What did you do rocket wise today?

[cwbullet]

Planning my next build and flight.

 

[krislhull]

Glued the fins on my Super Big Bertha, started work on my ASP 29mm D Region Tomahawk, and ordered a few Quantum Eggtimers. I decided to try out one of the builders that Cris has listed, and am eager to see how they do!

 

[Sooner Boomer]

Went shopping, bought snacks/drinks for tomorrow. Decided I'd fly my tube fin rocket. Decided it needed a coat of paint. The paint is still very sticky after several hours sitting inside (warmer than garage). I don't care. I'm flying it.
Tomorrow is the Argonia Cup Challenge. Tripoli Oklahoma has been mentoring two teams this year, Univ. of Okla., and Southwest Okla. State. Univ. Good Luck! to both teams! I'm excited, probably won't sleep tonight.

 

[RokitFlyr]

Glued the fins on my Super Big Bertha, started work on my ASP 29mm D Region Tomahawk, and ordered a few Quantum Eggtimers. I decided to try out one of the builders that Cris has listed, and am eager to see how they do!

Who? These are way beyond my skills and pay grade.

 

[Jeff Curtis]

Finished the New Way Letter Go. This was a prototype but soon to be released. You have a choice of 3-6 letters to use for fins.

 

[miket6000]

Filleted the fins of my Big Burtha with Timber Mate (similar to CWF), mostly just to give it a go and see if I could get a really nice unibody look. This was on top of the structural PVA fillets. Went ok, though I'm pretty sure the filler will crack on the first firm landing.

 

[Imaknow]

I did my first finger trapping in emma kites 550lb Kevlar and made my first soft shackle. I used the overhand knot method. Surprised myself and it came out well.
Also 3d printed stands for 2 rockets.

Baby steps, but at least moving forward.

 

[Voyhager3]

LETS GOOOOOO
IT WORKED

 

[mjremijan]

Venus Probe repair. It's done! Finally! Venus Probe is repaired and ready to fly again.

 

[krislhull]

Continued work on my Super Big Bertha, and got the fin fillets on it today. all that is left now is to install the motor retainer and rail buttons.



I was also able to get the first coat of sealer on the balsa nosecone for my ASP D Region Tomahawk.... that's a big chunk of balsa!

 

[Sooner Boomer]

Got a few hours sleep (was not pounced upon by the cat while asleep , which helped). Got up, packed a few things, and shuffled off to Argonia. The day started out cold and cloudy. When we got there (~10:30), they had done one team launch, but then shut the range down because the cloud deck was too low. It finally cleared off enough, and the range was opened. Normally, I'd be running all over - taking pictures and visiting. Today was a lot more low-key.

The rules for this year are new. Instead of landing on a target, this year's competition was about carrying the most golf balls to the highest altitude, in a two stage rocket. This last part, staging a high power rocket, is not trivial; no CHAD staging.

The unofficial results:
#1 SWOSU
#2 Purdue
#3 OSU

There was an amazing amount of engineering excellence on display today! It was a privileged to work with the two Okla. college teams we advised.

 

[kuririn]

AGM-84 SLAM assembly is complete.


The Standoff Land Attack Missile is a Harpoon variant.
And the entire WMD set:


Next: filler, primer, paint, decals.
And a lot of sanding.
Laters.

 

[tfischer]

Drilled and installed rail buttons, installed motor mount, and tacked fins on Hi-Tech. Fillets up next.

 

[Jim Hinton]

This was last weekend but I got dragged into the local sports store by my brother and saw this, is it an use as a BP substitute for rocketry?View attachment 636672

I've used it for salutes in a small BP cannon. I've heard of it being used for ejection charges. The name is based on it being 77.7% as powerful as BP. In salutes, it requires lots of tight wadding to produce a good bang. I'm sure that you would want no free space when it's used for ejection charges.
Jim

 

[terryg]

Recoved from our Friday thru Saturday "Birds of a Feather" two day launch. As always the night launch is my favorite part of any multiday event.

 

[terryg]

Great fun!

 

[terryg]

More fun!

 

[terryg]

Still putting the lipos into storage charge mode and contemplating cleaning the reload cases.

 

[Sooner Boomer]

I'm pretty sure it's official, now.

SWOSU - 142,561
Purdue - 120,890
OSU - 81,356

 

[Art Upton]

I'm pretty sure it's official, now.

SWOSU - 142,561
Purdue - 120,890
OSU - 81,356
View attachment 636936

So was this an Upscale Super ROC contest?

 

[dmaaero]

@terryg Your night photography is amazing !

 

[Sooner Boomer]

So was this an Upscale Super ROC contest?

The rules were open about the rocket the teams built. Other teams went with shorter, fatter rockets.
The rules - http://www.argoniacup.com/the-challenge/

 

[lakeroadster]

Shot the 1st coat of primer on the USS Edsel Ford X4F-NC...

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[terryg]

@terryg Your night photography is amazing !

The sunset shot is mine. The others are by our amazing club photographer Steve Fraser.
Search:

sararocketry facebook

For pictures of the rest of this launch and other amazing photos of past launches! He sets up at the south end of our range every launch.

 

[NTP2]

I've used it for salutes in a small BP cannon. I've heard of it being used for ejection charges. The name is based on it being 77.7% as powerful as BP. In salutes, it requires lots of tight wadding to produce a good bang. I'm sure that you would want no free space when it's used for ejection charges.
Jim

So I’m turning rockery into guns?

 

[Antares JS]

Worked on Der Squared Max.

 

[Antares JS]

Ready for the paint pile once the fillets dry.

 

[boatgeek]

Went out with the TARC team. They did 8 launches, I did 2. They got two scored flights in, one good and one kinda lousy. It’ll all come down to the third flight. My flights were all good but I had it easy since I wasn’t trying to hit an altitude or time window.

 

[kavy8]

Did lots of shopping this weekend, local hobby store had really good deals, so stocked up on lots of low power stuff and some mid power motors.

 

[Cape Byron]

Organised last week’s shipments and did a quick stocktake.

Might have to clear out a few things… The ‘Mal’s vintage kits’ tubs (5) are getting a bit out of hand.

Decided to actually build someone else’s kit for variety. Not something I do a lot of; this will be two in five years.

Pulled together some files for the Cricut, mostly rocket related. Can you say. “Checkerboard roll pattern”?