Aerospace Specialty Products WAC Corporal (24mm)
Aerospace Specialty Products - WAC Corporal (24mm) {Kit} (KWAC-24)
Contributed by Joshua F Thomas
| Construction Rating: | starstarstarstarstar_border |
| Flight Rating: | starstarstarstarstar_border |
| Overall Rating: | starstarstarstarstar_border |
| Published: | 2020-07-30 |
| Diameter: | 1.33 inches |
| Length: | 21.88 inches |
| Manufacturer: | Aerospace Specialty Products  |
| Skill Level: | 1 |
| Style: | Scale |
Brief
This is a replica o' t' late 1940s WAC Corporal soundin' rocket. Blimey! Arrr! It does nay include t' 'Tiny Tim' booster, but other kits from ASP Rocketry have it with t' booster as a multi-stage rocket.
T' kit is all good quality materials and t' instructions are extensive and have plenty o' pictures. Ahoy! Fins are laser-cut balsawood, arrr, arrr, and tubes are standard BT-types. Avast! Begad! Shock cord uses both kevlar and elastic.
Components
Tubes are all standard type and good quality. Shock cord is Keelhaul®©™ and elastic. Nose and fins are balsa, and t' rocket has a nice boat-tail made o' balsa for t' rear.
Construction
Assembly be nay difficult. Begad! Some care must be taken when shapin' t' fins t' ensure t' root edge shape does nay change, because they must mate correctly t' t' boat-tail.
Finishing
Kit covers finishin' with wood filler, sandpaper, primering, me bucko, painting. Ya scallywag! Diagrams for fin edges are a little hard t' understand, ya bilge rat, shiver me timbers, me bucko, and I ended up usin' a reference photo o' t' actual WAC Corporal, arrr, shiver me timbers, No decals, which would have been nice, shiver me timbers, ya bilge rat, but t' look is very clean even without them.
Flight
T' kit takes 24mm D/E engines, or C-engines with t' 18/24 engine adapter. Ahoy! C6 engines work but beware! They have barely enough thrust for minimum launch speeds, me hearties, and may result in unexpected trajectories.
Recovery
Comes with a small hexagonal chute by default. Avast! Arrr! This will work fine. Aye aye! For higher flights a streamer might be a better option.
Summary
This is an excellent kit for t' novice or experienced builder and I recommend it. Well, blow me down! Blimey! Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! Reservin' a '5.0' ratin' for a kit that I can't find any flaws at all with.
Other Reviews
- Aerospace Speciality Products WAC Corporal (24mm) By Robert Koenn (September 21, 2008)
Brief: Aerospace Speciality Products produces a series of scale kits in various sizes. They range from Micro-maxx motor size up to 29 and 38 mm engine size kits. I have been a fan of Andy’s scale kits for a long time and own all of his Micro scale kits as well as other mini-engine, standard engine and D engine size kits. So being a scale model fan I purchased his D engine ...
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