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I recently got the Hurricane 38 from Rocketry Warehouse and thought I would do a build thread since I have not posted in a while, I started by cleaning everything and gluing the centering rings 1/8 inch from the ends of the motor tube, the motor tube is really short. Once the centering...

I picked up a project pack from Darryl Hankes a while back and while off work for some minor heart surgery here is what I came up with.Madcow nose cone with a shoulder added to match the body tubes diameter. another shot of the nose cone The business end,internal fillets are epoxy and...

Started my Vindicator earlier in the week,here are a few photos as I go along,first up was the nosecone,marked the coupler,I installed the Eye bolt into the bulk plate and epoxied it into the coupler.The eye bolt is 1/4 inch stainless steel with a lock nut on the back side. I used...

Got the sustainer of the Quantum Leap finished,a little more work and the booster will be done,I will post a pic of it all together once the booster is done.

Latest scratch build,2 24mm motor mounts,22.6 ozs fully loaded. :)

I worked my first launch today for about 30 scouts and the Civil Air Patrol was there as well.I ran my butt off and had a cert flight at the launch for another member,which the kids loved!! We do USLI,Scouts,TARC, and CAP. Is there any other hobby who does so much work with kids??? Thanks to all...

Got these pics of a Nike Hercules today thought some of you guys might find them useful!

The wife and kids were out of town some this week,so I decided to get one out of the ever growing build pile!

The Krylon Dual™ Paint + Primer ?? If so what were your results?? Ronald

Home made HPR pad,all stainless steel,powder coated black.What do you guys think about it? It is a little on the heavy side but not too bad,can be set up by one person.Thanks to my Dad for all the work he put into it!!

I usually seal my balsa fins with CA glue,but while working on an Estes Interceptor,I was thinking,that is gonna take a lot of CA.I have a brand new can of Deft semi-gloss brushing lacquer.Has anyone tried to use something like this as a sanding sealer?? I tested it on some scrap and it seems to...

Just finished up a dual deploy Arctic Wolf from K & S,nice kit and a fun build the avbay is cool.Here are a few pics.

Just finished up a dual deploy Arctic Wolf from K & S,nice kit and a fun build the avbay is cool.Here are a few pics. Post copied to gallery with permission

Gas 50.00 Snacks 18.00 Motors 30.00 Watching your 12 year old daughters first mid power flight,priceless!! No other pics :( you can tell she is nervous,first flight G-64 second flight G-71 both perfect flights!! :) Rocket is a LOC Vulcanite.

A few photos of the Quantum Leap as the build comes along.If there is any interest I will post more. booster and interstage coupler booster,interstage coupler and bottom of sustainer

I seen a few posts on the forum about issues with delays in the G-71's,flew a vulcanite yesterday on a G71-7R,and got no ejection,had a camera attached to the rocket and just after burnout you can here a pop,after getting back what was left I disassembled the motor to find the delay grain...

Attempting my level one tomorrow with my PML Amraam 4 on either an I-161 or a I-357 wish me luck guys!!!!

I started this build yesterday converting a Launch Pad Nike Ajax to fly on F and G motors. cutting the centering rings,just using regular 1/4" Birch thats what I had on hand.The circle cutter has been modified to cut both the inside and outside of the centering ring. after they are...

Thought I would post a few pics of my near full scale Arcas,it is 4" in diameter and 8 feet tall,a little taller but a little smaller in diameter than the real thing.What do you guys think? fin can bottom of main body fin can removed fin can

Ok so the Nike Ajax is one of my fave rockets,just got a kit from Sirius with intentions of modifying it to fly on F and G motors.I think I am gonna glass the tubes,install a 29mm motor mount,make ply fins and centering rings etc etc. But I think the lower body tube may be too short,I will have...