Sirius Refit USS Atlantis Build

[mtnmanak]

Finally, this bird is done. I think it came out well, after my paint disaster. Thanks again to David from Sirius for helping me out when I messed up!

I hope to fly it this weekend, will get photos/video if I can.

 

[dpower]

Finally read through this whole build thread, and really enjoyed it! I plan to build one of these, and this will be a great reference. What was the final weight? Seems to me a club member liked to fly his on an E18. Thanks for all the great info, and hope your first flight went (or goes) well.

 

[mtnmanak]

Finally read through this whole build thread, and really enjoyed it! I plan to build one of these, and this will be a great reference. What was the final weight? Seems to me a club member liked to fly his on an E18. Thanks for all the great info, and hope your first flight went (or goes) well.

It ended up being about 9 ounces/255g. Flew it on a D12-3 and aerotech E15-4. Both worked great. Didn't have any electronics on board, so can't tell you how high it went, but it flew fine. It did get a pretty big paint chip out of one of the nacelles. Wasn't too difficult to patch up later, but they are pretty fragile. I flew it on a day with zero wind and it was in a very soft dirt sod farm field. I would be very hesitant to fly this on a day with any wind or where it may land on a hard surface - I don't think the nacelles would survive that and it pretty much always lands nacelles first.

It is a beautiful bird and looks awesome on the rocket wall. It is a super fun project to build and I recommend it, but it probably has limited flying opportunities if you care about keeping it looking good.

One note - I am very happy I added the rail buttons. Way easier to fly than using launch lugs, plus they look cool on this rocket

Also, the other nice thing you get working on a Sirius rocket is David - he bends over backwards to help if you have questions and has always answered my emails within a day. Really excellent customer service there.