I was hopeful, but sometimes it's like the prize that always alludes me. Oh well, plenty of other rockets in the sea!
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I was hopeful, but sometimes it's like the prize that always alludes me. Oh well, plenty of other rockets in the sea!
I found these WOKET pics online . . .
It doesn't look too hard to "clone" . . . 24" diameter / 54mm Motor Mount
Dave F.
Lost 75% of its thrust on the pad.
I've been mistakenly calling it "Wocket" when it's actually "Woket"... likely named that way because it's shaped like Chinese wok (used for cooking... like my mom used every night 
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I inherited a built Polecat 7.5" Thumper with a body tube extension, 5 x 54mm motor mounts. The fiberglass wrap isn't perfect, but it's certainly good enough that I'm not going to try to "fill" it... that would add a LOT of weight to this beast. The nose cone seam has a few voids in it, I will definitely deal with that, though. It's basically just the airframe, so I get to play with things like that AV bay, etc... things I like to do anyway. The plan is to have it ready to do for ROCStock in November.
Interesting . . . Actually, a large Wok would, likely, make an excellent "mold" for creating fiberglass " Saucers".I've been mistakenly calling it "Wocket" when it's actually "Woket"... likely named that way because it's shaped like Chinese wok (used for cooking... like my mom used every night
There are many different styles of Woks . . . Round bottom, flat bottom, riveted / non-riveted handles, etc.
https://www.katom.com/learning-center/a-guide-to-woks-wok-ranges.html
https://www.walmart.com/ip/30-3-4-L-x-24-5-8-W-x-9-1-2-H-Carnitas-Cazo-Stainless-Steel-Caso-Pot-Pan-Wok/413374680
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terryg
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Instructions . . .
terryg
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The 5.5" Jayhawk was a handsome machine. Good flier, except the shock cord got snagged on the fins... Chute tangled, hard landing, munched airframe and fins. Happened to ours, and several others we saw. Never figured out what to do to prevent that.
terryg
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I did not set it up for dual deploy. Just glued in the coupler to give a large chute compartment. Maybe a long shock cord will get the chute far enough away from the rocket to prevent it getting tangled up.
I am pretty sure that the what was used to make the mould. I have also seen people use a disk harrow.
"Disk Harrow" . . . Some type of Farm Tool ?
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Yes
The disc is detached and used for the mold.
We also use the discs in outdoor RC road car racing as corner markers.
That would be one of them. You can get them at your local agri supply store.
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Personally, I'm not that creative to design something. Most of us that are getting kits rather than doing scratch builds are doing so because we just don't feel like designing our own rockets. I've scratched built a few, and it's fun, but it's a lot of time and brain power to make the design. Or, I buy a kit that's close to what I want to do and tweak it.
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Scratch built, 98 mm N power.
DabCat
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Today I opened up my Andy era 4" goblin.
Man... I love these kits so much. I just love everything about them. Not planning to build this quite yet. I just wanted to take dimensions for some future upscales I have planned. I recently acquired 10" Thumper parts and a spare 10" nosecone, so I'm thinking a 10" goblin would be awesome. Attached is a dimensionally accurate (to the best of my abilities) Openrocket sim of the 4" goblin. Also, I recently reached out to the current owner and offered laser cutting services, but unfortunately I was met with silence. Hopefully something becomes of Polecat. Something that includes kits becoming available again...
Man... I love these kits so much. I just love everything about them. Not planning to build this quite yet. I just wanted to take dimensions for some future upscales I have planned. I recently acquired 10" Thumper parts and a spare 10" nosecone, so I'm thinking a 10" goblin would be awesome. Attached is a dimensionally accurate (to the best of my abilities) Openrocket sim of the 4" goblin. Also, I recently reached out to the current owner and offered laser cutting services, but unfortunately I was met with silence. Hopefully something becomes of Polecat. Something that includes kits becoming available again...
rharshberger
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Actually iirc a wok (with handles removed) was actually used as the original pattern for the mold, hence the name.I've been mistakenly calling it "Wocket" when it's actually "Woket"... likely named that way because it's shaped like Chinese wok (used for cooking... like my mom used every night
