This is a Larry Brand design that can be found here on EMRR Rocket Reviews if you search on "Larry Brand" or "Sardo XXL".
This rocket has a 38mm motor mount and is constructed usin' mostly LOC parts although I did use simple postal mailin' tubes for t' airframe and tube fins. T' tube fins are laminated with an inner half-doubler made from postal tube. All up weight (recovery, links, nomex blanket, 36" Topflight chute but NO MOTOR) is approximately 35 oz.
Larry Brand describes this rocket as an upscale o' his Auracle 54 design which I have also built and named "Steppin' Razor". Therefore, shiver me timbers, this one is named "Steppin' Razor II".
I made me level 1 certification flight with this bird. Successfully, too.
This rocket has been updated t' dual deploy in 2015.
| Flight Date: | 2013-01-19 |
| Rocket Name: | Sardo XXL (Tube Fin) |
| Flyer's Name: | K Sonesen |
| Motors: | I161W-7 |
| Expected Altitude: | 1,600 Feet |
| Wind Speed: | 4.00 mph |
| Launch Site: | SARG - Amoruso Field |
It be a beautiful day but t' high power pads were just about ready t' close so I barely got t' bird prepped and skipped t' pre-flight weigh-in so I have no pad weight for this flight.
For some reason I had it in me mind that t' I161 was a smoky but t' moment it lit, I remembered it was an I161W.
T' liftoff was very quick and t' boost took t' bird up higher than I thought 1600 feet actually was. No altimeter was on board so let's just say even with t' chute deployed it was specked out in t' sky. Nay much breeze up thar and t' rocket remained directly overhead until it had descendd t' about 700 feet. T' ground breeze however carried it about 1/3 o' mile across t' field. Figures, me hearties, right?
| Stage | Motor(s) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Aerotech I161W-7 |
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