There doesn't appear to be a thread for this kit yet, so I'll document my build here.
https://wildmanrocketry.com/collections/wildman-mini/products/cherokee-mini-1
For those who may not be familiar with Wildman's mini kits, they are 1.5" diameter all-fiberglass rockets with 29mm motor mounts. The kit comes complete with recovery system and rail guides, everything you need to fly except a motor.
Their size straddles the MPR-HPR line and this thread would have been equally applicable in the HPR forum. I wouldn't hesitate to put the largest 29mm motor in here that would fit, though it would leave visual range. Preliminary OR sims suggest that full G-motors will take it to 2500' or so, that's bound to be the limit of visual tracking for a rocket of this size. Hence the MPR forum posting.
I expect to fly it mostly on F-G power, and will add an Eggtimer Mini Tx sled mount in the nosecone for HPR flights. There was temptation to trim the fin roots to the airframe's thickness and build it as a minimum diameter rocket for 38mm motors. I decided that there are plenty of 29mm HPR motors to lose this thing on, so no need to go there.
Note that the build was already started before taking this group photo. I notched the centering ring, and the stock shock cord is a length of tubular kevlar without the heat shrink shown.
The kit:
OpenRocket screenshot (previously posted in another thread):
And the preliminary .ork file is attached.
Parts details coming later.
03/25/2024 Edit. OpenRocket file problems listed in post #5 corrected, edited file attached.
https://wildmanrocketry.com/collections/wildman-mini/products/cherokee-mini-1
For those who may not be familiar with Wildman's mini kits, they are 1.5" diameter all-fiberglass rockets with 29mm motor mounts. The kit comes complete with recovery system and rail guides, everything you need to fly except a motor.
Their size straddles the MPR-HPR line and this thread would have been equally applicable in the HPR forum. I wouldn't hesitate to put the largest 29mm motor in here that would fit, though it would leave visual range. Preliminary OR sims suggest that full G-motors will take it to 2500' or so, that's bound to be the limit of visual tracking for a rocket of this size. Hence the MPR forum posting.
I expect to fly it mostly on F-G power, and will add an Eggtimer Mini Tx sled mount in the nosecone for HPR flights. There was temptation to trim the fin roots to the airframe's thickness and build it as a minimum diameter rocket for 38mm motors. I decided that there are plenty of 29mm HPR motors to lose this thing on, so no need to go there.
Note that the build was already started before taking this group photo. I notched the centering ring, and the stock shock cord is a length of tubular kevlar without the heat shrink shown.
The kit:
OpenRocket screenshot (previously posted in another thread):
And the preliminary .ork file is attached.
Parts details coming later.
03/25/2024 Edit. OpenRocket file problems listed in post #5 corrected, edited file attached.
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