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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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+# 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
+

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 ### Others
 
+* [AMRAAM](./AMRAAM)
+  1/2-scale kit build of an AMRAAM missile with 54mm motor mount
+
 * [YikStik3](./YikStik3)
   98mm airframe with 75mm motor mount, sturdier replacement for
   [2YikStik](./2YikStik)
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ the meantime, these are a few of the projects that mean the most to us:
   98mm airframe with 75mm motor mount, in homage to [YikStik](./YikStik)
 
 * [Trick-o-Treat](./TrickOTreat)
-  98mm airframe with 54mm motor mount
+  98mm airframe with 54mm motor mount... best test-mule airframe ever!
 
 * [K Up Yonder](./KUpYonder)
   54mm minimum diameter altitude seeker
@@ -64,3 +67,7 @@ the meantime, these are a few of the projects that mean the most to us:
 * [RG-2](./RG-2)
   38mm airframe with 29mm motor mount and electronic deployment.
 
+* [Maverick](./Maverick)
+  1/3-scale scratch-build of a Maverick missile with 38mm motor mount and 
+  apogee-only electronic deployment.
+