CP Method:	Rocksim/Rocksim
CP Position From Front:	46.32 inches
Manufacturer:	LOC/Precision
Product Type:	Kit

Reviews

• LOC/Precision Vulcanite H76 By Curt Hillier (June 19, 2013)

  LOC Vulcanite H76 is a 2.2" diameter high power rocket kit.  It is a sleek rocket capable of flights well over one mile in altitude and supports 38mm diameter motors (29mm can be used with an adapter).   Components Most components are of high quality.  Airframe tubing is thick and robust.  Fins are aircraft quality plywood.  Nose cone - ogive, very ...

• LOC/Precision Vulcanite H76 By Rick VanVoorhis

  After some consideration of a smaller kit for general purpose flying I chose the LOC Precision Vulcanite kit. Since I was going to be flying it on higher powered motors also I ordered it with one extra centering ring for the motor mount. After getting the kit I opened the package and inventoried the parts, all were there and in good order. I had decided to make some changes to the design for ...

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• AAA Model Aviation Fuels Pennsylvania Crude By March Briner

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• AAA Model Aviation Fuels Quadra G By Moira Jean Whitlock

  ( Contributed - by Moira Jean Whitlock) Brief: This is a single staged rocket that can be flown on either 2 or 4 29mm motors. Construction: The main body tube runs from the top of the motor tubes to the nose cone. There is one body tube and four motor tubes that extend outward from the main body. This rocket has a very clever fin alignment system. The 4 fins are made from ...

• AAA Model Aviation Fuels TranSonic 775 By Moira Jean Whitlock

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• Aardvark Rockets AA9 Amos By David Urbanek

  ( Contributed - by David Urbanek - 11/11/00) This formerly Blackhawk R&D rocket is now fully owned and produced by Aardvark Rockets Brief: A stand-off scale model of the Russian AA-9 Amos missile. Paper tubes, basswood fins, Alumilite nose cone and mylar streamer. Construction: All the parts were top shelf. Paper BT-50 body tube, BT-20 motor mount. Paper centering rings and ...

• Aardvark Rockets Aerobee 350 By Frank Ross

  ( Contributed - by Frank Ross) This formerly Blackhawk R&D rocket is now fully owned and produced by Aardvark Rockets Brief: Aerobee 350 scale mini-missile kit, 18mm mmt, streamer. Construction: The kit contained: BT-50 size kraft body tube solid balsa-foam nose cone w/screw eye basswood fin material mylar streamer 18mm mmt (tube, cardboard centering rings, ...

• Aardvark Rockets AIM-4C Falcon By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford) Brief: BT-50 based scale model of the AIM-4C Falcon that flies on 18mm motors and recovers on a streamer. Construction: This kit comes with paper tubes and rings. The light BT-50 body tube appears to be the same as Apogee's tubing - weight, color, etc. The scale nose cone is solid plastic and two ballast washers are provided to keep the rocket ...

• Aardvark Rockets AIM-54C Phoenix By Clive Davis

  ( Contributed - by Clive Davis - 08/10/02) Brief: This is Aardvark's Mini-Missile scale model rocket of the US Air to Air AIM 54 Phoenix. The kit is fairly inexpensive (approximately $10) and is a cheap introduction to scale building. Construction: Most materials were cardboard/paper including 2 centering rings, engine block, 2.5" motor mount tube, large Estes style body ...

• Aardvark Rockets American Dream (18mm) By Clive Davis

  ( Contributed - by Clive Davis) Brief: A smaller version of Aardvark's 7.6" sci-fi inspired sport rocket. Standard 3 fins with streamer recovery. Aardvark describes the rocket as "Mini Fantasy". Construction: Kit comes with supplied centering rings, engine block, body tube, motor mount tube, Kevlar ® cord, elastic, mylar for streamer, pre-cut basswood fins, a ...

• Aardvark Rockets American Dream (2.6") By Nick Esselman

  (06/23/01) I was very pleased to get a pre-release of the first rocket of the new Nebula Line from Aardvark Rockets, the 2.6" American Dream. It is a nice looking rocket with a "50's Style" look. That look comes primarily from the rounded fins. This does make this rocket unique from traditional trapezodial or elliptical. It is designed to fly on 29mm motors with recommended ...

• Aardvark Rockets ASP By Sarah O'Brien

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• Aardvark Rockets Black Brant IV (2.6") By Nick Hills

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• Aardvark Rockets Black Brant VC By Sarah O'Brien

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• Aardvark Rockets MM.40 Exocet By Tim Quigg

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• Aardvark Rockets RB-05A SAAB (2.6") By Tim Tomlin

  ( Contributed - by Tim Tomlin - 10/20/01) Brief: Scale kit of the Swedish Missile. Construction: This rocket is a single tube equal to and/or surpassing other tubes on the market. The kit came standard with 8 premium quality Baltic Birch High Ply count fins and 3 (yes 3) awesome centering rings out of the same material. One ring was already pre-drilled for the lower shock cord ...

• Aardvark Rockets SA-8 Gecko By Tom Bell

  This formerly Blackhawk R&D rocket is now fully owned and produced by Aardvark Rockets The SA-8 Gecko is a Russian surface-to-air missile that is used by Eastern European countries and also by India. It is launched from multiple launchers mounted on a wheeled amphibious vehicle which also has tracking radar and guidance. INSTRUCTIONS: 5 Stars These were complete and included lots of ...

• Aardvark Rockets Sandia Sandhawk (2.6") By Frank Ross

  ( Contributed - by Frank Ross) This formerly Blackhawk R&D rocket is now fully owned and produced by Aardvark Rockets Brief: 2.6" 29mm Sport-scale Sandia Sandhawk Construction: Kit came complete with 4 1/8" birch plywood fins, two 2.6" heavy-duty Kraft body tubes, one tube-coupler/ ejection baffle assembly, 29mm motor mount tube, two birch centering rings, ...

• Aardvark Rockets Sandia Tomahawk (2.6") By Daniel Cutteridge

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• Aardvark Rockets SS Triopsis By Nick Esselman

  (04/22/02) I purchased the new SS Triopsis from Aardvark Rockets because of its looks and because it was a cluster rocket kit. I got more than I bargained for. How so? The looks have greatly improved since the original design photos were put up on Aardvark's webpage. Yes, I like the new "design" changes and think it makes the rocket even more futuristic and unique looking. As ...

• Acme Engineering Fin Can (Other Product) By Russell Taragan

  "There's really no easier and faster way to build a minimum diameter rocket, and still maintain the construction strength requirements dictated by high power rocket flight dynamics. All the trouble of oversize airframe tubes, individual through-wall fins, centering rings, slotting, fin filleting, and the like are eliminated. The Acme fin canister simply slides onto your airframe tube, and ...

• Acme Engineering Launch Lugs By D. L. Brown

  (Extracted from R.M.R. - by D. L. Brown)  I thought I would put in a short product report on Acme's ( the fin can guys) new extruded aluminum launch lugs.  I just received two packages of the 54FC lugs for 3/8" rods and one package of regular 54mm 1/4" rod lugs.You get 2 lugs in each package, each lug is 1.5" long and has a 45deg. taper on each end.The fit to ...

• Acme Engineering Launch Lugs By Chuck Andrus

  ACME - Launch Lugs review is provided courtesy of: Using ACME Engineering's Conformal Launch Lugs ACME's Conformal Launch Lugs In my quest for the most durable and user friendly methods and materials for high power rocket construction, I've discovered a lot of interesting and innovative products from many manufacturers and vendors. This one is worth ...

• Adrenaline Aerospace Machspeed By Mark

  The Machspeed is a tiny kit which is superlight and streamlined, creating a great speedy little rocket. It flies on an 18mm motor, and, as its name suggests, it can easily go supersonic on an Aerotech D24-10 (an 18/20 reload). The rocket weighs less than half an ounce and is a bit hard to make as it requires airfoil sanding. It goes really high and is to spot in a ...

• Advanced Rocketry Corporation ARC 1318 PSR By John Hogan

  Picture courtesy of ARC       This is a parallel staged rocket. The four 13mm boosters detach while the main body continues on its 18mm core motor. This vehicle has four fins on an 18mm by 5.5" long core. The 13mm x 5.5" boosters attach in between each fin. The main body transitions to a 32mm body tube, which separates in the middle for parachute deployment. Each ...

• Advanced Rocketry Corporation ARC 1318 PSR By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This is a parallel staged rocket with breakaway booster pods firing off a 5-motor cluster. Definitely not something you see at a typical launch, this one is a sure crowd pleaser. Described as a skill level 4, this is clearly not something an inexperienced builder should take on. Construction: I received this as a Christmas present. My web challenged father had a litt ...

• Advanced Rocketry Corporation Shark By Nick Esselman

  Advanced Rocketry Corp appears to have recently had a "re-opening". I had heard of them some time ago when someone submitted a review on their ARC 1318 PSR which is a side-booster cluster rocket. This time they have brought another rocket into their collection, Shark. Anything special about this rocket? Yes, its looks. That is the only reason I bought it. ARC indicates there may be other "sea ...

• Advanced Rocketry Group Ltd. Black Brant VA (1/10) By Paul Picton

  Brief: 1/10 Scale Model of the Canadian Sounding Rocket, the Black Brant VA. It is a single stage rocket with parachute. Construction: The kit consists of one 1.72" main body tube, one smaller aft tube, balsa nosecone, motor mount parts, vinyl and waterslide decals, 20 laser cut parts for the fins, 24" of Kevlar ® , and 33 inches of 3/8" elastic shock cord. It ...

• Advanced Rocketry Group Ltd. Trident 117-13 By John Lee

  Advanced Rocketry Group out of Canada has several interesting models including a series of Black Brandt scales but the ones that captured my attention were the Trident series. They offer what is basically the same rocket in 4 different sizes based upon motor diameter. All are triple clusters and have a payload bay. I got one of each in 13, 18, 24, and 29mm. Because of limited flying ...

• Advanced Rocketry Group Ltd. Trident 172-18 By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Advanced Rocketry Group's Trident series are 3-motor clusters with rugged components, designed strong to handle the power. This review is of the 18mm version, one of the smaller of the line that spans the 13 to 29mm cluster range. Construction: This is the first ARG kit I've opened and built, and I was quite impressed with the quality of the components. The balsa nose ...

• Advanced Rocketry Group Ltd. Trident 222-24 By Steve Naquin

  Brief: ARG Rockets Trident Cluster Series "D or E" rocket with payload section manufactured by Taras Tataryn of Advanced Rocketry Group Ltd. in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. This kit features a 3 x 24mm motor mount with wedge fin attachment. Recovery of this rocket is by a high visibility 24" rip stop nylon parachute. Construction: Taras was kind enough to ship ...

• Adventures in Rocketry Saturn-1b and Saturn-V By Manuel Mejia, Jr.

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• Aero Pack Large Quick-Change Motor Adapter (Other Product) By Jack Caynon

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• Aero Pack Motor Retainer (Other Product) By Darrell Mobley

  This review is provided courtesy of: Aero Pack's Machined Aluminum Motor Retainers ATLANTA, Georgia (ROL) -- Ever so often, a new product comes out that really creates some excitement. This product release from Aero Pack (email: aeropack@earthlink.net ) is one of those. The idea is so simple that it screams KISS and yet is just complicated enough that the average rocketeer couldn't ...

• Aero Pack Motor Retainer (Other Product) By Phillip Gerringer

  The system is basically 2 pieces. One threaded retainer "ring" that fits over the motor tube like a collar. Then a threaded cap that screws on the ring. As with typical RMS stuff, the RMS aft closure still sits on the motor tube. Then the retainer ring surrounds both the tube and the aft closure. The retainer ring is epoxied with high heat JB Weld epoxy. Then the cap actually screws on to the ...

• Aero Pack Motor Retainer (Other Product) By Jack Caynon

  Brief: RMS Motor Retainer Discussion: The 29mm motor retainer can now handle Aerotech's 29/40-120 motors, too. The retainer comes in 2 pieces packaged inside a plastic bag with simple instructions. One threaded retainer "ring" fits over the motor tube like a collar. Then a threaded cap that screws on the end of the ring. As with typical RMS stuff, the RMS aft closure still sits on the motor ...

• Aero Pack Quick-Change Motor Adapter (Other Product) By Jack Canyon

  Brief: RMS motor mount adapters. The Quick-Change Motor Adapter is another great product line from the folks who brought you the Quick-Change Motor Retainer. The adapter allows you to use a smaller-in-diameter motor casing inside a larger-in-diameter motor mount tube in conjunction with Aero Pack's Quick-Change Motor Retainer system. So you can use a 29mm motor in a 38mm motor mount tube or a ...

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• Aerocon Systems FFR VL-1 The FlippiFin By Kevin Trojanowski

    The FlippiFin is a unique design that uses a surplus spring-loaded military flare fincan. When loaded into its launch tube, the curved fins are flat against the body. When the rocket exits the tube, the springs pop the fins out, providing stabilization. Picture courtesy of Aerocon Most of the parts for the FlippiFin are your standard rocket fare: a body tube, plastic nosecone, ...

• Aerocon Systems FFR VL-1 The FlippiFin By David Reese

  Brief: Unique tube-launched rocket with folding military surplus fin can. Construction: I had always wanted a FlippiFin -- the concept seemed interesting. I got one for my birthday a year ago, and only recently got around to building it. The components were basic Estes (plastic nose cone, paper body tube), with the exception of the recovery system and the unique folding fin can, ...

• Aerocon Systems FFR VL-1 The FlippiFin By Frank G. Whitby

  Brief: Flippifin is an unusual tube-launched, folding fin rocket. Construction: The kit comes with all of the elements to construct the rocket. The key element is the lightweight steel folding fin assembly that derives from a surplus military flare. The plastic nosecone will require added weight to offset the relatively heavy fin unit on this lightweight model rocket, so the kit ...

• Aerocon Systems FlippiTwin By Frank G. Whitby

  Brief: Flippitwin is an unusual two stage rocket from Aerocon Systems. It uses the unusual folding-fin rocket Flippifin sold separately as a single stage rocket as the sustainer. The sustainer is boosted by a booster tube and the sustainer squirts out of the tube when the sustainer motor is fired. Because the booster comprises the bulk of the two stage rocket, the booster must have a ...

• Aerocon Systems Surplus Nylon Parachute (36" and 66") By Dick Stafford

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• AeroRocket AeroDRAG By Tim Quigg

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• AeroRocket FinSim By John Champion

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• Aerospace Speciality Products 18mm Streamer Duration By John Lee

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• Aerospace Speciality Products Corporal (24mm) By William Beggs

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• Aerospace Speciality Products Corporal (24mm) By Charlaine Cadence Nordin

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• Aerospace Speciality Products Corporal (Micro) By Chris Taylor Jr.

