jetra2
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Hi all,
I've decided on my fall/early winter project. I will be building a 3" diameter IQSY Tomahawk! I have chosen this rocket for several reasons.
1. It looks WAY cool when finished.
2. It's scale - I'll get to practice my detailing!
3. It's not as complex as the 29mm Tres.
You may ask why #3 is so important to me. Well, this is my first semester at school that I am going to have to balance 4 classes (College Algebra, Ethics, Western Humanities 2, and Geometry) along with my job and rockets. I told myself that I would like to do an impressively sized project, but not a complex project so that I could still balance school (with good grades) and my job.
This Tomahawk will be 33.6% scale when based of of 3" mailing tube. I will likely buy a Performance Rocketry fiberglass nose cone or a Sandman Special - not decided on that yet. It all comes down to availibility.
The fins will be 3/16" ply (closest to scale thickness). They will be a TRUE TTW attachment. What I mean by that is that the slots will not be all the way back in the tube - they will be popped thru the fin slot.
It'll have a 38mm motor mount for up to high-I, low J motors. I'm still going to keep it light enough so that on a G40-80 it will still get 500+ feet, but strong enough so that it can take a I357 when the time comes .
I have found many resources, like the scale drawings done my G. Harry Stine, and will be using them throughout the build to make a very, very, VERY close to scale rocket.
I'm off to do the math. Gotta multiply a BUNCH of dimensions...eek!
Don't worry though, the 29mm Tres is still on the back burner - it'll be my spring project...how's a TRF Meet 2005 first launch sound?
Jason
I've decided on my fall/early winter project. I will be building a 3" diameter IQSY Tomahawk! I have chosen this rocket for several reasons.
1. It looks WAY cool when finished.
2. It's scale - I'll get to practice my detailing!
3. It's not as complex as the 29mm Tres.
You may ask why #3 is so important to me. Well, this is my first semester at school that I am going to have to balance 4 classes (College Algebra, Ethics, Western Humanities 2, and Geometry) along with my job and rockets. I told myself that I would like to do an impressively sized project, but not a complex project so that I could still balance school (with good grades) and my job.
This Tomahawk will be 33.6% scale when based of of 3" mailing tube. I will likely buy a Performance Rocketry fiberglass nose cone or a Sandman Special - not decided on that yet. It all comes down to availibility.
The fins will be 3/16" ply (closest to scale thickness). They will be a TRUE TTW attachment. What I mean by that is that the slots will not be all the way back in the tube - they will be popped thru the fin slot.
It'll have a 38mm motor mount for up to high-I, low J motors. I'm still going to keep it light enough so that on a G40-80 it will still get 500+ feet, but strong enough so that it can take a I357 when the time comes .
I have found many resources, like the scale drawings done my G. Harry Stine, and will be using them throughout the build to make a very, very, VERY close to scale rocket.
I'm off to do the math. Gotta multiply a BUNCH of dimensions...eek!
Don't worry though, the 29mm Tres is still on the back burner - it'll be my spring project...how's a TRF Meet 2005 first launch sound?
Jason