What did you do rocket wise today?

Igotnothing · Jan 29, 2019

rharshberger said:
Put the final major piece in place on the Nuclear Sledgehammer, the forward CR and recovery anchor.

Real estate.

Igotnothing · Jan 29, 2019

Nytrunner said:
Also, what were those date codes, and have you submitted the MESS report

Done MESSed. Don't recall the date codes, but I'll be watching now that y'all are messing on my E16 fireball parade.

Nytrunner · Jan 29, 2019

Finishing touches on th School'd Rocket complete.

Looking forward to depleting Chris's Pro24 6 grain stock

jmuck78 · Jan 29, 2019

Sanding the LOC Hawk. Then filling. Then more sanding. I'm pretty sure this is the only rocket with fin area measured in acres rather than square feet.

krislhull · Jan 29, 2019

mixed up lots of rocketpoxy... first time i've hade FEET of fillets to do!

MoeB · Jan 30, 2019

Received my order from AC Supply with 2x Saturn V. Opened a Saturn V to check out the contents. Nice.

tOD · Jan 30, 2019

Received member handbook and Tripoli #18693

Araize01 · Jan 30, 2019

MoeB said:
Received my order from AC Supply with 2x Saturn V. Opened a Saturn V to check out the contents. Nice.

Is third stage one single wrap or multiple smaller ones

Andrew_ASC · Jan 30, 2019

Dry Fit of the Hyper54.

Lucifer · Jan 30, 2019

OpenRocket is much more reliable when dealing with smaller models under Mach 1. I put a known configuration (basically an egg lofter upscaled) with Estes D12 through a nearly-9" long G motor. Adjusting fins, the D could get about 280 feet, while the G could do half a mile.

I am interested in flights that exceed Mach. Is there a way to make what I have, OpenRocket, take a motor or propulsion system other than what's listed? I am a machinist, after all, and have no trouble putting it on a lathe.

O8000 isn't enough. 95 miles up, turn to the east, and step on it.

Flyfalcons · Jan 30, 2019

Last night I finally started epoxying parts on my dream build. Will get a build thread going on it once I make more progress (on the road for a week now).

Nytrunner · Jan 30, 2019

Lucifer said:
OpenRocket is much more reliable when dealing with smaller models under Mach 1. I put a known configuration (basically an egg lofter upscaled) with Estes D12 through a nearly-9" long G motor. Adjusting fins, the D could get about 280 feet, while the G could do half a mile.

I am interested in flights that exceed Mach. Is there a way to make what I have, OpenRocket, take a motor or propulsion system other than what's listed? I am a machinist, after all, and have no trouble putting it on a lathe.

O8000 isn't enough. 95 miles up, turn to the east, and step on it.

Openrocket is actually pretty decent for transonic and beyond. You could always download RasAero II as another extreme simulator.

If you can find out how to generate an .eng file, you can load it in openrocket.

That being said, I highly doubt OR is suited for orbital dynamics, and 6DoF simulators arent cheap.

What would you like to build?

Greg Furtman · Jan 31, 2019

It's been brutally cold here in NW Wisconsin and the college I work at has been closed for the last 3 days, as are all the other schools in the area. In a couple of weeks I'll be getting together with some time friends for our annual Rocketboy Weekend. We fly low power rockets launched from the frozen lake at my friend's lake home.

I decided to build an Estes Bull Pup. Yesterday I finished it applying the decals. On Saturday I'll apply a couple of coats of clear cote to protect the decals. It's a nice little rocket.

jeffjblack · Jan 31, 2019

It's Throwback Thursday, so here is a blast from the past. This is the Estes Partizon at the National Association of Rocketry's National Sport Launch hosted by FLARE and SMRA in Almagordo NM. I'm estimating from the flight simulation that the Partizon got over 3000 feet. I trimmed the parachute ejection delay from 14 seconds down to 11 seconds based on the simulation. Jolly Logic Chute Release was used to allow the chute to inflate at 400 feet. I used the Aerotech H135-14a White Lightning DMS motor. Don't worry, I'm certified for this.
Check out the video here:

https://bit.ly/partizonatnsl2017

Mustang67 · Jan 31, 2019

Received a new 6" Fiberglass Kit from Mac Performance today.

