Flying Silo

[Old School Doug]

Brilliant!! Can't wait to see it launch!

 

[DigBaddy]

Added one more small detail. I got some HO scaled pigeons. Not great quality, and nearly impossible to paint, but it works. Every silo has too many pigeons....so why not this one?

 

[Adam3836]

Lol that’s great !!!

Added one more small detail. I got some HO scaled pigeons. Not great quality, and nearly impossible to paint, but it works. Every silo has too many pigeons....so why not this one?

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[DigBaddy]

Well, maiden went just perfect on a C11-3. Two cows and one horse recovered as well.

 

[DigBaddy]

Had a brainwave after dinner. Perhaps I should do a 4" diameter 38mm motored upscale...

 

[lakeroadster]

Well, maiden went just perfect on a C11-3. Two cows and one horse recovered as well.

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PSA: No farm animals were injured during this flight!

What a fun build. Thanks for letting us be a part of it.

Question: What is the ball shaped object at the parachute chord termination?

 

[DigBaddy]

PSA: No farm animals were injured during this flight!

What a fun build. Thanks for letting us be a part of it.

Question: What is the ball shaped object at the parachute chord termination?

Thanks! That's the nosecone. It's the Bullet Bobby nosecone from Launch Lab Rocketry. Chute is clipped onto the loop in the cone.

 

[lakeroadster]

Thanks! That's the nosecone. It's the Bullet Bobby nosecone from Launch Lab Rocketry. Chute is clipped onto the loop in the cone.

Oh Dopey Me... sorry for the newb question. I thought maybe it was some sort of newfangled shock absorption device.

 

[BABAR]

There may or may not be parachuting farm animals as a payload

Do plastic animals have vertebrae?

 

[Hobie1dog]

Had a brainwave after dinner. Perhaps I should do a 4" diameter 38mm motored upscale...

sure

 

[DigBaddy]

sure

I've got a bunch of 5" tubes now, so that would be even better

 

[LBummy16]

Awesome! First rocket I’ve seen that has had an agriculture theme which is cool to see.

 

[DigBaddy]

Awesome! First rocket I’ve seen that has had an agriculture theme which is cool to see.

Thanks! You'll love this one too! https://www.rocketryforum.com/threa...rocket-out-of-that-thread.164416/post-2099456