Estes - 36D Squared

[JAL3]

My 36D Squared had not been out for a long time. I don't fly it too much at my normal club launched because it goes so far. Today, though, I had a chance to fly it with the Amateur Rocketeers of Texas on a big field so I took it out and loaded it with a pair of D12-7s.

 

[JAL3]

BTW, the original build thread is in the archive here: https://www.rocketryforumarchive.com/showthread.php?t=46158

 

[JAL3]

It lit right off and took off straight.

 

[JAL3]

After a few hundred feet of straight flight, it gradually began to turn into the wind.

 

[JAL3]

In the coast phase it kept right on heading into the wind.

7 seconds sure is a long time!

 

[JAL3]

The coast finally ended and the chute popped out.

 

[JAL3]

The chute brought it down safely and it will fly again some day.

 

[JAL3]

I dug out the Dolly P with the thought of possibly flying it but found that I had treated it a bit too roughly on a recent trip to Hearne...where it did not manage to make it into the lineup. One of the fins had popped and was hanging just by the fillet on one side.

 

[JAL3]

I put some Titebond II into the crack and pressed the fin back into place. I then used a towel to wipe up the overflowed glue.

 

[JAL3]

I wasn't having any trouble keeping the fin straight but I was having trouble keeping it from lifting away from the BT. To hold it in place as the glue dried, I guyed it down with some masking tape.

 

[powderburner]

I dug out the Dolly P with the thought of possibly flying it but ....

Are those fins real or are they "fake"?

 

[Pantherjon]

Are those fins real or are they "fake"?

Am sure they are probably 'augmented'!:roll:

 

[El Cheapo]

Y'all are full of sillycone today

 

[gpoehlein]

Weird thing is, they's three of 'em! :y::eyepop:

 

[powderburner]

I'd better stop right there.

 

[JAL3]

When the fin had dried, I put some big fillets in place on all of them with Titebond Trim and Molding glue.

 

[JAL3]

It took a while for those fillets to dry in our current humidity but when they did, I brushed up the paint with some black acrylic.

 

[JAL3]

Its my hope that the Dolly P will get a chance to fly this weekend, assuming I can make it to the Austin launch.