AT L-1000 DMS – flying case with a nose cone and 4 fins

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Yep. Cesaroni only made about 12 for the consumer market. There are still one or two for sale from vendors, for around $3,500 each. Some friends and I tried to figure out what happened with all of them.

Justin is about to lose his marbles talking about O25k's in his L1K thread...

But Charlie O flew one at LDRS30 (2011) in Argonia in a Wac Corporal, Skippy flew one at Balls 22 in 2013, I flew one at MWP12 in 2014.... all three are on Youtube. Of course there are others, but the derail here is real!
 
Can't remember if you mentioned your fiberglass coupler source earlier...Wildman?
Fiberglass fin one, Madcow/Composite Warehouse coupler and cone.

Carbon fin one Wildman coupler and cone.

For the record, Wildman option is better as the coupler diameter is a closer match to the DMS motor. :)
 
Yep. Cesaroni only made about 12 for the consumer market. There are still one or two for sale from vendors, for around $3,500 each. Some friends and I tried to figure out what happened with all of them.
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As is everything you've done...its super clean and way way off the cool factor charts. I cant wait to see the whole thing..wow just wow !!!
 
Is that the base, or are you REally counting on your fins flying through those slits on launch?

Thank you for asking that question.......I was curious, also....... I should clarify, I have ZERO tower experience, and if they were supposed to fly through those slits, I was gonna be AMAZED.
 
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This is the tower I built for a 4-1/2" minimum diameter rocket in 1990 and 1992. Base was 4' x 4' piece of 3/4 plywood with a piece of 1/32 steel blast deflector. Rails were 2" conduit (cheap at Lowe's). I machined plugs to fit tubes and they were bolted to the base and top piece. Motor was an O3000-40 (yes, motor ejection :)) . We didn't know about the issues with BP ejection charges at the time. We also didn't know delay grains burned even slower at altitude. (Delay was more like -55.)
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This is the tower I built for a 4-1/2" minimum diameter rocket in 1990 and 1992. Base was 4' x 4' piece of 3/4 plywood with a piece of 1/32 steel blast deflector. Rails were 2" conduit (cheap at Lowe's). I machined plugs to fit tubes and they were bolted to the base and top piece. Motor was an O3000-40 (yes, motor ejection :)) . We didn't know about the issues with BP ejection charges at the time. We also didn't know delay grains burned even slower at altitude. (Delay was more like -55.)
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Is that the 'Cloudbuster' rocket referred to in Canepa's 'Large and Dangerous Rocket Ships' ?
 
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This is the tower I built for a 4-1/2" minimum diameter rocket in 1990 and 1992. Base was 4' x 4' piece of 3/4 plywood with a piece of 1/32 steel blast deflector. Rails were 2" conduit (cheap at Lowe's). I machined plugs to fit tubes and they were bolted to the base and top piece. Motor was an O3000-40 (yes, motor ejection :)) . We didn't know about the issues with BP ejection charges at the time. We also didn't know delay grains burned even slower at altitude. (Delay was more like -55.)
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Thanks Tom, we covered it already. Hard to believe that was months ago when it feels like days! :)
https://www.rocketryforum.com/threa...se-cone-and-4-fins.162266/page-2#post-2055288
 
Really been enjoying this thread! I designed and built this tower a few years back, and I've flown many 38/1200 motors out of it with great success. The rails are 1010 extrusion, and the end plates are 1/2" waterjet cut Aluminum, secured by 1/4-20 countersunk bolts. It is fully adjustable from 38-75mm.
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