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Rich's Rockets

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    Building the (scratch) Rxiiiab (2015-08-19)
    You know things are getting bad when the number of rockets “in progress” gets into double digits. I have 8 rockets in various stages of painting waiting for me to finish them, and 1 ... [Read More]

    Building the (scratch) Rxiiiab (part 2) (2015-08-21)
    So here’s a start on the 13 mm motor pod. The two BT-5/20 rings are to close the gap and align the tube while the BT-5/50 acts as a thrust plate. Here it is in the end of the BT-50 body tube. ... [Read More]

    Building the (scratch) Rxiiiab (part 3) (2015-08-30)
    I painted the Rxiiiab. Plain navy blue. Perhaps I should have worked on reducing the nose weight first. Well, never mind; it’s a prototype, paint is a bonus. [Read More]

    0FNC: Some history (2015-08-31)
    You don’t see a lot of finless rockets like the Rxiiiab, but they’ve been around for ages. Of course there was Centuri’s The Point, and others in a similar vein like the O ... [Read More]

    0FNC: Some thoughts (2015-08-31)
    I made attempts at simulations of the Arcturus, Candlestick,* and American Rocketeer Finless Rocket. Here they are along with the Rxiiiab.There was a fair bit of guesswork involved and the CG must ... [Read More]