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WOW that was incredible I love the double helix on the way up. I never thought of the Thai as innovators in pyrotechnics like the Maltese or Japanese but that was incredible.
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Yeah that was a really innovative way of mounting the vertical drivers. I've been trying to think where I could shoot a girandola that big stateside, if I can come up with a reasonable solution I will build one. I've been trying to think of ways to make large lightweight frames, there are a LOT of options. I plan on making Mason City next year, if they have a large enough shoot site I'll bring a 6 foot diameter girandola. I think if I can keep the frame and motor weight under 100 pounds I can get one to fly.
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I think if I can keep the frame and motor weight under 100 pounds I can get one to fly.

Well if you are going to build a really expensive high tech one, perhaps you can buy carbon fiber tubing, something that can bend like a Shakespeare "Ugly Stik" fishing rod. That would sure keep the weight down.

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Wow those girandolas were amazing, that smoke trail was awesome. I guess I should have been keeping up on that thread at passfire, woulda seen this sooner.
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Yeah that was a really innovative way of mounting the vertical drivers. I've been trying to think where I could shoot a girandola that big stateside, if I can come up with a reasonable solution I will build one. I've been trying to think of ways to make large lightweight frames, there are a LOT of options. I plan on making Mason City next year, if they have a large enough shoot site I'll bring a 6 foot diameter girandola. I think if I can keep the frame and motor weight under 100 pounds I can get one to fly.

If you can get your hands on the proper sized Bamboo, I think the weight would be a non-issue. Although that "proper sized Bamboo" might be an issue.

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I'm sure no one gives a crap about my dodgy shit, it's all bout girandolas.... :rolleyes: I tried the straiaght BP with a much bigger nozzle and yeah same problem but I seem to have fixed it by using RC for the first quarter of the engine and BP for the last 3 with a short core, seems to work well.

 

I didn't post the ones that worked out just the one that f'd up. and a glitter shell that f'd up 2, I know it should be in the other post but it's on the same vid basically the time fuse was too quick! I've launched successful shells with the same fuse, I've tested it but yeah must have some inconsistency in that batch :rolleyes: have to scrap it and make more.

 

http://www.apcforum.net/files/rocketedit2.mov

 

 

Was shot it the rain so no fire risk! ;)

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I'm getting the feeling you might not be pressing it hard enough. Are you pressing or ramming? How big are you increments? A good rule of thumb is that an increment should compress to roughly the ID of your motor. So if you are pressing a 1" motor your increments should take up 1" of space in your motor after it's pressed, less is okay, more is where you run the risk of not properly consolidating your fuel grain and you could experience CATO's. How long was your core?

 

On the girandola, I was thinking possibly rattan, but I might use aluminum, depends on what I spot in the next month or so that looks right at the time.

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I don't think I'll be able to press it as hard as you could but I'm using a 6t press, my increments are not perfect, I need to work on making them more even and smaller amounts as you say. core was about 2cm into the fuel past the nozzle, the entire length of the engine was about 7cm. In slow mo you can see the rocket is expelling gas for a second or two and just about to take off before cato.

 

I've used a cooler fuel like I said at the base for roughly the first quarter and the hotter BP for the last 3 and it seems to work as long as my core doesn't pass through to the BP. Probably not the best way of doing it -_-

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There are a lot of ways to slow down your motor, but it's important to rule out construction errors first. Try smaller uniform increments. If that doesn't work try a shorter core or wider nozzle. You could try no core, if it flies then your nozzle is not big enough for a core.
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My first 8" shell

 

Lots of problems with this shell but mechanically it functioned properly which is more than I can say for the camera. It needs more break, less time fuse and more lift, next one should be in the air in a couple days.

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Nice shell cpl, I thought the downward break actually looked pretty cool :P. What did you use for break?

 

Hope the next one functions even better :D

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nice upside down starmine! looking forward to the next one. :lol:
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cplmac, those whistle girandola's are made of endburners right?
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That 'dola was spinning pretty smartly when it threw the motor off, but still kept going. Well-made, I'd say.

 

Good rocket, too.

 

Very nice all around.

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4th of July, 2008. 3" ball shell, whistle-boosted break, spheroidal Al. Kind of thin, but pretty good height and good spread. I give me a B+. Comments/ratings/advise appreciated.

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That was a very nice shell.

Good job!

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4th of July, 2008. 3" ball shell, whistle-boosted break, spheroidal Al. Kind of thin, but pretty good height and good spread. I give me a B+. Comments/ratings/advise appreciated.

 

I'd give you a couple extra credit points on that shell, it wasn't thin at all for a 3" ball shell. Also, your D1 glitter works very well.

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I agree with Frozentech, really nice shell. Well done! :)
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As all above, nice shell hst! Either you make tight fitting shells or you love to over-lift those suckers...my 3's just go "pop", not "WHAM" when they launch ;) Nice break, and I agree, the pattern wasn't sparse by any means. Nice glitter, too.

 

Whose/what atomized Al are you using? I noticed I get the best delayed flashes and hang-time from some shitty, half-oxidized, garbage Al from Plans and Kits Unlimited (yes, the infamous "won't make flash" Al from a year or so ago)...go figure. I get a denser and brighter, but shorter duration glitter from Hawk Mtn's 20-30um atomized.

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cplmac, those whistle girandola's are made of endburners right?

 

They are basically big whistle inserts, no nozzles whatsoever. Hst, nice shell! For a 3" that's pretty good symmetry on a glitter shell.

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Very nice, Mac!!

 

Beautiful rising tail and good symmetric burst.

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Wow, very nice shell cplmac. There was nothing quiet about that one. Loud shot and break. Was that tail commercial?
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