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I've never seen one flown and I've never flown one.
Part of me wonders if the common rocket designs at this scale are just built with too much performance in mind. Oddrocs, saucers, pyramids, gliders, super-rocs, or stubbies would almost certainly be more visible.I think the kits are adorable and really like the idea of launching them in small areas. The problem is, every video I've seen of them launching...I don't see the launch. The video is pretty much: "there's a rocket....now the rocket's gone."
This "phenomenon" that small, zippy rockets exhibit is bad enough with 13mm engines in BT-20 rockets. So as much as I love rockets for small launch sites, there comes a point where I tell myself the launch aesthetics go too far for me to enjoy.
This is just my opinion, though. I know there are plenty of people out there who probably are the opposite of me.
A robin's egg?Part of me wonders if the common rocket designs at this scale are just built with too much performance in mind. Oddrocs, saucers, pyramids, gliders, super-rocs, or stubbies would almost certainly be more visible.
I think a MicroMaxx model with an “oversized” payload bay would be neat. I know bigger rockets can carry chicken eggs, I wonder what kind of fragile payload could be conceivable at this scale.
Maybe. I know Costco sells quail eggs but I think you’d be lucky to get something like that off the pad under MMX power. Maybe a full A would do it though.A robin's egg?
The original Carlisle model rocket motors were 13mm.As a result of all this, they’re not super beginner-friendly, given the greater degree of manual dexterity required to assemble and prep them. I think the Carlisle, Stine, and Estes got it right the first time with ~18mm Type A motors.
Interesting. Most of the history I have read about to this point was extremely condensed and didn’t go into that kind of detail.The original Carlisle model rocket motors were 13mm.
When Stine went looking for someone to mass produce rocket motors for MMI he contacted Brown Engineering which made fireworks. These folks recommended using an 18mm diameter tube as Brown was already using it for another product.
The rest is history.
PS: Estes came later.
When Bill Stine/Quest designed the Micro-Maxx models the company was owned by Toy Biz.I also understand that the Saturn V and Space Shuttle models AeroTech sells do not fly well.
When Bill Stine/Quest designed the Micro-Maxx models the company was owned by Toy Biz.
Bill's designs were sent off to Asia where they were molded. The company molded them heavier than Bill's prototypes resulting in the Saturn V and Shuttle models not being stable.
If the fins on the Saturn V are enlarged, the model will fly straight.
A similar situation happened to Bill when he created the Concept II line for MRC but that is another story.
Yes. The smoke-only devices were called FX Motors even though they produced no thrust (I tested one on the AeroTech thrust stand back then).Wow, Concept II brings memory. We could have two outboard pods with "smoke bombs" lite to give off smoke then ignite the center rocket engine. Do I remember this correctly ?
Bob, could you hit me about my face and shoulders to get my divided attention next Fiesta launch? Asking for a favour. No cost. Thx! -dave-Yes. The smoke-only devices were called FX Motors even though they produced no thrust (I tested one on the AeroTech thrust stand back then).
A good product line ruined by a 'comittee'.
Depends on how big your back yard is and how light you can build. It seemed to me that the Fliskits Nanite I built would launch to a couple of hundred feet or something. When I finally got it trimmed out, everyone had left, so no one else saw it fly well. It promptly vanished, going up in a thermal, at 7 in the evening, at about a minute. Too small to see. Someone else's Nanite:They are great for flying in your backyard with the young grandkids, especially since there are no legit fields available in most urban/suburban areas. I even built a minimum diameter Nano Bertha as a part of my Big Bertha fleet.
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