Nike Nike Smoke???????????????????????

[ColumbiaNX01]

Hard to find any info on a nike nike smoke. Anyone have a scale size?

 

[rharshberger]

Main diameter of the m5e1 motors was 16.5" iirc, from that info just about any scale drawing can be scaled up if needed. I will dig around and see if I can find the M5 motor drawing I have thats dimensioned. One thing that works for sport scale stuff is to use a pdf of one of Peter Always drawings and then blow that up to the actual airframe size you want to use. Its easy to do and many office copy shops wont charge too much for doing it. My last black and white drawing ( nike hercules) i had done that way cost me like $5 US.

The fins have fairly well known dimension and there is even a document on Nike sounding rocket fins.

Currently waiting on my wife to get out of surgery recovery so it may take a day or so to get the information.

I dont know of any high detail Nike Nike Smoke drawings, Peters version is the only one I know of.

 

[ColumbiaNX01]

cool

 

[rharshberger]

https://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?135272-Scale-Data-for-the-Nike-Nike-Smoke

Peter Alway drawing

 

[rharshberger]

https://meatballrocketry.com/nike-motor-data/

Meatball Rocketry Website, dimensions for the M5 Nike rocket motor.

 

[rharshberger]

And the Nike Fins PDF.

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The fin called out in Peters drawing is the 4.8 sq.ft. which is not in the Nike Fins PDF, sorry about that. If anyone has the dimensions for that fin please post them (if they are more detailed than Peters drawing).

 

[Worsaer]

As seen at Balls this year...

 

[ColumbiaNX01]

As seen at Balls this year...

sweet any info about the rocket and flight?

 

[ColumbiaNX01]

Just 3 fins in 2 stage config?

 

[0011001100]

sweet any info about the rocket and flight?

I heard from Facebook that it went loopy and crashed. There is video of it as well.

 

[Salvage-1]

I believe it was Tripoli Central California. I have pics somewhere on my computer including flight. Flight didn't end up working correctly, I believe the interstage collapsed a couple of seconds into flight.

 

[rharshberger]

Just 3 fins in 2 stage config?

Thats what the Alway drawing shows, basically the Nike Nike Smoke was two Nike Ajax boosters (without Nike Ajax interstage though) with a Nike Smoke nosecone.