The last two pics are from the next Neil W design I'm starting. Can you guess what one its from?
Ha... *no* posting is worth an hour. But thanks anyway.I got to clean up my pictures,,,,, it took over an hour to post that.....
I have a tab open with the Pegasus right now.Launcher X
Although imitation is the greatest form of flattery, I must say I like the 3 fin version better
Reminds me of Pegasus XL
Three finned LauncherX:
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600+ ft on a D12, 1300+ on an E15. ~24" long, 5oz without motor. Looks pretty nice with 3 or 4 fins as far as I'm concerned. Who wants to build it?
I do!Three finned LauncherX:
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600+ ft on a D12, 1300+ on an E15. ~24" long, 5oz without motor. Looks pretty nice with 3 or 4 fins as far as I'm concerned. Who wants to build it?
Man, that was fast.......I built this one. Sport scale (made the fins bigger). Runs on regular 18mm engines. Haven't flown it yet!
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I built this one. Sport scale (made the fins bigger). Runs on regular 18mm engines. Haven't flown it yet!
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Can't finish it without good painting weather! This was an extremely uncooperative fall.@ neil-w..no more designs until you finish the Alcubierre...the power of builders demands it. :0)
Nice! Can you show a closer-up picture of the underside?
You're joking, right?Neil, any chance you have an .ork file for Launcher X?
Sweeeeet! Many thanks!You're joking, right?
Here's the 3 fin version which I believe you favor. The interior structure is not fleshed out. The body tube decals are printer-ready; the transition and nose cone decals are not. Let me know if you need any help with any of it.
Tail is a 4in 3:1 NC w/ the shoulder and tip trimmed off and a 3in MMT glued in w/ instrakes. Now your 3in 5:1 NC goes right inside that stuffer, stubby 2G motor and presto.Especially love the Mars Liner, which I could think of a reasonable way to fabricate a body like that (where reasonable != composites or 3D printing).
For the tail cone/airframe I had to fudge things, but it is based on the Madcow FWNC40-VK-NAT-MT (5.5:1 Von Karman Filament Wound Fiberglass w/Metal Tip)Did you use any particular commercially available nose cones for that?
Pricey.
I'm looking at the plastic cones that Apogee sells in the BT70, BT70, and 3" varieties. Might be possible to put together a ~20", 24mm-powered version.
Here it is with commercially available BT70 and BT80 cones:
Should fly nicely on D12s once stability issues are sorted out.
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