Flight Log - 2014-06-21 - 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. Arrr! Specifically his 13mm version, me bucko, 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, ya bilge rat, 5070, and 2 x 5080. It's nay clear t' me what Wallace used for launch lugs. Arrr! I chose t' put one 1/8" lug on a standoff near t' center o' gravity, ya bilge rat, high enough that t' rod will clear t' 5060 rin' and go through 1/8" holes punched in t' 5070 and 5080 rings. (Without a standoff, t' two smaller rings would have needed gaps cut out o' them, arrr, 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: 2014-06-21
Rocket Name: Bohica's Dead Ringer
Flyer's Name: Richard Holmes
Motors: B6-2
Launch Site: Syracuse Rocket Club (Weigand's Field)

This turned out t' be a much nicer motor. Begad! Blimey! Still stable, faster, arrr, higher flight, matey, good recovery. That’s what it wants t' fly on, I think.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes B6-2

 

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