Model Rocket Estes Renegade
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 1970 12:00 am
I've been building model rockets. I like when its my own design and they fly great. I'll start showing you some originals and up scales.
Below is a completed Estes renegade model rocket. It's about 2 feet tall and is single or two stages.
I decided to lauch both stages for it's first flight.
The first stage took it up about 20 feet before it catastro'd. Looks like the engine compartment pushed itself into the middle of the rocket.
I built this little orange zipper out of the extra parts. Lost this rocket on top of a school. No recovery system.
Here's the renegade x2 i built from the rest of the renegade rocket. The body is a paper towel tube, slit and rolled to size. It has two fins for "tails" that are smaller than the other two fins as "wings". I had to offset the tail fins for balance. Looks cool too!
With the renegade nose on it, looks like a fighter rocket.
As you can see you load the thing backwards. It's not the cone that pops off ,it's the tail piece.
I flew this rocket once. It went straight as can be. There was an issue with the recovery system. I think i need to pack the wadding and chute in a different order.
FIN LAYOUT: On pice of paper mark the following. Wrap paper around body tube and mark fin placement.
@ 0" inches
@ .5
@ 2
@ 3.75
The "tail" fins are Isosceles : 1 5/8" at the base and raises 3 1/4".
The "wing" fins can be Right Triangles with the body edge 2 3/8".
The Body tube is 11.00"
The Tail tube is 3.24"
The Original Renegade Nose Cone is ~4.25"
So, the overall height is 18.50"
The builder could combine the tail tube and the body tube together for a total length of: 14.25 inches.
PAINT IT
I painted orange down both sides and a ring of orange near the top. Let dry over night or more. I then took skinny tape to tape off the lines. Painted the window of the nose cone with high gloss black. Let dry over night. I then taped off windows over the glossy black. Painted the rest FLAT black. Let dry, removed all type.
You end up with orange pin stripes and glossy cockpit windows.
Below is a completed Estes renegade model rocket. It's about 2 feet tall and is single or two stages.
I decided to lauch both stages for it's first flight.
The first stage took it up about 20 feet before it catastro'd. Looks like the engine compartment pushed itself into the middle of the rocket.
I built this little orange zipper out of the extra parts. Lost this rocket on top of a school. No recovery system.
Here's the renegade x2 i built from the rest of the renegade rocket. The body is a paper towel tube, slit and rolled to size. It has two fins for "tails" that are smaller than the other two fins as "wings". I had to offset the tail fins for balance. Looks cool too!
With the renegade nose on it, looks like a fighter rocket.
As you can see you load the thing backwards. It's not the cone that pops off ,it's the tail piece.
I flew this rocket once. It went straight as can be. There was an issue with the recovery system. I think i need to pack the wadding and chute in a different order.
FIN LAYOUT: On pice of paper mark the following. Wrap paper around body tube and mark fin placement.
@ 0" inches
@ .5
@ 2
@ 3.75
The "tail" fins are Isosceles : 1 5/8" at the base and raises 3 1/4".
The "wing" fins can be Right Triangles with the body edge 2 3/8".
The Body tube is 11.00"
The Tail tube is 3.24"
The Original Renegade Nose Cone is ~4.25"
So, the overall height is 18.50"
The builder could combine the tail tube and the body tube together for a total length of: 14.25 inches.
PAINT IT
I painted orange down both sides and a ring of orange near the top. Let dry over night or more. I then took skinny tape to tape off the lines. Painted the window of the nose cone with high gloss black. Let dry over night. I then taped off windows over the glossy black. Painted the rest FLAT black. Let dry, removed all type.
You end up with orange pin stripes and glossy cockpit windows.