What did you do rocket wise today?

[NateB]

I touched up the paint and added decals to complete my Trivecta 318. I will also drill my Darkstar Jr for rail buttons, vent holes, and shear pins and epoxy the motor mount into place.



Edit: Motor mount is installed in my Darkstar Jr. I checked alignment and all 6 fin pockets line up perfectly and each fin fits into place with a light tap. The fins were removed so the motor mount can fully cure before securing the fins in place.

 

[arconhi]

Oops, sorry. Edited the post to include it.
Happy Building!

I received my order from Amazon today.
Four oz. coffee cups and a tube of foam safe adhesive.
So of course I had to interrupt my other builds and dry fit for a Fliskits Espresso clone.
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Like a Decaffeinator downscale.
Mini engine power. Here's a pic from EMRR:
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BTW if anyone has the instructions and fin template for the Espresso please PM me.
Otherwise I'll just downscale the Decaffeinator plans.
However would like the clone to be as accurate as possible.
Thinking also about an Espresso XL with 8 oz. cups and 18 mm power.
Laters.

This is awesome. I hope you take some video's of it flying.

 

[neil_w]

Oops, sorry. Edited the post to include it.
Happy Building!

I received my order from Amazon today.
Four oz. coffee cups and a tube of foam safe adhesive.
So of course I had to interrupt my other builds and dry fit for a Fliskits Espresso clone.
View attachment 430325View attachment 430326

Like a Decaffeinator downscale.
Mini engine power. Here's a pic from EMRR:
View attachment 430327
BTW if anyone has the instructions and fin template for the Espresso please PM me.
Otherwise I'll just downscale the Decaffeinator plans.
However would like the clone to be as accurate as possible.
Thinking also about an Espresso XL with 8 oz. cups and 18 mm power.
Laters.

I didn't realize in your later pictures that those were mini-cups. Cool!

 

[arconhi]

Static fired these yesterday, all 3 worked with burn times close to 3.5 sec and delays of about 10 sec.

This is another great video of seeing motors on the thrust performance. Very good demo. Today I tried to help my friend find some parts to clone an Estes Nomad rocket from the 80's.

 

[arconhi]

I touched up the paint and added decals to complete my Trivecta 318. I will also drill my Darkstar Jr for rail buttons, vent holes, and shear pins and epoxy the motor mount into place.

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Edit: Motor mount is installed in my Darkstar Jr. I checked alignment and all 6 fin pockets line up perfectly and each fin fits into place with a light tap. The fins were removed so the motor mount can fully cure before securing the fins in place.

This is a nice model. I have a NCR Replica that is similar to this. Nice work. Tha Blue and Gray is a great color combination.

 

[shawn_rocket]

Finished up an Estes Big Daddy and an Alpha (one of my favorite LPR's ever!). Replaced parachutes on my Big Bertha and Mars Longship. Converted all my parachute recovery to barrel swivels. Ready for flights for our Troop meeting outdoors! Oh, and stared at the epoxy work that needs to be done on the MMT and fins for my Arreauxbee-HI!

 

[o1d_dude]

Haven’t been able to get outside due to air quality alerts from the annual California Summer BBQ and Wildfire, 2020 version.

Fortunately, our dingdong governor has at last seen the error of his ways and will now maintain the forests and woodlands properly, Sierra Club and other green/hippie organizations be damned. Forest management involves clearing brush and deadfalls to limit the combustible materials collecting on forest floors...widely practiced in most countries with appreciable woodlands.

Heard from several rocketry vendors that my orders are on the way.

I have anywhere from 2-3 months till launch season so the clock is ticking...assuming Civil War II doesn’t break out following the election and social distancing is called off.

I was going to make a Covid19 joke here but 99.69% of you won’t get it.

 

[Cape Byron]

Stay safe, Buddy. I hear we are returning the favour with some Aussie firefighters coming to assist. The appreciation in Oz for the US firefighters who came here last year is enormous.

 

[Adam3836]

Orange paint done next up paint a black nose cone and black fins and put some decals on her

 

[Tobor]

I was going to make a Covid19 joke here but 99.69% of you won’t get it.

Cardiac Rhythm?

 

[o1d_dude]

Cardiac Rhythm?

Cardiac R&B

 

[Joshua F Thomas]

I did not paint, because it is raining. This is annoying, because I have two rockets that need paint to be finished.

 

[jqavins]

Cardiac R&B

Cardiac arrhythmia and blues. That is to say, cardiac arrhythmia and the cardiac blues.

♫ I got the COVID pneumonia, cardiac rhythm and blues. ♪
♪ ♪ I caught the lock-down depression, sittin' here watchin' the news. ♫
Roll over Beethoven, I got to pick a disaster to choose. ♫

 

[Joekeyo]

Worked on Mercury capsule and tower. Took all afternoon to get tower to tape up. Looks crooked. Will see when tape is removed.

 

[neil_w]

Printed and cut out the templates for the strakes on Plasma Dart. Getting them shaped to fit exactly is going to be.... "fun".

