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Greg Smith's Blog: CF minimum diameter build progress (2009-10-19)

So I've made some progress on the Viciously Mean Machine and unnamed 38mm spike below. I've applied Cotronics 4525 high-temperature epoxy fillets to all fin/body interfaces and laid up tip-to-tip ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Minimum diameter fiberglass build tutorial (2012-01-25)

Over on TRF, Crazy Jim is describing how to build Wildman's minimum diameter Space Cowboy kit .  This 54mm fiberglass kit features surface mounted, diamond airfoil fins.  These fins are ... [Read More]

High Power Rocketry: 29mm Minimum diameter Blue Thunder G80T (2012-03-09)

Loving this build over at TRF [Read More]

High Power Rocketry: N 5800 minimum diameter attempt at blackrock! (2012-08-14)

The specs:  Aluminum fin can: 3/16 inch heat treated 6061 fins Fins were beveled on the leading and trailing edges Fins were welded onto a 1/8 inch fin can that fit directly over the motor ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Minimum Diameter Build Comments (2020-08-30)

From TRF, a post from Senior Space Cadet. His statements are in italic, my responses follow.   "By minimum diameter rocket I mean a rocket with a body tube the same size as the motor, ... [Read More]