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Link Posted: 9/8/2021 12:47:01 AM EDT
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Got the ignition system figured out
Link Posted: 9/8/2021 11:28:16 AM EDT
[#2]
Did all the rockets launch at the same time or was there a (slight) delay built into the circuit to keep the rockets from interfering with each other on launch? Or was there just plenty of inconsistencies in the construction of the ematches and rocket motors that there was enough variability "built in" that it wasn't a concern?
Link Posted: 9/20/2021 8:59:36 AM EDT
[#3]
Looking forward to book II.
Link Posted: 9/20/2021 9:15:47 AM EDT
[#4]
Link Posted: 9/20/2021 9:17:12 AM EDT
[#5]
this is sooo freeakin cool!
Link Posted: 9/22/2021 10:43:43 PM EDT
[#6]



Iron sights are done
Link Posted: 10/6/2021 8:52:23 PM EDT
[#7]
Update?
Link Posted: 10/12/2021 4:26:05 PM EDT
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Hopefully will be making some big progress this weekend, and also some potentially big news about the project on a whole and where it may be featured in the mainstream
Link Posted: 10/12/2021 5:08:38 PM EDT
[#9]
That sort of thing could (in WWII) deny low-altitude flight to a lot of platforms.....and would probably mess up soft-skinned ground vehicles (not to mention giving the driver a heart attack).
Link Posted: 10/17/2021 12:00:06 AM EDT
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Thank you to a Fellow Arfcommer for helping me finish the last part of the launcher
Link Posted: 10/17/2021 12:10:53 AM EDT
[#11]
Dude! That's awesome!!!
Link Posted: 10/17/2021 12:30:04 AM EDT
[#12]
I saw you on Reddit and briefly looked for this thiread to post it up.  
Link Posted: 10/17/2021 12:39:04 AM EDT
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While this doesn't seem practical for shooting down planes, I could definately see it having other uses.

The Germans certainly were innovative during that period
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They were also used for anti personnel tasks........ enemy troops in buildings and in light armored vehicles
Link Posted: 10/17/2021 1:16:56 AM EDT
[#14]
I recognize that red dot...
Link Posted: 10/17/2021 1:17:07 AM EDT
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Almost beat me to it
Link Posted: 10/17/2021 3:58:02 AM EDT
[#16]
awesome! What will you be firing out of it? form1'ed or doesn't need to be?
Link Posted: 10/17/2021 10:10:42 AM EDT
[#17]
The old panzerfaust threads are all archived, but I am sure most people following those are reading this. There is a panzerfaust scene in the new Dutch WW2 movie The Forgotten Battle on Netflix. A german soldier uses one on a T-34 at 12:30.
Link Posted: 10/17/2021 11:02:15 AM EDT
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awesome! What will you be firing out of it? form1'ed or doesn't need to be?
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I’m currently working on having rockets manufactured by CNC, with gyrojet style nozzles

Only the launcher needed to be form 1
Link Posted: 10/17/2021 11:12:42 AM EDT
[#19]
I’m sure there wasn’t a single rocket fired that went even remotely close to a plane IRL, but they’re fucking cool as shot
Link Posted: 10/17/2021 11:18:42 AM EDT
[#20]
Nice job
Link Posted: 10/17/2021 11:23:32 AM EDT
[#21]
black powder shotgun in the middle like a lemat !
Link Posted: 10/17/2021 11:31:52 AM EDT
[#22]
That’s badass!
Link Posted: 10/17/2021 5:18:22 PM EDT
[#23]


Base coat
Link Posted: 10/17/2021 5:30:28 PM EDT
[#24]
Pretty cool.
Link Posted: 10/18/2021 10:39:35 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 10/24/2021 1:49:02 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 10/24/2021 7:17:51 AM EDT
[#27]
thanks for the update.
Link Posted: 10/24/2021 8:57:07 AM EDT
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Thank you to a Fellow Arfcommer for helping me finish the last part of the launcher
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Neat
Link Posted: 10/28/2021 3:15:07 PM EDT
[#29]
Building a Functional Fliegerfaust Update


