Cheaper bazooka rocket

[markdem]

The nerf football rockets fly real well... until you bend the tail. Plus theyre expensive

im gonna run this past the guys at OSG but this is what im planning on using from now on. A bit of EVA foam on a pool noodle. Doesnt fly quite as good as a nerf football but should hold up to a lot of abuse and retain most of its accuracy after being stepped on a few times. No more fins to tear off

[Trbo323]

If I remember right the tail on the nerf is hollow, why not insert something like macro hose to keep it straight?

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[markdem]

They have a plastic spine that can bend if mis-treated. And its one of those plastics where once its bent, it looses all rigidity. And theyre glued in pretty good so its impossible to replace without destroying the rocket

[BrickHaus]

I went a different direction, and I'm heavily invested with very little return..

I paid for a mold half design. I 3d print molds which take like 30 hours a half. Then I was making rockets out of a 2 part expanding foam.

But I get varied results of expansion and hardness no matter how much I try to be finite in my mixtures. I also get air pockets and crap nullifying many of my rockets.. I've got 2 jugs of the foam mixture just waiting for my motivation to return.

[Daltech]

Heavily invested. Very little return. 😭

[XEMON]

I have a prototype some one on here made a few years back, it fly great and is pretty sturdy, but it fly a bit too wel sometimes and fly way out of sight.
A cheap version that can get lost would be awesome!

What foam are you using?
I can cut some on the laser to get proper circle if it helps 😁

[markdem]

EVA foam on the front but you could use anything with a bit of weight to it. I plan on making a cookie cutter out of a steel pipe to punch out nice circles. But its also nice to know it works with a janky hack job