Patriot 1/4 scale

This is Performance Rocketry 1/4 scale patriot missile with a 54mm motor mount and retainer system.

12/25/2008 – Purchased Performance Rocketry Patriot 1/4 Scale from Nocturnal Knight Rocketry for $109.00 (Retail $109.00)
04/20/2010 – Took pictures and measurement of components. Dry fitted motor mount
04/21/2010 – Epoxied forward centering ring to motor mount. Epoxied nose bulkhead into nose cone
04/23/2010 – Filleted the inside centering ring joint using 5 minute epoxy.
04/27/2010 – Filleted nose cone bulkhead and nose cone joint with 5 minute epoxy.
04/28/2010 – Spray painted entire model with White Primer.
05/03/2010 – Spray painted nose cone White.
08/10/2010 – Re-filleted fin joints with 5 minute epoxy. Drew the decal pattern onto the body tube. Marked the black spaces.
11/06/2011 – Painted body tube tan area with Krylon River Rock Spray Paint #2323.
11/07/2011 – Painted body tube white area with Krylon Flat White #1502.
11/08/2011 – Painted red areas on body tube and fins with Rustoleum Red Primer Spray Paint #249086. Painted nose cone with Krylon White primer #51315.
11/26/2011 – Painted black areas with Krylon Flat Black#RTA9218. Masked tan areas and repainted the upper Primer Red areas with #249086. Masked nose cone shoulder and spray painted nose cone with Krylon Flat White #1502.

Date	Location	#	Motor	Comments
01/05/2012	Sim’s Farm	TRA4	J351	Excellent flight. Long recovery but no damage.
01/05/2012	Sim’s Farm	TRA4	I325	Good Flight. Landed in the field behind the treeline East of launch pads. Darryl recovered it for me.
05/11/2013	Sod Farm	BS67	H100	Steel cable loop separated causing body tube to lawn dart into sod and nose cone to land near fence line
07/13/2013	Sod Farm	BS69	H100 I Max	Flew East into wind landed about 40 feet into in corn field. Wind Speed(mph) – 7.2: Humidity – 671.5%; Temperature(F) – 87.7
07/13/2013	Sod Farm	BS69	G80-5	Low Flight – Lawn Dart with core sample. Wind Speed(mph) – 7.6: Humidity – 62.2%; Temperature(F) – 89.1; Time – 2:37pm

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