[tccrockets] Re: Intimidator 4

  • From: James Dougherty <jafrado@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 22:46:03 -0700

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On Jul 8, 2011, at 11:00 AM, "James Marino" <jmarino1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>         I have what amounts to the same rocket, the Competitor 4. I did a 
> lay-up with glass over carbon, and Kevlar pulp doped fillets. Holds up well 
> to 6000 NSec research M's. So far. 18K at Black Rock.
>  
>         Have one just like it we'll be staging at XPRS-Rx this September. 
> Full M to a 6KNSec M. It'll kiss Mach 3. I expect it to come back OK, if not 
> with a little slipped paint. 8^)
>  
> James
>  
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rob Diehl
> To: tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 10:45 AM
> Subject: [tccrockets] Re: Intimidator 4
> 
> Did you guys use injected internal fillets?  Or did you reinforce with 
> carbon/kevlar cloth and foam?
> 
> From: mike bailey <aerofabb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Fri, July 8, 2011 1:45:32 AM
> Subject: [tccrockets] Re: Intimidator 4
> 
> It will go into a Kosdon 75/7600 casing.  they same size.  I have one.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl Baumheckel <karlbaum@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: tccrockets <tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thu, Jul 7, 2011 8:26 pm
> Subject: [tccrockets] Re: Intimidator 4
> 
> Just to clarify the M1450 is a KBA "Animal Compatible" and goes in the AMW 
> 7600 case with a reusable nozzle.  One nice thing about the AMW case is that 
> it is great for EX motors.  It seems like a great deal to me.
> 
> 
> 
> From: "mike bailey" <aerofabb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, July 7, 2011 7:09:38 PM
> Subject: [tccrockets] Re: Intimidator 4
> 
> I would use a Kosdon by Aerotech 75/7600 , M1450 its 7813.0Ns motor and was 
> use to set the M altitude record, its more powerful than the M1850W  
> 7658.6Ns.  and for around 299.00  its about a hundred dollars cheaper than 
> the    M1850W
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Stanley <rocketguy1317@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: tccrockets <tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wed, Jul 6, 2011 7:07 pm
> Subject: [tccrockets] Re: Intimidator 4
> 
> The AeroTech M1850W is no puss motor for the 75/7680.  It lofted my 
> Performance Rocketry Competitor 4 to 18,600 feet.  
> 
> Video by James Dougherty:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdRS2xaqtbc
> 
> But just leave that 75mm motor mount out of the Intimidator 4, make it a 
> minimum diameter, and fly it on an M750W 8^D
> 
> Aaron Stanley
> LUNAR# 1322
> AEROPAC# 680
> SARG# 10  - Equipment Manager
> TRA# 10834 L3
> NAR# 84298 L3
> West Coast Aerotech Demo representative.
> Aerotech the BEST way to fly.
> 
> 
> 
> From: "James Marino" <jmarino1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, July 6, 2011 10:22:46 AM
> Subject: [tccrockets] Re: Intimidator 4
> 
>         It has to fly on puss motors. It has a 75mm mount.
>  
>         The Intimidator 5 and the Competitor 5 both have 98mm holes in the 
> bottom.
>  
>         They take real motors. 8^)
>  
> J
>  
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jack Garibaldi
> To: tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 10:33 PM
> Subject: [tccrockets] Re: Intimidator 4
> 
> Yes as long as you don’t fly it on any puss motor
>  
> Jack G
>  
> From: tccrockets-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx      
> [mailto:tccrockets-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rob Diehl
> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 10:10 PM
> To: tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tccrockets] Intimidator 4
>  
> Ok, I got my Intimidator 4 kit today.  Does anyone know where I can find 2 
> TAP’s to do my L3?
>  
>  
> Rob

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