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+# Maverick
+
+A 1/3 scale Maverick AGM-65 missile.
+
+## Motivation
+
+At Airfest 16, Bdale spotted an odd-ball nearly hemispherical 98mm nose cone 
+in one of the Giant Leap bins, and bought it for cheap.  His original thought
+was that it might be fun to do an upscale of the Estes Big Bertha.  However,
+the moment Robert spotted it after Bdale returned home, he exclaimed that it
+looked like a Maverick nose cone... and wouldn't it be cool to build one!
+
+The initial design Robert put together was frustrating, because it would not
+fly safely on any motor less than an H... and Robert was too young to hold a
+high power certification.  However, with the introduction of the new 
+[Tripoli Mentoring Program](http://www.tripoli.org/Certifications/TripoliMentoringProgram/tabid/322/Default.aspx),
+Robert decided to celebrate by actually building it!
+
+So, this is Robert's custom design Maverick AGM-65 missile.  In 98mm, it works
+out to be almost exactly 1/3 scale since the real missile is 12 inches in
+diameter.  Safe flights require at least an H motor, which caused him to choose
+a 38mm motor mount.
+
+## Design Details
+
+* 98mm [Giant Leap](http://giantleaprocketry.com/) DynaWind airframe
+* 38mm phenolic motor mount
+* Odd-ball nose cone from a junk box
+* 1/8 inch birch plywood fins, vacuum-bagged with 6oz fiberglass using
+  West Systems epoxy.  The aft fins are through the wall to the motor mount,
+  the long strakes are surface mounted to minimize mass forward.
+* 1/4 inch birch plywood centering rings and bulkheads, CNC milled.
+* avionics bay with a [TeleMini](http://altusmetrum.org/TeleMini) for 
+  apogee-only electronics with motor backup in a bay just behind the nose,
+  that Robert likes to call "the warhead"
+
+[OpenRocket](http://openrocket.sourceforge.net/) 
+[Maverick Design File](./Maverick.ork)
+
+## Build
+
+## Flights
+
+## Conclusions
+