Ok, build done, only question- add the 13mm motor mount or go sans for 18mm?
Estes Fletcher
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If you ask @Flyfalcons ditch the 13mm and go for the 18.
https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/kits-you-would-upgrade.160105/post-2013679
Edit: nice job!
My fletcher is still in the build que...
Nytrunner
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Looks like you accidentally posted two separate threads.
I'll take the other side of the argument and say stick with 13mm. A10s give it a nice zip up into the air, and you don't have to spend half an hour trying to find it again like with a B or a C
I'll take the other side of the argument and say stick with 13mm. A10s give it a nice zip up into the air, and you don't have to spend half an hour trying to find it again like with a B or a C
Maybe compromise and setup the model for 18mm and use an engine adaptor to fly 13mm?
Ugghhh, yes too fast on the button. So thinking about an A8-3. Maybe it gets it to 600 ft?
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heada
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18mm with Quest D16!!!
So I’m Wisconsin, who in Michigan or Minnesota wants to bring my rocket back to me
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I left the 13mm motor mount out of my Fletcher model.
What motors have you used?
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It was either an A8-3 or A8-5. I don't remember which.
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Yeah ditch the 13mm mount, in my opinion. I can fly mine on A motors if I want, or crank up to C6-5 for a 1,000' shot. I also replaced the 6" parachute with a 9". I hate those 6" parachutes. I also have a D16-8 to try on it some time.
The ONLY answer is:
Build another one for 18mm and fly both!
I do this A LOT.
When I got kids around to retriever the rockets for me, they tend to go much higher.
When it's just me, I want to land right next to the launch pad.
Not cuz I'm lazy, I just can't walk very far anymore....
Build another one for 18mm and fly both!
I do this A LOT.
When I got kids around to retriever the rockets for me, they tend to go much higher.
When it's just me, I want to land right next to the launch pad.
Not cuz I'm lazy, I just can't walk very far anymore....
Charles_McG
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I built both ways. Haven’t flown one past a B yet. The B4m worked really nicely - but could have used a longer delay than the -3s I have.
FWIW, it's nice to several full "A" options. The A10 really leaps off the pad.
(I don't think that the A8 graph is right, the last few data points appear to be missing)
(I don't think that the A8 graph is right, the last few data points appear to be missing)
The A10 is one of my favorites. An A10-5 or -6 would be killer. I know, no room in the casing.
Update:
First flight on an A8-3, nice and straight, but the 6” chute wasn’t cutting it. Changed it out to a steamer.
2nd on a B4-4, same as before, landed close to the launch pad w the streamer.
3rd on a C6-3, high, straight and a fitting sacrifice to the Tree Gods.
Overall, great rocket on an 18mm, and a continued reminder to me to “fly the field.”
