What did you do rocket wise today?

Finished two sets of fillets on my WM 4" Lance Beta Friday. One set to go, which won't happen until Tuesday at the earliest (when I get home again).
If I remember, I'll post some pics when the last set is cured.

Vdutel said:

Have a Day off and I was able to clear coat the SM3 Seahawk. I decided I was going out to fly 2 rockets behind local school at soccer field. SR 71 & Spin Fin rockets flew great with no issues. It was only 1 shot for each..
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Love the color scheme of the bottom rocket+the colors are great.

I read some articles in "Sport Rocketry." Does that count?

I dreamt of launching rockets...

Just finished my first "mostly" scratch built rocket ever. I call it Skyfire. The main frame of the rocket was a plastic golf club shaft protector. It is just smaller in diameter then a BT55 tube so I basically had to make my own centering rings with basswood. I traced an actual BT55 centering ring then cut on the inside of the line with my knife and sanded it down to fit. I did install an Apogee heat baffle but was not able to install it if it was in the baffles tube, so I took the three 1/2 circles glued to the spacing piece and glued just that part into the rocket. The fins are basswood. It has a 24 mm motor mount but I will most likely be flying it with an 18 mm adapter and C motors unless I am in a really big field which then I would love to try a D motor. It does have an Estes nose cone which I was able to make fit by stretching the cone end of the rocket by forcing the pointed end of the cone in and applying pressure. It worked well. The rocket comes in at 3.25 oz. w/o motor and 20.5" long .

Attaching the GPS module for an Eggfinder Mini

o1d_dude said:

Been toying with idea of an AMX Bigger Daddy so I found the normal Big Daddy at HL and bought it with the idea of turning it into a 29mm version.

There are a lot of build reports for them an EMRR.

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Big Daddy is a natual for 29 mm conversion. Quite a few, people including me, have done them. It'ts a really good result.

I started prepping my Apogee flying Machine for priming. Will post before and after pics after first coat of primer goes on.

lakeroadster said:

Thanks. I'm at a loss though as to some folks negativity toward it. Doesn't fit the mold I guess. Being called an idiot.. and the "groan" comments..

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Back in the beginning of your thread, with all that debate over the safety code, I still think folks are right that it's debatable. I also think it's OK, and certainly it is on your own land with lots of space around. The negative comments are kind of understandable, if not helpful. The personal comments are just plain out of line; you're not an idiot.

lakeroadster said:

Thanks. I'm at a loss though as to some folks negativity toward it. Doesn't fit the mold I guess. Being called an idiot.. and the "groan" comments..

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The groan was a response to a pun, not your rocket.

neil_w said:

The groan was a response to a pun, not your rocket.

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I see, said the blind man, as he picked up his hammer, and saw.

Thanks Neil... and my apology to o1d_dude

lakeroadster said:

I see, said the blind man, as he picked up his hammer, and saw.

Thanks Neil... and my apology to o1d_dude

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One bright night, in the middle of the day
Two dead boys began to play
Back to back, they faced each other
Drew their swords and shot each other
The deaf policeman heard the noise
And came and killed those two dead boys
Don't believe me? I swear it's true!
Just ask the blind man, he saw it, too!

Got the WAC painted like I said. Didn't turn out too bad, need to do some little touch-ups to the black and the masking tape peeled the white in a couple of places but with white primer its really hard to see. Going to let the Krylon dry for a few days, then fix it up with the airbrush... Or maybe not. Like I said, its really hard to see!

Pics:

Finished assembly of my first rocket with 3D printed components. The NC and fin can are printed and the BT is LOC 38mm. It includes a 29mm MMT with a threaded retainer printed onto the end of the fin can. Weight shown is without any altimeter and I'm waiting for the nomex to arrive. Should be a solid MPR. I designed the rocket to fly on Aerotech hobbyline motors. Once this rocket successfully flies on a G76 I will design V2 that will accommodate 6-grain 29mm motors. An I200 would take me to over M1.1. I want to see how much this printed design can take.

Fins went on the Punisher 3

I did some sanding on the 1st layer of primer on my Punisher nosecone and the 1st color coat on a Wildman Mini. It was too windy to paint today, so I didn't get the next coats laid down. I also epoxied the motor mount of my Saberhawk in place. I'll probably secure the fins of that rocket with Rocketpoxy when I do the external fillets on the Punisher.

Finished my 38/29 adapter.

Painted another Mach 1 Black Hole, 24mmt, DD.
Still printing last Saturn V part.
Got ready to paint a 18mmt Saturn V
Built the 4 engine fairings for the 52nd scale Saturn V.
Built the fin can for a 24mmt Saturn V.
Built the coupler, bulk heads and AV bay for the 24mt Black Hole.

Bondo Spot puttied LOC 2.6” Amraam nose cone. Sanded it down after. 2x coats of primer and sanding in between. Shot first coat of white.

