Leo, are the files available on Thingiverse?I've made the 3D files for the nose cone if someone wants to give a 3D print try.
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When ready please let us know, and Thank you.I'd like to have the dimensions of the other parts first and then put everything together on Thingiverse.
I also want to print the nose cone to make sure all fits before publishing the all the parts.
How much weight goes in the nose of this thing? The fin area has always looked grossly inadequate to me, seems like it depends on a really heavy nose.
I know you mentioned it's 5+ oz with the nose installed; how much of that is the added clay (or whatever)?
James, could you please measure dimensions "a" and "b" on your Estes kit.
That is very likely and common for Estes versions of real rockets and missles, the fins if accurate to scale would make the models difficult to get stable, by increasing the fin sizes a bit its easier to make that happen.Thanks James.
If I got the scaling right then it looks like Estes made larger fins for it's kit.
When I rebuilt an old Pershing, I lengthened the shoulder with a piece of BT, and a small epoxy fillet to the NC. Not sure how much weight it added, but it does make the NC much more secure. Rebuilt weight was a bit over a pound, so I fly it on E28/F24/F35 motors.The nosecone on this model is very long, ~19.5" of the total 41" on the rocket! Adding mass at the shoulder would place it in the wrong location.
James
Any progress on the build?
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