by Aslansmonkey

It may be a little self indulgent to post a remix of your own thing, but there are extenuating circumstances that I arbitrarily decided make it necessary to do a remix so that I can excuse my self indulgence.

My original, made with a BT-80 body tube for the outer tube, flew perfectly.  It also perfectly landed at the top of a 60 foot tree from which I have been unable to recover it (and I have tried).

I like that rocket I wanted to build another.  I did not, however, have any more BT-80 body tube pieces laying around.  Having designed several other rockets based on Pringles cans, converting this one to use a Pringles Can seemed natural.

To build this rocket you will need...

• 1 Pringles can with the ends cut off.  You can cut it to the length you want but I used almost the entire can.  Longer rockets will tend to be more stable without having to add as much weight to the nose.

• 1 Tube from a roll of Aluminum Foil.  Mine came from a Reynold's Wrap Heavy Duty 50sq/ft roll.  Other rolls may use the same tube.  You'll have to cut this tube to length once you test fit the fins and intake to the pringles can.  The Aluminum Foil tube should be flush at both ends of those plastic parts.

• 1 Each of the two parts on this thing.

• The nose cone, nosecone base, motor tube and retainer ring from the original Turbojet rocket this thing is a remix of.

• Something to weight the nose with and knowledge on how to swing test a rocket to check for stability (Youtube has video's on this).  I use BB's in the nose and epoxy them in once I have the right weight.  I don't clue the nosecone to the base until this balancing is done.

Print Settings

Printer Brand:                          

Monoprice

Printer:                          

Maker Select

Rafts:                          

Yes

Supports:                          

Yes

Resolution:                          

.1

Infill:                          

20%

Notes:

I used Rafts and Support for both pieces as there are 90 degree overhangs.  If you print these in silver PLA you won't need to paint the insides.  Since Pringles cans come with a silvered inside, the only thing you'll need to print silver is the outside of the tube from the Aluminum foil.

Print the retaining ring in silver and the nosecone in black.  It doesn't matter what color the nosecone base and motor tube are done in, you don't see them anyway.