FlisKits Nantucket Sound (SP021) Basic Information.
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MODEL NAME:
Nantucket Sound Also known as:
NUMBER:
SP021
Introduced:
Final Year:
Designer: Jim Flis
Type: Oddroc
Motor Mount: 1x24mm
Recovery: Parachute
Stages: 1
Length: 12.67"
Diameter: 5.02"
Span: 7.85"
Weight: 4.12 oz
Mfg. Description: No significant text in 2010 Catalog.
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FlisKits offered to design a commemorative kit for the upcoming NARCON 2009 event being held in the North East. The question was, what sort of design would fit the event nicely.
We were also going to be providing range box stickers to registered attendees and we requested the logo artwork to prepare the sticker art. Once we saw the logo, the kit design was set in stone!
A flying lighthouse! What could be better? It matched the lighthouse rocket shown in the NARCON logo and it was and iconic shape for the New England area. Perfect!
The trick was getting it designed such that it would fly well while at the same time making it something that could be kitted well and built correctly with reasonable skills.
The Nantucket Sound meets all of those requirements and more! Featuring 24mm power and free downloads, this kit will be one of the most unusual, yet best flying kits in your fleet!
It was not a complex rocket to design, but it certainly had several interesting concerns when trying to turn it into a kit for the masses. First was the needed addition of nose weight to attain proper stability. We then had to design a set of internal fins and a method of attaching them so that you would be certain to have them lined up properly for the attachment of the external fins. These internal fins provide critical support to the external fins while also helping to hold the shape of the body during assembly.
The nose cone also presented some interesting design problems as well. We believe that the end result looks good and is fairly easy to build. Using a paper cone for the tip kept the price reasonable while also providing a ready-made location for the nose weight.
All in all, we are quite proud of her. Having spent many a summer visiting lighthouses around New England, the Nantucket Sound has a very warming look while producing stunning flights even in small fields. We think you will agree that, as odd-rocs go, the Nantucket Sound is a must for ANY fleet! (FlisKits 2013 Web Ad)
Advertising Liveries
2010 Catalog
2012 Web Ad
2013 Web Ad
Face Card(s)
Instruction Header(s)
First post in this thread featuring this rocket.
See Also:
TRF Build Threads
TRF Applicable Threads
LINKS
EMRR
RocketReviews
Mfg. Page
If you have any additional information on this rocket and/or catalog photos please let us know.
(actually he sent me a Tartar, but so did someone else, so I traded it for a Nantucket Sound)
