My Madcow Aerobee-Hi came in today!!!
After much anticipation anxiety, it finally arrived!!!!
My first Madcow rocket!
Well.....Good thing it showed up on a Saturday, when I was off....
I had to stop the USPS driver to tell her I had a package, she was flying by and said "nothing for you today"....
She backed up and obviously frustrated that she had to stop, forcefully pulled my wedged package out of the back of her mail truck and gave me THIS....
Then she hurried off as if she was too bothered to have to stop....
Got it inside and opened it up and thankfully no damage!!!
Madcow's packaging was perfect!!!
The rocket was sealed in a plastic bag and the only damage was minor but it was caused by the fact that the fins were stacked on top of the bottom body tube and caused a little ding...totally insignificant to the build.
Here's the parts laid out..
Has a nice chute chord and all the parts fit well and the body tubes are nothing to complain about!!!
No excessive "rats in a gunny sack" texture....I've seen MUCH worse and the spiral seams.....no complaints!
One thing that I didn't catch is the fact that it didn't come with a motor retainer, but I was thinking of upgrading the motor tube to a longer 58mm MM and adding another centering ring, still figuring this one out!
Here's the dry mock-up....
Seems like a light simple rocket, well made, well packaged, much potential!!
Not disappointed!!!
S.S.