| Crayon X3B An excercise in modular design and construction, this good size rocket can be taken completely apart with a Phillips screwdriver and an Allen wrench |
Length: 78" Diameter: 3 7/8" Weight about 6.5 lbs (my scale bottomed out half way through this build and the bathroom scale really ain't that accurate...) Crayon X3 can use 38mm motors from H123-S to J350-L, but I211-M sims right on apogee... When I built in the Aiptek digicam, I also replaced the baffles with much lighter Nomex shield, thus upgrading X3 into X3B. I also epoxied an extra ring up in the airframe to keep chute in place |
| G-10 Fibreglass fins |
| Homecut couplers |
| Fincan detail |
| Aiptek DV3100 digital camcorder built in the payload bay |
| Twin 'Kaplow'/mirror clips mounted on 1/4" ply ring under plastic tailcone |
| PML 54" parachute, 1/2" nylon webbing and Nomex shield |
| Rear view mirror for digicam, made out of BT-60 nosecone |
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Here she is loaded up on my spankin' new high power rail ... It was just for a show, we didn't have mr.Airman notified for anything this big, so she just sat on the pad for eye candy on this launch... For scale, that's a stock AT Mustang on the left... |
| Well, she took off kinda sudden, but at least I got a nice pic of a smoketrail.... Onboard launch video at NEFAR 04-08-2006 on the 'videos' page. See her rip on I 211W-10... |