Great minds apparently think alike;
Whenever I said that, my friend in college would say: "Well, yeah, and so do ours."
Great minds apparently think alike;
Hmmmmmm. @BABAR would approve. I would have to ditch the tail cone, but that wouldn't be a major loss.A design change you could consider is rear eject, that would bring it down nose first. And also let you have a seamless front end.
LOL.Whenever I said that, my friend in college would say: "Well, yeah, and so do ours."
Hmmmmmm. @BABAR would approve. I would have to ditch the tail cone, but that wouldn't be a major loss.
Whenever I said that, my friend in college would say: "Well, yeah, and so do ours."
Hmmmmmm. @BABAR would approve. I would have to ditch the tail cone, but that wouldn't be a major loss.
I'm just so darned squeamish about rear eject, feel like I should be using it only when absolutely necessary. Probably because I haven't used it before.
I think I am leaning towards attempting slots in the pods as discussed, and just making them Strong.
Another alternative is to put the break just forward of the motor mount and have a long shock cord with the chute attached near the fin can end. Then the fin can hits after the nose cone/upper body and is moving slower. This takes some more care with packing the chute.
My standard reply with my wife is "and fools come in pairs."
If you have the pop pod in an intermediary tube, and center that in the main body tube, you can have TTW fins connecting to the intermediary tube with rear ejection. Best of both worlds. Cons are that most rear ejection layouts limit the space for the recovery device, so best suited for larger diameter rockets.Well, one downside is that rear eject eliminates the possibility of doing through the wall fins. But perhaps the fins don't need to be as strong. Egh, tradeoffs....
Yeah, not enough room for the intermediate tube here. However, if it weren't coming down tail first it wouldn't need TTW.If you have the pop pod in an intermediary tube, and center that in the main body tube, you can have TTW fins connecting to the intermediary tube with rear ejection. Best of both worlds. Cons are that most rear ejection layouts limit the space for the recovery device, so best suited for larger diameter rockets.
There is some middle ground here.Yeah, not enough room for the intermediate tube here. However, if it weren't coming down tail first it wouldn't need TTW.
In this case I think I'd rather try to make it strong than to make it rear-eject. I'm quite nervous about slotting the nose cone shoulders but will give it a try (when I get to it).
Would be a good candidate for that heavy duty tubing I think Odd’l rockets is selling (?? @hcmbanjo ??)
I don't know whether to be pleased, embarrassed, or full-on horrified.(btw, we are over 1000 posts here!)
I'll get that for you later. It just occurred to me that the chevron design is almost sort of fish-scale-like... except they're pointing the wrong way. If I turned them around and rounded them it could definitely be suggestive of scales. I'll try that too when I get a chance.Favor to ask: how does the model with two small oval sold white “”eye spots” on on each side just at the base of the cone?
I've completely switched over to heavy-walled BT50, don't build 18mm mounts too often so I haven't had a chance to try the heavy BT20 yet.After you've used the heavier tubing (for sport flying and the Q-Jet C and D motors), you won't want to go back to the thinner tubes.
Here's a trick for rear ejection recovery models.I don't know whether to be pleased, embarrassed, or full-on horrified.
I think I see what you're proposing. Sort of a pop-pod that starts in front of the fin can.
I'll get that for you later. It just occurred to me that the chevron design is almost sort of fish-scale-like... except they're pointing the wrong way. If I turned them around and rounded them it could definitely be suggestive of scales. I'll try that too when I get a chance.
I've completely switched over to heavy-walled BT50, don't build 18mm mounts too often so I haven't had a chance to try the heavy BT20 yet.
Whoops, didn't realize that, even though you mentioned it way back when. Certainly the current design is not Orca-like, but I'll see if I can find some Orca-eyes to put on front as a test.Regarding fish scales, it's your rocket. The "blackfish" actual refers to Orca/Killer whale. So eye spots wouldn't work (at least from an animal classification standpoint) with scales.
Surprisingly the word thagomizer actually was recognized by my voice recognition system
The Far Side is a part of our culture. Gary Larson is brilliant!Now that is the weirdest thing I’ve heard today.
As I stated it is your rocket. Put scales on it. Put spikes on it. Put a thagomizer on it. No matter what you do we're going to like it. Surprisingly the word thagomizer actually was recognized by my voice recognition system
I was going to mention that the thagomizer was going to be on Stage-a-saurus but I couldn't remember whose rocket that was and was too lazy to go look.Hey, man the thagomizer is on my rocket! Stop encouraging Neil to steal my brand--he'll only make me look bad by comparison!
Mea culpa, actually I knew someone recently had referred to the Thagomizer in a recent build, I should have looked it up and credited you accordingly. Hope your full two stage flight goes well!Hey, man the thagomizer is on my rocket! Stop encouraging Neil to steal my brand--he'll only make me look bad by comparison!
According to the dictionary, blackfish is either a dark-colored fish or a small toothed whale such as a pilot whale though Wikipedia says that the term applies to all large members of the dolphin family, of which orcas are a member. I always thought of term as applying to orcas, but also sort of generally as a large hunting whale/dolphin. That goes pretty well with the design and paint scheme as you have it.
This has been a post by Captain Technicality. You're welcome.
I was going to mention that the thagomizer was going to be on Stage-a-saurus but I couldn't remember whose rocket that was and was too lazy to go look.
I think if Blackfish at least refers to some creatures other than Orcas (other cetaceans, fish, or whatever), then I'm ok where I am. But if Blackfish were specifically a nickname for an Orca than I be reluctant to go with the given paint scheme.
I think if Blackfish at least refers to some creatures other than Orcas (other cetaceans, fish, or whatever), then I'm ok where I am. But if Blackfish were specifically a nickname for an Orca than I be reluctant to go with the given paint scheme.
I did not have an association of any kind of animal or mammal with the name "Blackfish" when I first saw your rocket design. Rather, it seemed like some kind of covert operation code name, or something like that. Certainly a bit sinister. But my daily world is pretty far removed from any aquatic wildlife.
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