"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond)
03/04/2020 at 22:12 • Filed to: None
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"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond)
03/04/2020 at 22:12 • Filed to: None | 10
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A maiden flight on Saturday if all goes well and weather cooperates . Flourescent paint sucks to work with but it came out alright in the end. Anyway, it’s with a dual deployment flight computer (located in a section where the yellow stripe is) .
Battery is now located in a box epoxied onto the board. The pvc end pieces are where black powder charges are ignited to blow off the fin can and nosecone (top and bottom) in sequence.
So in theory, it detects apogee, pops a drogue shute out, then at 500 feet off the ground it should pop the main chute. I hope it does that. It will be nearly seven pounds after motor burnout. (12+
pounds on takeoff)
The 38mm reloadable motor casings. The black one will get me all the way to the end of Level-1 certification and 2500+ feet . The grey case Will take me well into level-2 (but theres spacer kits to let me load shorter level-1 loads)
What this thing can take however, is a 54mm motor and that will go all the way to the end of level-2 and contains a considerable ammount of propellant. My experience on Saturday will be 60-100 pounds of thrust for a few seconds. And if all goes well, not too much hiking to go get it. If I go any higher with larger motors then I’ll need a GPS tracker and some good boots for a few milees of hiking.
And on the left side, theres a place for a small camera. I will post video, even if it’s a disaster.
MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
> Grindintosecond
03/04/2020 at 22:31 |
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This is way cooler than the model rockets I played with as a kid.
Are there restrictions once you start launching things that high?
TheRealBicycleBuck
> Grindintosecond
03/04/2020 at 23:29 |
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I went with a friend of mine to watch his club launch. I brought my Phantom to take some aerial footage. This is my favorite shot of the day:
Followed by this one:
And this one:
That was a great day.
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Grindintosecond
> MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
03/04/2020 at 23:33 |
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No. well, sort of. Over a certain takeoff weight (1.5kg) and propellent mass (125 grams) you need FAA waiver. Stay below that and you can go as high as you want as long as you stay clear of planes and have an area large enough.
Our club works with local rangers and FAA system to use the public use area way way outside of town. They have waivers over 20,000 feet in the summer months and they use it all, plus some on request.
VincentMalamute-Kim
> Grindintosecond
03/04/2020 at 23:37 |
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Looks like it would slide right into an MLRS tube.