Wowzers - I dropped the 3rd stage of my Lego SaturnV trying to disconnect the 1st stage to show the kids and then spent 40mins finding all the pieces and reassembling it.. Looking at yours, it looks as though its on a ledge over a set of stairs maybe?
If so, I doth my cap to your bravery sir...
Big launch controller! Is there a small lead-acid battery inside there? Or a lantern battery? (They don't make'm like the used to.)
Built another Proton, LCD RX w/GPS, and a Quark. The Quantum and Proton take some time. But the Quark parts are really small......
I think Cris does mention that his kits can be assembled with a hot-air system. Not sure about the Reflow ovens though, or skillet. I just use a medium-sized Weller station. It's adjustable and has a nice fine conical tip that I use. The eggtimer quark, for its price it's a great practice piece. But it does have the smallest components. If one of your kits is an LCD-RX, I would say start with that just to get you back into hand soldering.I have half a dozen Eggtimer kits to assemble, but am waiting on a practice kit since my electronics-soldering "skills" haven't been used in a decade or more.
Wondering...would some of the kits, or portions of them, be amenable to home reflow soldering? Sparkfun claims that the "reflow skillet" is a winner:
https://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/59
A solder mask would be relatively expensive but it seems that some acceptable work can be done without one.
Best -- Terry
I have half a dozen Eggtimer kits to assemble, but am waiting on a practice kit since my electronics-soldering "skills" haven't been used in a decade or more.
Wondering...would some of the kits, or portions of them, be amenable to home reflow soldering? Sparkfun claims that the "reflow skillet" is a winner:
https://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/59
A solder mask would be relatively expensive but it seems that some acceptable work can be done without one.
Best -- Terry
Flew Goldenrod the Estes Mammoth on a G33 yesterday (thanks for the rubberband Turbulent!). Weathercocked a bit with the Mellow motor's low thrust
I also experienced the phenomenon of a triggered chute release but no chute unfurling. I'll have to examine my setup. Fortunately the mammoth tends to tail glide in for a landing
What a beautiful day it was to fly rockets...
It was! May even be the last time at that field before Blue Origin digs it up. Did you see the email or facebook announcement?
I have half a dozen Eggtimer kits to assemble, but am waiting on a practice kit since my electronics-soldering "skills" haven't been used in a decade or more.
Wondering...would some of the kits, or portions of them, be amenable to home reflow soldering? Sparkfun claims that the "reflow skillet" is a winner:
https://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/59
A solder mask would be relatively expensive but it seems that some acceptable work can be done without one.
Best -- Terry
I have half a dozen Eggtimer kits to assemble, but am waiting on a practice kit since my electronics-soldering "skills" haven't been used in a decade or more.
Wondering...would some of the kits, or portions of them, be amenable to home reflow soldering? Sparkfun claims that the "reflow skillet" is a winner:
https://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/59
A solder mask would be relatively expensive but it seems that some acceptable work can be done without one.
Best -- Terry
I feel your pain, same issue with my 3in scratch build. Had I made it a few inches shorter it would be reachable.Made a lot of progress on my 7.5 inch Hawk build. Discovered the hard way that the distance from the top of the booster tube to the U-Bolt attachment locations is much greater than my arm length.
Tie a figure 8 loop in one end of the shock cord.
Use a flexible grabber pickup tool to feed the untied end thru the u-bolt. Feed the free end thru the figure eight loop and pull till the loop tightens on the u-bolt.
Use something equivalent to this:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079SL8322/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
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