I was in Menard's in my local town yesterday and saw some Xmas tree stands for artificial trees. A thought occured to me and I made it reality. These stands fold flat for storage/transport and hold a 1 and 1/4 inch shaft. Well I bought two of these and two 1" diameter galvanized threaded pipes with end caps from the plumbing dept. I have several drill chucks (Jacobs) for making PVC launch pads (as posted on ROL) these allow any size rod to
1/2". I drilled a hole in the threaded cap, fastened the bolt for the chuck to it throught the cap and screwed the cap onto the pipe and slipped the pipe into the Xmas tree stand. Add a rod of the correct size and blast plate and BINGO one moderate duty launch pad and about 10 minutes of assembly time. To transport pull out pipe (if you wish) and fold legs and your on the go. The stand also comes with cross struts that stakes may be fastened to after you put stakes into ground. This pad should work with model, mid power and lightweight high power rockets. Just one of those brainstorms that leaves one hell of a puddle.- posted
18 years ago