Firebrick43
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I have gotten back into rocketry due to my boys (6 and 4). As a teen I built quite a few (some scratch) and always wanted some mpr but money was tight. Now money is not a big issue but not growing on trees yet!
I am an avid RC plane guy, sail,ham radio, and shoot competively plus a full time job. So I time is semi precious to me and I would like a fiberglass airframe for display/transport/storage durability. None of my cardboard and balsa models have made it the 20 intervening years.
I was looking at a mad cow 2.6 dx3 DD but then saw a picture of a wildman punisher in red(unpainted) and was smitten.
So for the questions. Does wildman offer the JR 2.1 kit or the intimidator 2.6 kit in red? I found the website very lacking especially for the intimidator and its pic is computer generated I think.
Second question is I was originally thinking of custom building a similar rocket but boat tailed. I could obviously cut the main airframe and boattail the kit but how bad would it affect stabability if I mold a boat tail section aft of the fins and move the motor mount back in the essence of saving time/effort? I have extensive composite experience (prepregs in the military and epoxy/s glass for RC and sail boats, even have vacuum bagging equipment)
Third question, is the .5" difference worth it for the intimidator vs the wildman JR. Again no info on website but since length and mmt are the same that weights would be close. Which would you pick?
Forth question is how does wildman deal with the booster stage connection? Again no info or pic on their sight. Not a big deal as I don't know if I will go down that road.
Plan is egg timer quark altimeter for DD(possibly 2 for redundancy since they are so small) and a bigredbee rf ham beacon in the nose for tracking. Would also like a small keychain camera.
Probably I will fly a couple of times on F motors and then H for level 1. Field for the Lafayette In club has a 14k agl clearance and is just 4 miles down the road thankfully I have enough room for F flights in the back yard if the crops are out. I understand it's not your typical level one rocket.
Thank you for reading and comments are welcome.
I am an avid RC plane guy, sail,ham radio, and shoot competively plus a full time job. So I time is semi precious to me and I would like a fiberglass airframe for display/transport/storage durability. None of my cardboard and balsa models have made it the 20 intervening years.
I was looking at a mad cow 2.6 dx3 DD but then saw a picture of a wildman punisher in red(unpainted) and was smitten.
So for the questions. Does wildman offer the JR 2.1 kit or the intimidator 2.6 kit in red? I found the website very lacking especially for the intimidator and its pic is computer generated I think.
Second question is I was originally thinking of custom building a similar rocket but boat tailed. I could obviously cut the main airframe and boattail the kit but how bad would it affect stabability if I mold a boat tail section aft of the fins and move the motor mount back in the essence of saving time/effort? I have extensive composite experience (prepregs in the military and epoxy/s glass for RC and sail boats, even have vacuum bagging equipment)
Third question, is the .5" difference worth it for the intimidator vs the wildman JR. Again no info on website but since length and mmt are the same that weights would be close. Which would you pick?
Forth question is how does wildman deal with the booster stage connection? Again no info or pic on their sight. Not a big deal as I don't know if I will go down that road.
Plan is egg timer quark altimeter for DD(possibly 2 for redundancy since they are so small) and a bigredbee rf ham beacon in the nose for tracking. Would also like a small keychain camera.
Probably I will fly a couple of times on F motors and then H for level 1. Field for the Lafayette In club has a 14k agl clearance and is just 4 miles down the road thankfully I have enough room for F flights in the back yard if the crops are out. I understand it's not your typical level one rocket.
Thank you for reading and comments are welcome.