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My son and I have been working on our new Bling Rockets for the last couple nights. We just received them from fightercatracing.com . He is learning everything, from how to read a tape measure (which turns into a sidebar math discussion), to laying carbon fiber, drilling holes, learning why the COG is important on a boat, assembling, ect. Things tend to go a lot slower this way, for example we spent last night assembling our motor mounts and motors, finding and marking 30% for desired starting COG, and putting our gear in the boats to figure out where we want to mount it.
Tonight we layed carbon fiber/kevlar in the bottom of the hulls. I must say Elijah did pretty well. I cut his peice a bit small so at the right angle you can see the end of the cloth on the sides, but we will either be painting that small area black or adding some black tape or something to hide it before we're done. All in all, its the best CF work I've seen from a 10 year old (Is it fair that its the only CF work I've seen from a 10 y/o?)
I'll post pics soon (have to use my wife's camera, someone broke mine )
Power setups planned are as follows:
Elijah's Rocket:
- Motor: 1600kv 1500watt outrunner
- Esc: Swordfish 120A
- Batteries: (2) 3000mah 6 cell nihm, in series
- Prop: 40mm plastic
Keith's Rocket:
- Motor: 2200kv 1500watt outrunner
- Esc: Scorpion water-cooled commander 120
- Batteries: Single 5000mah 4s
- Prop: Prather s215
Tonight we layed carbon fiber/kevlar in the bottom of the hulls. I must say Elijah did pretty well. I cut his peice a bit small so at the right angle you can see the end of the cloth on the sides, but we will either be painting that small area black or adding some black tape or something to hide it before we're done. All in all, its the best CF work I've seen from a 10 year old (Is it fair that its the only CF work I've seen from a 10 y/o?)
I'll post pics soon (have to use my wife's camera, someone broke mine )
Power setups planned are as follows:
Elijah's Rocket:
- Motor: 1600kv 1500watt outrunner
- Esc: Swordfish 120A
- Batteries: (2) 3000mah 6 cell nihm, in series
- Prop: 40mm plastic
Keith's Rocket:
- Motor: 2200kv 1500watt outrunner
- Esc: Scorpion water-cooled commander 120
- Batteries: Single 5000mah 4s
- Prop: Prather s215
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