Build3

Title: Level 2 High Power Rocket Build
Location: H³ Workshop 1
Date: Spring 2013
Description: LOC “Big Nuke” PK-82   H³R2
Builder: Russell Hall
Project Mission Codename: H³R2(Rocket 2)

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With a Cesaroni Pro54 2G J280 Smokey Sam should get this rocket to 2900ft at 394mph.
But a Pro 54 6G K1440WT would get it to 5900ft at Mach 1.31
Building should start in the late winter, early spring ~ March 2013

Launch Date May 4, 2013
Launch Location at S.M.A.S.H. in Muskegon, MI


Look what Santa got me 🙂


un boxed on Christmas day 2012

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Starting Build March 10, 2103 – Motor tube lined up.

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Fillet work on the motor tube

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more fillet

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Fin #1 installed

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Three Fins installed, now time for fillets 🙂

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March 13, 2013 all of the fillets inside and outside, took one day to do a side.

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March 16, 2013  developed a tracking bay for my ham beacon

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54mm tube mounted to the front ring

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Rear ring install on to the tracker tube.

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March 17, 2013 – Tracker Tube installed into the coupler

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Side view of tracker bay

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Epoxy in the back of the ring in the coupler

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Tracker on shed to go into the tracker bay tube.

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Inside view
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Got the rear ring on, and the Aero Pack motor retainer jb welded on.

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March 20, 2013  nosecone mounted to the payload bay.

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March 23, 2103 yellow primer on.

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May 3, 2013 – Here is what it looks like with all of the paint and decals done..

First flight May 4, 2013 at SMASH

 

Published @ November 15, 2012 8:01 pm