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- Wed, 01 Jun 16, 21:01 pm
- Forum: Build Threads
- Topic: Upgrading the Renegade
- Replies: 55
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Re: Upgrading the Renegade
I doubt you will get that much altitude with all of the drag on the booster, but once that drops off, it should soar. Agree. The sustainer section by itself weighs very little. When I fly this again I will do so when the winds are light, under five MPH if possible. That is if it ever stops raining ...
- Wed, 01 Jun 16, 16:55 pm
- Forum: Build Threads
- Topic: Upgrading the Renegade
- Replies: 55
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Re: Upgrading the Renegade
No luck yet on finding the OEM nose cone, but I do have a PNC60 nose that has a 4.75" ogive and a 0.75 shoulder which looks about right. I could make my own out of balsa but I really just want to get this monster in the air on a D12 to a C6-5 and see how it flies. That is the same combination t...
- Wed, 01 Jun 16, 04:26 am
- Forum: Build Threads
- Topic: Estes Scorpion build thread
- Replies: 21
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Re: Estes Scorpion build thread
Bernie, that is a truly beautiful paint job! Really nice.
- Wed, 01 Jun 16, 04:23 am
- Forum: Build Threads
- Topic: Upgrading the Renegade
- Replies: 55
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Re: Upgrading the Renegade
One more picture, one more fin and sleepy time.
- Wed, 01 Jun 16, 04:21 am
- Forum: Build Threads
- Topic: Upgrading the Renegade
- Replies: 55
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Re: Upgrading the Renegade
Progress pictures and a beautiful double rainbow just before sunset. I just lack setting one fin, a launch lug and a recovery harness. I'm a bit rusty but this is coming along well.
- Mon, 30 May 16, 22:30 pm
- Forum: Mid Power Rocketry
- Topic: DARS Launch at Gunter 05/21/16
- Replies: 27
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Re: DARS Launch at Gunter 05/21/16
For the outer cluster tubes on the Renegade booster, have the 18mm boosters 'eject'; don't vent them or use for ignition of the upper stage; only use the central motor to ignite the upper stage. That way the booster has no further 'recovery' weight once the outboard tubes eject the motors. Standard...
- Mon, 30 May 16, 17:01 pm
- Forum: Mid Power Rocketry
- Topic: DARS Launch at Gunter 05/21/16
- Replies: 27
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Re: DARS Launch at Gunter 05/21/16
[quote="tmacklin" Correction: I flew it on a single Estes F15-6, 29mm, black powder engine, one of the new 29mm Estes engines. My bad. My bad eyesight! Thanks GH for pointing this out. About a year ago I flew it two staged, F15-0 to an F15-6, and it weather****ed badly on the boost and th...
- Mon, 30 May 16, 03:55 am
- Forum: Mid Power Rocketry
- Topic: DARS Launch at Gunter 05/21/16
- Replies: 27
- Views: 42088
Re: DARS Launch at Gunter 05/21/16
Was the Majestic flight on a REALLY old Estes 24mm E15-6 (the ones known for "kabooming") or was it a 29mm E16-6 or a 29mm F15-6 ? I gotta think that E15-6 was a typo. Correction: I flew it on a single Estes F15-6, 29mm, black powder engine, one of the new 29mm Estes engines. My bad. My b...
- Sat, 28 May 16, 01:40 am
- Forum: Build Threads
- Topic: Upgrading the Renegade
- Replies: 55
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Re: Upgrading the Renegade
Naturally! I'm just a barrel of fun. I put the fun in funding!
- Fri, 27 May 16, 16:22 pm
- Forum: Build Threads
- Topic: Upgrading the Renegade
- Replies: 55
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Re: Upgrading the Renegade
Hey Ted, Took a break from The Walking Dead, and decided to do some forum browsing. (Almost as addicting of a show as 24. I started early May as I recall and I'm already watching Season 5!) I have an old two-stage Renegade kit, and put it back in the "build it later" box when I saw it had...