What did you do rocket wise today?

I believe it is a Semroc Saki

Wayco said:

... I'm flying mostly minimum diameter rockets now, with a bunch of altitude junkies at the new HPR launch site called "Eagle Eye". TRA/PHX has monthly launches with a 50,000 ft. waiver. So far no one has busted it . . .

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TRANSLATION : I'm an altitude junkie and I want to bust it ..

Kenny

This is the LOC I-ROC kit I've been working on, got the last set of internal fillets done, I use Aeropoxy structural epoxy for the build, as you can see the epoxy is red, since my wife was a bakery manager she has all kinds of tools and dyes for baking so I decided to dye the epoxy red to see what would happen, well the results speaks for them selfs, now I can dye my epoxy to which ever color I need for a particular rocket build.

Attended the SARG club meeting for election of officers, launch schedule, field search update, and the best part "Show and Tell".

I brought my Polecat Aerospace Goblin 5.5 nose cone with av-bay inside and one of the Missileworks 3D printed av-bay sleds (Landru).

I worked on fitting the top centering ring of the Frenzy 54mm motor mount around the kevlar y-harness.

- Assembled the forward fins of the TLP FLAIL.
- Strengthened its nosecone extension.
- Watch a few rocket related videos by JCrockets (good stuff!)
- Added an interior fillet to my square rocket.

Did the first set of fillets on my Madcow 4" Pike. Man those fins have a long root! Did some sanding on the conduits for my Madcow Aerobee Hi.

Nate

Worked on av-bays this weekend. A 54mm to share between my Shape Shifter Jr. And Darkstar Jr. and a 3" one for my Punisher. The 54mm one is basically done, the 3" needs a little more work.

Today i wet sanded cleared and decaled the Super Jart 38 .

Tonight I made some 'Walmart Decopauge ' coupler centering rings for the nosecone in my Jumangi DD 75mm clone and to remove all thread from Vindicator DD nosecone. Tomorrow will deal with bulkheads and mounting.

Kenny

Got a coat of primer on my BT70 Advanced Target Drone, as well as a clear coat on Binary Star & Lepus. I also learned not to spray Rustoleum 2X over Duplicolor Metalcast paints, then expect to clear over. The clear was fine over the parts had the Metalcast finishes, but the cone and transition (which I had then painted black) wrinkled up on my. Lesson learned, now to sand and repaint those bits...

I'm waiting on some recovery harness bits for the ATD-70 before I button up the airframe, so I decided to move onto the next project on the schedule and get a start - a Bertha scaled up to BT80. This is not, mind you, the same as a Super Bertha clone. Properly scaled, a BB sized for BT80 tubing would be 38.12" long, whereas Super Bertha was 36.5". I'm guessing that was a compromise made to use existing 14" segments of body tube, but the proportions aren't quite right. Also, SB was 24mm, but again, scaling an 18mm mount up gives us 28.6mm, so a 29mm mount is more suitable. So, I've gathered up the parts needed, though I need to order some 29mm tubing to make the mount as long as I want it to be.

I'm building a new window frame for my Mercury Redstone project. I wound up sanding too aggressively around the frame itself removing all the rivet detail. On Sheri's version, the 'window' was a flush fitting design. I've decided to make an actual window compartment by cutting out the window opening and building the inner frame and interior and exterior windows into it. Then I'll add rivets in the form of 3D resin decals available from Archer Transfers. Great products though you do need to get the technique down.

Went to the Hardware Store and got the screws for my PML Urethane Rail Guides. Also went to the Hobby Store and wandered around looking at stuff for a bit.



Also got primer on this Bird. She'll have to spend the night outdoors hanging in the shed where I sprayed her. Primer dries very slowly in the winter.

ordered new android tablet for egg stuff , I'm afraid of dropping phone at launch site

Re-attached three tube fins to my Big Pink rocket. First time I've made use of a bungee cord in rocket construction/repair. It worked just swell. Also used some mini spring clips.

Epoxied a couple of centering rings in place on the Madcow Frenzy.

ordered a bottle of canopy glue so I can glue clear payload tubes in place( well one end anyway ).
Rex

- Added third internal fillet to square rocket.
- Added small wooden piece inside forward fins of the TLP FLAIL to strengthen them.

worked on my wildman....
Houston, we have a problem....won't fit thru doors anymore...won't fit in the pickup without taking off the cap...

cbrarick said:

worked on my wildman....View attachment 258050
Houston, we have a problem....won't fit thru doors anymore...won't fit in the pickup without taking off the cap...

