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Hello all, and welcome to my build thread!
A couple years back I want bananas and bought about 150 very old rocket motors. In the pile were several 18mm AeroTech D8-12's and E25-10's and E25-12's. These motors are just so cute. The slip on AeroTech band and graphite nozzle really pull at me.
Anyhow, these motors are challenging to fly because the delays are really too long for most any application and probably aren't very accurate anyhow. So rather than risk a prang, and also to nerd harder, I am purpose building an airframe specifically to use these old motors (and it of course it can run modern motors as well).
The bones of this thing are a LOC Magnum Mini. It will have papered fins attached with wood glue, slightly upgraded recovery gear, and will ran a very old Adept ALTS1 altimeter for ejection. The payload section will be extended about an 1" to accommodate the ALTS1.
Here's most of the pieces:
A couple years back I want bananas and bought about 150 very old rocket motors. In the pile were several 18mm AeroTech D8-12's and E25-10's and E25-12's. These motors are just so cute. The slip on AeroTech band and graphite nozzle really pull at me.
Anyhow, these motors are challenging to fly because the delays are really too long for most any application and probably aren't very accurate anyhow. So rather than risk a prang, and also to nerd harder, I am purpose building an airframe specifically to use these old motors (and it of course it can run modern motors as well).
The bones of this thing are a LOC Magnum Mini. It will have papered fins attached with wood glue, slightly upgraded recovery gear, and will ran a very old Adept ALTS1 altimeter for ejection. The payload section will be extended about an 1" to accommodate the ALTS1.
Here's most of the pieces: