I scratched built this Kit. Ordered the nose cone from Semroc BNC-80AO and BT-80 Body 14.25" cut down to 13.5". Bought the engine mount from uncle mikes rocket shack a Cygnus 24mm to BT80 along with a 36" Red Nylon Parachute. Ordered the Decals BT-80 Upscale Der Red Max Decal from excelsiorrocketry. Bought Balsa Fin Material 1/8" from a local Hobby Shot. The plans are at JimZ Plans in PDF format and unscaled at a 150% Traced that to paper and cut the fins out by hand.
Yes I have better luck with it. I should have use a bigger chute the first time the NC is balsa wood. I in the process of building a upscale Der Big Red Max. Good luck with video taping some of your rockets and look forward to seeing the video.
Yes your correct and those are some great RMS you have. I'm going try and get my level 1 certification this year. I'm BAR just got back into Rocketry about 3 years ago. I'm having a blast all over again.
Sorry for late reply been off line for a few days. I'm going to move up to Level one later this year or next year, I still need to join NAR I seen one guy on a rocket forum they were launching a Saturn V it motors cost $500.
the kit comes with the engine or just the body?
Allexxx96 3 years ago
Hi Alex,
I scratched built this Kit. Ordered the nose cone from Semroc BNC-80AO and BT-80 Body 14.25" cut down to 13.5". Bought the engine mount from uncle mikes rocket shack a Cygnus 24mm to BT80 along with a 36" Red Nylon Parachute. Ordered the Decals BT-80 Upscale Der Red Max Decal from excelsiorrocketry. Bought Balsa Fin Material 1/8" from a local Hobby Shot. The plans are at JimZ Plans in PDF format and unscaled at a 150% Traced that to paper and cut the fins out by hand.
orosco83 3 years ago
Nice build, you should use a nylon chute though, plastic chutes don't unfold well...
AerotechMan101 3 years ago
Hi AerotechMan101,
Thank you and your quite right about the plastic chutes. I added a 36" Nylon Parachute.
Have a great weekend.
orosco83 3 years ago
Great! Have you had better luck with it? I can maybe get some videos of my rockets up this may...if i have a working Camcorder by then.
AerotechMan101 3 years ago
Yes I have better luck with it. I should have use a bigger chute the first time the NC is balsa wood. I in the process of building a upscale Der Big Red Max. Good luck with video taping some of your rockets and look forward to seeing the video.
orosco83 3 years ago
Thank you for the sub. I will hopefully get a decent camcorder ready for this may...
What did you fly it on in this video. I would appear it's an Estes motor.
AerotechMan101 3 years ago
Your welcome and I flew it on a Estes C11-3 just see how it would fly. It fly's great on a D12-5. I plan getting some
Aero Tech RMS Reloadable Motor Hardware the 18mm and 24mm.
orosco83 3 years ago
C11? those are the 24mm correct?
I have a RMS 29/40-120,
29/240
38/480
54/1706
AerotechMan101 3 years ago
Yes your correct and those are some great RMS you have. I'm going try and get my level 1 certification this year. I'm BAR just got back into Rocketry about 3 years ago. I'm having a blast all over again.
orosco83 3 years ago
Yes they are a lot of fun...i fly more L1 than L2...K motors for my 54/1706 are over $100 per reload.
But i do fly them occasionally
AerotechMan101 3 years ago
Sorry for late reply been off line for a few days. I'm going to move up to Level one later this year or next year, I still need to join NAR I seen one guy on a rocket forum they were launching a Saturn V it motors cost $500.
orosco83 3 years ago
Hi simav8r. Your are right about the nose blow recovery. I think it has some thing to do with large fin design.
orosco83 3 years ago
Cool. I've noticed a few times that the Red Max does pretty well with accidental nose-blow recoverey. I guess that doesn't change with the scale up.
simav8r 3 years ago