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• Aerospace Speciality Products Corporal By David Urbanek

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• Aerospace Speciality Products Eggstravaganza (24mm) By Scott Simka

  Brief: This Competition Egg Lofting kit features an aerodynamic & lightweight Pratt/CMR plastic egg cone, shock cords made of Kevlar ® and elastic, and thin wood fins. It also has a 24mm motor mount. Don't let this rocket's basic design and simple building fool you. The intricacies of loading and flying these babies can be complex and you should ask for help from an ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products Eggstravaganza (24mm) By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This is a NAR competition style egg payload kit, which can be used for either altitude or duration events. If you're new to competition rocketry, ASP kits make excellent starters as they are generally easy to build, use very good materials, and perform reliably well (high performance designs, in general, are riskier and more susceptible to problems). The kit is available ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products FOTL By Chan Stevens

  Brief: A very nice beginner's scale kit with top quality components and decals that make finishing a breeze. FOTL, which stands for Follow On To Lance is a prototype battlefield weapon designed to replace the ground-based Lance, offering double the range. Construction: The kit arrived complete, neatly packaged in a plastic bag. Components were all very good quality and included a ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products Hawk (Micro) By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Another fine miniaturization job by ASP. This is a roughly 1/50th scale of the 1954-1959 Army anti-aircraft missile. It's also a great value, available for under $6, and flies on motors that can generally be found for about $0.40-$0.50 apiece. Construction: ASP's parts list includes some very good quality packed in this $6 kit: Styrene fin stock Styrene launch lug ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products IQSY Tomahawk By Kevin Timmins

  Brief: The 13mm IQSY Tomahawk kit is designed to fly on 13mm motors from 1/2A3 to A3-4T. It is a 1/16 scale streamer recovery model. Construction: The kit contains:- Set of illustrated instructions, A 13mm body tube Engine block. Basswod Fin material Fin Templates Kevlar ® & elastic shock cord Balsa Nose Cone Streamer material Self adhesive ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products Jayhawk (Micro) By Nick Esselman

  (04/22/02) My new ASP Micro Jayhawk has officially become my smallest rocket that I have ever built and flown. It is only 3.75" tall and 0.282" in diameter. Wow! I've enjoyed these little Quest MicroMaxx motor rockets since I can fly them in our yard. But not only that, it is rather interesting to make something this small fly. The only thing smaller that I have ever ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products Jayhawk (Micro) By Chan Stevens

  Brief: A beautiful micro scale (46.1:1) of the Navy's Jayhawk missile. Very affordable ($7.50), flies cheaply, and packs enough detail to be a respectable peanut sport scale contestant. Construction: The kit contains: 2 7mm body tubes 2 tube couplers (1 serves as motor block) Styrene fin stock Styrene trim pieces (half round, standoff) Styrene launch lug ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products Kappa 7-1 By Greg Elder

  The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the two links above. (Sport Rocketry - Sep/Oct 2001 ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products Kappa 9M (24mm) By Dennis McClain-Furmanski

  24mm scale model version of an early Japanese sounding rocket. The parts list: 1 BT-60 "booster" tube 1 BT-50 "sustainer" payload section 1 BT-50/60 balsa transition 1 balsa nose cone laser cut fins There's not much to add to the previous review of the 3x18mm cluster version of this rocket because it's the same rocket. The only difference is the 24mm engine tube and ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products Kappa 9M (3 x 18mm) By Peter Clay

  ( Contributed - by Peter Clay) I received the Kappa 9M from Aerospace Specialty Products as a prize for my entry in R.M.R. DesCon 6. I deeply appreciate the vendors who have contributed to the design contest in this way. I've wanted to get a review to EMRR, but my opportunities to fly a rocket this size are limited, and I wanted to log more flights before posting. The Kappa 9M is ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products Kappa 9M By Andrew Bronfein

  ( Contributed - by Andrew Bronfein) When I received the Kappa 9m it was the first ASP product I had ever seen so I really didn't know what to expect. I opened the simple plastic bag type packaging and immediately was amazed at the quality of the parts used in the kit. The nose cone and transition section are balsa, one thing I haven't seen in a good long while since most manufactu ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products Rocket Caddy By John Lee

  ( Contributed - by John Lee - 05/09/08) Brief: This is a simple rack to hold your rockets while you work on them. There are bigger, fancier, and nicer ones out there, but this one is free. It can be downloaded from ASP Rocketry's website . It won't hold anything too big but it does prove useful in a pinch. Construction: The only component is a downloaded PDF file. You then print ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products RP-3 (Micro) By Chris Taylor Jr.

    A scale model of a Polish RP-3 that flies on MiniMaxx engines and can fit in the palm of your hand from ASP. The kit includes: two (2) body tubes, a nose cone, two (2) slide-in couplers, a decal sheet, Kevlar thread, lead shot, and some hard styrene sheets and other miscellaneous styrene tools. Instructions are definitely set for the beginner. Besides a quick overview to see ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products RP-3 By Bill Dauphin

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• Aerospace Speciality Products Sandia Sandhawk (Micro) By Chris Taylor Jr.

  ( Contributed - by Chris Taylor Jr.) Brief: This is a Micro Maxx powered Scale model of a Sandia Sandhawk by ASP. Construction: The kit includes: two (2) body tubes, two (2) couplers, a nose cone, a Kevlar ® thread, a decal sheet, a styrene sheet for fin stock, and other miscellaneous styrene tools. The larger fins on this model made it much easier to assemble. One ex ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products Sandia Sandhawk By Ken Johnson

  A diminutive scale model of a Sandia Sandhawk that's small in size but big on detail. Don't be mislead, as I was, about the skill required to build this kit. What you get for your money is a great 13mm body tube, a shorter piece of 13mm tube for the nose cone, a good quality balsa nose and a balsa plug (more on this later), a length of wire, a generous (read: twice as much as needed) amount ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products Sandia Sandhawk By Manuel Mejia, Jr.

  ( Contributed - by Manuel Mejia) The BT-5 based scale model of the Sandia Sandhawk (kit KSAN-13) from Aerospace Specialty Products is among the most challenging mini motor kits that is currently on the model rocket market. The basic look of the kit seems straightforward when one see the drawing on the instructions. There is more to this than the drawing implies. Due to the small size of ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products Sonda II B (Micro) By Chan Stevens

  After scoring a large quantity of very cheap MicroMaxx motors, I looked over the less-than-stellar-flying fleet of RTF's, and realized I need some real MicroMaxx rockets. ASP to the rescue, with a series of impressive micro scale offerings suitable for the craftsman. At $5, you'll either ask yourself "why did I pay more for this kit than the Quest starter kits are going for at clearance ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products Sonda II B (Micro) By Peter Stanley

  Brief: This is a Micro-Maxx powered scale model of the Sonda II B from ASP. The real Sonda II B is a Brazilian sounding rocket first used in the 1970s. Construction: The kit contains 1 long body tube, 2 tube couplers, 1 styrene fin stock, 1 styrene launch lug, 1 styrene launch lug standoff, 1 wood nose cone, 1 Kevlar ® shock cord, 1 decal, and 1 mylar streamer. T ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products Sonda II B By Ed Wagoner

  Brief: The Sonda II B is a 1/12th scale rocket of Brazil's largest sounding rocket of their Sonda II fleet. The Sonda II B was first flown in the early '70s and is still in use today. This kit was made by Aerospace Speciality Products (ASP). Construction: The kit included the following high quality parts: 1 Engine tube (18mm) 1 Engine block 2 Centering rings 1 ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products Stubby By John Lee

  The Stubby is a simple but well thought out rocket for beginners. It's stubby appearance makes it distinctive from other "first rockets" and sets this 3FNC rocket apart from many others. It uses 13mm motors and recovers with a small mylar chute. The parts list: Body Tube Balsa Nose Cone (poor condition) 1/8" Launch Lug Engine Hook Engine Tube Engine Block Wrapped ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products Super Loki Dart By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Very nice scale of a NASA workhorse, this kit can easily be a competition-level entry in either sport scale or giant sport scale. I decided to enter it in a local giant sport scale competition, and while flight results are still pending (see below), the static score placed this well ahead of the other competitors. Construction: All parts are very good quality. The kit ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products Tall Boy By Chan Stevens

  This rocket is an "upscale" of the Estes Mean Machine, taking the long skinny BT-60 bird concept a bit over the top. It can be flown in any of four length configurations with the longest topping out at a testosterone-heavy 10-1/2 feet tall. For more altitude, the short version is about 34" and you can add add/remove sections to fly in between these extremes. Very serious WOW factor on the pads ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products Tall Boy By Greg Deeter

  This is a 10 foot 4 inch tall rocket that is the same diameter as the Estes Mean Machine. It was one of the first I had seen available on eBay and it arrived in about a week. It was well packaged and complete. The components included were of overall high quality. Four 30" BT-60 airframes, 4" couplers, balsa bulkhead, D size 24mm engine tube, fiber centering rings, two 15" silver mylar ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products That Tube Rocket! (18mm) By Art Applewhite

  That Tube Rocket is a tube finned rocket with many extras. It flies on a wide range of motors from A6-4 to C6-7. It is easy to assemble and more durable than conventional rockets with balsa fins and is made from high quality parts. The kit contains: 1 12" White BT-50 body tube 1 5.25" Red BT-50 body tube 6 2.75" Red BT-50 body tubes (fins) 1 2.75" Red BT-20 motor mount 1 ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products That Tube Rocket! (29mm) By Joe Policy

  Brief: The Aerospace Specialty Products That Tube Rocket! is a large tube finned rocket that includes a payload bay. Easy to build but at over 4 feet tall, it is hard to store. The kit includes spacers so you can use the shorter 29mm F motors. There is even an adapter so you can it fly on 24mm motors too. Construction: The kit includes: 1 long body tube 7 short tubes ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products That Tube Rocket! (MicroMaxx) By Art Applewhite

  Brief: That Tube Rocket is a basic tube finned rocket for Micro Maxx motors. The Micro Maxx Yahoo group is an excellent resource if you want to find out more about these motors and rockets. The fins are made from 6 short sections of body tube glued to the main body tube. This makes the rocket easy to assemble and potentially more durable than a conventional rocket with balsa fins. The ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products Tiny Tim Smoke By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 08/01/10) Brief: This will be a short review and may not be of much use. The Tiny Tim Smoke is a rebuild of a scavenged Tiny Tim Booster section from a staged WAC Corporal and I don't even know what kit it was. What this review does show is how seemingly non-compatible parts can unexpectedly come together to yield an interesting rocket. Co ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products Two High! By Joy Sills

  Brief: Two Stage LPR on streamer recovery. Construction: The kit includes: 2 Body Tubes Balsa Fins (4 per stage) Engine Block Balsa Nose Cone Eye Screw Engine Block Launch Lug Streamer The Two High from ASP came with all the parts listed. The kit has standard paper tubes and balsa fins and nose cone. The instructions give you a choice ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products V2 (13mm) By Dave Way

  Brief: Single stage, scale V2 kit with 13mm motor mount and parachute recovery. Construction: This kit consisted of a nicely turned balsa nose cone and lower body section, laser cut basswood fins and servo pods, and a 9" mylar chute with eye screw already mounted in nose cone. This kit is very small but with very detailed instructions. The mini V2 went together with no ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products V2 (24mm) By Mike Goss

  Intro: The Aerospace Specialty Products (ASP) V-2 is a scale model rocket kit of the German Vengeance Weapon 2 (V-2) that was developed before and during World War 2. It is approximately 1/40 scale, uses 24mm motors, (or 18mm motors with an adapter) and stands just over 14" tall. This kit requires a 3/16" launch rod as well. Construction Rating: 5 The V-2 kit arrived in the familiar ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products V2 (24mm) By Darren Longhorn

  Aerospace Speciality Products (ASP) makes a couple of different V2 Kits. This is the 1/40th scale kit, with the 24mm motor mount. The kit builds into a rocket that is 359mm long and 42mmm in diameter. Recommended engines include D12-5, E15-7 & E30-7, though the documentation states that it can be flown on B & C motors with a suitable adapter. The kit contains the following parts: ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products V2 (24mm) By Greg Deeter

  This is a small yet strong and heavy V2 which is about 1/40 scale. I ordered this kit from Rebar Rocketry on eBay at the same time I ordered an ASP Tall Boy. It was described as a "large scale" in the auction and when it arrived I was initially disappointed that it was so small. For $25 I expected a larger one. When a local club discussion came up about the vintage K24 V2 kit long out of ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products V2 By Tony Williams

  Brief: To this old rocketeer, a BT-55 based V-2 is the very epitome of a model rocket. It is instantly recognizable to just about everyone as a model of an actual rocket. Estes Industries used to sell one "back in the day" (K-22), and I've always regretted not getting one. Fortunately for born again rocketeers and hopeless procrastinators like me...and anyone who wants ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products WAC Corporal (24mm) By Robert Koenn

  Brief: Aerospace Speciality Products produces a series of scale kits in various sizes. They range from Micro-maxx motor size up to 29 and 38 mm engine size kits. I have been a fan of Andy’s scale kits for a long time and own all of his Micro scale kits as well as other mini-engine, standard engine and D engine size kits. So being a scale model fan I purchased his D engine ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products WAC Corporal (38mm) By Bob Tee

  The WAC Corporal was the United States first sounding rocket. It is a single stage kit with parachute deployment via motor ejection. Designed to mostly fly on 29mm power but you can fly it on the larger 38mm motors if you have the recovery room. I built it slightly different from the instructions at a few places. I wanted to "beef-up" a few things I felt needed it. I laminated Kevlar onto the ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products WAC Corporal w/ Tiny Tim (24mm/18mm) By Peter Stanley

  This is a two-stage scale model of the WAC Corporal with Tiny Tim Booster from Aerospace Specialty Products. It has a 24mm booster staging to an 18mm sustainer. Tiny Tim Booster Parts consist of: 1 Body Tube (BT-55) 1 Engine Tube (BT-50) 1 Stuffer Tube (BT-20) 1 Lower Telescoping Tube (19mm) 1 Upper (Short) Telescoping Tube (19mm) 1 Tube Coupler (BT-20 coupler) 3 ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products WAC Corporal w/ Tiny Tim (Micro) By Nick Esselman

  (03/19/02) I started enjoying the Quest MicroMaxx system recently and wanted to check out another company's kits. Well, there are (were) only two that had any kits. Nano Rockets and Aerospace Speciality Products (ASP). I purchased the Micro WAC Corporal with Tiny Tim Booster and the Micro Jayhawk from ASP to build on a winter vacation. Once received, I was pleased to see that even though ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products WAC Corporal w/ Tiny Tim By Nick Esselman

  The WAC Corporal is one of the most popular kits from Aerospace Speciality Products and now comes with the Tiny Tim Booster to make a two-stage, sport-scale rocket. My kit is the 18/18mm version, however, it also comes in a 24/18mm version. CONSTRUCTION: This was really the first scale kit that I have put together. It is approximately 1/12th scale. The instructions had 11 pages. There ...

• Aerospace Speciality Products WAC-Corporal By Mike Goss

  - by Mike Goss The Aerospace Specialty Products (ASP) 18mm WAC-Corporal is a "fun scale" model of the United States first sounding rocket. It is 15.75" long when complete, uses 18mm motors, and is approximately 1/12th scale. The kit I built represents the sustainer stage of the rocket. Since I purchased my kit ASP has introduced kits that include the booster section as ...

• Aerospace Specialty Products 18mm Parachute Duration Kit By Jack Hydrazine

  This is an 18mm parachute duration kit that you can use in competitions. Components It has balsa nose cone and fins, kevlar shock cord, and a paper tube for the air frame.  They keep the components as minimal as possible to keep the weight to a minimum to maximize your duration pleasure! /h2 No real pros or cons, just a great kit to start out with in parachute ...

• Aerospace Specialty Products WAC Corporal (24mm) By Joshua F Thomas

  This is a replica of the late 1940s WAC Corporal sounding rocket. It does not include the 'Tiny Tim' booster, but other kits from ASP Rocketry have it with the booster as a multi-stage rocket.  The kit is all good quality materials and the instructions are extensive and have plenty of pictures. Fins are laser-cut balsawood, and tubes are standard BT-types. Shock cord uses both ...

• Aerotech "Cheeter" By Dennis McClain-Furmanski

  AT Cheetah stretched by 34" including 9" payload section. Motor tube extended to handle 11" motors and screw-on positive motor retention. Modifications: This is a fairly straight forward extension of the AT Cheetah, with extra care taken to strengthen the motor section to handle single use motors up to 11" long, particularly my favorite: the Ellis Mountain H50. I used JB Weld epoxy for any ...

