grouch
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I have been wanting to build a LOC Aura for several years. Now seems like a good time, so let's do this! I went with the Aura because it's an affordable, good looking kit that would fill my desire to get some respectable altitude on affordable motors. It's a bang for the buck kind of thing. It also uses 29mm hardware which is unquestionably my favorite. The plan is to keep it relatively simple, kind of a kick the tires and light the fires sort of flyer.
I plan on using large G's with maybe an H or two thrown in but want to avoid dual deploy. Instead I plan on popping the top at apogee, using a small chute and a tracker in a shortened payload section. The payload will also contain Pnut so I can see how high this little screamer is going.
I decided to modify it slightly to improve it's recovery and survivability. The mods are simple, I lengthened the motor mount to accommodate a 3 grain case. I did this because I intend to mount the forward rail button into the fiber centering ring and wanted it moved forward a bit. I also notched the fins and slotted the body tube for TTW fins. In addition I added a Slim Line motor mount to hold on to my cases.
The first picture shows the Aura kit with a cut down payload bay (more on than later) along with the glued up motor mount with about 6 feet of 500# test kevlar from 3 Dogs and the Slim Line.
I picked up some sweet fin guides from Nat @ UpscaleCNC. He made a set that would work for the LOC Aura, Weasel and Legacy. I also discovered that they fit on a 38mm Blue Tube just in case I ever wanted to build a minimum diameter.
I plan on using large G's with maybe an H or two thrown in but want to avoid dual deploy. Instead I plan on popping the top at apogee, using a small chute and a tracker in a shortened payload section. The payload will also contain Pnut so I can see how high this little screamer is going.
I decided to modify it slightly to improve it's recovery and survivability. The mods are simple, I lengthened the motor mount to accommodate a 3 grain case. I did this because I intend to mount the forward rail button into the fiber centering ring and wanted it moved forward a bit. I also notched the fins and slotted the body tube for TTW fins. In addition I added a Slim Line motor mount to hold on to my cases.
The first picture shows the Aura kit with a cut down payload bay (more on than later) along with the glued up motor mount with about 6 feet of 500# test kevlar from 3 Dogs and the Slim Line.
I picked up some sweet fin guides from Nat @ UpscaleCNC. He made a set that would work for the LOC Aura, Weasel and Legacy. I also discovered that they fit on a 38mm Blue Tube just in case I ever wanted to build a minimum diameter.