jetra2
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Wassup all? Going good? I sure do hope so!
Well - thing's have been going pretty darned good over here. I recently ordered a buncha parts from Fliskits, mainly tubes, fin stock, and nosecones. I designed a couple of rockets to use these parts, of course. The first one is still a secret, and it is really cool. This one, though, I couldn't help myself to share. It's way too cool, if I do say so myself.
I have fallen in love with split-fin designs. Rockets like the BSD Thor, the Velociraptor by BSD, I think, and military-esque (esk) rockets. I love the look that they have. It is just so cool. The weapon-look and the look that's sorta like a dart surpasses coolness by leaps and bounds.
To quench my thirst for said rocket, I designed one. I've based it on the BT-70 (2.217 OD) and the BNC-70AJ (Richter Recker). Of course, it has the split fins! (What, did you think I would say so much cool stuff about them just to design a rocket that doesn't have them?
) The fins are .125 balsa, and the best part is, it's a CLUSTER! I've used the Fliskits cluster mount kit for two 18mm motors in a BT-70. It should fly to about 125 feet on a pair of A8-3's , about 470 on a pair of B6-4's, and around 900 on a pair of C6-5's.
From now, I'm just gonna let ya'll decide if you like it by looking at the pix!
This is a 3D Rocksim render. I didn't color it at all - I wasn't sure how I wanted to paint it.
Oh, yeah. This is my deisng for the first available DOM, so don't go stealin' it, OK? Thanx!
Jason
Well - thing's have been going pretty darned good over here. I recently ordered a buncha parts from Fliskits, mainly tubes, fin stock, and nosecones. I designed a couple of rockets to use these parts, of course. The first one is still a secret, and it is really cool. This one, though, I couldn't help myself to share. It's way too cool, if I do say so myself.
I have fallen in love with split-fin designs. Rockets like the BSD Thor, the Velociraptor by BSD, I think, and military-esque (esk) rockets. I love the look that they have. It is just so cool. The weapon-look and the look that's sorta like a dart surpasses coolness by leaps and bounds.
To quench my thirst for said rocket, I designed one. I've based it on the BT-70 (2.217 OD) and the BNC-70AJ (Richter Recker). Of course, it has the split fins! (What, did you think I would say so much cool stuff about them just to design a rocket that doesn't have them?
) The fins are .125 balsa, and the best part is, it's a CLUSTER! I've used the Fliskits cluster mount kit for two 18mm motors in a BT-70. It should fly to about 125 feet on a pair of A8-3's , about 470 on a pair of B6-4's, and around 900 on a pair of C6-5's.From now, I'm just gonna let ya'll decide if you like it by looking at the pix!
This is a 3D Rocksim render. I didn't color it at all - I wasn't sure how I wanted to paint it.
Oh, yeah. This is my deisng for the first available DOM, so don't go stealin' it, OK? Thanx!
Jason
