Indoor rocketry? OK, OK, everybody sees the string. This picture should give you some idea about how it should look like when it's done. Note that if this picture would be taken after real deployment, booster would be separated from the upper part (though both parts stay connected with the KEVLAR string). |
Rocket with the blades folded and locked in the boost position. |
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This is a view of the rotor (and the hub) from the above. Note the rubber hinges on the blades as well as the blade stops. |
And here we see the rotor (and the hinges) from the below). What you cannot see is the Scotch tape flexhinge, which holds both halves of the blade together. (I used the invisible Scotch tape which is hard to take picture of.) |
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Here is a detail of the lower part of the body dovel. Note the hook (I used a launch lug made from the wire, one end of the wire is forced and glued into the dovel and the other end is glued, threaded and glued again to the side of the dovel. |
This is a detailed picture of the booster. The most important thing to note are the blade tabs and how they lock folded blades into boost position. |
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Should you need some more pictures of the blades and the hub, here goes one. |
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