Launch pad design.

Greg Furtman · Dec 6, 2019

Another thing you can use is telescope tripods. I ended up building one of these & it works great. And it puts the bottom of the rocket at a comfortable height for attaching the ignition clips. I ain't as young as I used to be.

https://astrosetz.com/the-everyone-tripod-project/

rocketdoctor99 · Dec 19, 2019

I took 2 2x6 one was a base that the other 2x6 can be mounted onto it so it can tilt. Then I just bought a cheap saw horse. at launches I would attach the base to the saw horse and then tilt the entire pad. The blast defectors where just 4-1/2 cutoff disks that you can get a pack at harbor frieght for 5 bucks.

Wallace · Dec 19, 2019

I like the cutff wheel idea. How well do they hold up? Maybe if Ya have space, a grinding wheel in lieu? 5/8" arbor being the standard leaves allotta options...

AfterBurners · Dec 19, 2019

FlyingMonkey said:
The club LP pads seem to be pretty close to each other. What distance should be the minimum? I'm trying to decide how many I can realistically fit onto my saw horse. Club has 5 but seems sawhorse size isnt universal. View attachment 400025

Was this picture taken at the Santa Fe damn in Calif??

FlyingMonkey · Dec 20, 2019

AfterBurners said:
Was this picture taken at the Santa Fe damn in Calif??

Yes.

AfterBurners · Dec 21, 2019

FlyingMonkey said:
Yes.

I should launch there. Its a lot closer than Lucerne dry lake. Whats the largest motor you can fly? I was just considering HPR on 29's

FlyingMonkey · Dec 24, 2019

AfterBurners said:
I should launch there. Its a lot closer than Lucerne dry lake. Whats the largest motor you can fly? I was just considering HPR on 29's

Single G normally. Smaller during the renaissance fair.
I haven't been to any official launches at Lucerne but we launch when we camp out there.

cwbullet · Dec 24, 2019

I am building another club pad or rack. I will post the design soon. I building one that will take rods and mini/micro rails.

I am going to start with a 4 pad and expand it to 8.

ThreeJsDad · Feb 4, 2020

RFMan said:
Followup to my post #4; here is a picture of the end of the launch pad...the U-bent iron strap is painted blue (extends under pad #1). The lazy Susan bearing is on the other end of the 12' long 2x4 (second photo). The short piece of 2x4 at right angles to the long one presents enough wood to secure all four holes of the lazy Susan bearing, and has two T-brackets for rigidity.

Sorry for the photos...these were taken in about 1987 with a 110 instamatic camera
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The launch pad is cool but that Romulan Warbird is awesome !!

FlyingMonkey · Feb 21, 2020

Been down with a bad back but finally threw this together with stuff I had laying around. Thanks for the ideas!

scadaman29325 · Feb 22, 2020

I like the the box cover blast plate.

FlyingMonkey · Feb 22, 2020

scadaman29325 said:
I like the the box cover blast plate.

I also drilled out a 6x6 tile for the mid power stuff. All leftover parts from random household projects

cwbullet · Feb 22, 2020

FlyingMonkey said:
I also drilled out a 6x6 tile for the mid power stuff. All leftover parts from random household projects

That is a good idea.

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