• Aerotech 24mm RMS Motor (Motor) By Kris Henderson

  Aerotech's Reloadable Motor System (RMS) 24/40 motor kit. Allows for use with Aerotech motor reload kits, which in the long run saves you cash over using single use motors. Get the same high performance flights at about half the price of single use motors. The motor casing consists of one motor tube with a forward and an aft closure. The kit without the reloads consist of three metal pieces ...

• Aerotech 29mm RMS Motor (Motor) By Alex Rothchild

  This is a 29mm aluminum motor casing, for motors with 40-120 Newton Seconds total impulse (ranging from E to G). It is a bit pricey at $50 for the casing, but a G motor costs only $10-12 instead of $20 or more for a single use motor of the same total impulse. The casing is only three pieces, a long casing, a forward closure, and an aft closure, both of which screw into place in the casing. ...

• Aerotech 29mm RMS Motor By Geoffrey Kerbel

  (by Geoffrey Kerbel - 12/12/06) Brief: The AeroTech 29MM RMS is a reloadable motor casing for mid-power flights with "E" through "G" power reloads. This is a system that allows the flier to put their own motors together with the power requirements to suit their rockets power capabilities. AeroTech calls this their hobby loads and no special certification is needed ...

• Aerotech Airspike By Tim Burger

  ( Contributed - by Tim Burger) Brief:  An easy to assemble mid-power rocket complete with an ejection baffle and a pair of Econojet motors. Forward:  One of the members of my NAR section saw a bulk pack of Aerotech kits advertised for an amazing special price by one of the on-line vendors. He asked if anyone was interested in going in on a pack (a dozen kits) and splitting ...

• Aerotech Arreaux By Glynn Germany

• Aerotech Arreaux By Steve Bloom

  4 points The kit comes well packaged and all the parts were there this time.  On other Aerotech kits I've built I've had missing parts.The instructions are well written and easy to follow with good drawings.A few changes are recommended however.  The shock cord attachment right at the top  of the engine mount is seen as a problem by me.Even with the cooling mesh installed the ...

• Aerotech Arreaux By Jarret Winkelman

  Single stage with cargo bay and parachute recovery. The kit comes with 2 body tubes. One being the payload section and one being the fin section. It also has 3 plastic (very strong!) fins included. The centering rings are almost unbreakable and the nose cone is very solid. The instructions were very good although the kit is pretty straight-forward. There are a few illustrations and I don't ...

• Aerotech Arreaux By Solomon Westerman

  High-Performance, Payload Rocket. Your standard 3FNC (3 Fins and a Nose Cone) rocket on the outside, but has a complex interior. As with my other Aerotech kit, one page was missing (payload construction) and substituted for another page already printed. But the rocket construction was pretty simple, so you could figure it out. The only thing different is the FinLock rings, which glue ...

• Aerotech Arreaux By Greg Deeter

  Brief: This is a single stage, 29mm, easy to build, yet very durable rocket kit from AeroTech. My first AeroTech kit was the Cheetah and I was so pleased with it that I ordered and built this Arreaux, the G-Force, Mustang, Sumo, and Wart-Hog all at the same time. I built this rocket two years ago, installed the recovery system about a month ago, painted it on a Friday night, and flew it the ...

• Aerotech Astrobee-D By Ken Bracey

  The Aerotech Astrobee D Kit is one of the tallest Aerotech Mid power kits. It is a scale replica designed to fly on F and G motors. The rocket separates at the middle and both sections recover separately on their own chute. The kit comes complete with detailed plans of the actual Astrobee 'D' and the usual Aerotech features such as ejection cooling mesh and a no-wadding-required baffle system. ...

• Aerotech Barracuda By Alejandro Bulaevsky

  Brief This is a single stage, easy to build rocket. It is a big rocket that files on E through G motors. Construction All of the parts were there and in good condition. They were made out of high quality cardboard and plastics. The instructions were easy to follow and the assembly order was easy. It all fit well and was a snap. My only problem with it was that it was too easy to build. I ...

• Aerotech Barracuda By Dan Patell

  A single-stage, E-G powered kit with parachute recovery. The kit included a nose cone, two 1.9" body tubes, a tube coupler, shock cord, three fins, two launch lugs and the whole motor mount system. The instructions were pretty easy to follow, as are the other Aerotech kits I have built (Arcas and Initiator). If you complete the kit per instructions, there shouldn't be any real hassles. The ...

• Aerotech Black Diamond By Dennis McClain-Furmanski

  (by Dennis McClain-Furmanski - 05/01/05) Brief: This is an AeroTech Mustang fin can with longer carbon fiber body. Modifications: After an incident involving high speed soil mechanics, I had previously modified an AT Mustang by extending the body (see mod article "MOOSEtang"). After several successful flights, it again suffered a top soil overdose and provided me with yet ...

• Aerotech Cheetah By Walter Kjellander

  The Aerotech Cheetah is a high-performance mid-power rocket. The rocket is single stage, and goes over 3000' on a G motor. The kit comes with a single body tube, a nose cone, three (3) plastic clipped-delta fins, a parachute, a shockcord, and motor mount components. The motor mount components are the motor tube, two (2) fin-locks, two (2) centering rings, an ejection baffle, cooling mesh, ...

• Aerotech Cheetah By Greg Deeter

  This kit right here, I now have to thank, for getting me super re-addicted to rocketry. My last launches back in the early 80's saw D's as being high power. After getting very interested again a few months ago, I bought about 50 different kits and of them all, this one was my favorite, and I picked it for my first mid-power, and flew it today on an F50-6T. Truly amazing. I built it stock just as ...

• Aerotech Deja Vu By Dennis McClain-Furmanski

  ( Contributed - by Dennis McClain-Furmanski - 12/21/04) Brief: Recycled of bottom 1/4 of Mirage with different parts and design. Modifications: Due to an unfortunate misunderstanding between myself and instructions for the Slimline retainer, the Mirage shown here on EMRR (as Mirage Tail cone mod) lawn darted from 800'. Single use motors require the spacer ring with the S ...

• Aerotech EconoJet BlackMax (Motor) By Peter Riddell

  New AeroTech F23 and G38 Econojets AeroTech's Econjet BlackMax review is provided courtesy of: AeroTech's new BlackMax line a big hit! The last monthly launch of the Superstition Spacemodeling Society for 1999, held Saturday, December 11th, was a truly remarkable event. Not so much because there was a huge turnout, or a large number of people certified, but ...

• Aerotech EconoJet F20 (Motor) By Alex Kowaleski

  A 65 newton seconds EconoJet composite propellant motor by Aerotech The first time I used one of these motors was this spring. It was my first mid-power motor, and I was very eager to try it. So, I, with the help of my friends, loaded up the rocket that I was using this motor on (A scratch built rocket called the Hari Hunter) As I had only used black powder motors, the roar and ...

• Aerotech EconoJet G35 (Motor) By Dave Stout

  Photo courtesy of Aerotech 29mm composite motor. Flight: I tried this motor out in my scratch-built "Thunderstruck". It's built of LOC and Aerotech components, 2.25" OD X 43" long, and weighs 18 oz. The motor took a moment to pressurize, then SHOT the rocket off the pad. It is loud, raw, smoky and fiery. The guys at the CMASS launch all stopped to watch this one go, and they're used to H, ...

• Aerotech EFC-1 (Electronics) By Al Gloer

  A timer based deployment system that attaches to the forward closure of Aerotech style RMS motors. The forward end piece threads into one end of the tube and the other end of the tube threads onto a special Aerotech RMS forward closure. To complete the system a special plugged forward closure is required and they are currently available in 29mm, 38mm, and 54mm. This device uses a glow ...

• Aerotech G-Force By Dan Schneider

  Aerotech's 4", G-powered, parachute recovered rocket using their proprietary LABYRINTH ejection baffle system. Pros: Big (for Aerotech) Easy to build, very nice flyer Cons: Limited recommended motor range. Very thin fins. Pricy. Being my first 4" kit, my first impression was WOW! There's something very nice about being able to get your hands into the airframe to work. All the parts listed ...

• Aerotech G-Force By Ryan Chavis

  Great flight for my L1 cert launch! Flies slow and smooth, lots of fun! Overall Rating: 5

• Aerotech G-Force By David Kneble

  This is a great mid-power flyer with two downsides, limited range of motors, high price. All the normal components: Two 4" tubes, an ACE nosecone, 42" parachute, bulkhead equipment, motor tube, CR's, baffle system, elastic 12' shock cord, fins. Instructions are very simple if you have built any other Aerotech kits. If not, then read through them and make sure you understand them. If you ...

• Aerotech G-Force By Darwin May

  Brief: The G-Force is a single staged, parachute recovered large model rocket. There were 2 4" body tubes that were made out of the AT tubing. I opted to design the rocket for a payload by not gluing the nose. It has 3 fins made of EXTREMELY thin plastic that look just like the Sumo fins. The motor mount was 24" by my best guess, and made from thick cardboard. The shock cord appears to be 12' ...

• Aerotech G-Force By Kyle Cornelius

  Large mid power model for low altitude flights. Very good materials except the coupler which needs to be beefed up Very quick assembly with major problems in construction. The instructions were pretty straightforward. The fins could be sturdier, but I have flown this rocket 10+ times with only a cracked joint. Very good major components. Finishing: Easy to finish, except for its size, ...

• Aerotech G77 RMS Motor (Motor) By Dick Stafford

  This is a brief review of Aerotech’s new G77 Redline reload kit for the 29/120 case. The reload kit contains the typical components: Nozzle, liner, two propellant grains, forward and aft O-rings, forward and aft fiber insulators, ejection charge adhesive disk, FirstFire igniter, ejection charge container/cap, delay element, delay insulator, delay O-ring, delay spacer, and forward ...

• Aerotech G79 RMS Motor By Dick Stafford

  Brief: This is a comparison review of Aerotech’s new G79W, including the new 29/120 RMS case. Construction: Although this product was introduced at LDRS 23 in July 2004, my casing (S/N 037) has a manufacturing date of 1/8/02. This product was obviously in the works for a while. The case is new and is not interchangeable with the 29/40-120, but the closures are the same as ...

• Aerotech HV ARCAS By Chris Raymond

  Large single stage rocket which is a replica of the high-velocity version of the Arcas sounding rocket. The HV Arcas came in a sturdy box . All the parts where there when it arrived. The instructions were easy to follow and had a lot of illustrations. The parts all fit and if assembled right is very study. No special tools were needed. Finishing: I painted it like the box . It was easy to ...

• Aerotech HV ARCAS By Jack Caynon

  ( Contributed - by Jack Caynon - 04/07/08) Brief: Mid-power rocket modified to be a Level 1 Certification Rocket. Modifications: The rocket is a strong flier on G motors and is an even better flier on 29mm H motors so it is suitable as a Level 1 Certification Rocket. To modify it to fly on a 29-180 motor, I used an Aeropack 29mm motor retainer designed for cardboard tubing. ...

• Aerotech HV ARCAS By John Yurcina

  A great scale model of the HV ARCAS sounding rocket. Nothing more to say! This kit came with two body tubes, four fins, three centering rings made of "aerofibre" material, and a large hollow plastic nose cone. The instructions that came with this kit were *very* easy to follow.... Everything fit into place as planned, I had no problems. I used 30-minute epoxy and medium CA ...

• Aerotech Initiator Starter Set By Bob Albright

  Aerotech - Initiator Starter Set review is provided courtesy of: It was my 14th birthday-- my birthday present was a mid-power starter set. My dad and I headed down to the hobby shop to browse the selections. This particular shop had two choices. The NCR Phantom 4000 set and the Aerotech Initiator set. We looked at each and chose the AT Initiator, not only was it a good value, but it looked ...

• Aerotech Initiator Starter Set By Bob Albright

  The Initiator is a good looking, mid powered rocket that flies on 24mm and 29mm rocket motors. The starter set comes with everything needed to build and launch the Initiator. The Initiator comes with (1) main body tube, a motor tube, 3 fins, a nose cone, a gas baffle system and recovery system. The starter set also includes a launch pad, launch controller and 2 motors. The Initiator is one ...

• Aerotech Initiator Starter Set By Andrew Godbold

  The recovery system on this rocket is a large yellow parachute. Although this chute is very large it can be hard to see at a great distance. The only problem with this chute is that it easily catches in trees and this was the fate of my rocket. This kit comes with one body tube without a payload section. There are also a motor mount tube, molded plastic nosecone, and 3 through the wall ...

• Aerotech Initiator Starter Set By Chris Bovia

  Easy to build kit - especially with the online tutorials that I managed to save as I was unable to find them more recently.  Painted the rocket white with a red nosecone.  So far it works great! Components Made as per kit plans and included supplies.  Built with 5min epoxy to withstand higher impluse G flights. /h2 Kit came with everything including ...

• Aerotech Initiator By Mark Van Luvender

  Brief: The Initiator is a single staged mid power rocket designed to fly on 29mm E-G motors (RMS and SU), as well as some 24mm motors (RMS and SU) with the supplied adaptor. This is an excellent kit for people making the jump to mid-power from model rockets. Construction: The kit contains:- 1 body tube (2.6 inch diameter), A 29mm motor tube, nose cone, Three sturdy ...

• Aerotech Initiator By Harry Holmes

    This model is straight forward in its design and construction. Read all instructions before beginning and test fit all parts before cementing. Very little is needed to make a clean and precision assembly. Aerotech sells a good kit. The plans call for the use of medium CA. Always keep debonder close when using CA. I did not need it, but could have. Greg Burke, SoAR's president, used ...

• Aerotech Initiator By Taylor Jessee

  Brief: Nice mid power rocket kit that's cheap and flies great! Construction: It came with a 39"x 2.6" body tube, 3 fins, 2 square launch lugs, 13" nose cone, 29mm motor tube, 2 2.6" x 29mm centering rings, 17' shock cord, and a 24" parachute. Instructions were easy to follow with good illustrations. It was very easy build with no alignment issues and ...

• Aerotech ISQY Tomahawk By Kevin Fisher

  Brief: This was my first Aerotech rocket. I found it easy enough for a rocketeer that has built 5 or so smaller rockets. This is a good rocket it you are just getting into the Aerotech Engines or not familiar with CA glue. It is NOT staged but has an 18 inch 'chute. On a F25, It goes about 1500 feet. Construction: All the parts were there and none were broken. The packaging is GREAT. It ...

• Aerotech ISQY Tomahawk By John Coker

  The AeroTech I.Q.S.Y. Tomahawk kit was the third rocket I build and the first mid-power one. This is AeroTech kit #89014. Kit information and a full-size picture of the front of the package is here as well as a very nice drawing of the rocket by G. Harry Stine. The Tomahawk is a scale rocket, although it's clear the kit isn't meant for meticulous scalers. Finish is rough in some places ...

• Aerotech ISQY Tomahawk By Barry Harmon

  This is Aerotech\'s semi-scale model of the IQSY Tomahawk sounding rocket. Components The kit includes:  1 slotted body tube 1 payload section Plastic nosecone 4 plastic fins  2 FIN-LOK rings 29mm motor tube 2 centering rings Tube coupler Bulkhead 2 screw eyes Motor hook Ejection gas baffle Stainless mesh \"wadding\" Thrust ...

• Aerotech ISQY Tomahawk By Paul Gray

  (by Paul Gray)  Background There have been many rockets named "Tomahawk" used over the past few decades. This Tomahawk was built and flown during the International Quiet Sun Year (1967) to research the Earth's atmosphere. Therefore, this Tomahawk sounding rocket is known as the IQSY Tomahawk, marking the time when it was built and flown. The real IQSY Tomahawk was produced ...

