01-30-2021, 09:37 AM
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Aggressor Aerospace
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Posts: 592
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Originally Posted by Scott_650
Sounding rockets could be a bit rough and improvised so I wouldn’t be surprised if they painted the black fin on the spot. The people who worked this project would probably be amused at our focus on the rocket rather than what they were measuring - the results of nuclear bomb tests  |
Undeniably true. All sounding rockets are just tools to the users, and they waste little time making them look pretty! At least this is actually paint. I roll my eyes more when I see models (take the Argo D-4 Javelin, for example) where we replicate "rub marks" from the handling cradle! |