What did you do rocket wise today?

[Hobie1dog]

started gluing up the first shock cord to the index cards / business cards cut out to fold and fit the inside of the body tubes.

 

[krislhull]

Received my updated Tripoli card in the mail today, as well as a Vanderburn upgrade kit for another kit on my build pile.

 

[Hobie1dog]

Received my updated Tripoli card in the mail today, as well as a Vanderburn upgrade kit for another kit on my build pile.

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congrats, is that a pledge pin?

 

[Funkworks]

My 38 mm Loc Terrier Booster had this gap by a fin :



So 2 days ago, I squeezed in a glob of Elmers wood filler and covered it with CA glue:



And 2 min ago I covered the result with Tamiya white putty:



Now the thing is ready for another coat of white primer along side a Fliskit Thinderd I’m also building.

 

[teepot]

I have gaps like that too. I just fill them with the fillet epoxy.

 

[Sooner Boomer]

Done! (now I can start cleaning garage (but I won't)

 

[Hobie1dog]

Done! (now I can start cleaning garage (but I won't)

It looks like you didn't paint the nosecone.When are you going to launch it?

 

[Sooner Boomer]

It looks like you didn't paint the nosecone.When are you going to launch it?

Haven't painted the nc *yet*. That's just black primer. It may not be the final color.

I should fly it on Saturday. There are supposed to be significant winds, but I don't think tube finned rockets weathercock (much). A low flight to test it out, then maybe a higher one later. Always fly the field and conditions!

 

[deepblueska]

Looks great!

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Finished my Custom Landviper. Casper is inspecting for Hydrogen leaks

 

[Rocketjunkie]

I just finished up two scratch-built 54mm Stealths, one for me and one for a buddy. Thanks to Art Applewhite for providing templates on his “free stuff” website. I built my first 54mm Stealth about a month ago and had a perfect maiden voyage on a J415. I then tried a motor that was too long and unstable, so that one was destroyed. I will limit my new Stealth to 16ish inch motors as Art instructed.

If you want to put a longer motor in a Stealth or saucer type rocket, you have to allow the motor to stick out the front.
Like this

 

[b.wieting]

Final painting of my MoreRockets Tomcat.

PS MoreRockets also sells replacement nosecones and canopies, a good thing as Estes veterans will attest...

 

[terryg]

If you want to put a longer motor in a Stealth or saucer type rocket, you have to allow the motor to stick out the front.
Like this View attachment 537828

Man, I hope someone has a launch photo saved of this one!

 

[OverTheTop]

Some wiring on the Automatic Antenna Tracker.

 

[Adam3836]

I was due to paint a kit-bashed Composite Warehouse Lotus 5, and my daughter had an idea to add a ton of stickers to the cone to make it look like it was full of gumballs, did we succeed?

@Theory cause he loves 2K as much as I do...
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Way cool nice job

 

[neil_w]

Checking out the hourly forecast for tomorrow's launch...


That'll do. I might even be able to get a bit aggressive with some larger motors, and pull out the JLCR for the first time...

 

[Hobie1dog]

I glued shock cord down on the folds of the business cards I cut to the same pattern that Estes uses.

 

[mccoy300]

Jumping on the meme bandwagon - Made a BT-60 Dwayne "The Rocket" Johnson nose cone...
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Going to necro a comment here, but please god tell me a rocket was born from this

 

[Rocketjunkie]

Man, I hope someone has a launch photo saved of this one!

Got video. Built it to fly my newly developed N800

and in my 7.5" Goblin

 

[Hobie1dog]

Got video. Built it to fly my newly developed N800
and in my 7.5" Goblin

That's officially my favorite motor now

 

[lakeroadster]

Made good progress today turning the P-40 Warhawk parts, into an odd-roc.

 

[Hobie1dog]

gluing and folding shock cord mounting card stock

 

[kuririn]

Calm day at the park so Ron and I launched a few.
Here's my lineup.
Estes Mars Leaper, A-10PT


NewWay Big Bessie, B6-2


Estes Blue Origin New Shepard, B6-2


Rocketarium Mega Vortico, D-11P


Rocketarium Mega Rebel. D12-3


All good flights, recovered with no damage.
Video shortly on the Ronz Rocketz You Tube channel and on the "Updates" thread here.
Laters.

 

[messedupryan]

Broke open a fresh pack of epoxy and started some long awaited repairs!

 

[Hobie1dog]

another glue and fold shock cord step

 

[teepot]

I went down to the Cape to watch the Falcon 9 launch. The spot I was at was just outside the Space Force's base front gate. I was about 4 or 5 miles from the rocket. Artemis was visible on the pad. It dwarfs the Falcon 9. Unfortunately the launch was scrubbed. I'll go down again when the have a date and time. There was a missile on a stick across from the viewing area. Something I couldn't identify. The booster had two motors stacked, one on top of the other. The missile had two air breathing engines side by side. It was about 50' long. The following pictures are Artemis, the VAB and the missile. I shot them with my cell phone so the long range stuff is not good. The shot of the missile when it's the darkest. I lit the missile up with one of my good flashlights.

 

[kuririn]

I went down to the Cape to watch the Falcon 9 launch. The spot I was at was just outside the Space Force's base front gate. I was about 4 or 5 miles from the rocket. Artemis was visible on the pad. It dwarfs the Falcon 9. Unfortunately the launch was scrubbed. I'll go down again when the have a date and time. There was a missile on a stick across from the viewing area. Something I couldn't identify. The booster had two motors stacked, one on top of the other. The missile had two air breathing engines side by side. It was about 50' long. The following pictures are Artemis, the VAB and the missile. I shot them with my cell phone so the long range stuff is not good. The shot of the missile when it's the darkest. I lit the missile up with one of my good flashlights.View attachment 537986View attachment 537987View attachment 537988View attachment 537989View attachment 537990View attachment 537991View attachment 537992

SM-64 Navaho.
https://www.floridatoday.com/story/...e-back-display-cape-canaveral-sfs/7157576002/
(And there's a sign).

 

[OverTheTop]

When I was there back in 2019 that Navaho was in a very sad state of decay. I am glad they have revived it and found a better location for it. It definitely deserved some TLC.

 

[berlinetta]

Loaded up the car with my LOC IV and my LOC Weasel and heading to CT for a CATO launch. The LOC IV will go up on its maiden flight on a G126-6. The Weasel on a F25-4. I'm also bringing the lower half of the 2.8X upscale Estes Bandit that Joshua Drummond and I built to show off

 

[lakeroadster]

SM-64 Navaho.
https://www.floridatoday.com/story/...e-back-display-cape-canaveral-sfs/7157576002/
(And there's a sign).

That Navaho is sweet.

Wait, can I write that, or is that offensive?

 

[teepot]

SM-64 Navaho.
https://www.floridatoday.com/story/...e-back-display-cape-canaveral-sfs/7157576002/
(And there's a sign).

I didn't see a sign. How did you see it in a picture. You must have super dupper vision. But thanks.