Green Crayon First Flight

January 16, 2012

  I launched the crayon today. I mistakenly used a non-ejection type motor though, and it can in ballistic hitting concrete. There was only minor damage on the nose. This might be another good use for Mighty Putty, but I think I’m going to paint over and make it look used. I tried to get [...]

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How to Make MicroMaxx Launch Rod Safety Caps

January 16, 2012

I finally found a good use of the Billy May’s Mighty Putty I got last year. I never could find a good application for rocketry because it’s hard and sets so fast. I found that it works perfectly for making safety caps on launch rods made from music wire. You basically just role a piece [...]

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MicroMaxx Launcher Construction

January 16, 2012

While building the crayon I started constructing a new launcher. I have one of the old Quest Silo launchers, but want to make something more versatile and easier to use. I’m borrowing a lot of ideas of Jim Hendricksen’s thread on Rocketry Forum. For the launch rod I’m using .047″ diameter music wire (from Hobby [...]

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Fliskits Green Crayon Build

January 14, 2012

I finished the Fliskits Crayon last night. It was very fun to build. I ended up buying a bunch of stuff to help with the tiny parts. These include things like a helping hands tool with magnifier and fine point curve tweezers. I also bought some thick and medium CA, and a few other items. [...]

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Fliskits is Awesome

January 11, 2012

My order from Fliskits arrived today. I bought two micro maxx kits, a Crayon and a micro-scale Honest John. Also got motors and extra igniters. I haven’t opened the kits yet, but from looking through the packaging, the quality looks very good.

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Orbital Transport

January 3, 2012

I never documented this build. I started it last summer, and left it alone until a few days ago. I just need to do the finishing now. Edit: I noticed after posting this that I had not yet attached the glider tail fin. Fixed.

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MicroMaxx Rockets

January 2, 2012

I cashed in some Christmas money toward two Fliskits Micromaxx kits (micro scale Honest John and a crayon), a couple packs of micromaxx motors and some extra igniters. This will be the first time building anything from Fliskits, and the first time in a few years doing anything with micromaxx rockets. I built a micro [...]

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