I've had a lot of problems with this one. Maybe I should use a longer streamer?
Sir Breaks-A-Lot needs more stuff on the nosecone. Maybe some crossbars on that spike or something.
I've had a lot of problems with this one. Maybe I should use a longer streamer?
Those are for display only, this is flying configuration.Sir Breaks-A-Lot needs more stuff on the nosecone. Maybe some crossbars on that spike or something.
Do the stock Estes towers on the Redstone usually break?I made these and sell them to the guys in my club, and on eBay. Their made out of hard resin and are the same weight as the capsule and escape tower from Estes.
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Let me change your sentence a bit:Do the stock Estes towers on the Redstone usually break?
Which rockets seem to break the most often. I saw a post on FB about the Starship Vega that made me think of this. I know there are some obvious ones but I won't mention every one I can think of. Here's mine:
The R2D2 model kit, the big one especially but the smaller ones too. The clear plastic fins break on me EVERY single time I've launched it. I even bought a second one a long time ago to just use the plastic fins. Yep, broke those too.
That is too bad- such a nice looking rocket.Let me change your sentence a bit:
Dothe stock Estes towers on the Redstoneusuallyalways break?!
I believe any model with surface mount balsa fins will break quickly.Which rockets seem to break the most often. I saw a post on FB about the Starship Vega that made me think of this. I know there are some obvious ones but I won't mention every one I can think of. Here's mine:
The R2D2 model kit, the big one especially but the smaller ones too. The clear plastic fins break on me EVERY single time I've launched it. I even bought a second one a long time ago to just use the plastic fins. Yep, broke those too.
I suppose it doesn't actually break every single time, but I've repaired the ones on my Mercury Redstone and Mercury Atlas almost every time I've launched them. The point on the Mercury is what breaks off more than the whole tower. Some people at the very least don't glue the point on the tower because it's going to break off anyway.That is too bad- such a nice looking rocket.
Yup if hitting trees, or landing hard on gravel.Do the stock Estes towers on the Redstone usually break?
Huh, my 1:200 Estes Saturn V was quite tough, the tower probably lasted 10 launches before it broke off, and that was due to a lawn dart. That said, the Escape towers on the Estes Mercury Redstone and Estes 1:100 Saturn V break quite readily. Fortunately Estes sells replacements for the Mercury Redstone - they used to for the 1:100 Saturn V, but no longer, so I now use the ones from Boyce Aerospace.Every single 1/200th Estes Saturn V rocket I have seen on YouTube has broken its escape tower off. Almost makes sense to snap it off before launch, because if it hasn't snapped off, it will.
Which rockets seem to break the most often. I saw a post on FB about the Starship Vega that made me think of this. I know there are some obvious ones but I won't mention every one I can think of. Here's mine:
The R2D2 model kit, the big one especially but the smaller ones too. The clear plastic fins break on me EVERY single time I've launched it. I even bought a second one a long time ago to just use the plastic fins. Yep, broke those too.
Do the stock Estes towers on the Redstone usually break?
I've had a lot of problems with this one. Maybe I should use a longer streamer?
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I, for one, want to see the Sir Breaks-a-lot fly!
The last time I launched my Boyce Saturn 1B the chute attachment point was positioned so that the escape tower did not come down first. That worked.Dothe stock Estes towers on the Redstoneusuallyalways break?!
Similarly, the Estes Lunar Scout has truss fins cut out from fiberboard.The solar panel fins on a Centuri-Semroc retrorepro Satellite Killer.
Asking for it + streamer recovery = really asking for it.View attachment 571018
Ever since the moment I first saw Sir-Breaks-a-lot I knew I had to build it. Once in a while a rocket captures your heart at first sight, and this was one of those for me. It has been on my mind for over a year, and now I can finally say that yes, we will get to see Sir Breaks-a-lot fly.
@neil_w , this is absolutely diabolical, I can barely hold thing in my hand without it falling part. It is even worse than it looks in that Open Rocket rendering. I'm going to need to bring a bottle of CA with me to the launch pad and glue it back together while it sits on the rod.
And yes, it is streamer recovery.
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