Fred22
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Just got finished with the decals on mine, thought you would like to see it.
Of course I want to see it Your rocket looks terrific
Cheers
Fred
Just got finished with the decals on mine, thought you would like to see it.
Wind is not your friend with this oneThanks guys, I was going to try and test fly it this weekend, but the weather is back and forth here so bad. Maybe next weekend will be better.
I use wire wrap wire with a wire wrap tool that I got from Radio Shack. I have 3 or 4 spools of the wire and the tool in my flight box if you don't get a chance to pick any up. I usually have a dozen or so igniters with the extentions already attached so you can have some of those if you need them.
Wrapping wire
Wire wrap tool
Thanks Bob,
I might have to take you up on the wire. I'm in Seattle and the local Radio Shacks are out of the wire and tool near me. When I get home I'll check the 2 local stores.
First off your rocket looks great and you are to be commended for doing the cluster. I dont know if i would retire the rocket just restrict to perfect launch conditions perhaps? The multistage saturn would be a neat project but it would be more then I could figure out right now. I hope you get it to work because it would look greatI guess I should close out this thread. After lots of delays I finally got to launch my Saturn V on the 18th at the CMASS launch.
I got the swine flu for the April 25th launch, missed that. Then every other launch this year that I was home it rained! I thought I would never get it off the ground.
The last obstacle was the C/G. Moving the motor mount back and adding the 4 13mm motors along with the resin fins caused the C/G to be WAY to far aft. It took a l lot of mass to move it to the 17.5 in forward of the fin fairings that Verna suggested.
The final weight was 21.5 oz! The lift weight weight of the 5 motors combined was 26 oz, so I had a little margin. My final C/G was exactly 17.5 in forward. To get it, I needed to add almost 5 oz to the base of the resin capsule! This caused the capsule to separate on recovery.
If I was to do this again I would use a 4x18mm, 1x24mm motor mount. The extra lift power of the 18mm give more margin than the 13mm.
I got an estimated 250-300ft of altitude.
Other things I would do different would be to use a flat white for the base coat. It makes painting the top layers easier.
The LM shroud transition needs to be done very carfully, it's hard to hide the seem.
Thanks to everyone here who helped! I could not have done this as well by myself.
Now that I have launched my Saturn V, I'm going to retire it. I cant help thinking about a 3 stage SV. Maybe with fold out clear fins on each stage...
All this has been posted in different threads, I thought it might be helpful to also post it here.
I've got my Estes 2157, but haven't gotten the chance to fly it yet this year. I fly her on 2 D-12-3s and it really flies nice and straight. I did some upgrades to her over the winter as all of the recovery parts were getting a bit old. New Nylon chutes, nomex chute protector and kevlar shock chords.
I'm hoping to get out over the weekend to give her a go. She's got a ton of flights under her belt, I just hope the new Estes and Semroc kits come along pretty soon. It will definitely calm my nerves a bit.
I'll definitely post pics and video if I get out. I'm planning to do a whole timeline of the US space program flights. Starting with the Redstone, then go to the Atlas, to the Saturn 1B and then to the Saturn V. I may even close it out with the Estes Space shuttle. The one that flies with the external tank and solid rocket boosters.
Listen guys my apologies but I have used clip whips with up to seven motors and ignited reliably. They are fun to put together as well
Cheers
gfred
I guess I should close out this thread. After lots of delays I finally got to launch my Saturn V on the 18th at the CMASS launch.
I got the swine flu for the April 25th launch, missed that. Then every other launch this year that I was home it rained! I thought I would never get it off the ground.
The last obstacle was the C/G. Moving the motor mount back and adding the 4 13mm motors along with the resin fins caused the C/G to be WAY to far aft. It took a l lot of mass to move it to the 17.5 in forward of the fin fairings that Verna suggested.
The final weight was 21.5 oz! The lift weight weight of the 5 motors combined was 26 oz, so I had a little margin. My final C/G was exactly 17.5 in forward. To get it, I needed to add almost 5 oz to the base of the resin capsule! This caused the capsule to separate on recovery.
If I was to do this again I would use a 4x18mm, 1x24mm motor mount. The extra lift power of the 18mm give more margin than the 13mm.
I got an estimated 250-300ft of altitude.
Other things I would do different would be to use a flat white for the base coat. It makes painting the top layers easier.
The LM shroud transition needs to be done very carfully, it's hard to hide the seem.
Thanks to everyone here who helped! I could not have done this as well by myself.
Now that I have launched my Saturn V, I'm going to retire it. I cant help thinking about a 3 stage SV. Maybe with fold out clear fins on each stage...
All this has been posted in different threads, I thought it might be helpful to also post it here.
Thanks guys!
This build/thread is the best of our rocket community. The help and encouragement I got on TRF and YORF are the reason I got this rocket off the ground. I can't thank everyone enough. A special thanks to TonyPV for giving me 5 of his augmented igniter's with the extensions already on them.
Pantherjon, near the end I was getting Leary myself at the end.
Thanks Micro, I'm going to think about what you said. Maybe I will fly her again!
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