 

[Ulexis]

I got the retainer on the LOC Starfighter and added the chute and shockcord. All ready for the maiden flight!

 

[o1d_dude]

Cardiac arrhythmia and blues. That is to say, cardiac arrhythmia and the cardiac blues.

♫ I got the COVID pneumonia, cardiac rhythm and blues. ♪
♪ ♪ I caught the lock-down depression, sittin' here watchin' the news. ♫
Roll over Beethoven, I got to pick a disaster to choose. ♫

Sing it, brother. Tell it like it is.

Definitely the arrhythmia. Paroxysmal in the early stages and now chronic for the past few years. Inherited it from Dad's side of the family.

 

[arconhi]

View attachment 430463Orange paint done next up paint a black nose cone and black fins and put some decals on her

This will put on a nice show. Is that in the Doorknob in the background? That is a nice scale model.

 

[Hobie1dog]

exchanged emails with Ken at Performance Hobbies about ordering in the H87 reload I will need to re-certify level-1.....again (another crock of horse manure)

 

[heada]

exchanged emails with Ken at Performance Hobbies about ordering in the H87 reload I will need to re-certify level-1.....again (another crock of horse manure)

If you were NAR, you can rejoin at your previous cert level. Rejoin with your old number or contact them and they'll look you up.

 

[Hobie1dog]

If you were NAR, you can rejoin at your previous cert level. Rejoin with your old number or contact them and they'll look you up.

I would also get a monthly magazine, right? I won't that with the other org. i never joined the NAR

 

[heada]

I would also get a monthly magazine, right? I won't that with the other org. i never joined the NAR

It's not monthly, every 2 months, but yes. That is one of the standard benefits.

I'm a member of both. TRA for EX and a club with winter HPR launches. NAR for youth outreach and a club with a summer HPR launches. In the end, membership dues are less than a J reload and I can skip 1 J reload to support both.

 

[Hobie1dog]

It's not monthly, every 2 months, but yes. That is one of the standard benefits.

I'm a member of both. TRA for EX and a club with winter HPR launches. NAR for youth outreach and a club with a summer HPR launches. In the end, membership dues are less than a J reload and I can skip 1 J reload to support both.

I can only afford one membership and always thought that the NAR was geared for LPR and MPR

 

[heada]

Both support the full HPR range up to O motors. NAR doesn't have any EX support so nothing other than certified motors. TRA does supporyEX so you can make your own past O if you want. Both support from MMX to O so LPR/MPR/HPR is all the same between them.

If you have to pick one, pick what your local club supports. It's easier to cert that way.

 

[Hobie1dog]

Both support the full HPR range up to O motors. NAR doesn't have any EX support so nothing other than certified motors. TRA does supporyEX so you can make your own past O if you want. Both support from MMX to O so LPR/MPR/HPR is all the same between them.

If you have to pick one, pick what your local club supports. It's easier to cert that way.

my local club supports both

 

[jqavins]

Definitely the arrhythmia. Paroxysmal in the early stages and now chronic for the past few years. Inherited it from Dad's side of the family.

They called mine super ventricular tachycardia (SVT) in my teens and up to about 33. Then they found out there was also Wolf Parkinson White syndrome (WPW) which was corrected by catheter ablation in '96. I still have the palpitations, as expected, but about five or ten years ago they decided it was paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAT) instead of SVT. In '96 they also told me I'm at risk to develop A Fib when I get older. Now I'm older, so I'm watching out for it.

The atria sit above the ventricles. SVT is (or at least can be) paroxysmal in nature. So is it just me or do SVT and PAT sound like the same thing?

 

[Adam3836]

This will put on a nice show. Is that in the Doorknob in the background? That is a nice scale model.

thanks can’t wait for it to be finished
Yup just picked up the Estes doorknob kit seems like nice quality with a nylon chute and retainer included

 

[Blast it Tom!]

Worked on Mercury capsule and tower. Took all afternoon to get tower to tape up. Looks crooked. Will see when tape is removed.
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Ooooh, that tower! Carefully detailed mine, thought I had everything really secure, and the first flight (my first launch of a rocket that I'd built in almost 50 years), I lost one of the escape motor nozzles. The motor to me always has an asymmetric look to it, like it somehow isn't centered on the tower, due to the triangular truss.

 

[Joekeyo]

Oops. Glued on the aero spike. Guess that will last one flight?

I agree it has an asymmetrical feel, but I am twirling it around on a flat table top and the aero spike looks pretty steady.

I will try a sling type recovery "harness"; we'll see how that goes. It's pretty much finished, unless there's decals. I had gloss black paint, so gloss it is. The tower is supposed to be red anyway, so it shall stay. I am not taking any chances painting the tower. It's not perfect, but it's good enough. I can sit back and admire my handiwork (such as it is) while I complete the rest of the rocket.
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[Blast it Tom!]

My aero spike survived both flights. I didn't use the sling, may switch over if I ever get to launch again! I decal'd mineup with suggestions from @hcmbanjo (Chris), an expert builder.