Medford Wisconsin MARS club NAR Section 660 now has 8020 rails.
(really really evil grin)
we got rail
Oct 24, 2003
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Wow, that's a lot of rails! (Kidding, I know what you mean.)
Mike F.
D'oh! :D
actualy four 6 footers and a 4 footer of 1010.
now to build the pads to mount them on.
hmmmmmmm 8,020 rails.....now thats a launch site! imagine a drag race!
Why a four foot rail instead of another 6 foot. the extra two foot of rail really should not hurt.
Someone in our club built a hinge onto the bottom of our 1010 rails with a about a 5/8" round rod that goes into the pad. The hinge is used to tilt the rail at a 90 to load the rocket. It could also be used to angle the rail.
Brian Elfert
Wow, that's alot of rails (I am clueless).
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Go to distributor lookup and find one near you. That way you can buy
10,12 foot rails without paying obscene shipping charges.
-Dan
Dan Chandler Southern New England Association of Rocketry
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CALL and get the distributor near you. I found none of the Phoenix dealers listed sold the product.
Joel. phx
4 foot will be for low/mid power. or to bolt to a 6 foot for 10 foot of rail
yep, still in the thinking stage now
Tater, Here is a link to my Yahoo photos, where I have a series of pics of a light duty rail pad I just built last weekend.
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If you are interested, here is a link to a thread on TRF, with some details, and parts list.
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There's lots of good ideas out there, and some good pre built pads. I just didn't want to spend 100 to 200 dollars for a pad for personal use. I spent around 40 dollars for all the parts, not including the rail, and only used a hack saw, drill, and a dremel to build it.
Hope this helps, or helps you get some ideas, David Logan NAR#79313
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