{"id":743,"date":"2019-10-04T16:41:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T20:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.timorley.com\/blog\/?p=743"},"modified":"2019-10-16T18:09:02","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T22:09:02","slug":"mercury-atlas-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timorley.com\/blog\/modelrocketbuilding\/mercury-atlas\/mercury-atlas-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercury Atlas Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For a second time, I&#8217;m reviving a project I started some time ago.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve wanted a&nbsp;<strong>Mercury<\/strong>&nbsp;Atlas, so I decided to scratch build one around a BT-80. It seems like the perfect size and I&#8217;ve configured the motor mount for a 24mm D engine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I started by cutting the two specialized centering rings, one from scratch, the other by modifying a CR5080. The motor mount construction is similar to the Estes kit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.timorley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/MA01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.timorley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/MA01.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.timorley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/MA01-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.timorley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/MA02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.timorley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/MA02.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.timorley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/MA02-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.timorley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/MA03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.timorley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/MA03.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.timorley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/MA03-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.timorley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/MA04.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.timorley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/MA04.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.timorley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/MA04-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.timorley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/MA05.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.timorley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/MA05.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.timorley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/MA05-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a second time, I&#8217;m reviving a project I started some time ago.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve wanted a&nbsp;Mercury&nbsp;Atlas, so I decided to scratch build one around a BT-80. It seems like the perfect size and I&#8217;ve configured the motor mount for a 24mm D engine. 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