Welcome to XCalRockets' new blog!
Not sure what exactly I'm going to be blogging about, but to get this thing going I'm entering the log of my latest rocket project - the Wildman Gizmo-XLDD! This is the 'stretched' Gizmo with Dual Deploy capability. All fiberglass, this thing weighs a ton! She has room for a big motor though with the 98mm motor tube. I'm planning a maiden flight on something a little smaller, say an L820-SK.Building of this beast started this July after spending a few days weighing all the parts, entering them into RockSim and checking the fit. Then another day sanding and prepping - got to make sure the fiberglass is roughed-up so the epoxy can really grab-hold. Here are a few pics showing my progress ...
Here's the booster section ...
...injecting the epoxy...
...and a look inside to see the fillets forming nicely.
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