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What did you do rocket wise today?
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How's the fit of the nose cone into the airframe tube?
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I'm making a spool rocket for that very purpose. Calling it "E-limater". Plastic wire spool.I know what that is for, "Lot Code Disposal"
Yes, the squirrels are everywhere!I have one called "Too Cool for Spool" in stock I will build this weekend.
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This morning was too good for painting, with the Boo Boo in my previous post I decided to paint my Boyce Aerospace Cineroc Astrocam capsule. I had Tamiya PS-29 semi-gloss black in stock, only thing I can trust my past Krylons in stock all crinkle on the first coat now.
On the 3D printed material, in the light not really semi-gloss after it dries.
Let's compare it to a gloss nose cone on the Omega
Now the Cineroc on the Omega.. Yea I am going to need to clear coat this capsule before I apply the Cineroc Yellow tape stripes that held the original and this version together in flight
On the 3D printed material, in the light not really semi-gloss after it dries.
Let's compare it to a gloss nose cone on the Omega
Now the Cineroc on the Omega.. Yea I am going to need to clear coat this capsule before I apply the Cineroc Yellow tape stripes that held the original and this version together in flight
When you are laying down the second line of Tamiya tape and pull it off a bit with a tweezer to reposition on the fin line and this happens just now
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Well, after ^This pulled up the paint adjusting the masking Tamiya tape, I shot some more white laquear on the bad spot. When it dried, about 10 mins later I decided I was not going to mask off each and every fin to make just the fins Florescent Orange and pull even more paint off the tube/fincan.
So I decided to paint the whole fin can Orange. If the Frog tape I used for this tube masking pulled off white paint above the fin can, I would put a wide black pin stripe around the tube.
So now that it is dry, time to take off the tape and paper shroud.
Success ! No pulled off paint. Now to get some clear coat that won't crinkle this paint job or the Omega Cineroc Nose.
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n3tjm
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Some time ago, a family member gave me a few old rockets he was finally getting rid of so today I am starting repairs on an original Estes Gyroc and printing new decals for it too.
And research motor testing.I know what that is for, "Lot Code Disposal"
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When Jerry Irvine died last year, I looked around for who might have any US Rockets kits. Apogee had the Hammerhead and Piston Stager. Performance Hobbies had the Piston Stager, All Weather and Start. I bought a Hammerhead, Start and All Weather. I built the Hammerhead and lost it at Muncie last week, Next up was the All Weather. All Weather is now complete.
Inventoried my Estes motors by lot (for the D12 recall) and in the process sorted different types into separate boxes. I now have a box for C6-7s, a box for D12s, a box for E12s, a box for 29mm, a box for 13mm, and a box for everything else. Found 20 motors subject to the recall and 20 some-odd motors that had somehow escaped my previous inventory. In the event of any future Estes recall, it will be relatively simple to find affected motors.
Also designed and printed some jigs for my next rocket.
Also designed and printed some jigs for my next rocket.
Bought a bunch of Semroc kits.
Again.
Again.
Do to to the recent D12 recall, I may be changing the name. "E.D.- liminater".... painted blue.... I'll go to my room now
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Dude... That is bad on multiple levels....Do to to the recent D12 recall, I may be changing the name. "E.D.- liminater".... painted blue.... I'll go to my room now
I'll keep reading.
Hans.
Put the two halves of the rocket together.
Thinking about if I should or not add a thin black pinstripe just under the nose cone and just above the fin can?
Thinking about if I should or not add a thin black pinstripe just under the nose cone and just above the fin can?
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I think I might make a D12 rocket tester and call it something more family friendly like "D-struction", "D's Aster", or "D-Stroyed".Do to to the recent D12 recall, I may be changing the name. "E.D.- liminater".... painted blue.... I'll go to my room now
Use some electrical tape. If you don't like it, just remove it.
Yes, I have used that. The pinstripes are removeable as well. Remember when you could buy vinyl pin stripe rolls in the auto section of Kmart, Meijer, etc ?
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Black or bright red. And it could use something to break up the big expanse of white, so a third stripe right in the middle would be good, in my humble opinion.
And yes, tape.
Yup, still can, and on Amazon. Well, no "blue light special" anymore.
I dusted off this Estes X-15, the recast of the COX X-15. Looks like it needs cleaning as well.
This one has been flown, notice the sunken back between the end of the word 'force' an the tail fin. This is due to melting from Ejection Charges. I still have one in a package as well. Cox picture also below.
Sunken back:
Cox package:
Estes Package, the Cox box was better.
This one has been flown, notice the sunken back between the end of the word 'force' an the tail fin. This is due to melting from Ejection Charges. I still have one in a package as well. Cox picture also below.
Sunken back:
Cox package:
Estes Package, the Cox box was better.
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Yea, it would cover up the "Tube/Coupler seam" as well. I don't usually fill those in, so can replace the upper tube if it gets damaged on landing with a fouled chute* I just friction fit them or use small screws on heavier rockets.
*I notice my fouled chute rockets 'mostly' tend to float nose end down as the air drags on the fins and the nose pulls the tube down
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CATO-As-Trophy. Fell free to add another S.I think I might make a D12 rocket tester and call it something more family friendly like "D-struction", "D's Aster", or "D-Stroyed".
Is there a clearcoat over the decals? If so, it looks like it could use a light go with 800 or higher grit sandpaper and then a recoating, (after cleaning).
The markings appear painted on, and does not seem to be a clear coat.
Hi Art. Really nice-looking finish on that rocket. For what it's worth, I've taken to putting on a gloss clear coat prior to applying masking tape. That helps protect the base coat, and I just can't spend enough time waiting for paint to dry.
Jim
Yes, I "used to" do that as well. But didn't have any clear coat in stock I could trust. I had some old stuff that was 1/2 full over 5 years old and had no idea what it would do to the white I had on the rocket.
In the last 7 years have not had luck with Big Box Krylon products. Now you can't even get the Florescent EnerJet red/orange anymore in the white can with the Florescent red/orange cap on it. Now their Florescent is Red or Orange and 14-$18 a black can.
I lucked out and found a working can of Florescent Red/Orange last week. I have 3 more new old ones, but I think they will get plugged up in 1-2 mins like another I tried early this week. They don't make paint like they used to.
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