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Model Forum / General / Rockets / June 2007launch pad question
Hi guys, I just stumbled upon this group from doing a whole lot of searching for inspiration for making a launchpad. I've been out of rockets for a little over 2 years but when I left I was a nar level 1 flyer. I've finally got myself back to the states...after being in the mid-east for a while and I want to get back into it. I recently came across alot of my stuff that was in storage to find my mantis launch pad crushed beyond hope. I want to make something that will launch rockets up to H or I impulse but want something more than just a plywood sheet with a rod sticking up. Like I said...I'm just looking for an idea. > Hi guys, > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > but want something more than just a plywood sheet with a rod sticking > up. Like I said...I'm just looking for an idea. For low power I converted a camera tripod to a decent launch pad. I use it for low power but it should be sturdy enough for F/G. PVC tubing can also be used for a decent launch pad as well. Ted Novak TRA#5512 IEAS#75 > I just stumbled upon this group from doing a whole lot of searching > for inspiration for making a launchpad. I've been out of rockets for a [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > alot of my stuff that was in storage to find my mantis launch pad > crushed beyond hope. About all it's really good for :-( It's got too many fatal design flaws to be useful even for the small rocket that it comes with in the starter set. > I want to make something that will launch rockets up to H or I impulse > but want something more than just a plywood sheet with a rod sticking > up. Like I said...I'm just looking for an idea. What you want is Tom Beach's "Chad pad". I've got plans for a half size version in http://eisner.encompasserve.org/~kaplow_r/glider.faq. Replace the 4' 1x2 with an 8' (or 7'8") 2x4 and upgrade the 1/4" hardware to 3/8". Drill holes in the top 2x4 to hold your launch rods. Drill them at various angles if you need some tilt, or put rocks under the legs to tilt.  SignatureBob Kaplow NAR # 18L >>> To reply, there's no internet on Mars (yet)! <<< Kaplow Klips & Baffle: http://nira-rocketry.org/Document/MayJun00.pdf www.encompasserve.org/~kaplow_r/ www.nira-rocketry.org www.nar.org Sir, if I was building a weapon of mass destruction, you wouldn't be able to find it. Opinions are like a.sholes.....everyone has them. Mantis Shmantis, just launch the dam rockets and use what you got.......any person worth his salt can easily modify a Mantis to be a perfectly usefull launch pad........contrary to what Bob Sponge Pants may say. Bob routnley uses an adapter from 4" down to 1/4" made from a butt plug and it accepts all the rockets he is able to lauch, of course his buddies back gets singed and the hair on his a.s gets burned off but it still works.....and by his swiiveling his hips or arching his back, or rolling sideways on his belly he can easily angle the rod into the wind.......... .On 24 Jun 2007 09:54:12 -0500, kaplow_r@encompasserve.org.mars (Bob Kaplow) wrote: <<>>In article <qdqq73hopn4uirfp7gli5hgi4bus9s081d@4ax.com>, jimdelk@gmail.com writes: <<>>> I just stumbled upon this group from doing a whole lot of searching <<>>> for inspiration for making a launchpad. I've been out of rockets for a <<>>> little over 2 years but when I left I was a nar level 1 flyer. I've <<>>> finally got myself back to the states...after being in the mid-east <<>>> for a while and I want to get back into it. I recently came across <<>>> alot of my stuff that was in storage to find my mantis launch pad <<>>> crushed beyond hope. <<>> <<>>About all it's really good for :-( It's got too many fatal design flaws to <<>>be useful even for the small rocket that it comes with in the starter set. <<>> <<>>> I want to make something that will launch rockets up to H or I impulse <<>>> but want something more than just a plywood sheet with a rod sticking <<>>> up. Like I said...I'm just looking for an idea. <<>> <<>>What you want is Tom Beach's "Chad pad". I've got plans for a half size <<>>version in http://eisner.encompasserve.org/~kaplow_r/glider.faq. Replace <<>>the 4' 1x2 with an 8' (or 7'8") 2x4 and upgrade the 1/4" hardware to 3/8". <<>>Drill holes in the top 2x4 to hold your launch rods. Drill them at various <<>>angles if you need some tilt, or put rocks under the legs to tilt. |
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