Progress stopped for a while due to various summer activities, but the mondo version is almost ready for a maiden voyage.
A swing test confirmed there is no need for nose/head weight.
Just need to decide if I want to fly off a 3/16" rod or 1010 rail. In either case the line of thrust will be about 1.25" off center of the guide. I feel like there will be less friction with rail buttons than two tube lugs. Thoughts from the TRF community?
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Progress stopped for a while due to various summer activities, but the mondo version is almost ready for a maiden voyage.
A swing test confirmed there is no need for nose/head weight.
Just need to decide if I want to fly off a 3/16" rod or 1010 rail. In either case the line of thrust will be about 1.25" off center of the guide. I feel like there will be less friction with rail buttons than two tube lugs. Thoughts from the TRF community?
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Really cool! Do you have a stl file?Progress stopped for a while due to various summer activities, but the mondo version is almost ready for a maiden voyage.
A swing test confirmed there is no need for nose/head weight.
Just need to decide if I want to fly off a 3/16" rod or 1010 rail. In either case the line of thrust will be about 1.25" off center of the guide. I feel like there will be less friction with rail buttons than two tube lugs. Thoughts from the TRF community?
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Unfortunately I cannot share the STL file for the Mando Rocket, as I purchased a Mandalorian action figure file set from another creator (although I did heavily modify it to make it rocket compatible). Here is the link to the files I purchased: https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/art/star-wars-the-mandalorian-action-figure-kenner-style-season-2Really cool! Do you have a stl file?
Mando XL maidened today. Perfectly straight flight low and slow on a D12-3. Thanks to everyone for the encouragement to use the rail vs rod. I might do one more flight on D12, and then bump to an E.
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Thx
I would say it had little to no axial roll. Truly a clean vertical flight.Could you get a feel for degree of rotation? I have a working theory that outside symmetrical ring rockers tend to have less axial roll. Certainly true for my square box fins, wondering though if it is a positive side effect of fins oriented roughly (or in your case exactly) parallel to the rocket surface, rather than standard perpendicular fins.
Thanks @KennB, I was worried given it's increased weight over the little brother which flew in an arc each flight would be amplified. I'm assuming using the rail allowed it to gain increased speed before free flight. Thanks again for suggesting it!That was an impressive flight. Glad to see the innovation.
Perfect. Hides the tube nicely!I would say it had little to no axial roll. Truly a clean vertical flight.
Thanks @KennB, I was worried given it's increased weight over the little brother which flew in an arc each flight would be amplified. I'm assuming using the rail allowed it to gain increased speed before free flight. Thanks again for suggesting it!
@BABAR and @lakeroadster: today's flight featured a white "tailpipe", but tonight it was covered with dark gray. I agree it's much improved. And to your request here are a couple before and after "on a shelf" close-ups.
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Is that the one from the Revell plastic kit?Here's a small Orville Wright figure from a commercial Flyer kit (next to keyboard keys for scale). It was probably simpler for the designers to mold his legs as one "limb" instead of two. But by making a rocket-figure like this, the exhaust would shoot out from the feet.
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