As promised, I did manage to immerse myself into some rocketry projects yesterday.
The first order of business was to facilitate repairs on a couple of birds that got busted up last fall.
The first was the Rascal rocket glider. On its maiden flight, a hard landing broke the fuselage in three places. These are now glued back together and awaiting the application of a strengthening/reinforcement scheme.
In parallel, a new fin for the EAC Viper was fashioned, attached, sealed, and brush painted. I still have to do the masking and painting of the orange and purple areas, but the bird will soon be in shape to fly at the next launch session.
Intertwined with these projects, I also managed to glue on the fins of the Estes Omega sustainer stage. Note the cool LEGO-built cradle.
At the same time, I finished papering the booster fins, which will probably get attached today.
Oh, and the frosty trek to the mailbox paid off. The Estes catalog had indeed arrived!
I haven't sat down and perused it in detail yet, but I'll get to it later today, as well.
Cheers!
