Estes Blue Sapphire BT55 Upscale Build.

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Finally made some additional progress on this build. The weather held out just long enough to get paint on the fins. Not too bad of a job but I did have a little bit of bleed through in one spot. It should clean up with a little alcohol.

Tomorrow will be vinyl and the recovery system. Hoping to fly this one at our club launch Sunday.

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I am not generally a fan of cosmetic fins, and I was initially quite underwhelmed with the Blue Sapphire, but I have to admit those are some damned rakish fins, enough that the design is growing on me in spite of myself.
 
I am not generally a fan of cosmetic fins, and I was initially quite underwhelmed with the Blue Sapphire, but I have to admit those are some damned rakish fins, enough that the design is growing on me in spite of myself.

I agree that the fin design on this rocket is certainly a love it or hate it. I personally didn't care for it when it was first released which is one of the many reasons I passed up on buying one. When I logged on they were still available but at $21 for a BT50 I passed. Funny thing is that I liked the paint scheme on the face card but now that mine is painted, I'm not sure I really care for it. For the time being I will finish this one out in stock Estes colors but my 3.0" upscale will be something different.
 
Back to wrap this build thread up with a flight report. First flight was on a C11-5. Rocket left the pad hard. Flight was dead straight with apogee around 450ish feet to my calibrated eye :) Flew with a 15" plastic chute and had a nice soft landing about 200ft from the pad. No damage to the rocket.


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