DeltaFuturistics
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Hey guys. This will essentially be my first post on the forums and just want to say hi and thanks for having me. I've been flying RC for about 7 years of life but sadly haven't been able to because of school and hockey. I've gotten into model rocketry at the beginning of last year and have been making engines at my high school since then with our measly club of another person and teacher. Finally decided to step away from the failures and successes of that and work on a couple kits over the summer to get certified. I've been reading through the forum for about a month and half learning techniques and other stuff. Enough about me, on to the kit from Madcow.
This is in no way a super big rocket. I wanted a small platform so I could learn techniques first before moving on to bigger kits. First impressions were all good. I ordered the kit with the Kevlar shock cord, chutes with flameproof cloth, and FW nose cone. I went a head and used some foam board and cut out some fin guides. I also bought an aeropack 29 mm retainer. I will be flying the kit on an aerotech 29/240 casing, but I'm not sure which load I'm going to use with it.
I plan on using an Easytimer from altus metrum for DD. Apogee messed up my order for it, they sent me a tiny perfect flight firefly altimeter for small models using ejection charges in the engines instead even after manually highlighting the invoice that the put the correct one in the box...made me laugh a bit. I called them and got it fixed. They should have sent one but nothing has come in yet...
Here is the kit out, and then a dry fit after some sanding to the fin slots and a wash. Epoxy of choice on the build will be JB weld and Rocketpoxy.
I have no idea why they came out sideways on the forum. They are perfectly fine viewing them on the pc, but I will soon figure out how to rotate them.:confused2:
Before starting this thread I decided to work on it by gluing on the centering rings and retainer with JB weld.
I have a couple questions right out of the gate.
1. The shock cords came with swivels on them. How am supposed to attach the swivel to the eyebolt?
2. How long does it take for rocketpoxy to set up?
Won't be launching this till around September because I also want to build most of a level 2 kit (2.6 tomach or frenzy most likely) later and possibly get both certs in one launch day.
Will glue shock cord to this assembly today with rocketpoxy.
This is in no way a super big rocket. I wanted a small platform so I could learn techniques first before moving on to bigger kits. First impressions were all good. I ordered the kit with the Kevlar shock cord, chutes with flameproof cloth, and FW nose cone. I went a head and used some foam board and cut out some fin guides. I also bought an aeropack 29 mm retainer. I will be flying the kit on an aerotech 29/240 casing, but I'm not sure which load I'm going to use with it.
I plan on using an Easytimer from altus metrum for DD. Apogee messed up my order for it, they sent me a tiny perfect flight firefly altimeter for small models using ejection charges in the engines instead even after manually highlighting the invoice that the put the correct one in the box...made me laugh a bit. I called them and got it fixed. They should have sent one but nothing has come in yet...
Here is the kit out, and then a dry fit after some sanding to the fin slots and a wash. Epoxy of choice on the build will be JB weld and Rocketpoxy.
I have no idea why they came out sideways on the forum. They are perfectly fine viewing them on the pc, but I will soon figure out how to rotate them.:confused2:
Before starting this thread I decided to work on it by gluing on the centering rings and retainer with JB weld.
I have a couple questions right out of the gate.
1. The shock cords came with swivels on them. How am supposed to attach the swivel to the eyebolt?
2. How long does it take for rocketpoxy to set up?
Won't be launching this till around September because I also want to build most of a level 2 kit (2.6 tomach or frenzy most likely) later and possibly get both certs in one launch day.
Will glue shock cord to this assembly today with rocketpoxy.
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