Lakeroadster's Thunderfighter MkII

[lakeroadster]

This one is a variant of the Thunderfighter from the 1979 Buck Rodgers Series.

29mm power with rear eject. 3" cockpit with BT-55 pods

 

[Hobie1dog]

looks like you have mastered the rocket software program.

 

[lakeroadster]

looks like you have mastered the rocket software program.

Open Rocket is freakin' awesome... just sayin'

 

[neil_w]

I would love to see that in paint (even if all the same color)... right now the color contrast between the white nose and the brown BTs is blocking my ability to properly see the 3D structure of the whole thing.

Either way, that is an impressively crazy thing.

 

[lakeroadster]

I would love to see that in paint (even if all the same color)... right now the color contrast between the white nose and the brown BTs is blocking my ability to properly see the 3D structure of the whole thing.

Either way, that is an impressively crazy thing.

Here ya go @neil_w

 

[Daddyisabar]

At the launch it would be nice to have a life size cut out of Colonel Wilma Deering...beedy beedy beep, I like that Buck!

 

[lakeroadster]

At the launch it would be nice to have a life size cut out of Colonel Wilma Deering...beedy beedy beep, I like that Buck!

I had thought about naming this BD^3GB: beedy-beedy-beeddy-Gee-Buck

 

[neil_w]

I had thought about naming this BD^3GB: beedy-beedy-beeddy-Gee-Buck

Then you would need to document your design on one of these: https://twiki.org/

 

[lakeroadster]

Started the CAD model of the Thunderfighter.... for being such an exotic looking rocket, the construction is really pretty simple.

 

[lakeroadster]

Refined the design a bit:

Rear outrigger diameters from BT-55 to BT-50H​

Moved Lower Fins Forward​

Updated to 1/4" plywood fins​

Added Launch Lugs.​

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[Bill S]

That is gorgeous.

 

[BABAR]

Given your recent dabbling with nature with the Columbine and your lathe mastery, could you imagine an Acorn, maybe with four big oak leaves for fins? you could call it, “Scrat’s Dream”.

 

[lakeroadster]

Given your recent dabbling with nature with the Columbine and your lathe mastery, could you imagine an Acorn, maybe with four big oak leaves for fins? you could call it, “Scrat’s Dream”.

I'm not sure you could make the nut long enough.... but... "I'm On It, Like A Duck On A June Bug"​

 

[lakeroadster]

Cockpit Nose Cone - Wood Turning

Turned the Cockpit Nose Cone.... and updated the simulation. Changed up the pod nose cones.

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[BABAR]

https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/roc-sim-help-with-a-10-gooney-mosquito.180877/
@PSLimo hasn’t flown his 10” mosquito yet

i was thinking about the



with the style, the nut, and the cupule,

and maybe have the leaf fins trail behind the rocket a bit, Bullet Bobby Style



credit for image https://www.launchlabrocketry.com/shop/p/bulletbobbyxxl

anyway, if anyone can do it I think you’d be it.

I do better with squirrels.

https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/the-squirrel-2-almost-perfect-flight.146038/

 

[les]

How about both? Acorn and Squirrels?
That's Nuts

 

[lakeroadster]

Cool... a Flying Acorn. Lets take that OT discussion to here.... ----> Acorn

Thanks

 

[lakeroadster]

Nose Cones and Ballast For Pods

Turned the nose cones for the BT-50 outriggers, and made the ballast for the tubes. Updated the sim..

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[lakeroadster]

Gluing Side Pods To Cockpit

The tubes were scalloped and then glued to the cockpit.

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[lakeroadster]

Fins and Ballast

Cut the fins from 1/4" plywood. Installed the upper fins and added 3/16" dia. dowels to the lower fins.

Prepped the body tubes for the ballast by adding bulkheads to each tube. The lower section of the tube will be used for an altimeter. Wrapped the 3/4" dia. ballasts with tape. These will be used to locate the ballast in the tubes, then wood glue added around the forward sections to lock them in place.

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[lakeroadster]

Fin Gluing Day 02

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[Daddyisabar]

Yes Mr. RSO, shopping for your mid power oddroc nose weight in the bolt section of your local hardware store is acceptable.

 

[lakeroadster]

Swing Tests

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[lakeroadster]

POD's: Gluing Ballast and Nose Cones

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[lakeroadster]

Photo Shoot... In The Raw

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[lakeroadster]

Launch Lugs & Finlets

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[BABAR]

Do the lugs double as Pew pew guns?

 

[lakeroadster]

Do the lugs double as Pew pew guns?

Sure... why not...

 

[lakeroadster]

Primer Day 01

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[lakeroadster]

Sand - CWF - Sand - Primer Day 02