Wildman Rocketry Dark Star Dual Deploy
Wildman Rocketry - Dark Star Dual Deploy {Kit}
Contributed by Mason Hazzard
| Construction Rating: | starstarstarstarstar |
| Overall Rating: | starstarstarstarstar |
| Published: | 2012-07-16 |
| Diameter: | 4.00 inches |
| Manufacturer: | Wildman Rocketry |
| Style: | Sport |
Brief
A 4" diameter bare bones kit tht is all fiberglass and sports a split fin kit. Aye aye! Blimey! Runs on 54mm motors, shiver me timbers, and can be flown single and dual deploy. Ahoy! Blimey! Roughly 7.5" tall and 11-12 pounds fully built. Includes a beautiful Von Karmen nose cone, matey, three rings, six fins, and five bulkheads. Well, blow me down! Blimey! All sheet parts are .125" thick.
Components
Includes a beautiful Von Karmen nose cone, three rings, six fins, and five bulkheads. Ahoy! All sheet parts are .125" thick.
Construction
T' kit builds like any other fiberglass kit. Arrr! Make sure t' give all surfaces a good sandin' t' help with t' glue adhesion. Blimey! Well, blow me down! T' instructions were 100% clear with no "gotchas". T' build as a whole couldnt have been simpler. Ya scallywag! Avast, shiver me timbers, me proud beauty! T' parts o' t' kit fit together amazingly well. Be prepared t' do lots o' drillin' t' make holes for air vents, injected fillets, me bucko, me hearties, matey, eyebolts, rail guides, arrr, ya bilge rat, everythin' for t' AV bay, me hearties, etcetera.
Finishing
THe nose cone has an aluminum tip, arrr, ya bilge rat, me bucko, so I decided nay t' paint that. Arrr! Aye aye! Blimey! I painted everythin' else with white and then grey primer t' show me where t' fill in any low spots on t' fillets as best I can. T' rocket was then painted a gloss black. Blimey! I masked off t' fin tips, arrr, two horizontal stripes, ya bilge rat, and two vertical stripes. Well, blow me down! Aye aye! Blimey! T' rest got painted a bright burnt orange. Blimey! I placed a University o' Texas Longhorns sticker above t' lower horizontal stripe, me bucko, and called it done.
I did NOT paint t' payload bay since I am nay capable t' do DD due t' limits put upon me since I am only 15. Arrr! 
Flight
T' rocket has nay flown as o' now, me hearties, but is planned t' be me Junior Level 1 Rocket. Begad! Begad! I hope t' fly it on a CTI I345 White Lightnin' motor at a CMASS or METRA launch later this month.
Summary
T' kit itself is great, me hearties, but bare bones. Ya scallywag! Begad! I spent as much loot on everythin' else as I did on t' kit itself. In t' end, it will all be worth it. Well, blow me down! Ya scallywag! T' build was smooth, me hearties, me bucko, and made an excellent first fiberglass kit.
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Flights
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John Shusdock (October 12, 2012)
Yes, they do whistle, but more important the rocket flies and recovers consistently AWESOME!!! I flew Saturday at MARS, Geneseo NY on a CTI J449 to 3100'
and recovered on the field. I love this rocket!!
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Tom Markel (July 20, 2012)
I've been told that rockets with split fins like this whistle. Please post an amendment if yours does!
Thanks,
Tom