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Impressive collection!Here are my pads. An original Estes Port-A-Pad parts and a tripod, a 1/4 rod on a tripod, the blast deflector is 1/8 steel. My HPR pad, a 1010 rail. There is a long lag bolt coming up thru the PVC connector and the rail is secured to it by hose clamps. What we called jubilee clips. The deflector is an AR 500 rifle gong. The base is a piece of 1x12 board with steel sheeting. The rail is turned 90* so you can see the lag bolt. View attachment 541255View attachment 541256View attachment 541257View attachment 541258View attachment 541259View attachment 541260View attachment 541261I launch with a 12 volt car battery and a remote control switch. The switch is supposed to have a 1500' range. It works at 300 yards at least. The upside down T with yellow paint is my painting stake and all the lights are for painting rockets at night. As in, it was 110 today by only 80 at midnight. The lights do double duty. I wash the car in the driveway at night during the summer too.
How are folks attaching a 1/8” or 3/16” rod to a camera tripod for LPR? I recently bought an old tripod with a 1/4-20 thread at a thrift store just for this purpose. Thanks in advance!
Thank you! The threaded coupler is what I was thinking too. Off to the hardware store!Threaded rod connector. Drill hole in side, tap with threads and put in a wing bolt; basically copying the Odd'l Adeptor.
I lucked out and have nearly the same kind of thing from an old drum set my kid played with when he was younger. This thread makes me realize I should take pics of our pads/tripods and gear. Got tons of pics of rockets, but not much of what they fly from.
I did find pics I took of our 6' rail. Used some 2x4s and 3/4" ply as the base; legs pivot to fold up. Mounted with some steel to a very heavy duty Manfrotto tripod head that allows adjustment however needed. I used some aluminum angle with a few different notches that is used as the stand-off. Bolted to the rail with a spring, so just pull and rotate/slide to adjust what works for what you're flying and how low/high you want it.
In all the Rockwell Jawstand threads!Where are the people with the Rockwell jaw stands?
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