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Old 04-12-2014, 05:35 PM
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I finished gluing these two rockets up in December, but only now is it getting warm enough to go out and spray clear coat. Now they're done.

First is a Fliskits Caution! Rocket Launch in Progress! with a custom decoration job featuring the Syracuse Rocket Club logo. Since the original name isn't long enough, I call this Caution! SRC Rocket Launch in Progress!



The other is Bob Harrington's design of a Mini Satellite Interceptor:



They'll probably fly next month at the club launch.
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Old 04-12-2014, 06:00 PM
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Awesome looking rockets!

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Nice job!

I'll let Bob know, he'll be proud!
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I finished gluing these two rockets up in December, but only now is it getting warm enough to go out and spray clear coat. Now they're done.

First is a Fliskits Caution! Rocket Launch in Progress! with a custom decoration job featuring the Syracuse Rocket Club logo. Since the original name isn't long enough, I call this Caution! SRC Rocket Launch in Progress!



The other is Bob Harrington's design of a Mini Satellite Interceptor:



They'll probably fly next month at the club launch.
Nice job on the cardstock models.

I'm glad to see that someone is building those downscales.
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Old 04-16-2014, 06:38 AM
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Thanks! The Mini Satellite Interceptor is a little rough in spots, like where I mistakenly glued the launch lug on top of the wing and had to cut it off to move it... Nose cone is less than perfect too -- tried and failed to roll it from cardstock, finally ended up making it from bond paper glued over a truncated cardstock cone and reinforced with CA. Next one will be better, right?
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I finally was able to fly these today. The Caution! went up three times, and the first two times (on B6-4) went well. Third time (B4-4) not so well. I don't know why the nose cone didn't come out, but the result was not pretty.

I didn't get a picture of the Mini Satellite Interceptor flight, but it was great on a 1/2A3-2T.
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Post mortem examination of the Caution suggests that I might possibly have forgotten the wadding.
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