swatkat
Down these mean skies, a kat must fly!
Finished up a motor mount for the LOC, sewed 16 nomex chute protectors (12" x 12") and bought a bigger 3D printer.
Flew another I-motor Tripoli record attempt flight yesterday. The wind was blowing about 10mph at launch and it turned quite a bit after clearing the tower. I didn't beat my last flight with it, but 14,038' with a CTI I224 isn't totally horrible either. Fun stuff!
KA-POW!!That thing sounds almost like a .22 rifle firing. Love it! :headbang:
I launched my first ever rockets! The two from the Estes Tandem X set, the Amazon and Crossfire at the Midland Rocketry Midland Sky event.
Crossfire flew A8-3, A8-3 (then told by RSO to use a bigger motor), B4-4 then C6-5. Even the A8-3s were satisfying, but the C6-5 was a seriously impressive flight.
Amazon flew B4-4 then C6-3. The Klima B4-4 had a problem. The motor casing burned through around the nozzle plug and thrust was low. It nearly lawn darted into spectators, but everyone was paying attention and the chute popped just in time. The second flight on a C6-3 was much better and came down about 10m from the Crossfire's fourth flight.
[video=https://youtu.be/2jOkxs-3kxM]Youtube B4-4 doesn't quite go as planned.[/video]
Good and bad rocket weekend. I got my new L2 card in the mail yesterday. But before I could use my new license, I started packing up my rocketry stuff today. We are moving to an apartment next month while our new house is being built. Nearly all of my rocket stuff is going into storage for the winter. Depressing, but the new house will have a huge unfinished basement that will become the rocketarium.
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Cleaned and unpacked my rockets from Airfest. Straightened out all my OneBadHawk harnesses and stored until MWP
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Nick,,
Do me a favor,,
Ask Michael P what he does with my harnesses when he gets home from a launch.. lol..
Ima send him this thread in an email..
Teddy
So I am a bit anal. I disassemble my rockets completely, inspect for damage, wear and clean. The harnesses get a bath with laundry detergent and a bit of fabric softener then hung dry.
What can I say, when I get out of the hobby whomever buys my stuff will be getting well taken care of stuff.
So I am a bit anal. I disassemble my rockets completely, inspect for damage, wear and clean. The harnesses get a bath with laundry detergent and a bit of fabric softener then hung dry.
What can I say, when I get out of the hobby whomever buys my stuff will be getting well taken care of stuff.
Cool on the new house, sad on the rocket hiatus. However, think of all the tremendous projects you can come up with in OR while you are waiting. Me thinks it is time you designed a minimum diameter 3 stage.
Since I have to fit my hobby activity in a small space for the next 6 months, I'm thinking this will be a good time to learn Arduino and/or Raspberry Pi. But I'm sure I'll find lots of time to plan some ridiculous projects in OR. An MD 3-stager would be awesome, but I think I'll start with an L3 project.
NOM is superior at certain masses, IIRC.That's the spirit...L3, then your 3-stager can be O-N-M. :dark:
NOM is superior at certain masses, IIRC.
Started to assemble components for next years Airfest project. I was so impressed with Kyle C's flight I decided to build my own carbon fiber 54mm MD to accommodate the Loki M1378 rocket killer. This flight sims to 45K' but I think that's a bit optimistic, one way to find out :shock: 5.4.3.2.1
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