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They are prosciutto. Bacon turns out not to be stiff enough even for LPR (unless you cook it crisp, but I worry about exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons).
Okay, it's official. You are my "go to" if I ever decide to build an edible rocket. :D
 
Spent a lot of time sanding off too much CWF off of a body tube. However, it was less than the last time I tried to fill spirals. Eventually I'll figure out that the CWF only needs to go in the grooves and as little else as possible elsewhere. The entire tube doesn't need to be swimming in it. :)
 
Spent a lot of time sanding off too much CWF off of a body tube. However, it was less than the last time I tried to fill spirals. Eventually I'll figure out that the CWF only needs to go in the grooves and as little else as possible elsewhere. The entire tube doesn't need to be swimming in it. :)

Life is too short to fill and sand spirals.
 
Just commissioned the 7hp reverse-cycle aircon in my workshop. Had to complete the plumbing, vac out and add some gas. It has only taken me three years to get that completed :(.

Now I will organise some cool-room panels to insulate the place. Oh, and I suppose I need a door now too.
 
Prosciutto and Pringles? Don't forget the Prilosec. I have a feeling you're gonna need it.:D

Milled some more cured meat this morning.

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I think I did the math right. These should be as near to scale (per Peter Alway's drawing of the WAC Corporal) as I can get with the Shapeoko and some pretty dodgy plywood. I decide to be more aggressive this time, and mill the edges down to less than 0.1 mm. I expect to break at least one, trying to get it off the spoiler so I made an extra set.
 
Making progress in tiny little nanobites... created a motor mount and made fin guides for a kit. I also joined a local launch club. Now I know the difference between NAR Account numbers and NAR Numbers.
 

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Successfully printed an ST8 (~23mm) nosecone with shoulder in one piece.

Gets a little funky towards the tip, but I am happy with the surface finish.

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Sanded and glued fins. It's amazing just how much fins can alter the appearance of a tube.
 

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My 150 scale Saturn V. I have a model that is complete. But, I still need to see if it can fly. I have to balance CG and CP, weigh the rocket, determine the motors it can fly on and what parachute size is needed for recovery.
#apollo11 #apollo50th

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Successfully printed an ST8 (~23mm) nosecone with shoulder in one piece.

Gets a little funky towards the tip, but I am happy with the surface finish.

Nice!

Try printing two or more together. The extra cooling time will help the tips a lot.
 
Nice!

Try printing two or more together. The extra cooling time will help the tips a lot.

Thanks. I wonder if there is a print setting that will provide the same benefit?

The surface is pretty, but the the inside of the cone looks like a black widow's web. I thought I'd figured out this filament (SunTop PLA). It was mostly clean on the smaller stuff for which I've used it, but something about this print made it stringy.

It is also really hard. If the rocket comes down ballistically, I am afraid it'll be an armor-piercing lawn dart.
 
Pulled tape off the Nike Smoke and finished the booster section on the Air Commander. Got a Saturn V and Little Joe II coming in on Tuesday. Can’t wait to start those.
 

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I built my 1:110 scale LEGO Saturn V. (consisting of 1969 total pieces)
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I built my 1:110 scale LEGO Saturn V. (consisting of 1969 total pieces)

EDIT (PS There is a video on YouTube of someone making this LEGO rocket a flying model rocket)
 
Finished my build of the US Rockets Christmas Rocket and got on a coat of primer. Also finished up the Majestic I got for $12.50 at Hobby Lobby. Started work for a vintage Starbird I got on Ebay. It's old enough to have die-cast fins instead of laser cut. I've seen some changes since returning after 20 years away from the hobby, but laser cut fins is right up there with the best improvements.
 
Oh bummer. :(

It was a beautiful rocket and looked great going up...

It was beautiful going up. My best two stage to date.

I build them to fly. And I took a risk with this one. The Eggfinder Mini failed during prep - bad battery wire. So I flew relying on the big streamer. Which I think carried it father than I anticipated. By a lot.

I’m feeling the loss of the hardware and Proton, too - but I really liked how this one came out.
 
In a race towards the Apollo 11 50th anniversary, things don't always go as planned. This cool 1/150th scale DIY Saturn V exceeds expectation going up. Flying on an Aerotech E30-4 to over 500 feet. But a scorched chute on the way down totals the rocket. The stand-by Estes 1/100th scale delivers. Flying on an Aerotech F44-4 to over 400 feet and three giant parachutes open successfully. Shotokutech completes the two missions from the June Rocketry update. What to do next?
#apollo50th #apollo11
 
I got home from my work trip at 6pm today, so I missed out on making a club launch. I did celebrate the Apollo anniversary by launching my old #2001 Saturn V on a D12-3 in the horse pasture.20190720_194257.jpg
 
I received my level 1 cert card in the mail on 20 July 2019. That's something only folks on this forum can appreciate.

You can tell people that you received your L1 cert card on "July 20, 1969 plus 50." (At my club's launch yesterday, that is how many were filling out the date on their launch cards.)
 
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