• Aerotech ISQY Tomahawk By Jerry O'Sullivan

  This is a nice semi-scale model of a sounding rocket. Decals are used for scale details like bolts, etc. so it's pretty easy to get a good looking model. Built per instructions, you can fly it on E-G engines, and of course, requires no wadding as AT kits use an effective baffle system. Construction is easy although I modified the kit to accept an altimeter bay built into the coupler for dual ...

• Aerotech ISQY Tomahawk By Neil Thompson

  ( Contributed - by Neil Thompson) Brief: A nice scale model by Aerotech consisting of 1 stage, a nice nylon parachute, and through the wall fins. Construction: 2 tubes, 1 main, one payload section. 4 fins, 2 centering rings, made of Aerofiber. I do not know the lenth of the shock cord or motor mount, but I am guessing 6 ft, and 2 Ft. respectivly. PROs: Easy build Good ...

• Aerotech Mantis (Other Product) By Michael Karp

    Can handle 1/8, 3/16 and 1/4 launch rods and is adjustable for wind elevation. Construction : Quality: All the parts were there and I even got a few spare parts!  The quality of the the materials is good even though it looks kind of cheap. . . being mostly made of plastic. Instructions: They were missing. They were missing. I called Aerotech who directed me to their website ...

• Aerotech Mantis (Other Product) By R. J. Talley

  Well, here's a little product review for the boys at Aerotech. Your "Mantis" pad leaves much to be desired. It's too big for Estes stuff and too small for the NCR size mid-power rockets. Today, I took my NCR Patriot and attempted to put it on the Mantis Pad as a static display. While the pad holds it without danger of tipping, it will not do so in a vertical position. The swing arm of the ...

• Aerotech Mirage - Tail C By Dennis McClain-Furmanski

  (by Dennis McClain-Furmanski - 09/09/04) Brief: By setting the motor tube a few inches aft, it allowed a PML urethane tail cone and Slimline retainer to be added. Modifications: The motor tube had to be moved aft of its normal position, 11/16" forward of the aft end of the body. The exact distance needed was simply to match the motor tube through to tail cone and seat it in ...

• Aerotech Mirage By Douglas Gardei

  The Mirage was the second medium-power rocket and the first Aerotech kit that I built. In addition, this kit is the largest rocket that I have ever built, towering 87" (that's 7'- 3"!).It is 2.6" in diameter and weighs 31 ounces.It flies with 29mm motors. In a nutshell, it's a whole lot of rocket! The kit comes with three body tubes with couplers, plastic nose cone, and launch lugs. Due to ...

• Aerotech MOOSEtang By Dennis McClain-Furmanski

  ( Contributed - by Dennis McClain-Furmanski - 12/21/04) Brief: This is an AeroTech Mustang made longer with an additional body and payload section. Also installed PVC motor retainer. Modifications: Not being content to leave well enough alone, I took one of my favorite flyers and stretched it out to double its original size. I got the parts listed above directly from AT since I ...

• Aerotech Mustang By Mark Fisher

  Aerotech has long been known to high power rocketeers for their fine motors and sturdy kits, but not too many model rocketeers have used their products. They're a lot more expensive than the average entry level stuff; the Initiator start set isn't cheap (Discount Rocketry has it for a reasonable $115.95), nor is their Interlock Launch Controller if purchased separately (I paid $39.95 for mine, ...

• Aerotech Mustang By David Urbanek

    Brief:  Good entry level rocket for Mid-Power. There's one on every shelf on every hobby shop in America. Construction:  Solid stuff through out. Thick body tube, plastic fins, plastic motor mount cage. It has a baffle and a motor clip. Initially I thought about deleting the motor clip so I could use H motors in it. Typical lack of perspective thought. I'm glad I ...

• Aerotech Mustang (Modification) By Jack Caynon

  Brief: Modified to incorporate anti-zipper design. Modifications: This modification doesn't require any special tools, however, it does require an Aerotech 1.9" coupler. First, I used a hacksaw to gently cut the airframe into two parts, the lower part of the airframe with the fin slots should be 10.5" long. Then I tossed aside the engine retaining hook and used a 29mm Slimline motor retainer ...

• Aerotech Mustang By David Kneble

  ( Contributed - by David Andrew Kneble - 07/20/01) Brief: The Mustang is a rugged single stage mid-power rocket. It is easy to construct and flies on a wide range of motors from D-G. it is a perfect rocket for someone trying to get into the world of mid-power rocketry. Construction: The Mustang consists of a 24mm motor adapter tude, adapter rings, an E spacer tube, a thrust ring, ...

• Aerotech Mustang By Carl Tulanko

  The Aerotech Mustang is a Sport model using a 1.9" body tube and is 32" in length. It has a four fin configuration and has been designed to handle motors from the E thru G range. Aerotech kits are like the Cadillac of model rockets and this one is no different. High quality components and rugged yet simple design are what you expect to see when purchasing one of these kits. Thick walled ...

• Aerotech Mustang By Andy Tate

  ( Contributed - by Andy Tate - 04/10/02) Brief: Single stage mid power parachute recovery kit. Construction: Kit includes 4 "Trapezoidal with modified double wedge airfoil" fins, 1.9" body tube, Aero-Fibre" centering rings, 5:1 ogive nose cone, 6' elastic shock cord, and nylon parachute. This is extremely easy to put together. The instructions are clear ...

• Aerotech Mustang By Darwin May

  The Mustang is a single stage mid power rocket. The Mustang was my first mid power and first Aerotech kit. I opened the box to find one tube, a 5:1 ogive nosecone, 4 trapezoidal fins, and a beefy motor mount. The centering rings were made of black fiber material, very stiff. The shock cord was about 6' long. The nose was made out of plastic and was tethered to the end of the MMT by the ...

• Aerotech Mustang By Kris Henderson

  Brief: This is a basic 4FNC kit that flies on 29mm and 24mm motors. Construction: The kit contains one thick body tube with pre-cut fin slots and pre-cut slots for launch lugs, 4 trapezoidal plastic fins with modified double wedge airfoil, 29mm motor mount, 24mm motor adapter, plastic nose cone, long shock cord, and 16" chute. THe kit des not include a payload section. ...

• Aerotech RMS 29/180 H128W By Lance Alligood

  ( Contributed - by Lance Alligood - 03/30/05) Brief: The AeroTech H128W-M is a high power rocket motor reload. This is arguably the most popular reload used for certifying Level 1 with because of its general easy availability, low cost, and that so many rockets perform well with this particular motor. You must be Level 1 certified (as recognized by NAR, Tripoli, and/or CAR) to ...

• Aerotech RMS 29/240 H180W By Lance Alligood

  ( Contributed - by Lance Alligood - 03/30/05) Brief: The AeroTech H180W-M is a high power rocket motor reload. This is arguably the most popular reload used for certifying Level 1 with because of its general easy availability, low cost, and that so many rockets perform well with this particular motor. You must be Level 1 certified (as recognized by NAR, Tripoli, and/or CAR) to ...

• Aerotech RMS 29/240 H210R (Motor) By Aaron Stanley

  The Aerotech H210 Redline RMS reload is a great motor to use for one of those rockets after you certify level 1. It has nice long bright red flame and just pushes the rocket off the pad like a bullet out the gun. You got to keep your eye on your rocket when using this motor because it gets your rocket moving really fast. RMS hardware parts: 29mm aft closure 29/240 case 29mm ...

• Aerotech RMS 38/240 H123W By Lance Alligood

  The AeroTech H123W-M is a high power rocket motor reload. This is arguably the most popular reload used for certifying Level 1 with because of its general easy availability, low cost, and that so many rockets perform well with this particular motor. You must be Level 1 certified (as recognized by NAR, Tripoli, and/or CAR) to purchase and use one of these reloads. The reload includes the ...

• Aerotech RMS-24/40 Motor (Motor) By Taylor Jessee

  The RMS case is real handy for sending small rockets high or just buying cheap motors for your bigger rockets. The case itself cost $40 but you do get to buy those less expensive reloads, which you start saving money after about 9 flights. The components to this motor are the casing, two end closures, and a tube of grease. The instructions in the kit are easy to follow once you get the ...

• Aerotech Strong Arm By Mason Hazzard

  The Aerotech Strong Arm rocket is a mid power rocket designed for "E" through "G" impulse motors. It is a sleeker version of the ARM-78 STARM and is on retail for about $70. I found it on sale for about $50, and couldn't resist. This will be my first "real" mid power kit and my first good rocket to get to use reloadable motors on. Components The kit comes in one of Aerotech's ...

• Aerotech Strong ARM By G. A. Dean

  Brief: Aerotech's take on the often modeled Navy Standard ARM is the "Strong ARM". It's not a particularly close scale rendition, but the result is good looking and well suited to F and G motors, particularly the EconoJets. There's a bit more to build in this kit than in the Aerotech Initiator or Mustang, but not so much that builders new to mid-power should be scared ...

• Aerotech Sumo By Joe Cacciatore

  Single-stage, single-engine rocket with piston ejection system and is suitable for Level 1 attempts. This Aerotech rocket has the standard Aerotech through the wall Fin-Lok™ system and components except the nose cone is a different material than the other Aerotech's. It is gray and presumably stronger. It has 4 fins about the size of the Astrobee D but reported thinner than the ...

• Aerotech Sumo By Taylor Jessee

  Brief: This is a pretty simple rocket to build that is very neat and flies great. It is a single staged rocket, flies on mid and high power motors. Price is a little high but not too bad. Construction: The kit includes: 1 4" diameter cardboard body tube 4 fins 2 centering rings 1 motor tube 10' elastic shock cord 1 nose cone 42" parachute The ...

• Aerotech Sumo By Wesley Egan

  Brief: This is a very sturdy 4 inch diameter, 39 inch tall advanced model rocket made by AeroTech. It is a stubby model capable of handling anything from G to H power, sports piston ejection, and comes equipped with a 29mm motor mount. Construction: The component list for this rocket is: 1 4 inch diameter, 23 inch long pre-slotted cardboard body tube 4 pre-shaped ...

• Aerotech Wart-Hog By Kevin Fisher

  ( Contributed - by Kevin Fisher - 10/21/00)  Brief: This is a great rocket. This is a great rocket. It was the second mid power rocket I built and it was very challenging yet easy enough for the average builder. This is the same for all Aerotech kits.  This kit runs on Aerotech composite motors. I would use an E15-4W at the least.  Construction:   As with all ...

• Aerotech Wart-Hog By Greg Deeter

  Brief: This is a single stage 2.6" diameter by 37" tall rocket currently in production by Aerotech. It is called an "Advanced Model Rocket". Construction: I do not consider this to be an "Advanced Model Rocket" as it was quite simple to build. The first Aerotech kit that I built was a Cheetah. I enjoyed that one so much I purchased the Arreaux, ...

• Aerotech Wart-Hog By Frank Casey

  Brief: This is a very versitile kit made by Aerotech. The motor selection is excellent. this rocket can fly on 24mm and 29mm single use or RMS motors. The kit provies a 29mm mount and a 24mm mount adapter. Construction: The parts are top quality, sturdy and include: Motor adaptor tube Adaptor rings E spacer tube Thrust ring Thrust ring flange Motor tube ...

• Alien Enterprises Monocopter M-24 By Herb Estus

  Photo courtesy of Alien Enterprises      Monocopter 24 by Alien Enterprises Kit no. M-24. Monocopter made to fly on 24 mm motors The Kit includes: Carbon veil 4" X 13" Carbon rod 3/16" X 12" Carbon strips ¼" X 5" X .007" Aluminum tube 5/32" OD X 3" Spruce block Hex nut (2) ¼"-20 Plywood 1/16" X 3" X 12" Pre-Shaped Airfoil ...

• Allan McDonald's Truth, Lies, and O-Rings (Book) By Robert A. Morstadt

  Very early in the Challenger investigation Allan McDonald realized that he must keep extensive notes of the day-to-day happenings, because the question of personal liability could arise someday. Those notes became the basis for this book and his care for details are clearly shown. This is a “must-read” book for anyone who wants to become familiar with the Challenger accident and ...

• Altimeter One, Altimeter Two (Electronics) By Rich DeAngelis

  The Altimeter One is a very small and easy-to-use altimeter for model rockets, airplanes, kites and even birding. Jolly Logic's Altimeter Two is similar, but has specific features for model rockets only, and is a bit more sophisticated and a bit more expensive. I bought mine for $50 (Altimeter One) and $70 (Altimeter Two). This was money well spent as these altimeters have enhanced ...

• Always Ready Rocketry Basic Blues 3 By Robert Barkley

  What a great group of components. Blue tube is my new favorite medium for high power rocketry.  Heavy duty and durable.   Components Blue tube - 'nuff said The fins were cut very well, a bit of sanding, sealing, and they were flight worthy. Nose cone is of good quality, minimal prep to paint the plastic nose cone /h2 First experience working with ...

• Always Ready Rocketry Blue Tube 2.0 (Other Product) By Cliff Oliver

  This review is focused more on the Blue Tube 2.0 material than the rocket I built. The rocket was constructed pretty much like any other HPR rocket - with three 'glassed fins and an altimeter bay for the dual recovery system. I acquired the Blue Tube 2.0 items from Always Ready Rocketry. I had heard the good and the bad points of the original Blue Tube and wanted to find out how the 2.0 ...

• Always Ready Rocketry Predator Jr. By Ken Tsai

  Brief: I often fly underpowered. I like low and slow for the most part, and enjoy watching the entire show rather than seeing a rocket disappear into the sky and waiting impatiently attempting to re-acquire it. Sometimes, though, it's fun to see a rocket just disappear in an instant. Of course, building rockets that can survive high g-force abuse requires more strength. Without ...

• American Alliance Rocketry F2 Avenger By John Lee

  This is a longneck, futuristic fighter that flies on 24mm motors. While looking over the AA site, I decided that there were several rockets I liked the looks of and the Avenger was one of them. I ordered it along with a few others and soon had a box of rockets begging for my attention. There was also a note saying that a part for the Avenger was out of stock and that it would be shipped ...

• American Alliance Rocketry M15 Snake By Joy Sills

  Brief: A fun LPR kit that utilizes "Snake Recovery: 5 sections blow apart, yet remain attached for an interesting 'flight of a snake.'" A kit thats slightly out of the ordinary. Construction: The parts list: 3 0.74" x 3.125" Body Tubes 1 0.74" x 3.625" Body Tube for fin can 3 Couplers Engine Block Two-piece Plastic nose cone ...

• American Alliance Rocketry M4 Noxious By Charlaine Cadence Nordin

  Brief: This is a MPR rocket that uses D and E class motors with parachute recovery. Construction: Parts list: 3 body tubes one nose cone engine block engine hook 3 centering rings 18" parachute with shroud lines and rip-stop disks 1 1/2" shock cord 1 1/4" inch cord tube coupler bulk head balsa fin stock 2 launch ...

• American Alliance Rocketry NB5 Emulator By John Lee

  Brief: The NB5 Emulator from American Alliance is part of their ongoing "story" of a Pan-American Alliance fighting back after being devastated by aliens. The "NB" of the name stands for "New Beginnings" and it is supposed to be a probe to seed other planets. Rockets from American Alliance tend to have a "different" look about them. I have ...

• Anchor Parachutes Hemispherical Parachutes By Dave Stout

  ( Contributed - by Dave Stout - 07/27/05) Brief: Anchor parachutes are multi-paneled, shaped parachutes. They are available in quarter-sphere and hemisphere shapes. Construction: The construction of these parachutes is absolutely first rate and are comprised of 6 or 8 separate color panels. At the seam where the panels join is a hollow sleeve. The nylon shroud lines are sewn ...

• Andrew's Rocketry Shop Patriot By BRADLEY L SMITH

  This is a simple Skill Level 1 low-power build that was a fun evening. The kit couldn't be any simpler to build and the instructions were awesome. It will be a nice addition to my Patriot Battery when the weather breaks for painting. Components Nothing surprising here, a simple nine-inch body tube, plastic two-piece nosecone, a motor block, launch lug, and rubber shock cord ...

