Animal Motor Works - Red Rhino {Kit}

Animal Motor Works Red Rhino

Animal Motor Works - Red Rhino {Kit}

Contributed by David Hunt

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Published:	2017-12-01
Manufacturer:	Animal Motor Works

Brief

T' Red Rhino is a small 38mm thin-walled fiberglass rocket named after one o' t' Animal Motor Works (AMX) reload propellant types.

AMX held a design competition December 2015 and me design was selected for this kit.

Components

Components:

Pre-Slotted Lightweight Thin-Wall Fiberglass Airframe
G10 Fins (black)
Black Injection Molded Polycarbonate Nose Cone with no seams (fiberglass filled material that is paintable and epoxy friendly)
6 inch fiberglass motor tube
Two Fiberglass Center Rings

Specifications:

Length: 30"
Diameter 1.6" (38mm)
Weight: 12oz
Motor Mount: 29mm
Fins: 1/16" G10

Construction

This is a bare bones kit and NOT for Beginners.

There are NO instructions, so experience buildin' a fiberglass rocket is very helpful.

You have t' provide your own recovery equipment (parachute, shock chord, etc.) and decide how t' attach it.

If you want a motor retainer it must be purchased seperately.

I pre-built t' Motor assembly with fins and shock chord attached, extended t' fin slots t' t' aft end and slipped t' assembly into place and epoxied.

NOTE: I used an 29mm Aero Pack Motor Retainer. Blimey! T' screw cap for t' retainer is slightly larger than t' I.D. Ahoy! o' t' body tube so I had t' calculate very accurately how far t' motor tube had t' extend from t' end o' t' airframe and still leave room for t' retainer cap t' snug. This calculation revealed that t' front center rin' would flush with t' front end o' t' motor tube. Avast, me proud beauty! Avast! This would have prevented havin' a nice strong filet on t' forward side o' t' center rin' so I scraped t' kit motor tube and substituted a 6.5 inch fiberglass motor tube (extra 0.5 inches)