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Thanks guys, you’re all giving me goosebumps with the memories of the Delta II project.My thoughts… based on several large group projects I’ve been involved in (Delta II, uprOar, unLeashed, etc.)- Make design decisions and get accurate drawings together before…   Read more»

Thanks for the link on the X-15, Greg. That was way cool, but very sad. So how is the RockSim coming? Is this going to be enough to get it to 4 or 5000 feet? As for the foam nose…   Read more»

If you look at the three or more links for the card stock launcher, I think you will see something interesting. The rocket is, as you know transported to launch pad laying down horizontally on a huge, long rail car….   Read more»

For the nose cones for the six boosters on the first stage, if we had a set of full size drawings, we could then make templates to work with and I could carve the cones out of foam and then…   Read more»

PROTON SCALE DRAWING FROM ROCKETS OF THE WORLDThanks Greg, I have that same diagram. I’m using it for most dimensions, but don’t like the payload area .. doesn’t look quite like the images I’ve seen.What an awesome book though!! Got…   Read more»

In doing further exploration, there is a website: http://www.cardmodels-r.narod.ru/html/images/Proton/proton-m.pdf, that shows instructions and patterns for building a model of a Proton M (and another site that does the Proton K). On these sites, they have the patterns for all the…   Read more»

For the six booster tubes, what are you planning to use for the tubes? I see that 4″ PVC, Shedule 40 (lighter in weight than Sch 80) is 4.5″ in diameter, OD. That should work if it is acceptable. If…   Read more»

In doing further exploration, there is a website: http://www.cardmodels-r.narod.ru/html/images/Proton/proton-m.pdf, that shows instructions and patterns for building a model of a Proton M (and another site that does the Proton K). On these sites, they have the patterns for all the…   Read more»

For the six booster tubes, what are you planning to use for the tubes? I see that 4″ PVC, Shedule 40 (lighter in weight than Sch 80) is 4.5″ in diameter, OD. That should work if it is acceptable. If…   Read more»

PROTON SCALE DRAWING FROM ROCKETS OF THE WORLDThanks Greg, I have that same diagram. I’m using it for most dimensions, but don’t like the payload area .. doesn’t look quite like the images I’ve seen.What an awesome book though!! Got…   Read more»

Steve, since you like them big, after the Proton M is completed and put away, how about a large model of the X-15, the one with two rocket motors. But this one is radio controlled, (something easy) with a glide…   Read more»

Funny, there are 2 of you guys really up for this project, you and Rich .. one I Parker (WAY South) one in … uh.. basically Wyoming .. still need that Longmont location!! :)Is that a hint?I don’t know how…   Read more»

Steve, since you like them big, after the Proton M is completed and put away, how about a large model of the X-15, the one with two rocket motors. But this one is radio controlled, (something easy) with a glide…   Read more»

Funny, there are 2 of you guys really up for this project, you and Rich .. one I Parker (WAY South) one in … uh.. basically Wyoming .. still need that Longmont location!! :)Is that a hint?I dont know how…   Read more»

For the nose cones for the six boosters on the first stage, if we had a set of full size drawings, we could then make templates to work with and I could carve the cones out of foam and then…   Read more»

PROTON SCALE DRAWING FROM ROCKETS OF THE WORLDThanks Greg, I have that same diagram. I’m using it for most dimensions, but don’t like the payload area .. doesn’t look quite like the images I’ve seen.What an awesome book though!! Got…   Read more»

I remember talking to Mark L. and John B. after the Nike Project and after it was done, they said they’d settle into some standard tubing because it eliminates a lot of work and increases consistency. They used concrete form…   Read more»

PROTON SCALE DRAWING FROM ROCKETS OF THE WORLD

I remember talking to Mark L. and John B. after the Nike Project and after it was done, they said they’d settle into some standard tubing because it eliminates a lot of work and increases consistency. They used concrete form…   Read more»

Thanks Ed. I understand. Just curious what Steve’s plan for all of this is, or has it been decided yet? If it is still undecided, which direction is it leaning. From the perspective of someone like me, the questions are…   Read more»