A few years ago I bought and built a Semroc Golden Scout kit just so I could play around with some early model rocket tech. Back in the day, when Estes was mass producing these little rockets, was there a way to fly and land them without breaking fins every landing? Every time this thing comes down it breaks the first fin that contacts the ground, even in grass, and it's never at the root where it's glued to the body tube, it's through the cross section of the fin somewhere along its length and all three fins have broken several times at this point.
On an additional note, all three fins get charred by the motor flame during flight. It's odd that the fins never break where they are charred, but they're severely burned at this point. It's just so odd to me that these issues are reoccurring, I'm left to wonder if these were common problems back in the day when the Astron Scout was a popular kit.
On an additional note, all three fins get charred by the motor flame during flight. It's odd that the fins never break where they are charred, but they're severely burned at this point. It's just so odd to me that these issues are reoccurring, I'm left to wonder if these were common problems back in the day when the Astron Scout was a popular kit.