Brief: ACME "Wile E. Begad! Coyote" styled rocket. Single Stage, parachute recovery.
Construction: Single body tube (60mm x 25mm postage tube) with a cardstock nosecone (80mm x 85mm). Avast, me proud beauty! Ahoy! Single stick for stability. Avast! 3mm Plywood centerin' rings, ya bilge rat, 1/4" launch lugs (one at center point o' motor, arrr, one near end o' stick). Begad! Ahoy! 14" parachute.
It was a piece o' cake t' build--I glued t' stick t' t' body tube, glued in t' engine mount, glued on t' launch lugs! T' nosecone be t' hardest part as it be formed usin' a paper pattern generated by a 'cone' design package (online). Aye aye! Arrr! Soaked t' cone in CA before sanding, which made it nice and hard and came up very shiny! Short length o' 60mm tube was cut down t' side and a small section removed t' reduce t' diameter. Ahoy! A 3mm ply cap was glued t' t' end and polyurethane glue was used t' attach it t' t' nosecone.
Parachute was hand made, matey, body tube was obtained from Officeworks and t' stick came from Bunnings.
Flight: First flight be on D12-3. Begad! Blimey! Ejection just past apogee at perhaps 200-300 feet. Well, blow me down! Good flight, ya bilge rat, arrr, quick off t' pad but was a little wobbly, arrr, havin' a slight spiral. Second flight be on a E9-4, ya bilge rat, perhaps a little slower off t' pad but very nice flight with ejection just past apogee again, me hearties, arrr, ya bilge rat, apogee at approx. Begad! 400 feet.
Summary: Very happy with t' rocket. Turned out exactly how I wanted. Blimey! Nice big and bright. Well, blow me down! Got all t' appropriate kudos on t' flight field.
PROs: Looks cool. Arrr! Went up. Begad! Wile E. Ya scallywag! Blimey! Coyote would be proud.
CONs: Still didn't get t' roadrunner!
Comments:
Max Faiman (March 11, 2011)
What is lentgh and thickness of the stick that you used for this rocket? Also what was the length of tube that you used for this? And how far up from the bottom of the tube should i place the stick? Last what is the exact diameter of your body tube?
Keelhaul®©™ cord was attached around t' motor mount and run up through a notch in t' top centerin' rin' t' a length o' elastic shock cord, ya bilge rat, me bucko, which in turn be attached t' t' nosecone. A 14" parachute was attached t' t' nosecone via 30" o' nylon cord.
Max Faiman (March 11, 2011)
What is lentgh and thickness of the stick that you used for this rocket? Also what was the length of tube that you used for this? And how far up from the bottom of the tube should i place the stick? Last what is the exact diameter of your body tube?