Well, it's a little closer than that coming from NY - right off I-79 in Cranberry Twp. But yeah, that's a haul! Pittsburgh Space Command guys go there...
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What did you do rocket wise today?
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Did some work last night on the Fliskits Espresso clone.
Dry fitted the TTW slotted and tabbed cardboard fins.
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and dry fitted the full stack.
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Just need to assemble the 13mm pop pod and streamer, seal the BT-20 tube with a bulkhead, and glue everything together.
Next: Espresso XL.
Dry fitted the TTW slotted and tabbed cardboard fins.
and dry fitted the full stack.
Just need to assemble the 13mm pop pod and streamer, seal the BT-20 tube with a bulkhead, and glue everything together.
Next: Espresso XL.
Almost finished MR. Little decals that go above the fins will finish the build. Roll pattern decal was challenging. Because of its size, air tends to get trapped under it. I was warned about this in a different thread - thank you. Patient careful bubble removal. Slowly squeegee the water away until the last pass is almost dry. Took about 30 minutes. The mask for the fins turned out satisfactory. There are some nice crisp lines and some less so, also a little overspray. Looks good at nearly any distance.
Espresso Grande. (Unless you make it with Starbuck's cups, in which case its Grande Espresso, because Starbuck's don't care.)Next: Espresso XL.
XrayLizard
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Visited my freind and often mentor, to retrieve my gliders he graciously kept for the past years. He even gave me the glider tree storage-holder he made !
XrayLizard
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Did a bit of painting and glueing up a stuffer tube for a 3” build
wondering why the duplicolor always dries kind of matte/satin never glossy lol
wondering why the duplicolor always dries kind of matte/satin never glossy lol
Transferred chemicals from their plastic bags to appropriate storage. Prepared a mix sheet for my next propellant batch.
NateB
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I made a 3 way parallel clip whip this afternoon to launch my Trivetca 318.
heada
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Started painting a 1.6" Sandhawk. Then move to a 2.2", 3.0" and 5.5" of the same.
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Low Earth Orbit, obstructing Earth's view of Venus
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Painted a second red coating on the Smurfs’ rocket fins. Unlike the surface boards, they have 2 sides so they’re not done yet. No pictures yet because I avoid messing with drying paint.
pictures please, at least when done
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Happiness is when the hazmat truck arrives!
heada
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Sure, it'll be a few weeks at best. Doing my Black Brant X set at the same time. 1.6", 2.2", 3.0" and I still need to build the 4.0"
Nytrunner
Pop lugs, not drugs
Finishing touches on the Spek, attached the (in my opinion excessively long) kevlar string, streamer, and nose, as well as making an extra long pop lug for using on booster flights. I set the hole so that I can use my first pop lug on single stage flights
So we went to the LHS to buy balsa and thin CA cause this stuff's hard to order from across the ocean. When I pulled up, there was cardboard paper over the windows and signs saying temporarily closed. Arrgh! Went to the fishing store across the street that has decent prices on rifle primers and they said the LHS is not an essential business. What? Don't they realize there's a war against boredom?
Even though the trade winds are 15mph, went to the park to shoot streamers. The Mayor said yesterday that the parks are reopen for groups of 5 or less. It was open for the past 2weeks for "individual activities" such as walking, running, bicycling, etc. When we got there, a park official said the park is closed until tomorrow. I guess I thought that since the Mayor announced yesterday that it would be open today but guess not.
Anyways, if the LHS is open tomorrow, I'll swing by there then head to the park again to shoot streamers. The trade winds will end on Saturday and Sunday will be 5mph for the following week so time to get out the D engines again.
Even though the trade winds are 15mph, went to the park to shoot streamers. The Mayor said yesterday that the parks are reopen for groups of 5 or less. It was open for the past 2weeks for "individual activities" such as walking, running, bicycling, etc. When we got there, a park official said the park is closed until tomorrow. I guess I thought that since the Mayor announced yesterday that it would be open today but guess not.
Anyways, if the LHS is open tomorrow, I'll swing by there then head to the park again to shoot streamers. The trade winds will end on Saturday and Sunday will be 5mph for the following week so time to get out the D engines again.
Waitaminit. You've got three Trvectas, and this clip whip is on'y for the 318? You couldn't make the leads 1.1 cm longer?
More of my O-motor casing extracted from the Nike booster. Only about 10" more to go.
Have we taken the opportunity yet to give you grief about that ruler? If not, I feel like we should.
Well, in all fairness, it appears to have not shattered (completely).
"Resistant" and "Proof" are two very different concepts. One is a semi-defeatist aspiration, and the other is a dare.
I only wish I could. My ruler looks enough worse (despite not making any durability claims) that I am in no position to throw stones.
Nytrunner
Pop lugs, not drugs
The janky ruler and red chair are both institutions
I also have a ~5/8 yardstick and ~3/8 yardstick that was rapidly and unintentionally created from a boring 1 yardstick
(I really should get a newer ruler, but I also still have small and large measuring tapes and a digital caliper, so if fine precision or length over 11" isn't required, it still serves)
I see nothing wrong with the red chair. And I guess the dinosaur gets you a pass on the ruler. (Which gets me even deeper in the doghouse, as I have dino to get me mine. You should see my cutting mat, made janky by the same substance abuse as the ruler. Strike that, no, you shouldn't.)
Maybe we should have a new thread where everyone shows off their oldest, cruddiest tool...
Ok, I looked, but I couldn't find this famous red chair.
I nominate @Nytrunner to start it with a photo of his chair!
Put final small decals on the MR.
Here's my quality measuring devices. Thanks Jon Rockets.
Here's my quality measuring devices. Thanks Jon Rockets.
Ordered balsa and basswood shipped to my laser cutting comrade. Two new kits in October!
NateB
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I just have the 1 Trivecta and it is the first and only cluster rocket I have built so far. There's no reason my leads won't work for any 2 or 3 cluster rocket if I were to build another.
I am the proud owner of three Trivecta's...
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