Miah's Der Red Max

[Wrightme43]

Miah picked out a Cherokee E at Hobby Lobby, when we opened it Monday night, the body tube was crushed. Estes is sending a new tube. Miah claimed my red max, which is cool, because I wasn't in love with it anyway. Lol

We got the motor mount made, and the fins marked.

The kitten has made off with one of her launch lugs. She is 4 different kinds of trouble. Super cool cat, but she doesn't care what humans want.

 

[neil_w]

Please keep threading the whole build!

 

[Wrightme43]

Yes sir. I will. She is something else.

Zola is me made over as a girl, we just jive.

Miah is just 90 mph in 4 different directions at once.

She will focus on this, making anything, she focuses in and does good, but it absolutely has to hands on and fun.

She is a real sweetheart.

 

[Wrightme43]

Anybody know what to use as launch lug? The kitten chews straws as a hobby.

 

[neil_w]

Just order some bulk lugs from Balsa Machining and keep them locked up.

While you’re there order more stuff from BMS because they’re great.

 

[GlenP]

Roll your own. You can make a lug using a BBQ skewer or other dowel of the appropriate diameter as a mandrel to roll a short piece of index card around it using a glue stick to spread a uniform thin layer of glue on it before rolling it into shape. It only needs about two layers thick of the index card paper around the dowel.

 

[OzHybrid]

Anybody know what to use as launch lug? The kitten chews straws as a hobby.

body of a cheap pen.

 

[Wrightme43]

I found some heavy paper straws. And I have the ignitors tube from the f20 engines.
So I am going to rob another kit of its launch tube and sub in a replacement.


Any reason why we cant use a long single launch lug on this rocket? I think she will have a hard time getting two tubes lined up perfect.

Please excuse the fin lines. She did the lines herself on the door frame. We will use a fin jig so they are not critical in this case and I wanted her to learn.

 

[Wrightme43]

This is the timbermate woodfiller being applied

 

[Wrightme43]

She was upset when she got home. She had convinced Mom to give her 5 dollars for the claw machine, thinking she would win a 100 dollar gift card. I got to explain how those things work and teach her to be more wary of if it seems to good, it is.

She cheered up.

 

[Wrightme43]

This is motor mount instal and filet.

It went well.

Letting fins dry prior to sanding, rounding, and install.

 

[neil_w]

Any reason why we cant use a long single launch lug on this rocket? I think she will have a hard time getting two tubes lined up perfect.

You can line them up pretty easily with a launch rod, or by laying them next to a piece of angle on the body tube.

Or, use a single 2" lug, placed just behind CG (roughly).

Looking good so far, she's doing very nice work.

 

[Wrightme43]

Smoothing and rounding fins.

 

[Wrightme43]

More of the same.

 

[Wrightme43]

Putting on fins for the first time.

 

[Wrightme43]

All three fins attached lined up, and she is pretty happy.

 

[Blast it Tom!]

This is priceless. What a great build she is doing! Bless her heart!

 

[Wrightme43]

Sanding and washing the nose in prep for paint.

I did the paint for her, based on her choice of colors I had.

 

[Wrightme43]

Getting the shock cord mount ready.

 

[Wrightme43]

A finished rocket.

 

[Blast it Tom!]

Congratulations Miah! Der Blue Max! Beautiful build!
Interestingly, the Blue Max was a medal awarded for Valor in WWI. The Red Baron for instance, was awarded one. I've often wondered if "Der Red Max" was a mash-up harking back to the Red Baron.

 

[Wrightme43]

Thank you!

The launch was moved to Sunday. We have church and can not go. We are all disappointed, but such is life.

 

[Blast it Tom!]

Do you have your own launcher?

 

[Wrightme43]

Yes sir. I was thinking about just doing the small rockets. I built a aspire and was super excited about launching it in a large enough area to recover it.

 

[Blast it Tom!]

Having a nice family launch pad is a bonus for when there are no club launches. As a matter if fact, I've never been to a club launch. I use this pad my son built 30+years ago... see here.

 

[neil_w]

Having a nice family launch pad is a bonus for when there are no club launches. As a matter if fact, I've never been to a club launch. I use this pad my son built 30+years ago... see here.

Even if private launching is your main thing, I do strongly recommend going to a club launch at least once. It's a very different experience, and a lot of fun.

 

[Blast it Tom!]

Even if private launching is your main thing, I do strongly recommend going to a club launch at least once. It's a very different experience, and a lot of fun.

I agree, and the guys at PSC are a good bunch. I just don't seem to be retired enough yet!

 

[Paul Howard]

Cool build-thread! some of my favorite build-threads are the ones with the kiddo's doing the building. Good one!

 

[BABAR]

Thank you!

The launch was moved to Sunday. We have church and can not go. We are all disappointed, but such is life.

Have fun. May want to go small motor on first flight, I’d hate to see such a valuable rocket lost on its first flight, and unfortunately I have seen it happen.

 

[Wrightme43]

Cool build-thread! some of my favorite build-threads are the ones with the kiddo's doing the building. Good

I got the decals on for her last night.

She wants to build a big rocket next.

I have a Cherokee E that I finished last night, that was hers but it had a crushed tube.

I have a perfect partner here, Momma cant get aggravated since she wants to make Miah happy too.


Ahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

This is great.