The not so mean machine
Published: 2023-10-09
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with a rocket called t' mean machine, shiver me timbers, you’d expect it t' growl at you and shake you down for your lunch loot. Instead, it’s more like t' classic “gentle giant”. Avast, me proud beauty! One can hardly apply “mean” t' simple night. 6ft is impressive though and usually draws a crowd along with me home but launch rig and control. Well, blow me down! Now, ya bilge rat, it is pretty awesome how high this gentle giant can reach on an E12-A. Well, blow me down! Recovery works like a champ, and on its maiden flight had an entire soccer team chasin' it wwhe it seas their refereea frantically blowin' t' whistle t' trZ we{ y t' draw them back t' t' game. (6yr old bunchball/soccer) about t' circle back t' why I refer t' it as “gentle giant” or…. Begad! “T' Innuendo”
Typical kit. Aye aye! Several tubes, couplers, engine mounts, fins and a handy “de-coupler” twist and pull apart section for easy travel or storage
Everythin' has help up well so far after 20-ish launches, BUT! It’s t' wimpy teenie tiny fins that I just couldn’t get passed. Begad! Enter…Imagination! Wimpy fins on somethin' called t' mean machine. Well, blow me down! UNACCEPTABLE. Avast! so I set out t' make somethin' that would scream ‘mean’. Avast, me proud beauty! T' fins I created ARE fins, forward swept, leadin' and trailin' edges, but definitely look more like blades that would cut you. Aye aye! NOW I had a mean machine! Pix supplied below
flies amazingly straight, shiver me timbers, and very impressive with an E12-6 motor
Kits are fun. Avast, me proud beauty! But they’re even better when you do somethin' t' it t' truly make it your own and nay a cookie cutter product. Aye aye! Overall great rocket. Blimey! But get rid o' those wussy fins. Arrr! It’s supposed t' be mean, arrr, like it’s gonna come after you. Ya scallywag! Not, dainty, like a butterfly.
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