Machet_Man
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Hello fellow Rocketeers,
On Black Friday I picked up an Honest John all fiberglass kit from MadCow Rocketry and across the past two months have been working off and on making this awesome rocket. I would first like to say WOW! This was my first experience with any of the MadCow Rocketry and I am very impressed with the quality of the parts and the overall kit! The only problem that I had with any of the parts was that the shoulder of the nosecone was slightly warped so that it would fit into the BT much to tightly but after adding the nosecone bulkhead it was slightly better but still very tight. I will definitely be returning to MadCow Rocketry for another kit in the future!
I made a few modifications to the kit to make it a bit more scale to the real M31 Honest John such as layering the fins and making them match the curvature of the real fins and adding a perforated band around the center where the real missile would have been assembled.
Some specs on the rocket:
G10 Pre-Slotted Body Tube
Scale Fiberglass Nose Cone
G10 Fins
G10 Centering Rings
Cut Vinyl Decal
Nylon Shock Cord
Specifications:
Length: 38"
Diameter 2.6" (3.4" at Nose)
Motor Mount: 29mm
Fins: 4 each 1/16" G10 (Modified to 5/16" thick)
Scale: 1:8.5
Let me know whatcha think about the build!
On Black Friday I picked up an Honest John all fiberglass kit from MadCow Rocketry and across the past two months have been working off and on making this awesome rocket. I would first like to say WOW! This was my first experience with any of the MadCow Rocketry and I am very impressed with the quality of the parts and the overall kit! The only problem that I had with any of the parts was that the shoulder of the nosecone was slightly warped so that it would fit into the BT much to tightly but after adding the nosecone bulkhead it was slightly better but still very tight. I will definitely be returning to MadCow Rocketry for another kit in the future!
I made a few modifications to the kit to make it a bit more scale to the real M31 Honest John such as layering the fins and making them match the curvature of the real fins and adding a perforated band around the center where the real missile would have been assembled.
Some specs on the rocket:
G10 Pre-Slotted Body Tube
Scale Fiberglass Nose Cone
G10 Fins
G10 Centering Rings
Cut Vinyl Decal
Nylon Shock Cord
Specifications:
Length: 38"
Diameter 2.6" (3.4" at Nose)
Motor Mount: 29mm
Fins: 4 each 1/16" G10 (Modified to 5/16" thick)
Scale: 1:8.5
Let me know whatcha think about the build!