Any thoughts a to creating a nosecone for an upscale Big Bertha? If I do this build, I plan to use 8" dia concrete form tubes as I used for "Not a Rocket Scientist". Upscaling the rocket to an 8" diameter would make the rocket 10 feet tall.
I'd want to weight the nosecone so that I have no CG/CP issue. I'd also probably run a 4" dia Blue Tube through the 8" dia. body for the main parachute/ piston. The fin section would be a TTW construction with maybe 3/8" or 1/2" plywood fins epoxied & fiberglassed to a 3" dia. motor tube.
I've turned 1" thick layers of foam insulation board before to create a nosecone for an upscale 6" dia. Honest John, and for the 24" wide body of Marvin Martian Jr., but it is really a hassle.
Any other thoughts besides the messy turning of foam insulation board? I'd add weight inside the nosecone with epoxy & BB's as I've done before.
Thanks!
I'd want to weight the nosecone so that I have no CG/CP issue. I'd also probably run a 4" dia Blue Tube through the 8" dia. body for the main parachute/ piston. The fin section would be a TTW construction with maybe 3/8" or 1/2" plywood fins epoxied & fiberglassed to a 3" dia. motor tube.
I've turned 1" thick layers of foam insulation board before to create a nosecone for an upscale 6" dia. Honest John, and for the 24" wide body of Marvin Martian Jr., but it is really a hassle.
Any other thoughts besides the messy turning of foam insulation board? I'd add weight inside the nosecone with epoxy & BB's as I've done before.
Thanks!