"Project 9"

MKopack · Wed 11/07/12 08:07 PM

Alcohol? Well, all I have to say to that is, "Why is the rum always gone?"

"Project 9" has actually been on hold for some time now, although it hasn't been put away completely (somewhat to my wife's dismay). Still working out some of the technical / build issues.

Mike

Herk · Wed 11/07/12 07:03 PM

That would be one heck of a conversation piece in a munitions (bb stacker) officer's office!:-)

Bill L. · Mon 11/05/12 02:20 PM

What I find amazing about this thread, is that no one has mentioned alcohol yet. I figured the two would go together. ... and I don't mean as fuel for the missile. LOL

Having built and flown model rockets for years, if I remember right, Estes has a flying model of a Phoenix and Bullpup missile in roughly 1/3 scale, as well as an Honest John missle. The one I built was 4' tall.

Still got my launch system!!

Bill L.

BenB · Mon 11/05/12 12:40 PM

I had forgotten about this thread. My first thought on seeing the lamp was to just build the last 3 ft or so of the missile, plant it nose-down in your front yard, and see what your neighbors do. Might be fun! :-)

Ben

Ryan K · Mon 11/05/12 09:55 AM

Mike,

I know it's been awhile but when I saw this link, I thought of this thread.

http://www.rogerdodger.net/diyflightsims/aim-9_lamp.html

Maybe she will like the dual purpose missile.

MKopack · Sat 12/04/10 09:37 PM

Unless the FBI or CIA would like to see a lot of plastic and putty! With any luck it'll end up looking pretty close to the real thing, but weighing substantially less than the real missile's 190 pounds should give it away...

Here's the basic shape of the forward control surface out of .080 sheet plastic (which which works out perfectly for the thickness to start off with, as all the actual edges are .040 radius.) I've laminated a sheet of .030 on both sides of my basic 'shape'. Next step is to build up a 'rib' along the ridgeline (marked on the fin) and then putty and sand to build up the final thickness of right around 1/3 of an inch.

My wife is just shaking her head. I think she'd hoped I'd 'shelve' this whole idea before I actually started...

Mike

Bill L2 · Sat 12/04/10 10:36 AM

naw, were good Clyde

ClydeM · Fri 12/03/10 05:45 PM

are we all going to be on the FBI or CIA watch list for having this discussion? just asking .clyde

BenB · Thu 12/02/10 01:12 PM

I think I'd want live ones to keep the fast lane clear. Fire a warning shot through somebody's radiator!

Mike, the one in your friend's photo looks like it's ready to launch.

Ben

Ronv · Thu 12/02/10 02:04 AM

I was thinking that if you built 2, you could mount one on either side of the roof rack on your car and drive around town. I wonder how long you could drive around Raleigh before you were stopped???
RonV

MKopack · Wed 12/01/10 06:45 PM

Quote from: BenB on Wed 12/01/10 04:24 PM
That will be pretty cool when it's done! You can paint yellow stripes on it, and have two guys carry it into a contest & act like they've got a live round.

Ben

I don't know, the Air Force requires three to carry a 'Winder. You can certainly do it with two, but it wouldn't be a good thing if it was dropped (I know of one that was...)(no, I wasn't carrying it...)

My friend Lieuwe in the Netherlands sent over a photo of one a friend's father built:

BenB · Wed 12/01/10 04:24 PM

That will be pretty cool when it's done! You can paint yellow stripes on it, and have two guys carry it into a contest & act like they've got a live round.

Ben

MKopack · Wed 12/01/10 02:36 PM

Quote from: BenB on Tue 11/30/10 12:49 PM
HI Mike,

Have you tried any model rocketry forums? Somebody on one of those might have some good info on the AIM-9. Not sure which forums are the good ones, those.

Ben

You've got the answer, Ben - the engineering drawings I've found (including the one at the top) are from a rocketry forum (http://www.rocketryonline.com/jimball/jimball/sidewinder/sidewinder.htm). Where they got them, I have no idea, and I'm not going to ask (but they sure will be helpful...)

I've got some friends looking through their photos for more reference info, so the research stage is actually going pretty well.

My plan is to start with the forward control surfaces. Going to build one, and plan to attempt to 'clone' it, but we'll see how it goes. Here's what should be pretty close to a full sized drawing.

Mike

BenB · Tue 11/30/10 12:49 PM

HI Mike,

Have you tried any model rocketry forums? Somebody on one of those might have some good info on the AIM-9. Not sure which forums are the good ones, those.

Ben

MKopack · Sat 11/27/10 11:31 AM

You're both right - although I was thinking 1:1 just for the outright shock value of it (and how cool would it look hanging over the fireplace?) I pretty regularly haul around my 14.5 foot kayak on the roof of the Subaru, so building a box for the missile shouldn't be too bad.

There are a LOT of different Sidewinders, and they vary a lot in appearance and dimensions. Think I'm going to stick with a modern "M" as that's what I'm most familiar with, that's what I've got a set of prints for - and probably most of all, because standard PVC pipe for the body is well within what I would consider acceptable dimensionally, for the body...

Call me crazy - you wouldn't be the first!