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Category: Scratch Built Rockets

This is Part 3 of this build. If you haven't started at the start, you may want to jump back to Part 1 or Part 2 and read those first.

Before the Patrol Cruiser Excalibur can launch, it needs a motor mount! The original design called for a number of extra tubes around the main motor mount - for aesthetic purposes. For this build, I used 29mm blue tube for the engine mount and discovered that I could fit 29mm blue tube couplers around the outside - and still fit within the flanged end of the airframe. Since the tubes were't going to actually touch each other, I used a laser cut jig to hold the tubes in place as I glued them in.

Patrol Cruiser Excalibur 4" Upscale (Build)

Patrol Cruiser Excalibur 4" Upscale (Build)

All 7 outer tubes bonded in place

Patrol Cruiser Excalibur 4" Upscale (Build)

Patrol Cruiser Excalibur 4" Upscale (Build)

For moto retention, I used an aluminium retainer - however since it was designed for a paper tube,

not blue tube, I needed to machine the inside slightly to allow it to fit.

Patrol Cruiser Excalibur 4" Upscale (Build)

Patrol Cruiser Excalibur 4" Upscale (Build)

A few minutes on the lathe and the retainer now fits. JB Weld will keep it secure.

Patrol Cruiser Excalibur 4" Upscale (Build)

A final dry-fit of everything, looking good!

Patrol Cruiser Excalibur 4" Upscale (Build)

And the final result!

Sascha with Patrol Cruiser Excalibur (4" Upscale)

Launched on a CTI J384 to 3611'

Sascha's Patrol Cruiser Excalibur (4" Upscale)

Sascha's Patrol Cruiser Excalibur (4" Upscale)

Dual Deploy using Missileworks RRC2. 36" drogue at apogee, 70" main at 500'.

Main released using a cable cutter for a perfect recovery.

Sascha's Patrol Cruiser Excalibur (4" Upscale)