Hello all. About a year ago, I purchased a crew dragon capsule from BA. See the picture. Seems the capsule changed a bit, but there's nothing I can do about that. I plan on building a Falcon 9 Crew Dragon upscaled from a paper model to have a diameter of 56mm, or what I call a BT-70 tube. I'm going to resize the 'skins' of the paper model and use lable paper to attach them to the tube. (Just as I did in the Delta II build last year) See the paper model I'm using. I'd also like to replace the SpaceX logo and create the worm NASA logo that hopefully will be used soon. Just details.
If my math is correct, the finished rocket should stand 38 3/4 inches tall with a diameter of 2.2 inches.
I started to make the 'Octaweb" today and it's turning out pretty nicely. Using a 1/2 inch dowel cut to 2 inch lengths, inserting them in the drill press and then using a rotary tool for the shaping. As you can see, I really gobbed the glue on the engine nozzles on the centering ring since I figured they are going to hit the ground first. Hopefully... The whole assembly will be painted black so I don't think the extra glue will show up too much. Oh, and a 24mm BT-50 motor tube. I plan on flying the rocket with an E9-4 (haven't graduated to better motors yet) and a screenshot of the OR details are below. I'll make 4 clear plastic acrylic fins with the edges airfoiled. 155 meters is just fine with me. I don't have huge open spaces. There's so much anxiety about flying these things anyway. I gotta find a better place to launch, but I digress.
If my math is correct, the finished rocket should stand 38 3/4 inches tall with a diameter of 2.2 inches.
I started to make the 'Octaweb" today and it's turning out pretty nicely. Using a 1/2 inch dowel cut to 2 inch lengths, inserting them in the drill press and then using a rotary tool for the shaping. As you can see, I really gobbed the glue on the engine nozzles on the centering ring since I figured they are going to hit the ground first. Hopefully... The whole assembly will be painted black so I don't think the extra glue will show up too much. Oh, and a 24mm BT-50 motor tube. I plan on flying the rocket with an E9-4 (haven't graduated to better motors yet) and a screenshot of the OR details are below. I'll make 4 clear plastic acrylic fins with the edges airfoiled. 155 meters is just fine with me. I don't have huge open spaces. There's so much anxiety about flying these things anyway. I gotta find a better place to launch, but I digress.
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