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Hi all!!
Well after talking about it for several years and after building for 6 months to a year I have lost track, it is about three weeks to launch. I thought I would post the last of the build on TRF. I did not post the entire build as I have used the same techniques as I used on the upscale THOR and NIKE which I posted on TRF a couple of years ago (I did not want to bore everyone). I am planning on posting the entire build on our website (www.scottrocketry.com) which Jonathan and I are trying to put together. It is in the very early stages but there are a couple of good videos of the Nike posted.
Ok status. We have just finished the ground testing and we are painting. On the Nike I went with automotive paint. However, on the Level 3 rocket, called Cyclone (Jonathans travel baseball team name), I went back to the old Krylon formula. The automotive finish was nice but not worth the health risk to me. The rocket has two onboard video camera and a RDAS section for live downlink and tracking. However, we are not planning on using the RDAS section for this launch, we are going to give it a try at LDRS next year. We are going to launch it on the new M1970skidmark. After the successful level 3 launch we plan to follow up with a M1850 and then airstarts of two J400ss and then two more J400ss. Hopefully we will be able to get some good video shots.
Here is a link to the photobucket album if anyone is interested.
https://s160.photobucket.com/albums.../?action=view¤t=GroundtestFinish001.jpg
Well after talking about it for several years and after building for 6 months to a year I have lost track, it is about three weeks to launch. I thought I would post the last of the build on TRF. I did not post the entire build as I have used the same techniques as I used on the upscale THOR and NIKE which I posted on TRF a couple of years ago (I did not want to bore everyone). I am planning on posting the entire build on our website (www.scottrocketry.com) which Jonathan and I are trying to put together. It is in the very early stages but there are a couple of good videos of the Nike posted.
Ok status. We have just finished the ground testing and we are painting. On the Nike I went with automotive paint. However, on the Level 3 rocket, called Cyclone (Jonathans travel baseball team name), I went back to the old Krylon formula. The automotive finish was nice but not worth the health risk to me. The rocket has two onboard video camera and a RDAS section for live downlink and tracking. However, we are not planning on using the RDAS section for this launch, we are going to give it a try at LDRS next year. We are going to launch it on the new M1970skidmark. After the successful level 3 launch we plan to follow up with a M1850 and then airstarts of two J400ss and then two more J400ss. Hopefully we will be able to get some good video shots.
Here is a link to the photobucket album if anyone is interested.
https://s160.photobucket.com/albums.../?action=view¤t=GroundtestFinish001.jpg