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YO
I know your a pro at bulding.
I still want to give you a heads up.
Play close attention to the decal with the word NAVY on it. Its easy to get the left on the right and visa versa.
Myself and I see other pics here that got them switched up.
You can see on mine how it affected the top decal spacing.
Anywhoo------:confused2:
Have Fun. This is a sweet flyer.
 
Hey, I just bought one of these. Maybe I'll throw it together before next month's launch. Drag Race????????? (I build everything with 24mm motors lately).
 
I see you are upgrading the tail shroud to 110lb card stock. Good idea. Coating the stock shroud with CA is not enough. I ended up replacing the tail shroud on mine. When I did, I slotted the shroud and added tabs to the fin roots to reach the motor tube, making it a TTW fin mount. Much sturdier than the shroud mounted fins. This is a very cool looking rocket when finished. The decals are challenging, but they make a huge impact.

Quest-Tomahawk-missile.jpg
 
Hi guys,
I'm doing my act on a cruise ship and the internet connections are slower than a bad dial-up! This will be quick!

Thanks Scotty Dog, I'll keep an eye out on the decals.
Wanye, I may not be at the next Tampa TTRA, I've got a show that night.
We'll have to drag race another day.
Foose4string - I'm going to be doing some alterations on this one. Thanks for the advice!

I've started it on the blog, engine mount is in progress now.
www.modelrocketbuilding.blogspot.com
 
I ordered one of these today. Your blog was what prompted the purchase and will be pretty handy at build time!:)
 
The Quest Tomahawk SLCM is finished!

https://modelrocketbuilding.blogspot.com/

Next up is the SCAVENGER
a scratch build using only stuff from the parts box - no order!

It's built around the Quest 50mm tubing and the Valentine's Day plastic flute glass nose cone from last year.
Should be a fun build, stop by!

Quest Tomahawk J 014_WEB.jpg

Plastic Nose Cone Glass 014_WEB.jpg
 
I like!:cool:
Mine arrived with the Long Tom yesterday. Unfortunately, as it sat in a warehouse someplace or while in transit it must have been subjected to a lot of humidity, because the decal sheet was stuck to the instructions and all the major stripe decals were shot.:mad: So, for this one, I've came-up with markings of the Tomahawk in testing phase and will build it as that and just order another build as it is in the kit. I wish I could find the "Nav-Air" logo I'd seen on one of the test phase photos, it looked pretty cool!
 
SteveA said:
Unfortunately, as it sat in a warehouse someplace or while in transit it must have been subjected to a lot of humidity, because the decal sheet was stuck to the instructions and all the major stripe decals were shot.
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Mine had that problem too.

I went ahead and scanned them and fixed them as best as I could in photoshop. And, since I was printing them on my own decal stock, I went ahead and printed big patches of red and blue for the lower section and fins. That gave me a perfect match for the color, even if it was less than trivial to get them in place. Here.
 
When I made mine a couple of years ago ,everything was OK ,but i did use thin styrene plastic to make the scoop.

AND yes...those decals are a test of ones patience !!!!

Yours turned out very nice, I must say !


Paul T
 
SteveA said:
I like!:cool:
Mine arrived with the Long Tom yesterday. Unfortunately, as it sat in a warehouse someplace or while in transit it must have been subjected to a lot of humidity, because the decal sheet was stuck to the instructions and all the major stripe decals were shot.:mad: So, for this one, I've came-up with markings of the Tomahawk in testing phase and will build it as that and just order another build as it is in the kit. I wish I could find the "Nav-Air" logo I'd seen on one of the test phase photos, it looked pretty cool!
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I bought an Quest Navaho AGM that had stuck decals. I e-mailed Nettie at quest, and received a new set within a week. Try it.
 
hcmbanjo said:
The Quest Tomahawk SLCM is finished!

https://modelrocketbuilding.blogspot.com/

Next up is the SCAVENGER
a scratch build using only stuff from the parts box - no order!

It's built around the Quest 50mm tubing and the Valentine's Day plastic flute glass nose cone from last year.
Should be a fun build, stop by!
Click to expand...

Thats a great looking cruise missile :) have you flown it yet?
Cheers
fred
 
Yes, I've flown the Tomahawk twice already.
Once with an Estes B6-4. The Quest instructions say it reached 280' with the B6-4.
It's a much better flight with the C6-5. They say 600' with that engine.

Others have written their flights are arrow straight.
Mine has been very stable. During the coast phase it starts to cone a bit.

It's already loaded up for next week's TTRA launch in Tampa, FL.
 
I'm glad that you've flown it and it was a stable fight. I began mine this weekend and was sitting there looking at the air scoop wondering how much it would act as an air brake.

Lots of shimming of the motor mount and centering rings on mine. And the jury is in, me and paper boat tails do not get along. I knew I should have printed another off on more rigid card stock. Now I have a dent.:mad:
 
Just picked one up. I was thinking of venting the air intake scoop to the back of the engine housing just to reduce the buildup of air around the intake.
As far as converting this beauty into a glider recovery........we shall see.
 
I believe the forward "wings" affect stability more than the scoop does. Even so, I got some pretty good flights out of mine. As far as converting for glide recovery, I don't think it's possible. Wings are far too small to get any appreciable glide.
 
I was very tempted to order one of these during the Quest annual 40% off sale, but they wanted $11 to ship it, so I passed.
But, the LHS has started carrying Quest kits, maybe I'll see if they've got one next time I'm there. :) Now that I hear how good a flier it is, it's on my list of "kits to get at some indeterminate point in the future."
Let's see, that would be... I think 16th place in the build queue. :eek: Must finish some rockets!
 
foose4string said:
I believe the forward "wings" affect stability more than the scoop does. Even so, I got some pretty good flights out of mine. As far as converting for glide recovery, I don't think it's possible. Wings are far too small to get any appreciable glide.
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It would be difficult to install scale versions of the real front and rear wings/fins. I've tried to do some work on this in Openrocket and it's proven to be extremely touchy in weight balance, wing placement, launch conditions, launch angle, and velocity at apogee when the gliding would start.

In short, the real deal was a shitty glider, and the model is also.
 

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