What did you do rocket wise today?

Set up my Missileworks RTX system. The transmitter and battery are attached to a sled that can be moved between different rockets, using a common bolt pattern to attach it. Hopefully later today I can send my daught out with the transmitter for an epic outdoor match of hide and seek.

ouisconsin rocket said:

Earned my level 1 Cert at the Tripoli MN #45 launch today.

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Mailman said:

Successfully flew my L1 on my first attempt yesterday @ Tripoli mid-Ohio. Mach 1 Alien Interceptor on H97, stratologgerCF with rocketman streamer for drogue and a thin-mil topflight main. I owe a big shoutout to the forum and all you crazy rocket people for helping me waste countless hours learning anything and everything I needed to know about this new found addiction. See you on the flight line!View attachment 382810

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A good weekend all around! Congrats to you both.

BDB said:

It won’t stay fully inflated for 30 min! We looked crazy blowing up our rocket on the launch pad today. But it flew!!

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Y'know, I've often imagined the desisgn inspiration for that rocket. Two guys are sitting on a couch, stoned and watching The Big Lebowski. One says "How about a rocket that looks like a giant joint?" "Yeah, would make it, like, inflatable! But what do we call it?" "Duuude!"

I received a Grave Danger kit in the mail this morning. I requested a 4th plywood fin from Bill at Mercury Engineering, along with a 14" long additional 3" tube and connector. I inverted the 4 fins and after extending the rocket 14", I will probably add basswood strakes. (my usual MO) I suppose, given the inversion of fins, I will have to call this one the "Dave Granger"

Yesterday I re-ran the main parachute ejection test on the BBII with more black powder, this time getting a pass. The rocket is now airworthy.

I also got my wife and daughters to go hide with the RTx transmitter, while I used the ground station to find them. What I didn't expect was my daughters thought that was the greatest game ever invented, and we all ended up playing four rounds of neighborhood hide and seek. My wife even took a couple turns finding us, using the tracker ground station. Fun times.

filled some spirals for the Sirius Saturn V ,..

Started my build thread on Ausrocketry for the 001969 Estes Saturn V kit: https://forum.ausrocketry.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6278

Flyfalcons said:

Yesterday I re-ran the main parachute ejection test on the BBII with more black powder, this time getting a pass. The rocket is now airworthy.

I also got my wife and daughters to go hide with the RTx transmitter, while I used the ground station to find them. What I didn't expect was my daughters thought that was the greatest game ever invented, and we all ended up playing four rounds of neighborhood hide and seek. My wife even took a couple turns finding us, using the tracker ground station. Fun times.

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Amateur radio clubs used to have 'Fox Hunts'. I wonder if they do that anymore?

Trying to finish several projects at the same time.

Mike

The larger Saturn V rocket looks to be 4 inch diameter is it ? And if it is, where did you get that kit ?

Gerald said:

The larger Saturn V rocket looks to be 4 inch diameter is it ? And if it is, where did you get that kit ?

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Looks like an Apogee kit to me... is it..?

ouisconsin rocket said:

Earned my level 1 Cert at the Tripoli MN #45 launch today.

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Welcome to HPR . . . !



Dave F.

Mailman said:

Successfully flew my L1 on my first attempt yesterday @ Tripoli mid-Ohio. Mach 1 Alien Interceptor on H97, stratologgerCF with rocketman streamer for drogue and a thin-mil topflight main. I owe a big shoutout to the forum and all you crazy rocket people for helping me waste countless hours learning anything and everything I needed to know about this new found addiction. See you on the flight line!

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Welcome to HPR . . . !



Dave F.

It's the Apogee. The 3.90 Mercury Redstone is Boyce.

Mike

for today, Sirius Saturn V insides... and some other Saturn buddies in the finishing process...

Also, this one has been waiting too long, so had to start it...

Wally Ferrer said:

Also, this one has been waiting too long, so had to start it...

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Sorry, I couldn't resist . . . LOL !

That's some funny stuff even today. They don't do comedy like that anymore.

Mike

MikeT said:

That's some funny stuff even today. They don't do comedy like that anymore.

Mike

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Yup good old days. Now if Steve tried this he would be blasted for "Culture appropriation" and "Racism" for a white guy portraying an Egyptian.

Signed up for ROCKETRY FORUM SECRET SANTA!

Join in, its fun!

Gerald said:

Now if Steve tried this he would be blasted for "Culture appropriation" and "Racism" for a white guy portraying an Egyptian.

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Or maybe for its being juvenile and stupid, but I guess that's just me.

Opened package from Eggtimer. Working on motor wish list for NYPower. Wallet screaming in pain.

Ordered motors for NSL2019 from rocketryworks.com and finished Maximum Ultra:

Maximum Ultra
https://bit.ly/maximumultra

Zeroignite said:

I joined the NAR.

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Community is important. Welcome and thanks. Join and support your local club too!

Incompletely assembled my sort-of-scale 4" 260 Space Booster. Other than the tubes this was completely scratch-built. Nose cone is foam covered in fiberglass; centering rings (5) and bulkhead discs (4) cut and turned on a drill press from 1/4" plywood. Transitions for the fake nozzle from several layers of epoxy-coated cardstock and will be fiberglassed. I think I need to cut the upper airframe a little shorter.

https://bit.ly/smoothultratube

https://bit.ly/ycp24mmfincan2

I pondered building this, that's what I did. Hmm... decisions decisions....

RocketT.Coyote said:

Also visited the Cosmodrome website. They haven't updated it in four years. The X-15 model kit they were working on would have been a nice addition to my fleet.

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I've been meaning to update it for a while, but I'm trying to get all the kits back in stock, get some more prototypes flying, build a 50W laser cutter, try to design a small plastic injection machine...

I will get back to the X-15. I've been putting it off because I haven't been able to get it prefect. This is not an easy kit to make look good, not be too difficult to build and make it so I don't have to put a ton of time into kitting. Now that I've got a 3D printer I can build the molds I need for the vac-formed parts. Once I get the laser working that should help too. If the plastic injection machine works that would do it, if not I can always cast the parts or maybe vac-form them.

If someone could work on a cloning machine for me that would help.

Started a BMS/Alway Saturn V:

Rapidly becoming my favorite kit of all time. Should be done in 3 or 4 days. Laters.

cosmodrome said:

I've been meaning to update it for a while, but I'm trying to get all the kits back in stock, get some more prototypes flying, build a 50W laser cutter, try to design a small plastic injection machine...

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You probably know this already, but Vince Gingery, son of Dave Gingery of the Make-a-metal-shop-from-scrap books, wrote a short book on making a small plastic injection molding attachment for a drill press. Apparently handles a bit more than half an ounce of plastic. Requires a metal lathe to machine some parts. The drill press simply provides the force for injection.

Best -- Terry