• Animal Motor Works Blue Baboon By Jeff Boldig

  I bought this kit from AMW at LDRS 36 at MDRA.  They told me it was the first Blue Baboon kit they had sold.  It is a blue fiberglass 3 inch diameter kit with a black fiberglass nose cone and fins.  It is a dual deploy kit with a 54mm motor mount tube. Components It has a fiberglass spiral wound black nose cone with a black fiberglass tip pre-glued to the nose ...

• Animal Motor Works M2500 Green Gorilla (Motor) By Jack Caynon

  The Animal Motor Works (AMW), which has recently merged with Cesaroni Technologies, M2500 Green Gorilla is a high power rocket motor reload for AMW's giant 75-7600 motor casing . This 40.9 inch motor casing fits 3 inch motor mounts and the reload is the most powerful commercial 3-inch motor reload in our hobby. You must be Level 3 certified (as recognized by NAR and Tripoli, Level 4 for CAR) ...

• Animal Motor Works Red Rhino By David Hunt

  The Red Rhino is a small 38mm thin-walled fiberglass rocket named after one of the Animal Motor Works (AMX) reload propellant types. AMX held a design competition December 2015 and my design was selected for this kit.  Components Components: Pre-Slotted Lightweight Thin-Wall Fiberglass Airframe G10 Fins (black) Black Injection Molded Polycarbonate Nose Cone ...

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• AntiGravity Research Corporation Extreme 2-Stage By Frank G. Whitby

  Brief: Extreme 2-Stage is a complete kit for a two stage water rocket from Anti-Gravity Research. This is one of a several water rockets available at AntiGravity. Extreme 2-Stage is a very simple, high flying water rocket that should prove to be very safe and easy for children. The rocket derives its impulse from a bicycle pump and a small amount of water in each of 2 water bottles. ...

• AntiGravity Research Corporation High Altitude Pro Edition By Frank G. Whitby

  Brief: High Altitude Pro is a complete kit for a single stage ring fin water rocket from Anti-Gravity Research. This is one of a several water rockets available at AntiGravity. High Altitude Pro is a very simple, high flying water rocket that should prove to be very safe and easy for children. The rocket derives its impulse from a bicycle pump and a small amount of water in a 2-liter ...

• Apogee Books Creating Space (Book) By Duane Boldt

  Brief: Creating Space by Mat Irvine illustrates the history of the Space Age through models. It is a 352 page book with a forward by Sir Arthur C. Clark. Chapters: Early Dreams Wartime Experiences Optimistic Times Man in Space The Missile Connection One Small Step Gone to Launch Messages from Orbit Edge of Space The reusable Spaceship Islands in the Sky ...

• Apogee Components Apollo Capsule Set By Gordon Agnello

  ( Contributed - by Gordon Agnello - 08/01/01) Brief: This is the new Apollo Capsule and escape tower set for the yet to be released 1/70th scale Saturn 1B and Saturn V. Construction: The set comes in a sealed double plastic bag (one for the escape tower and ACR's and one for the capsule). It is all injection molded styrene plastic. No instructions are provided or needed but I'm ...

• Apogee Components Aspire By Greg Elder

  The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the two links above. (Sport ...

• Apogee Components Avion By Glenn Little

  Brief: A skill level I rocket kit made with components of higher quality than is typically seen in similar kits by other companies. It teaches techniques that aren't seen in other skill level I rockets. The Apogee website has a newsletter archive that includes an article about building a payload into this rocket. This (among some others) was a modification I did complete. ...

• Apogee Components Avion By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Apogee recently introduced this potential build/fly candidate as a basic Alpha class model. 3FNC design, 18mm motors, and fairly nice-looking. It also flies well and can potentially be a soccer field flyer on A motors. Construction: Apogee's part quality is usually excellent, though in the past I've had some issues with the die-cut fins which tend to have crumpled ...

• Apogee Components Blue Streak By Moira Jean Whitlock

  Brief: Single staged, lightweight model with three swept back fins, coming with choice of 10.5, 13, and 18mm motor mounts. Meant to demonstrate performance differences between these three motor types. My guess is that it is meant to show observers that the 10.5mm motors boot models higher. Apogee gives great service. I ordered this rocket online along with others and it arrived in less than five ...

• Apogee Components Building Skill Level 2 Model Rocket Kits (Book) By Daniel Kirk

  Brief: PDF format video-book on CD-ROM for Macintosh and Windows computers. The package contains 1 CD-ROM. As a kid, I built Skill Level 1, 2, and 3 rocket kits, but looking back I would not call myself a Skill Level 3 rocketeer. I could follow most of Estes instructions and usually produce a rocket that would fly reasonably well, but there were things I didn't understand, like sealing ...

• Apogee Components Building Skills Level 1 Rocket Kits By Greg Elder

  The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the two links above. (Sport ...

• Apogee Components Centrix (Mod) (Modification) By Peter Clay

  Brief: My Centrix kit and two A2-7 motors arrived a few days before Christmas 1998. (Having spent my rocket budget on HPR, I had ordered the minimum needed to get this thing in the air.) As soon as I had the kit out of the box I knew it was something very, very cool.  Centrix is the most basic kit for Apogee's 10.5mm micro-motors and is optimized for their characteristics. It is ...

• Apogee Components Centrix By Seth

  (by Seth)  My order of a Centrix, 1/4A2-4, and 1/2A2-6, arrived in about 6 days in a box much small than I had expected, these are little dinks after all.  Centrix The instructions are very similar to Estes', and the kit is very straight-forward. I put rounded edges on the 3 nicely die-cut balsa fins, filled w/fill n finish, and glued to the body tube with tacky glue. Next ...

• Apogee Components Delta III By John Coles

  ( Contributed - by John Coles) Brief: A nicely detailed scale model of Boeing's newest launch vehicle, with 18" parachute recovery. Construction: Quality: The kit arrived missing the parachute, but that was quickly resolved via an e-mail to Apogee. Other than that, the kit arrived in good shape. Most of the parts in this kit are of excellent quality. The nose cones and nozzles ...

• Apogee Components Diamond Back By Sandy Houston

  The Apogee Diamondback is an 18mm single stage streamer recovery model which stands just over 30” tall. While it does have three fins and a nosecone, this is not a typical 3FNC like you would find at the local superstore. This kit's pedigree is obviously from a stable which is rooted in mid-power rockets, as the kit features components that tend toward the mid-power standards. The ...

• Apogee Components Diamondback By Chan Stevens

  Looks can be deceiving on this bird--it's a single-stage that could pass for a two-stager and is an 18mm bird that is begging to be promoted to 24mm. It's good to see Apogee add something to their modroc line, especially something with such cool looking fins. As is typical with Apogee, my kit arrived well packed a mere two days after placing the order along with a couple free goodies ...

• Apogee Components Fix-It Epoxy Clay (Other Product) By Scott Pearson

  Recently Apogee released a two-part epoxy with the consistency of modeling clay. The epoxy clay is similar to regular epoxy as it comes in two parts, part A and part B, that must be mixed together to activate it. It comes in two small tubs and weights ¼ pound and is scooped out instead of squeezed. According to the Apogee Web Site "Once mixed together, the clay is still pliable for ...

• Apogee Components Heli-Roc By Chan Stevens

  Brief: A basic Rota-roc style helicopter (fixed blade), this is a reliable design and definite crowd pleaser. There's just something cool about a true helicopter recovery rocket. Construction: The kit arrived within 3 days of placing my order online and all components were complete and good quality. Parts list includes: BT-5 body tube 10.5mm motor tube and centering ...

• Apogee Components Heli-Roc By Alan Rognlie

  ( Contributed - by Alan Rognlie)  I purchased this kit in the summer of 1997, intending to build it for the C HD (Helicopter Duration) event at MWRC-97. Unfortunately, this model is designed for 10.5mm or 13mm motors, so it wasn't appropriate at the time and I set it aside. We're holding a B HD event at 14AL-98 and Apogee makes 10.5mm B motors, so I decided to put this together to have ...

• Apogee Components Hydra By Moira Jean Whitlock

    This is a three finned egglofter designed for NAR egglofting competitions. Everything arrived undamaged and all the parts were there. The fins are precut balsa. The fins are precut balsa. The body tube is spiral wound paper as is the motor tube and two sets of centering rings.   There is a balsa launch lug offset, as the nose cone is much wider than the body. The launch lug is 1/8 ...

• Apogee Components Mass Driver By Moira Jean Whitlock

  - by Moira Jean Whitlock Brief:   This rocket is special in that it uses apogee's 10.5mm engines and it is also designed for the payload lofting NAR competition. So, it comes with a tubular device for holding a standard payload mass, and it can fit into the payload section of the main body. It is three finned and recovers with an 8-inch chute to make tracking easier. Construction: ...

• Apogee Components Medalist Motors By Nick Esselman

  (10/10/01) Apogee's Medalist composite motor offerings allow a flier some variety to the standard suite of motors. Especially for 18mm rockets that consistently fly on Estes and Quest motors. Here is what Apogee says about their motors: " The Medalist line of rockets motors feature ultra - high-energy composite propellant and are designed for special applications: either high ...

• Apogee Components Micro Motors By Thomas Beach

  The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the two links above. (Sport ...

• Apogee Components Micro V2/Blitzkrieg Booster By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 06/20/02) Brief: What? No more 10.5mm motors for your Apogee Micro V2? No problem! See how I built an adapter unit to let my Micro V2 fly on 13mm motors. Construction: The major parts include: - One completed Apogee Micro V2 - 1 ¾" of 13mm tubing - ¼" of a mini motor casing - ¾" of a micro motor casing - ...

• Apogee Components Micro V2 By Frank Burke

  - by Moira Jean Whitlock Description: Single staged 10.5mm motor (1/4 A through A in Apogee motors) rocket that is a minute scale model of the V2. Pros and cons of construction: All parts specified were there and undamaged. I got the kit less than a week after I ordered it, and it was securely packed in styrofoam popcorn in a strong postal box. The nose cone is solid lightweight balsa ...

• Apogee Components Micro V2 By Frank Burke

  Apogee - Micro V2 ( Contributed - by Frank Burke)  The kit came bagged nicely with a nice set of instructions. The body and tail tube were a nice quality white tube, but the body tube wasn't cut cleanly. I re-cut the ends and CA'd them for toughness. The tail cone is pre drilled, and other than needing some sanding on the end to square it up, and to make it fit into the body tube, ...

• Apogee Components Micro Whirl-A-Tron By David Urbanek

  ( Contributed - by David Urbanek) Brief: A high performance, contest quality helicopter rocket. No burn strings here! Construction: Materials were strictly top shelf. Body tube, vacuformed nose cone, balsa fins and rotor blades. Especially important is the molded hub and piston. You might consider buying this rocket just for the quality parts. The instructions are very good and ...

• Apogee Components Model Rocket Propulsion By Tim Wood

  By Tim Van Milligan  Published by Apogee Components, Inc.  ( Contributed - by Tim Wood For many model rocketeers, technical reports were an important part of learning the hobby. Both Estes and Century published numerous such reports covering different aspects of the hobby, and they helped many a rocketeer learn about the technical aspects of the hobby. Apogee Components, a ...

• Apogee Components Monocopters By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford) Brief: "Monocopters", by Francis G. Graham, provides a brief history of "single-winged, powered vehicles". It is 70 pages long, including the index. Graham, for you rocket history types, was one of the founding members of what is now the Tripoli Rocketry Association (circa 1964). He is now a physics professor at Kent State. This ...

• Apogee Components Nike-Hercules (Plan) By Michael Rangitsch

  This is a sport scale version of the Nike Hercules anti aircraft missile. Extremely challenging to build.  The plans are available from Apogee Components . Booster is a cluster of four (4) 13mm tubes staging through a transition piece to a single 18mm sustainer. Apogee supplies the plans for all the balsa parts and the paper transitions and shrouds. All other supplies are the ...

• Apogee Components RockSim (7.x) Design Software By Joe Policy

    Description: I purchased my copy of RockSim directly from the Apogee Rockets website over a year ago. The cost was only $95.00. I selected the immediate download option versus waiting for a CD to be mailed to me. When you make the purchase, you will receive an authorization to download the software from Apogee using a one time only login and password. I had no problems downloading the ...

• Apogee Components RockSim Design Software (2.x-4.x) By Larry Rubanka

  This program is an ideal design and analysis tool for the  rocketry hobbyist. RockSim version 4.0 costs $50.00 US, and upgrades are available for $15.00 to registered owners of previous versions.  A demonstration version and many design samples are available from the Apogee web site. I ordered RockSim from the Apogee web site.  My credit card was billed accurately, and the ...

• Apogee Components RockSim Design Software (2.x-4.x) By Moira Jean Whitlock

  This is computer software whose purpose is to aid model rocket designers in choosing materials, motors, and parts for a stable rocket flight. There is a data base of known manufacturers and parts and you can create custom parts yourself. You can simulate flights with chosen engines and get a predicted altitude and speed. You can also see if your chosen delay allows ejection at apogee or ...

• Apogee Components Saturn 1B (1/70th) By Tim Doll

    (L) Estes K-29 Saturn 1B - original restored with Apogee Capsule (M) Apogee Saturn 1B (R) Clone of Estes Little Joe with Apogee Capsule The Apogee Saturn 1B is a 1/70th scale model of the 1960’s vintage NASA booster. Originally called the Uprated Saturn before being renamed the Saturn 1B, it was used for unmanned test flights of the Apollo capsule, and to ...

• Apogee Components Saturn 1B (1/70th) By Chan Stevens

  Let me preface this review by pointing out that I have never paid more than $100 for a rocket, and my previous experience with Apogee and the daunting $175 price for this rocket set my expectations outrageously high. That said, this kit has exceeded them in every way. It is a magnificent kit for the serious modeler, though even moderately experienced modelers will not find this an intimidating ...

• Apogee Components Saturn V (1/70th) By Vince Felix

  Components include: three (3) main body tubes, four (4) main fins, clay for nose weight, four (4) centering ring die cut sheets, two (2) shock cords made from Kevlar 100# & 300# (5 and 7 feet), and also two (2) Nylon parachutes 60" & 36 ". (Note: a full parts list is available from Apogee here in PDF .) The instructions for this Apogee 1/70 Saturn V kit are remarkable! Instead of your ...

• Apogee Components Saturn V (1/70th) By Tim Doll

  The Apogee Saturn V is a 1/70th scale model of the magnificent NASA Saturn V moon rocket. A companion kit to the Apogee Saturn 1B, this is a large rocket standing over 62 inches tall and 5.6 inches in diameter. The large size and high level of detailing make this an impressive rocket. I've built two Apogee Saturn V’s - one a ‘flyer’, the other a display model which is ...

• Apogee Components Second Stage - Advanced Model Rocketry By Joe Talento

  The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the two links above. ...

• Apogee Components SR-72 Darkbird By Patrick Wright

  Brief: Rear engine type mini-motor powered boost glider. Designed to imitate the appearance of the SR-71 spyplane. Construction: According to a note in the kit, Apogee had a supply problem with the nose cones. So as to not delay delivery any further Apogee vacuformed their own nose cones as a substitute. The note went on to say that the vacuformed nose cone probably wasn’t ...

• Apogee Components SR-72 Darkbird By Alan Rognlie

  Apogee - SR-72 Darkwing ( Contributed - by Alan Rognlie)  The SR-72 is an ejecting power-pod boost glider, much like one of Astron Mike's Marauders or the Estes SR-X, with an overall length near twelve inches and wingspan of about 7-1/2 inches. It is designed to be used with 13mm mini-motors. When the power-pod is ejected, it releases the elevons for glide. Tim (van Milligan) packed ...

