I hope you did throw that can away? just to make sure you never grab it again?White and red flowers can bloom out of manure... I hope.
I hope you did throw that can away? just to make sure you never grab it again?White and red flowers can bloom out of manure... I hope.
Yup, it sputtered its last.I hope you did throw that can away? just to make sure you never grab it again?
That's an interesting observation! I'll have to keep an eye on that going forward. It may be the same in my case, but I don't often use white, so I may not have made that connection since there's so many other things that can screw up paint jobs.I have more trouble with white paint than any other color. Doesn't matter if it's Krylon or Rusto. Krylon seems watery and with Rusto a moment to long in one spot and it runs. The Odessa was going to be mostly white. But after several bad attempts with white I gave up and painted it blue and yellow. Hence the name.
Just thought of another one...... I have a King Kraken that I cut the fin tubes for a few years ago. I boogered one of them. Put it away and haven't looked at it since.
I have one too and last night I was considering starting it. Figured it'd be a very cool build.My oldest albatross is a 4x Tango Papa Mars Lander.
Someday!
So do any of you have a rocket Albatross?
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(Reference: From The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Is there some rocket that you screwed up so badly that you put it off to the side since you didn't want to deal with it and it's been haunting you?
Let's see them and try to fix them!
(I need motivation to fix my albatross. )
Well ... you talked me into putting some more time into it. Not going to get the imperfections smoothed out.... (don't have the time or ambition.) Structurally the thing is a tank, so I did a little sanding & prep work. Then threw on a few coats of high build primer, and then finished with Matte to help with the appearance. From 100ft away it will be fine.That actually looks very cool and bulletproof!
This rocket is more of a Jonah than an Albatros.However...
While the rocket was outside drying, a big gust of wind came and knocked everything down. Minor damage which will be an easy fix, but boy does this rocket want to test my patience!
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I actually thought maybe like the white whale Moby D*ck.This rocket is more of a Jonah than an Albatros.
Make it a 2 stager with a Harpoon on top, then it's a Moby Dick. Top marks for persistence.I actually thought maybe like the white whale Moby D*ck.
Arrgh... thar she blows!Make it a 2 stager with a Harpoon on top, then it's a Moby Dick. Top marks for persistence.
"Canned Air", "Afternoon De-flight", "Bell-Air", ... and "Plausible Deniability" and I'm out of ideas.2) Please throw out some name ideas...
Ooh, nice ideas for paint! Tbh I'm drawing a blank right now, but will ponder it.Need some help...
1A) Which color should I go with for the inside of the tube-fins. (Yellow or Red)
1B) Which color for the nosecone. (Black, Yellow, Red, White) [ Note sure about black, it absorbs too much heat for the tracker/battery inside the nose.]
Here are a few versions whipped up VERY quickly in an image editor.
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2) Please throw out some name ideas... I keep wanting to change to synonyms, or other languages of "tube", "fin", & "rocket". (ie The Cylindrical Airfoil Booster [ The C.A.B. ] is one I am thinking of.) But I am note sure... The kids haven't come up with anything either.
Thanks for any opinions, thoughts, and ideas.
You've got that little red board and an ocean of support parts.
Stick it against the background of where you launch the most and see what stands out best. Finding it in your workshop is usually easy..... but not always.Need some help...
1A) Which color should I go with for the inside of the tube-fins. (Yellow or Red)
1B) Which color for the nosecone. (Black, Yellow, Red, White) [ Note sure about black, it absorbs too much heat for the tracker/battery inside the nose.]
Here are a few versions whipped up VERY quickly in an image editor.
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2) Please throw out some name ideas... I keep wanting to change to synonyms, or other languages of "tube", "fin", & "rocket". (ie The Cylindrical Airfoil Booster [ The C.A.B. ] is one I am thinking of.) But I am note sure... The kids haven't come up with anything either.
Thanks for any opinions, thoughts, and ideas.
Considering the trouble this one has been for you...Please throw out some name ideas... I keep wanting to change to synonyms, or other languages of "tube", "fin", & "rocket". (ie The Cylindrical Airfoil Booster [ The C.A.B. ] is one I am thinking of.) But I am note sure... The kids haven't come up with anything either.
Thanks for any opinions, thoughts, and ideas.
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