AZ_Ron
Well-Known Member
Hey guys... been awhile since i've been around... had a life altering experience (divorce) but it was most definitely for the better!! WAY happy now! Awesome Girlfriend to boot!! Anyhow, When last I was on, I was working on a 5.5" Rapier from Black Hawk R&D... that has since been finished and flown... Here's a pic of the liftoff...
Anyhow...new project... this will be my L3 cert rocket... since AHPRA has decided to go by the rules this year, I need to get my L3 as I'm been making M and N motors as well as the L2 stuff...
I've always loved the Estes Der Red Max, and decided I would upscale it for my L3...went with 8.25" OD Sonotube, a foam/glass nosecone, and aluminum honeycomb core composite fins... the fins have a 3/4" Oak edging on them.
Fins will not be 'glassed, as even on an M, I don't think she'll see over about 550mph...
Motor Mount is for a 5" casing that we're playing with, but I have plans to make 4", 3", 54mm, and a couple of cluster mounts for it... 3-54mm MMT's fit in there quite nicely! This will give me a range of motors/configurations to fly it on.
Anyhow...new project... this will be my L3 cert rocket... since AHPRA has decided to go by the rules this year, I need to get my L3 as I'm been making M and N motors as well as the L2 stuff...
I've always loved the Estes Der Red Max, and decided I would upscale it for my L3...went with 8.25" OD Sonotube, a foam/glass nosecone, and aluminum honeycomb core composite fins... the fins have a 3/4" Oak edging on them.
Fins will not be 'glassed, as even on an M, I don't think she'll see over about 550mph...
Motor Mount is for a 5" casing that we're playing with, but I have plans to make 4", 3", 54mm, and a couple of cluster mounts for it... 3-54mm MMT's fit in there quite nicely! This will give me a range of motors/configurations to fly it on.