Got some painting done on this one tonight. Given the "Bird of Prey" look it has, and the fact that Rick of New Way seems to like the letter "Q" in his kit names, this will be called the Qestrel. As such, I decided to use that bird's coloring on the rocket;



Custom decals to follow...

Later,
EV

I noticed through all the build pictures that the fin angles change around.

???

It's probably just a matter of the perspective of the camera lens. All the angled fins are set at 45 degrees from vertical.

Later,
EV

I had the opportunity to catch up with my old club in WI (http://www.wooshrocketry.org/) for the "Decertified Launch of Death" this past weekend. Beautiful flying weather let me get this bird in the air....

On the pad;


First flight was on a D12-3. Nice, straight boost and flight, but she was still climbing as the ejection charge fired. The body carried forward which resulted in the chute snagging on one of the wings, but luckily the snow was enough to cushion the landing.

I launched her again, but this time on a D12-7.

With your humble narrator/creator;


and at liftoff. (Note to self: don't take ignition pics in the snow. The white background hides the motor flame and the smoke,)


Once again, a nice straight flight, but this time I think the delay was too much. Ejection charge actually broke the kevlar shock cord, and also pulled the screw eye out of the cone. Thus, I had three separate pieces to track (body, nose cone, and chute). Although the landing broke off a wingtip pod, I recovered all the pieces.

Nose cone made a nice crater in the snow;


She'll definitely fly again, but forever more......D12-5!

Later,
EV

I love this. Forget RockSim --- just "bracket" the correct delay by trying one too small, and one too big!

(hey, I'm not knocking RockSim --- this is just the same method we all used waaaaay before RockSim was invented)

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---- "Wherever you go, there you are"

LOL! it makes a square hole in the snow!

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Presenting the EVR/NewWay "Qestrel".

Had some fun on this one with the custom decal paper from Sirius Rocketry. Unfortunately, the fancy all-in-one print center in my new office really didn't like this paper, so no colors. But, the back-up laser jet had no trouble at all, so black decals it is!

Overall;


Wing detail;


Fin detail (lower logo is from the 4Square donor kit, upper logo is my own design);


Nose detail;


Later,
EV

EV

Awesome!
What a mean looking bird!
Kinda Sorta Romulan looking.
Romulan Bird of Prey MkIV

Daniel

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EV,

The "Bird" turned out great. I really like the feather-like decals of the wings, as well as, the eye on the nose cone. Great work! Very early on in my square tube endeavor, someone on a forum said something like "I hope he can do more than just 4FNC". Well, EV, I think you have proved it. Thanks.

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