So, they sold out the big rocket I wanted (Mega Der Red Max) so I decided to print my own!
Long time, no post .... Here's some of what I've been up to in the past few months: Estes surprised everyone (at least me) when they announced at the end of July that they were selling a 4" diameter Pro Series II™ Mega Der Red Max™ Model Rocket , using a 3-Engine Cluster. I anguished for a couple of weeks about whether to buy one and they sold out before I decided to buy one. I should have recognized the "Limit 2" next to the order button meant they hadn't made a lot of them. After a month or so had passed, I saw someone on The Rocketry Forum discussing 3D printing the Mega DRM so I reached out to "frogglicker" (David Frey) who generously shared the STL files he'd developed . He designed a custom 2 piece nose cone for me, based on a file I made with OpenRocket. Estes was selling the 4" body tube used in the Mega DRM so I bought two (just for fun and possible future projects ). OpenRocket simulation of my Mega Der Red Max in flight w...