What did you do rocket wise today?

[TopRamen]

Built my new workbench.

 

[Flyfalcons]

Just placed a goodies order with Apogee for rail buttons, conformal rail guides (I'm indecisive....), kevlar line, chute protectors, and a chute release. Looking forward to trying out the chute release!

 

[CzTeacherMan]

Built the sled for my L3 rocket...
Woot
Tim, Gus, any questions?

 

[SteveA63]

Ordered more construction material from UM's and watched a boat load of ULA videos.

 

[smugglervt]

First coat of gloss black on the SR71 and matt green on the Honest John. Tough to get good pictures in the basement at night.

 

[o1d_dude]

Gave my Madcow LilGoblin 38mm a bath today. Water, dish washing liquid, and rubbing alcohol. Can water catch fire?

next plan is to cut the 8" long motor tube down to 6" to make more room for the recovery gear. Don't plan on boosting any higher than 2k feet anyway and an H143SS will be plenty.

Any suggestions / advice for cutting the motor tube?

 

[KenRico]

I cleared the decals on my Shredder - thanks again Mark !

Also flew my eGGtimer WiFi switches and TRS with mr eGGtimer himself - thanks Cris !

Also saw WarnerR fly his carbon beauty to well over 8500 ft ! He was WiFi switch equipped too.

Congrats to Adam on his 1st Dual Deploy flight .. he will be L2 soon !

Kenny

 

[TopRamen]

Finished up the "First Station" of my new work area, SAFETY:

 

[Trident]

Gave my Madcow LilGoblin 38mm a bath today. Water, dish washing liquid, and rubbing alcohol. Can water catch fire?

next plan is to cut the 8" long motor tube down to 6" to make more room for the recovery gear. Don't plan on boosting any higher than 2k feet anyway and an H143SS will be plenty.

Any suggestions / advice for cutting the motor tube?

I made a Kuhn Cutter Jig for cutting regular (Estes-type) tubes, but heavier walled tubes would take forever, unless jig just scores the tube, and could be followed up with X-acto or razor knife. For making thru-cuts on large, heavy tubes, I've used my radial arm saw. I do not pull it thru the tube, but instead lock the arm so the blade just nicks the tube, and I roll the tube against a stop to score around the tube. I reset the blade to cut a bit deeper, and roll it again. I repeat until tube is completely cut. The same could be accomplished on table saw, probably with miter gauge, but supporting long tubes would be easier with a jig.

Oh, just realized you meant cutting motor tube down inside a rocket?! Will a Dremel tool with cutoff wheel fit?

 

[SteveA63]

Downloaded TRF app to my phone. (Very handy for those occasions when you're stuck some place and bored to tears) Launched our promotional campaign for Aerospace Adventure 2016 in hopes to build a new crop of rocketeers for the next several years.

 

[TopRamen]

Laminated my "to scale enlargements", then began tinkering with my SA-5, cutting tubes and doing mock ups and such.
Also revised my Openrocket file for said rocket.



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[Nick@JET]

Big rocket day today, finished my Mac rebuild from my first flight failure


Also tested my new 808 HD keychain camera and assembled and tested my new Canon Vixia HD video camera. All in anticipation of next weeks 3oaks launch

 

[GRIFFIN]

BTW, We found a few more pieces from the Mac crash at our last launch. Hope you can join us for another launch soon. Looks like a clean rebuild.

 

[Nick@JET]

BTW, We found a few more pieces from the Mac crash at our last launch. Hope you can join us for another launch soon. Looks like a clean rebuild.

Lol, the rest of my payload? Or a camera! Thanks Griffin, hope to be back this spring / summer. Going to see and fly with some friends at 3 oaks but I'll be back to QCRS.

 

[o1d_dude]

Took a Dremel cutting wheel to my Madcow Lil Goblin 38mm motor tube and discovered that the internal "clutch" had disintegrated. After all, a 35 year old piece of "rubber macaroni" has a limited life span.

Turns out Amazon sells just about any Dremel parts you might ever want. A pair of replacement pieces will be arriving Sunday. The reviews are always interesting. A couple of reviewers described their homemade replacement parts, i.e. Rubber tubing, heat shrink sleeve, etc.

By the way, I'm cutting the motor tube down to 5.5" to make more room for the recovery gear. I'm already using about half the nose cone, too. At 27 ounces it should really move on a H143SS.

 

[danielsadjadi]

Laminated my "to scale enlargements", then began tinkering with my SA-5, cutting tubes and doing mock ups and such.
Also revised my Openrocket file for said rocket.

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Your basement is definitely not something you want the government to discover. It looks like you're building a missile!! :y:

 

[TopRamen]

Your basement is definitely not something you want the government to discover. It looks like you're building a missile!! :y:

This is my livingroom actually.:wink:

I wish I had a basement!

 

[djs]

Flew today with Tripoli Wisconsin. 60F in March in Wisconsin?!? Zero Wind? What is this craziness?

I tried out my Wildman Interceptor 54 on an I55 mellow load. It was..uhh.. an interesting flight, but mostly in the right direction. G80 Skidmark on the Wildman 2.6" V2 was much nicer.

 

[Turd]

Painted an Estes Crossfire and Reliant. Just touch ups and clear coat left to do on both.

Untitled by Kris Flory, on Flickr

 

[TopRamen]

Painted an Estes Crossfire and Reliant. Just touch ups and clear coat left to do on both.

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That looks AWESOME!!!!

:clap::clap:

 

[Deezil]

Finished this



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[danielsadjadi]

Painted an Estes Crossfire and Reliant. Just touch ups and clear coat left to do on both.

Untitled by Kris Flory, on Flickr

Nice paint, the crossfire is one of my favorite pocket-rockets. How did you do fillets?

 

[danielsadjadi]

Finished this
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Nice!! Is that a Dr. Zooch kit?

 

[Deezil]

Nice!! Is that a Dr. Zooch kit?

Thanks! It's the quest kit


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[Turd]

Nice paint, the crossfire is one of my favorite pocket-rockets. How did you do fillets?

I did the fillets about 18 months ago when starting this kit, they were CA covered with CWF (carpenters wood filler). It's the last time I will use that method, from now on I'll continue using non shrinking PVA glue and a wet finger because it needs much less sanding and no repeat filling.

 

[smugglervt]

Spent the day at a local model train show helping to man a model rocket display. Trying to drum up interest in the Champlain Regional Model Rocket club.

 

[d11rok]

Jim,
I hope to be at the launch 3/19!

 

[Len B]

Made some progress on my new Commanche 3. I screwed something up on the 2nd stage. Fortunately, I don't have the fins on it yet. No big loss, I just have to rebuild it. It was a dumb mistake caused by flipping from one section to another and back. Oy. I hope to paint my Quinstar tomorrow. Going with a flourescent orange. Yikes.

 

[o1d_dude]

Ordered an Aeropack motor retainer for my 38mm f/g Lil Goblin.

Also disassembled my Dremel and removed the disintegrated coupling that prevented the tools from spinning. The replacement coupling should be delivered tomorrow. Amazon stocks the complete line of Dremel replacement parts should anyone be in need.

Discovered that 91% isopropyl alcohol will remove black magic marker ink from fiberglass tubing. I use it to mark cut lines, etc. Silver markers are Crazy Jim's recco for marking black fiberglass tubing. Works!

 

[Danomite45]

Made a successful L1 flight on an Estes Ventris. H115 metalstorm Darkmatter to an altitude if 2763 feet. Chute deployed at a 400 feet thanks to a jolly logic 'chute release.