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Pulled my alt data on two flights from Airfest:
Go Devil 38 on Loki K627: 16871 ft at Mach 2.3
Mongoose 54 on Loki L1400: 18345 at Mach 2.1
Do either of those have tip to tip laminations? I'm building a GoDevil 38, a carbon Tomach 54, and soon a GoDevil 54. The sims for the big Lokis are all in Mach 2.5+ range, so I'm planning on a T2T on the 54s because it seems to be the cool thing to do. I'd rather not add the weight if it's not really necessary though.
Also, what parachute do you have in the 54?
Wayne you know you love it. I cant wait to see Sharon's video of our trip to the pads.Just finished unpacking the trailer after our 2060 mile round trip to Airfest. Now our front room has that essence of black powder and AP from the 13 rockets we flew last weekend. They are crowded in with all the chemicals and rocket stuff from the estate sale we scored last week. Along with all the propellant Sharon bought at the launch. Looks like at least a week of cleaning, sorting and storing. Ah, the trials and tribulations of being married to a rocket addict.
Thanks! Does your Fruity 36 fit well? I picked up a Sky Angle 36 this weekend at Airfest but to my dismay it's really way too big. It does kinda fit, but doesn't really leave room for anything else.Both have t2t with 2 layers of CF. There really isn't much weight added given the fins on the 54 were bagged, and I weighted the 38 pretty good with a bleader layer in between. Not a lot of excess epoxy, but a lot of stiffness gained.
For the 54 I went drogueless with a a 24" Fruity Chute Compact Elliptical. It hit at about 32 fps I think...fast, but landing in plowed farm fields, so ok. I would have used my 36" compact elliptical had it not been in another rocket at the time.
Packed the chute for my finished Estes Amazon. My first rocket is now ready to fly! (I went way above what was necessary for this E2X kit. Perfectly filleted fins/lugs and a near-flawless glossy finish! Tis all practice for more impressive kits.)
Put four layers of Gloss on the nose cone of my Crossfire. Just need to polish it now. Also did the first rough pass filleting on the fins and body tube.
Eight days remaining to Midland Sky! Hoping to have to rockets fully functional by then!
Pics?
One thing I've been pondering a bit yesterday is that an Amazon could be modified to accept some MUCH larger motors than the B and C it's designed for. There's a lot of empty space in that lower body tube! I reckon it could handle 24mm motors easily with a motor mount tube and perhaps a bit of nose ballast to correct the CG. There's a good chance it could even go for a full G.
Is this a crazy idea?
L1 on an Estes Mammoth, modified only as follows:
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I built it on the range at Argonia w/BSI 5min epoxy and flew an H97J, JLCR @300ft and landed almost in the road.
Went to club meeting, saw a successful L3 rocket that went Mach 3. High Temp enamel was stripped off the nose and deposited on the body leaving THE best fade paint job I've ever seen.
Applied the name to my Fissile Missile. (My red white and BlueCC Explorer visible in the back.
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Also took delivery of a new piece of furniture, discretely left at my doorstep by fedex.......
Also visible is my apartment number! I've been considering taping a spent D12 to the door knocker just for laughs.
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Was that the L3 flight at AF? That was the most extreme L3 flight I've seen!! Peter I think? Amazing
I'm digging the BlueCC!!
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