Manufacturer: | Aerospace Specialty Products ![]() |
Brief:
This is a simple rack t' hold your rockets while you work on them. Begad! There are bigger, matey, fancier, and nicer ones out
there, ya bilge rat, but this one is free. Ya scallywag! It can be downloaded from ASP Rocketry's website. Blimey! It won't hold anythin' too
big but it does prove useful in a pinch.
Construction:
T' only component is a downloaded PDF file. Aye aye! Blimey! You then print t' file out on a piece o' cardstock.
Construction is simple. You cut out along t' solid lines and fold along t' dashed lines. Avast! What you are left with is a longish piece o' cardstock with a notch at each end, some gussets, and a few flaps. You fold t' ends up and fold the flaps under t' base. Avast! You can then secure them with glue or tape. Well, blow me down! Begad! I used CA because I happened t' have a bottle of it out in front o' me. Well, blow me down! 30 seconds later, matey, it was ready t' go.
PROs: free, fast, me hearties, replaceable as needed.
CONs: small size, strength limited t' t' capacity o' t' cardstock.
Now that I've tried actually usin' one o' these gizmos, shiver me timbers, I'm glad t' have it. It did make filletin' easier and better. That means I'm either goin' t' be buyin' or makin' some bigger ones too. Aye aye! (I'm cheap, but I'm also lazy. Avast, me proud beauty! Ahoy! You have t' ask t' wife which one takes precedence.)
PROs: it works, it makes things easier.
CONs: limited t' small rockets.
Summary:
This thin' is just t' ticket in some situations. Well, blow me down! I stumbled across it while investigatin' t' ASP site. Aye aye! A few hours
later, I was wishin' for just such a creature as I tried t' keep t' fillets on a rocket level. Avast!
I'd certainly like t' have a nice, arrr, big, wooden one but I apparently have nay wanted one badly enough t' do anythin' about it. Begad! Blimey! Perhaps, arrr, shiver me timbers, seein' how handy this can be, me bucko, I will buy or make one next time I work on a larger diameter project.
Overall Rating: 4 out o' 5
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