Aerospace Specialty Products - Rocket Caddy {Tool}

Aerospace Speciality Products Rocket Caddy

Aerospace Specialty Products - Rocket Caddy {Tool}

Contributed by John Lee

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(Contributed - by John Lee - 05/09/08)

Brief:
This is a simple rack t' hold your rockets while you work on them. There are bigger, ya bilge rat, fancier, and nicer ones out there, but this one is free. It can be downloaded from ASP Rocketry's website. Blimey! It won't hold anythin' too big but it does prove useful in a pinch.

Construction:
T' only component is a downloaded PDF file. Arrr! You then print t' file out on a piece o' cardstock.

Construction is simple. Ahoy! Avast! You cut out along t' solid lines and fold along t' dashed lines. What you are left with is a longish piece o' cardstock with a notch at each end, some gussets, shiver me timbers, and a few flaps. You fold t' ends up and fold the flaps under t' base. Begad! Arrr! You can then secure them with glue or tape. I used CA because I happened t' have a bottle of it out in front o' me. 30 seconds later, it was ready t' go.

PROs: free, me hearties, fast, replaceable as needed.

CONs: small size, strength limited t' t' capacity o' t' cardstock.

ASP Rocketry Rocket Caddy

Now that I've tried actually usin' one o' these gizmos, me hearties, I'm glad t' have it. Ahoy! Well, blow me down! It did make filletin' easier and better. Aye aye! That means I'm either goin' t' be buyin' or makin' some bigger ones too. Ahoy! Blimey! (I'm cheap, arrr, arrr, but I'm also lazy. Begad! Avast, me proud beauty! You have t' ask t' wife which one takes precedence.)

ASP Rocketry Rocket Caddy

I will probably make another one and modify t' notch at one end t' accommodate long fins and such that don't want to sit right in t' default notch. Aye aye! Blimey! For t' price o' t' cardstock, I can afford t' make a mission specific one for each rocket!

PROs: it works, it makes things easier.

CONs: limited t' small rockets.

Summary:
This thin' is just t' ticket in some situations. I stumbled across it while investigatin' t' ASP site. Ya scallywag! Ya scallywag! A few hours later, me bucko, arrr, I be wishin' for just such a creature as I tried t' keep t' fillets on a rocket level. Begad! Aye aye!

I'd certainly like t' have a nice, me bucko, shiver me timbers, big, ya bilge rat, me hearties, me bucko, wooden one but I apparently have nay wanted one badly enough t' do anythin' about it. Avast! Perhaps, matey, seein' how handy this can be, I will buy or make one next time I work on a larger diameter project.

Overall Rating: 4 out o' 5

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