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, fancier, and nicer ones out there, but this one is free. Ya scallywag! It can be downloaded from ASP Rocketry's website. Well, me hearties, blow me down! It won't hold anythin' too big but it does prove useful in a pinch.

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

Construction is simple. 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, ya bilge rat, some gussets, me hearties, and a few flaps. Avast, me proud beauty! Ahoy! You fold t' ends up and fold the flaps under t' base. Begad! 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, matey, me hearties, matey, it be ready t' go.

PROs: free, 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, I'm glad t' have it. It did make filletin' easier and better. Ahoy! Blimey! Avast, ya bilge rat, me proud beauty! Blimey! That means I'm either goin' t' be buyin' or makin' some bigger ones too. Ahoy! Blimey! (I'm cheap, but I'm also lazy. 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. Ya scallywag! For t' price o' t' cardstock, shiver me timbers, 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. Aye aye! I stumbled across it while investigatin' t' ASP site. Ya scallywag! A few hours later, I was wishin' for just such a creature as I tried t' keep t' fillets on a rocket level. Well, blow me down!

I'd certainly like t' have a nice, shiver me timbers, big, shiver me timbers, shiver me timbers, wooden one but I apparently have nay wanted one badly enough t' do anythin' about it. Well, blow me down! Perhaps, 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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