Giant Squid Design
A recent post on TRF from "Daddyisabar"
GIANT SQUID MODEL ROCKET
"Here is my latest Monster Odd Roc. A giant squid that was reportedly pulled from Loch Ness in 1916 and trained to attack German U Boats, the secret weapon that finally did in the U Boat menace. Some say is was rocket powered instead of jet powered like its salt water cousins. It took a stern trainer from the Black Watch to train these beasties to attack any German sounds such as speech, polkas, fat ladies singing opera, and returning to the sweat sound of bag pipes. These top secret photos show the actual monster before the program was terminated after the War.
Three 24mm E mid mounted motors with flame fin action will hopefully keep her stable with ample nose weight thrown in as well. Two big fins on the front of a rocket just make it look cool. Six and Eight foot streamers should give a squirmy effect to Squidworth. The balsa tail cone in back gives it a nasty beak."
This is some great design work! I bet it'll fly stable with the upper canted engines and all the lower streamer drag. See the post thread HERE
I love the description on this rocket. I remember when Estes used to have kit descriptions that were very similar.
ReplyDeleteI agree! This design and back story are great.
ReplyDeleteThe old catalog kit descriptions sold models.
Here's a favorite, more recent description for the Cosmic Explorer:
"Just another great rocket! What can we say? Only that we employ some of the finest and best rocket designers in the world!"
Nobody presently at Estes designed that model.That model (Cosmic Explorer / Centurion) was designed at Centuri in the early 1970s.
I am curious how the exhaust gases are going to not melt what appears to be plastic streamer material for the tentacles. I would be very curious about building one of these myself. It looks like a fun build and would certainly be a crowd pleaser at a launch.
ReplyDeleteHi Paul,
ReplyDeleteI would think the angled engines would prevent any melted streamer tentacles. You can bet this would be a crowd pleaser, but I'd fly it once before without a crowd nearby!