Drilled shear pin holes, avionics bay vents, body tube and payload tube vents. Installed brass shear pin strips in booster tube. Drilled avionics bay and payload tube and Installed weld nuts in avionics bay for attachment. Installed mobius camera shroud.

Filled spirals on payload bay tube. Primed and sanded x2.

and the least favorite thing...filled and sanded booster tube. Sanded. Primed. Called it a night..busy day.

She's getting close to done- just needs a cleanup, add vinyl decal and clear coat.

Ordered from Mach1 Rocketry a 54mm Red Shift with decals and included the AV bay upgrade set up for 9v battery and RRC2 altimeter.

I tried very hard not to order a F/G "Bigger Daddy" from Animal Works Pro X but there was a "call-first" advisory on their website. It was only $119 and the Big P said we would be in lockdown for at least another 30 days...

Fiberglass rockets build so much quicker than cardboard with all that seam filling, sanding, reinforcing, etc.

tOD said:

Attaching the GPS module for an Eggfinder MiniView attachment 410711

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Nice looking soldering job.

Able to get my BSD Thor fin can all tacked together.

Greg Furtman said:

Nice looking soldering job.

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Thanks Greg. I finished it yesterday and tested it today. The reported coordinates, when plugged in to Google Earth show the position of my side years. Looks like success. Those 805 size resistors are challenging

Greg Furtman said:

Nice looking soldering job.

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Thanks Greg. Tested it just now and it's reporting the coordinates of my house when plugged in to Google Earth. I think soldering the RF module was the most difficult part of the build. This is my second Mini and Cris pre-programmed it to the same frequency as my other one

I finally got some time to sand and prime my 3" MAC Pluto SLAM:

tOD said:

Thanks Greg. I finished it yesterday and tested it today. The reported coordinates, when plugged in to Google Earth show the position of my side years. Looks like success. Those 805 size resistors are challenging

Thanks Greg. Tested it just now and it's reporting the coordinates of my house when plugged in to Google Earth. I think soldering the RF module was the most difficult part of the build. This is my second Mini and Cris pre-programmed it to the same frequency as my other one

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Yup, those tiny components are tough. That's why I went to solder paste & hot air reflow. A little dab of paste on each pad, place the component as good as you can, and use hot air to activate the paste. If you have the component off a little bit the surface tension of the molten paste will pull it into alignment which is pretty cool to see.

I fire up every SJ9000 1080P Action Camera I own, continuing to work with multiple cameras for model rocketry applications. Dive into Avidemux and Vegas Movie Studio Picture-in-Picture settings.
#SJ9000 #4K #ActionCam #1080P #VegasMovieStudio #Avidemux

I’ve been arguing with myself over ordering a fiberglass “Bigger Daddy” from Animal Works today...and I bought an Estes Big Daddy from the Lobby about three weeks ago which led to the need for a larger HPR stubby rocket.

I’ve already ordered a Mach 1 Red Shift, an Estes Sprint XL, and there are a Toby V Cherokee H and a Mach 1 Chimera 65 (still in the delivery box) out in the workshop.

And I’m also considering ordering an Eggfinder “whole enchilada” tracker/gps system with black aero handheld case...

It’s only money and YOLO, right?

Looking for some enabling here...

o1d_dude said:

I’ve been arguing with myself over ordering a fiberglass “Bigger Daddy” from Animal Works today...and I bought an Estes Big Daddy from the Lobby about three weeks ago which led to the need for a larger HPR stubby rocket.

I’ve already ordered a Mach 1 Red Shift, an Estes Sprint XL, and there are a Toby V Cherokee H and a Mach 1 Chimera 65 (still in the delivery box) out in the workshop.

And I’m also considering ordering an Eggfinder “whole enchilada” tracker/gps system with black aero handheld case...

It’s only money and YOLO, right?

Looking for some enabling here...

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Go for the Eggfinder. Just finished my second Mini. Get the Black Aero case.

o1d_dude said:

I’ve been arguing with myself over ordering a fiberglass “Bigger Daddy” from Animal Works today...and I bought an Estes Big Daddy from the Lobby about three weeks ago which led to the need for a larger HPR stubby rocket.

I’ve already ordered a Mach 1 Red Shift, an Estes Sprint XL, and there are a Toby V Cherokee H and a Mach 1 Chimera 65 (still in the delivery box) out in the workshop.

And I’m also considering ordering an Eggfinder “whole enchilada” tracker/gps system with black aero handheld case...

It’s only money and YOLO, right?

Looking for some enabling here...

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Social distancing requires more rockets to build- simple physics. More rockets to launch increases the risk of losing one- simple math. Not wanting to distance oneself from one's rockets requires a tracker- simple logic. I don't know about you, but I'm feeling enabled already.