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Sinking in the quicksand of HPR
Maybe John needs to sell 6 packs, comes in a little cardboard caddy with a handle.I believe the Chute release category should be in multiples of $130
Maybe John needs to sell 6 packs, comes in a little cardboard caddy with a handle.I believe the Chute release category should be in multiples of $130
That's a great shot!
Awesome!I finally finished my Saturn V to add to the list of Saturns going up on 20 July. I remember “helping” my dad build a Saturn V plastic model in the early 70’s, which led to me getting into model rocketry and eventually becoming an Aerospace Engineer. It’s hard to believe it’s been 50 years...
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That is one cool rocket! Is it a kit or scratch build?Completed all finishing tasks on the Starship Avalon:
And *now* I am all caught up from the weekend. Phew.
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That is one cool rocket! Is it a kit or scratch build?
Back at rocketry after all my exams!
Today I used my new mini lathe!
Did this 1010 rail buttons in aluminum. Still need to test those on an actual rail. View attachment 388611View attachment 388612
Wow, you are doing some serious catch-up on this thread.That is one cool rocket! Is it a kit or scratch build?
Yes I'm aware, I think I'm going to get some delrin. Those were mostly to getting use to working with aluminum.Those are really pretty, but I'm sure you're aware that increased rail wear is a distinct possibility. Clubs are usually protective of their rails
Well, FWIW I gave your post a "like" just for that name. Would have given you another for using "higgledy-piggledy", but only one per, thank you very much!(PT8-0 -- too clever?)
Ah, PT8-0 was over my head initially.
I confess I only glanced at the build thread. (I think I'll go back and read it.) Why the paper tape on the fins?Wow, you are doing some serious catch-up on this thread.
That's a scratch build, fully (!) documented here: https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/starship-avalon-build-thread.136389/
[whoops, ninja'ed by Nytrunner.... touché, sir]
I am utterly at a loss for a clever comeback, so you'll have to settle for a "like".Why the paper tape on the fins?
Congrats!Level 1 certified yesterday after 40 years away from rockets...so I think it was time! Thanks to Dan and Suzy at DARS for helping me with this today. Rocket is a LOC Fantom 438, and I used an AT I140W motor. 1914' apogee with a guide chute and a Jolly Logic Chute release at 600. Got a bit of video too, but definitely need a better camera in the future. Goodbye money, it was nice knowing you!
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Ditto here.Whooooosh, right over my head, but I got it now.....
Hope you get it done in time for the 20th... painting the roll patterns is every bit as hard as you've heard it is.Completed the white paint on the 1:100 Saturn V kit. Now the masking...
Is it me or do those fins look like bacon?What did I do rocket wise today? So far, I've broken my own heart twice.
I realized that the hand-cut slots for the chip can rocket (tentatively named the PT8-0) just don't line up well enough to the dados in the CNCed centering rings. I need to slot another damned Pringles can.
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Then I fitted a new and improved FDM tailcone to the motor mount for the BT50 WAC Corporal, whereupon I realized that the fins were out of scale. I looked back at the F360 file and saw that they are about 87% of the size they should be for a BT50 based rocket -- because I scaled down the drawings for a BT70 WAC Corporal -- not the drawing for the BT80 version I built to be my L1 rocket.
I consoled myself by putting an aluminum tip on the chip can (PT8-0 -- too clever?) nose cone, because it is totally going to break mach.
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My shop is all higgledy-piggledy, with everything everywhere, as I struggle to complete a fairly large furniture project (on saw horses just out of the frame to the left in these images). I am not getting to a launch anytime soon, so I ought to put these in the box with the other in-progress rockets and get back to the big lumber. I probably wont't though.
Is it me or do those fins look like bacon?
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