Bruiser
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I so enjoyed launching my Mini Black Brant and Mini Tempest at the launch last Saturday that I decided it was time to add to the mini fleet.
Went back and forth but I just didn't have nose cones that were close enough for several of the rockets I was considering. I have been designing the heck out of AIM-4 Falcon rockets lately and haven't decided which variant or to build a BT-60 or BT 80 size. I thought why not build a mini GAR 1. The GAR 1 was pretty much the granddaddy of them all
So I started this morning with the fins. I started with 1/16th balsa and planned to paper them with Avery label paper so I cut out some blanks.
I got them all cut out and papered, then I started to try to round the leading edges out a bit and it just wasn't working for me. So I got out the 1/32 basswood and cut another set of fins. I weighed them both and the papered balsa fins were .009 of an ounce while the basswood fins were .010 of an ounce. I decided to go with the basswood.
Bob
Went back and forth but I just didn't have nose cones that were close enough for several of the rockets I was considering. I have been designing the heck out of AIM-4 Falcon rockets lately and haven't decided which variant or to build a BT-60 or BT 80 size. I thought why not build a mini GAR 1. The GAR 1 was pretty much the granddaddy of them all
So I started this morning with the fins. I started with 1/16th balsa and planned to paper them with Avery label paper so I cut out some blanks.
I got them all cut out and papered, then I started to try to round the leading edges out a bit and it just wasn't working for me. So I got out the 1/32 basswood and cut another set of fins. I weighed them both and the papered balsa fins were .009 of an ounce while the basswood fins were .010 of an ounce. I decided to go with the basswood.
Bob
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