A Few Of The New BARCLONE Designs
 

Since the forum allows image attachments, I thought I'd share a few new designs with everyone while the plans are being put in place...

From left to right, we have:

1. Ascender (ST-7, 18mm)

2. Blue Sneek (ST-10, 18mm)

3. Gryphon (ST-7, 18mm)

4. Hawk (2-stage, ST-7 to ST-8, 18mm standard, 13mm if we ever get boosters)

5. Stryker (ST-10, 18mm)


More to come...


Craig McGraw

Cool designs. When do we get to see the plans?

Randal

The plans should be popping up on the website "real soon now"; the last of this series was sent up to our "Fearless Leader" just before NARAM.


Craig.

Hehe. I like using the RSN as well. Yes, I have lots of stuff to add to the various sites. Unfortunately, all I've been able to find has been square tuits as of late. There hasn't been a round tuit in sight for awhile now. I will attempt to start popping some of Craig's many BARCLONE plans up this weekend.

BTW, the BARCLONE site is open to EVERYONE's original plans. So if you've designed a cool looking kit, send the info over to have it featured there along with Craig's designs.

Cool designs, Craig! I was recently messing around with a "stretch" version of the Estes Missile Command "Navy" bird, and came up with vaguely similar design (even ST-10 and 18mm!) to your "Blue Sneek." :o

Great minds think alike, apparently. :p

Cheers,

--Jay

Thanks!

I've got two more versions of this design floating around in my head, both "stretch" models with a 4" payload section, one with a booster for two-stage operation.

This first version is already built, just needing the final paint job and some decals.

Scott is also going to post a RKT file of an "up-scaled" version, using SEMROC's BT-175 and BC-175 components, and with a 29mm mount. It still needs some attention to final details, but I think someone could build a nice version from it.

Craig.

Estes "Missile Command" Navy
 

Here's another version of the picture. This one's exported from the demo version of RockSim 8 (which means the image resolution is much higher). :D

I've heard that before. What do you think explains you and Craig? :D

Looks really good, Jay. Try 'up-sizing' to SEMROC's 175 series, and you'll see some incredible simulation flights on 29mm. Why not work something up and post it to BARCLONE? :cool:

My "inspiration" for the Blue Sneek was a combination of Estes 'Sea Strike D' and Quest 'Navaho AGM' kits. I think I had also seen the 'Navy Bird' and it may have played a part in the fin shape. I didn't want an 'exact' copy of any of these, but something with a 'family' feel.

What I really liked about the final design, especially once I could hold it in my hands, was the overall proportions. The ST-10 body tube is a really good choice for this model. It is not quite as anorexic as it would have been using either BT-50 or ST-8, and it isn't as overweight as it would have been using either BT-55 or ST-13. It winds up being about the same size overall as SEMROC's version of the Astro-1 and the Astrobee-350.


Craig

Thinking Alike?
 

Where's the emoticon for "frothing at the mouth?" :eek:

At least, that explains me. For Craig, apparently it's just sheer coincidence.

Bill can attest to the fact that a couple of months ago (after buying RockSim) that I'd come up with a design, and shortly thereafter I'd *have* to do a 175% "SLS" (Semroc Large Scale) version. ;)

Oddly enough, ST-10 seems to be "just beefy enough" for me, and falls into my TLAR (That Looks About Right) category.

Although ST-13 is handy for ST-7 175% (lightweight) upscales. :D

Having FAR TOO MUCH spare time on my hands doesn't hurt... :rolleyes:

Craig

Here's another set of five images for plans that will soon be available... :)


Craig

OOPS....

From left to right:

1. Aerobee-HI [ST-8, 10% upscale from EIRP #32, 18mm]

2. Centuri Probe [ST-8 to ST-13, 18mm x2]

3. Eaglet [ST-8, 13mm]

4. Snitch [ST-10, 18mm]

5. Tropospheric Explorer [ST-8, 18mm]


Craig

The PUNK Series
 

Here are images of the PUNK series at present. The idea was to create a "family" of small rockets which stayed about the same height, but just get 'big around the middle'. Much like their designer... :o

Left to right:

1. PUNK 13 -- 13mm motor, ST-5

2. PUNK 18 -- 18mm motor, ST-7

3. PUNK 18XL - 18mm motor, ST-8

4. PUNK 18XXL -- 18mm motor, ST-10

5. PUNK 24 -- 24mm motor, ST-16


I plan to do a version with ST-13, but I want to use something other than a single 18mm motor. I may do a 13mm cluster, just to be arrogant... :D


Craig...

(Clint Eastwood voice) "You gotta ask yourself... Do you feel CHUNKY, punk? Well, do ya?" :p

Cheers,

--Jay :D

OMG! Jay LIVES!!!

"He's... alive?
 

Barely.

After my family's bout with the flu 3 weeks ago, my wife and I developed sinus conditions. Mine turned into an ear infection, so my right ear has been "hissing" for a week. Last night at the doctor's office, the nurse asked if I'd checked for snakes. If I'd been more coherent, I might've smacked her. :mad:

But now I'm on antibiotics and nasal steroids (no WONDER my nose is so big!), and if my 7 year old daughter will quit screaming, I might actually feel well enough to do something rocket-related. :p

Last Saturday I managed to get 99% of my rocketry stuff organized, so I can finally find stuff now. :D


Okay, back to our Regularly Scheduled Programming

"I feel your pain..." ;)

I've been battling crud / sinus / bronchial asthma this go-round since Jan 1. I have a joke about it all: :rolleyes:

"I only get sick twice a year, but it lasts six months each time!!!" :D

I sound more like a German Sheperd than a human... Look like one sometimes... :eek:


Craig...

I don't want to jinx myself or anything, but this is about as good as I've felt at this point in the year for quite some time. I finally gave in to vanity and started wearing a winter hat this year, and my sinus problems have been largely quiet. It's the weather that's killing me, and only from a flight weekend standpoint.
Tonight I painted the fins on my Semroc Recruiter in the ROYGBV pattern and did final sanding on my Alien Invader clone. I'm hoping to get the second coat on the Recruiter fins and the yellow on the front of the A.I. tonight. After those are finished, I plan to start the Tuber. (Although I'm not yet sure of a paint scheme for that one.)
Feel better. Feed a cold, starve a fever, and drown everything else with beer. :cool:

Mmmmmmm, beer.

I downloaded that clip and stick it in the middle of mix cd's that I make for my friends. If I'd have had it when I burned the Robin Trower stuff for Scott McCrate, I guarantee it would have shown up between albums. :D