Very nice. Where did you place the rail buttons? A friend of mine has one built and not sure where to put the buttons.
WOW!Added some bits to the av bay. I used the bulkhead wire retainer to mark the bulkhead, and verified the distance from the edge. I confirmed it would work for the charge canisters, laid out the marks and used an automatic center punch to ease starting the drill bit. The canister needed a 3/16" hole, so drilled two per bulkhead. Then I drilled out the 'other' hole to 7/16" for the wire retainers...
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Beautiful!And done- last shot shows the center split stripe where I used the screws to attach the av bay to the upper section become the disk greebles from the original...
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I am sorry about your flight.1.3 for the drogue, 1.5 grams for the main. The nose came off with authority when ground tested, the drogue test sheared the pins but the drogue was too tight to come all the way out so I increased it by the .3g and used a different drogue chute that packed much looser. Plus the full charge in the Cesaroni moter as backup...
I guess my mistake was subtracting the motor length, in addition to the av bay... and I did get separation on my ground test. I recalculate at over 1.5, close to 1.7 if I don't take out the motor length.I am sorry about your flight.
It’s a beautiful rocket ,you did a great job with the construction and finish .
1.3 grams is not enough to pressurize a 54mm tube 5 feet long.
I have flown mine twice with 2.5-3.0 grams worked both times flawlesslyI guess my mistake was subtracting the motor length, in addition to the av bay... and I did get separation on my ground test. I recalculate at over 1.5, close to 1.7 if I don't take out the motor length.
edit: I thought the motor eject was 1.5 grams, but it was also only 1.3...
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