• Apogee Components Super Centrix By David Urbanek

  ( Contributed - by Alan Rognlie)  I wanted to get a sample of Tim Van Milligan's kits, so I included a Centrix and its booster when I ordered some items from Apogee Components. I call this version a "sport" model because it uses a launch lug. For competition (AL14-98?), I'll build an extended one (for tracking powder) without the lug and use a tower for the launch. The ...

• Apogee Components Super Centrix By David Urbanek

  Introduction This was the first rocket my buddy, Greg Vose, built. I looked at it and thought he was going to be greatly disappointed. We'd go to the launch and he'd watch F, G and H motors and then slap this dinky rocket on the pad with a 1/2 A motor and feel . . . tiny. Well, the experience was anything but disappointing. It's a tiny rocket, sure, but it flies straight and true and really ...

• Apogee Components Texas Twister By Hank Helmen

  Brief: The Texas Twister is a paper body tube and balsa fin model rocket with three moveable fins that flip into position to spin the vehicle during recovery. The fins are pulled into recovery position using three tiny rubber bands supplied in the kit. A nifty piston and lock system unlocks the fins from boost position using ejection charge gas pressure. Construction: This is a ...

• Apogee Components The Paper Chaser (Plan) By Nick Esselman

  ( Contributed - by EMRR) On a cold day this winter, I discovered this rocket plan amongst my papers that was shipped with an order from Apogee . Looking through my parts I had everything I needed, as well as some Apogee Micro Motors . So I built The Paper Chaser. The Paper Chaser's fins are the only unique feature. They are constructed of "index card-stock" and extend ...

• Apogee SledgeHammer (Plan) By Frank DeAngelo

• ARA Press Level One Certification By Marlin Meyer

  ( Contributed - by Marlin Meyer - 07/25/10) Brief: New ARA publication by Tim Quigg. This is a How-To Guide for Level One Certification in NAR or TRA. A short but very complete and helpful guide for anyone wanting to attain their level 1. 52 pages (including table of contents, index, and about the author) Chapters include: The Beginning Getting Started High Power ...

• ARA Press Rocket Science By Steve Ainsworth

  ( Contributed - by Steve Ainsworth - 12/15/09) Book Review: I have known David Ketchledge longer than he has known me. After I first re-discovered rocketry in 1994, I was fortunate enough to get a copy of his article on Vertical Trajectory Systems (VTS) in the now defunct HPR magazine. David’s article provided the first steps for my efforts on building a rocket with an active ...

• ARA Press Saucer Fleet (Other Product) By James Gartrell

  Brief: Jack Hagerty and Jon Rogers newest book, The Saucer Fleet, is just outstanding. Seriously! I could hardly put it down once I started reading. It is every bit as good as the Spaceship Handbook. It’s a different subject, of course, but Jack and Jon wrap up the flying saucers in their own unique veil. The approach to presenting them really is fascinating. We got hints about it in the ...

• ARA Press Saucer Fleet By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 11/16/09) Brief: The Saucer Fleet is the latest release from Jack Hagerty and Jon Rogers of Spaceship Handbook fame. This 330 page hard-cover book features detailed information on famous flying saucers depicted on the big screen, television and print, including: The Day the Earth Stood Still War of the Worlds This Island Earth ...

• ARA Press Seize the Sky By Mario Perdue

  ( Contributed - Mario Perdue - 04/24/10) Summary: A Builder's Guide to Model Rocketry. I bought this book shortly after I saw on the Rocketry Forum that it was available. 222 pages containing a wide variety of subjects including Motors, Recovery Systems, Payloads, Trends, Work Area, Tools, Adhesives, Flying info, Building Technics and 25 building projects. A great addition to any ...

• ARA Press Spaceship Handbook (Other Product) By Dick Stafford

  This book provides almost 5 lbs of information on theoretical, fictional, and real (but not developed) spacecraft that is sure to please rocketeers, space enthusiasts, and amateur sci-fi historians alike. It documents 75 spacecraft and provides detailed drawings, historical backgrounds, plot summaries (for purely fictional craft), and mission backgrounds (for potentially real craft). Its ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets 13mm Six (Plan) (Plan) By Todd Mullin

  The Six is another great free downloadable paper rocket available from Art Applewhite Rockets. It is a 13mm streamer or tumble recovery model that requires some fairly good craftsmanship skills. If you have never tried to construct a paper model (or fold origami) you might be better off starting with another one of Art's free download. There are very few materials required to build this ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets 13mm Six (Plan) (Plan) By John Lee

  My NAR section will soon be doing a "Make and Take" session at a local museum for kids. We are limited to an extremely small launch area surrounded by lots of big, rocket eating trees. Art Applewhite was kind enough to allow us to build a bunch of his Qubits (with special artwork) for the kids. I also wanted to launch a few other things but not anything that would pain me greatly to lose. I ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets 3-Stage Cluster Cone (Plan) By John Lee

    3 stage cone rocket, 3 x 24mm first stage cluster, 18mm second stage, 13mm sustainer, and aerobrake recovery. Some time ago, Art Applewhite gave me one of his 13mm Qubit rocket kits at an Alamo Rocketeers launch. It has worked great ever since and while the "saucers" don't exactly appeal to me aesthetically, they have found their place in my grand scheme of thing because the field I ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Bumble Bee Monocopter (13mm) By Chan Stevens

  This is one of the many new Applewhite monocopter designs recently introduced. Monocpoters, in general, are one of the strangest things you'll ever see fly and this one is reliable and easy to build. The parts were sealed in a plastic bag and included: 3/32" basswood stock for support pieces 3/32" basswood wing/blade (2x3) 1/4" dowel balance beam (2) 3/16" dowels for upports ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Cinco 38mm By Donald Besaw Jr

  The Art Applewhite 38mm Cinco is a five sided pentagon shaped flying saucer with a 38mm motor mount. Like all other Art Applewhite saucers, this one is recovered using Art's aerobrake recovery. This kit came in one of Art's heat sealed thick plastic bags and included the following components: 1 foamboard top 1 foamboard bottom 2 cardboard seams 1 6 inch long 38mm motor mount ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Cinco 38mm By John Lee

  This is a simple 38mm high power saucer that incorporates an aerobrake recovery system. This was my Level 1 attempt. Since my club's field is fairly small, I wanted a high drag rocket that is hard to mess up. Naturally, I thought of Art Applewhite. The kit consisted of: 2 marked foamboard shrouds 2 glue strips 38mm motor mount tube. Also included was an easy to follow ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Cinco Saucer 13mm (Plan) By John Lee

  Brief: It looks like FlisKits has some catching up to do because Art Applewhite has gone right past two (Deuce), three (Tres), and 'four' (Quad? Quatro?) and jumped straight to 'Cinco' (Spanish for 'five')! I might come as the bearer of slightly bad news by telling you that cinco/five has to do with how many sides, not how many motors are in this rocket... I can assure you though ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Cinco Saucer 13mm (Plan) By John Lee

  Brief: This is a free, easy, 13mm, paper shroud saucer which uses an aerobrake recovery. The 13mm Cinco is a diminutive version of Art Applewhite's Cinco saucer. It is not a kit, per se; it is offered as a free download in the form of a PDF file on his web site. Construction: This rocket is made from a single sheet of Card stock. You download the PDF, put a piece of card ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Cluster Flying Saucer (10") By Greg Lane

  Cluster Flying Saucer Kit with 3 complete interchangeable motor mounts that can be changed at any time. Components include cardstock to form the top and bottom, fiberglass tape, foam backed board, 75mm core tube, and motor mount tubes. The assembly is a departure from the usual 3 fins and a nosecone rocket. The included assembly instructions are straightforward and include helpful ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Cone Rocket 13mm (Plan) By Donald Besaw Jr

  This is a new style UFO from Art Applewhite Rockets. It is a flying cone. This is the 13mm version. There are 13mm, 18mm, 24mm and 29mm versions available as well as several colors. Mine is the florescent yellow color. This kit included the top sections, reinforcing strips, nose cone shock cord anchor, thrust ring, nose cone base, bottom, motor mount and nose cone tubes and a thin elastic 24 ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Cone Rocket 13mm (Plan) (Plan) By Donald Besaw Jr

  It appears that the 13mm Cone Rocket kit I reviewed previously has been discontinued in favor of this new free downloadable Cone Rocket. I however received this one free with an order. The kit was printed on a single sheet of cardstock with the top and bottom sections, motor mount tube and instructions. The instructions for this rocket are very easy to understand. Even a beginner could ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Cone Rocket 18mm By Nick Esselman

  Here's a new twist in Art Applewhite's UFO-series of rockets.... the Cone Rocket! I'm calling it a Cone UFO just to keep with the theme of what Art Applewhite Rockets seems to have a knack (and niche) in. This is the 18mm Orange version. There are also 13mm, 24mm, and 29mm versions in Stars & Stripes, Mirror Gold, Silver, Yellow and Texas Special.    Also, in keeping with ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Cone Rocket 18mm By Blake Eric DeMarcy

  Brief: This is a conical design offered by Art Applewhite. It flies straight as any other rocket. Construction: When I got the kit, it had 2 body tubes. One was 18mm and the other was 19mm. The kit also had 2 sheets of cardstock, a piece of foamboard with pre-printed markings, 36 inches of elastic, and instructions. Construction is covered by the above review. ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Cone Rocket 24mm By Dave Stout

  Brief: The Art Applewhite Cone rocket is a single stage, cone stabilized rocket. Construction: Art's rockets are amazing. They are comprised of a small number of lightweight parts. This kit comes with a 1/4" foamcore board with printed patterns, a piece of gold mirror cardstock with patterns printed on the back, a piece of plain cardstock with parts printed on it, two nice ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Cone Rocket 24mm By Dick Stafford

  I have really been digging Art's saucers and now Art is branching out to other designs. As the name indicates, this rocket is a simple cone that flies on 24mm motors. This seems to be the next logical step after the Delta saucer design, which is sort of a hybrid between a classical saucer and a cone. Materials: Two sheets of cardstock for the shrouds One piece of foamboard for the ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Cone Rocket 24mm By Bob Cox

    Diameter: 5.5 inches (14cm) Height: 4.75 inches (12 cm) Weight: 1.3 oz (35 gm) Finish: I built the Mirror Gold version. Other patterns available include Stars and Stripes, Texas Special, Silver, Fluorescent Orange, Fluorescent Yellow, Fluorescent Green, Hot Pink, and plain White. CONSTRUCTION: Parts: All parts are packaged in a heat-sealed clear plastic bag with no ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Cone Rocket 24mm By David Urbanek

  Brief: It's an unusual cone rocket. No fins, but the nose weight makes it stable. Pre-printed paper cone, so you don't need to paint it. Very simple to prep. Construction: You have to be ready and willing to roll cones out of light cardstock. There is also a short piece of nesting body tubes, and some foam board for the base and mid-section bulkhead. If you're not used to ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Cone Rocket 29mm By Moira Jean Whitlock

  Brief: Single staged conical rocket that flies on 29mm motors and recovers by a combination of tumble recovery and shock cord. The light weight of the rocket makes a streamer or parachute unnecessary. Construction: The kit comes in a sealed plastic envelope with two body tubes, namely, a 5 inch length of 29mm motor tubing and 5 inches of BT55 motor mount tubing. The rocket has no ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Cone Rocket 29mm By Douglas Gardei

  Cone rocket that sports a 29mm motor mount. The 29mm Cone rocket contains a 29mm motor tube, which loosely fits inside a larger diameter tube, that is used as the Cone's center tube. An elastic cord is included for recovery. Two pieces of foam board are used to make the centering rings. Several sheets of cardstock are used to make the body of the rocket. To build this rocket, you will need ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Crew Exploration Saucer By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 04/17/06) Brief: I really like my Art Applewhite 6" Delta saucer . However, since it appears that it will last for many, many more flights, I didn't think I needed a second one just yet. So what to do with my Spaceship Earth Delta? Modifications: I began by constructing the Delta : Cut and form the top and bottom shrouds and the ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Delta Flying Saucer 13mm (4") (Plan) By Dick Stafford

  This is a review of Art Applewhite's newly released 4" ‘Delta' saucer, which flies on 13mm motors. The main difference between his Delta saucers and his standard line is that there are no fins, and both the top and bottom shrouds extend to the motor mount. This makes them simpler to construct, less expensive, and fly higher than the standard saucers. Parts Note: This kit includes the ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Delta Flying Saucer 13mm (4") (Plan) By Kevin Timmins

  Brief: The 13mm Art Applewhite Delta Gold Flying Saucer kit was donated to me by EMRR for review. As one would expect from Art Applwhite, the kit is well designed, and meant to fly on Mini 13mm motors. The kit contains:- Set of clear photo illustrated instructions, A 13mm motor tube One sheet of Gold card (printed on reverse with all parts) Sheet of foam poster board, ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Delta Flying Saucer 18mm (6") By Nick Esselman

  (07/01/03) I finally got around to purchasing a couple of Art Applewhite's Flying Saucers. Been meaning to, just never got around to it. When I did, I was glad he accepted PayPal. Made it very easy. I purchased the Gold 6" 18mm Delta Flying Saucer and the Gold 4" 13mm Delta Flying Saucers. I'm writing the review for the 18mm version because there isn't currently a review on ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Delta Flying Saucer 18mm (6") By Dwayne Surdu-Miller

  ( Contributed - by Dwayne Surdu-Miller - 07/24/06) Brief: I was fortunate enough to win this kit as a prize for entering my Barbsari B-Prize design into Descon 15. I asked for and received the Spaceship Earth version. I was amazed at how quickly the shipment arrived after I'd specified what version I'd like. Mondo kudos to Art Applewhite for fantastic service. Construction: The ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Delta Flying Saucer 24mm (6") By Dick Stafford

  Brief: This is a review of Art Applewhite's newly released "Delta" saucer, which flies on 24mm motors. The main difference between his Delta saucers and his standard line is that there are no fins, and both the top and bottom shrouds extend to the motor mount. This makes them simpler to construct, less expensive, and fly higher than the standard saucers. The Kit includes: One sheet of ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Delta Flying Saucer 24mm (6") By Taylor Jessee

  Brief: I have always liked UFO type rockets like the Estes Snitch which I was glad to find out about these good quality kits that are high drag and dying to fly. Construction: The kit includes: 7" of cardstock for shrouds foamboard 24mm motor tube The instructions were very easy to follow. I think it went together very nicely. It was kind of tricky cutting the ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Delta Flying Saucer 24mm (6\") By Peter Davidson

  Brief: This is a very nice simplified version of Art's Original Flying Saucer rockets which flies great and can be launched on a wide variety of 24mm motors. Construction: I ordered Art's 24mm 'Flames' Delta and included in the kit is: One sheet of cardstock to make up the top/bottom shrouds and shroud tabs. One pre-marked 7" piece of foamboard to make up the ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Delta Flying Saucer 29mm (7.5") By Lance Alligood

  Picture courtesy of Art Applewhite      Brief: Have your club launches become rather routine? Are you looking for something to get everyone's attention when it's on the ground as much as in the air? Are you looking for something that's easy to recover? What if I told you it was inexpensive too? Art Applewhite's 29mm x 7.5" Delta Flying Saucer is all that ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Delta Flying Saucer 38mm (10") By Will Marchant

  Brief: This is an easy to build, single stage flying saucer that needs no recovery system. It is an easy way to certify level 1 for high power. Relatively slow ascent and limited altitude mean a short walk during recovery. Construction: A central paper/foam laminate "plate" with a 38mm motor mount tube installed perpendicular to the plane of the plate makes the main ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Delta Flying Saucer 38mm (18") By Dick Stafford

