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I wanted to do a step by step in case someone wanted to replicate what I did taking a cosmic interceptor kit and making a standard Interceptor styled RC rocket glider. Estes is closing these kits out and I think they are a steal even just for the cone and body tubes....The performance is quite good on E-6 motors and the glide is very reasonable. I've done four different versions and this is the lightest one. So, i may be talking to myself, but here goes..
I'll post a pdf of the tracings of the parts, it's just three normal sheets.
Need
6mm depron foam.
two great planes wing skids
two rail buttons
two brad head t nuts and screws
24" by 1/8" carbon rod
blenderm tape
two two prong dubro micron control horns
foam safe CA+(hot stuff UFO) or bob smith super gold plus.
two 9-11 gram servos
receiver
1s 450-500mah battery
Cosmic Interceptor kit.
From the kit you will use one coupler, the two body tubes, the nose cone, and the 24mm motor mount tube and the two fiber centering rings.
For this version I already knew where it needed to balance so I wanted to optimize where the equipment went to avoid any balast weight. To do this I knew would have to put the receiver and battery near the rear of the model but still be able to access it. I devised a method of a removable motor mount held in place by the rear rail button screw to allow installation and removal of the flight battery, worked like a charm. This model is 39" long and 24" wingspan and has a rtf weight of 10.5 ounces with a wing loading of around 6 oz/sq foot. It boosts vertically like it's on a rail and seems to boost to around 500-600 feet.
I'll post a pdf of the tracings of the parts, it's just three normal sheets.
Need
6mm depron foam.
two great planes wing skids
two rail buttons
two brad head t nuts and screws
24" by 1/8" carbon rod
blenderm tape
two two prong dubro micron control horns
foam safe CA+(hot stuff UFO) or bob smith super gold plus.
two 9-11 gram servos
receiver
1s 450-500mah battery
Cosmic Interceptor kit.
From the kit you will use one coupler, the two body tubes, the nose cone, and the 24mm motor mount tube and the two fiber centering rings.
For this version I already knew where it needed to balance so I wanted to optimize where the equipment went to avoid any balast weight. To do this I knew would have to put the receiver and battery near the rear of the model but still be able to access it. I devised a method of a removable motor mount held in place by the rear rail button screw to allow installation and removal of the flight battery, worked like a charm. This model is 39" long and 24" wingspan and has a rtf weight of 10.5 ounces with a wing loading of around 6 oz/sq foot. It boosts vertically like it's on a rail and seems to boost to around 500-600 feet.
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