Cut the body tube for the nike smoke, wicked CA into the nosecone end, started to prepare the coupler/baffle for it, organized the Creatix paints I have been slowly stockpiling, took stock of my composite motors and organized some building supplies.
Painted my Striker AGM , papered the fins for a Crossbow SST and continued on some detail work on the Asteroid Hunter.
I did an ejection test on my Go Devil 29 today with a 0.35g charge. It broke the 300# Kevlar cord near the body tube end -- not near a knot. Oops.
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Almost done assembling my 4" Little John. I need to add a few more internal fillets and one more external fillet to complete the fins. Last steps for assembling are adding the rear centering ring, drilling holes for the rail buttons, and sanding down the ridges on the fillets.
Looks like I'll be flying my rocket naked when I go for my Level 1 at Calgary Rocketry Association high power launch in March. We aren't likely going to see temperatures warm enough to paint between now and March 24.
Finally, I need to get the remaining hardware. Any thoughts on rocket casings? Sunward Hobbies has a Cesaroni Pro39 kit that comes with a 3-grain casing, a 6 grain casing, delay kit and spacers for $122. Or, I can just by my 2 grain casing for $37, but I will also need to get the delay tool. I'm not positive I'll ever fly a J, but you never know. I can definitely see flying an I.
It's hard to imagine not getting hooked. I certainly did. If you are on a tight budget, you can always start with the casing and borrow the DAT. I always factor shipping costs in. If the fee is say $20 for shipping, I may as well get the kit. Probably about the same shipping costs. Folks are great about lending cases.
It was super tight & definitely confined. Lots of bang. I tried it today with 0.25g in a vinyl glove fingertip and everything went well. I'll mess around with it some more before I fly it..35 grams is a lot? That sounds like a good amount. I use .7 grams in a 38mm. I'm wondering how that .35 grams was packed in that vinyl tube. Packed super tight and confined will give you much more bang per grain. Just stick with your method of building charges once you fine tune the amount.
Almost done assembling my 4" Little John. I need to add a few more internal fillets and one more external fillet to complete the fins. Last steps for assembling are adding the rear centering ring, drilling holes for the rail buttons, and sanding down the ridges on the fillets.
Looks like I'll be flying my rocket naked when I go for my Level 1 at Calgary Rocketry Association high power launch in March. We aren't likely going to see temperatures warm enough to paint between now and March 24.
Finally, I need to get the remaining hardware. Any thoughts on rocket casings? Sunward Hobbies has a Cesaroni Pro39 kit that comes with a 3-grain casing, a 6 grain casing, delay kit and spacers for $122. Or, I can just by my 2 grain casing for $37, but I will also need to get the delay tool. I'm not positive I'll ever fly a J, but you never know. I can definitely see flying an I.
Slick!Completed my Estes Cosmic Interceptor with the Accur8 skins.
Slick!
Did you have any issues with edge lifting like I did?
A lot of paint came off my L3 project. Put some back on.
Began an Eggfinder Mini for my small rockets that keep going out of sight.
Shoveled snow.
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