5thDay
Well-Known Member
As the title suggests, here is another build thread for my next R7 family build. Before anything else is typed, there are some really amazing threads on these forums for Soyuz building and reference. The gentleman who built the 1:50 and later 1:25 scale models (thread links to follow in later edits) did amazing work and other members have posted great detailed close up photos there which I reference often.
After a near scale test flight of a poster board built Soyuz I decided to spend my my time building the rocket I want to fly. That is a 1:15 scale (10ft) model. I landed at 10ft by considering where a "huge" rocket begins for me and I think the math would be very grounded for me.
Material density properties and a little thing called "The Safety Code" led me to back down to 8ft (7ft proper because who really counts the escape tower rocket height anyways?) in order to stay a comfortable distance from maximum weights.
More to come as I post additional replies and in complete honesty I don't want to list out a dozen features I hope to fly with only to pull them for one reason or another.
After a near scale test flight of a poster board built Soyuz I decided to spend my my time building the rocket I want to fly. That is a 1:15 scale (10ft) model. I landed at 10ft by considering where a "huge" rocket begins for me and I think the math would be very grounded for me.
Material density properties and a little thing called "The Safety Code" led me to back down to 8ft (7ft proper because who really counts the escape tower rocket height anyways?) in order to stay a comfortable distance from maximum weights.
More to come as I post additional replies and in complete honesty I don't want to list out a dozen features I hope to fly with only to pull them for one reason or another.