Lister
Fresh out of Stasis.
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A while ago I scratch built a 6 fin 54mm aft section that transitioned to a 75mm payload bay and nose cone with a 38mm MMT. Looked like a big RPG. It had its maiden flight last weekend and is now MIA, but it flew extremely well and looked pretty cool so I thought I would build another one with thin wall components to keep the weight down so I can get a little more speed out of it. Here are the adapted sims of the new version. The 54mm tube is a bit longer and between the nose and transition is now some 75mm airframe where it was just a coupler and HED so now I can use a 3" nose cone with an AV bay inside it. Will also use some 1010 rail buttons with some 1/4" launch lug and a long bolt for the standoff which is what I did on the first one of these rockets.
here are a couple of photos of 6 Shooter 1.0 on its first/last flight last Sunday on a CTI I255RL. Thinking an I303BS would be very cool in the new one.
Seeing as I have the mandrel for the 2"-3" transition and the 3" nose cone it should be alot easier to make this one. All the parts will be made from west systems 105/206 with a 287gsm plain weave and a 290gsm crowsfoot weave. The crowsfoot is great for corners and for conforming to tight shapes and it has a much tighter weave so it works well as final layer on the parts. Also its perfect for alo doing a tip to tip layup on the fins and for making 1/4" FG launch lugs by wrapping a waxed 1/4" metal rod with the crowsfoot cloth as it conforms to the tight corners really well compared to plain weave of the same weight which can be tricky in those situations.
here are a couple of photos of 6 Shooter 1.0 on its first/last flight last Sunday on a CTI I255RL. Thinking an I303BS would be very cool in the new one.
Seeing as I have the mandrel for the 2"-3" transition and the 3" nose cone it should be alot easier to make this one. All the parts will be made from west systems 105/206 with a 287gsm plain weave and a 290gsm crowsfoot weave. The crowsfoot is great for corners and for conforming to tight shapes and it has a much tighter weave so it works well as final layer on the parts. Also its perfect for alo doing a tip to tip layup on the fins and for making 1/4" FG launch lugs by wrapping a waxed 1/4" metal rod with the crowsfoot cloth as it conforms to the tight corners really well compared to plain weave of the same weight which can be tricky in those situations.