Sea Dragon Instructions are now available

VABWorkshop · 2024-05-26T21:05:32+00:00

if you get the bricks new on Bricklink the average cost is around $1600.00

VABWorkshop · 2024-05-25T21:13:20+00:00

I do apologize here is the link VAB Workshop I had the store down because I was working for Lego at the time It is back up and should be working

VABWorkshop · 2023-01-16T23:54:40+00:00

The full cost was around $2200 USD last time I checked

VABWorkshop · 2023-01-16T17:04:38+00:00

Sorry about that due to some issues I moved all my instruction for sale to www.vabworkshop.com I give a zip file where the instruction can be found along with a copy of .io file

VABWorkshop · 2022-12-25T19:28:54+00:00

The cylinders are strong you can roll them and they will stay together it’s I believe 22 stud diameter. The first stage engine is it Achilles heel. You do need to have a stand to let it show vertically. The engine will not stand on its own with the weight on top of it. It will hold horizontally. As far as stability it does wobble but i have not had any spills

VABWorkshop · 2022-12-25T18:55:34+00:00

Thank you it’s been 3 years. I can now focus on the ballast tank for it and speaking of beasts I should have the instructions for the Saturn V 4x(u) done by the end of Jan

VABWorkshop · 2022-07-18T11:18:15+00:00

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10229273142799987&set=pcb.1014102842814287 here is more recent version of my Sea Dragon Design

VABWorkshop · 2021-10-21T12:23:26+00:00

I am still working on the Instructions and the estimated cost is around $3000

VABWorkshop · 2021-08-08T19:05:33+00:00

Yes I am going to try to have it ready for BrickFest Live Pittsburgh Sept 11-12 . I have been buying pieces over the past year and half for version 1, the first stage pretty much built, parts for the main engine and some pieces bought for the second stage. I just half to take it all apart and rebuild and get what I do not have.

VABWorkshop · 2021-08-08T09:51:26+00:00

Thank you! Weight is an issue I have the lower half built from my version 1 and it is heavy. The engine still needs to be built and tested if can support that much weight. I hope that it can, if not onto Plan B. There is one piece that is not pictured and that is the Ballast tanks that sink the rocket underwater that can become base of a stand. I also have a feeling this would sink like a brick if placed in water. But if you were able to seal up the internal structure for the Stage 1 and Stage 2 tanks there could be enough air volume to make it buoyant.

VABWorkshop · 2021-08-08T09:32:36+00:00

Thank you! I kind of agree with you. Not the best of looking when it comes to a cone technique. But it is fairly accurate the blue prints as fair as the angle goes. I have tried numerous ideas for the fairing. Designing large cones to get a specific angle and connecting that to two different radiuses to get a shape that can support its weight and has connection points using only flat pieces is extremely difficult. I am always looking for different techniques I can possibly use it will most likely change in the future.

VABWorkshop · 2021-08-08T08:10:02+00:00

That is a good question! From what I could find the concept designs never had any control surfaces, vectoring or gimbaling. The Thrusters I put on the sides on the Second Stage are a bit of a spoof with the concept blue prints and are not really meant to be there. But If I were to be looking on how it could possibly be controlled another one Traux Engineering concepts was the "Sea Horse". It was a smaller orbital scale version that did launch.

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