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Hi all,
I have a TLP AIM-7F under construction and thought I would dump all my photos on here. I'm about halfway through, so the first couple of posts will come pretty quickly, and then hopefully having a build thread will motivate me to get it done sooner than later despite a few other enticing projects I have waiting in the wings.
As for this rocket, "I've made a few modifications myself":
1. With a few parts from a Sunward MMT kit, I've upped it to a 29mm with ply centering rings. In light of that, I acquired some birch ply to cut fins from in place of the balsa.
2. I wasn't sure the paper nose cone would handle the push of some of the 29mm motors, so I've opted for a plastic ogive nosecone.
3. I considered doing some lightweight fiberglass on the boat tail, but instead have just a combination of some blank white shipping label stock and a lot of thin CA.
I'll try to get the first round of pictures up tonight!
BC
I have a TLP AIM-7F under construction and thought I would dump all my photos on here. I'm about halfway through, so the first couple of posts will come pretty quickly, and then hopefully having a build thread will motivate me to get it done sooner than later despite a few other enticing projects I have waiting in the wings.
As for this rocket, "I've made a few modifications myself":
1. With a few parts from a Sunward MMT kit, I've upped it to a 29mm with ply centering rings. In light of that, I acquired some birch ply to cut fins from in place of the balsa.
2. I wasn't sure the paper nose cone would handle the push of some of the 29mm motors, so I've opted for a plastic ogive nosecone.
3. I considered doing some lightweight fiberglass on the boat tail, but instead have just a combination of some blank white shipping label stock and a lot of thin CA.
I'll try to get the first round of pictures up tonight!
BC