|
|
#11
03-15-2013, 01:31 AM
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
Yes, it is Santa Fe Dam.
__________________
Bob S.A.M. # 0014 
|
|
#12
03-15-2013, 06:45 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
Great pics Bob, thanks. But did you REALLY have to mention the temps??? We're still freezing here back east!!!
__________________
Got a Caribbean soul I can barely control.....
|
|
#13
03-15-2013, 08:40 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Have ALWAYS gotten my original Sprint back on C6-7's but flew it then in about a 400 acre schoolyard, and now fly on a 500+ acre farm. It only hits about 1600' and the 90" streamer is EASILY visible from that altitude. If one is stupid enough to replace the streamer on this one with ANY size chute and uses a C6-7, they deserve to lose it.
__________________
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 !
|
|
#14
03-15-2013, 09:01 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
You better make it a really big and wide streamer. The prototype was flown on our standard plastic streamers but this one was a good 15 feet long. The model fell like a rock, so if you switch out the 15" chute for a streamer make sure it's more of a competition type streamer that is in the 10 to 1 ratio. This isn't a small light weight model like the original Sprint was. It weighs in at 3 -1/2 times what the small one weighs. John Boren
|
|
#15
03-15-2013, 09:15 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
I agree on the new larger Sprint. That thing is too large/heavy for a streamer, I was only speaking of the original.
The recovery drift of the original on a 90" streamer even with a C6-7 was minimal. I don't think it was ever over 1/4 mile. Never was brave enough to launch one on an 18mm Aerotech D though. Might have to build one just for that purpose though.
__________________
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 !
|
|
#16
03-15-2013, 12:07 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
BTW, I don't think I've seen any commentary on the return of the "Astron" moniker. That's kinda kewl  Doug .
__________________
YORF member #11
|
|
#18
03-15-2013, 01:11 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
That tail cone could be a nice low drag component for a TARC booster rocket (with an appropriate sized payload section and transition chosen to match a particular year's TARC challenge).
This year is pretty much BT-80 sized payload sections, but who knows what next year's challenge will be? Those Estes TARC parts assortments were fantastic for last year. Quote:
__________________
-Fred Shecter NAR 20117 (L2) Southern California Rocket Association, NAR Section 430
|
|
#19
03-15-2013, 02:05 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
Sorry, George.  Okay, I won't mention that as I type this message it is 70F outside in the shade.  It's been rocket painting weather for me this week. My Estes PS II Nike Smoke has the final white coat applied. Fins get painted tomorrow.
__________________
Bob S.A.M. # 0014
|
 |
| Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Linear Mode