  This was a pre-production version of the kit and its construction varied somewhat from the production model. Nonetheless, it is representative of the performance you should expect from the production model. I have tried to indicate where the production model varies, however, these notes may not be all-inclusive. This rocket is a huge, 18" diameter, Level 2 capable version of Art's Delta ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Delta Flying Saucer 38mm (18") By Matthew McFarland

  Brief: This is a beautiful HPR saucer that wows the crowd with great boosts and long aerobrake recoveries. Construction: This kit comes essentially as three kits. There are the saucer itself and two motor mount kits: one for 54mm motors and one for 38mm motors. The saucer is a single central body tube, a launch lug that mounts inside the body tube, three foam sheets, and some ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Double Helix (13mm) By Dick Stafford

  Brief: The Double Helix is another new twist on the monocopter (pun intended)--it has two wings and flies on two motors. In fact, it's more or less two 13mm Helix Monocopters stuck end to end. Technically, it's not a monocopter but a bi-copter. Construction: The parts list: Two 1/16" Basswood sheets One 24mm tube Two BT-5 motor mounts Two ¼" ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Double Helix (13mm) By John Lee

  Brief: The Double Helix is a great variation on the simple monocopter design from Art Applewhite. It is extremely simple to build and goes together quickly. It's also even more fun to fly than the Helix. I was lucky enough to get to watch the flights of the prototypes as Art was developing this line and now it seems like he is the source of a monocopter renaissance. It's a lot of ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Double Helix (18mm) By Dick Stafford

  Brief: The Double Helix is another new twist on the monocopter (pun intended)--it has two wings and flies on two motors. In fact, it's more or less two 18mm Helix Monocopters stuck end-to-end. Technically, it's not a monocopter but a bi-copter. Construction: The parts list: 3/32" Basswood sheet 29mm tube Two BT-20 motor mounts ¼" launch lug ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Double Helix (18mm) By John Lee

  Brief: Art Applewhite has recently been promoting a series of monocopters and, in the case of the Double Helix series, bicopters. The 18mm version of the Double Helix is not as simple as its 13mm sibling but neither is it very difficult. Mostly though, they are fun to watch and fly. Construction: The kit comes with instructions, a piece of basswood that must be cut to ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Dragonfly Monocopter (18mm) By Dick Stafford

  You have to love a rocket that assembles quickly and that can be flown in your front yard (and not that big of a front yard either)! That's what you have with the 18mm Art Applewhite's Dragonfly. I brought this kit, a hobby knife, a ruler, a pencil and some Elmer's Glue with me on a short business trip. I was successful in building the kit while in the hotel one night and finished ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Dragonfly Monocopter (18mm) By Dick Stafford

  Brief: This was the first monocopter kit released by Art Applewhite . He previously published a free plan for a monocopter built from Popsicle sticks and now has a 13mm, two 18mm and a 24mm version. The Dragonfly flies on a variety of 18mm black powder motors and features an 8" wing. Construction: This monocopter consists of the following parts: Wing - one ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Dragonfly Monocopter (18mm) By Glenn Little

  Brief: I won this rocket as part of an EMRR giveaway, which was really exciting for a variety of reasons. Aside from this being my 15 seconds of international fame, I've wanted some rockets I could launch in a small area (such as my 30' x 20' front lawn or the street out front) since all the local fields are now full of various summer crops that make flying impossible. (Can you say ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Flying Saucer (12") By Dick Stafford

  When he was Beta-testing his 12" saucer line, Art graciously provided sent me several sets of blank white shrouds for experimentation. With the scarcity of 29mm AP motors, I decided that three E9's would be cool, so I modified one stock ‘kit’ for a 3 x 24mm mount. Before reading this review, I suggest you first read my review on the stock Fluorescent Green Flying Saucer . ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Flying Saucer (Aeroshell) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 04/01/03) Brief: When he was Beta-testing his 12" saucer line, Art graciously provided sent me several sets of blank white shrouds for experimentation. I had recently seen an article on the PEPP Aeroshell in an issue of Sport Rocketry , and decided to build something similar using the extra saucer components. Before reading this review, I suggest you ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Flying Saucer 18mm (6") By Nick Esselman

  Art Applewhite Rockets has really become the U.F.O.-type rocket supplier. He carries various styles (saucer, delta, cone, qubits) and various sizes (6", 7.5", 9", 10.25", 12") and various patterns (smiley, earth, fire, tiger) and lastly motors (micromaxx, mini, 18mm, 24mm, 29mm, 38mm). If you're looking for a U.F.O.-type rocket, then Art Applewhite Rockets is the place to start. I have to ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Flying Saucer 18mm (6") By Tim Burger

  A flying saucer kit with pre-printed graphics and balsa fins. I won this kit as a prize a couple of years ago at one of our KCAR club contest launches. Art had joined our Yahoo group and donated some kits to the club for prizes. Thanks for the kit, Art! Most model rocket kits come in a long slender bag, but not this one. As kits go it's quite flat and wide. The kit comes in a large flat ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Flying Saucer 24mm (7.25") By Dick Stafford

  This is the 7.25" version of Art's saucer line. Like the larger 9" version, this saucer flies on C11-0 and D12-0 motors. The saucer's card stock shell is pre-printed in an USAF motif. Art now offers several designs, various colors, and blank versions of his 6", 7.25", and 9" saucers. The components are the same as the 9" version (but smaller, of course): Preprinted card stock comprises ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Flying Saucer 24mm (7.25") By Mike Salter

  (by Mike Salter) Brief: This is another of Art's flying saucer collection, this one is 7.25" in diameter and will fly to heights between 150 to 300 feet. Construction: All of the components were of high quality, the tube was neatly cut and the fin material was basswood for extra strength. The top and core sections are made of card stock and the bottom is a plastic party ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Flying Saucer 24mm (9") By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 06/20/02) Brief: This Flying Saucer has a 24mm motor mount and is designed to fly on C11-0 and D12-0 motors. It is comprised mainly of pre-printed card stock and splits into two parts at apogee, both of which use tumble recovery. At the time of writing, this saucer is also offered in USAF and Smiley Face print schemes, or in blank card stock. ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Flying Saucer 29mm (10.25") By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 11/15/02) Brief: I don't know what Art is feeding his saucers, but they just seem to keep gettin' BIGGER. His latest offering is 10.25 inches in diameter and flies on 29mm motors. The construction is almost identical to his 7.5 and 9-inch saucers, with a few components beefed up a bit. This one is fluorescent orange, but he also offers a 'Texas ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Flying Saucer 29mm (10.25") By Bob Goffena

  Brief: Won this Art Applewhite saucer kit as part of the 2009 EMRR Rocket Video Contest . www.artapplewhite.com offers numerous cool oddrocs in various styles (saucers, pyramids, monocopters, hourglass/spools, etc) and sizes (i.e. 4" to 18" diameter saucers). I had been thinking about scratch building a saucer for sometime, and am glad I got hold of this kit first. The ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Flying Saucer 38mm (12") By Dick Stafford

  Art has continued to expand his line of saucers, adding a 12-inch saucer with a 38mm motor mount and either a 1/4-inch launch lug or optional ACME conformal rail guide. The recommended motors include the Ellis Mountain H48, all Aerotech 38/240 RMS, and all Cesaroni Pro38 one and two grain motors. This kit would serve nicely as quick, easy, and inexpensive way to Level-1 certification. Add a ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Flying Saucer on 29mm By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 04/19/08) Brief: This is kinda a "cheap shot" as reviews go. An upgrade to 29mm would be obvious on a new kit. In fact it's pretty obvious on a built one too. Modifications: I replaced the motor tube, which included trimming the internal fins and adding new lugs. Construction: One Art Applewhite Rockets Flying ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Flying Saucer Spyder (4") By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford) Brief: When I reviewed Art's 10.25", 29mm saucer, I said, "I don't know what Art is feeding his saucers, but they just seem to keep gettin' BIGGER". Now I am not sure where he gets his materials. I accidentally squirted some liquid plant fertilizer on my 4" Delta saucer...and look what happened! But seriously, as I mentioned in ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Helix (13mm) By Dick Stafford

  Brief: This is an extremely simple monocopter design that uses a section of 24mm motor tubing as the central hub. Its construction is identical to its bigger 18mm cousin. As a result, much of this review is cut-and-pasted. New/different material is thus in bold . Construction: The parts list: 1/16" Basswood sheet 24mm tube BT-5 motor mount &fra ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Helix (13mm) By John Lee

  Brief: The Helix is an innovative and simple monocopter design from Art Applewhite. It is extremely simple to build and goes together quickly. It's also a hoot to fly. I was lucky enough to get to watch the flights of the prototypes as Art was developing this line and now it seems like he is the source of a monocopter renaissance. It's a lot of fun. Construction: The ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Helix (13mm) By Chan Stevens

  Brief: After reading a number of very positive reviews of the various new Applewhite monocopters, I decided to pull the trigger and order a couple myself. I was pleasantly surprised, when in addition to the pair I ordered, Art slipped one of these 13mm Helix kits in as a free bonus. I decided to quickly jump on it and am offering up this third opinion with another solid e ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Helix (18mm) By Dick Stafford

  Brief: This is an extremely simple monocopter design that uses a section of 29mm motor tubing as the central hub. Construction: The parts list: 3/16" Basswood sheet 29mm tube BT-20 motor mount ¼" dowel ¼" launch lug This kit requires Elmer's Glue All, and an X-Acto knife with a new #11 blade. It's almost so easy that it ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Helix (18mm) By John Lee

  Brief: The Helix is an innovative and simple monocopter design from Art Applewhite. It is extremely simple to build and goes together quickly. Its also a hoot to fly. This 18mm variant is the largest of the series which can be built "right out of the package". The 18mm Double Helix and above require a small amount of sawing. This one requires only a razor knife for ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Helix (18mm) By Matt Gillard

  Brief: The 18mm Helix is a monocopter from Art Applewhite's new range. I got the kit as part of a set of six rockets Art sent me for placing in EMRR's youth participation contest. I gave 4 of the rockets to members in my club, keeping this one for myself, as I'm really liked the Popsicle stick monocopter that Art gave the plans for on TRF. Construction: The kit comes in a ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Helix (24mm) By Dick Stafford

  This is the 24mm version of Art's Helix monocopter . It will fly nicely on any 24mm short delay, plugged, or booster motor. Parts list: 1/8" Basswood sheet 38mm tube BT-50 motor mount 3/8" dowel ¼" launch lug If you have built one Helix, you have built them all. I know that sounds corny, but they all have the same basic components and construction techniques. ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Hornet Monocopter (18mm) By Bob Cox

  The Hornet is the second 18mm monocopter released by Art Applewhite. Similar to his 18mm Dragonfly but with a shorter wing, the Hornet claims to have a more aggressive flight profile. Parts list: Wing--2"x6"x1/8" basswood plank Balance Beam--8"x1/4" dowel Support Dowel--2.75"x3/16" dowels (qty 2) Center, Center Support, and Motor Support- 2"x3.25"x1/8" basswood Motor ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Hourglass 13mm By Nick Esselman

  (11/01/04) I find Art Applewhite's U.F.O.-type rockets to be outstanding for front yard flying. His newest addition is actually more of a Spool Rocket than U.F.O., but incorporate many of the same building techniques. So I added a 13mm Hourglass Rocket to my existing Art Applewhite Rockets collection. The kits come in a variety of colors (as usual) and my particular one is bright orange. ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Hourglass 18mm By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  Brief: This is another interesting kit from Art Applewhite. It’s an hourglass shape and a variation on the spool rocket design. Construction: The kit includes: Foam board Printed colored card stock 18mm engine mount with an engine hook Instructions Like many of Art’s kits, this one was opened and built in less than an hour. As the instructions say, ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Hourglass 18mm By John Lee

  Brief: This is a easy 18mm, tumble recovery oddroc. Art Applewhite is known for making odd rockets. His hour glasses are no exception to this. A variation on a spool rocket, the hourglass looks odd but flies well and uses a minimalist approach to make something unusual and fun. Construction: The kit comes with a piece of printed cardstock (mine was yellow), a piece of ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Hourglass 24mm (Long) By Lance Alligood

  Brief: The 24mm Long Hourglass is a spool-like rocket that uses many visual cues and construction techniques from Art Applewhite's other designs. As with all of Art's kits, the Long Hourglass relies on a high drag design to limit altitude and create a tumbling, aerobrake recovery for a safe, close return. And did I mention, SPOOLS RULE! Construction: The build is like building one ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Hourglass 24mm By Dick Stafford

  Brief: Art’s latest product line is the Hourglass. The Hourglass rockets resemble spool rockets. They have top and bottom circular plates with two cones between the plates providing the hourglass shape. They are currently available in 13mm, 18mm, and 24mm sizes with all sizes coming in several colors. This review is for the 24mm versions. The shorter version uses Estes D12 length ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Hourglass 24mm By Bill Eichelberger

  This odd-roc is an hourglass-shaped, incredibly (and some might say surprisingly) stable, small field flier. Very easy to build and entertaining to fly. The parts list: One brightly colored pattern sheet (hot pink in my case) One sheet of foamboard 24mm engine tube Engine hook I wasn't quite sure what to expect when I found that I'd be reviewing this product, but ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Micro Maxx BIC Stic By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 05/10/02) Brief: This is yet another rocket based on a BiC® pen. Plans for other BiC® rockets are available here on EMRR ( BiC® ARCAS and the Double Tree Pen Roc ) and you can download the plan's for this one from Art Applewhite's site. What you get here is a kit, with all the parts included. Construction: The following parts are ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Micro Maxx Flying Saucer (Plan) (Plan) By Dick Stafford

  The name is the description. This is a simple rocket constructed entirely of card stock. This kit consists of a single page of printed card stock and includes a page of instructions. To assemble the rocket, you need scissors, an X-acto knife, white glue, and crazy glue (CA). The major components include: upper and lower cones, an inner core section, a single piece fin unit that is folded into ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Micro Maxx Flying Saucer (Plan) By Mike Salter

  Brief: I started out buying a pack of Micro Maxx motors and was looking for something to fly them in. I wanted to launch from my back yard which is pretty small so I was looking for a low flying model. I found the plans for Art's flying saucer available, for free, on his website so printed them off. Art's MMX saucer is very small and constructed from card and glue. The whole set of plans and ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Micro Maxx Qubit (Plan) (Plan) By Matt Gillard

  Having built all of Art Applewhite's 13mm paper rockets, I'd thought I'd have a go at the baby versions: the tiny MMX paper rockets. There are four per sheet, two Qubits (one called dicey), a Scimitar, and a Stealth. They are nearly the same as their bigger brothers except they are vented at their apex--MMX motors don't come in a plugged version. This review is for the MMX Scimitar. The ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Micro Maxx Qubit (Plan) By Blake Eric DeMarcy

  A super simple Micromaxx rocket. It is free for all at Art Applewhite's website . All you need is a sheet of cardstock. This review is for the dicey and qubit. The sheet comes printed with four rockets on it: the dicey, qubit, stealth, and scimitar. No instructions are included but these are so simple! Just cut one out, fold here, fold there, glue here, glue there, done. Finishing: No ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Popsicle Monocopter (13mm) (Plan) (Plan) By Matt Gillard

  A great and cheap to build monocopter. Flies well on an A motor. I first found out about this rocket via The Rocketry Forum. Within a day of seeing the post, I had started to build the monocopter. Not much is needed to build the monocopter: 6 lollypop (popsicle) sticks (UK call popsicle sticks lollypop sticks) 2 3" x 5" index cards 18" of nylon cord--I used cotton thread. ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Priority Stealth 29mm (Plan) By William Carpenter

