watermelonman
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I got a note today saying that the 54/4000 M motor is officially certified.
Congratulations Scott and company!
Congratulations Scott and company!
Wonder what it would do in a 54mm MD....? Too bad no Loki in CA... I'd probably have to go to Eagle Eye anyway.
One flew at Balls. The rocket was not able to keep up with the motor.
Tony
One flew at Balls. The rocket was not able to keep up with the motor.
Tony
One flew at Balls. The rocket was not able to keep up with the motor.
Tony
There were several flown at Balls in MD airframes. Couple of the airframes did fail. But I know of at least one that was completely successful (dwatkins...)
Another one in our camp was not so lucky (the first one to go at Balls).
Mike
Do you know any specs on the one that survived? (Or any of them for that matter?)
I would suspect they laminated the fincan in some manner.
There were several flown at Balls in MD airframes. Couple of the airframes did fail. But I know of at least one that was completely successful (dwatkins...)
Another one in our camp was not so lucky (the first one to go at Balls).
Mike
Bill Good had a great flight on one and stuck the recovery.......View attachment 302501
Looks like he got a bit of velocity on the way up, and down.
Just a tad bit of velocity. Bill does excellent composite work and he has learned that the leading edges take a beating on extreme flights. He did the fin can lay-up on my 3" minimum diameter "Unfinished Business" with aluminum leading edges. At mach 2.4 she took just a bit of a beating!View attachment 302520
This thread got my gears turning so I've been working on an aluminum fin can design. If I can get all of the bugs worked out I might try to machine one soon.
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Whats the little black bugger below the fins? rail button?
Holee cow Gary, I think Bill has the solution to single use Mach screamers although it looks like his red rocket shown above was before he started putting on Al leading edges? Looks like you just need to replace the rail buttons, sand and "pretty up" the
paint or coating and she'll be ready to fly again. Kurt
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