What color green did you use for the fins? It matches the decals perfectly from what I can see in the pictures!
I'm building a Zephyr to go for my L1 this spring. Does anyone know the Pantone number for the green?
I have it stand by one momentI'm building a Zephyr to go for my L1 this spring. Does anyone know the Pantone number for the green?
I believe this is what your looking forI'm building a Zephyr to go for my L1 this spring. Does anyone know the Pantone number for the green?
That's a pretty darn good match.Here is mine with the above mentioned color this color was what I read in the original direction
Yes, I have found the reference to Rustoleum Gloss Spring Green #314751 but I've grown leery of Rustoleum due to bad experience with excessive wait times betwreen coats. I've switched to Duplicolor, not that I like the added expense, just the finished quality. I'm still a newbie despite building Estes rockets as a kid, then when my kids came along and recently as my grandkids have come along. Now that I have the time, I'm in it for me.I believe this is what your looking for
Rust-Oleum Paint- er’s Touch Gloss Spring Green #314751 matches the decals best).
What seems to work for me with rustoleum is obviously shake the can for a good 10 mins before using it and if it’s cold where you are then bringing the can up to room temp even running it under warm water helps and then I spray about 3 coats each coat I wait 10 mins in between .Yes, I have found the reference to Rustoleum Gloss Spring Green #314751 but I've grown leery of Rustoleum due to bad experience with excessive wait times betwreen coats. I've switched to Duplicolor, not that I like the added expense, just the finished quality. I'm still a newbie despite building Estes rockets as a kid, then when my kids came along and recently as my grandkids have come along. Now that I have the time, I'm in it for me.
What seems to work for me with rustoleum is obviously shake the can for a good 10 mins before using it and if it’s cold where you are then bringing the can up to room temp even running it under warm water helps and then I spray about 3 coats each coat I wait 10 mins in between .
1st coat is a blotchy coat then 2nd and 3rd fills in nice
That’s just my method I no there is a bunch of different opinions here
But I get what your saying
Good luck
I'm assume you're using primer first, and in multiple coats?i do the same. Multiple coats all within the first hour. After that first hour, wait at least 48 hours before adding additional coat or color. Definitely does not behave like automotive lacquer.
I'm assume you're using primer first, and in multiple coats?
I gotta say you did an awesome job here!!I'm just about finished wrapping up my Apogee Zephyr for my eventual Level 1 cert. I just have to attach the chute, and attach the shock cord to the nosecone, and then I start measuring weight and CG to perform sims.
Obviously, I went with a non-standard paint scheme. "Zephyr" is the name for a soft, gentle breeze, or commonly the "West Wind", so I wanted to emulate that idea. However, it wasn't as easy as I thought to graphically represent wind without it looking like Word ClipArt! After a lot of thought and sketches, I came up with this blue-themed, swoopy, multi-colored scheme. The nosecone and its stripe were going to be black, but I decided to try a blue-base color-shift paint from Testors, and it looks great. Overall, it's different from what I originally envisioned it would look like, but I'm still happy with it!
First flight will most likely be on an Aerotech H100 or H219 DMS.
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can you show how you secure the gps sled or the mounting of it? clever use of pvc plug/cap
I use foam rubber pipe insulation in the nose cone bay.can you show how you secure the gps sled or the mounting of it? clever use of pvc plug/cap
nicely done!I'm just about finished wrapping up my Apogee Zephyr for my eventual Level 1 cert. I just have to attach the chute, and attach the shock cord to the nosecone, and then I start measuring weight and CG to perform sims.
Obviously, I went with a non-standard paint scheme. "Zephyr" is the name for a soft, gentle breeze, or commonly the "West Wind", so I wanted to emulate that idea. However, it wasn't as easy as I thought to graphically represent wind without it looking like Word ClipArt! After a lot of thought and sketches, I came up with this blue-themed, swoopy, multi-colored scheme. The nosecone and its stripe were going to be black, but I decided to try a blue-base color-shift paint from Testors, and it looks great. Overall, it's different from what I originally envisioned it would look like, but I'm still happy with it!
First flight will most likely be on an Aerotech H100 or H219 DMS.
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sweet job on the build!!Surprised there isn’t a gallery for such a popular L1 kit!
Here is mine on a I245G and a I161W
probably 8?I wonder how many they have sold?
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