Well, the BIG rockets are what got me back. They just look so much more impressive. And this is the biggest I've got so far. This thing is almost 6 feet tall and 3" around! You can see MSH's information on this kit including two photos of it here
I took my time building this kit to make it absolutely perfect (So watch it die on it's first flight). I coated the coupler in CA and sanded it to a perfectly smooth fit. It almost feels like plastic it's so smooth. The fins I took care to monokote before mounting and spent three days making sure they were straight and strong. With 6 large 30 minute epoxy fillets on each fin I'd be willing to bet the plywood will break before they come off.
Since the kit features a 22" long payload section I plan on eventually building a 35mm camera payload for it. At this time I have a camera but I'm pretty sure it's too heavy and big to fly well. I'm still looking for something with a faster shutter than the Opus 35 so many people are using.
CURRENT STATUS:
Almost ready to fly. I still need to add launch lugs and paint it. But I'm trying to decide if I want to use fly away lugs so I can also fly this one from a tower if I ever get the chance. For final finish I plan on a high gloss medium light green color with my silver monokote fins. I also plan on giving it a name in silver monokote down the side. If this kite flys as well as I hope I may look into using it for Level 1 certification eventually. Though I probably should have gone with the 38mm motor mount for that.
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