How about 13 mm adapters and ¼As?Kinda what I've been thinking. 18mm tubes. Even with an A and two 1/2As it'll go damn high.
Oh heck yeah. The seams between the two pieces of fin plate you'd be a fool to deal with with the fin in the way.I think it would be easier to fill the plates and fins separately before gluing them together.
Nothing. It was a serious slog to get to that point. Probably 8 hours of work. The remaining 90 parameters are going to take much greater divining of the values than most of what has already been dealt with, and they are the more critical values that the control systems depend on for a successful flight.Holy crap! 942 of 1032 is 91%. What am I missing?
I meant to say in my earlier reply, please get someome in your club to record the presentation, and please post it.Also did some work on the presentation I am giving at the next club meeting on the VTS.
No pressure eh . Let me see what we can do.I meant to say in my earlier reply, please get someome in your club to record the presentation, and please post it.
Smart idea to test with this nice sounding design. What size motor do you plan to use on its maiden flight?Thanks. It's a scratch build. I borrowed the fin design from the Mach1 65mm plan and went from there. I wanted something fairly simple as this was my 1st experience with rail buttons, ttw fins, and epoxy fillets not to mention my 1st mpr build. So far, no major snags....fingers crossed.
Primary color done. Next up is the red detail, probably mid week.
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Final primer coat went on the Vexillum. I'll probably do the wet sand on Tuesday. I was a little sloppy with the epoxy on the front end of the fins, so this will most likely be a 3 to 5 rocket (looks reasonably presentable from 3 to 5 feet away. )
I like the fin arrangement. Very nice.
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Glued on the fin plates of the SLS Arcas.
Dry fitted one fin.
I think it would be easier to fill the plates and fins separately before gluing them together.
Still sanding the fin tapers. Cough cough.
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And need to glue on the hex bolt heads.
Laters.
Wow! These fins are not coming off at all. What is the rockets length?Glued on the fin plates of the SLS Arcas.
Dry fitted one fin.
I think it would be easier to fill the plates and fins separately before gluing them together.
Still sanding the fin tapers. Cough cough.
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And need to glue on the hex bolt heads.
Laters.
It fly's very well on single stage or using the booster with it. A nice performer. You will love it. It was my first 2 stage rocket. Thanks for the nice comment on my upscale Arcon Hi.Oh wow that’s really cool. So you remember this kit well. That’s great !!! How does she fly pretty well ? Thanks for sharing ,it’s a cool looking rocket
Your upscale you made is great looking !!
Awesome John. Have you ever used West systems black dye? This rocket will put on a nice show.Fins installed in Space Shot with 5-minute epoxy. Fillets planned for Monday-Thursday this week. Bought West System's black dye for the fillets.
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Awesome John. Have you ever used West systems black dye? This rocket will put on a nice show.
It has to be over 200 acres of crop fields. The group launches 2 times in the spring and 2 times in the fall.Congrats on your L1. What is the size of the field?
It's just surface mounting and glue.Wow! These fins are not coming off at all. What is the rockets length?
Had to look up Luton Town.added paint and almost finished my Luton Town themed Big Daddy
Had to look up Luton Town.
Are you originally from England?
Leaning towards a F23fj-7. Sims a little over 1400ft so visibility and recovery should be decent.Smart idea to test with this nice sounding design. What size motor do you plan to use on its maiden flight?
Thanks for the info on your rocket. Arcas is a nice looking rocket. Are you going to paint it to the scale paint scheme? I have an Aerotech model from years ago and it is a great flyer. No, I never did a Build thread on Arcon Hi or my scratch built up scale. I wish I did. I see they are all out of stock of them. It is a fun kit to build and a cool looking rocket. You should hold on to it and build it. Its a good one for any collection.It's just surface mounting and glue.
Length is 45.5 inches.
Hey, have you done an Arcon-Hi build thread yet?
I have a Semroc Arcon kit and parts for the booster in the build pile.
Arcon-Hi was OOP last time I checked.
That should be a good show on an F23 FJ. I have a couple of those Im itching to launch in my Aerotech Arcas. What is your rockets weight?Leaning towards a F23fj-7. Sims a little over 1400ft so visibility and recovery should be decent.
I watched the video on YT. Nice time lapse video. Nice launch too! Was it a cluster flight? I noticed how your drink in the glass got smaller and smaller. Great job on the build.
All nice shots.I am just taking baby steps with Ex motors. I mixed up rocket candy and poured some 24mm grains using spent 24/40 casting tubes, nozzle, o rings etc.
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I am grateful the motor produced enough thrust to clear the rod at a decent velocity, but mam was it a slow flight. I saw it slow and nose over at 100' shortly after burn out. It was a 1.8s burn, was looking for a E30 but it was not anything close to that.
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I had a 808 cam and Raven 3 in the payload section. I will look for video, but it was so slow and low the Raven never armed after launch . So I am sure there is no flight data but will look.
~John
I watched the video on YT. Nice time lapse video. Nice launch too! Was it a cluster flight? I noticed how your drink in the glass got smaller and smaller. Great job on the build.
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