Cookie the Dog's Owner
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Feb 5, 2013
- Messages
- 387
- Reaction score
- 4
LOC/Precision makes what might be called "factory downscales" of several of its high power rocket kits. The big Hi-Tech H45 has a 2.36" airframe and flies on 38mm motors. The Hi-Tech Mini is based on a BT-50 tube and flies on 18mm motors. It comes in a handy plastic box, and is described as a skill level 2 kit.
The package contains two BT-50 tubes, a nose cone, all the parts for a 2.75" motor mount, a balsa sheet containing three laser-cut fins, Kevlar and elastic shock cords, a 12" mylar parachute kit, vinyl stickers, and other necessary bits and pieces. All materials are of excellent quality.
The motor mount is of conventional construction. I put a small notch in the inside of the aft centering ring to make it fit over the motor clip easier.
The Kevlar is tied to the middle of the motor mount. Cut a notch in the forward centering ring to allow the Kevlar to pass through, and soak some glue into the knot.
Mark the main body tube with lines for three fins, and a line centered between two of the fins for the launch lug. After the motor mount dries, glue it into the lower body tube, fish the Kevlar out the top end, and tie the elastic to the Kevlar. Again, put some glue on the knot.
The package contains two BT-50 tubes, a nose cone, all the parts for a 2.75" motor mount, a balsa sheet containing three laser-cut fins, Kevlar and elastic shock cords, a 12" mylar parachute kit, vinyl stickers, and other necessary bits and pieces. All materials are of excellent quality.
The motor mount is of conventional construction. I put a small notch in the inside of the aft centering ring to make it fit over the motor clip easier.
The Kevlar is tied to the middle of the motor mount. Cut a notch in the forward centering ring to allow the Kevlar to pass through, and soak some glue into the knot.
Mark the main body tube with lines for three fins, and a line centered between two of the fins for the launch lug. After the motor mount dries, glue it into the lower body tube, fish the Kevlar out the top end, and tie the elastic to the Kevlar. Again, put some glue on the knot.