kml
New Member
I was delighted to get a Dr. Zooch Saturn V kit for Christmas, but after reading the (fun) instructions, I'm a little worried that I'm in over my head! The four or five Estes kits I've built so far have glue-y fingerprints all over the motor mounts (and the tube, but primer and sanding can fix a lot). I suspect that if I start the kit right now, I'm going to wind up with a very messy little Saturn V.
I thought that perhaps I should play around a bit with a cardstock rocket or two, to figure out techniques and make mistakes where the fix just requires printing out another sheet of cardstock.
A few questions:
* What's a good starting point?
* Where do I get cardstock? I can buy a package of 110lb cardstock for $15 from Amazon. Or a similar container of 85lb cardstock (which seems closer to that included with the Dr. Zooch kit; I'd like to have some backups if I screw it up). Is there a cleverer way to do it? Is there one weight of cardstock that'll work for most everything?
* I love the Little Joe that was just about the last thing posted here, and would be happy to give that a shot, is it likely to be an okay starting point? I guess if I overestimated my skill I'm only out some paper!
Thanks,
Kevin
I thought that perhaps I should play around a bit with a cardstock rocket or two, to figure out techniques and make mistakes where the fix just requires printing out another sheet of cardstock.
A few questions:
* What's a good starting point?
* Where do I get cardstock? I can buy a package of 110lb cardstock for $15 from Amazon. Or a similar container of 85lb cardstock (which seems closer to that included with the Dr. Zooch kit; I'd like to have some backups if I screw it up). Is there a cleverer way to do it? Is there one weight of cardstock that'll work for most everything?
* I love the Little Joe that was just about the last thing posted here, and would be happy to give that a shot, is it likely to be an okay starting point? I guess if I overestimated my skill I'm only out some paper!
Thanks,
Kevin