I won a kit at LDRS last week as part of the Silver Fleet Contest. My Little Bucky Jones was silver enough to win me a prize. A LOC PK3 - Weasel! This is far from a typical rocket for me. I've been a fan of short/fat and larger tube rockets. These slim, high fliers are something I've shied away from. After seeing many, many of this style rocket fly at LDRS I am kinda excited to have one to test out.
I've got a color scheme, and a name picked out already (which is odd for me). I feel like I need to make some other decisions as well before I get started. I'm eye-balling Aerotech F & G motors, and I'd like to have a screw on motor retainer that would accommodate. I am also looking at these surface mount fins and wondering if trying to figure out how to do TTW fins is worth it or not for this build.
I've never built a LOC kit before, so I'm looking forward to seeing how another manufacturer packages and documents a kit. Out of the box (bag in this case) I can already feel a nice difference in the weight of the nosecone. The tubes are nice and sturdy, and it looks like this will have a bulkhead and forward payload bay.
I've got a color scheme, and a name picked out already (which is odd for me). I feel like I need to make some other decisions as well before I get started. I'm eye-balling Aerotech F & G motors, and I'd like to have a screw on motor retainer that would accommodate. I am also looking at these surface mount fins and wondering if trying to figure out how to do TTW fins is worth it or not for this build.
I've never built a LOC kit before, so I'm looking forward to seeing how another manufacturer packages and documents a kit. Out of the box (bag in this case) I can already feel a nice difference in the weight of the nosecone. The tubes are nice and sturdy, and it looks like this will have a bulkhead and forward payload bay.