What did you do rocket wise today?

[Wally Ferrer]

Received a bunch of micro rocket stuff I'm taking down to Florida for my niece for Christmas.

 

[kuririn]

Received my second Black Friday order from Estes yesterday, and a second Christmas ornament. So of course I had to explore another COC (Christmas ornament conversion).

Looks like a BT-5 tube will fit nicely inside. I think this one will be featherweight instead of tumble recovery like the first one.

Sawed off the string loop and reattached it to the body between two fins after sanding off the paint.

BTW here's the first COC ready for launch. Added on a tail nozzle.

TBC

Jingle, jingle, jingle

 

[rharshberger]

More work on the clubs new pads .

 

[John Taylor]

Thanks Neil

 

[PXR5]

I received an Estes fin alignment jig.

 

[Mugs914]

Yesterday I successfully regained my level two certification!!! Me so happy!View attachment 400804

Congrats John, well done! You sure had a nice day for it!

 

[wolsen]

Successful L1 cert flight at the SARA member launch this morning! Flew a 3” scratch built on an H135W named Star Voyager by my 8-year old son.

It was a great flight with a nice soft landing here on the hard ground of the desert.

 

[Mugs914]

Great lookin' rocket, congrats on the cert!

 

[PXR5]

Beautiful paint job, or is that some type of wrap?

 

[Joshua Westbrook]

I put the finishing touches on my extreme 12 to make it launch ready. Launched it and my vapor today, Single stage on the extreme with a d12-3 same with vapor, then got an e12-6 out of the box and sent the vapor up with it. Awesome flights and perfect ejections. The e12 really put the vapor up!! I can not wait to get some composites flying in these models!

 

[wolsen]

Great lookin' rocket, congrats on the cert!

Thanks!

Beautiful paint job, or is that some type of wrap?

Its automotive vinyl wrapping. I had the black from another project and my son picked green (as he loves green).

 

[John Taylor]

Congrats John, well done! You sure had a nice day for it!

Thank you very much!

 

[jimn]

So today I wore the astronaut socks I won at our clubs Christmas party.

 

[neil_w]

Reorganized my collection of parts in preparation of a relatively big BMS order due Sunday morning... only to have the Fedex estimated delivery change to Tuesday.

Naturally I also discovered a few things that I inadvertently ordered duplicates of...

 

[jqavins]

So build duplicate rockets! (I know, duplicates are really not your style.)

I've been remiss in congratulating successful certs. In my (feeble) defense, there sure have been a lot of them lately. Congrats to you all.

 

[neil_w]

So build duplicate rockets! (I know, duplicates are really not your style.)

Well, my duplicates are mostly launch lugs and centering rings, so.... (yes I am considering how to use more launch lugs. )

 

[John Taylor]

Thanks Neil

Thanks to all who commented

 

[John Taylor]

Successful L1 cert flight at the SARA member launch this morning! Flew a 3” scratch built on an H135W named Star Voyager by my 8-year old son.

It was a great flight with a nice soft landing here on the hard ground of the desert.


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Congratulations! Beautiful rocket!

 

[John Taylor]

So today I wore the astronaut socks I won at our clubs Christmas party.

Pics please, got to see those socks!!

 

[SteveNeill]

Still working on getting these kits out and finishing the beta build. Waiting on laser cutting and decals. Vacumforming many parts and pouring nose cones.

 

[Andrew_ASC]

Missed a delivery on Aerocon PCB switches. USPS won’t leave at door. What a pain. Gonna have to pick up from post office later this week to finish L2 build lol.

 

[Mugs914]

Just opened my Black Friday MissileWorks order! RRC2, RRC3, cable and dongle for my level 2 bird.

 

[Andrew_ASC]

USPS leaves a Loki 54/2800 casing at my door but not electric switches? WTAF.

 

[tim cubbedge]

Andrew,
Thems the shippers directive. Not usps.

 

[BruceS]

Succumbed to a sale. Can't wait to see what it actually entails. One thing is for sure: There are lights in it's future.

 

[John Taylor]

Purchased a CSXT Space Shot Go Fast rocket today. Very excited.

 

[Hooked On Rockets]

Got a nice surprise today, the Madcow AGM 33 Pike that was scheduled to be delivered in late January showed up on my door today!


I also finished up my "data sheet" for the Madcow Aerobee-Hi to start my OR file..



Installed and trimmed the cord hooks on the Aero-Hi CR and bulkhead, the threads were a little longer than needed.
Before After
I threadlocked the nuts and then "rivet tapped" the end of the threads...this pup won't come off!!!

Also ordered 2 CRs for the AGM and 1 for the Aerobee, couldn't see building either one with only 2. And the AGM with 2 sets of fins, 4 CRs makes sense to me, butted up against the top and bottom of each fin tab!

Not a bad rocket day at all!

My rough OR file is strictly no glue or paint weight yet, but I did add the third CR.
I'll work it up as the build progresses.

SS

 

[SteveNeill]

Vacumforming canopies for the Larger X-15 kits.

 

[neil_w]

Vacumforming canopies for the Larger X-15 kits.

Nifty! It's cool seeing "behind the curtain" producing these kits.

 

[jeffjblack]

Finished this video from last Sunday:
Estes Partizon Rocket on a High Power Motor to 2300 feet. It's the last official Southern Arizona Rocketry Association launch of the year. I have only one mission: Fly the Estes Partizon with two cameras on an Aerotech H182R DMS motor drilled to a ten second parachute ejection delay. Expected altitude 2300 feet. 36 inch nylon parachute deployed at apogee. Light winds and temperatures in the 60's make for a perfect day. With two cameras, you get to see a lot of the scenery West of the Tucson Mountains.

https://youtu.be/HVQYt8nWLq8

#ModelRocket #Estes #Partizon #Aerotech #HighPower #H182R-14