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My LOC Doorknob has been a great flying rocket, arrow straight flights every time. As I got more into dual deploy and flying higher, my motor ejection rockets started spending more time in the garage than at the field.
In my original build thread for this rocket, located HERE, someone had mentioned converting it to dual deploy. That always stuck in the back of my mind - so I recently ordered a 30" payload section and av-bay from LOC Precision. Today I finally got a chance to start on it.
Of course I had to test fit the parts - she is going to be a tall bird!!! I might add an additional rail button to increase stability on the rail since wasn't originally set up to be this tall.
So far today I have used 16 grams of Aeropoxy 6209 to epoxy the stiffy tube in the av-bay. I then glassed the wood bulkheads with one layer 5.8oz s-glass, and one layer 1.5oz deck cloth. I do this for two reasons - first to add a bit of strength to withstand the ejection charges, and second to make cleanup easier. I'll shoot some high temp clear on the surface to make it smooth as glass and it wipes clean. After I wetted out the fiberglass I applied some peel ply and sandwiched it between tiles and added some 20lb kitty litter containers to compress it.
My goal is to launch it a few times on large "K" motors, and then put it up on a CTI 54mm 6XL "L" impulse motor. The body tubes are glassed, and the fins have tip to tip glass, so it's built like a tank.
I'll probably pick up a new nose cone, as the current nose had a lot of nose weight added. It definitely won't need it with the added length. While I"m at it, I'll also order more peel ply this week so I can glass the payload section to match the already built lower half of the rocket.
In my original build thread for this rocket, located HERE, someone had mentioned converting it to dual deploy. That always stuck in the back of my mind - so I recently ordered a 30" payload section and av-bay from LOC Precision. Today I finally got a chance to start on it.
Of course I had to test fit the parts - she is going to be a tall bird!!! I might add an additional rail button to increase stability on the rail since wasn't originally set up to be this tall.
So far today I have used 16 grams of Aeropoxy 6209 to epoxy the stiffy tube in the av-bay. I then glassed the wood bulkheads with one layer 5.8oz s-glass, and one layer 1.5oz deck cloth. I do this for two reasons - first to add a bit of strength to withstand the ejection charges, and second to make cleanup easier. I'll shoot some high temp clear on the surface to make it smooth as glass and it wipes clean. After I wetted out the fiberglass I applied some peel ply and sandwiched it between tiles and added some 20lb kitty litter containers to compress it.
My goal is to launch it a few times on large "K" motors, and then put it up on a CTI 54mm 6XL "L" impulse motor. The body tubes are glassed, and the fins have tip to tip glass, so it's built like a tank.
I'll probably pick up a new nose cone, as the current nose had a lot of nose weight added. It definitely won't need it with the added length. While I"m at it, I'll also order more peel ply this week so I can glass the payload section to match the already built lower half of the rocket.
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