Lol upon reflection it looks like your exactly right! Although, a google search shows it looks like a common mistake. I hope the altimeter in the payload section will balance it out.
Awesome, I’m glad to hear that! This will be my first build using an altimeter. I didn’t have the heart to punch holes in my other builds and being new didn’t realize that was required to get accurate measurements. Thanks again for the insight!It will be perfectly fine - I build my 2nd one with the fins backwards on purpose because the first one flew so well that way Sadly #1 if was lost when I got greedy on an f motor
Thanks! Glad to be here it’s a great resource with lots of supportive folks.Looks very nice Ablative! Like Andy said the backward fins will make zero difference performance-wise, and they look kinda cool like that.
Welcome to the Forum, by the way!
I’m psyched to send it up on an E12-4. It was a great kit that’s why I wanted to spruce it up a little. I spent almost as much on the decals as the kit cost because I wanted to do it justice. This was my first build where I broke significantly from the face card scheme. I’ll try and follow up with a video of the launch. Thanks so much for the encouragement. I love that this hobby teaches you patience and mindfulness and that there is always something to improve upon on the next build just like life itself.Magician is a fantastic flier! An E9 or E12 can send it ~1/4 mile
Don't worry about the backward fins, the CP change is negligible
Lol I dig the kitty clock it was my wife’s ideaIt’s a nice looking bird, even if the kitty clock doesn’t want to look at it!
Hope you have a great flight and a soft recovery, so it stays looking good!
I’m psyched to send it up on an E12-4.
Would a spill hole on the standard chute be enough to keep it reasonable?Go one size down on the chute, or use a streamer. It hangs up there.
Go luck!
Would a spill hole on the standard chute be enough to keep it reasonable?
Thanks for taking the time to look at the post and giving analysis. That makes perfect sense and thinking back I remember thinking the engine felt a little tighter than usual when sliding into the motor mount. I’ve just been lucky up to this point to not have it happen to me! Funny thing was I had my brother in law with me that day who I’ve been trying to get in the hobby and he got to witness a wide range of launch outcomes that day lol. The magician cato’d, my v2 broke some chute lines and managed to fall in the road and narrowly missed getting obliterated by a truck, and the goblin I had resurrected after landing in a pond functioned flawlessly lol.Unfortunately you've had a CATO
It can happen when the motor is stored in a hot place and the case expands more than the propellant. When cooked down (may be a cold launch day), there can be space between propellant and case that gives more burn area and over pressures the motor. These 24mm Es can be susceptible.
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