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    Estes Citation Patriot

    I will take a look for you tomorrow. I don't remember how they were. At first I wasn't going to put the Estes logo on and I did not cut them out...
    Post by: Bruiser, Aug 22, 2019 at 1:36 AM in forum: Low Power Rocketry (LPR)
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    Estes Citation Patriot

    My two kits were just purchased a few weeks ago from Hobby Lobby. The week before the only BT60 based rocket they had was a Big Bertha. I went...
    Post by: Bruiser, Aug 21, 2019 at 10:22 PM in forum: Low Power Rocketry (LPR)
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    Sea Tiger

    Well the Sea Tiger is not dead. It's been sanded and repainted. I stopped using alcohol to wipe down just before spraying and switched to a tack...
    Post by: Bruiser, Aug 21, 2019 at 8:23 PM in forum: Low Power Rocketry (LPR)
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    Estes Citation Patriot

    K'Tesh, Thank you :) The Semroc Omega uses vented centering rings Well now you tell me! Naw, I did some new things on this rocket such as the...
    Post by: Bruiser, Aug 21, 2019 at 8:00 PM in forum: Low Power Rocketry (LPR)
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    Estes Citation Patriot

    So it's been a little while for a progress report so let me bring you'll up to date. I sprayed it with Krylon UV-Resistant Gloss Clear and it...
    Post by: Bruiser, Aug 21, 2019 at 6:35 PM in forum: Low Power Rocketry (LPR)
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    Question for Goony Builders

    Some of us were talking about bashing a Super Bertha into a Baby Super Bertha over in the Scratch Built forum. I brought up that could inspre...
    Post by: Bruiser, Aug 21, 2019 at 3:41 AM in forum: Low Power Rocketry (LPR)
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    Question for Goony Builders

    Seems to me that would require lots of nose weight! Holy cow, lol! A little Patriot. It sims out nicely in OR. No nose weight and 400' on a C6....
    Post by: Bruiser, Aug 21, 2019 at 1:48 AM in forum: Low Power Rocketry (LPR)
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    Question for Goony Builders

    Just read Chris's build. Just like always, very informative. Thanks for the link I didn't know he had built one. -Bob
    Post by: Bruiser, Aug 20, 2019 at 11:20 PM in forum: Low Power Rocketry (LPR)
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    Question for Goony Builders

    I'd love one of those! Can you measure the fins? Bob
    Post by: Bruiser, Aug 20, 2019 at 9:12 PM in forum: Low Power Rocketry (LPR)
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    Question for Goony Builders

    A Goony (or Gooney, not sure which is correct) is sort of like a caricature of a rocket. They are generally built by kit-bashing a Baby Bertha...
    Post by: Bruiser, Aug 20, 2019 at 9:07 PM in forum: Low Power Rocketry (LPR)
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    Question for Goony Builders

    The thing is that the Baby Bertha doesn't require nose weight built stock. I've actually made it longer by adding a 2" boat tail and I've moved...
    Post by: Bruiser, Aug 20, 2019 at 8:29 PM in forum: Low Power Rocketry (LPR)
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    Question for Goony Builders

    I have been thinking about building a Baby Bertha based goony and OR says I need to add nose weight. I was wondering if this is pretty common for...
    Thread by: Bruiser, Aug 20, 2019 at 8:12 PM, 20 replies, in forum: Low Power Rocketry (LPR)
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    Whats the biggest 'oops' you have made building a rocket?

    Not sure if this is the biggest but I made an oops last week when I painted the white on my booster before I put the vent holes in. This morning,...
    Post by: Bruiser, Aug 19, 2019 at 5:00 PM in forum: The Watering Hole
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    What did you do rocket wise today?

    Did you order a balsa one? I was looking for the plastic cones and did not find one. I plan on stopping by Hobby Lobby tomorrow and picking up a...
    Post by: Bruiser, Aug 19, 2019 at 2:45 AM in forum: The Watering Hole