Cornered - A NewWay Rocketry Build

[gdjsky01]

Back months before my entire existence CATO'd in my face, I had a dollar or three from a sale of an eyepiece. I ordered a NewWay Cornered. As I finished building the @Cape Byron Two Up, it's being painted, I pulled the Cornered from the build pile about 7 days or so ago. I needed something, anything, to numb my mind from the self-pity party (see "What I did INSTEAD of rocketry).

I could have sworn I did a parts image... but alas... my mind is still pretty messed up... The kit is SUPER complete. Down to giving you sandpaper and q-tips. I'd prefer $3 off the price and use what I have, but hey, if you are a newbie, you almost need nothing but glue and paint.



So by this image as you can see, I'd done the motor mount and some Elmer's FnF. The 'spirals' in the square tubing are deep. But the do fill easily. The tubing when sanded gets pretty 'hairy'. There is no glassine which is fine by me. However sanding the filler with 150 grit produced a rougher surface that a tube might have.

 

[gdjsky01]

I simply could not bring myself to have no payload section when AFAICT they supplied one. So I cut some scrap basswood and added a scrap reinforcement where the screw eye will go.


Which then begged the question, nice going idiot! Where are you gonna anchor the piece of Kevlar shock cord???? Looking down the motor mount, well it became obvious.



I ran the cord down a small gap in the motor mount as shown above.

As shown next, I need to make sure it stays out of the way of the fin slot - show IN the fin slot for clarity.



I then tied a loop around both motor tubes, squirted some glue down there and sealed those corners.

 

[Zeus-cat]

I have quite a few NewWay kits. Rick designs and manufactures great kits.

 

[gdjsky01]

I tried to create an OpenRocket file. Of course I had to use a BT55 tube and another hack. But NewWay included like 10 tons of washers. The, admittedly approximate, sim shows that is just not needed. If you have an OR or RS sim that you believe approximates the Cornered, pls attach it here. I'll be honest, I am a low and slow guy even with clusters. But it 'SEEMS' Cornered is pretty darn stable. Is it because of the square tubing? The square rings on the fins would only make it MORE stable right? They are drag. Like a cone.

Thoughts ?

 

[gdjsky01]

Finnage.


More Finnage (Completed)

 

[KenECoyote]

Are you finnaged yet?

Great build! I've always been intrigued by the New Way kits and even started collecting a few years ago. Thanks for sharing!

 

[hobie1dog]

Finnage.
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More Finnage (Completed)

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What a wild looking rocket, thanks for the pictures. Molsen beer in the glass?

 

[OverTheTop]

Swing test if you are concerned about stability. Easy on this size bird.

 

[gdjsky01]

What a wild looking rocket, thanks for the pictures. Molsen beer in the glass?

Actually it is a Voodoo Ranger IPA. I chilled the glass first.

 

[hobie1dog]

Actually it is a Voodoo Ranger IPA. I chilled the glass first.

The colder the better. Back when I was doing Commercial refrigeration, there was a bar that advertised out front, " Coldest Beer In Town" and he had me turn down the thermostats in the coolers to just above the freezing point.

 

[gdjsky01]

Got some primer on the Cornered. Really really fuzzy at the moment. Far more so than most tube rockets. All from sanding the tube after the Fill n Finish.

 

[BABAR]

That MindSims extremely stable. Plus the tubing is much heavier than cylindrical tubing, so the the rocket body itself adds a lot to stability. The fins stick out pretty far too, so they don’t need to be that big. Does it come with a square chute?

 

[gdjsky01]

That MindSims extremely stable. Plus the tubing is much heavier than cylindrical tubing, so the the rocket body itself adds a lot to stability. The fins stick out pretty far too, so they don’t need to be that big. Does it come with a square chute?

Honestly I did not unpack the chute as I have a zillion of them already from 9 to 96 inches.
Certainly a sim using BT55 shows it really quite stable even with C6-5s. But newway included these extra washers as an addendum. So there must be a reason. Is this Rich guy on TRF?

 

[neil_w]

Honestly I did not unpack the chute as I have a zillion of them already from 9 to 96 inches.
Certainly a sim using BT55 shows it really quite stable even with C6-5s. But newway included these extra washers as an addendum. So there must be a reason. Is this Rich guy on TRF?

Rick Randol is @Bluegrass Rocket on TRF.

 

[gdjsky01]

Got the paint on.
Decals and done.

 

[hobie1dog]

 

[gdjsky01]

Put on the greebles.

 

[hobie1dog]

Put on the greebles.
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I'm 67 years old and have never heard the word "greeble" before

 

[gdjsky01]

I am 63.5 years old and heard it from @Cape Byron when building two of his kits. They are bits and pieces added to create 'interest' or 'detail'.

 

[kuririn]

I'm 67 years old and have never heard the word "greeble" before

AKA "fiddly bits".

 

[gdjsky01]

That's a wrap.

 

[gdjsky01]

AKA "fiddly bits".

Apparently from Industrial Light and Magic.

 

[Cape Byron]

Apparently from Industrial Light and Magic.

I buy mine from the Old Greebler in Tumbler Lane, near The Ladies of Negotiable Virtue.