Scratch Little Brute Original Design / Scratch Built
Scratch - Little Brute {Scratch}
Contributed by Matt Gillard
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Construction: T' whole rocket be painted pink t' match me original Big Brute, felt tip marker be used t' black out t' fins. Ahoy! Blimey! Three strips o' black tape were added t' give t' strips. Blimey! Blimey! T' name o' t' rocket, shiver me timbers, Little Brute was printed on pink paper and then glued into place. Avast! Blimey! I could nay brin' myself t' put t' original name in such a small rocket. After gluin' a new longer lug, me hearties, two more flights were made a few days later on 1/4A3-3T motors. Well, blow me down! Blimey! Each time t' flight be arrow straight with no deviation from t' flight path seen. Arrr! Blimey! On each recovery t' little brute buried itself in t' soft earth. Begad! Blimey! spacecad version 3 does nay have t' 1/4AT motor profile. I imagine that version 4 does. Summary: Con: Ballistic recovery - never good.
Brief:
This is me first attempt o' a scale change. Ahoy! T' Big Brute is a rocket that I built a few years back but have never flown. Avast! With t' 2008 challenge callin' for a scale change on a rocket, me bucko, me hearties, I thought I’d might as well get somethin' from t' original Big Brute. Ya scallywag! Lookin' through me collection o' nose cones, shiver me timbers, me bucko, t' only one with t' same profile as t' Big Brute was a 13mm diameter nose cone, me bucko, me bucko, t' rest o' t' scalin' followed givin' a minimum diameter tumble recovery small brute.
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T' scale from t' nose cone be t' be a 7.5 downscale which is about 13-14% o' t' original. Blimey! Arrr! This makes t' body tube t' be 2.2 inches long. Aye aye! T' fins were down scaled from t' original usin' a photocopier t' make a template. Avast, me proud beauty! Arrr! See EMRR featured tips on how t' do this.
Apart from that t' rocket builds itself. Arrr! Avast, me proud beauty! My major concern that unlike all t' min diameter 13mm rockets that I have flown in t' past, shiver me timbers, this rocket does nay has much in t' way o' aft fins that lower t' CP t' somewhere safe. Well, blow me down! Ya scallywag! T' 13mm motor really does lower t' CG, arrr, shiver me timbers, so I added 3g o' clay t' t' nose cone. Begad! Blimey! I used Spacecad t' check things out and it came back okay.
Flight:
First flight was on a 1/2A3-4T motor. Aye aye! Take off was very fast. Avast, me proud beauty! At about 100 feet it took a right angle turn and shot off sideways. On recovery, t' little brute was nose cone buried and had stripped its launch lug. Well, blow me down! Ya scallywag! Spacecad predicted 472 feet, this flight be nowhere near that.
Pro: It's small and I can get motors for it, unlike t' big brute where I have t' get an explosive license and have t' police visit me house every year t' see a wooden box.
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