METEOR air to air missile

[arthur dent]

I think this bird looks great but how could those air intakes be modelled.?

 

[jetra2]

Cardstock pattern.

Jason

 

[Rocketmaniac]

This missile reminds me of one that someone on here scratch built. I think it was called the "Coyote"?????

Well anyway, the rocketeer made the air intakes about of thin balsa..........

 

[DynaSoar]

Originally posted by arthur dent
I think this bird looks great but how could those air intakes be modelled.?

Slabs of sheet styrene with L bracket styrene frame. It's easy to cut, no grain to fill or to throw off your cutting, glues easily, and comes in white so it wouldn't need finishing on a scale of this.

I made a scoop out of the thinnest sheet I could find, to cover the lug on this bird: https://rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8455&highlight=nightmare+interceptor

It held up on an E9 launch. The balsa nose didn't hold up hitting a rock on touchdown.

 

[Rocketmaniac]

I searched the forum for "coyote" and found the old thread I was remembering. It seems that some of the pics are missing (they were links to another website) but there is still a lot of great info.


https://rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?threadid=1454

 

[hokkyokusei]

Originally posted by jetra2
Cardstock pattern.

Jason

I like thin card with a layer of light fibreglass. It's still light and flexible, but stronger them naked card.

 

[Elapid]

https://www.raytheon.com/newsroom/photogal/s_21cl01.htm