'll see...
The idea is to alternate red/black and green/yellow.
Question to ya'll: If I use packing tape on the plates and fins, do you think I still need to paper the upper fins per the instructions?