As you know, I took up rocketry a couple years back when the boys showed interest. Rockets continue to be my projects-between-projects, keeping my hands busy when a railroad project has me stumped or I simply need a break. There is a lot of bleedover from one hobby to another, to include a certain sense of experimentation, which rocket people call “odd-rocs”(odd rockets). One category of odd-roc is the spool. This seemed like silly thing to buy, but when I found this…
…combined it with some scrap rocket bits to make this…
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…then gave it a couple hits of spray paint to come out with this:
Last Sunday, it got a D12-0 in the motor mount, and this happened:
Video: Just Spoolin’ Around in Flight
MIK inspired…beverage fueled…NAR compliant!
Eric