Rick Lindsey
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Here's my HarGoon so far. It's sort of a "Goony" kitbash of a harpoon kit into a 2 stager. I haven't added the ring fins yet, but here's a pic of what the original concept was...
That's both stages together, here they are apart
The only problem is that when you don't slide the booster onto the sustainer straight, it can bind. I like the "looks like a single fin" aspect, but I really don't want to see the booster get stuck, and catch fire, taking the whole thing down in flames.
Here are a few pictures in "attack position" which should make for a much safer separation, if not such a fun profile.
Thankfully I think it looks pretty cool that way too .
I'm debating whether to even add the ring-fins, but more drag is a Good Thing(tm) since I really want B6-0 booster motors, but will probably end up using C6-0 since that's what they still make. I'd like to get this back!
It'll need gobs of noseweight, I haven't attached the nosecone to the shock cord yet (standard quest kevlar/elastic shock cord).
I like the laser cut fins, but the tube was a little on the flimsy side compared to estes (particularly the motor tube) and there are huge seams in the body tube. On the plus side, I need 2 more centering rings for the booster, and Quest is sending them to me for free! (I bought a baby bertha to use the motor mount from it, but belated discovered this isn't a BT-60!).
Hope you enjoy the pics! I'll post more when it gets some paint and/or ring fins, but don't count on them any time soon... not alot of time and I'm also building a moon rocket (and planning a 4" phoenix! Eeek! One thing at a time!).
Building is more fun than painting, but it's gotta get done eventually!
-Rick
P.S. If any of you rocksimites are truly bored, it might be nice to have some vague idea of the amount of noseweight this badboy is going to require. I'm thinking C6-0 and A8-xxx? for it's normal motor configuration.
That's both stages together, here they are apart
The only problem is that when you don't slide the booster onto the sustainer straight, it can bind. I like the "looks like a single fin" aspect, but I really don't want to see the booster get stuck, and catch fire, taking the whole thing down in flames.
Here are a few pictures in "attack position" which should make for a much safer separation, if not such a fun profile.
Thankfully I think it looks pretty cool that way too .
I'm debating whether to even add the ring-fins, but more drag is a Good Thing(tm) since I really want B6-0 booster motors, but will probably end up using C6-0 since that's what they still make. I'd like to get this back!
It'll need gobs of noseweight, I haven't attached the nosecone to the shock cord yet (standard quest kevlar/elastic shock cord).
I like the laser cut fins, but the tube was a little on the flimsy side compared to estes (particularly the motor tube) and there are huge seams in the body tube. On the plus side, I need 2 more centering rings for the booster, and Quest is sending them to me for free! (I bought a baby bertha to use the motor mount from it, but belated discovered this isn't a BT-60!).
Hope you enjoy the pics! I'll post more when it gets some paint and/or ring fins, but don't count on them any time soon... not alot of time and I'm also building a moon rocket (and planning a 4" phoenix! Eeek! One thing at a time!).
Building is more fun than painting, but it's gotta get done eventually!
-Rick
P.S. If any of you rocksimites are truly bored, it might be nice to have some vague idea of the amount of noseweight this badboy is going to require. I'm thinking C6-0 and A8-xxx? for it's normal motor configuration.