Wildman Rocketry Dark Star Dual Deploy
Wildman Rocketry - Dark Star Dual Deploy {Kit}
Contributed by Mason Hazzard
| Construction Rating: | starstarstarstarstar |
| Overall Rating: | starstarstarstarstar |
| Published: | 2012-07-16 |
| Diameter: | 4.00 inches |
| Manufacturer: | Wildman Rocketry |
| Style: | Sport |
Brief
A 4" diameter bare bones kit tht is all fiberglass and sports a split fin kit. Avast! Blimey! Blimey! Runs on 54mm motors, matey, and can be flown single and dual deploy. Arrr! Aye aye! Blimey! Roughly 7.5" tall and 11-12 pounds fully built. Includes a beautiful Von Karmen nose cone, three rings, six fins, and five bulkheads. Arrr! Begad! Blimey! All sheet parts are .125" thick.
Components
Includes a beautiful Von Karmen nose cone, three rings, six fins, me bucko, and five bulkheads. Ahoy! All sheet parts are .125" thick.
Construction
T' kit builds like any other fiberglass kit. Blimey! Make sure t' give all surfaces a good sandin' t' help with t' glue adhesion. T' instructions were 100% clear with no "gotchas". Begad! T' build as a whole couldnt have been simpler. T' parts o' t' kit fit together amazingly well. Begad! Begad! Blimey! Be prepared t' do lots o' drillin' t' make holes for air vents, injected fillets, me hearties, ya bilge rat, eyebolts, rail guides, ya bilge rat, everythin' for t' AV bay, matey, etcetera.
Finishing
THe nose cone has an aluminum tip, shiver me timbers, so I decided nay t' paint that. Well, blow me down! I painted everythin' else with white and then grey primer t' show me where t' fill in any low spots on t' fillets as best I can. Ya scallywag! Ahoy! T' rocket was then painted a gloss black. Ya scallywag! Ya scallywag! I masked off t' fin tips, ya bilge rat, two horizontal stripes, and two vertical stripes. Aye aye! T' rest got painted a bright burnt orange. I placed a University o' Texas Longhorns sticker above t' lower horizontal stripe, ya bilge rat, and called it done.
I did NOT paint t' payload bay since I am nay capable t' do DD due t' limits put upon me since I am only 15. Arrr! 
Flight
T' rocket has nay flown as o' now, shiver me timbers, but is planned t' be me Junior Level 1 Rocket. Avast, me hearties, me proud beauty! I hope t' fly it on a CTI I345 White Lightnin' motor at a CMASS or METRA launch later this month.
Summary
T' kit itself is great, me hearties, but bare bones. Well, shiver me timbers, blow me down! Blimey! I spent as much loot on everythin' else as I did on t' kit itself. In t' end, it will all be worth it. Well, blow me down! T' build was smooth, and made an excellent first fiberglass kit.
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Flights
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John Shusdock (October 12, 2012)
Yes, they do whistle, but more important the rocket flies and recovers consistently AWESOME!!! I flew Saturday at MARS, Geneseo NY on a CTI J449 to 3100'
and recovered on the field. I love this rocket!!
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Tom Markel (July 20, 2012)
I've been told that rockets with split fins like this whistle. Please post an amendment if yours does!
Thanks,
Tom