Crayon model rocket plans question......

Bought one to do just last week. I am just going to cut a couple of centering rings for a 38mm motor mount, three fins out of some old plexi I have laying around and then glue it all up.

Use a 98mm motor and these fins

a parachute might be nice. Phil

Also a parachute might be nice.

Koffee Kan K? Nah, I'll just take an N motor case, weld some fins on it, paint it pink with Crayola on the side and let 'er rip. Chute? Pah, who needs a chute. I'm launching like those west coast devils now. Who cares where it comes down?

But seriously, if I have to specifically mention using a recovery system...well, you guys take yourselves too seriously. Seriously.

How serious can it be if it comes from Toys R Us?

Serious rockets come from Home Depot, Aircraft & Boat Stores.

Phil

Seriously?

Actually, to seriously reply to this, serious rockets are found at the Cape, in missile silos and onboard subs.

Seious within the context of rmr. I neglected to mention metal and industrial supply places.

And scrap metal yards.

There really aren't any plans, but converting one is not too tough. If you've built a HP kit or two, you get what I mean. Get a standard 29 or

38MM motor tube, make custom or modify existing centering rings, make some fins, and finally make a bulkhead for the nosecone and add a recovery system.

Joe Michel

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I put one together as a tube finned rocket and certified Level 1 with it this summer.

The following link won't provide plans, but will provide some guidelines.

I used parts from two crayon banks to cobble together a mid-power Crayon V2.

Other than that, Google is your friend.

ScottE

See:

My plan was in Sport Rocketry a couple years back. It's also here...

Looks like the link changed - I found it at

Thanks. Noted.

I built a G-power rocket based on Kaplow's Skywriter-100 plans a couple years ago. Flies great on G-power and its construction gave me some tips that helped me scratch-build my first level 1 rocket. I now have a

54" crayon bank that I hope to build into my level 2 cert rocket. It will basically be an "upscale" of the Kaplow machine.

David Takemoto-Weerts NAR # 80818 L1 JPL Solar System Ambassador Davis, CA

Bob Kaplow wrote:

I used crayons for my level 1 and level 2 as well, here is a link to my web page which shows how I constructed the fin can for the level 2 54inch crayon.