The patriot 4 flies.

[jinglesassy]

Any idea how to form a cyllindar with thin wood?

 

[RisingFury]

Make it wet by spraying hot steam on it. Make sure it gets nice and plieable, then wrap it around a PVC pipe. Tape it together using thin tape in many areas and let it dry. When it's dry, it will retain roughly the shape of a cylinder, then you can glue the ends together and sand them down to make a nice smooth shape. Inside of the wooden cylinder you should also glue in a circular support which holds the shape and acts as motor mount . Glue one in the middle and both ends.

 

[jinglesassy]

I will try that. Will boiling water and holding the wood over it work?

 

[RisingFury]

Hmm, not sure. The last time I did it was by taking mom's iron, set the temperature to max and let it spew out steam

In any case, be careful not to burn yourself.

 

[jinglesassy]

Didn't think of an iron, I will try that. Your fury can't be to high to help

 

[jinglesassy]

Spaceport (insert cool sounding name here) Has recieved our shipment of d12-7 motors. The command module is still being built. In other news we also recieved a set of 15 paints for an undisclosed project.

 

[jinglesassy]

Ok i calculated about how high the patriot 4 should go with the antronaut aboard and the command module with the d12-7 engines and it should go to around 1300 feet. Also the engine bay has been reinforced so less chance of an explosion on the pad killing our beloved brave antronaut james.

 

[Brycesv1]

pics and vids if possible of the launch

 

[jinglesassy]

I will take video of the launch like the first two. Maybe pictures depends of if someone else brings a camera too. Also the launch will take place early spring.

 

[jinglesassy]

T minus 2 weeks and counting to liftoff of the patriot 4 carrying the first american antronaut on a suborbital journey. Onboard altimeter is installed and ready for flight. Camsat-1 still is on hold.


Also, anyone know how many pieces of recovery wadding i should use so it doesn't catch the parachute on fire yet few enough so it still lets the parachute out?

 

[jinglesassy]

Launch date set for this friday march 11th.

 

[jinglesassy]

Delayed due to so much rain. I would prefer not to sink into a foot of mud.

 

[deltawing777]

very cool jingle how high did it go? did you measure it?

 

[jinglesassy]

I think around 150 feet. Not sure as it didn't have a altimeter.

 

[Brycesv1]

thats a note for the future

 

[jinglesassy]

Still on standby. Also all of our chickens are MIA :tumbleweed::suicide::leaving: Poor lightning. She was my favorite.

 

[jinglesassy]

The ground is finally dry enough so we wont break an ankle. Also any ideas on how to unstick a nose cone that was painted on accidentally? :blush:

 

[jinglesassy]

The patriot 4 has flown again and has been lost. Videos will be up shortly and i will try to find it in the fields tomorrow.

 

[Chupacabra]

On ants in space:

 

[jinglesassy]

Finally got the videos up. There in the first post and as we went to the smithsonian today and i recorded my sister on the flight simulator. Heres the video just to piss her off .