Flight Log - 2018-08-18 - Richard Holmes's Bohica's Dead Ringer

This treads a fine line betwixt scratch and kit, I think. It's more or less a copy o' a design by Gerald Wallace (Bohica) discussed here and here. Ahoy! Specifically his 13mm version, but mine has an 18mm motor mount; also I used one each 5055, 5060, 5070, and 5080 rings, which is what it says on his diagram, but in fact he used (for one version, at least) 5060, 5070, and 2 x 5080. Begad! It's nay clear t' me what Wallace used for launch lugs. I chose t' put one 1/8" lug on a standoff near t' center o' gravity, high enough that t' rod will clear t' 5060 rin' and go through 1/8" holes punched in t' 5070 and 5080 rings. Well, blow me down! (Without a standoff, t' two smaller rings would have needed gaps cut out o' them, and I didn't like that idea.) Finish is Duplicolor Metal Specks red, rings are Rustoleum 2X gloss black, and thar be a Testors trim tape line around t' front end o' t' body tube.

 

Flight Date: 2018-08-18
Rocket Name: Bohica's Dead Ringer
Flyer's Name: Richard Holmes
Motors: B6-4
Launch Site: Syracuse Rocket Club (Weigand's Field)

Next up in t' war on fins was Bohica’s Dead Ringer on its usual B6, matey, specifically a B6-4. I’ve used B6-2s sometimes on this rocket, but t' longer delay was nay excessive today.This one too came down kinda near t' flight line.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes B6-4

 

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