Screaminhelo
Shade Tree Rocket Surgeon
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I recently got the Estes bundle 3 and my son decided that I would be building the STM-012 first. As I am building it I am beginning to think that this thing could be a low end MPR rocket and a way to get my feet wet with DD. I am planning on getting a Quark or a Quantum in the near future and figured that I would reach out to the forum for some collective wisdom. Here are my questions:
1. Is this even a good idea? I plan on keeping it as a 24mm rocket, only modifying the mount to butt the aft CR against the aft edge of the fin tabs and possibly adding a screw on retainer. I figure that most of the launches would be BP but the occasional composite E would be a fun adventure with the odd F when we are feeling froggy.
2. My initial plan is to put bulkheads on the coupler and blow the drogue from the bottom half and turn the top half into an avbay (possibly the nose cone). The sled would be removable so that it could be installed for the higher flights and removed for flying a smaller on BP motors.
Those are the only questions that I can think of right now, feel free to add any issues or ideas that I have overlooked.
1. Is this even a good idea? I plan on keeping it as a 24mm rocket, only modifying the mount to butt the aft CR against the aft edge of the fin tabs and possibly adding a screw on retainer. I figure that most of the launches would be BP but the occasional composite E would be a fun adventure with the odd F when we are feeling froggy.
2. My initial plan is to put bulkheads on the coupler and blow the drogue from the bottom half and turn the top half into an avbay (possibly the nose cone). The sled would be removable so that it could be installed for the higher flights and removed for flying a smaller on BP motors.
Those are the only questions that I can think of right now, feel free to add any issues or ideas that I have overlooked.