Battlestar Galatica colonial viper (Construction Started)

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November 26, 2009 at 4:18 pm #40855
djsroc
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Does anyone have a estes colonial viper unbuilt that I could copy exact dimentions off of?

I got the JimZ plans but I need exact templates and dimentions. Like all plans, they do not show all the specs needed.
May do an upscale of this rocket in the future and want it exactly like the original.
November 27, 2009 at 5:24 am #51760
edward
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If you send my the plans I can scale them out in AutoCAD.

Edward
December 2, 2009 at 4:51 am #51761
djsroc
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Ok thanks to Edward I now have the exact specs for the wings.

Now I just need the lengths of the body tubes and the nose cone. If anyone has this rocket built or unbuilt and could measure these parts I would greatly appriciate it.

After seeing some of these on the net, its now an obsession to build one soon. Mabey a 4x by MHM.
December 2, 2009 at 2:37 pm #51762
Cineroc
I just need the lengths of the body tubes and the nose cone.

check out http://www.rocketshoppe.com/info/Estes_Body_Tube_List_3.1.pdf

page 16 BT-50W 9.50″, BT-52S (3) 3.938″, and BT-20J 2.75″

for the nose cone on page 4 http://www.rocketshoppe.com/info/Estes_Nose_Cone_Reference_sm.pdf

Kit Number 1310 Colonial Viper The PNC-50SV is identical to the PNC-50X, only it has a molded cutline used to create the forward scoop.
December 2, 2009 at 9:33 pm #51763
djsroc
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Right on, thanks for the info. It does not show exact length on where the cut on the nosecone is but ill look at more pics and guess. Since this doesnt need to be perfect, it should be close enough.

Thanks again all for the help
December 7, 2009 at 11:58 pm #51764
djsroc
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Ok I got a really wild hair decided to build a 3x one out of parts I had laying around. This will be considered semi-scale because I will be extending length 6″ for more stability. This is fiberglassed phenolic tubing with G10 fins. Should launch on a I300 or some kind of J.

Most likely use duel deploy on recovery.

If all goes well, I may just build a 5x or 7.5x sometime in the future.

Couple pics…
http://picasaweb.google.com/djsroc/ColonialViper#5412643474319978706
December 8, 2009 at 3:59 am #51765
Jeremiah Johnson
Looking very cool.
December 11, 2009 at 1:31 am #51766
Bruce R. Schaefer
There’s one on e-Bay if you need more pictures: http://cgi.ebay.com/Battlestar-Galactica-Colonial-Viper-Clone_W0QQitemZ190357157521QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2c522bb691 😉
December 11, 2009 at 5:42 am #51767
djsroc
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I found 2 excellent sources for the vipers. These 2 gals have been great help. I thank all for the help from everyone on here and on the net.

Thanks again.

Check these out….

http://www.vernarockets.com/id26.html
http://www.drsuesrocketworks.com/BSGViper3x-1.html
December 24, 2009 at 11:53 pm #51768
djsroc
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Ok now this really is becoming an obsession. I now am building a 1/2 and a 1.6 scale. These are really fun to build.

I think if the 3x flys well with no probs, Ill build a 4 or 5.5x scale.

The new ones…
http://picasaweb.google.com/djsroc/20091224?feat=directlink
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