prfesser · Jan 31, 2019

Finished the fillets on the pods of Starover IIE (design from "Captives in Space", one of the 60s "Dig Allen Space Explorer" series). Slowly shaping up. I'll prime/fill it Saturday, when the weather warms up. Geniece is very tolerant of my rocketry activities, but spray-painting indoors is waaaay over the line...

Andrew_ASC · Jan 31, 2019

Updating the OR file off of dry masses of components for Hyper54 Ork file. My sims are now reflecting way closer to real Machs pulled from L motor flights of other hobbyists above Mach 2.3.
The altitudes match up for K motor flights off real data. Sadly the L1040 overpredicts altitude wildly.

The MAC OR file has errors on the fincan mass, coupler av bay band wasn’t included, and hardware mass was omitted. Also the fastback 54 retainer is omitted. I still love the kit. I’m one of those measure and weigh all the bits of a kit.

Nytrunner · Jan 31, 2019

Andrew_ASC said:
I’m one of those measure and weigh all the bits of a kit.

That's the way to do it. Public sim files are a mess

neil_w · Jan 31, 2019

Two coats of CA and some CWF to fill in remaining imperfections. Sooooo stupidly satisfying, for some reason.

Tobor · Jan 31, 2019

Nytrunner said:
That's the way to do it. Public sim files are a mess

Me thinks you posted to the wrong thread...

Nytrunner · Jan 31, 2019

Got the adapter for my gifted commemorative Russian rocket lamp

rharshberger · Jan 31, 2019

Nytrunner said:
Got the adapter for my gifted commemorative Russian rocket lamp

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That turned out nice looking!

GrouchoDuke · Feb 1, 2019

Mustang67 said:
Received a new 6" Fiberglass Kit from Mac Performance today.

Umm, wow.

jlabrasca · Feb 1, 2019

This morning the kid spec'ed out a "white tiger rocket" and ordered a digital rendering. Had to knock one out in a hurry -- while also looking for the good socks, eating breakfast, getting the homework into the back pack, figuring out which sheet music was requested for this afternoon's lesson...

The head of design has given tentative approval, pending reviews of more claw-like and more fang-like canard fins and a report from the committee on whether tail fins are more properly treated as paws or a tail.

The proposal to print off a skin for the airframe has already been rejected. The hoses, couplers, and regulator for the airbrush are all in the shop. Delivery of the actual airbrush is still showing as two weeks out. It shouldn't take very long to teach myself how to airbrush realistic tiger stripes on a cylinder, right? <smile>

Mick Kelly · Feb 1, 2019

Mick Kelly said:
View attachment 372200 View attachment 372201 View attachment 372202 View attachment 372203 View attachment 372204 View attachment 372205 View attachment 372206 My winter 2018/19 madcow 4" DX3XL. Feels great to be able to build again. Can't wait to light a fire under this one.

The only good thing about winter is it's building season. Another one ready for this years flying season.

Cl(VII) · Feb 1, 2019

My family knows me...

Tobor · Feb 2, 2019

Cl(VII) said:
My family knows me...

Well, if your B-Day was yesterday, Happy belated Birthday.

Charles_McG · Feb 2, 2019

Staged a photo.

Nytrunner · Feb 2, 2019

Decided to start a solid model of the Estes Pro Series Patriot. I'm just measuring parts, modeling them, and sticking them into an assembly. May make some dimensioned drawings in time if I get motivated.
Maybe a PDF package?

Mick Kelly · Feb 2, 2019

Had some time today to start assembly of the shock cord mounting to 54mmt. Seen a thousand times but I love posting pic. maybe a new twist for some so what the heck.