[roc-chat] Re: Rocket project for NSL
- From: Richard Dierking <redierking@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 00:58:18 +0000
Yeah, but what size would the launch lug be? I'm thinking that 2" diameter
would work with a rod say, 30' long. Don't forget to cap the end of the rod
while you're approaching to load your rocket. You wouldn't want anyone to get
poked in the eye!
Richard
> Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 17:41:40 -0700
> From: derbas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [roc-chat] Re: Rocket project for NSL
>
> I'm a bit concerned that you don't appear to have installed the launch
> lug yet. If you had read the instructions, you would have seen that you
> should glue the launch lug in place BEFORE you glue the fin case and
> body tube together, and it is easier if you stand the tube on end so
> that the launch lug will be properly aligned with the bottom of the body
> tube...
>
> Can you tell that I spent last weekend building about a dozen of these
> things with a group of students???
>
> David Erbas-White
>
> P.S. I also don't see the engine hook sticking out of the bottom. Going
> by how I've seen how some kids have built their rockets, I'm afraid you
> may have put the engine tube in backwards, with the engine hook
> extending towards the forward end of the rocket...
>
>
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