Saturday, November 27, 2010

Mid power Patriot

The Mid power patriot is 100% done.The paint job was really hard to do and the painters tape was were using REALLY sucked (the blue scotch tape kind) . The black paint started bleeding down onto the body and made it look horrible. We bought some white-out and went over the leaks with a couple layers. That made it look a lot better. You could tell there was light gray splotches if you looked up really close. It shouldn't make a difference on the pad though. We plan to fly it on either an F40 or an F52 both require the Rms 29/40-120 the reloads only cost 8$ compared to the 22$ that the gladiator's engine cost. The soonest we will fly it is February or March at a Uroc sport launch. It should be great.

The Bottom of the Patriot

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Patriot Family

Here is our Patriot family. They are 30mm, 42mm, 50mm and our unfinished 66mm.
The 30 and 42 have 18mm engine mounts for Bs and Cs, the 50 has a 24mm for Ds and the 66mm has a 29mm engine mount for Fs and Gs. We've flown all of them except for the 66mm one. We wont be flying that for a while maybe in February or March but I dont think I can wait.
Mid power patriot parts.

Big Daddy


We bought the Big daddy kit. Its one of my favorites. Its 3 inches wide and 19in tall (our widest rocket.) We might fly it on a D engine but we gave it a new 4 foot shock cord so it could take an aerotech E or F. It has a 24" parachute which we think is overkill for this. I wouldn't be surprised if it went up and floated away.

Saturday, November 13, 2010