Feb 3, 2011

I have new plans.

  Yes I have new plans, Many thanks to Tim Wilson on that. The plans are very detailed on the dimensions and how they were assembled. Along with many pictures that show the actual MLAS project.
His project was a larger scale than the one we started on, but all the parts are the same.

  As I mentioned before the main issue is weight. I think we have solved the problem,
We have designed the main command module around a blue foam core wrapped with a fiberglass cloth.
Along with that we are using a resin coated honeycomb.  This has dropped the weight a huge amount.
  Tim mentioned that with his project he elected to use 3 X 29mm motor mounts stacked in the traditional way.  
  The ARC team has gone round and round on this matter and we are going to attempt the same configuration as the real MLAS.  Our design will be using most of the same electronics the we use in the larger rockets.
Altimeters from perfect flight, timers, video, and a host of other things that I will get into in later post.

  I will tell you that the intent is to bring the Command Module to the fair as a display.  We plan on having led's inside the CM along with some other bells and whistles for the kids to see. I think this will be a good draw to this years fair. Last year our display brought over 30k visitors to the booth, over a three week period.

Her is a list of some of the vendors we use on a regular  basis

Hobby lobby                                                    CTI IND
Whats up  hobbies                                            Areotech
Perfect flight                                                     Sticker Shock Stickers
Apogee Components                                       Sticky Stuff  sales
Home Depot
Walmart
McMacter Carr
Granger Supply
Harbor Freight
and many others I will list soon

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