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So I bought three kits from Madcow on their 4th of July sale - all minis - a V2, Black Brant, and dual deploy Tomach (all 1.6" tubes and fiberglass). Starting off by building the Black Brant! This is my first fiberglass build and I've been learning a lot along the way.
This is my first foray into "real" mid power - I have some 24mm Estes rockets - so I'm certainly open to engine recommendations. I fly on a field where I like to keep flights between 500 and 1000 feet for rockets I don't want to lose.
I started with the motor mount tube and the Aeropack 29mm L2 retainer. Motor mount tube required a bit of sanding to get a good fit:
Got it to fit:
Here is the completed motor mount - recovery cord stuffed into tube for ease of installation into body tube. I had to change the placement of the rings given I was using the motor mount, but it was relatively easy to figure out, even for my first time doing this.
Mounted the motor mount into the body tube and checked the spacing with the full retainer assembly in place and made sure the fins fit in before the epoxy cured:
This is my first foray into "real" mid power - I have some 24mm Estes rockets - so I'm certainly open to engine recommendations. I fly on a field where I like to keep flights between 500 and 1000 feet for rockets I don't want to lose.
I started with the motor mount tube and the Aeropack 29mm L2 retainer. Motor mount tube required a bit of sanding to get a good fit:
Got it to fit:
Here is the completed motor mount - recovery cord stuffed into tube for ease of installation into body tube. I had to change the placement of the rings given I was using the motor mount, but it was relatively easy to figure out, even for my first time doing this.
Mounted the motor mount into the body tube and checked the spacing with the full retainer assembly in place and made sure the fins fit in before the epoxy cured: