MMHPR New Kit Soon! (not the pre-glassed one...)

[Neil]

While TRF was down, I was using rsim, and thinking about making more kits... A website with ONE KIT for sale wouldent be all that impressive, would it?


Well, heres something more... It looks really cool IMHO... Kevlar shock cord, 22" nylon chute, Estes (or maybe Fliskits, depending on whether or not I can buy the neccesary parts in bulk... It would be nice to get the parts from Fliskits... ) tubes and transition, and a 24MM motor mount.

The nose cone is an Estes "Big Bertha" style cone, followed by a bit of BT60, with a transition down to a BT55. It has oversize fins with BT20s as standoffs for the fins. There are also more BT20s on the tips of the fins...

I guess ill just let the pics speak for themselves!

 

[Neil]

Oh, and the other kit is coming along nicely too...


Heres a closeup of the fincan section!

 

[Neil]

Heres the rear-view...


Do you think I should cut out the fins, or leave that for the maker of the model? I think it should be left to the modeler... Kinda like Fliskits

 

[Neil]

And here it is from the nose...

I must say the paint came out very well on this model....

 

[jetra2]

Oh Yeah! I like it a lot! I would buy one!

Didya design it all by yourself, Neil?



Jason

 

[Neil]

Yeah, actually I did... I took one look at that Fliskits "D Nelson Tomahawk", and decided I wanted to make something like that for personal use. Then it grew another fin, 4 more tubes, different shaped fins, different sized body tubes, and eventually into something that I said "hey, I could make a few bucks selling this sucker!".

What do you think I should charge for it? Im not very good at pricing things...

$20?

I dont know... Its going to have a nylon chute, Kevlar shock cord ETC. I like the really nice components, and I think other people do too.

What do you think a fair price would be for a kit like this?

 

[Neil]

Its ready to fly now, and if teh launch on the 22d is go, I will fly it then on a D12-3, if I still have one...

Or at least up in Cherryfield this memorial day...

It would be nice to get the opinions of CMASS members, though...

 

[daveyfire]

I wanna do an upscale with a nice long burn motor, or maybe a K1275R with some airstarts in the pods like the MegaBucks rocket...

 

[Neil]

I already have a 2X (semi) upscale in the planning phase...

LOC 3" upper tube, 2.56" lower tube, 1.5" side pods and fins....

That proabably wont be kitted, though, for a long time, if at all.

But if your kits are being upscaled, THAT is something to be proud of.... Jim Flisk knows ALLLLLL about that one.... Just look in any Sport Rocketry...