Cabernut
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My favorite rocket of all time from my teen years(1990-ish) was the Estes Magnum #2032. On it's maiden flight, the parachute didn't deploy - either it was stuck or the motor ejected out the back instead. Either way it lawn-darted into a hard packed softball infield.
Now that I'm a BAR, I just HAVE to do this again... just without the recovery failure part.
After searching high and low for that extra-long BT-60 nose cone, I found an existing kit that has 90% of what I need to do this thing. I picked up an Estes Vagabond #3217 kit for $22.99 CDN at a local hobby shop. Not only does it have almost everything, but the exact part# matching nose cone... and an "E" motor mount Never liked that 18mm sustainer anyway.
All I needed was to fabricate the booster 24mm motor mount as well as the nose block, then "borrow" the clear payload bay from my Loadstar II, which is also an exact part# match for the Magnum.
I downloaded one K'Tesh's modded .ork files and modified it a bit to use as a "blueprint" only.
View attachment Magnum-E_build.ork
Just getting started on the booster engine mount, made from some thick walled(1.2mm) 24mm tube I had standing by. The centering rings were cut from 1/8 balsa using the kit carboard rings as a pattern, sanded to fit.
By the way, now that I'm just getting started, I'm open to advice before more glue happens.
Now that I'm a BAR, I just HAVE to do this again... just without the recovery failure part.
After searching high and low for that extra-long BT-60 nose cone, I found an existing kit that has 90% of what I need to do this thing. I picked up an Estes Vagabond #3217 kit for $22.99 CDN at a local hobby shop. Not only does it have almost everything, but the exact part# matching nose cone... and an "E" motor mount Never liked that 18mm sustainer anyway.
All I needed was to fabricate the booster 24mm motor mount as well as the nose block, then "borrow" the clear payload bay from my Loadstar II, which is also an exact part# match for the Magnum.
I downloaded one K'Tesh's modded .ork files and modified it a bit to use as a "blueprint" only.
View attachment Magnum-E_build.ork
Just getting started on the booster engine mount, made from some thick walled(1.2mm) 24mm tube I had standing by. The centering rings were cut from 1/8 balsa using the kit carboard rings as a pattern, sanded to fit.
By the way, now that I'm just getting started, I'm open to advice before more glue happens.
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