(BAR-55) Defender-HVY .... A Scratch Build
Here's a modifiedTRF Member @neil_w design that he graciously handed to me in his Half Baked Design thread.
I
shortened the body tube, added some X-Wing style laser cannons and
generally moved things around a bit, but it's still pretty true to Neils
design.
This one is a rear eject, with a 29mm composite motor and a 24" Nylon parachute.
2025-10-13 Build Day 01,
3" Tube Fin R&D and Gluing Up Nose Cone Blanks
Doing a bit of R&D on the 3" Tube
Fin. I had a 3" shipping tube in the barn and cut off a 3" long piece
of it. Chucked it into the lathe and sanded the O.D. and I.D., which
proved to be very "fly away". By that I mean the wraps of paper the
tube is made from de-laminated easily. I decided to coat the inside and
outside with wood glue and then sand the part. I think it's going to
work pretty well.
The
nose cone blanks were pretty straight forward. Used some scrap 2X
material and glued them together to form a 3" x 3" square. I'll turn
the Nose Cone from this glued blank.
2025-10-14 Preliminary Drawing Rev 00 and the CAD Model
2025-10-15 Drawing Set Rev 01