Edmonton Rocketry Club Group Rocket Build Project In March of 2016 we received an email from Sunward Hobbies. “To promote rocketry across Canada, Sunward will sponsor
qualifying clubs with a free CTI ProX line of rocket motors.” This was for new build projects only, and for a Pro75 motor and below. We were very excited to take part of this project at our March meeting.Our club member Art was
very kind to donate this fiberglass kit for our group project. The kit is a Mad Dog 6 from Mad Cow Rocketry. This 6 inch diameter rocket is over 9 feet tall, it has a 98mm motor mount and build weight is just over 29 lbs. Over the period of 10 months with build sessions one Saturday a month we completed the project ready to fly for our 2017 Fire And Ice launch.Fire And Ice Launch February 18, 2017  Parts laid out to be cleaned and sanded before assembly  JB Weld centering rings to motor mount  U bolts installed to top motor mount centering ring with Kevlar harness  Installing motor mount into lower airframe  View of 98mm motor retainer  Foam Board fin guide to keep fins aligned while JB Weld on fin roots cure to motor mount  Internal fillets injected with West System epoxy and chopped carbon fiber  Making external fillets with West System epoxy and Colloidal Silica as a filler to the consistency of peanut butter  Inside view of epoxied centering ring to airframe and motor mount  Nose cone bulk plate epoxied into nose cone coupler  Av Bay parts  Sled mounted to All thread  Av Bay assembled Ground testing deploy charges, video only shows main chute charge. Drogue charge was also tested. Both drogue and main chutes will use 4 grams of 4F black powder  Assembled and ready for paint  Parts primed  Add some color   Group shots of our team that built this small rocket :)
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