Progress!
Progress!
Published on September 18th, 2009 @ 05:50:58 am , using 230 words, 181 views

Screamin' Green Meanie's tube-fins are attached to the main fins, and filleted! I'll be attaching the fins to the body today, and that mostly completes construction. Then it'll have to be painted up all cool, though, so it'll be a while before it's truly ready. I've also got to prime and paint Callisto and Der Red Max anwyay.
I also got the fins attached to Baby Daddy, and have the first set of fillets drying as of this morning.
These LPR kits go together pretty fast since you don't have to work with 30 minute epoxy at all. With the high power stuff, you need the strength of epoxy to handle the insanely high thrust and G-forces, but that's not as critical with low power stuff, so you can build more rockets faster! Muahaha! It's kind of nice. :D
I'm almost ready to order my Level 2 project, too. I haven't decided what it'll be, but I've sold off all my R/C stuff and paid down a few debts, so... Almost ready to decide and order. 2 or 3 club members are bringing various rockets to the Sunday meeting to show me and help me decide. It'll be cool to see them. And one guy is bringing a reload case to test-fit into Callisto. It'll hold an I-315 Skidmark reload, that, if it fits, will launch Callisto to over 6,000 feet! I hope it'll fit.
