Bone Daddy
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I've been wanting to fly this one for a while. This is its 3rd iteration. This one adds the payload section. It finally looks like I've been seeing it in my mind.
I actually finished and painted the payload section. The body still only has a light coat of flat white. It was always seen as a protoype. It's time to just paint it and let sleeping dogs lie. The previous iterations had 8 flights under their collective belts. It had a balsa nose cone and need a bit of weight to keep it from swishing too much on its way up. The payload section eliminated the need for weight up front.
The last version flew well on a B6-4 and a C6-3. An A8-3 left it underpowered. I flew it today on a B6-4 and it was very nice, actually higher than the old one. I was going to try an A8-3, but it started to rain.
The big thing for me is that I flew it without a shock cord. Fortuitously, I was fresh out of thin diameter shock cord and I remembered reading in the Good Book that Mr. Stine mentioned using kite string for a shock cord. So I tied on another piece of Kevlar thread giving me about 3x rocket length. It worked great. 12" chute with a big spill hole, perfect recovery.
I really like this approach. This merits more research.
I actually finished and painted the payload section. The body still only has a light coat of flat white. It was always seen as a protoype. It's time to just paint it and let sleeping dogs lie. The previous iterations had 8 flights under their collective belts. It had a balsa nose cone and need a bit of weight to keep it from swishing too much on its way up. The payload section eliminated the need for weight up front.
The last version flew well on a B6-4 and a C6-3. An A8-3 left it underpowered. I flew it today on a B6-4 and it was very nice, actually higher than the old one. I was going to try an A8-3, but it started to rain.
The big thing for me is that I flew it without a shock cord. Fortuitously, I was fresh out of thin diameter shock cord and I remembered reading in the Good Book that Mr. Stine mentioned using kite string for a shock cord. So I tied on another piece of Kevlar thread giving me about 3x rocket length. It worked great. 12" chute with a big spill hole, perfect recovery.
I really like this approach. This merits more research.