I finally got around to building my Binder Design Raptor. It was originally intended to be my L2 rocket, but I didn't get a chance to built it last year, so I flew a smaller rocket instead (successfully). I'm planning on flying it this weekend at the Mudrock launch at Black Rock. It will probably fly on a J315, depending on what that sims out to.
The altimeter bay is mostly done, I'm just waiting on some parts from McMaster-carr that should be here tomorrow. I just started gluing the fins on. So far I have two done and 10 to go! I'm not worried about it taking too long, though, since once I get the first row of fins on, the second row will be easy to line and clamp up with a straight piece of material. And the little front fins are basically optional if I don't have time.
I wasn't originally planning on putting a camera in this rocket, but I kind of got it for free. I've been wanting to build a rocket with a camera for a while, and I was going to buy one of those cheap ($150) HD pocket cameras, but I can't really afford it right now. I was looking through a box of old electronics stuff, and I found our old digital camera that was damaged in a fire. I saved it to take apart, assuming it would be a total loss since it was right next to the oven when it caught on fire. I opened the bag, and it didn't even smell like smoke. It still had batteries in it, so I pushed the power button and sure enough it turns on! The LCD backlight doesn't work anymore, but other than that, it seems to work fine.
I'll get some pictures (taken with a different camera) up in a few minutes.
The altimeter bay is mostly done, I'm just waiting on some parts from McMaster-carr that should be here tomorrow. I just started gluing the fins on. So far I have two done and 10 to go! I'm not worried about it taking too long, though, since once I get the first row of fins on, the second row will be easy to line and clamp up with a straight piece of material. And the little front fins are basically optional if I don't have time.
I wasn't originally planning on putting a camera in this rocket, but I kind of got it for free. I've been wanting to build a rocket with a camera for a while, and I was going to buy one of those cheap ($150) HD pocket cameras, but I can't really afford it right now. I was looking through a box of old electronics stuff, and I found our old digital camera that was damaged in a fire. I saved it to take apart, assuming it would be a total loss since it was right next to the oven when it caught on fire. I opened the bag, and it didn't even smell like smoke. It still had batteries in it, so I pushed the power button and sure enough it turns on! The LCD backlight doesn't work anymore, but other than that, it seems to work fine.
I'll get some pictures (taken with a different camera) up in a few minutes.