Hartle Engineering BRC!!!

[Chicagonative17]

This is the official location of the NEW TRF Best Rocket Competition. This is a monthly event to show off your "stuff" and find out who has THE BEST ROCKET OF THE MONTH! When entering, make sure you follow the criteria listed below and you will do fine. From the 21st until the end of the month will be polling to see who should win the Best Rocket Competition. If you so happen to win, Hartle Engineering has offered to supply a free rocketry component or kit!

This months competition is: ANYTHING!

1. Header of picture must include, name, what kit or was it custom, LPR, MPR or HPR.
2. A BRIEF discription of rocket details. Anything that would make it apparent to somebody that yours is THE BEST.
3. Only ONE entry per month.
4. No extended off topic conversations.
5. Rockets made at any period of time may be used.
6. Can only have a rocket in competition ONE time.
7. If there is a monthly specified type of contest (such as red, white and blue themed), you can only enter rockets that are applicable.
8. Entries will be taken first 3 weeks of month and after the 21st of everymonth the contest closes.
9. The last week of the month will be polling on who should win in each class.
10. Winners get bragging rights for a month!

Good luck to you all... AND HAVE FUN!

 

[Indiana]

Since the prizes are so good, I think I'll have a go!

Here's my Venus Probe.
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[evil ed]

HOT DANG! the first victim!
Now, goto jonrocket.com, find the products that I make (resin cones and chutes and streamers), choose twenty bucks worth, send me the list and your mailing address via PM, and I'll get it out PDQ !

Evil Ed

 

[Rocketry nut]

Haven't had much luck with these contests, but here I go again. This is my 2X upscale Estes Firehawk. It has flown seven times so far(2 Gs and 5 Hs). I got my L1 with this sweet bird too.

 

[Chicagonative17]

It doesn't matter the luck... Ed is giving everybody who enters a 20 dollar credit for Hartle Engineering. If you do win, its a 100 dollar credit!

 

[Pantherjon]

Ok, I will give this a go!

While I was building my Bucky Jones Jr Space Cadet, I had some scrap from the fins that in themselves looked like fins..A little minor shaping they became fins and I thought ' boy those just look like smaller Bucky Jones fins' ..So, out came the measuring tape and the gears started grinding and formulated a 60% downscale of the Bucky Jones Jr(which in itself is a downsize of the full size Bucky Jones) which I named Baby Bucky Jones!:lol: I even went as far as replicating, as best I could, the reactor cooling tubes using lollipop 'sticks'(unused and not sticky!) Baby Bucky Jones is 18mm and all dimensions are scaled to 60%..I have flown him twice and both times awesome straight flights- couldn't ask for better! Anyway enough of my rambling here is the link to the picture..VOTE FOR ME! Please?

https://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/Pantherjon/SpaceCadet008.jpg

And as an added BONUS(and bribe to vote for me) I have attached the RockSim file so you too can have a Baby Bucky Jones!

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[johnnwwa]

Ok Ed

This is my entry.
Fat Boy
18mm motor stock kit, but alot of TLC went into the building.
There are many like it but this one is mine.

BAR
John

 

[Bohica]

This is the USAF's new "Elation" class near space fighter interecepter. She is a scratch built 3", 3x24mm cluster I threw together a few months ago. Sorry for the cam phone pics.




Note to (not so) Evil Ed....if their is a youth group or something in your area that does rocketry could you donate them the $20 worth of chutes for me? Thanks!

 

[Lee Reep]

OK, here we go again! Evil Ed, most generous of you!

My entry is called Acid Indigestion. Scratch-built, LPR-MPR -- designed to fly on 24mm, and it's flown mostly on reloads like the E18 and F39. Probably too heavy for a D12.

Design is tube fin, over a boat-tail. The upper "payload" section is actually the parachute compartment, with a hollowed balsa adapter.

Paint is your "typical" old-fashioned Easter Egg dunk-it-in-water application, with paint sprayed on the surface of a trash can full of water. Dip rocket. Add more paint. Repeat.

I've shown these pictures before, but for the reason to show someone a tube fin design, or a diffferent painting technique, and not to enter any contest.

 

[maricopasem]

Here's mine: a scratch built Patriot. BT-20 with a 13mm MMT. The decals are homemade.

 

[jj94]

Ok, I'm going to give this a shot for my first time. I'm entering my Estes Thunderstar. I built it in the summer of '05 or '06, I can't quite remember which year it was, and it has a two successful flights on it. The first flight was on a pair of B6-4's and the second flight was on a pair of C6-5's. I tried flying it a few more times at different launches (by myself) without much luck since I was using a weaker controller than last time. It has been repaired a few times, as you can see, but I think it still looks nice. I also left out the nozzles that go on the nosecone since I couldn't get them to stick. I apologize for the blurry pics.

 

[PunkRocketScience]

Here's my entry for the BRC.

