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Old 03-06-2010, 11:23 AM
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Detour - under construction

Well, Jon got me off on a tangent again. Worked up the Viking Lander (Orbiter still in progress) to fill a request for a school project. I can't very well refuse, as that is my excuse - sorry, reason - for enjoying this hobby.

Yogi's builds - to boldy glue, where ...-viking-01.jpg

Did Math 'til mid-night for a class of fifth graders yesterday - Viking Lander prototype has a home, as do the Soyuz "Kinder-Rockets" we constructed (available at Lower Hudson Valley Challenger Center for download). I had them work in teams to speed things up - one page per student. We rolled cylinders and cones, scored, cut and folded, and taped and glued. Seemed to work out - note for future: it takes a full hour to get the rocket built, even working in teams of two; take more round-things to roll cylinders with and get them a tiny bit undersize (little hands don't roll paper very tightly).

Yogi's builds - to boldy glue, where ...-scaledicoplanets.jpg
Since the topic was math and not just Aero-gami; we passed around the Earth and talked about the relative sizes of the Moon and Mars - double the "size" and you get four times the area and eight times the volume/mass.

Next time (they and the teacher/parents seemed happy so there might be a next time) we build little gliders!

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Old 03-06-2010, 03:18 PM
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I consider wood ( aka, pre-paper ) a perfect modeling medium. In fact I generally mix the two. Thus I get a better model and irritate the purists, so its win/win.
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Old 03-06-2010, 04:42 PM
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Yogi, I marvel at your skill in designing. You ARE gonna release that Viking lander, right????

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Old 03-07-2010, 11:30 AM
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Thanks Les.

Lander and orbiter will be passed to Lower Hudson Valley - still needs instructions and some tweaks to the orbiter (upper shroud sizing, build-ability of the bioshield/aeroshell, ...

Yogi's builds - to boldy glue, where ...-vikingorbiter03.jpg
I think this is why I build spacecraft at 1:48.

Yogi's builds - to boldy glue, where ...-vikingorbiternadir.jpg
Added some bamboo slivers (split a BBQ skewer) for solar panel stiffeners.


Going to be a busy week.

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Old 03-07-2010, 02:04 PM
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Nice work, Yogi.

It looks great.
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Old 03-07-2010, 05:58 PM
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That looks great. It's nice to see Viking in paper. I was afraid I'd never see the day. :D
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Old 03-08-2010, 04:49 PM
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Thanks guys.

Next up (but more slowly).
Yogi's builds - to boldy glue, where ...-huygensv1top.jpg


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Old 03-09-2010, 02:02 AM
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If that's what I think it is, I want in. :D
I have a lot of reference materials, but I was never able to really make it work. I put most of what I have here in case there's anything useful.

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Most of it may be useless chaff, but for some of those odd angles, it's helpful (to me) to see a lot of pics. I was never able to find actual blueprints, which is a shame. I actually attempted to build it in sections so I could take it apart for demonstrations (science platform, outer shell, aeroshell and backshell, etc). That was probably a little too much to start with.
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Old 03-10-2010, 06:47 AM
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Old 03-10-2010, 07:15 AM
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Can't wait! I gotta figger out how to make those orange ice rocks and bolders on the surface! :p

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