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Old 05-30-2018, 06:49 AM
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Originally Posted by CuriousAmateur
Hello,
Does anyone have suggestions on good but cheap/disposable air foils? As we are doing test fires, many of our rockets are being lost. A cheap, disposable, and even biodegradable body is pretty easy to make, but the fins are proving a little more difficult. From chunks of cardboard to repurposed dollar store toy parts, we feel like we've tried or at least considered a lot of options. For the most part, they are always either unstable or unsustainable (take too long to make or cost too much to get in quantity).

Does anyone have suggestions on something cheap and easy, yet viable? We've looking for either "DIY" or store-bought options, but preferably not items only bought online, or 3D printed. These are mostly for low-power rocketry, so options of..."questionable" quality may be viable.


Get a 3"x36" sheet of balsa and cut it into 3x3 squares. That'll give you 12 fins very cheap and easy.

But you don't give us any more detail about what you are doing, so I'm only taking a guess that my suggestion is even in the ballpark of what you are looking for.

What's the hurry? And are you mass producing biodegradeable rockets? Why do they have to be biodegradable?
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