Descon Fur-Lined Cold Weather Rocket
Scratch - Fur-Lined Cold Weather Rocket {Scratch}
Contributed by Richard Hickok
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Richard Hickok
Fur-Lined Cold Weather Rocket
| Quantity | Item Description |
| 1 | Heavy Nap 9" Paint Roller |
| 1 | Plastic Easter Egg |
| 1 | Balsa standoff block for launch lug |
| 1.25" | 3/16 inch aluminum tube for launch lug |
| 1 | 5.25" length of BT-20 |
| 1 | Robitussin Cap |
| 3 | Balsa Fins |
Construction
This rocket was made from a heavy-nap 9" paint roller. Add a 2.25" diameter plastic Easter Egg half as the nosecone. A Robitussin measuring cup was glued with contact cement into the nose cone as a shoulder. A 5.5" BT-20 body tube is centered by through the wall balsa fins and a forward (custom diameter) centering ring. The launch lug is 1.25" of aluminum tube on a 1/2 inch balsa standoff.
The cardboard cutout method was used for CG/CP determination and clay was added as nose weight. Two small holes were drilled into the bottom of the Robitussin cup bottom to attach the shock cord and chute.
Flight Log
The "fur lined cold weather rocket" has flown successfully over a dozen times and is a real crowd pleaser.
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