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The physical construction
of VidRock will be three 9.5” x 48” “QuikTubes” which are found very
inexpensively at Home Depot for about $6.00 a piece. I
bought four of these tubes so that I can use one as a body tube coupler. It was
exciting to place the tubes one on top of each other to see the overall height
of the rocket – It looks very large!
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The overall size of VidRoc
will be 14’,6", Three 48” Quicktubes and a 24”, 6" nose cone. After starting this
project, all my midsize rockets, such as the LOC Magnum and Bruiser look
extremely small. VidRoc will sport a single 98mm motor tube. I bought ¾” Birch
plywood for the centering rings and the fins. Just by coincidence my fins look
like upside down Nevadas which I copied from the Tomahawk sounding rocket. (I
was born and raised and still live in Nevada)
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extremely similar to the Tomahawk. The design goal being:KISS (Keep it Simple
Stupid) I’ve been told time-and-time again to follow this advice. Thanks
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I cut three ¾” centering
rings out of birch to act as the motor mount centering rings. I am using a
98mm x 36" motor tube. The fin canister is dry fit here to check for
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