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Rich's Rockets: Building the (scratch) B3S2 (2016-02-07)

I’ve started on my (first?) rocket for the club’s ongoing B streamer spot landing contest this year. I started designing something a while back, and after a while I looked at it and said, ... [Read More]

Rich's Rockets: Building the (scratch) B3S2 (part 2) (2016-02-12)

Fins — paper glued, trimmed, thin CA on the edges, ready. I decided, sure, let’s cant them. I kludged up a modification to the Estes fin thing. It’s the first time I’ve done ... [Read More]

Rich's Rockets: Building the (scratch) B3S2 (part 3) (2016-02-13)

Next up, installing the adjustable nose weight. I decided to use a small pill bottle (which used to hold 10 Advil). I pried out the plastic insert from the cap, and found that if I substituted two ... [Read More]

Rich's Rockets: Repairing the (scratch) B3S2 (part 1) (2016-05-24)

So, what was supposed to be the first of lots of flights for the B3S2 Saturday ended up being its last — in that form. As mentioned, the motor cato damaged the motor pod, the bulkhead, and the nose ... [Read More]

Rich's Rockets: Repairing the (scratch) B3S2 (part 2) (2016-06-07)

From the original motor pod I salvaged the hook. I broke into a Baby Bertha kit to appropriate the centering rings. Other parts I got out of my stash. Not sure what I was thinking when I made the ... [Read More]

Rich's Rockets: Repairing the (scratch) B3S2a (part 3) (2016-06-26)

After a cato, a redesign and repair, and a successful flight, I’ve painted the B3S2a and am calling it done. That is, I’m moving it from the “not completed but flown” column ... [Read More]