I've gone BATTY!!

[Fuddrucker]

I Thought I would share my latest "large" project. It all started one day walking thru a Target store before Halloween. I saw this shirt that sat "Batattitude" on the front of it. All of the sudden BAM!, I had a vision. It would be awesome to make a "BAT" rocket.

Over the last couple of months I have been thinking about size and fin design. I started searching the web for different designs of bat wings, and I found one I liked pretty quick. Now that I had that, I had my son (he loves to draw and can draw some amazing stuff) draw tha basic rough design on paper so I could get a template. After pruchasing all the supplies and parts I would need, building has begun.

This first pic is the picture of the bat wing design that I found on the web and have used to get the basic design for the wings.

...Fudd

 

[Fuddrucker]

This next picture shows the original drawing next to the actual plywood cut fin.

...Fudd

 

[Fuddrucker]

Next is a shot of two of the 1/4" plywood fins next to each other to give an idea of what they will look like on the rocket.

...Fudd

 

[Fuddrucker]

Finally, here is a shot of the wings/fins just laying against the tube to get an idea of what this thing is going to look like.

...Fudd

 

[rstaff3]

Cool! More details...motors, etc.

I obviously like the concept https://www.rocketreviews.com/reviews/scratch/gone_batty.html

 

[Fuddrucker]

Well, there it is so far. Some of the details are that this is going to be 6.5' tall, 54mm motor. I plan on painting it black with bat decals that are outlined in florescent green and glow in the dark with a pair of mean looking bat eyes on the nose. I am also going to highlight the wings with white or grey lines so that they will show the bones in the wings like on the original drawing. I have a 17" payload section that I want to put a camera in. I am toying with the idea of making this a cluster with either a 54mm main and two 38's or two 29's on the sides of the 54.

I will update this thread as construction moves along, but at times there may be a period on no activity since I am planning on taking my time to get everything perfect.

Thanks for looking and I welcome all comments and any cool ideas and/or suggestions.

...Fudd