Here's a Scratch Built / Scratch Designed Mars Lander.

The body is turned from solid pine, and it's powered by a 29mm rear eject spool.

It has a dual parachute arrangement, one is for the spool / motor, and one is a drogue chute for the lander itself, bringing it back to earth, legs down.

This design has (3) legs, instead of (4).

I turned the body from a scrap 4x4 today. As I was cutting the nose cone tip & the body broke loose from the headstock and broke into two pieces. So I used Gorilla Wood Glue on the halves and clamped them together. I'll wait a few days, then chuck it back up in the lathe and finish turn the nose.

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John Simmons a.k.a. "Lakeroadster"
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Very cool project, John!

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Wow! looking forward to seeing the flight pics/videos for this one.

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John Simmons a.k.a. "Lakeroadster"
NAR 113985
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I chucked up the body in the lathe and reworked the nose cone to specification. Looks pretty good!

Also worked on the CDA model... drawings to follow.

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John Simmons a.k.a. "Lakeroadster"
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John Simmons a.k.a. "Lakeroadster"
NAR 113985
My Fleet with Build Data: Lakeroadster's Rocket Shop

3 legs won't provide enough landing stability. Should have ADDED legs and went with 5 or 6.

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