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I thought this was one of those perspective pics taken up close to make it look big, then i saw the door and table behind the pic...what the heck is this from and please tell me you are launching this at LDRS?

Got the last fin on my Wildman eagle claw sport. Time for fillets.
Put some epoxy on the fins on my maxi alpha 3. Between hard landings and in flight disassemblies, the fins could use some tlc.
Started the motor mount for my madcow Aerobee hi.

Nate

cbrarick said:

worked on my wildman....View attachment 258050
Houston, we have a problem....won't fit thru doors anymore...won't fit in the pickup without taking off the cap...

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:surprised: oh, ooh, oooh... Do Tell!

Spent the weekend in the garage working ROCKET STUFF. TONIGHT TOO!

I've got 2 FG 54mm birds in progress, and another cardboard 54mm in work. Two only needs an Av-bay worked up, and the external fillets.

But, instead, I had fun starting another from the start...

I did make some progress tonight on the Av-Bay after receiving new Stratologger altimeters today.

Examined my repair job on the smaller 3" tube fin rocket. Looks good!

Played around with the 4" tube fin rocket and debate where and how to install rail buttons on it and the smaller 3" tuber. Doghouse Rocketry sells rail button standoffs that work very well on tube fin rockets.

Madcow Frenzy: Filled in the pre-drilled holes in the Madcow 4" av-bay bulkheads as I prefer u-bolts instead of eye bolts. Waited for epoxy to dry and then sanded the filled surface smooth. Test fit the motor mount to make sure I'd gotten the spacing and alignment right. Yes...yay me!

Went to Lowe's this evening and picked up a can of black high temperature paint for engine exhaust systems that is heat resistant up to 1200 degrees. I will be coating the outside surfaces of the av-bay bulkheads to prevent them from being burnt by the deployment charges in the wells.

Only a small post due to the fact that I'm still on the road (well, stuck in a trailer park since my camper has broken down) and on mobile internet... But this weekend just gone, I helped launch a rocket...





Krusty

krusty said:

Only a small post due to the fact that I'm still on the road (well, stuck in a trailer park since my camper has broken down) and on mobile internet... But this weekend just gone, I helped launch a rocket...

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Krusty

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Great job on the chutes

I'm laying out more rivet detail on the fin area using different scale rivets. Really makes a difference while breaking up the monotony of the same scale throughout. Different dia. and spacing works great.

mpitfield said:

I thought this was one of those perspective pics taken up close to make it look big, then i saw the door and table behind the pic...what the heck is this from and please tell me you are launching this at LDRS?

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It's no camera trick. It's a 16 inch diameter upscale "mega wildman CT" to fly at LDRS on a P10,380 red (it's the non-clustered class 3 flight mentioned on the LDRS website). 32 feet tall. It should weigh in about 515 pounds. I am looking for help to put it out and get it back. The heaviest part is the fin can (pictured) as the upper 8 foot part of the fin can is designed to be unscrewed so you can get to the forward motor retention (The top bulkplate). Nose cone, ebay and a two piece payload tube....

Did the last set of external fillets on the new Blackhawk 54. Then started on the avbay. Got both lids set up with charge cups and terminal blocks and the wires soldered in and marked. Cut the sled and fit it into the coupler. Sanded the paint off the 5" Jarts fins and put a coat of primer on them. One fin had a crack in it and was repaired, so I decided to put a fresh coat of paint on all the fins. Sanded down the second coat of primer on the Kick Asspire, pretty close to color on that rocket. I had forgotten how much fun a 29mm MD rocket can be, load a motor and fly. No electronics, no tracker, no room for any of that stuff. Lucky it landed on a bush, it was easy to find:

Why that font?

Today I beveled the gins for my Tomach, and sanded the root edge and airframe in preparation for bonding. Also ordered a 54mmx8" CF coupler, a 9"x9" nomex chute protector, a 12"x12" chute protector, and a 2.2"payload bay kit from Madcow.

BeerorKid said:

Why that font?

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I'm guessing it's easier to read on a mobile device for those of us with geezerly eyes.