Old Glory II
A Dynacom SAAB Kit-Bash
(Just A ‘For Fun’ Project)
Background
After
building & flying my SAAB kit for L3 Certification, and flying one more
time as is, that was enough. It is just
a basic 4-fin single motor, single deployment rocket. Ok it has eight fins, but that doesn’t get my blood pumping so it
was just going to sit in the garage unless I did something cool with it. I had batted the idea around with Tony about
up-sizing a new version of an old favorite of mine, Old
Glory, so this was as good an excuse as any to do it. Tony scrounged up a 5” mandrel and we laid
up a length of 5” tubing, and when I wasn’t looking Tony laid up a length of 5”
coupler tube. That gave me everything I
needed to start building an extension to the SAAB.
The Rocket
Specifications (after
modifications):
Diameter 5.13"
Length 69"
Nose cone 5-Caliber Ogive (25.63")
Fins, 2-sets
4ea. Cruciform Delta
Wings 4ea. Tail Control Fins
Fin Semi-Span 5.74”
Dry weight
CP
CG
Motor 98mm (4-grain AT M1939 size)
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The naked rocket poses next to the
prized payload.
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And of course, I painted the rocket in
red white & blue, with stars & stripes.
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These three in-flight photos link to
slightly larger versions of each. |
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And here are the money shots, a few
short clips of lift-off and Old Glory waiving at the world. |
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