old book lander

[Mike Howie]

here we go

 

[Mike Howie]

Pieces parts

 

[Mike Howie]

going together

 

[rokitflite]

You should make all of the ping pong balls the same color otherwise it won't fly straight.

 

[Mike Howie]

add some shrouds

 

[Gillard]

i can't see from the design where the fourth ping pong ball goes? i guess i'll have to wait to find out.

 

[Pem Tech]

Oohhhh..
I like it...

Must resist urge to start new project...
:eyepop:
Must .... not..... go...... to...... workshop.........

AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH

 

[Mike Howie]

Add legs

 

[Mike Howie]

correct size

 

[Mike Howie]

brace struts

 

[Mike Howie]

all done

 

[Mike Howie]

i can't see from the design where the fourth ping pong ball goes? i guess i'll have to wait to find out.

When gathering the pieces I was going from memory. It was wrong.
Only three were needed.

 

[rockets2000]

Wow, quite the balls on that rocket!

Neat design. I've never seen spherical phins before. They should work well. Are you going to finish them smooth or leave them rough?

 

[Mike Howie]

The ping pong balls are pretty smooth. All they'll need is a light sanding after
a coat of primer.

 

[JAL3]

That was one of my favorite book series!

Keep us posted.

 

[Bone Daddy]

This is too cool.

I've used ping pong balls for noses, transitions, gun turrets, etc. Never for fins? or are the landing struts the fins?

Anyway, very nice.

 

[Bone Daddy]

Have you flown this bird?

Just curious.......................

 

[Mike Howie]

Nope, I'm a wimp. Too cold for me. So, right now I build.

 

[Stymye]

Hey Mike , I always enjoy seeing what you come up with.
good stuff

 

[Mike Howie]

Hey Mike , I always enjoy seeing what you come up with.
good stuff

thank you.

 

[Bone Daddy]

We recently had about 8 - 12" of snow which is unheard of. Not being a wimp, I told my wife I was going out to launch a rocket in the snow. My wife accused me of being crazy (which is really just stating the obvious). To keep marital harmony - again not because I wimped out because I hate cold weather, especially when wet and our snow was really wet and not because it sounded like good idea at the time, but the more I thought about it the less fun it really seemed - I postponed my launch until the next big Texas snow event. Which shouldn't be for a good long time.

Please post some pix when you get her up in the air.

 

[Bone Daddy]

Did you get a chance to fly this rocket yet?

 

[Mike Howie]

I'm going to try and get out to NARHAMS this weekend.

 

[Bone Daddy]

I'm curious about how those ping pong balls will work out. I'm working on a scratch build lander of my own that is just screaming for some cajones, as in ping pong cajones.

 

[troj]

Launch report: https://www.rocketryforum.com/showpost.php?p=96130&postcount=12

 

[Scotty Dog]

Very nice job. You gotta love it when they fly for the first time. Scotty Dog

 

[rosko_racer]

Mike: Where is the LL on your lander? BTW very kool. Nice job on this one. You always come up with interesting builds!

 

[Mike Howie]

Using an 1/8" drill bit, I drilled through one of the PPB, through the aft centering ring, and the aft transition skirt. Then I used one of JFLIS's long launch lugs, and with Elmers FnF, blended the LL to the PPB and the transition.

 

[JAL3]

This thread is is still sadly lacking in painted glamor shots and flight shots.

It's a cool rocket and needs some exposure.

 

[Mike Howie]

See above (post #25) OR

https://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?t=11217 (post #12):wink: