It's a safe bet on this forum that stuff in the background of pictures will be noticed, *especially* if you don't particularly want it to be.
Cool! If you think about it, take pictures as you go and post them. Definitely show us the final product.Thank you for doing all of this posting. I am 100% inspired by you and have started my own 36 inch card stock Yellowjacket rocket that I will fly on an E.
I have been taking a few pictures. Do you think that I should I post them here or start a new thread?Cool! If you think about it, take pictures as you go and post them. Definitely show us the final product.
New thread!I have been taking a few pictures. Do you think that I should I post them here or start a new thread?
Please have a look at my new thread that I started for my Yellowjacket.New thread!
Banjonate, I thought that you would get a laugh from the second rocket that I was inspired to build from this thread. Three sheets of poster board, cereal box and a little cardboard, not bad!!
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That looks pretty good! What motor you plan on?Banjonate, I thought that you would get a laugh from the second rocket that I was inspired to build from this thread. Three sheets of poster board, cereal box and a little cardboard, not bad!!
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Thanks Nate! I plan on flying that one on an E. Now I am making a 2X Hornet thanks to your ideas.That looks pretty good! What motor you plan on?
I think I saw the Hornet (if it is the same thread I remember seeing). That was one of my favorite kits I built as a teenager.Thanks Nate! I plan on flying that one on an E. Now I am making a 2X Hornet thanks to your ideas.
Hmm... yellow jacket and then hornet. I think I am going to build one and name it the Cicada Killer (a very appropriate name for me living in Cincinnati in 2021)!
That's a good idea, those Cicada Killers are intimidating, the first time I saw one I about jumped out of my skin.
Those are about the same size as the Murder Hornets, but mostly harmless, if you are not a Cicada.
I think a Murder Hornet might be the only natural predator that could actually catch and take down a Hummingbird.
https://www.wfsb.com/news/no-you-do...cle_47575576-d66e-11ea-a202-c3cec1cbc4d3.html
Nate, What is going to be your next build with this process?? Are you going to build something like a 2X N-20 Demon or a 4X version of The Javelin???I think I saw the Hornet (if it is the same thread I remember seeing). That was one of my favorite kits I built as a teenager.
Hmm... yellow jacket and then hornet. I think I am going to build one and name it the Cicada Killer (a very appropriate name for me living in Cincinnati in 2021)!
With this process, I am first going to test the current build and make sure everything holds together and works as planned (haven't had chance to get out and launch lately).Nate, What is going to be your next build with this process?? Are you going to build something like a 2X N-20 Demon or a 4X version of The Javelin???
Very nice rendition of the Hornet in green!Nate, Here is the Green Hornet that I just finished. It is made with two sheets of poster board and some cardboard. I really like the way all three of these have turned out. This will be some great flying in the spring!!!
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I just saw this (life been busy lately). Great to hear! It’s a good feeling when something you literally built from complete scratch goes a thousand feet in the air and comes back!A great big thanks goes out to both GlenP and banjonate!!! All three of my poster board rockets flew perfect!!! Thanks to both of you for your help and inspiration.
Over on the Facebook groups Estes Model Rockets and Born Again Rocketeers, I had showed off a completely scratch-built, poster board rocket using no off-the-shelf "rocket parts." It was inspired by my desire to do a feasibility study of a 29mm-diameter Comanche 3, in turn inspired by a thread I found on a sub-forum elsewhere on this site dealing with folks' musings about a hypothetical "Comanche 3E".
Thanks for the tip! Whenever I get a chance to launch this guy after I get moved from house to house and get a rocket building area set up, I will see if I can take that into account.With no negative aspersions on your project ( great job ) . . . let me say that the Estes Comanche 3 has the highest "failure to stage" prang rate of any multi-stage model rocket kit I have ever seen, in over 50 years in the Hobby. Often, the stages "pop apart" before ignition of the next motor can occur, resulting in a crash.
I suggest that you take a look at the Centuri "Pass-Port" Staging Method . . . It allows more time for ignition, by venting gas to slow stage separation. ( file below ).
http://www.spacemodeling.org/jimz/kc-9.htm
https://www.oldrocketplans.com/centuri/cenKB-7/Centuri_Arrow_300_kb-7.pdf
Dave F.
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