BLKKROW – Page 5 – Black Aero

Posted on May 22, 2013 by BLKKROW — Leave a comment

Type II

This friday will be a busy time, as I will be drilling all the holes I measured this last week.

I also plan on drilling the holes for the Sled for the AV-Bay. Then to wire the Av- Bay, with all of this done. I can then start the outside of the rocket, this includes sanding the previous clear coat on the bottom.

Getting it ready for Primer, and Paint.

I have a feeling the Primer and Paint will have to wait until after my marriage and honeymoon. Time is running out, and I have to shift my priorites to that.

Thanks for reading!

Posted on May 17, 2013 by BLKKROW — Leave a comment

Type II Under Construction

Well today I pulled out my calipers and rulers. Its time to get all the correct holes drilled.

I am very cautious with the altimeter port’s I really want them to be as close to the middle of the Av Bay as possible and the correct size. So I am measuring 3 times and going to drill once.

The lower half of the rocket already has holes for the shear pins, and I will need to drill holes for the Plastic rivets.

Posted on May 15, 2013May 15, 2013 by BLKKROW — Leave a comment

Music Video In Space

This is for those who have not seen it yet, pretty interesting and amazing views for the ISS.

Posted on May 13, 2013 by BLKKROW — Leave a comment

Updates

As promised, I added a Technique section with the shock cord attachment I will be using for the Type II rocket.

Also this last week I had time to get the bulk plates and all threads all cut and together. I also cut out the sled for the two Raven 3’s I will be using.

This Friday I am hoping to get the screw switches in the mail to finish the Av Bay.

Posted on May 8, 2013 by BLKKROW — Leave a comment

It has been awhile

So again, I am full of excuses. Life has been really busy as I am finishing up school and planning a wedding.

I did finished the nosecone for the Type II rocket, I will also post a write up for how I did the shock cord attachment. Something not a lot of people are using.

I plan on working on the AV Bay on Friday as I finally have a day off with no work and school! Plus my box of supplies from McMaster-Carr is ariving today with more G10/Fr4. So hopefully I will have the sled cutout and all the holes drilled. Then the only thing left is the vent holes and everything else for the rocket before paint.

Then Paint and more surprises. My wedding is June 7th I am hoping to finish it before then if I can juts sit down and have more then 20 minutes to do work it should be finished.

Pics to come!

Posted on May 3, 2013 by BLKKROW — Leave a comment

Mysterious Tweet

I follow Elon Musk on Twitter to try to get as many updates about the Falcon platform as possible. The other day this was tweeted:

F9R (pronounced F-niner) shows a little leg. Design is a nested, telescoping piston w A frame. twitter.com/elonmusk/statu…

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 2, 2013

Anyone have any idea what this may be?

Posted on April 29, 2013 by BLKKROW — Leave a comment

SpaceX Falcon 9 and new configuration

As you can see in this picture, SpaceX tested its reusable ignition system, with the Merlin 1d engine’s in their new configuration.

Posted on April 26, 2013 by BLKKROW — Leave a comment

Busy, Busy, Busy

So as this semester ends, I have been really busy with homework and trying to finish this semester out strong.

There has been no progress with Type II, but soon I will get everything going again. Since I have already built the Blackhawk and already know the layout and design of the rocket. I will pretty much be me recreating it and perfecting things I did not last time.

I will be running two Raven 3’s on board, one will be for deployment and the other will be for data gathering only. I want to test my first Raven that got damaged to see if it records similar data to the new Raven. It should not be an issue with room, as my last design had plenty of room within the AV Bay.

Hopefully I can turn this half way was useless Raven into a data collector. I am also trying to redesign how I want to hook up the charges to the Raven, last time I was planning on hooking them directly to the Raven then enclosing the bulkplates, this process was very difficult and dangerous as I had one charge blow. So I am thinking of just leading wires from the Raven through the bulkplates. Then closing the bulkplate, then using the ol’ twist and tape method. I might even try to find some small wire nuts.

Any thoughts?