Rocket is getting scheduled for painting!
Going to haul it on the Levi Seaton Mobile Launch System to the shop.
Very few things left to do.
Again I’m glad experienced big project rocketeers like the KloudBusters at LDRS are going to get a chance to look over just how well this rocket was built. They and others from the TRA leadership will see first-hand just how much went into making this rocket safe to fly.
I’ve caught a lot of flak by using this forum as a sounding-board for this project. But I’ll tell you what when you see this rocket you’re going to agree it’s built to the hilt lol. No question it can handle the 4000+ lbs of thrust from a Pat Gordzelik “R” motor.
Glad Pat G is on this project. The guy’s got a heart of gold and he knows his stuff. I may be wrong (I often am!) but he has had more of his EX propellant shot into the air than probably anyone in the country.
Lucky to have him.
On to painting!
Chuck C.
All right Chuck, ease off those thrusters.
Appreciate the praise, and while it is true I have opened up my fair share of 500 lb barrels of AP and threw it in a Hobart mixer, there are are lot of folks in this hobby that have either equaled or surpassed anything I have done.
And propellant geometry and formulas are one thing, but scaling from entry level 38 mm to 8" and bigger is quite another, they don't scale. We have been working on full Q (which I have experience with) to baby R, and there is really not much difference between a 99% Q and a 1% R. But S is a whole nuther world. I would have to learn several 5 gallons
buckets of knowledge and buy a bunch of beer for folks that could help pull that off before I even thought about that.
How about we just work on procuring the hardware, fly your rocket several times on Q and R impulse motors, and have a great time doing it with our steely eyed missile men friends in the process...
Had a great day today. Put in a solar powered water well for a cowboy rancher, got paid to do what I love to do, and got licked by a grateful heifer. For me, besides launching high powered rockets and having the love of a good woman, it don't get much better than that.
Pat G