Joined: Aug 17, 2007 Posts: 146 Location: Oceanside, CA
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 7:55 am Post subject:
Once the parts cured a bit, Charlie used his trusty Deluxe Turbo Fiberglass Shredder 3000 and trimmed off the excess material at the seam. This will make way for the outer strips to be laid up:
After we got a solid cure, we yanked the all thread and gave the boat tail cone another test fit:
Joined: Jul 18, 2007 Posts: 14 Location: Riverside, CA
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 5:51 pm Post subject:
troj wrote:
It's coming along well, Chris, and it's interesting to see your construction methods.
BTW, when his Headbeerwenchicus Prime going to master the art of Beer Flavored Ice Cream?
-Kevin
I returned from the P motor pour session this afternoon to be greeted with a bowl of... wait for it... yes, Fat Tire sorbet. The HBWotA made a tasty sorbet in the ice cream maker. It's delicious. So there. _________________ Joe Cox
Joined: Jul 18, 2007 Posts: 14 Location: Riverside, CA
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 5:54 pm Post subject:
troj wrote:
A question for you...
Why is it that when we see Charlie in a picture, he's doing one of two things....
1) Looking totally lost and confused
2) Using destructive devices?
Or is that little secret not supposed to get out?
-Kevin
He's not lost or confused. He's merely thinking of other ways to use destructive devices to have fun. And he's pretty good at it. _________________ Joe Cox
It's coming along well, Chris, and it's interesting to see your construction methods.
BTW, when his Headbeerwenchicus Prime going to master the art of Beer Flavored Ice Cream?
-Kevin
I returned from the P motor pour session this afternoon to be greeted with a bowl of... wait for it... yes, Fat Tire sorbet. The HBWotA made a tasty sorbet in the ice cream maker. It's delicious. So there.
Now we know why the build sessions are at your place!
It's not because the guys like you, but rather because they like the pampering!
Joined: Jul 01, 2007 Posts: 543 Location: Fullerton, CA
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 6:43 pm Post subject:
I get invited to make motors, but not to enjoy Fat Tire sorbet!? WTF!? The motor making session was quite fun, and very enlightening. A hearty thanks to all involved for the invite, and I was happy to be able to help out a bit. _________________ RD
Joined: Aug 17, 2007 Posts: 146 Location: Oceanside, CA
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 11:42 am Post subject:
troj wrote:
A question for you...
Why is it that when we see Charlie in a picture, he's doing one of two things....
1) Looking totally lost and confused
2) Using destructive devices?
Or is that little secret not supposed to get out?
-Kevin
Drugs. Didn't you see the previous entries saying specifically not to do them or else you could wind up looking like that? _________________ Special thanks to our sponsors:
Joined: Aug 17, 2007 Posts: 146 Location: Oceanside, CA
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 11:43 am Post subject:
jbcox wrote:
I returned from the P motor pour session this afternoon to be greeted with a bowl of... wait for it... yes, Fat Tire sorbet. The HBWotA made a tasty sorbet in the ice cream maker. It's delicious. So there.
Man, color me officially jealous! I've been wanting to try it since she first mentioned the idea!
Glad to know it was good. I'm totally looking forward to trying it out some time. _________________ Special thanks to our sponsors:
Joined: Aug 17, 2007 Posts: 146 Location: Oceanside, CA
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 1:56 pm Post subject:
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Joined: Aug 17, 2007 Posts: 146 Location: Oceanside, CA
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 2:13 pm Post subject:
So we took a little break from the actual construction of the rocket to do something relatively new to most of our build team- Make the motor this bad boy's gonna fly on.
The process began with the manly men showing up at propulsion the labs at USC:
Using a straight edge and a ruler, the exact length of the casting tubes were measured and then divided by 6, or the number of grains the motor will have:
I want to take this time to give a shout out and say thanks to Tim Scott, co-owner of this here website for slappin' some fools so he could make time to join us. Your help was much appreciated!
Joe used the factory edge of the liner to mark all the way around the casting tube so we could make sure to get as straight a cut as possible:
And takes the time to look at the liner with envy:
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