Jersey Devil
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Hey everyone been a while since I've posted because work and school keep me busier than I care to be, but while sitting through classes and thinking of anything BUT what's going on in class I had an idea that I need some help completely figuring out...
What if I built a rocket that looked like your basic body tube, fins, and nosecone, but when it reaches apogee the fins rotate 90 degrees and become helicopter blades??? The only way I could think of doing it would be to have the fin attached to a wooden dowel that ran through a small tube like a launch lug that runs through the BT and has a small weight on the other end that would cause the fin to rotate once the rocket begins to arc over but then you'd need to figure out how to get it to stop in the right position and stay there during descent.
This may be more complicated than it needs to be, but I've built 35 kits and I am working on getting away from the basic BT, nosecone, and fins because it is just waaay to boring. So any thoughts on this matter will be greatly appreciated and I suppose ridicule would be semi-appreciated because every once in a while you need someone to tell you it's impossible to get you working to prove them wrong. Can't wait to hear any input, and thanks in advance!
JD from SJ
What if I built a rocket that looked like your basic body tube, fins, and nosecone, but when it reaches apogee the fins rotate 90 degrees and become helicopter blades??? The only way I could think of doing it would be to have the fin attached to a wooden dowel that ran through a small tube like a launch lug that runs through the BT and has a small weight on the other end that would cause the fin to rotate once the rocket begins to arc over but then you'd need to figure out how to get it to stop in the right position and stay there during descent.
This may be more complicated than it needs to be, but I've built 35 kits and I am working on getting away from the basic BT, nosecone, and fins because it is just waaay to boring. So any thoughts on this matter will be greatly appreciated and I suppose ridicule would be semi-appreciated because every once in a while you need someone to tell you it's impossible to get you working to prove them wrong. Can't wait to hear any input, and thanks in advance!
JD from SJ