Big Daddy

[SEWAR]

Gathering parts and waiting for my Vintage Big Daddy! This one will be HP!

 

[Daddyisabar]

Gonna need more parts! Make it purdy!

 

[SEWAR]

Hmmm

 

[SEWAR]

Two stage candidate minus one nosecone?

 

[SEWAR]

Shorter?

 

[Daddyisabar]

I knew this guy who made a two stage big daddy by using a tired old BD with many flights and a fin can from another Grosser Vatti that had crashed. D12 0 never had enough oomph to get a vertical staging. Always staged at an angle leading to long recovery walks.

 

[K'Tesh]

Something that I feel all BD builders should be aware of... This kit seems to have a proclivity to lawndart...

https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/another-estes-big-daddy-2162-lawndart-questions-thread.164136/

 

[SEWAR]

Ended up with two rockets. I may have figured out a utility way to keep it from a lawn dart. I used a coupler, baffle plate, i-bolt and it fits snuggly.

 

[SEWAR]

29mm upgrade. Shorter MMT and a nosecone modification should keep it from the dart board.

 

[SEWAR]

Went with 29mm.

 

[RokitFlyr]

Not sure if this is the correct place to post. My Big Daddy. Stock except nosecone bulkhead mod and kevlar shock chord mount. Building a DoorKnob at the same time sooo...... Big Daddy's Knob!
Not sure on the "spaces" and bracket details yet.

 

[Pepe Le Pew]

That is one hell of a nice rocket Rokitflyr!! Awesome!

 

[RokitFlyr]

That is one hell of a nice rocket Rokitflyr!! Awesome!

Thanks!

 

[SEWAR]

Not sure if this is the correct place to post. My Big Daddy. Stock except nosecone bulkhead mod and kevlar shock chord mount. Building a DoorKnob at the same time sooo...... Big Daddy's Knob!
Not sure on the "spaces" and bracket details yet.View attachment 526627

Awesome Rocket!