You may have seem this posted elsewhere but maybe not. Here is Polish Thunder III. it will be going up at LDRS. 9' tall 5.5" diameter. 3 54mm motor tubes. Basicly a clone of a LOC King Viper. But I am using Phlexable Phenolic tubing and 3/8" centering rings. Planning on demoing 3 new AT J250W DMS motors in it.
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Great looking build Bob! My wife would love it (former Twardowski)
I am looking forward to seeing the new 250W DMS motors, especially a cluster of 3.
Were there any specific issues you encountered in working with phenolic tubing in your build (or any tips/tricks you might have utilized)?
It is a great looking build and I have seen pieces of it in your shop. I wish I could make it to LDRS to see it in flight. You will have to launch it again for us out here at some point.
(06-08-2015, 08:59 AM)Greg Young Wrote: Great looking build Bob! My wife would love it (former Twardowski)
I am looking forward to seeing the new 250W DMS motors, especially a cluster of 3.
Were there any specific issues you encountered in working with phenolic tubing in your build (or any tips/tricks you might have utilized)?
Phlexable Phenolic is not brittle like standard Phenolic. It has some give to it. One thing I like to do is take a tube and let it fall on the cement floor. regular Phenolis will crack or shatter. but not this stuff. The Spirals are a little smaller then your regular Phenolic also. If I have the time I will use auto bondo spot putty (red or green) and fill in the cracks. It sands down easily. But on this project I was in a rush (I didn't feel like sanding a 9' rocket ). Swing by my Vendor spot and I will jabber away with you and you can check it out close and personal.
Originally it was going to fly at Thunderstruck 6 but the field was lost.
Indiana rocketry has a couple good replacement fields in the works and I also fly with Michiana at Three Oaks in the cold (Er sometimes FREEZING) time of the year Nov-April. so it will be more then a 1 shot wonder.
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(06-08-2015, 12:51 PM)wclune Wrote: Bob that is a nice looking rocket you should post that on the LDRS featured flight page! http://ldrs34.org/featured-flights/
It has been sent.
Mr. Bob
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06-10-2015, 08:30 PM (This post was last modified: 06-10-2015, 08:32 PM by Al_G.)
(06-08-2015, 08:44 AM)Bob Jablonski Wrote: Here is Polish Thunder III. it will be going up at LDRS. 9' tall 5.5" diameter. 3 54mm motor tubes. Basicly a clone of a LOC King Viper.
And a real King is coming to address the situation.