Build thread: 5.3:1 sport scale Super Deluxe #2 Skywriter XL Premium Pro Max - Limited Edition

[neil_w]

I think the Doorknob is possibly the funniest name ever for a rocket. The fact that it's actually a Real Rocket, and not just a silly model rocket name, makes it even funnier.

 

[mbeels]

You know, now that I think about it this is one of the few rockets that you really hope doesn’t live up to it’s name.
Although the Estes Doorknob comes close........

To be contrarian, a nice straight line is "sky writing". And the Estes CATO might be worse!

 

[neil_w]

Ha, true.

 

[BABAR]

I think the Doorknob is possibly the funniest name ever for a rocket.

I dunno, I liked the Uranus Explorer, but my wife says I lack a certain amount of maturity......

 

[jqavins]

And she's right. And we're all the better for it.

 

[neil_w]

13 months later the Skywriter Deluxe flew yesterday on a C11-5. Flight was not high (probably ~300', plus or minus) but nominal, and recovery was particularly close to the pad. This let me to think that the wind had shifted a bit, and would allow an attempted flight with a D12, but I thought the better of it and chose the Plasma Dart for that flight instead (PD being quite a bit draggier, and therefore a lower flier). Given how close the PD ended up to the trees, I'm glad I didn't try it with the Skywriter.

No damage, ready for bigger motors in the future.

View attachment skywriter_flight.mov

 

[BABAR]

For fantasy rockets or anything not built with performance in mind, I like 300 foot flights. I get a great view of lift off, boost, coast, ejection, chute or streamer recovery, and a short walk. What’s not to like?

 

[lakeroadster]

For fantasy rockets or anything not built with performance in mind, I like 300 foot flights. I get a great view of lift off, boost, coast, ejection, chute or streamer recovery, and a short walk. What’s not to like?

Lester Moore

 

[lakeroadster]

This rocket would be an excellent candidate for a tube launched model that utilizes Gas Dynamic Stabilization. Thus, no clear plastic fins...

 

[jqavins]

I think the inlet vents might be more visually intrusive than the fins. Absent scale this is thing is such a damn-near-perfect pencil, the less that can be done to disrupt that the better.

View attachment 424350

 

[lakeroadster]

I think the inlet vents might be more visually intrusive than the fins. Absent scale this is thing is such a damn-near-perfect pencil, the less that can be done do disrupt that the better.

done do?

 

[David Schwantz]

Damn Neil, I saw you flew her and thought you got a flight in right before the snow hit. Then I saw the date
Good work and nice flight.

 

[jqavins]

done do?

Oops. "done to..." Fixed above.