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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.
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). 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! Yogi Last edited by Retired_for_now; 03-11-2010 at 07:32 AM. |
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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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Yogi, I marvel at your skill in designing. You ARE gonna release that Viking lander, right????
Les (FRiendly Airplane Asylum & ex-NASA flack) |
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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, ... I think this is why I build spacecraft at 1:48. Added some bamboo slivers (split a BBQ skewer) for solar panel stiffeners. Going to be a busy week. Yogi |
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Nice work, Yogi.
It looks great.
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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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Preview
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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. Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket 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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Can't wait! I gotta figger out how to make those orange ice rocks and bolders on the surface! :p
Les (Friendly Airplane Asylum & ex-NASA flack) |
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