I have a few in my inventory. 12 inches long. No nose cone I have fits. Suggestions?
Motor mounts fo 29 mm motors?I have a few in my inventory. 12 inches long. No nose cone I have fits. Suggestions?
The Li’l Augie looks neato!
It’s a fun flyer, and I think could easily be modded for a BT-20 core and 29mm outer tube.The Li’l Augie looks neato!
I have a similar situation so I print nosecones and fin cans on my 3D printer.
I've flown my L Aug twice. Only issue with her is lack of body tube space.
Absolutely. Will be much easier to pack and more reliable.Can I just make the "sustainer" body tube longer? Of course, then it would not be a Li'l Augie, but still...
The Augie II seems a little simpler to build. I may start with that.
Augie II at JimZ
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Will do!Absolutely. Will be much easier to pack and more reliable.
Have a good flight and post pics, please!
Nice!Mine is a "Semroc Large Series" or SLS Lil Augie made to 'Chad-stage' an E16-0/E16-8 or F15-0/F15-8. The "F's" are to lose it : )
Cheers / Robert
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Yep. Fins. Motor mount. No problem. Nose cone? I have no 29 mm nose. I guess I could add a custom transition to make a “payload bay” tube that then has the right size tube for a nose cone I do own. But making your own transitions is a pain.How about a 29mm minimum diameter rocket? I had some 29mm parts on hand, made a 29mm minimum diameter dual deploy rocket with them. Easy enough to cut your own fins.
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Or just make a simple 29 mm conical nose out of paper.Yep. Fins. Motor mount. No problem. Nose cone? I have no 29 mm nose. I guess I could add a custom transition to make a “payload bay” tube that then has the right size tube for a nose cone I do own. But making your own transitions is a pain.
So many rocket ideas. So little time. Sigh.Or just make a simple 29 mm conical nose out of paper.
What kind of tubes are they? What is the ID and OD? Apogee has all kinds of nosecones for 29mm tubes:
Try to keep pad weight (rocket, both motors, wadding, recovery) below max lift off weight for the booster motor. Estes C6-0 is I believe max option for 18 mm booster (although many are pleading for a C5-0 to come out soon.) To my knowledge there are no composite zero delay boosters which can stage a sustainer without electronics. You COULD chad stage a 24 mm D12 to an 18 mm sustained, you would need nose weight to bring CG back to normal. Swing test might be useful.Can I just make the "sustainer" body tube longer? Of course, then it would not be a Li'l Augie, but still...
The Augie II seems a little simpler to build. I may start with that.
Augie II at JimZ
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Would love to see what you ended up doing!Look what I found when I did a thorough search of my model rocket parts bin! A 29 mm nose cone! Now I am in business.
Sheesh. I just need to look through my parts bin a little harder. Doh!
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