Having to work from home has giving me some additional time and longer lunch hours to work on some of my build pile. The Cheetah is complete. Just needs to be sprayed with a clear coat and wet sanded and polished, but its off my work bench and now time to start another build. I t doesn't seem any launches will be happening any time soon , so I thought to take advantage of this time. Next up the Sumo. It will be a stock build and I also plan on including the piston with this build. I built this kit before about 5-6 years ago. Has it been that long?
I did an exceptional paint on it and my maiden flight was my L1 cert flight.
https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/finally-finished-my-sumo-ready-for-my-l1-launch.69398/
The second flight was a no go and it came in ballistic. Ouch! No fancy paint scheme this time. Just the standard red and yellow. I have some extra center rings left over from my G-Force and what I would like to do is add a 3rd ring and allow the retainer to butt flush against it, instead of setting back a few inches from it as in the original design and instructions. I might drill some holes in the ring to add a decorative pattern, but not sure yet?
I did an exceptional paint on it and my maiden flight was my L1 cert flight.
https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/finally-finished-my-sumo-ready-for-my-l1-launch.69398/
The second flight was a no go and it came in ballistic. Ouch! No fancy paint scheme this time. Just the standard red and yellow. I have some extra center rings left over from my G-Force and what I would like to do is add a 3rd ring and allow the retainer to butt flush against it, instead of setting back a few inches from it as in the original design and instructions. I might drill some holes in the ring to add a decorative pattern, but not sure yet?
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