This is my Thrustline F-19. I really liked the arctic cammo paintjob on this one. I chose it because the kit reminded me of the lines of several of the Russian Sukhoi fighters.

I modified the standard kit so that the canopy was of the nose cone instead of on the body like the stock kit.

 

[KDRaven]

Here is my entry for the month.
It is my Wasington Monument. It is a scratch built MPR rocket.
It is seen launching on a E9-5 to 2 air started E9-5's at the end of the launch rod.
It is a 4" square body, 78" long, weaighing in at around 3lbs.
It is made out of crafters foamboard mostly, the only thing not foamboard is the motor tubes, shock cord and multy colored streamers (read, white, and blue).
It was fun to build and was fun to see it launch, would of been great to realy see it fligh but some thing about the single E9 to get it off the pad and then the air started E9's that did not ignite after it left the launch rail did not work too great for its first flight. It did better when on second flight I ignited the unused E9's off the pad.
I still have it but it is some what shorter and with a bigger motor mount so its next flight will be on a G.

 

[Rocketeer]

Ok, here’s a Venus probe I built years ago.
The alien was replaced with a satellite dish so it can phone home, and the body tube finish was masked and air brushed rather the use the Estes stickers. A silver Mylar parachute was added to match the silver and black motif.

 

[chalinaty]

Here is my entry this month.
It is my Surefire Black Widow. This was my first attempt with waterslide decals. I think it turned out really well!

 

[Lee Reep]

Note to (not so) Evil Ed....if their is a youth group or something in your area that does rocketry could you donate them the $20 worth of chutes for me? Thanks!

Bohica makes an excellent suggestion. I'd like to offer a slight twist. I ordered a kit and a number of accessories from Jonrocket.com. Good prices, quick service, and free shipping on orders over $40. I'd like to have my product (maybe chutes and cones) stay with him, so he can include some free product with orders to lure in that first time shopper.

Gets Hartle Engineering exposure, plus something for Jonrockets as well.

 

[evil ed]

Bohica makes an excellent suggestion. I'd like to offer a slight twist. I ordered a kit and a number of accessories from Jonrocket.com. Good prices, quick service, and free shipping on orders over $40. I'd like to have my product (maybe chutes and cones) stay with him, so he can include some free product with orders to lure in that first time shopper.

Gets Hartle Engineering exposure, plus something for Jonrockets as well.

No need to pass up on your goodies. I've worked with John on a number of promotions with Hartle Engineering stuff. We have talked about doing another promo in March or April, If he survives his manatee atack:rotflol:.

As for Bohica, his stuff will be supersized and sent to MSU Rockergurl for use in the MSU rocket outreach project. WTG Gerald

 

[Nickc]

Here is my entry called 'Shark Bait'.

 

[Lee Reep]

No need to pass up on your goodies. I've worked with John on a number of promotions with Hartle Engineering stuff. We have talked about doing another promo in March or April, If he survives his manatee atack:rotflol:.

As for Bohica, his stuff will be supersized and sent to MSU Rockergurl for use in the MSU rocket outreach project. WTG Gerald

OK, you win ... :lol:

 

[Balltip]

Oh, I got to enter this one!

So here is my rocket: The ARK 1!

Designed as a kit for people to buy from the club home page, this kit comes with the first rocket building instructions ever to be written in Swedish! It took about 1 hour (lazy hour) to design the rocket using rocksim. It then took about forever to take the build picks and write the building instructions...
The kit does come with a chute... from Ed Hartle!
We have sold over a dozen so far (We think that is a good number since rocketry is almost unheard of over here).

If you want to have a look at them, building instructions can be downloaded here (yes, in Swedish): https://www.aleraket.se/FrameSet1.html
Click on "downloads" at the top of the page, then under "Ritningar och
instruktioner" you download "Ritning till ARK 1 (2,26Mb)", PDF format.

Here is what the artwork on the mailing tube that the rocket kit comes in looks like:

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[Luv2launch]

This is my go at it.
A Semroc SLS Arcas
Pretty much a straight up build used epoxy for it all.
Andy

 

[gpoehlein]

Guess I'll try this one as well. My entry is the F36 Phoenix - an advanced space fighter of my own design, but in the fashion of the old Estes space fantasy kits. This rocket is completely built from computer printed cardstock (110#). It flies great on either B6-4 or C6-5 engines, with nice straight boosts. Unfortunately, it had a bit of a mishap on its last flight and the chute and wadding hung on the shock cord mount, causing the entire front end to shred. Being made from cardstock and printed on the computer printer, all I have to do is print and assemble a new front tube section, and she'll be as good as new!

The photo is my attempt at photoshopping the rocket onto a sky background.

 

[Fishhead]

OK, here we go again! Evil Ed, most generous of you!

My entry is called Acid Indigestion. Scratch-built, LPR-MPR -- designed to fly on 24mm, and it's flown mostly on reloads like the E18 and F39. Probably too heavy for a D12.

