A lot easier to track when they come down. It is fun to fly in the snow.Where about do you fly and what limit of wind speed do you not fly?The Iris is a nice looking rocket.Launched in some nice (snowy) weather today
Star orbiter (right) - 1120' E16-6
Iris 1.6 (left) - 750' D12-5
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A lot easier to track when they come down. It is fun to fly in the snow.Where about do you fly and what limit of wind speed do you not fly?The Iris is a nice looking rocket.
Nice work looks mean !Finished up on a scratch build Sentinel and did the final mass/CG verification. (Yep, my masking/painting skills still needs some work). Moving on to finishing up the Dark Matter Probe later today after dealing with the winter wonderland that took up residence in my driveway.
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AwesomeGetting closer to finishing my 7 motor Job....
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Got to add nose weight when I get the electronics package into the e-bay.....
<new tab → Google → "LOG magnum"> I see that a stock Magnum it's 3×29 mm. What's the seven motor configuration?Getting closer to finishing my 7 motor Job....
From the LOC site:<new tab → Google → "LOG magnum"> I see that a stock Magnum it's 3×29 mm. What's the seven motor configuration?
<new tab → Google → "LOG magnum"> I see that a stock Magnum it's 3×29 mm. What's the seven motor configuration?
The IRIS has always been my favorite rocket. You are right about about the IRIS being stable. I have had a few kits over the years all sizes and they always did well. Its the fin design I think .Your 2.6 version should perform very similar if you scale it. I scratch built 4.0 version a while back and waiting for a G80 motor. Yes, up to 15mph is good for drift. When you say a tube filled with snow, does that mean it landed in deep snow? Summer time is not favorable? It must be fun to have all that space. Good luck with your 2.6 Iris. Like to see it fly.The Iris seems to be a very stable rocket design, no spin or weathercocking during ascent. Began scratch building a 2.6" version last week - I hope it performs the same way. We are in northern Ontario, Canada. Lots of room to launch in winter, not so much in the summer. Wind speed was a calm 5mph but I would normally fly up to 15 mph. Only downside is recovery has to be quick or you end up with a tube filled with melted snow!
Congrats on this one. This will be a real head turner. You did an excellent job. What is your predicted altitude?Happy to have finished a challenging Bomarc 2.6 scratch build.
Goals: light weight, low cost, G motor capable.
Approx 80 parts. Prime and paint in a few months.
735 grams. 29mm MM
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1/4" mahogany veneer underlay plywood, finished thickness 0.168"
Majority of the ply grains are running perpendicular.
The outer veneer is paper thin on this sheet and running parallel.
Used some wood filler and block-sanded to smooth.
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Balsa strips over and under wing to build the conduit.
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Sand to fit body contour.
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54mm decorative ramjet pods. Designed to allow small amount of air through.
Make some balsa nose cones using scraps. Cut circles and stacked/glued them.
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After the lower section, motor mount, exhaust baffle and ramjet pods are installed, I set to dry.
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Epoxy the wood Fin/conduit system to completed rocket airframe and install motor retainer.
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Paint and fly in spring with this theme.
Still needs launch lugs installed.
They must be interested to read it. Any damage done to the literature? Snail Mail is correct.Received my Member Guidebook from the NAR. It sat in the letterbox for a couple of days and the snails found it quite easy to digest. I guess that is why it is called "snail mail".
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That looks darn good to me. Did you use the same instructions from Estes? This is a nice rocket to fly. I had one once. I cant remember if it was 18mm or 24mm. What mount did you do? Where did the parts come from?Nice work looks mean !
The IRIS has always been my favorite rocket. You are right about about the IRIS being stable. I have had a few kits over the years all sizes and they always did well. Its the fin design I think .Your 2.6 version should perform very similar if you scale it. I scratch built 4.0 version a while back and waiting for a G80 motor. Yes, up to 15mph is good for drift. When you say a tube filled with snow, does that mean it landed in deep snow? It must be fun to have all that space. Good luck with your 2.6 Iris. Like to see it fly. I have a pic of my 4.0 , 29mm , 68 inch Iris Scratch built. Next to it is an Estes Iris 18mm.The Iris seems to be a very stable rocket design, no spin or weathercocking during ascent. Began scratch building a 2.6" version last week - I hope it performs the same way. We are in northern Ontario, Canada. Lots of room to launch in winter, not so much in the summer. Wind speed was a calm 5mph but I would normally fly up to 15 mph. Only downside is recovery has to be quick or you end up with a tube filled with melted snow!
I agree old school Doug did someThat looks darn good to me. Did you use the same instructions from Estes? This is a nice rocket to fly. I had one once. I cant remember if it was 18mm or 24mm. What mount did you do? Where did the parts come from?
Awesome
I catch myself stopping and considering buying this rocket every time I see it
Looking good
interested to hear what you have to say about this when you launch
That should work for a test shotI hope I'm saying "that's the most dark matter motors I've ever seen go at the same time"
Realistically, I think I am bout 2-3 months from launch. I'd like to fly an I-280 and a pair of H115DM's for a test shot.
I grew up right in the center of that map.How do you fly a highway on any motor?
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(Many years ago, it once took me 4 hours to get from Fairfield to Hoboken due to an epic traffic jam in I-280.)
That looks darn good to me. Did you use the same instructions from Estes? This is a nice rocket to fly. I had one once. I cant remember if it was 18mm or 24mm. What mount did you do? Where did the parts come from?
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