{"id":486,"date":"2017-04-14T22:09:15","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T12:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/?p=486"},"modified":"2017-04-14T22:09:15","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T12:09:15","slug":"l2-rocket-looking-at-components","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/2017\/04\/14\/l2-rocket-looking-at-components\/","title":{"rendered":"L2 Rocket – Looking at components"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have finally purchased and received my L2 rocket parts; a kit called Katana 4 from AusRocketry. It is a fibreglass kit, 4″ suitable for J, K and possibly L motors. I’m going to take my time making this one, making sure I get all the joins really well done, the holes in the right place, the paint just perfect!<\/p>\n

The first step has been to identify all the pieces.<\/p>\n

\"Main<\/a>
Main components of Katana 4 laid out. Measurements included.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Well, not quite all the pieces, but some of the main ones. I will get myself a weigher (previous one stopped working) so I can get the individual weights. Then i’ll be able to create myself a simulation file in OpenRocket and work out how it will perform.<\/p>\n

The second step has been to clean them up, vaccuming off dust and wiping any residual dirt. . See some pictures below.<\/p>\n

\"Cleanliness<\/a>
Cleanliness is very important. We want to reduce chance of dust getting in the places we don’t want it, e.g. Gluing, painting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

Here are some other pictures to put the rocket into perspective.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The rocket stands approximately 2.4 metres and has a diameter of just over 100mm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Jeremy<\/a>
Jeremy and myself holding parts of the rocket.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have finally purchased and received my L2 rocket parts; a kit called Katana 4 from AusRocketry. It is a fibreglass kit, 4″ suitable for J, K and possibly L motors. I’m going to take my time making this one, making sure I get all the joins really well done, the holes in the right … Continue reading L2 Rocket – Looking at components<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":493,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486\/revisions\/493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}