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Very interesting, Steve.
Hope it competes well. Has it (or a copy) been test flown prior to the competition ? Agree it has nice clean lines. I have always liked the 'pointy/spike' type nose cones although few rockets use them. The Black Brant III and IV are a couple I can think of.
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GH, Thanks for the good wishes. I've test flown on an A8-3 but not on a C6-7. I don't have a local field where I can fly that high (1200' +). Also, in the competition we will use the very tiny Adrel altimeters which weigh about 1.5 grams. Unfortunately, at ~$60 apiece they are too expensive to fly on test flights unless I am pretty sure I can recover the rocket, LOL. Good choice on the other models. Matt Steele is flying a Black Brant IV and I think James Duffy will be flying a BBIII. The new S5 rules mandate a model at least 600mm in length and at least 30mm for at least 50% of that length, so a 20:1 ratio is optimal. Their models have the advantage of being 3 finned versus the 4 finned Rohini and each have more "fiddly bits" with which to garner scale points, but I think the lightest any of the other models will weigh 30 grams or so and have more drag inducing stuff. By the way, nose cone on my model (as well as a few others in the competition and NARAM, too) is by Sandman. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to make one of these nosecones to perfect scale and have a workable shoulder that is sized for the thickness of a single piece of paper? Gordy's work is just amazing, which is why so many scale competitors use him. Other shout outs to Andy Tomasch who taught me the vellum airframe technique (https://www.apogeerockets.com/downloads/PDFs/tomash.pdf ) and to Peter Alway for spending a whole day with me combing through his archives for possible S5 models. Peter and I actually did that for the whole S5 team and most of the models built were part of the suggestion list we came up with that day. That day turned out to be pretty special because it lit the fire in me to try scale altitude (although I've been on the Scale team and the Altitude team in the past, but not the Scale Altitude team) and spending 8 hours looking through Pete's walls of data helped rejuvenate his interest in creating some new stuff for Rockets of the World (he's been drafting like a madman the last few months ). I've spent a lot of great days with Peter but that one was REALLY special. Anyway, GH, no more questions, LOL. I've got to get all this stuff packed up securely since I leave tomorrow morning. But, honestly, thanks again for the interest in this arcane aspect of model rocketry. Steve |
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Steve,
Very cool build, and the printable vellum looks great. Good luck on the competition. I immediately noticed a familiar rocket in the upper right of one of the pictures -- an Estes Saros. I have one of those from about 1976. It is the oldest rocket I still have from my "youth" (aged 24 when I built it ...).
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Here's some pictures of the NARAM hotel and Sport Range.
The participants are not staying in the hotel tower. We're in two story buildings around the tower with parking close to the hotel room doors. It makes for easier loading/unloading. It will be a warm one. When I was out at the Sport Range Friday morning around 10:30 AM the temperature was already at 87F. So, fly early!
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Thanks for the updates, Bob!
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Participants are now picking up their NARAM-57 registration packets in the hotel lobby.
Many folks chatting with one another. As for manufacturers I have seen and spoken with Matt Steele (North Coast Rocketry), Charlie Savoie (AeroTech), Bill Saindon (BMS) and Randy Boadway (eRockets/Semroc). There's a NARAM-57 Welcome Meeting scheduled at 8:00 PM for all the participants.
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This item was being passed out during the registration.
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The fliers briefing has ended.
The FAI participants are getting their scale models ready for judging.
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Is that attached to any rumored activity going on or did someone just decide to have some made for a lark?
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VERY cool pen !
Would be nice if Estes would add the original Enerjet kits and engines to their PSII series as "Classic" kits.
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