Link Posted: 10/30/2021 6:11:39 PM EDT
[#30]
Finished up the trigger mechanism, just need to wire up everything and have the rocket parts machined



Link Posted: 10/30/2021 6:21:05 PM EDT
[#31]
Super cool!!!!!!!! Now you just need a Zielgerät 1229 on a STG44 and Leibermuster camo for that Battle of Berlin look.
Link Posted: 10/30/2021 6:23:40 PM EDT
[#32]
Baller.
Link Posted: 10/30/2021 6:31:55 PM EDT
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Looks like what the Danes copied for the M2 Carl Gustav 84mm action.
Link Posted: 10/30/2021 9:35:54 PM EDT
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Super cool!!!!!!!! Now you just need a Zielgerät 1229 on a STG44 and Leibermuster camo for that Battle of Berlin look.
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I’m hoping to get some reenactors together for a photo shoot
Link Posted: 10/30/2021 10:33:31 PM EDT
[#35]
What are you using for the projectile propellant?
Link Posted: 10/30/2021 11:56:54 PM EDT
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APCP rocket fuel with gun cotton similar to how the gyrojets work, I’m even using slot nozzle style like the last generation of them
Link Posted: 10/31/2021 12:23:04 AM EDT
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APCP rocket fuel with gun cotton similar to how the gyrojets work, I'm even using slot nozzle style like the last generation of them
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I guess you'll find out though trial and error. I wonder if that burns fast enough for short-range projectiles to get up to high velocity.
Link Posted: 10/31/2021 1:43:03 AM EDT
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I guess you'll find out though trial and error. I wonder if that burns fast enough for short-range projectiles to get up to high velocity.
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From my research, it should work fine in regards to speed and thrust. The stabilization is all in the nozzle design which I selected the best of the gyrojet designs

We shall see though when we test fire
Link Posted: 10/31/2021 10:47:51 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 11/14/2021 11:02:54 PM EDT
[#40]
Currently half way through the machining OPs for the rockets, should be done by next week.






Link Posted: 11/14/2021 11:18:15 PM EDT
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Currently half way through the machining OPs for the rockets, should be done by next week. Going to try find an indoor range to fire the rockets, the weather in Oregon has been a mess, had to cancel photo shoot several times due to the heavy rain

https://i.imgur.com/rCgePbx.jpg
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Never heard of indoor range and rockets used in the same sentence. Lol

Have fun keep up the good work.
Link Posted: 11/14/2021 11:26:09 PM EDT
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Quoted:  Never heard of indoor range and rockets used in the same sentence. Lol

Have fun keep up the good work.
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Yeah, that sounds like a really good way to catch unburnt powder on fire & burn the place down.  Has happened to a range close to me, & they weren't even firing rockets @ the time.
Link Posted: 11/14/2021 11:46:16 PM EDT
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Yeah, that sounds like a really good way to catch unburnt powder on fire & burn the place down.  Has happened to a range close to me, & they weren't even firing rockets @ the time.
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Fair point, probably an outdoor range but has cover
Link Posted: 11/14/2021 11:54:34 PM EDT
[#44]
Can't stop the signal Mal...


or something like that...



Link Posted: 11/14/2021 11:58:15 PM EDT
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A model airplane field probably has room...  
Link Posted: 11/15/2021 12:00:18 AM EDT
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Awesome stuff! The sight reminds me of the first version sight of the American M9 bazooka, though the German sight is much more sophisticated.
Link Posted: 11/15/2021 12:12:43 AM EDT
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Cool pic. I never seen or heard of them until Dragon released some 1/35 figure set in the 90s called Nachtjaeger. I was intrigued. The Luftfaust has nothing to do with night fighting but it got my interest.
https://i.imgur.com/W0IY13y.jpg
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The only guy with a power-supply backpack is the only one without a Vampir scope on his StG.
Link Posted: 11/15/2021 11:15:45 AM EDT
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A model airplane field probably has room...  
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Would probably be banned when a few mysteriously crash
Link Posted: 11/17/2021 12:13:34 AM EDT
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Fliegerfaust & Luftfaust: Poor man's Flak
Link Posted: 11/18/2021 10:41:43 PM EDT
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Thanks for sharing the video, very informative
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