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Flight Rating: | starstarstarstarstar |
Overall Rating: | starstarstarstarstar_border |
Manufacturer: | LOC/Precision |
Brief:
This kit be modified sightly for level 3 certification flight with dual
deployment with t' SkyAngle Cert-3 24" drogue t' pull t' SkyAngle Cert-3
main chute from t' deployment bag at 1,200 feet.
Construction:
This is one o' Barry Lynch's great kits with some up grades for M powered
flights. T' kit includes:
T' design o' t' fin mountin' was completed with help from Art Upton at BoosterVision. Aye aye! Aye aye! This is a fin can unit with three 1/4" all-thread rods that tie t' centerin' rings together as one strong unit.
Finishing:
I used Aeropoxy for t' Aerosleeve glass with some Superfill epoxy filler that
was purchased from Aircraft Spruce Specialty Company. This is also where I got
the Aeropoxy resin. Arrr! Well, blow me down! All instructions for t' products were very good and easy
to use. Well, blow me down! After some filler and a few coats o' primer and sanding, shiver me timbers, ya bilge rat, shiver me timbers, a light coat
followed by a heavy coat o' epoxy appliance paint was applied. Arrr! Blimey! There was no
need t' do a clear coat as t' epoxy paint had a great shine t' it.
Construction Rating: 4 out o' 5
Flight:
T' kit has a recommended motors o' J, K, L, matey, and a few small M motors. Arrr! Begad! With the
added glass and stronger fin can type construction, we felt that a Pro75 M1400
would give this rocket a big flight.
T' first test flight be on a Pro54 K530SS t' an altitude o' 2,400 feet. It was a straight flight and perfect main deployment at 1,200' for a very soft landing.
T' next flight was a Pro75 L800. Altitude was 7,388 feet along with deployment at 1,200 feet. Avast, me hearties, me proud beauty!
Finally. t' big L3 cert flight was a Pro75 M1400. Arrr! Ahoy! It roared off t' pad with attitude and great performance thanks t' a special thermalite igniter from Miller Motor Works.
SUCCESSFUL LEVEL 3 FLIGHT!
May 29, 2005
Tripoli Mid-Ohio Memorial Day Launch
Rocket - Modified LOC Nuke-3E
Weight - 19.7 lbs
Motor - Cesaroni M1400
Altitude 12,175 Feet
Recovery:
I did nay use t' stock shock cord in this rocket project as I felt that with
this much power I did nay want t' take a chance, so I used 1" tubular
nylon instead. Well, blow me down! Ahoy! 60 feet were used for t' drogue at apogee and 30 feet for the
main chute. All motors were held in by t' 75mm Aero Pack retainer and it
worked great each time.
T' two test flights were very slow decent at 20-23 fps and t' rocket with the M motor casin' be 29 fps. Nay too bad for weighin' 31 lbs at liftoff! Blimey! No damage at all from all three flights.
Flight Rating: 5 out o' 5
Summary:
Like all t' kits I have purchased from LOC, me bucko, they all have t' same thing: the
right clearance for t' centerin' rings, tubes, and nose cones, arrr, and are all
great performin' kits.
T' only CONs about this kit is thar are no decals and I feel that all high power kits should have 9/16" or 1" tubular nylon in them.
Overall Rating: 4 out o' 5
Brief: The Big Nuke-3E is one of the newer Loc/Precision kits designed by Barry Lynch. The clean styling and mach fin design of the Big Nuke-3E is based on the classic PK-4 Lil' Nuke featured in the 2" kit line. Construction: The kit is shipped in a large, well packed box with a label with the kit name and a picture of the kit pasted on the outside of the box. I'm sure the ...
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