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Jay's "Mu-Tater"
From the "Scrounged-Up Designs" thread:
I originally named this rocket "Mutator," since I morphed it from a Centuri Taurus RockSim file I'd whipped up a while back. But since I'm from Idaho, *and* I have a sick and twisted sense of humor... I present to you the "Mu-Tater." Cheers,
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It looks like an interesting design.
I wonder how it would look if you removed the bulkheads around the extra tubes and blended them back into the main body? The bulkhead just don't seem very aerodynamic and kind of ruin the lines for me. |
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I think Doug is right Jay, the rear of the Mutator does need something. Might try a nozzle lookin thing like on the Neptune Lander. It will hide the motor and gives a vintage look as well.
Just my 2 cents worth, JP James Pierson NAR# 77907 |
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"More Motors!"
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Mu-Tater 3x18mm motor mount Motors / Max. Alt / Dv 3x A8-3 - 328 ft. - 28 fps 3x B6-6 - 750 ft. - 16 fps 3x C6-7 - 1433 ft. - 17 fps 1x24mm motor mount C11-5 - 520 ft. - 9 fps D12-5 - 1040 ft. - 23 fps E9-6 - 1600 ft. - 5 fps Given those figures, I'd just stick with the original 24mm mount. But I suppose I *could* include a "Doug Sams Cluster-Obsessed" Motor Mount Option. Thanks for the feedback, Doug! Cheers,
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Jay Goemmer "Centuri Guy"/"Tau Zero" YORF Member 28 Semroc SAM #0029 NAR 86131 "I think about organizing things all the time. Never seems to happen. I find something that piques my interest and I'm off on a quest. Or a Centuri. " --Bill Eichelberger, 02/22/2022 “Centuri fret buzz in an updated form.” Bill “Wallyum” Eichelberger re: Estes Flutter-By 03 Sept 2014 |
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"Meanwhile, back in the *real* world..."
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As far as I'm concerned, the jury's still out on adding anything at the "back end" of the Mu-Tater (although Doug *could* do a 3x18mm motor mount instead of the original 1x24mm mount). I guess I'll just have to build one and see. Lemme tell ya, though... I'm gonna have Carl fire up his Krellvinator (sp.?) for those fins and vanes. Cheers,
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Jay Goemmer "Centuri Guy"/"Tau Zero" YORF Member 28 Semroc SAM #0029 NAR 86131 "I think about organizing things all the time. Never seems to happen. I find something that piques my interest and I'm off on a quest. Or a Centuri. " --Bill Eichelberger, 02/22/2022 “Centuri fret buzz in an updated form.” Bill “Wallyum” Eichelberger re: Estes Flutter-By 03 Sept 2014 |
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Jay, I'm pretty sure that it's not the altitude and stuff that matters to Doug, it's seeing how many motors he can shove into a given rocket.
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Actually, I was thinking of a cluster more along the lines of the mid-section - having a mixture of tubes, some of which extend beyond the confines of the BT-60. Something like this: Here's one with 4x18's around a central 18. In this case, the BT-60 was slotted to fit around the outboard tubes. But you could also just stop the BT-60 at the top ends of the outboard motor tubes - sort of like in the mid-section of the Mu-Tater - but make them more aero. Here's one where some beveling was added to the forward ends of the outboards to blend them in a little. With clusters like this, you can always just fly it on the central motor, but when you're feeling jiggy, load it up However, use a burn string then since only the central is deploying the laundry. Doug Last edited by Doug Sams : 11-02-2006 at 01:50 PM. |
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Doug BTW, I was 50 months smoke-free/nicotene-free on Oct 25. |
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Major congrats on that, Doug!
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