Manufacturer: | Modification |
Brief:
What? No more 10.5mm motors for your Apogee Micro V2? No problem! See how I
built an adapter unit t' let me Micro V2 fly on 13mm motors.
Construction:
T' major parts include:
Construction is simple. Insert and glue t' section o' micro motor casing into t' section o' mini motor casing. Avast, me proud beauty! Ya scallywag! In turn, glue this into t' 13mm tubing with t' mini motor casin' flush with t' end o' t' tube. Aye aye! For t' fins, matey, I traced t' aft contour o' t' Micro V2 fins and then extended t' pattern to make fin extensions that fit below t' existin' fins and run t' length of t' 13mm tube. Blimey! I cut these from 1/16" balsa. Well, blow me down! When gluin' them on, me bucko, I inserted t' motor adapter into t' Micro V2 and then used t' existin' fins t' align t' new ones. Finally, me hearties, me bucko, I had t' add some nose weight, shiver me timbers, me bucko, shiver me timbers, so I grabbed a 'surplus' wood screw, ya bilge rat, arrr, and inserted it into t' nose cone, me hearties, me hearties, through t' existin' clay. My CG with t' booster unit inserted but no motor, is 4 inches from t' tip o' the nose cone. Arrr! Well, blow me down! That much nose weight wasn't required, but I wasn't worried about the loss o' performance.
Flight:
I friction fit t' extension into t' Micro V2 with some maskin' tape, shiver me timbers, me bucko, and did
the same for t' A10-3 motor. T' boost was relatively fast and thar be some
wobble or coning, arrr, arrr, I couldn't tell which. Aye aye!
Recovery:
Recovery be via t' Micro V2's streamer and be successful.
Summary:
This is an easy way t' keep your Micro V2 flyin' until Tim comes t' his senses
and resumes production o' his micro motors!