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There’s one on e-Bay if you need more pictures: http://cgi.ebay.com/Battlestar-Galactica-Colonial-Viper-Clone_W0QQitemZ190357157521QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2c522bb691

Looking very cool.

Ok I got a really wild hair decided to build a 3x one out of parts I had laying around. This will be considered semi-scale because I will be extending length 6″ for more stability. This is fiberglassed phenolic tubing…   Read more»

Right on, thanks for the info. It does not show exact length on where the cut on the nosecone is but ill look at more pics and guess. Since this doesnt need to be perfect, it should be close enough.Thanks…   Read more»

I just need the lengths of the body tubes and the nose cone.check out http://www.rocketshoppe.com/info/Estes_Body_Tube_List_3.1.pdfpage 16 BT-50W 9.50″, BT-52S (3) 3.938″, and BT-20J 2.75″for the nose cone on page 4 http://www.rocketshoppe.com/info/Estes_Nose_Cone_Reference_sm.pdfKit Number 1310 Colonial Viper The PNC-50SV is identical to…   Read…[Read more]

Ok thanks to Edward I now have the exact specs for the wings.Now I just need the lengths of the body tubes and the nose cone. If anyone has this rocket built or unbuilt and could measure these parts I…   Read more»

If you send my the plans I can scale them out in AutoCAD.Edward

I know, all the things I wanted to do in one swoop! I had another recommendation to get temperature from various parts of the rocket going into Mach. JW swears the paint on his nose cone melts when his does….   Read more»

In terms of gathering data on various parts of the rocket, rocketmaterials.org has a page on sensors planned for a data gathering rocket. The strain gauges and temperature sensors seem of particular interest for Mach+ flights.For getting footage of a…   Read more»

Brent had a great project going on modular sections of his rocket -including payload and different applications of bay internals and options.

I wouldn’t worry about the label – it got in the way on some tight motor tubes anyway. The size hasn’t changed, just the appearance.

Damn – don’t broadcast this or they’ll have used up the $100K worth of free credit before the website is open even 2 minutes. I’ve already got my list and setup and ready to go.New Arduino Mega for me!

Yes, I heard about this free day at Sparkfun.Now we just need to get Aerotech, Cesaroni, Loki, RoadRunner, Giant Leap, Wildman, Cool Rockets, 3 Dogs, Al’s, Quest, Estes, Binder, LOC, Hawk Mountain, Performance Hobbies, Performance Rocketry………and so on….to do the…   Read more»

Wow, $100k; that’s a big deal. Good for them.

While this might be TMI, my wife one time flashed them as they went orbiting by… She figured that they had to have a camera good enough to get a pic. See what home brew beer’ll do… I’d calm her…   Read more»

While this might be TMI, my wife one time flashed them as they went orbiting by… She figured that they had to have a camera good enough to get a pic. See what home brew beer’ll do… I’d calm her…   Read more»

Makes you want to wave at them.

Yup, we watched it this evening as well. I think it’s incredible to see the two bright dots in the sky following the same course – and then think about what that really represents. It’s truly amazing.

We saw it yesterday – 5:48 to 5:51 or so. With these huge birding binoculars my ex-wife gave me many years ago, you could just barely see the shape of the solar array and the triangular shape of the Orbiter.W

I got to see the ISS and the Space Shuttle tonight at around 6:14 this wonderfull Thanksgiving Day