Welp, I've decided I should try and go for my level one (hopefully) before I'm off to college. So that left me with the challenge of designing and building my rocket, and I decide no where better to start, than at the beginning of it all. Rocket 2.
The first rocket I made from "scratch", which meant it was mix of a salvaged nose cone and salvage engine mount (33mm-18mm) from the first rocket I ever had. I think it was called the triskelion or something, but that was broken by workers while construction was going on, i.e. fins were snapped, and the body tube was crushed. So when covid hit and I was bored I decided to make a new rocket out of those parts and out of a shipping tube I found that may have been a bit too think, but I made it work anyway. I made some basic fins, and made a parachute out of a garbage bag, and a few weeks later went and flew it. It went well so I decided to scale it up for my certification rocket. But before I do so I want to make a mid sized version just to get some more experience in, and prototype some fin techniques (will post later when that day comes around). So before I make the full sized 4in version (Rocket 2 XXL), I'm going to build a 66mm version which is a perfect 200% scale version that can fly on 24mm and 29mm motors. (Rocket 2 XL, below)
The parts are on the way for that and building will start on XL hopefully by next weeks end.
Rocket 2 XXL won’t start construction until the new year probably but I did snag that somewhat random 4in LOC slotted tube that apogee had in the garage sale section. So that’s a bonus.
(Rocket 2 XXL, below)
And yes they will have color accents of orange and grey once the time comes for better visibility.
So thoughts, opinions, and suggestions welcome!
And now that I think about it, I should probably join NAR or Tripoli…
The first rocket I made from "scratch", which meant it was mix of a salvaged nose cone and salvage engine mount (33mm-18mm) from the first rocket I ever had. I think it was called the triskelion or something, but that was broken by workers while construction was going on, i.e. fins were snapped, and the body tube was crushed. So when covid hit and I was bored I decided to make a new rocket out of those parts and out of a shipping tube I found that may have been a bit too think, but I made it work anyway. I made some basic fins, and made a parachute out of a garbage bag, and a few weeks later went and flew it. It went well so I decided to scale it up for my certification rocket. But before I do so I want to make a mid sized version just to get some more experience in, and prototype some fin techniques (will post later when that day comes around). So before I make the full sized 4in version (Rocket 2 XXL), I'm going to build a 66mm version which is a perfect 200% scale version that can fly on 24mm and 29mm motors. (Rocket 2 XL, below)
The parts are on the way for that and building will start on XL hopefully by next weeks end.
Rocket 2 XXL won’t start construction until the new year probably but I did snag that somewhat random 4in LOC slotted tube that apogee had in the garage sale section. So that’s a bonus.
(Rocket 2 XXL, below)
And yes they will have color accents of orange and grey once the time comes for better visibility.
So thoughts, opinions, and suggestions welcome!
And now that I think about it, I should probably join NAR or Tripoli…