ECHO-1 Flight Pix

[Bone Daddy]

I was going through some pictures from this summer and found these. This is the first rocket I built after returning to the fold. It started life as a Big Bertha. It's a lot of fun to fly on a C6-3. Nice slow take off.

After a rather rough landing, she was modified to shorten and reinforce the struts for the solar panels (ECHO-2). The solar panel fins are now friction fitted through the black balsa bulkhead and into the body tube. They actually give a bit on landing and are replaceable. But so far, so good.

I actually built a small version built from a Little Bertha. I'll post pix of Mini-ECHO later.

 

[JAL3]

That's a NICE looking project.

 

[luke strawwalker]

That looks really cool...

One nit to pick though-- could you open your pics in "my pictures" or "paint" and rotate the launch pad ones so they're oriented the right way?? It makes for MUCH nicer viewing...

Thanks and kudos on a neat rocket... OL JR

 

[Gillard]

Those fins are great, well done on a mod of a bertha.

 

[Bone Daddy]

Thanks for the feedback.

Yeah, I always thought I should rotate them.

Here's also a closer look at the fins.

Overcast with no wind, so it's off to the rocket range for a bit.

 

[wickjr]

very nice - looks great!

Bob

 

[RocketT.Coyote]

Thought this thread was about the inflateable communications satellite lofted back in the 1960s. My bad.