Clone - Maxi Streak {Scratch}Clone
Contributed by Matthew Gillard
The Maxi Streak #1837 is a long time OOP rocket from Estes. Got the plans off JimZ's website. It is like an upscaled mosquito with swept back fins or a streak with rounded fins and upscaled. The instructions call for a 24mm motor mount, which I changed for an 18mm mount: a D or E motor would put this thing into space. Modifications: The mount was glued into the body tube, the instructions called for the end of the mount to extend beyond the end of the tube, I put it in flush to give the rocket a cleaner line. Construction:
Finishing:
I went with red paint, because the picture of the Maxi Streak on the Jimz site has the rocket in red. however, the instructions have the rocket being painted orange, which I read after i had painted mine - so that's another deviation from the original. Initially I was not going to put a decal on the rocket, but after posting this build on TRF, Gordy from excelsiorrocketry said he had one and as i have been very happy with the quality of his decals in the past i bought one to finish the model properly. Gordy has since told me that he has sold a few more Maxi Streak decals to other poeple.
Flight:
Flights were made with all three motors in the same day. Each flight was arrow straight, with a steady increase in altitude. I got to drag race my Maxi Streak against another Maxi Streak at my club's monthly meeting on the 21st of March. I lost. Recovery:
I went with about 4 foot of two-inch wide Mylar streamer. Recovery is quite fast, but safe. Each flight had the streak land fairly near the pad and more importantly without damage. Summary: Cons: Streamer recovery may result in some damage to the swept back fins, but none has been seen yet. Related Products
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Brief:
The rocket was given several light coats of metallic red paint, after this dried one fin was masked off and given a few coats of gloss black paint, as was the nosecone.
