Finished my transmitters...
What did you do rocket wise today?
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Received another order...
I printed out the Estes fin alignment guide, but I wanted to print out the payload Bay one, but their website has been down.
A 2x18 cluster Gooney Vostok would be simple. All the parts are sitting here, but it's too easy.
Hey, you could buy a Vostok and I'll throw in a cluster mount.
More work on configuring the Vertical Trajectory System breadboard I am working on. Switched comms to PC from USB cable, which was annoying me, to a Bluetooth link.
Well, yeah, but I meant a non-gooney, with motors in the center and the conical side pods.
Since the shipping from you to me is boumd to be as much as from me to you, I'm afraid I'll have to buy domestically.Hey, you could buy a Vostok and I'll throw in a cluster mount.
Oh, a real Vostok...
Our first scale (semi scale) kit will be a Falstaff II. It's already on the drawing board.
https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/falstaff.htm
If anyone were interested I'd make the Gooney Vostok available as a parts kit to keep international postage down. MMT, laser cut fins, vinyl, instructions. Add an Estes Jetliner or similar bits and you're good to go.
That rocket looks like a real-life goony Honest John...
It does! I was actually doing some initial drawings the same week @kuririn made a Gooney HoJo post with a Falstaff pic in it. Serendipity, methinks.
Not a huge amount of info about it on the net, and I'm not sure if @PeterAlway ever covered it in any of the ROTW publications.
Anyhoo, back to protoing our first two stager, 'Southern Aurora'. Some pics of the booster stage after testing... It's... different...
'What's in the cardboard box?'
'I sold the last vintage rocket kit. Yay me!'
'Great. Now we can get that plastic tote out of the office.'
'Why?'
'To get more floor space.'
'But, it isn't empty...'
'What's in it?'
'<incomprehensible mumble>'
'Sorry?'
'Vintage... kits?'
'But you sold the last one.'
'Oh, that was the last one I wanted to sell.'
'Why didn't you just say that?'
'Oh, because then you'd ask me how many are in there...'
Ladies and gentlemen, this is why I no longer carry a firearm.
<SFX: shoots self in foot>
'I sold the last vintage rocket kit. Yay me!'
'Great. Now we can get that plastic tote out of the office.'
'Why?'
'To get more floor space.'
'But, it isn't empty...'
'What's in it?'
'<incomprehensible mumble>'
'Sorry?'
'Vintage... kits?'
'But you sold the last one.'
'Oh, that was the last one I wanted to sell.'
'Why didn't you just say that?'
'Oh, because then you'd ask me how many are in there...'
Ladies and gentlemen, this is why I no longer carry a firearm.
<SFX: shoots self in foot>
Hmm thanks for the warning. Last week I flew my 18 mm Estes Mercury Redstone and Venus Probe on Quest D16-4's and thought how well they might do on the RMS 18/20 reloads with full D impulse. But if they're that mcuh f a pain if an igniter fails, that's a big minus.
I'm wondering if the AT/Quest First Fire Micro initiators can get through the core without disassembly?
That's a negative, Kuririn. I tried it.
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Flew the sub-minimum diameter 18 mm E30 powered rockets with 10 sec delays. All ejected near apogee and drifted away never to be seen again.
Built 4 more, this time with 7" D grains (F17-10's). Plan on flying them Friday.
Built 4 more, this time with 7" D grains (F17-10's). Plan on flying them Friday.
Nytrunner
Pop lugs, not drugs
With no plan or expectation to get them back, what's the appeal?
Braved floodwaters, storms and something else nasty to post out kits so customers would get them for Christmas. <insert superhero icon here>
Also saved a tortoise crossing the road who just 'shelled up' every time a car went past.
All in all a good day. And it hasn't rained since 6.00am.
Also saved a tortoise crossing the road who just 'shelled up' every time a car went past.
All in all a good day. And it hasn't rained since 6.00am.
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I might have to try my slow sparky in 18 mm motors. Will have to sift the titanium and only use the finest sizes.
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Just to make sure they worked consistently before putting them in rockets with altimeters, etc.
Nytrunner
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#10 and #11 tubes came in recently from erockets so measured and cut then dry fitted the parts for the Boyce Nike Ajax.
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Just need to glue on conduits and lugs, assemble recovery gear from my stash, glue everything together and sand, sand, sand.
Just need to glue on conduits and lugs, assemble recovery gear from my stash, glue everything together and sand, sand, sand.
Launched a couple tonight. I had to get the maiden flight in on the Nike Smoke (Loki G80)!
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Filled and sanded and filled and sanded and filled and sanded.
printed out the Estes fin alignment guide only to measure it and find out that it's not accurate. Down at the bottom it says, " No accurate drawing" What a waste of human time.
arconhi
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Nice shot. What size motor?
38mm
Cl(VII)
Chris Bender
Beautiful! That Loki G80 is like no other mid power motor, just amazing look and sound.
got my Madcow shipping notice from Black Friday, w00t!
CPUTommy
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Well.. I got 2 rocket kits in the mail, one ultimate Endeavor. 6 inch ... and a 2 stage thunder and lightning.. Im going to build the thunder kit soon, and save the 6 inch endeavor for my L3..
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Got my 2004 CXST Space Shot and cleaned up the parts. Build hopefully in spring. Also filleting my Mega Max.
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