smashburn
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When I finished my Upscale DragonShip back in 2007 I was going to do a scale Proton M, but lost my job/house/etc in 2008 and all went on hold. I had lots of parts already and now that I’m back in Denver and getting back to rocketry am proceeding on the build. I was thrilled, and a little bummed, to see the PunkRocketScience dudes beat me to it. Wow! awesome build .. really beautiful work. Sorry it didn’t go quite as planned but after my Titan IV in 2005 I know how that can go.
My Proton looks similar in scale .. 12” sona tube w/ 4.5” outboards. I’m loading up the main (12” with a 98 and 3-75mm MMTs. I have 54s in the outboards, and a 98mm in the sustainer. Lots of potential options in the future. Not quite as authentic but a little less risk. I’m 2 staging as well but may not opt for the fold out fins .. at least initially. Everything is modular so I can add that feature later. A group of us from NCR, Northern Colorado Rocketry, are building it ... normally on Saturdays .. so it'll take some time. I did the Delta II back in '04 with this group and it was a blast .. and an awesome success.
Hoping to fly at Mile High Mayhem in May near Denver ... all EX motors. Also trying to build the ‘lifter’ assembly as the launch rail .. would look so cool. Tracking the build on my site: www.smashrocketry.com.
We're also looking at an Upscale PML Little Lunar Express as the follow up project .. that should be awesome as well.
For those that missed the DragonShip pics I have some pics on the site as well. I lost my site a while back and it was deleted, so I am rebuilding it slowly with all the past projects: Delta II, Titan IV, DragonShip.
Thanks,
Steve Mashburn
smashrocketry.com
My Proton looks similar in scale .. 12” sona tube w/ 4.5” outboards. I’m loading up the main (12” with a 98 and 3-75mm MMTs. I have 54s in the outboards, and a 98mm in the sustainer. Lots of potential options in the future. Not quite as authentic but a little less risk. I’m 2 staging as well but may not opt for the fold out fins .. at least initially. Everything is modular so I can add that feature later. A group of us from NCR, Northern Colorado Rocketry, are building it ... normally on Saturdays .. so it'll take some time. I did the Delta II back in '04 with this group and it was a blast .. and an awesome success.
Hoping to fly at Mile High Mayhem in May near Denver ... all EX motors. Also trying to build the ‘lifter’ assembly as the launch rail .. would look so cool. Tracking the build on my site: www.smashrocketry.com.
We're also looking at an Upscale PML Little Lunar Express as the follow up project .. that should be awesome as well.
For those that missed the DragonShip pics I have some pics on the site as well. I lost my site a while back and it was deleted, so I am rebuilding it slowly with all the past projects: Delta II, Titan IV, DragonShip.
Thanks,
Steve Mashburn
smashrocketry.com
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