1:1 Nike Smoke - Launching this Sunday @ Havoc in the Paddock (Feb 9)

[Hobie1dog]

Fantastic, thanks for the pics and video.

 

[jqavins]

Time for some thread necro... The Nike is flying again in 2023, this time it's on an R (yes R) motor...

March 5, 2023 - Orini, Waikato, New Zealand

Get your travel on.

Oh, to be wealthy. "Drop everything Honey, we're going half way around the world to watch a model rocket go up." Seriously, I'd be there if I could.

 

[spigalau]

T-6 days to launch...







And yes - that's the mobile launch rail system being used for this launch.

 

[spigalau]

 

[Hobie1dog]

There was no one filming closer to the rocket?

 

[David Schwantz]

What's the safe distance for a "R" motor?

Safe distance table shows 2000'

 

[spigalau]

There was no one filming closer to the rocket?

If you are on Facebook, check out 'New Zealand Rocketry Association' there is some closer footage posted there.

 

[Ethan]

Video (Craig Packard)


Photo (Paul Hickman)

 

[spigalau]

Thanks Ethan.

 

[rfjustin]

Beautiful motor and flight!

 

[Hobie1dog]

If you are on Facebook, check out 'New Zealand Rocketry Association' there is some closer footage posted there.

Will do, thanks.

 

[mrwalsh85]

Am I the only one wondering how the flatbed truck fared?

 

[Ethan]

Am I the only one wondering how the flatbed truck fared?

It's in mint condition, just a bit of heat damage to the plate


We had plywood deflectors everywhere else and a welding blanket over the cab. No damage. You can see them below

 

[mrwalsh85]

Now, that's a license plate to be proud of!!

 

[AlexBruccoleri]

Wow this is awesome. Beautiful rocket, flight and scenery!

 

[RokitFlyr]

George, is that a Cosmodrome kit?
Think I recognize the nosecone. Did my L-1 with that rocket 20 yrs. ago.

 

[jqavins]

Look at the launch rod and the grass blades for scale. That's clearly an LP kit.

 

[georgegassaway]

George, is that a Cosmodrome kit?
Think I recognize the nosecone. Did my L-1 with that rocket 20 yrs. ago.

It's a pic I found googling to show an example of a real Nike-Smoke model.

Estes had a 3" diameter Nike Smoke 12 years or so back, this might be that.

I highly cropped the pic width & height to maximize the image of the rocket, it was sitting on a launch rack, rods on both sides.

 

[RokitFlyr]

I have the Estes kit. This one has a more rounded shoulder on the nose. Looks like the huge balsa nosecone from Cosmodrome.
Thanks

 

[RokitFlyr]

Look at the launch rod and the grass blades for scale. That's clearly an LP kit.

Unless it's a 1/4" rod, which the Cosmodrome kit uses. 29mm, mmt MP.
I was just thinking out loud......

 

[jqavins]

Unless it's a 1/4" rod, which the Cosmodrome kit uses. 29mm, mmt MP.

Yeah, but the grass, and the clothes pin under the rocket. It don't look like no MPR to me.

 

[RokitFlyr]

Ok.........?
Whatever floats yer boat.

 

[Titan II]

This "was" a good thread.

 

[RokitFlyr]

Agreed.......

 

[jqavins]

It was claimed to be a "1:1" model . . . That "opened the door to comparison" . . . It is NOT "1:1", as illustrated by the data I and George posted . . . Simple facts.

You have a pattern on this prickly behavior on TRF, this isn't a one off, this your MO, and I called you out on it, deal with it...

You're both right. Dave, you have earned a reputation for prickliness, and Justin I think you're responding to that reputation more than to what Dave wrote this time.

 

[gdjsky01]

Wow. A great team launch a great rocket, and some people have to BCM about it? Wow. Just wow. Don't you two have some RCP you need to nit-pick over?

 

[AlexBruccoleri]

Are there pictures of the recovery of this flight? I would love to see more technical details of the rocket. Also that launch site is unreal beautiful. Any details or more pics would be fun to see.

 

[bad_idea]

Would you scale purists please bugger off and create your own thread instead of pissing on this one?

 

[AlexBruccoleri]

Would you scale purists please bugger off and create your own thread instead of pissing on this one?

A discussion on what constitutes a "scale" rockets is better off in the scale section of the forum. Maybe the moderators will move the posts from this thread to a new one. I might even chime in there, but on this thread, it would be nice to stay on topic. Anyway I am excited to see more pictures and learn more about this rocket, the team and the club in New Zealand.

 

[Titan II]

Anyway I am excited to see more pictures and learn more about this rocket, the team and the club in New Zealand.

They have a rather comprehensive website.