AlnessW
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Merry Christmas everybody!
Guess what Santa Claus got me this year...
Background
I had been toying around with the idea of building one of these for several months now, but then opted to wait until after Christmas to order one! I've seen lots of these fly before and it just looks like a neat high-performance rocket. This will sort of go hand-in-hand with my 75mm MD rebuild and venture into research motors.
Kit contents, including av-bay components, fin alignment guides, and one continuous shockcord.
36" booster section next to an old K250W case for comparison. Oohoo!
Design
The kit did include an instruction sheet but of course I'll hardly reference that! As usual there will be a certain amount of kit-bashing involved. I debated the idea of a zipperless design but will more than likely go with the traditional dual deploy configuration. I'm going to want to push this thing pretty hard, so I'll obviously do tip-to-tip on the fins and all that good stuff.
In a nutshell, here is what I have in mind:
Guess what Santa Claus got me this year...
Background
I had been toying around with the idea of building one of these for several months now, but then opted to wait until after Christmas to order one! I've seen lots of these fly before and it just looks like a neat high-performance rocket. This will sort of go hand-in-hand with my 75mm MD rebuild and venture into research motors.
Kit contents, including av-bay components, fin alignment guides, and one continuous shockcord.
36" booster section next to an old K250W case for comparison. Oohoo!
Design
The kit did include an instruction sheet but of course I'll hardly reference that! As usual there will be a certain amount of kit-bashing involved. I debated the idea of a zipperless design but will more than likely go with the traditional dual deploy configuration. I'm going to want to push this thing pretty hard, so I'll obviously do tip-to-tip on the fins and all that good stuff.
In a nutshell, here is what I have in mind:
- Adhesives - Why, "that boat glue" of course! :wink: Seriously though, I'm thinking about something like Aeropoxy, Cotronics or ??
- Altimeters - Most likely a Raven2 backed up by a Stratologger.
- Chutes - Drogueless on top, followed by either a 36" or 45" main.
- Motor retention - Slimline.
- Shockcord attachment - Still TBD, but most likely just an eyebolt on the forward closure.
- Tracking: BRB900 (in the nosecone) like always.
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