FlisKits Thunderbird

[Astro-Baby]

Awesome work, waaaay better than my one. If mine gets trashed i will have to buy another one and try and do it better.

Mine was flown quite a bit last year and suffered no damage at all. I did do a lot of strenghteningbof mine to make it a rougher bird for tough landings.

I did post a vid on you tube of mine on its maiden flight.

 

[Astro-Baby]

Here ya go, launch vid on its maiden flight. Up close in the video you can see the finish is a lot rougher than people may imagine from the build thread.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJauEVv1bgc


Flew sweet though and even though it cam down on rough grass and gravel it survived ro make quite a few more flights in the summer. Hasnt suffered any damage yet.

 

[adrian]

Here's mine. It's not Fliskits - at the time I built this I hadn't heard of Fliskits. In fact, at the time I built this, Fliskits had barely heard of Fliskits. It goes up on a D12-5 and four B6-0's or C6-0's. It comes down in five pieces, intentionally.

On the pad:


Going up:


Boosters away:

 

[Boosterdude]

Here ya go, launch vid on its maiden flight. Up close in the video you can see the finish is a lot rougher than people may imagine from the build thread.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJauEVv1bgc


Flew sweet though and even though it cam down on rough grass and gravel it survived ro make quite a few more flights in the summer. Hasnt suffered any damage yet.

Looks good to me, nice flight as well!

 

[jflis]

Beauteous! . Love the vid of the build and launch!

 

[Rich Holmes]

Is it wrong that I'm now thinking about what rocket I should build in order to use a particular piece of music for the launch video?

 

[Astro-Baby]

LOL...well technically the Thunderbird should have had the theme from Thunderbirds but when I did that it just didnt seem right. If ai ever build a Doyuz it will definitely have 'The East is Red' as the music

My vid facilities are pretty limited so I am a bit restricted on what I can do. Its all taken off an iPhonea nd efited down with free bits of software mostly by my other half but sometimes by my youngest. I dont have the patience for video editing stuff.

 

[JAL3]

Here's mine. It's not Fliskits - at the time I built this I hadn't heard of Fliskits. In fact, at the time I built this, Fliskits had barely heard of Fliskits. It goes up on a D12-5 and four B6-0's or C6-0's. It comes down in five pieces, intentionally.

On the pad:
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Going up:
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Boosters away:
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I missed this before. That's great!

May I copy it to the gallery?

 

[adrian]

I missed this before. That's great!

May I copy it to the gallery?

Certainly!