This décor is the new upscale twist on the old Estes Gyroc.
The name "Tazz" is short for the spinning Warner Brothers Tasmanian Devil character.
I haven't put on the rubber bands yet.
Here's that nose decal.
When carefully placed over the nose cone / body tube joint you won't see the seam. Well, except for the back where the decal ends don't meet up.
Nice looking bird. Looking forward to a flight performance report. A Gyroc clone is on my future build list. Just might have to pick up a Tazz kit as well.
ReplyDeleteAgain, nice work!
Hi Ed,
DeleteI didn't fly this one - it was a build for Estes.
I have flown the Tazz I put together with the Gyroc decals. It performs much like the old BT-20 based Gyroc. Slow turn during boost. This BT-50 version ejects the engine mount and has a streamer.
On the Tazz, be sure you have good fillets around the through the wall slots. After 4 launches I'm seeing some stress cracks from the ejection charges.
From Manuel Mejia:
ReplyDeleteNice upsale Gyroc. The Original was one of my all time favorates for upper wind testing for my old Astrocam-110.
Old house is being condemned for demolition Saturday. There went 40 years of Model Rocketeers, American Spacemodeling, and other mags and books. :-(
Stripping house of what I can carry one last tine Saturday.