Design is tube fin, over a boat-tail. The upper "payload" section is actually the parachute compartment, with a hollowed balsa adapter.

Paint is your "typical" old-fashioned Easter Egg dunk-it-in-water application, with paint sprayed on the surface of a trash can full of water. Dip rocket. Add more paint. Repeat.

I've shown these pictures before, but for the reason to show someone a tube fin design, or a diffferent painting technique, and not to enter any contest.

Love it! Did you have to do anything to the tubes to keep them watertight? I remember reading something about this technique online YEARS ago, and I've got a rocket that would be a perfect candidate.

 

[evil ed]

OK folks entering is only part of this month's contest.
Here under "Rocketry Contests", check out
"Hartle Engineering- Vote Rigging Specialists" . I'm trying to set a record this month for most entries, even if I gotta bribe the entrants! After all, it's an election year. Pretend you're a Superdelegate and say "Hey! What's in it for ME".

Evil Ed

 

[Peartree]

How can I pass up a contest I can't lose? I don't have lots of rockets (less than 10) and frankly most of them have appeared here or on EMRR already. I was hoping to get one more off the bench this month but I've been too busy with school to work on it. This month's entry is no beauty queen but it's the first rocket I ever built when I started last year, the Estes Amazon. She's a lot of fun and gets plenty of air time since we discovered that we can stuff small toys with parachutes in her and have one or two skydivers with every ejection.

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[Spaceman Spiff]

Love it! Did you have to do anything to the tubes to keep them watertight? I remember reading something about this technique online YEARS ago, and I've got a rocket that would be a perfect candidate.

Bill,

The easiest solution is to put an expended motor into the tail-end. Mask over the nozzle, and maybe a little masking tape on the motor for a snug fit. You'll find you dip it pretty quickly, so minimal water will get in. For the top of the rocket, just mask the nose cone shoulder to do the same. If you wantr the nose cone a separate color, then just use a spare cone.

I'll find my other post with more details on the technique, and post the link. I did this for the first time when my daughters were little, and we did it around Easter, that's how I got the idea. (I'm a grandpa now, so it was awhile ago when we first did it!)

https://www.rocketryforum.com/showpost.php?p=513577&postcount=22

Lee

 

[Stymye]

Arapahoe F - a midpower scratch upscale of a Thrustline kit.

I lost this kit at the last launch I attended and with the help of 2 others getting scratched up in the briars for an hour...could not find it..
So I want to enter it as a tribute to Thrustline and the sleek design of the original.

wood glue construction, paper laminated balsa fins, and flew great on F motors.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Evil Ed,

Thanks -- your "bribe" arrived today. I like the plastic chutes, a nice tough alternative for Estes "bread wrapper" gauge plastic chutes, and certainly great for a compact chute where nylon would be too heavy, or bulky.

Also liked the resin cones, too!

Lee

 

[foose4string]

I'm gonna try to squeeze one in here. This is an Estes Heatseeker, chopped down to resemble an AIM-4D Falcon. The tip of the plastic cone was cut off and replaced with balsa, payload section and plastic bulkhead discarded, forward fins added, and about .75 oz of lead in the nose.

 

[marcm]

Figure I'll throw a hat in the ring this time. Nothing like waiting till the last minute!

This is the "NIRA Loft 1", so named for my NAR Section. It is a kitbash that started as a FlisKits StarLoad and the story behind its creation covers a lot of bases.

Its initial purpose was to serve as a prep step to doing a Flis Tres as I was a little nervous about the canted motors on the Tres. But sometime after purchasing both, the nervousness of the canting was trumped by the nervousness of three Es so I ended up doing the Tres first.

So then, after being inspired by NarPrez's NARCON presentation on "Nennies", I decided to see what details I could add to the model. I ended up using a collection of old model train widgets, bendy straws, balsa bits and plastic to give the engine section some life. They're hard to see in the photos but I think they look great in person and up close. I was also interested in seeing what it would take to keep these details from getting ripped off: especially given the 3XE motor possibilities.

When it came to finishing, I got inspired by a thread here of an awesome job of wrapping a Paylord by Astronboy. See thread:

https://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?t=35447

So I ended up making my own wraps on my PC. To hide the seams, I ended up putting ribs the entire length of the body which I think helped give the model greater depth.

The "semi-scale" look plus the need for visual balance to the bottom end details created the need for the escape tower which was scratch built from Plastruc girder, balsa and body tube scrap and three Lego pieces from my son's collection!

As for flights, I was able to send her up three times over the summer at BONG in Wisconsin. Once with 3 D's, twice with 3 E's. Great flights each time without one non-ignited motor. Plus, never lost a detail! I look forward to many more flight including a goal of a dual eggloft attempt!

Thanks to all those previously mentioned for the inspiration behind this interesting, albeit somewhat chaotic, journey of a project!

Marc

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