4" Colonial Viper

4" Dia Colonial Viper. I will be doing this as a semi MK IV. Thanks to Salvage-1posting the picture of the different models. Still missing a few parts from the laser cutter. If there is enough interest I will do a limited kit run of these.

That's a Colonial Viper.

Me Likeeeee!

G.D.

gdiscenza said:

That's a Colonial Viper.

Me Likeeeee!

G.D.

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Yes it is a colonial viper but is not the upscale of the Estes version.

Got a little more done. Got all the tubes attached.

I would be interested in a 4" one, can I trade my 2.6" in??

I'd be interested in your 2.6"

Kevin

jimzcatz said:

I would be interested in a 4" one, can I trade my 2.6" in??

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Kevin,if I can afford the 4", and if Scott releases one,I will sell you mine for what I paid,I will include decals,you pay shipping. C'mon Scott,quit teasing!!

Count me in.

Let him build this one first, so we all know it works. Then he can tell by the ooh's and ahh's just how much of a market there will be. Then there will be the post "who wants one". Then we all reply "Me pls....". Then sometime later we get a 4" one ourselves..

So.. C'mon Scott, quit teasing!!

I will do the 4" kit just might be the original upscale or this one. There is not a lot of differences but enough to make it look a little better in my mind.

Great news. I have enjoyed all the builds of your kits. I am looking forward to this after my deployment.

These unique rockets from estes past are great upscales.

I got the motor mount built and installed. Now I am at stand still till my parts get here from the laser cutters.

Got the pieces between the tubes glued in.

Here is some shots of the entire rocket as far as I can go till parts get here. I will be working on the nose cone to make it hold a altimeter. I will use a cable cutter to do dual deployment on this.

Another one for the wish list...looks great Scott!

Started on the nose cone e-bay.

Nose cone assembled.

Got my laser parts in so now I can start getting the inner tubes ready. Hope to get these installed tonight after work.

Got the inner tubes installed. Also dry fitted the fins that will get mounted later tonight.

Looking REAL nice.!! That shape is very recognizable!!

Looks great Scott. Count me as interested if you move forward with a 4" kit.

MarkH said:

That's a pretty nice setup for a nose cone altimeter bay. How is the fixed part being held in the nose cone? Just wondering because the nose looks like it's plastic and epoxy doesn't adhere to plastic very well.

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I use 1/8" oak dowels into rear centering ring threw the shoulder of the nose cone.

SSenesy said:

Looks great Scott. Count me as interested if you move forward with a 4" kit.

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Stan we are doing the 4" kit, look in the vendor section or on our site.

SSenesy said:

Looks great Scott. Count me as interested if you move forward with a 4" kit.

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The 4" kit has been available for a week now!!

jimzcatz said:

The 4" kit has been available for a week now!!

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So, the kit comes pretty much 'equipped' for clusters? Sweet!

Jim, you still gonna build the little one, or foregoing it for the 4"er?

I bought both. I plan to start with the a small one and work up.

Scott I love the NC av-bay. I've noticed a lot of them lately. I sure like the looks of yours over mine. Did you just modify one of your regular ones?.

cwbullet said:

I bought both. I plan to start with the a small one and work up.

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Chuck, who are you kidding? (Like me) You have so many kits you will never get to them!

dixontj93060 said:

Chuck, who are you kidding? (Like me) You have so many kits you will never get to them!

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I plan to build 2-3 per month starting in August. I can whip through them in a year or so.

bill2654 said:

Scott I love the NC av-bay. I've noticed a lot of them lately. I sure like the looks of yours over mine. Did you just modify one of your regular ones?.

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The sled is made from one of our 2.64 av-bays. The rest is made to fit this nose cone.