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I got an assortment of nosecones, transitions, and boat tails from Balsa Machining yesterday.
Tomorrow is my rest day, no hikes or bike rides, so I may get a chance to lay out some interesting combinations and take photos for the forum.
In the meantime, here is a screenshot of a quick design I did, using one of the nosecones and boat tails. And, yes, I have the fins on the boat tail, which I think is appropriate.
It is a 41.6 (BT-60) rocket. Looks very much like a smaller version of a BT-80 I did, except the BT-80 didn't have a boat tail. Apogee isn't much. I used a C6-7 in the design, which is pretty small for such a big rocket. With this boat tail, I could use a D motor, and probably would.
I have a similar boat tail that will take 24mm motors, so I could go considerably larger. With an E motor, it would probably go pretty high.
Tomorrow is my rest day, no hikes or bike rides, so I may get a chance to lay out some interesting combinations and take photos for the forum.
In the meantime, here is a screenshot of a quick design I did, using one of the nosecones and boat tails. And, yes, I have the fins on the boat tail, which I think is appropriate.
It is a 41.6 (BT-60) rocket. Looks very much like a smaller version of a BT-80 I did, except the BT-80 didn't have a boat tail. Apogee isn't much. I used a C6-7 in the design, which is pretty small for such a big rocket. With this boat tail, I could use a D motor, and probably would.
I have a similar boat tail that will take 24mm motors, so I could go considerably larger. With an E motor, it would probably go pretty high.