noahapiraino
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So I've been reading a bunch of the build threads here and finally decided to try and write my own, the only issue is that I've already built most of the rocket so this will mostly be a build summary after the fact.
Also, I am currently a university student and living in a dorm where I'm a bit short on working space as you can imagine, so please excuse any background messes I might have forgotten in photos.
I'd been eyeing this kit for a couple months since I started working on my Zephyr for my level 1 certification. I finally bought it, along with a 38mm LOC-n-ring motor adapter, and an electronics bay to convert it to dual deploy. After flying a bunch of smaller kits and certifying with motor eject, and putting together my own flight data logger, I wanted to finally fly a rocket that used electronics for deployment. My original intent was to fly this for a level 2 certification, but after building it and seeing more motor prices (college student budget), I'll probably be sticking to some I motors for now and use it to learn more about electronics and dual deploy, though it could still fly a certification flight eventually!
It's one thing to read dimensions on a website, but everything always looks bigger in person!
Here's the first dry fit of all the parts, standing next to my Zephyr. Over 6 and a half feet tall! With a 4" diameter, it works out to 1/3 scale of the real thing.
There's barely enough floor space for me to open up the parachute...
and the motors keep getting bigger.
I started off by sanding down all the centering rings and bulkplates, and epoxying the electronics bay together.
The electronics bay (without any actual electronics yet!) came out heavier than all my other rockets except for the Zephyr. I guess that's what all the metal and extra wood will do for you.
Then we epoxy the switchband onto the electronics bay
I was debating for a while about whether or not to use the switchband because it does technically bring it out of scale, but I ended up deciding touse it because I felt it would be a little more convenient to work on to have the rocket easily split on either side of the bay, rather than have to remove screws to take the bay out of one of the body sections.
Also, I am currently a university student and living in a dorm where I'm a bit short on working space as you can imagine, so please excuse any background messes I might have forgotten in photos.
I'd been eyeing this kit for a couple months since I started working on my Zephyr for my level 1 certification. I finally bought it, along with a 38mm LOC-n-ring motor adapter, and an electronics bay to convert it to dual deploy. After flying a bunch of smaller kits and certifying with motor eject, and putting together my own flight data logger, I wanted to finally fly a rocket that used electronics for deployment. My original intent was to fly this for a level 2 certification, but after building it and seeing more motor prices (college student budget), I'll probably be sticking to some I motors for now and use it to learn more about electronics and dual deploy, though it could still fly a certification flight eventually!
It's one thing to read dimensions on a website, but everything always looks bigger in person!
Here's the first dry fit of all the parts, standing next to my Zephyr. Over 6 and a half feet tall! With a 4" diameter, it works out to 1/3 scale of the real thing.
There's barely enough floor space for me to open up the parachute...
and the motors keep getting bigger.
I started off by sanding down all the centering rings and bulkplates, and epoxying the electronics bay together.
The electronics bay (without any actual electronics yet!) came out heavier than all my other rockets except for the Zephyr. I guess that's what all the metal and extra wood will do for you.
Then we epoxy the switchband onto the electronics bay
I was debating for a while about whether or not to use the switchband because it does technically bring it out of scale, but I ended up deciding touse it because I felt it would be a little more convenient to work on to have the rocket easily split on either side of the bay, rather than have to remove screws to take the bay out of one of the body sections.
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