"The Neutral Zone" Build [launch pics and vid]

[Tonimus]

Had a bit of an issue with the hand laid fiberglass nose cone. It was not a fan of having a pound of nose weight during the ground tests. We repaired it, then of course had to prime it...

 

[Tonimus]

And with the hardware:

 

[Onebadhawk]

Wow Tony. .
Beautiful build. ..
Beautiful shop.....

Teddy

 

[Tonimus]

Thanks. Not my shop, though. My buddy's referenced earlier.

 

[pyrobob]

Very nice.

 

[Onebadhawk]

Still great work Tony...

Teddy

 

[Nick@JET]

Looking great! When is your planned first flight?

 

[Tonimus]

Looking great! When is your planned first flight?

October 18th at the GHS Memorial Launch. Will be going up on a K1103X.

 

[Bat-mite]

Video, of course....

 

[Tonimus]

Video, of course....

One GoPro on board facing out, one 808 cam facing down, one GoPro at the pad facing up, and one handheld camera. We'll have lots of footage if something goes terribly wrong.

 

[Tonimus]

Finished sewing elastic loops on the outside of the parachute's original d-bag.

 

[watermelonman]

Looking forward to flight footage! The rocket looks great, and I love that motor too.

 

[Onebadhawk]

Everything is going to go perfectly with that flight Tony...
I can't wait to see all of the video and pics...

Teddy

 

[Tonimus]

Barring terrible weather, it'll go up next Sunday. Pics and video will be up that Monday. Just 8 more days!

 

[pyrobob]

Excellent!

 

[Tonimus]

How I plug off cluster holes without adding virtually any weight.

 

[Tim51]

How I plug off cluster holes without adding virtually any weight.

Ha ha - excellent!! The Toon (i.e. the great city of Newcastle here in the UK) would be proud. Very best of luck with the flight on 18th

John
--
UKRA #1895

 

[pyrobob]

Finally, a reason to use this ! Nice re-purposing and/or recycling .

 

[Tonimus]

[video=youtube;YzcWdvn67Dg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzcWdvn67Dg[/video]
[video=youtube;7LFjxVvtjPM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LFjxVvtjPM[/video]
[video=youtube;QBnYac-Dn3c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBnYac-Dn3c[/video]
[video=youtube;xShiRhHArpU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xShiRhHArpU[/video]

 

[Onebadhawk]

Great flight Tony...
I can't wait to see some airstarts,,, lol...

Teddy

 

[pyrobob]

Nice! Propellant X at it's finest!

 

[Tonimus]

Nice! Propellant X at it's finest!

Propellant X ate the seal disk I borrowed from Guy. Felt bad.

 

[GuySmith]

Don't. Stuff happens, Aerotech will make good on it. Very nice flight!

Guy

 

[Tonimus]

 

[Bat-mite]

Very fun to watch. Did something break off on landing?

 

[Tonimus]

Nope. Landing was fine. Ejection, on the other hand... Since the harness got tangled, the top half came back and smacked a fin, gashing the tube a bit. Easily fixable.

 

[Bat-mite]

Nope. Landing was fine. Ejection, on the other hand... Since the harness got tangled, the top half came back and smacked a fin, gashing the tube a bit. Easily fixable.

Glad to hear it!

 

[Tonimus]

Been a while since I updated this thread, so here we go.

Paint:


Decals:




Air start electronics:

 

[Tonimus]

Here's the altimeter package that is going along for the ride. It's the sled for our 4" rockets that will ride on an adapter bracket.

 

[Onebadhawk]

Slick build Tony,,,

Teddy