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Big Rockets for Little Money (Patreon)

Published:
2025-02-10 23:12:29
Imported:
2026-06

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Tomorrow, Bryce Chanes is joining us on the podcast to discuss building huge rockets without breaking the bank!

In the comments on this post, drop your suggestions for hacks for building big on a budget, as well as any questions you may have regarding the topic!

Comments

Daniel Floyd

See if you can find wholesale providers for as much of the stuff as you can. They can be tricky to find, but you'll save a lot of money.

Doug

As a guy who dropped like an EMBARRASSING amount this week, I'm VERY INTERESTED

RocketFlier1299

Have you ever used a 3D printed mandrel to wrap a tube on? I’m hoping to start wrapping my own tubes with carbon cloth. Nylon cloth works fantastic as peel ply however it’s not really that “cheap.”

Liam

Bryce this is gonna be an awesome episode. Okay my suggestions use as typical parts as humanly possible. For the fins I would always suggest getting some plywood from Lowe's or Home Depot. Then for glassing tubes if you aren't already using fiberglass tubes. But I would suggest get the fiber glass from Amazon I can get a pretty substantial amount of glass for pretty cheap. I would then suggest using total boat resin. Also please tell Bryce Hi for me we met at Sod Blaster when my G79-7W CATOd R.I.P Dart B1. Also I know you guys will love to here about this. I am building what I have dubbed a primed magnum it is a normal mini-mag but instead of the typical 38mm motor mount. I am modifying mine to do a central 75mm and then six 54mm motors on the outboard. As well as tip to tip fiberglass on the fins this things gonna absolutely haul butt. I figured you guys (AGG) might want to see it. Current plan is to fly it at Sod Blaster, LDRS, or BALLs on a yet to be determined sick motor combo. Mainly going for flame colors.

RocketFlier1299

Sorry to stray off topic but since Bryce is on, I have a question about complex clustered records. I quickly looked through the rules and it said that the rocket must have a cluster of three motors. Does this mean that hypothetically for an unclaimed record attempt you had a 7 motor cluster and only 3 lit, you could still get the record assuming the flight was stable and had a good recovery? Haven’t launched yet, just curious. Can you launch multiple times for multiple records with the same rocket at the same launch? Can you attempt a Tripoli record at a NAR launch i.e. NSL in Alamosa?

Jack Poehlman

Facebook Market place can be a treasure trove of cheap and/or low cost rocket components. @Bryce, what’s your craziest FB find that became a rocket part?

Jack Poehlman

@Bryce, define big? Do you have any big projects currently in the works, and what are they?

Jack Poehlman

Home Depot concrete casting tube, Rockler Baltic birch plywood, Amazon carbon fiber, and some 3D printing for nose and tailcone to build an L Handicap 8” x 12’ rocket. Total cost $253

Matt Powell

Building for LDRS 8"x48" concrete tube qty 3, marine grade 2'x4' plywood all for less than $50. 75 FG motor mount left over from past project

Richard Schubert akaBob

I see people have used the concrete tube, has anyone ever used the larger sizes? [16"+]

David Ayotte

I’m comfortable with fusion360. I just designed, printed and built a 75mm rocket for about $30-$35 in filament. Now, whether it holds is the question 😅