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2009-07-22

Hawk Mountain Enterprises Bad Attitude Long (Kit)

Review

( Contributed - by Frank B Hermes - 07/22/09) Brief: This review describes the substitution of a 54" x 4" booster section for the standard 42" x 4" booster. Modifications: The booster section did not require much work other than finish/paint and bolting on the ... [More]

2009-05-04

Hawk Mountain Enterprises Bad Attitude (Kit)

Review

Brief: The Bad Attitude is an all-fiberglass 4" dual-deployment rocket that is designed to fly on 38mm to 75mm motors. The Bad Attitude is equipped with a fiberglass piston ejection system for the main chute. The rocket comes standard with a 24" long 54mm-fiberglass motor ... [More]

2009-03-09

Modification More G-Force DD (Modification)

Review

See prior article describing what basically was a MMT modification to the G-Force kit --I kept that modified booster section onl y, and added scratch components to turn it into a dual-deployment version. I added a fully redundant dual-deployment mid-section e-bay for the flight computers and the ... [More]

2009-02-10

Modification More G-Force (Modification)

Review

Brief: I changed the motor mount (MMT) to a 38mm from stock 29mm and used a GROOVE-LOK from Giant Leap Rocketry to anchor fins to the MMT. I used 0.187 plywood bulkheads and centering rings throughout. I added an electronics/payload bay to the sustainer section. Changed out the chute for a larger ... [More]