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Estes Saturn V fin question
Many years ago I bought a Saturn 4 #2001 on eBay. I still haven't gotten around to building it. The fins are so small I wonder how effective they are. I'm not a skilled modeler and wonder what others do to make it fly effectively.
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IIRC, the 2001 Saturn V kit has oversized fins compared to scale - if you build it stock it should be stable. The original K-36 S-V kit had 'scale' fins, with clear plastic fins that you slipped over the scale fins for flight, but nothing like that was needed for the 2001 kit. That being said, I never actually tried to fly a 2001 Estes Saturn V, but the fins are pretty much the same size as the later Estes Saturn V kits. |
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I have indeed flown the #2001 SV with the included balsa fins. I've never had a stability problem with the model.
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The #2001 Saturn V has WAY oversized fins compared to scale.
I cut mine down to scale size, added 4oz nose weight, and it flies stable with Aerotech F24-4 RMS 24 motors.
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Thanks! I had read that the original recomended motors were under powered. What's involved with changing to the Aerotech motors. Do I have to change the motor mount? And what's involved with doing that?
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You don't have to do anything to use up to Aerotech F24-4 RMS 24 reloads.
Those fit into the RMS24 reload casing. The single-use F32 also fits into the factory-stock 24mm Engine Mount as well. Just use good glue joints. Many upgrade the mount to 29mm though. That way all 29mm engines fit including the Aerotech RMS 29-40/120 hobbyline (non high-power) casing. One could use from the 29mm Estes E16-4 through all the various 29mm Aerotech offerings through some of the high-power H engines. A single D12-3 in the Saturn V is a TURD of a flight to maybe 100'. Not even worth putting it on the pad.
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When in doubt, WHACK the GAS and DITCH the brake !!! Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't ! Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY. ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, CHAOS, and HAVOC ! |
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