Got the Dimensions - Initial Design Set
thanks to aerostadt & mikec
4X Upscale 'Little Lunar Express'
-It will be 16" diameter at the midpoint, 136" tall.
-The middle straight section will be 16" sona tube, 24" long.
-The front section is 66" long and will consist of 2" rings of styrofoam, starting at 16" and going to the tip, wrapped around an 8" sona tube running the length of the entire rocket. The foam will be shaped and smoothed and wrapped in fiberglass.
-The tail section will be 48", again 2" styrofoam rings around an 8" sona tube, shaped and smoothed and wrapped in fiberglass.
-The tail end will be 8" diameter and house a 75 or 98mm motor tube, and probably 4 - 54mm motor mounts for 'effect' burns (white Smoky, Sparky, etc)
-The fins are large, but similar to the ones on my DragonShip, so I'll start with 1/2" plywood and adjust is it gets too heavy. I want it low and slow like the DragonShip, this is theater. The wingspan on the big fins will be about 60".
I hope to have the chute(s) deploy out of the cockpit with eyebolts fore and aft, like I did with the DragonShip, so it descends in a horizontal position. Worked great on the DragonShip.
I probably won't get started on this for a bit as I've a lot going on, and there's nowhere to fly anyway. Hope to get it done before Winter though.
Also, anyone in the PNW, I'm in Tacoma WA, that wants to be a part of this project just get in touch. Skill or Cert Level not important, just willingness to work. I've had a couple of great Group Projects in the past, the Delta II in 2004 and the Proton M in 2012 both at NCR in Colorado, and both were amazing. A lot of fun and great accomplishments. Also did the ill fated Titan IV in 2005 and the hugely successful DragonShip 7 in 2007, both in Orangeburg SC.
Thanks,
Steve Mashburn
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