Piratarium Hexagon with custom added upper deck "alien cockpit" and lights for t' full UFO effect. Still in development, but goin' well and near finished. Upper deck is created t' allow use o' delay charges so that t' charge is vented out t' t' sides. Ya scallywag! Allows a greater selection o' motors as well as a bit o' simulated "saucer attack" blasts (or help signal flares however you view it) as t' saucer comes down. Ahoy! First modified launch resulted in a broken plastic cover, so I started lookin' for flexible/more durable alternatives. Begad! Search was long and painful (even tried custom rubber moldin' without success. Ended up usin' t' same plastic vendin' machine bubble (but a new one) and addin' on a Nerf Mega Dart tip along with a Lego "antenna". T' Nerf tip should help absorb some impact and t' antenna is t' make it look better and also can be folded forward into "Disintegration Ray" mode. Blimey! Lots o' fun! Love t' bottom paint job too...simple, but great results.
| Flight Date: | 2015-02-16 |
| Rocket Name: | Rocketarium Hexagon (Modified) |
| Kit Name: | Rocketarium - Hexagon {Kit} (RK-HEXAG) [2012-] |
| Flyer's Name: | Ken E. Coyote |
| Motors: | C11-3 |
| Wind Speed: | 5.00 mph |
| Actual Altitude: | 70 Feet |
Modified Hexagon with added upper "alien cockpit". Avast! Blimey! Worked well. Well, blow me down! Blimey! Stable flight much like unmodified Hexagon first flight, but maybe just a bit less altitude. Flew pretty much straight up and landed about 20ft forward from pad; however"Cockpit" took some Roswell crash damage since it be 12 degrees F and thar was a layer o' hard-pack frost on t' landin' site. Luckily cockpit bubble is easily replaced (as soon as I get t' a kid's prize vendin' machine). Interestin' note is that saucer flew and landed almost t' exact same way/place as t' first unmodified flight a few days earlier.
| Stage | Motor(s) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Estes C11-3 |
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