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I'm seriously considering building a scratch-built Swarm clone. I've got someone laser-cutting fins for me and I'm looking at options for nosecones, airframe, MMTs, etc.
At one point, I was considering building it all out of fiberglass, but the price was well over $500 for parts. I'm not real keen on cardboard tubing. That leaves phenolic kraft paper tubing and Blue Tube. I'm familiar with phenolic, having built rockets from it in the past. Not familiar with Blue Tube, but it looks promising, coming in at less than half the cost of FG.
I'll probably buy parts a bit at a time, until I have everything together.
For those that have used Blue Tube, is 'glassing the airframe useful for something that will probably only see a 1750NS K and 12 X G motors? or, would it be a bit overkill?
At one point, I was considering building it all out of fiberglass, but the price was well over $500 for parts. I'm not real keen on cardboard tubing. That leaves phenolic kraft paper tubing and Blue Tube. I'm familiar with phenolic, having built rockets from it in the past. Not familiar with Blue Tube, but it looks promising, coming in at less than half the cost of FG.
I'll probably buy parts a bit at a time, until I have everything together.
For those that have used Blue Tube, is 'glassing the airframe useful for something that will probably only see a 1750NS K and 12 X G motors? or, would it be a bit overkill?