Starship Nova... A BT-60 Upscale
The Starship Nova was an Estes sci-fi rocket design from back in the early 1980's. It had lot's of tubes, weird fins and a funky nose cone.
For me, this 1980's era was when I had
abandoned rocketry. Cars, girls and college were my main focus at that
time. But now, maybe an upscale of this rocket would be a fun
adventure.
Here's
a stock Starship Nova OpenRocket simulation that I created, using The
Estes' Instructions and fin templates for Kit No. 1371.
Armed with this OpenRocket simulation, I'll work up an upscaled version of the rocket.
The Stock Estes model was scaled up in OpenRocket to a BT-60. The length of the Body Tube was reduced to 17".
The Nose Cone was rotated 180 degrees. It is solid pine and a ballast of 3/4" Dia. Steel Bar was added, 1" long.
An oval shaped BT-60 was used for the Lower Tube, which also acts as Altimeter Stowage.
BT-80 Tube Fins are used
A
Rear Eject configuration is used. The 29mm Motor ejects out of the
back, which is attached to the Recovery Spool with a Shock Chord, which
deploys the 30" Parachute.
Dual Launch Lugs are used... which are actually rapid fire pew-pew cannons.
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