Nytrunner
Pop lugs, not drugs
With the arrival of my L2 airframe, I'm continuing to work on my mid-power fleet in order to get familiar with preparing electronic recovery. I honestly figured I'd be further along by now, but a lengthy Blackstar Voyager build and a two week business trip in Alaska have slowed things down.
Nice to visit, not sure I'd want to live there. I'm finding out I'm kind of a flatlander.
Adding to the pause in rocket activities was the tree-loss of my first PSII trainer BroncBuster II in March. It was a Leviathan built stronger than stock and incorporated a Chute Release with the intent of reducing recovery footprint on G's and H's. Definitely was successful until bad wind direction took it behind the nearby treeline. Lesson: Learn when not to fly!
BroncBuster II
I've already ordered a Scion to replace it, but that build'll have to wait until the rest of the PSIIs are done (maybe behind an undisclosed H-I flyer too) New Goal: Don't Lose AnyMORE of these until the fleet is complete!
So! On to business......
I present Vertigo II!
An Estes Ventris with reinforced shock cord mounting, converted av-bay transition, nose weight adjustment, and rod/rail capability.
Its basically fully constructed, and I'll be starting the prime/sand cycle. That should give me time to do system overview posts, some cfd analysis, and tell the story of the original Vertigo, the first "Big" rocket I worked on when introduced to rocketry! Plus, I'll post my journey into ground-testing deployment, and hopefully its first flight at Southern Thunder '17!
I'm on a schedule to try and certify L2 at NARAM next year, and I consider this training fleet an important part of preperations.
We'll see how things go! (with bonus pictures from Alaska because)
Nice to visit, not sure I'd want to live there. I'm finding out I'm kind of a flatlander.
Adding to the pause in rocket activities was the tree-loss of my first PSII trainer BroncBuster II in March. It was a Leviathan built stronger than stock and incorporated a Chute Release with the intent of reducing recovery footprint on G's and H's. Definitely was successful until bad wind direction took it behind the nearby treeline. Lesson: Learn when not to fly!
BroncBuster II
I've already ordered a Scion to replace it, but that build'll have to wait until the rest of the PSIIs are done (maybe behind an undisclosed H-I flyer too) New Goal: Don't Lose AnyMORE of these until the fleet is complete!
So! On to business......
I present Vertigo II!
An Estes Ventris with reinforced shock cord mounting, converted av-bay transition, nose weight adjustment, and rod/rail capability.
Its basically fully constructed, and I'll be starting the prime/sand cycle. That should give me time to do system overview posts, some cfd analysis, and tell the story of the original Vertigo, the first "Big" rocket I worked on when introduced to rocketry! Plus, I'll post my journey into ground-testing deployment, and hopefully its first flight at Southern Thunder '17!
I'm on a schedule to try and certify L2 at NARAM next year, and I consider this training fleet an important part of preperations.
We'll see how things go! (with bonus pictures from Alaska because)