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Newbomb Turk 12-04-2018 04:42 PM

Come see the Farside (-X) of SEARS
 
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At the November 3rd SEARS launch, conditions finally allowed for the first launch of my Farside-X clone. Perfect skies and minimal winds meant that, after lugging it to the club several times, it would be a go. Perfect conditions, perfect flight. C11-0, B6-0, B6-6. Really good boost from the C11. The first two stages landed between the pad and the LCO table. The sustainer floated down and actually stuck the landing a bit. Love it.

mojo1986 12-04-2018 04:50 PM

Wow! So it flies as nice as it looks!

Newbomb Turk 12-04-2018 05:04 PM

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Thanks! It sure did, and, unlike my affinity for streamered Comanche-3s, the chute brings this one down perfectly. No damage.

I'd actually started the day with the 12th flight of my perpetually abused Sky Raider clone. It also stuck the landing (three of them did this day.) D12-5. Nice flight, but a very large half-moon was left in the top of the body tube. You can see the dent in the landing picture below, along with the gash in a fin made on an earlier flight that broke the top quarter inch off of its first plastic nose cone.

Think I'll drill some pin holes in the payload section and test the Estes altimeter I received for my birthday with this one. :cool:

Newbomb Turk 12-04-2018 05:11 PM

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Also flown, my Maxi-Icarus clone on an E9-4. Long-burning nice flight.

Still looking for a Lego Batman mini-fig for the payload section. Apparently, Lego mini-figs are a huge thing. Who knew?

Newbomb Turk 12-04-2018 05:19 PM

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Also also, I flew my Star Orbiter again. On an F15-6, this one seems to float forever. Bought some Es for next time. Finally landed just in front of a very rare Estes Porta-Pot Shot upscale.

jeffyjeep 12-04-2018 06:21 PM

That's a really nice Farside! Did you do the fins in balsa or basswood?

Newbomb Turk 12-04-2018 06:46 PM

Thanks! These are basswood. I'd actually cloned the standard Farside first, with balsa fins. The balsa was so thin I had to fight to keep it from warping. Flew it once, C6-0, B6-0, B6-6. The C6-0 barely got it off the pad. By second stage ignition it was parallel to the ground. Never found the sustainer. The nose cone is Semroc balsa, and I am pretty proud of the way it came out.

I think this may have been the first time I tried straight strips of wood and clothes pins to ensure fin alignment, per your tutorial. Worked great.

Doug Sams 12-04-2018 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Newbomb Turk
The C6-0 barely got it off the pad.
With no B14's, B8's or C5-0's, I was very concerned about this when I built my Farside-X clone, and chose to make the 1st stage 24mm, to avoid such an unpleasant experience. I've only ever flown it once or twice, but the C11-0's are great for getting it off the pad.

Doug


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LeeR 12-04-2018 10:05 PM

Newbomb,

That’s a beautiful Farside-X! I have a number of B14-0 motors, both Estes and Centuri, but I’m not sure I’d risk sending up an “X” on one. I really want to build one, and the 24mm booster with a C11-0 just sounds like a great way to go.

Did you use the Semroc kit as your starting point, or scratch-build yours?

Newbomb Turk 12-05-2018 08:43 AM

Thanks, Lee!
This was a scratch build, completed just before they released the kit. :rolleyes: Still might buy the kit to have one in reserve.

Tubes, transition and nose cone are Semroc, fins hand cut basswood and internals I already had.


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