RedShark92
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Howdy all,
This is my first post here, actually, I've been browsing for a few weeks. I was big into all this stuff when I was a kid - I had kinda become a BAR a few years back but then got stalled by general life events... Among the kits that I bought then was Estes' reissue of the Orbital Transport. I started building it then, never got it finished and now that I have something resembling free time again I got the kit out and finished putting it together.
It's just about ready to fly right now and I thought I'd do a swing-test with it. Right now it's failing the swing test, with either a B or C engine and with or without the glider attached.
I added a bit of weight to the hollow nosecone, by way of placing four pennies inside and this seems to have cleared it up. Without the glider, It'll now pass the swing test with the extra weight and I think it'll be OK with the glider, too, because the CG hardly moves when I mount the glider on there.
Anyway - just curious about this - I've never had a problem with stability on anything built from a kit before, though I have had to make adjustments to some customized or modded rockets to get them to work, occasionally.
Aside from that, I'd think the long and lean Orbital Transport, with those huge wing/fins at the base would be super stable. Wondering if I messed something up during the construction but I can't think of anything.
Also a little concerned about the extra weight. I think I'll probably be flying this on motors with short time-delays...
This is my first post here, actually, I've been browsing for a few weeks. I was big into all this stuff when I was a kid - I had kinda become a BAR a few years back but then got stalled by general life events... Among the kits that I bought then was Estes' reissue of the Orbital Transport. I started building it then, never got it finished and now that I have something resembling free time again I got the kit out and finished putting it together.
It's just about ready to fly right now and I thought I'd do a swing-test with it. Right now it's failing the swing test, with either a B or C engine and with or without the glider attached.
I added a bit of weight to the hollow nosecone, by way of placing four pennies inside and this seems to have cleared it up. Without the glider, It'll now pass the swing test with the extra weight and I think it'll be OK with the glider, too, because the CG hardly moves when I mount the glider on there.
Anyway - just curious about this - I've never had a problem with stability on anything built from a kit before, though I have had to make adjustments to some customized or modded rockets to get them to work, occasionally.
Aside from that, I'd think the long and lean Orbital Transport, with those huge wing/fins at the base would be super stable. Wondering if I messed something up during the construction but I can't think of anything.
Also a little concerned about the extra weight. I think I'll probably be flying this on motors with short time-delays...