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I was fairly far along on a sim of the Pro Series Patriot when I had a HD crash last year... I might have to try to recreate the sim.
Mind you... If you decide to build a Big Daddy, you should look into modding the nosecone to prevent shovel recovery issues.For the PS Patriot thats one of the few options to scratch/clone they do however pop up occasionally in yhe Yard Sale section or Ebay for insane prices. For proper cloning the nosecone is the same as tje Big Daddy's.
It's a classic. I just finished measuring and modeling the one I bought from a forum member last year (Dated Dec '92)
I may get around to making part drawings of it and throwing together a pdf
I was fairly far along on a sim of the Pro Series Patriot when I had a HD crash last year... I might have to try to recreate the sim.
The Estes nosevone is closer to 3:1, and the Balsa Maching Service/Mercury Engineering/Apogee PNC-300K is closer to 3:1, if you have a 5:1 is most likely a HPR nosecone with an OD of 3.1" verses 3.0" for the Estes.YEAH! I caught that in the Thread you have! I went through ALL FIFTEEN pages of it and COMPLETELY enjoyed every moment!
The Estes Leviathan would "probably" serve as a good base to redevelop the PS Patriot.(Not sure if the 5:1 Ogive nose cone will "work" but it's close).
Especially injection/blowmolding dies those are extremely expensive.the big daddy/ leviathan nose cone is the cone used for the PS patriot (as is the slotted tube used by the BD & Leviathan). companies seldom discard parts that they paid good money to develop .
Rex
I used 110# cardstock to paper the 1/8" balsa fins (was trying to hold the weight down, and reduce the amount of nose weight...it wasn't until after I had it built that I thought of the 24mm mount) the ork file shows it as built, with a 29mm mount(and 4oz of weight). original PS patriot had a 4 D engine cluster(IIRC)
Rex
Correction on my Estes 2056 Patriot. Should have been Estes 1248 Launchables. To late to edit, so I added it.I flew my stock Estes (2056) Patriot M-104 on a C6-5 with 2 payloads:
1. Estes Altimeter: 288 ft.
2. 808 keychain camera
The engine was way underpowered for just the 2 small payloads. I was thinking of removing the old engine block and put either a cluster or add a 24mm to it. Then remove the horrible decals and spray paint it.
Yeah, I always had the toughest time trying to load a Baby Bertha. Never seems to be enough room in that short BT, especially when the NC hangs way down inside the tube. Thanks.I have found that I need about 6" of tube space to pack a chute into(remember that nose cones a payload couplers have sticky out bits that take up room) adjust as needed .
Rex
The Estes nosevone is closer to 3:1, and the Balsa Maching Service/Mercury Engineering/Apogee PNC-300K is closer to 3:1, if you have a 5:1 is most likely a HPR nosecone with an OD of 3.1" verses 3.0" for the Estes.
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