Fliskits "FlisKits - Cut-Away Motor Rocket Motor Kit"

[gary7]

I am looking for an old kit I believe is no longer in production. I emailed the guys at the current Fliskits site, no reply.
Looking for this if anyone has one, built or not. Thank you.

 

[BEC]

I think I have an unbuilt one. I will have to look. I might be talked out of it.

You can't have my built one — I use it for its intended purpose fairly frequently.

 

[OverTheTop]

That looks like a good candidate for a 3D printed model.

 

[gary7]

That looks like a good candidate for a 3D printed model.

It certainly does.
Anyone?

 

[gary7]

I think I have an unbuilt one. I will have to look. I might be talked out of it.

You can't have my built one — I use it for its intended purpose fairly frequently.

Please let me know. Thank you.

 

[MALBAR 70]

I believe this has been re-released by the new owners. I built one a few years ago for the outreach program I do at my wife's school. One of my most favorite non-flying rocketry builds.

https://www.fliskits.com/WPRESS/product/cut-away-model-rocket-motor/

 

[cwbullet]

I can make one designed for 3D printing.

 

[BEC]

Apologies for never getting back here. I do have one in my kit stash, but it would make sense to just get a re-release as linked to in @MALBAR 70‘s post above.

A 3D printed interpretation would be interesting to see, too.

I use the built-up one I have almost every time I go to a public launch to explain how model rocket motors work.

 

[cwbullet]

Apologies for never getting back here. I do have one in my kit stash, but it would make sense to just get a re-release as linked to in @MALBAR 70‘s post above.

A 3D printed interpretation would be interesting to see, too.

I use the built-up one I have almost every time I go to a public launch to explain how model rocket motors work.

I am working on it. I am almost done with the initial design.

 

[cwbullet]

Ok, here it is:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5259821
I am printing it out of Duramic PETG.

 

[eshenderson]

As one of the owners of Fliskits, your email was never received.

We are not currently offering, but I can try to find one if you are still interested

 

[BEC]

As one of the owners of Fliskits, your email was never received.

We are not currently offering, but I can try to find one if you are still interested

Eric,

I'm confused. Your web site say you have four in stock...

https://www.fliskits.com/WPRESS/product/cut-away-model-rocket-motor/

 

[eshenderson]

We were able to find enough to get them back on the website. My bad

 

[Grog6]

Thanks for supporting the hobby! I can remember seeing a similar thing being shown at my school in the 60's. I remember it being presented as a safe hobby, not like the kids blowing themselves up making motors.
I still have an aversion to the thought of making my own BP motors; I guess the education campaign worked, lol.
I remember someone blowing themselves up with a pipe full of match heads in that same timeframe; I think he was making a bomb, not a rocket. Lol, it worked, he got the darwin award.

 

[BigMacDaddy]

Just a thought for a frugal solution -- why not just print the internal component picture on paper and tape inside a Pringles can or something? That would be pretty comparable to the original paper version... Obviously, the 3D printed version could more accurately reproduce the 3D elements like the nozzle.

 

[Grog6]

Some plaster and food coloring would be easy to do for a school display.
Maybe someday an enterprising company will make a filament out of rocket fuel so an engine could be printed. Print the boost and delay grains to order; It could be cool.

 

[BEC]

We were able to find enough to get them back on the website. My bad

Three cheers for finding a stash of parts somewhere. I'm just glad someone (maybe the OP @gary7?) can get them.

 

[Bluegrass Rocket]

Some plaster and food coloring would be easy to do for a school display.
Maybe someday an enterprising company will make a filament out of rocket fuel so an engine could be printed. Print the boost and delay grains to order; It could be cool.

Read an article probably 2 years ago that Purdue University was 3D printing rocket fuel.