I plan to put my Featherweight GPS in the nose and a JLCR on the chute.
That's what I'm able to do with only data... Imagine what I could do with a physical sample in hand...On Top of it as I can see
It uses streamers... A pair of them.I plan to put my Featherweight GPS in the nose and a JLCR on the chute.
It does have specifics on flying as a single stage... And I'd add a little ribbon made of silver mylar to the ends of the streamers to help add a little sparkle to it coming down (if the light is right).That might be my favorite Rocket Estes has ever made, That being said, my Sub Min Diameter F-15-8 simms at 2850 feet and it's almost out of sight on a clear day. . Can you even see a rocket the size of a So Long at 3,600 feet? I could just build it as a single.
I am using the GPS for the telemetry data and to wow my friends as it calls out the altitude. I may have the parachute wiggle room if I use the JLCR.It uses streamers... A pair of them.
I'd be too worried about losing it to ever fly it with my JLCR.I am using the GPS for the telemetry data and to wow my friends as it calls out the altitude. I may have the parachute wiggle room if I use the JLCR.
I think the JLCR needs at least a BT60 size airframe or larger.I am using the GPS for the telemetry data and to wow my friends as it calls out the altitude. I may have the parachute wiggle room if I use the JLCR.
ah! thanks for the quick draw on the calipers. Streamers it is then!JLCR in a 29mm tube? This isn't even the wider tabs by the pin catch and the band protrudes beyond the case.
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As has already been shown, the JLCR isn’t going to fit. There are other electronics options that fit in even smaller tubes - the Adrel DeployMax from North Coast, a range of Eggtimer products - the So long is a perfect candidate for dual deploy with $20 Eggtimer Quark - but Cris has several other Eggtimer altimeters that would fit.I plan to put my Featherweight GPS in the nose and a JLCR on the chute.
I'm sorry for your loss, wished I had one to lose as well. I hope Estes builds more 29 MM BT rockets.Got mine yesterday, excited to start building it so I can lose it
Agreed. It’d be a good option for 24mm mounts, not quite as bulky as BT-55s.I'm sorry for your loss, wished I had one to lose as well. I hope Estes builds more 29 MM BT rockets.
Maybe if you are above 2000 feet and have very good eyes.That might be my favorite Rocket Estes has ever made. Can you even see a rocket the size of a So Long at 3,600 feet?
I like BT-55s/56s for 24mm mounts and on the BT56 I have flown 29mm mounts on an H50 Ellis Motor. Lighter and no need for the weight of heavy wall 29mm tubes I have.
A 29mm MD Goblin would actually be a down Scale.
T30mm-34 | 1.181(30mm)x1.141(28.981mm)x 34 in long | $3.00 | BUY |
A lot heavier though. The volume of cardboard in BT55 is 0.555 cc per cm of length. The volume of cardboard in one cm heavy wall 29mm motor tube as Estes seem to be using is 0.834 cc.Agreed. It’d be a good option for 24mm mounts, not quite as bulky as BT-55s.
There's also Rocketry Works tubing, claimed to be 1.168x1.137. The others mostly differ slightly in claimed specs too. It would be interesting to know if all of this is the same tubing with various degrees of measurement error.There's also thinner-wall version of the 29mm MMT tubing.
Quest 30mm
Apogee 29MM X 13" BODY TUBE
BMS
T30mm-34 1.181(30mm)x1.141(28.981mm)x 34 in long $3.00 BUY
are all the same as far as I can tell. Same ID as 29mm MMT, but 0.020 or so wall thickness.
My Min Diameter F-15-8 Rocket uses a heavy duty tube for the motor section (Vintage Centuri T-30 in Black) and standard tube upper body taken from a Quest Penetrator kit. 3 flights with no issues other that reattaching a fin after it's second flight. Considering the black paint started to melt when launched on a hot day it's probably good that I used Heavy duty tubing for the motor/Fin section. A quest Penetrator kit is one of the cheapest ways to get a 29mm nose cone and upper body tube. Without a reflective streamer recovery would be impossible as this rocket goes out of sight.I like BT-55s/56s for 24mm mounts and on the BT56 I have flown 29mm mounts on an H50 Ellis Motor. Lighter and no need for the weight of heavy wall 29mm tubes I have.
I bet you could if you painted it with Rustoleum bright coat metallic paint and flew it on a sunny day. That stuff is mirror-like when it dries.That might be my favorite Rocket Estes has ever made. Can you even see a rocket the size of a So Long at 3,600 feet? My Scratch built Sub Min Diameter F-15-8 simms at 2850 feet and it's almost out of sight on a clear day.
You aren't kidding. I've been waiting to launch my Pegasus painted with Rustoleum Bright Coat on a sunny day. Unfortunately you can't touch the paint when dry or it starts to melt and loses the mirror finish.I bet you could if you painted it with Rustoleum bright coat metallic paint and flew it on a sunny day. That stuff is mirror-like when it dries.
Clearcoat and floor polish to protect finish.You aren't kidding. I've been waiting to launch my Pegasus painted with Rustoleum Bright Coat on a sunny day. Unfortunately you can't touch the paint when dry or it starts to melt and loses the mirror finish.
Which clearcoat? The one I tried took away much of the shine.Clearcoat and floor polish to protect finish.
Oops, my mistake.Which clearcoat? The one I tried took away much of the shine.
I'll be ordering 2, though I'll see if my LHS can get them before ordering online. No electronics, probably not even a tracker - I'd rather lose a $40 rocket than a $150 tracker!
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