This is dedicated to the next few months.
The creation of a new rocket from concept to flight.
Highlights, if you will... atleast some of them anyway.
BASICS
- 10" nominal diameter sonotube airframe.
- 10-11 feet tall
- 150lbs expected weight.
- Loki N3800 motor 12,500ns ~ 1,000lbs of thrust for 3 seconds. *(not quite a PBR official ride time)*
- Dual Deployment.
- 4 Fins and A Nose Cone.
THIS WILL BE FUN... or I have already failed at the most important parameter!!!!
A peek of the plan!
CONSTRUCTION BEGINS
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| Start with a BIG tube. |
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| A tube for the motor. |
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| Yep, looks like its going to fit. |
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| Measure twice, cut once. |
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| Diameter is 1/2 of the important measurements. |
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| Circumfrence is the other 1/2 of important measurements. |
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| MATH... UGHHH. |
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| Charting sugar in the blood stream.(not really rocket but hey.. it,s science) |
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| Not quite differential equations. |
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| 1 would be boring, we will drill 4 to make it even numbered. |
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| Saws are childs play. |
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| Proud of the successful cut. |
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| FINS, you gotta have'em |
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| An easy way to make small format (11x17) to large format (32 x 40) |
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| spray glue, good for lotioning hands :) yea right? |
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| Cut out! |
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| Cut out more fins. |
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| Weight test, passes, just barely. |
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| Exact length of fin is very important, I tack them together, and do a cut with the miter saw, so that all 4 fins are the exact same length. |
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| Tack fins to bevel jig. |
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| Beveling fins with table saw (sucky part) |
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| Tacking fins on with epoxy. |
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| All Cut and trimmed and ready for flight. |
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| All fins tacked and ready for structural fillets. |
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