SmkSignals
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My son got an Estes Renegade for Christmas, and I opened it up last night. OMG, this thing is dying to be bashed!!! Here is my thinking
(oh-oh)
LOL
I am going to leave the upper stage stock. But the lower stage I would like to convert the main engine from an 18mm to 24mm. The side boosters are BT50, and they supply engine stops in the kit to assist in adding rear end caps into the tube. The boosters also have nose cones which are suggested to be glued in.
I would like to put 24mm motors in the boosters and have the nose cones deploy with streamers attached. I have read a few threads here that say this second stage comes down like a lawn dart.
I am sure I will need nose cone weight. If I measure the CG in the stock Renegade w/2-18mm motors, then add the mods and add nose cone weight to bring the CG back to where stock is, do you think this thing will fly???
I am thinking C6-7 in the upper, C11-0 in the main booster, and C11-3s in the side boosters on her maiden voyage
Am I crazy???
p.s. - I started thinking in this manner thanks to this wonderful forum
I am going to leave the upper stage stock. But the lower stage I would like to convert the main engine from an 18mm to 24mm. The side boosters are BT50, and they supply engine stops in the kit to assist in adding rear end caps into the tube. The boosters also have nose cones which are suggested to be glued in.
I would like to put 24mm motors in the boosters and have the nose cones deploy with streamers attached. I have read a few threads here that say this second stage comes down like a lawn dart.
I am sure I will need nose cone weight. If I measure the CG in the stock Renegade w/2-18mm motors, then add the mods and add nose cone weight to bring the CG back to where stock is, do you think this thing will fly???
I am thinking C6-7 in the upper, C11-0 in the main booster, and C11-3s in the side boosters on her maiden voyage
Am I crazy???
p.s. - I started thinking in this manner thanks to this wonderful forum