Sounds great and VERY generous, Edward!

Hopefully 🙂 Anyone who has a rocket that will take 28" of 54mm motor and weighs less than 10 lbs ready to fly with electronics is welcome.

Edward

Edward,

I have a 3" bird with an 18" 54mm motor mount. It has plenty of room for a 28" motor (stability included) as the BT section is 48".

Since the permanent motor tube is only 18", my thoughts are to have a temporary motor tube "extension" held in place by the forward rail button bolt.

Do you think this would work for the Alpha Hybrids?

Ed

correction....

The 'main' BT section is 48". The overall length is 86"

Actually you really dont need much motor tube for any motor. Most newer designs are using rings instead of a tube to save weight and such..

I was thinking of making something that would look like doughnut. Basically an inch or two long to keep it from flopping around and able to hold a backer nut for the rail button. I would make it removable so that it would not interfere with the laundry on non-hybrid flights.

Hey, maybe I should use a real doughnut for those early morning flights – warmed, fresh and ready upon recovery…

Glazed or chocolate?

Powderd of course! Who eats glazed or chocolate in the morning:)

Very cool. Edward has worked really hard to get to this point, should be some cool flights!

Art

Powdered???? Naw.... Powdered are for girls. A real man eats em glazed..

I think this would work great! What is the dry weight of the rocket?

Edward

Edward,

I have a 3" bird with an 18" 54mm motor mount. It has plenty of room for a 28" motor (stability included) as the BT section is 48".

Since the permanent motor tube is only 18", my thoughts are to have a temporary motor tube "extension" held in place by the forward rail button bolt.

Do you think this would work for the Alpha Hybrids?

Ed

Sunday Oktoberfest is 'Tripoli Research Rules'

Will the Alpha Hybrids fall under the Tripoli Research Rules or
are NAR able to fly?

For Tripoli Research rules you do have to be L2 in Tripoli. If you are NAR and would like to fly I'd happily fly your rocket under my name as I'm Tripoli L2. I'd just want to check that you didn't get some toilet paper tubes and kitbash them together with some cardstock fins 🙂 If you'd be okay with your rocket flying under my name then lets dance 🙂

Edward

Edward,

It's coming in at about 7.5 lbs without the paint and chocolate sprinkles. It' all filament wound glass and I skipped the toilet paper tubes and cardstock as much as possible.

Still hoping to get it done in time.

That should work fine. Flight should be around 1500-2000'. Make sure to upsize the chute to take about 12 lbs at 15-20fps

Edward