Sagitta Cantina

bernomatic said Jan 16, 2016 Trident said: Wow, those engine vanes are tiny. A dot of glue to hold all of them together sounds like a good idea. A T-pin would split each of those suckers in half! One change in that plan, I think I used rubber cement before and it worked. Even the dot of glue made li...

Trident said Jan 15, 2016
Wow, those engine vanes are tiny. A dot of glue to hold all of them together sounds like a good idea. A T-pin would split each of those suckers in half!
Lee

bernomatic said Jan 14, 2016 Next I glued a spare paper centering ring to the engine vane location template and cut it out. http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll8/StarportSagitta/Estes%20Scorpian%20build/IMG_20160113_231126_zpssjug4qwb.jpg http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll8/StarportSagitta/Estes...

bernomatic said Jan 14, 2016 FIDDLY SMALL PARTS, Just what we all like to see. http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll8/StarportSagitta/Estes%20Scorpian%20build/IMG_20160113_213134_zpsmm9oxcfy.jpg The engine vanes are about 13mm long by about 2mm wide. While not called for till step two in the instruc...

originally posted Jan 14, 2016 by bernomatic on the old Cantina This is one of those ones that make you think back to the hey days of model rocketry. I hope Estes is planning on continuing in this vein (small exotic birds) on one hand, but then think about the stuff I have in the works and say, eh, ...

All right, I'll admit I have mixed emotions on this. I'm typically not a cellphone loving person, I think a lot of today's societal ills, such as lack of direct communication (face to face) and other ills can be attributed to them. On the other hand, I cannot stand the government trying to solve all...

Originally posted by wolf in sheep's clothing on 58390.11.00.30 (11:00:30 am November 11, 2059) I know it's been a while, but I finally got the right weather for finishing the Athena! P4160012.JPG And now it's complete, I can start applying for permissions for the EPA's micro pollutions output code....

Originally posted by wolf in sheep's clothing on 57902.08.14.00 (8:14:00 am July 11, 2058) Here's another step that makes me glad the George Gassaway's Groupies don't come here. I went against the printed directions . {eek emoticon}. That's right, I looped the parachute riser cords over the nosecone...

Originally posted by wolf in sheep's clothing on 57902.08.12.16 (8:12:16 am July 11, 2058) Not to worry, I had one running off camera, and besides the 3-G's don't come to this forum. They don't have an in with the mods. Could you image how :evil: {emoticon mad} they'd get if I had used an X-acto kni...

Originally posted by Sheep waiting to be devoured on 57902.08.12.15 (8:12:15 am July 11, 2058) Dude! , you better be careful or George Gassaway's Groupies are going to report you to the moderators for opening a sealed package from China without an atmosphere refreshing device running and nearby.