What to do with C6-0 motors?

[georgegassaway]

Dollar tree has various flying saucers for $1, lugs and engine mounts not included. You just have to recognize them as saucer candidates when you see them.

 

[Doug Holverson]

I'm digging the Ring of Fire. It reminds me of that often forwarded video of the flaming fireworks wheel fight that's often attributed to the Philippines and other such foreign places.

I'm also digging some of Applewhite's other stuff too....

 

[georgegassaway]

delete

 

[BABAR]

Tape it to the end of a regular BP motor and use it as a first stage. Haven’t done it myself but a friend of mine has done 3 or 4 taped end to end. As the next engine lights the first falls away. Best in light and long rockets.

Be careful with this one, on many if not most rockets the additional tail weight at the far aft end of the rocket with no additional finnage will make it unstable.

Look up Lil Augie

https://www.spacemodeling.org/jimz/eirp_10.htm
Not too tough a a scratch build

A relatively safe ChAD (Cheap And Dirty) staged rocket.

Can but it on erockets but at $30 a bit pricy.

https://www.erockets.biz/semroc-flying-model-rocket-kit-sls-lil-augie-ka-38/

 

[SDramstad]

I agree about the stability issue. Need a long rocket and big fins

 

[Ez2cDave]

Dollar tree has various flying saucers for $1, lugs and engine mounts not included. You just have to recognize them as saucer candidates when you see them.

George,

Do you think the presence of the Spider in the web will upset the aerodynamics and cause pitch problems ?

Dave F.

 

[Doug Holverson]

I like the Halloweenness of those saucers at top.

BTW, do they still make grocery store shrimp rings? Or did the budget sushi mussel that out? I wish that I could have saved a few to do saucer duty. With the clear tops, a person could put all sorts of blinky LEDs in them and make them really UFO like.

 

[Funkworks]

art applewhite ring of fire
https://www.artapplewhite.com/ringoffire.html

White ringolos that catch fire? Not quite sure how to visualize this but interesting.

 

[tomsteve]

White ringolos that catch fire? Not quite sure how to visualize this but interesting.

theyre pretty wicked. the motor mounts are canted a bit so they spin as they go up.

 

[kuririn]

The OP may be too young to remember the original Lost in Space TV show, but here's a new release over at erockets:
https://www.erockets.biz/semroc-flying-model-rocket-kit-jupiter-b-kn-06/

 

[Funkworks]

The OP may be too young to remember the original Lost in Space TV show, but here's a new release over at erockets:
https://www.erockets.biz/semroc-flying-model-rocket-kit-jupiter-b-kn-06/

I don't know much about the shows, but the 1940-60's era is fascinating. After looking into this, I've been wondering why no one ever released the Adamski-style or "Haunebu" UFO's:



One of these, or a good base for it, might seal the deal.

 

[kuririn]

Looks like a good scratch build project.

 

[kuririn]

Since you mentioned side boosters in your original post, here's another idea:
https://www.apogeerockets.com/Rocke...-Pods?cpath=&zenid=5s5j0jj5j4896s8ro4q8b4p3b7
You're only limited by your imagination.
Oh, and the laws of physics.

 

[Funkworks]

I think that’s where I got the idea. Not quite sure I’m primed for a scratch-built at this point, but at least I have a pretty good idea of what’s available. I try to stick with a single project at a time. This is only to use up a few motors after all.

 

[kuririn]

After looking into this, I've been wondering why no one ever released the Adamski-style or "Haunebu" UFO's:

I seem to remember a picture of a big German Haunebu kit being planned, but the company went belly up before production. I think it was a 24 or 29 mm mount.

 

[jd2cylman]

I seem to remember a picture of a big German Haunebu kit being planned, but the company went belly up before production. I think it was a 24 or 29 mm mount.

I think Sheri was working on one.

 

[kuririn]

Yup, that's it.

 

[Handeman]

I would got with Babar's suggestion and CHAD stage some 18mm rockets. That is if you have enough field to get them back.

 

[BDB]

Cluster staging! You can burn through -0 motors really fast that way.

 

[Funkworks]

Cluster staging! You can burn through -0 motors really fast that way.

Well I don't have that. Looks expensive though. Or time consuming to build.

 

[neil_w]

Cluster staging! You can burn through -0 motors really fast that way.
View attachment 389474

Oh now that looks awesome. Any challenge ducting the burn-through from the Tres mount up to the sustainer motor?

 

[BDB]

Well I don't have that. Looks expensive though. Or time consuming to build.

Not too bad to build. I used a canted cluster mount from FlisKits. I bet you could email the new owners and they could scrounge one up for you.

As for price....its way cheaper than HPR. (a textbook case of rocket relativity)

Oh now that looks awesome. Any challenge ducting the burn-through from the Tres mount up to the sustainer motor?

I don't have the pictures with me on this computer, but the ducting wasn't too bad. I made the transition by cutting a nosecone and I then made a torus out of the nosecone tip and mounted it in front of the canted cluster motor mount. The idea was to create funnel to direct the hot gasses towards the sustainer motor. I don't know if that was really necessary. I also drilled a vent hole to prevent pressure build-up. (I'm sure that was necessary.) I also painted the interior of the transition and the "funnel" with heat resistant engine paint because there's presumably a lot of hot stuff banging around in there when the boosters burn through and the sustainer lights.

 

[kuririn]

I built the Semroc Jupiter B last night. A closer look:


Per instructions:
B6-0 100'
C6-0 200'
Cheers.

 

[Funkworks]

The kid in me would probably try adding a floor, for the imaginary crew's safety.

 

[BABAR]

I built the Semroc Jupiter B last night. A closer look:
View attachment 389629 View attachment 389630

Per instructions:
B6-0 100'
C6-0 200'
Cheers.

Looks cool. I am wondering if the fins on the base are Superfluous as I can't imagine there being much airflow over them

 

[kuririn]

Looks cool. I am wondering if the fins on the base are Superfluous as I can't imagine there being much airflow over them

Yeah, it's basically a spool rocket with landing legs like the "Lost in Space" Jupiter B (for show).