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+# AMRAAM
+
+## Motivation
+
+A couple of years ago, [Rocketry Warehouse](http://rocketrywarehouse.com/) had
+an introductory offer for the Performance 3.5 inch 1/2 scale AMRAAM kit as
+part of their Black Friday sale. I couldn't resist. I generally prefer to
+design and build my own airframes, but my son was working on a custom build
+of a [1/3-scale Maverick](../Maverick) missile, and I thought it would be fun
+to embark on a scale missile project in parallel.
+
+A neat feature of this kit design is that the strake fins are mounted through
+the wall of both a piece of airframe tubing and a longer piece of coupler
+tubing to a 54mm inner tube. This makes for a very stout airframe (often a
+problem with AMRAAM builds), and provides a mid-airframe electronics bay
+that's 54mm diameter and 15 inches long! Just perfect for our
+[Altus Metrum](http://altusmetrum.org) flight computers with radio downlink
+antennas.
+
+## Design Details
+
+* [Performance Rocketry](http://performancerocketry.com) kit in 3.5 inch G-12
+* [Aero Pack 54mm flanged retainer](https://aeropack.net/webstore/product.asp?productid=332369740757234)
+* Altus Metrum [MegaMetrum](http://altusmetrum.org/MegaMetrum) flight computer
+
+### Electronics ###
+
+I chose the MegaMetrum for this design, even though it's overkill in many ways,
+both because I needed more test flights on MegaMetrum prototypes, and because
+I'm really curious to see if we can measure spin rate on this crazy 8-finned
+airframe using the gyros...
+
+## Build
+
+Built starting in mid-March of 2013.
+
+## Photos
+
+I've put all the [build photos](http://gallery.gag.com/rockets/AMRAAM/Build/)
+together in one place.
+
+## Flights
+
+The intended first flight of YikStik3 will be at the [NAR](http://nar.org)
+[National Sport Launch](http://nsl2013.org).
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