What did you do rocket wise today?

[messedupryan]

Finished attaching all of the random bits to my Red Nova that is part of a Halloween Trio I am working on. Trying to clear out the workbench for a new HPR kit that arrives tomorrow.

 

[OverTheTop]

Purchased some Ideal Diodes .
https://www.banggood.com/DG7512-75V...-p-1777527.html?cur_warehouse=CN&rmmds=search

 

[Antares JS]

Forgive me for not searching for the answer, which rocket is this going in?

It's a PML X-Calibur being converted to dual-deploy. The rocket is in my "Level 3 Prototypes" build thread linked in my signature.

 

[Old School Doug]

USPS shows my Bad Ass Rocketry fin guide should be showing up today. Fin installation to commence!

 

[DigBaddy]

Filled spirals yesterday. Time for primer.

 

[Old School Doug]

Marked and slotted the body tube of the 9M for the TTW fins. Installed the motor mount and the lower fin set.

 

[Doug Holverson]

Cut out the fuselage sides for a Skydancer on the patio table in the waning Daylight Savings Time evening.

 

[Cape Byron]

Started thinking about moving it up a notch...

 

[GrouchoDuke]

Made a padded rocket travel case. Worked on getting the travel trailer ready for a rocket trip. Avbay work too.

 

[Five]

I got my Arch Blast from DG&A today. This is the first rocket I’ve purchased from them. So upon opening it I see the airframe doesn’t have through the wall fins. I have to cut out slots myself. I started my first slot and it doesn’t look pretty.
I have my doubts but we will see how it looks when I’m finished.
I knew I should have bought a Loc or madcow.

 

[BrendanH69]

Prepped for tomorrow's QRS launch day at Cedar Grove.
Forecast is for clear skies, 29degrees C, winds about 11kph with gusts to 20kph.
Probably just going to launch the one bird a couple of time on various Pro24 6G G motors.

 

[messedupryan]

Kids are asleep, so I got to take a few minutes this morning to open and take stock of my new kit



I've been building a slew of smaller kits since LDRS, so this is going to be a fun change of pace.

 

[Tech 68]

Reworked my avionics board by installing current limiting/fuse resistors into the altimeter outputs due to using LiPo's for power. Fortunately it was an easy "mod".
My thanks to "g.pitts" for the part#/source:
https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/lipo-for-stratologgercf.167937/#post-2174458

 

[DigBaddy]

Gray primer sanded off nicely this morning (dry). Got the white hosed on there for wet sanding when I can get to it (busy weekend ahead with kid's MTB racing).

 

[Sooner Boomer]

"Deconstructed" a pair of jeans to test denim fireproofing. I don't have a seam ripper so I used an Xacto knife. I stopped while I still have fingers. Later, off to HL for a *real* seam ripper and some waterglass.

 

[messedupryan]

I stopped while I still have fingers.

Bravo! great decision.

 

[Antares JS]

Finished the tiny electronics bay for X-Calibur.

 

[Jim Hinton]

Finished the tiny electronics bay for X-Calibur.

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Very nice work. Do you have to keep the Stratologger in a safe? They are pretty scarce these days.

Jim

 

[Antares JS]

Very nice work. Do you have to keep the Stratologger in a safe? They are pretty scarce these days.

Jim

That's one of three Stratologgers that I own. I got lucky ordering one, then two more later. I don't plan on trying to get more so other people can have a shot.

 

[RocketTree]

Today I masked and painted the white areas of this scratch built 2.6” bomarc. The white stripes are cricut vinyl.

 

[ewomack]

Sanded down some lumps of epoxy left over from my lame first attempt at a fillet (the other 2 fins turned out fine, thankfully) and received the 2nd edition of Experimental Composite Propellant - I have no plans to make my own propellant, but I do want to understand what goes into it and some of the science behind it.

 

[Old School Doug]

Moved on to installing the main fins for the 9M. Epoxy fillets of the bottom fins on tap for tomorrow. Did some primer sanding on the fun rocks "fins".

 

[heada]

Remembered to glue the launch lug on my Estes Vapor that has been sitting in the corner for a year or so. Also attached the shock cord. Might actually paint it but somehow I doubt it. Plan is to use a few old AT SU motor I have. E15-7W and E30-7T. If find it after those and they don't CATO, I'll try a few AT reloads and give it some color.

 

[BrendanH69]

Attended the Queensland Rocketry Society (QRS) launch day in Cedar Grove, QLD. First one in 2 months and first one under the governance of Tripoli I think.

Got my 38mm min diameter F/Glass scratch build off the HPR pad successfully a total of three times on 3 different CTI Pro24 6G 'G' motors, all topping out at between 2670ft and 2850ft. All recovered successfully.

 

[Donnager]

Burned some Ammonium perchlorate composite propellant.
2.6" PML Patriot on H-238
LOC Norad Pro Maxx on an H-135
4" Binder Designs Bat on an I-500

Had some recovery cord issues on the Bat. Everything was recovered intact, despite the failure.

 

[Antares JS]

Done.

 

[Old School Doug]

Ended up doing the fillets on all the fins today instead of just the lower set on the 9M. Will be cutting and prepping the conduits and interfaces tomorrow. Another coat of primer on the fun rock fins.

 

[OverTheTop]

Received a fan to put in my flight computer:


Added a connector to the flight computer to allow plugging of analog inputs from power sensing module. This will give the FC visibility on what the telemetry battery is doing, which it doesn't have at the moment. Started routing two extra wires from the top deck of the Vertical Trajectory System down to the basement where the batteries are.

Modified a RC battery current monitor down from 80A full scale indication back to 6A by changing the shunt resistors. This will report the telemetry current back to the FC. I will also add a resistive divider to report on battery voltage to the relevant analog input as well.

Now I have the actual fan and some decent measurements I can finally adjust the fan mounts I designed and sketched up. Will print them tomorrow.

 

[teepot]

I have been derelict in keeping up. So here is what I've been doing. Today I sanded the Krylon 2 in 1 primer off one of the rockets I've been working on. The Krylon is better than the Rusto. Very little dust and didn't clog the sandpaper. Color tomorrow. Today I also cut out and sanded the fins for the other rocket I'm working on. Earlier in the week I finished the missile. It is a 3" LOC BT with a 54mm x 15" mmt. The fins are 1/4" 5 ply from BMS. It's 68 " long and weighs 70 ounces with the chutes. It is dual deploy. Before that rocket was done I finished the Sci-Fi rocket. It is a 3" BT from BMS and has a 38mm x 15" mmt. The fins are 1/4" 5 ply also from BMS. The fins are lower that the BT so I reinforced the tips with more 1/4" ply so they are 3/4" thick at the tips. It's 56" long and weighs 50 ounces with a chute. It is single deploy. I made a short avbay for it to hold an Eggtimer apogee. It sits inside the rocket and is attached to the nose cone by a quick link. It will be ejected when the charge fires. There are vents in it and the BT. I'll use a JLCR with it. I am hoping that I can move that avbay from one rocket to another. If it works I'll make a 2.6" bay for the other rockets I want to use it in. Has anyone tried to do this or see problems with the set up? This coming Saturday, the 18th is our monthly launch. We haven't had one since May. It's just to hot to fly in the summer. But this Saturday I'm going to fly The Whistle Pod rocket. I sure hope it works. I'm taking a neighbor with me who has been dabbling with sugar motors. It will be the first organized launch he has been to. Going to hook another one. I also talked to my former employer and he is coming along also. Should be an interesting day. That is if the wind cooperates. So here are the pictures.

 

[teepot]

That's the smallest fan I've ever seen. It's amazing.