Bone Daddy
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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.
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.