As long as it doesn't face plant and can be flown again.It is better to look good... than to fly good.
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As long as it doesn't face plant and can be flown again.It is better to look good... than to fly good.
Price is $53.99, shipping 3rd week of this month.AC Supply is taking pre-orders...but most of you already knew that already, likely got the same email I did.
Ordered 2. One to build and one to sell on ebay for $500. [emoji3]Price is $53.99, shipping 3rd week of this month.
Ordered 2. One to build and one to sell on ebay for $500. [emoji3]
You almost have to order two because... free shipping.
I just ordered 2. This will be my 3rd and 4th 1:100 Saturn V - a Centuri (RIP), an Estes (almost finished from about 25 years ago) and these 2.
The last one I built got PML foam in the fairings. Between that and the 24/40 RMS it took a bit of nose weight to bring her ack in line.I'm thinking if it would make sense to carve out some styrofoam fairings that you could put inside the vacuform ones to give them a bit more structural integrity w/o adding a ton of weight... or some kind of foam like stuff...
This hasn't failed me yet. Put a strip of wood over the seam. Wrap 3 rubber bands around it, walk away for a couple hours.View attachment 370646
The last one I built got PML foam in the fairings. Between that and the 24/40 RMS it took a bit of nose weight to bring her ack in line.
I had this can of urethane foam that I used to plug up some wiring holes in the joists in my garage... when it dries it's as light as styrofoam... I'm thinking: drill two small holes in the bottom of the fairing, inject into one until it comes squishing out the other.... as long as it doesn't dissolve the vacu-form stuff. Of course if I snap a fin off, it's not getting replaced easily.
+1 on no spray foam. The experiences I've had with it is it continues to expand for years after it's supposedly cured. 10 years after installation of a bunch of screen doors I had to go back and remove frames to trim the foam so the doors would shut. The PML foam and most FX AB foams don't seem to have that problem.Don't use the spray can foam....
So... internal launch lugs....
Yes. That makes sense. I'll mark the hole in the shroud on the wrap and make the hole in the wrap one or two ridges bigger then glue it to a short post.Oval hole - with a remove before flight plug that conforms to the external contour, made of balsa or some scraps of the plastic. Attach the plug to a length of dowel that easily inserts into the lug, paint the internal part of the dowel bright red so you can find it when it pops out and falls into the grass under the launch pad when you load the rocket on the launch rod and forget to remove it. So that the plug does not fall in, you can make a lip, or a countersink in the panel that flares out. If the skin is not thick enough, glue an extra double layer of scrap on the inside to laminate it before you cut the hole. Does that make sense?
Don't use the spray can foam....
+1 on no spray foam. The experiences I've had with it is it continues to expand for years after it's supposedly cured. 10 years after installation of a bunch of screen doors I had to go back and remove frames to trim the foam so the doors would shut. The PML foam and most FX AB foams don't seem to have that problem.
I have an order in with AC Supply, but don't have a shipping date yet. I'm hoping it will ship this week, get here next week.Has the V made it to Canada yet?
https://www.shapeways.com/product/9...vb-transition?optionId=2051152&li=marketplaceAnyone have an idea where I can get a plastic transition to fix up an old mangled Saturn v?
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