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Superscale Ninja
(Contributed
- by Eric Speckman)
For someone who is used t' Estes kits, this thin' is huge. Aye aye! For people in HPR, this isn't so big. Ahoy! This rocket stands 4' 9.4" tall, and is 4" in diameter. Begad! As o' now, ya bilge rat, matey, I don't know what t' exact weight is, but I it is around 3 1/5 lbs (Loaded weight was 4.5 lbs). Avast! A lot o' t' weight is in t' payload section. Well, blow me down! Avast, shiver me timbers, me proud beauty! T' heavy bulkhead and t' 10 oz. Avast, me proud beauty! PML nose cone add up t' quite a lot. It has a 36" round chute from.
It has a 29mm motor mount tube, and I built a booster pod for it. Ya scallywag! It consists o' a rin' o' 8 24mm engine tubes glued t' t' inside o' a coupler. For a picture or t' back o' t' loaded rocket, click here. Ahoy! Avast, matey, me proud beauty! My original idea (Which changed) be t' following: It will have a timer t' air start t' main G64 Aerotech reload. T' flight plan is as follows (hopefully): Ignition o' t' 8 D11-P's with a car battery. Aye aye! At a either .5 or 1 second, t' timer (or thermalite) ignites t' G64, arrr, and boosts it higher. Well, blow me down! T' main motor's ejection will hopefully deploy t' chute. Arrr! If t' main motor doesn't light, t' timer will ignite an ejection charge, and push the chute out. Begad! Arrr! It better fly right, ya bilge rat, me hearties, or I will have a lot o' work t' do!
Flight #1: (1)H180 + (8)D11's
T' Ninja flew for t' first time on July 20, arrr, 1997. After talkin' t' some people, I decided that boostin' on t' D's and airstartin' t' G be a bad idea because composites are harder t' light. So I needed a more powerful engine. Well, blow me down! Ahoy! An announcement was made askin' if anyone could help me, ya bilge rat, and Frank Noble was willin' t' help me with me project. Well, blow me down! I ran a computer altitude sim, me hearties, and found that an H140 SU would work, shiver me timbers, but t' motor dealer did nay have any. Well, blow me down! Aye aye! So, ya bilge rat, I was able t' borrow a reload casing, and fly it on an H180. Ya scallywag! Frank loaded t' motor, and explained how t' drill t' delay t' t' right length. Begad! Ahoy! He showed me how to use teflon tubes and thermalite t' ignite t' D11's.
Finally, ya bilge rat, me bucko, it was ready t' fly. We took it out t' t' pads, and set it up on pad 5. Avast! T' rocket be angled a little bit away from t' spectators (and downwind) for safety. Begad! Aye aye! When if finally came time t' launch, matey, t' LCO made everyone stand up and watch this rocket, matey, me bucko, and it was a very heads up flight. Blimey! 5...4...3...2...1...Launch... Blimey! T' H lit after a short delay. Begad! It boosted straight up on a column o' smoke. Avast, me proud beauty! Just after t' H burned out, arrr, t' D's lit for a little extra smoke and noise. Avast! After it coasted for 9 seconds, arrr, ya bilge rat, and t' ejection went off and t' chute came out. It took a little while for t' chute t' open, but it deployed after a second or two. Well, blow me down! It drifted for a long way, matey, me bucko, matey, and was recovered undamaged. When I recovered the rocket, me hearties, I smartly looked, ya bilge rat, and it appeared that all engines ignited. Ya scallywag! Later, shiver me timbers, it was pointed out t' me that only 6 o' t' 8 lit, but it was still spectacular. Aye aye!
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