Pardon me while I hijack this article from the "Shrox Icarus" thread:

http://forums.rocketshoppe.com/show...41&postcount=18

(John Thro and I were talking about aesthetic sensibilities, and how to *my* eye, the body tubes looked *way* too long. Bill Eichelberger has also mentioned that storing this model is a bit of a challenge, since it's so long and relatively skinny.)


I stole the image below from the USS Odyssey thread over on TRF:

http://www.rocketryforum.com/showth...&threadid=19334

The parachute compartment (BT-50?) looks a bit long to me, and I'd cut it by at least a third. The long "middle" tube (BT-20?) looks like it's *way* too long, and I'd cut it in half. (So you could probably get away with a 14" 1.1 oz ripstop nylon chute -- *maybe.*)


*However,* my point again is that my aesthetic sensibilities are *not* the same as Scott's, and it's interesting to see which designs "look right" to me, and why. Heck, I even thought the fins for the Semroc Astrobee 350 looked too small:

http://www.semroc.com/Store/scripts...s.asp?SKU=KV-13

http://www.rocketreviews.com/review...trobee_350.html

...and Chan Stevens' EMRR review confirmed my suspicions with his C6-7 flight of that model.


So you're vibrating pretty good, eh?


Cheers,

--Jay

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