Going to be building a 3 inch rocket for altitiude. In the planning stages right now. Looking at the Wildman Blackhawk 75xl as the base for the platform. May be other ways to skin this one but here are my ideas. I would do Rocket it as is and do t2t carbon fiber on the fins and build it to fly...... OR... I wont use the fins on this body tube (use them on something later) and utilize a aluminum fin can that mounts directly to the motor case and then slide the body tube down, cleance the fins of the fin can so the body tube slide down under the leading tip/base edge of the fins. The motor and the lower body tube would give me over 60 inches of clearnce for long motors (think long burn long case research motors as well as comercial flights) the rocket would have motor retainer done in the rocket above the motor similar to the aeropack min diameter retainer but fastened with set screws and thread into the forward closure of the motor. This would be the tie in point for the lower drouge harness with stainless one piece eye bolt. it would also be the retainer for the motor, the lower bodytube. the fincan also would retain the motor as it is the thrust ring point. will have dual altimeters of different brands on board. Choices with what I own will be RRc3, Raven 4, Proton. redundant charges with things set to ofset so charges wont go off at the same time. On board will also be a nose code av bay for GPS tracking from either Featherlight or Eggfinder. But this is my starting point. currently in the design stages ive managed to utilize the Aerotech M985 for altitudes well into the 35k ranges. This rocket also has the ability to be changed from standard duel deploy to HED dual deploy. It allows me to change the lengths of the rocket by changing out the booster body length with different tubes, as well as HED. This allows for a somewhat modular assembly to be able to fit any 75/76mm motor combo and change the weight, length or deployment capacity adding video flights or just purely altitude flights.
Always open to suggestions and ideas. not one of us knows everything.
Always open to suggestions and ideas. not one of us knows everything.
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