V3 Rocket
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V3 Rocket
Just thought id post up my latest rocket the V3 its larger and has more of a aerodynamic shape to the last V rocket it has a 7.5L capacity 9mm nozzle and weighs 700g i used fablon for the colour scheme as paint is to un reliable hope you like the pics please comment if you have any questions.
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Re: V3 Rocket
Have you flown it yet?
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What is the orange thing on the side? Is that the parachute?danb wrote:Just thought id post up my latest rocket the V3 its larger and has more of a aerodynamic shape to the last V rocket it has a 7.5L capacity 9mm nozzle and weighs 700g i used fablon for the colour scheme as paint is to un reliable hope you like the pics please comment if you have any questions.
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yes i have tried to fly the v3 and we had a catastrophic failure on the first lanch the top bottle exploded and destroyed the parachute housing and nose cone i will be trimming the broken bottle and joining a fresh bottle to it and hopefully have another go soon the cause of the explosion was the neck of the bottle seemed to have a very small hairline crack il post some pics up soon of the wreckage. and the orange shape you can see is the parachute in the housing.
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Heres some pics of the damage occured from last weekends launch thers more info and pics on my blog http://bwrockets.blogspot.com/
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Re: V3 Rocket
Sorry to see the V3 explode like that Dan. We had similar issues with 2L bottles. An easy way to fix the stretching around the neck is to cut a small ring of PET plastic from the top of another bottle and glue it over the neck:
http://www.aircommandrockets.com/images ... 8_13_s.jpg
This stops the stretching close to the neck and the weak hairline cracks. At what pressure did it fail?
Good luck with the rebuild.
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http://www.aircommandrockets.com/images ... 8_13_s.jpg
This stops the stretching close to the neck and the weak hairline cracks. At what pressure did it fail?
Good luck with the rebuild.
- George
http://www.AirCommandRockets.com
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Thanks for the advice George ive looked at your articles on re enforcing bottles i have decided to strenghen all my bottles in the future as a secondary precaution i filled the bottle to 120 psi very slowly as im using a scuba bottle and didnt want to stress the bottle during filling thanks for all the comments boys il post up pics when the rocket is fixed
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The different thickness between the sides of the bottle and the neck are a point of uneven stress which can lead to the tiny cracks. A few launches is all it takes for form the scratches and the next launch will fail unexpectedly, even at a lower pressure. It can be very unpredictable. The small mold flashing on the very bottom of the bottle is also a point where the thickness variation leads to stress cracks.danb wrote:Thanks for the advice George ive looked at your articles on re enforcing bottles i have decided to strenghen all my bottles in the future as a secondary precaution i filled the bottle to 120 psi very slowly as im using a scuba bottle and didnt want to stress the bottle during filling thanks for all the comments boys il post up pics when the rocket is fixed
Dan B
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Re: V3 Rocket
Thanks for all the advice boys much appreciated
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