I really should get the resin pieces, I am just in the middle of trying to buy my Lvel 1 rocket and some motor casings. This rocket was kinof my birthday gift from the wife so I have to tread lightly on spending any more on it right now.

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Hey, here's an idea - build it IN the wrapper. Kinda like the sailors used to build ships in a bottle.

Mario

Now you are thinking "Outside the box" on that one!!!

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Either way it goes I want to have it built to launch on the 40th anneversary. I am on coast mode right now till I "officialy" retire from the Army in June so I have plenty of time to get it built.

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Actually, I was thinking inside the box - literally...


Mario

Don't take a chance on the aerosol can expandable foam. It will sometimes keep expanding in a slow creep for months, eventually bulging or bursting the rocket. Two part foam mixed like epoxy will be fine, if you have it.


If you want to, buy the resin cast parts and use the capsule/tower for flights, but build and use the Estes capsule/tower for display. It will look much better up close than the solid resin cast tower.

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I will take your advise for sure. Do you think that it would be good to go with foam in it?

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I believe the term is ROADing..........(Retired On Active Duty)......

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Roger that, on the ROAD I know the term well...

It would be a different situation if it were not a medical retirement though. I am only 3/4 the way through my career right now so it kinda sucks... Alot...

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I wouldn't fool with the foam if it were mine. I have two built Saturns V, an old Centuri Saturn V that your most recent Estes model is based on, and the previous Estes model. The fins on yours will be anchored on the body tube and the plastic fairings will strengthen them considerably. The main body tube doesn't need it either, IMHO. If you were planning to fly it with larger F or G composites, foam might be an option to add some rigidity.

If the fairings were paper, like the previous Estes versions, I might think about foam under them, but I doubt I'd go through with it. The only other area I might consider it on any of the Saturn's is inside the paper transition section. My Centuri Saturn 1B and Saturn V models are over 30 years old and have survived many flights and several moves without foam reinforcement. The 1B did suffer a couple of catos, but foam wouldn't have helped in either case, and would have caused the repairs to be much more difficult.

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