*laughs evilly*
I have resurrected my BALLS project from last year! Apollo Infinity 1.2 has been rebuilt. To prevent a repeat of last year's mishap (see below), the rocket has been shortened 24 inches and will never again see a 7600 Nsec M motor
I am working on a new version for that (Apollo Infinity Reanimation... more to come later, it's another one of my projects for BALLS this year).
The first flight will probably be on a 690 Nsec J450 (functionality test flight... and it keeps it under the local waiver!), then on a 1400 Nsec K700 (8000 feet and dancing with Mach), then if that goes well, a 75mm 1800 Nsec K282 (1.5 grain 75mm motor) or 900 Nsec J130 (1 grain 75mm S-L-O-W motor, 6600 feet and only three Gees... needs a loooong rail and a light chute!), then a 2000 Nsec K1400 (in 54mm, should get it through Mach), then if all that works out it's getting a 2550 Nsec L850 (also in 54mm), which should take it 13,000 feet and Mach 1.5. If it survives all that punishment (and I fully expect it to), we'll move up to a 2 grain 75mm K777 or K410 (depending on my mood), and then a 3 grain L630. Finally, I'll try and destroy it again with a 3 grain L1175 (15K feet and Mach 1.7). That's as much motor as will fit in the rocket (anything bigger is going in Reanimation). Of course, the flight testing will take a while before it ever sees an L1175!
The rebuild was accomplished by simply chopping off the section of tubing filled with Black Rock dirt and splicing on a new 24" section with a coupler. Electronics now ride in the nose cone. A 2550 casing comes right up to the end of the coupler... too perfect
I turned this...
I have resurrected my BALLS project from last year! Apollo Infinity 1.2 has been rebuilt. To prevent a repeat of last year's mishap (see below), the rocket has been shortened 24 inches and will never again see a 7600 Nsec M motor
I am working on a new version for that (Apollo Infinity Reanimation... more to come later, it's another one of my projects for BALLS this year). The first flight will probably be on a 690 Nsec J450 (functionality test flight... and it keeps it under the local waiver!), then on a 1400 Nsec K700 (8000 feet and dancing with Mach), then if that goes well, a 75mm 1800 Nsec K282 (1.5 grain 75mm motor) or 900 Nsec J130 (1 grain 75mm S-L-O-W motor, 6600 feet and only three Gees... needs a loooong rail and a light chute!), then a 2000 Nsec K1400 (in 54mm, should get it through Mach), then if all that works out it's getting a 2550 Nsec L850 (also in 54mm), which should take it 13,000 feet and Mach 1.5. If it survives all that punishment (and I fully expect it to), we'll move up to a 2 grain 75mm K777 or K410 (depending on my mood
), and then a 3 grain L630. Finally, I'll try and destroy it again with a 3 grain L1175 (15K feet and Mach 1.7). That's as much motor as will fit in the rocket (anything bigger is going in Reanimation). Of course, the flight testing will take a while before it ever sees an L1175!The rebuild was accomplished by simply chopping off the section of tubing filled with Black Rock dirt and splicing on a new 24" section with a coupler. Electronics now ride in the nose cone. A 2550 casing comes right up to the end of the coupler... too perfect
I turned this...
