Rich's Rockets 
Rich's Rockets Posts
Rocketry Product: Estes - Ranger {Kit} (6) [1962-1971]
Building the Estes (clone) Ranger (part 2) (2015-02-01)
So here are some parts. I got the nose cone from BMS, as I said. I was surprised when I got it. I was expecting a balsa nose cone. I got a balsa nose cone ... [Read More]
Building the Estes (clone) Ranger (part 3) (2015-02-07)I rounded the leading edges on the fins, then papered them. My usual, good old printer paper and glue stick. Here they are: um, under that board. I don’t know if it actually helps to weight ... [Read More]
Building the Estes (clone) Ranger (part 4) (2015-02-08)Straightforward progress today. I trimmed the paper on the fins. I decided to put some (big, sloppy) fillets on the motor tubes, partly for strength and partly to make it that much easier to stuff ... [Read More]
Building the Estes (clone) Ranger (part 5) (2015-02-14)I am, I suppose, being wildly inconsistent with this model. I’ve gone out of my way to get a balsa nose cone of the original Ranger length, instead of the shorter modern Big Bertha nose cone. ... [Read More]
Building the Estes (clone) Ranger (part 6) (2015-02-15)I’ve been reading online about people going out and launching rockets. Some of them are people who live in warm climates. Some are crazy people who launch in the snow. None of them live in ... [Read More]
Building the Estes (clone) Ranger (part 7) (2015-02-18)With three fins firmly glued in place I stood the Ranger upright, with a dowel support keeping it from falling over. I found it stood just slightly off vertical on the three fins. So what to do: ... [Read More]
Building the Estes (clone) Ranger (part 8) (2015-02-19)I addressed the damaged fin paper the same way I did the de-glassined tubing on the Sea Sting, painting it with white glue thinned with denatured alcohol, then sanding. Seems good. Ideally I ... [Read More]
Building the Estes (clone) Ranger (part 9) (2015-06-15)Oh, hey, it’s paintbug season! Thanks for the footprints, bug. It wasn’t even the only one on this rocket.And another besides those. Jackpot. Paintbugs aside, another problem I’d ... [Read More]
Ranger flight (2016-06-19)So I finally have gotten around to flying an altimeter and getting a record of the flight. Here it is.That’s the Ranger’s altitude in feet versus time in seconds. The downward spike after ... [Read More]
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