I had an idea while driving home last night. I like building military style rockets and thought it would be kinda neat to make a sort of warhead looking payload bay on one. I got a couple ideas of how I could make them, mostly just for looks but I think I could also make them into and ejection baffle.
Basic idea is have a section of the rocket body with a clear payload tube and inside there is smaller body tube(s) painted fluorescent green or orange like it has plutonium rods inside. I was thinking use some of these centering rings I have to make the payload section, I have a 3 and 4 hole bt-5 to fit a bt60 tube, and of course bt20 in a bt60 tube.
I have not totally worked out all the details on how to build it or mount it. It really is just for looks but I like the idea of trying to have it function as an ejection baffle somehow. It is going to be a lot of different steps and have to be a certain order of assembly. If I can find my dang tube cutting guides I well mess with it this week.
Has anyone made something like this?
Basic idea is have a section of the rocket body with a clear payload tube and inside there is smaller body tube(s) painted fluorescent green or orange like it has plutonium rods inside. I was thinking use some of these centering rings I have to make the payload section, I have a 3 and 4 hole bt-5 to fit a bt60 tube, and of course bt20 in a bt60 tube.
I have not totally worked out all the details on how to build it or mount it. It really is just for looks but I like the idea of trying to have it function as an ejection baffle somehow. It is going to be a lot of different steps and have to be a certain order of assembly. If I can find my dang tube cutting guides I well mess with it this week.
Has anyone made something like this?
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