Over on the Facebook groups Estes Model Rockets and Born Again Rocketeers, I had showed off a completely scratch-built, poster board rocket using no off-the-shelf "rocket parts." It was inspired by my desire to do a feasibility study of a 29mm-diameter Comanche 3, in turn inspired by a thread I found on a sub-forum elsewhere on this site dealing with folks' musings about a hypothetical "Comanche 3E".
I built the first rocket which I will attach to this initial post. The following posts will be a photo-documented, step-by-step of my recreated build using the same materials and techniques, along with a minor change due to results of the first flight (which was successful; no recovery due to a higher flight than I anticipated, therefore a smaller field than required, and the trees ate it).
The intention is to be able to create a 20% upscale C3 that will be able to fly on D and E powered boosters. This is the sustainer rocket that is currently built as D12 powered. I have flown the model before, but I have not simmed it to see what would happen with additional stages, although that is the intention.
I built the first rocket which I will attach to this initial post. The following posts will be a photo-documented, step-by-step of my recreated build using the same materials and techniques, along with a minor change due to results of the first flight (which was successful; no recovery due to a higher flight than I anticipated, therefore a smaller field than required, and the trees ate it).
The intention is to be able to create a 20% upscale C3 that will be able to fly on D and E powered boosters. This is the sustainer rocket that is currently built as D12 powered. I have flown the model before, but I have not simmed it to see what would happen with additional stages, although that is the intention.
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