  The Priority Stealth is a mid-power rocket from Art Applewhite Rockets that flies on 29mm motors. As the name implies, it is a version of Art's Stealth design, which has versions from 13mm all the way up to 54mm. What makes the Priority Stealth unique is the fact that it is made from a 7"x7"x6" Priority Mail box (hence the name) or any other thick, corrugated cardboard box. Modifications: ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Pyramid 13mm (Plan) By Donald Besaw Jr

  The Pyramid is a free downloadable 13mm four-sided pyramid rocket with tumble recovery, although I received this one free with an order from Art Applewhite. The kit came printed on a single sheet of cardstock with the top and bottom as one whole section, motor mount tube, and instructions. This rocket is very easy to build and requires very little time and extra materials. All that is ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Pyramid 18mm By Dave Hein

  The 18mm Pyramid is a saucer-style rocket that flies on 18mm motors. At ejection, the motor mount separates from the main body then the motor mount tumbles to the ground while the main body gently floats to the ground. This kit consists of two sheets of printed cardstock with four pages of detailed instructions with pictures. There are four main sub-assemblies: the main body, motor mount ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Qubit 13mm (Plan) By Lance Alligood

  Another breakthrough kit from Art Applewhite. Art steps out of his saucer designs for something more square. If you thought Art's saucers were easy to build, he has outdone himself with the Qubit design! It still relies on his draggy ascent and aerobrake recovery though. Best of all, this kit is available for free to download from his website. The rocket is made from one piece of ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Qubit 13mm (Plan) (Plan) By Michael Rangitsch

  One of the neatest designs I've ever seen, it looks like three faces of a cube. This has got to be the simplest rocket ever designed. Cut out the pattern, make a few folds, and within about 5 minutes you have a flyable rocket. No tubes, construction is from a single piece of heavy cardstock. No hardware, simply cut, fold and glue; and you have a rocket. You can't beat the price, either, it's ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Qubit 13mm (Plan) (Plan) By Dick Stafford

  This is a 13mm version of Art's larger 24mm Qubit. This is the first all cardstock kit I've built that is intended for 13mm motors. It is a free download and is contained entirely on one sheet of colored cardstock, including the instructions. I built a beta version that was pre-printed and one that I printed myself. The latter is called 'Dicey' as it resembles a die. I know this may be ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Qubit 13mm (Plan) (Plan) By John Lee

  This is a 13mm, paper rocket designed with an aerobrake recovery. The 13mm Qubit is one of Art Applewhite's free downloads. It can be found in several versions including this plain version on his website . Pick the version you want and download it as a PDF. This rocket is made from a single sheet of card stock. You download the PDF, put a peice of cardstock in the printer and print it out. ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Qubit 18mm By Dick Stafford

  This article will discuss Art’s set of 18mm Qubits--the plain variety, the Stealth, and the Scimitar. I got sets of both plain white and florescent orange, but you can get various other colors (at the time of writing: hot pink, neon yellow, and fluorescent green) and a limited edition NSL 2004 Commemorative version. These kits, like the previously reviewed 13mm Qubits, are very ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Qubit 2.0 13mm (Plan) By John Lee

  Brief: The Qubit 2 is an updating of Art Applewhite's venerable Qubit rocket. The original was intended to fly only on Estes A10-PTs. Since those are getting hard to come by, Art redesigned and released this version. Like it's predecessor, it is available as a free download from his site, www.artapplewhite.com . The Qubit is a high drag rocket that scoots upward, quickly comes to ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Qubit 24mm By Dick Stafford

  The Qubits (and their variants) are the latest creations out of Art Applewhite's lab. Once built, the Qubit resembles a cube that flies with one of its corners facing upward. I say the Qubit resembles a cube because the bottom faces are missing, which allows the motor mount to be recessed into its body structure. This configuration and orientation allows the Qubit to fly without the added ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Qubit 29mm By Lance Alligood

  Another excellent and creative design from Art Applewhite that has similar flight characteristics to Art's saucers: high drag, low altitude, and aerobraking recovery. The Qubit resembles a partial cube or a tetrahedron with square (instead of triangular) sides. The kit has the following parts: 1 x 29mm motor mount tube 3 x 6" square pieces of foamboard 1 x 8" equilateral ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Ring of Fire By Dick Stafford

  The  Ring of Fire  is Art's latest kit and, as Art states, is the "epitome of Minimalism." Since the beginning, Art has pioneered the use of simple, low tech components - plastic plates, foam board and cardstock. Who else provides a kit that has been printed on a computer? However, the  Ring of Fire  actually uses REAL ROCKET PARTS!  Exactly two of them. This kits ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Scimitar 13mm (Plan) By John Lee

  Brief: Art Applewhite comes up trumps again. Like the 13mm Qubit, the Scimitar is free to download from his website and is easy to build and fly, except this one flies even better. It still uses airbrake recovery, but the flight is much more interesting! Construction: Art's website has two Scimitars to download: one designed in 2004 and one in 2006. The main difference is the ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Scimitar 13mm (Plan) By John Lee

  Brief: The 13mm Scimitar is a simple rocket made from a paper shroud. It was designed by Art Applewhite and is available free through his website. All you have to do is download the PDF file and print it out on suitable stock. The Scimitar spins as it ascends, flips over at apogee and uses aerobrake recovery. Construction: The only real material for the rocket itself is some ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Scimitar 18mm By Matthew McFarland

  Brief: This is a neat little aerobrake design that flies great with a lot of spinning! Construction: The kit consists of two sheets of cardstock, a motor hook, and the instructions. The instructions are easy to follow and have great illustrations that spell everything out easily. I found that it only took 25 minutes to cut out all the parts and assemble it! The parts fit ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Scimitar 24mm By Kevin Timmins

  This design is fantastic. A pyramid shaped cone rocket with swept edges that really make it spin. Another great design. The kit contains 1 x 49mm motor mount tube 3 x square pieces of foamboard 1 x 6 " triangular triangle piece of foamboard Cardsrock template with the panel shapes & rod guide layout 3 page manual on A4" paper , which was very detailed & full of ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Scimitar 29mm By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  29mm Pyramid saucer type Parts List: 3 - Rectangle foam-backed boards 1 - Triangular foam-backed board 1 - 29mm MMT 1 - 3-page instructions This new kit from Art Applewhite Rockets is definitely one of the more unusual designs that Art has designed. The package came much faster than I expected via Priority mail. It arrived in perfect condition. The kits contents were ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Scimitar 29mm By Ken Tsai

  Brief: I received this kit as a prize for the Roam the Site contest. As a recent BAR, I found this kit - this genre, more correctly - very intriguing. There was nothing like it when I was first building rockets in the late 70's. The Simitar family of kits are pyramid shaped saucers using engines ranging from 13mm up to 29mm. Construction: 3 sides, 1 bottom plate, and a engine tube. ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Stealth 13mm (Plan) By John Lee

  Brief: This is a free-to-download 13mm cardstock version of Art Applewhite's Stealth rockets available for download at Art's website . I received my 13mm Stealth from Art as a free gift alongside a 24mm Delta saucer. Construction: The rocket is made from one piece of cardstock which has the instructions along with the pattern for the rocket and motor mount printed on it. ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Stealth 13mm (Plan) By John Lee

  Brief: The 13mm Stealth is a paper rocket based upon Art Applewhite's Qubit design. It is a free rocket and all that is needed is to print the design available from his website. The basic stealth design is found here ,but I used the Black Stealth variant . The only difference is that the black version is "pre-blackened" so it will print out with the finish. The rocket ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Stealth 18mm By Matthew McFarland

  Brief: This is a cute single stage aerobrake triangular saucer that rotates slowly on ascent and descent Construction: This kit contains the instructions, two printed sheets of cardstock and a motor hook. The instructions were clear and logical. The rocket is quite easy to build. I built one, my 4 year old built one, and my 11 year old nephew built one all in under an hour. ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Stealth 24mm By Peter Chestna

  The Steath is a unique kit that is easy to build, quick to prep and a great flyer. The spinning flight is sure to turn heads and its flight characteristics make it ideal for small fields. Kit Contents: Instructions 24mm Motor Mount tube Template for sides of rocket 3 pieces of foamboard for sides 1 piece of foamboard for bottom or rocket This kit is extremely easy ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Stealth 29mm By Nick Esselman

  After flying a number of Art Applewhite's kits on 13mm - 24mm, I have moved up one notch to a Stealth 29mm. Will I fly this in my front yard? No, but I'm expecting the same fun, low altitude performance as I have had with the other variations. The Stealth design is actually shared in many ways with the Qubit and Scimitar . The Qubit has a straight lower edgy, the Scimitar has a half-moon ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Stealth 38mm By Donald Besaw Jr

  This is a L1 capable 38mm MPR and HPR version of Art Applewhite's Stealth Qubit. This is also a prototype version, not a production kit. The kit came with: 3 foamboard side panels 1 bottom bulkhead 1 38mm 4" motor mount tube 1 marking guide The instructions consist of three pages with text and black and white photos, all of which are typical Art Applewhite material and ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Stealth 54mm By Greg Lane

  Brief: A three sided pointy shape with jagged edges like the B2 Stealth Bomber. See the pictures. This rocket has nothing in common with a three fins and a nosecone rocket except a motor tube which is 54mm. Construction: The Stealth 54 is constructed from foamboard. It uses quarter round molding to join the three sides. Fiberglass cloth is supplied to reinforce the rocket. ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Super Cinco By Dick Stafford

  Brief: This is an upscale of Art's 13mm Cinco flying saucer. (The original is a free kit available as a download off Art's website.) I built this after Art's Ultra Delta and couldn't believe it has even fewer parts: three total. That's it! The kit is all cardstock and can be built with either an 18mm or 24mm motor mount. Construction: It consists of two sheets of cardstock, ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Super Cinco By Matt Gillard

  Brief: The Super Cinco is an all cardstock UFO style tumble rocket. The rocket kit allows you the choice of either an 18mm or 24 mm motor mount. I had built three 13mm Cincos before from a free rocket that was sent out from a UK model shop and two others from Art's website. Construction: The parts to the rocket kit consists of two sheets of bright orange card with the rocket ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Super Scimitar By Blake Eric DeMarcy

  A very simple rocket that is capable of EXTREME spinning! This review is for the super scimitar. My Scimi (yes i call scimi, prnounced like semi) is florecent red but looks more like some shade of orange. Still happy. It comes printed on two sheets of cardstock and can be built in less than an hour. I ordered it along with a Green Stealth. You choose your color. The intructions are very ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Super Stealth By John Partridge

  Brief: This is an Art Applewhite “saucer” kit. The kit is printed on quality card stock and although the Stealth title might imply that it is black like the military stealth aircraft, this refers to the design of the Super Stealth and is actually available in several colors. I chose a fluorescent yellow just so I could see it better. There is also a choice of 18mm or 24mm ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Super Stealth By Blake Eric DeMarcy

  Brief: This is a cool high-flying rocket for such a draggy design. It is made with slow spinning in mind and can be built for either 18mm or 24mm. I chose 18mm. Construction: You get two pieces of cardstock and 3 sheets of (very clear) instuctions. Construction goes the same as the qubit and scimitar. You just have to cut jagged edges instead of curves such as the scimitar ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Turbo Delta Flying Saucer 18mm (4") By Mark Kulka

  Brief: A new version of Art's popular 18mm Delta Saucer that has been streamlined in profile and in price. After seeing how this new version flies, you may have to revise your notions about the potential performance of UFO-style rockets. Construction: This kit was tucked in as a complementary gift with my recent order of a couple of Art's saucer kits. At the time, it had not ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Ultra Delta Flying Saucer By Dick Stafford

  This is a simplified version (if you can believe that) of Art's 24mm Delta Flying Saucer . The kit is all cardstock and can be built with either an 18mm or 24mm motor mount. The kit contains two sheets of cardstock, containing seven parts to be cut out. Materials required are scissors, hobby knife with new blade, Elmer's white glue, new or used engine casing, cellophane tape, and ballpoint ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Ultra Delta Flying Saucer By Bob Cox

  Overview A cardstock flying saucer that can be built to fly on 18mm or 24mm engines. Kit Specifications Diameter - 6 inches (15cm) Height - 2.75 inches (7cm) Weight - 0.5 oz (12gm) Background: Art Applewhite specializes in finless rockets that can be built from cardstock and foamboard. He sells a kit called the Delta Flying Saucer that is built from cardstock ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Whirlwind Monocopter (24mm) By Dick Stafford

  The Whirlwind Monocopter is the 18mm Dragonfly's bigger brother and flies on 24mm motors. I had the opportunity to build and test a beta version, which was known as the Cyclone. The differences between the beta and production models are minimal. Wing: Basswood, 2" x 10" long Balance Beam: Long dowel Center, Center & Motor Supports: Basswood and short dowels Motor Mount Tube: ...

• Art Applewhite Rockets Yamikazi By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 10/24/07) Brief: This is a quick and dirty saucer-style rocket based on a yarmulke that I got at a Jewish wedding that I attended. The way I built it, it was ARF (almost ready to fly), but then, I cheated! Modifications: I was thinking about building a custom core for the yarmulke when I found the Ultra Delta Saucer fit just nicely. I cut a ...

• Art of Scale Model Rocketry Black Brant VI (Plan) By Frank Ross

  Brief: 18mm Scale model of Canadian Black Brant VI sounding rocket. Construction: BT-50, 18" PNC-50, 4:1 ogive 1/8" LL, 2" basswood fins, 4 from plans 18mm mmt (tube, block, 2 rings, engine hook) 12" parachute elastic shock cord, mount Single-page, easy to follow instructions for a simple, scale model rocket. The plans include a simple ...

• Arthobby.com Colibri V-1M (Modification) By Chan Stevens

  This is a tale of how someone with little or no knowledge of rocket gliders or radio control was eventually able to convert a wonderful glider, through a series of failed attempts and bad ideas, into what has wound up being a decent, if not great, flyer. In the hands of someone with more experience, this would be a piece of cake and an outstanding flyer. Once I stumbled and bumbled through to a ...

• Astro X Black Zombie 1-B By Andy Hobbs

  (by Andy Hobbs) Brief: This is a heavy mod of the Astro X Rockets Black Zombie 1-B. This kit is from Hobby Time . (They also make a Wasserfall kit.) Modifications: I did quite a few modifications to the kit so a standard kit review wouldn't be fair. It comes with a 24mm motor mount but the number and size of the fins are similar to an Estes Phoenix so I opted to use a 29mm ...

• Atlantic Iris By Mark Sunderland

  Atlantic Rockets - Iris (by Mark Sunderland)  The Atlantic Rockets Iris is one of my favorite rockets, because it is always a good stable flyer. It flies well with a variety of motors.  Construction:  The instruction sheet was very basic, but if you've built a few kits, this shouldn't be a problem. I saved the Motor mount tube and rings they gave me for another rocket, ...

• Atlantic Rockets ASP By Jim Stuckman

  - by Jim Stuckman  The Atlantic Rockets Atmospheric Sounding Projectile (A.S.P.) is considered a Large Model Rocket (LMR) and is designed to use composite E & F Motors. It is an impressive model when assembled, 2.6" diameter and 50" long. If you are thinking about trying something a little larger than Estes has to offer, this could be a kit for you. CONSTRUCTION: ( ...

• Atlantic Rockets IRIS By Bob Wicker

  ( Contributed - by Bob Wicker) Brief Standard four fin configuration, with nylon parachute. Construction Packaging was standard plastic with enclosed directions and photo of the completed model. All the parts were included and in good shape. The directions are clear and accurate, the model is not difficult, anyone with some experience will have no trouble. It is laid our EXACTLY ...

• Atlantic Rockets V2 (ARCRK) By Frank Burke

  ( Contributed - by Frank Burke)  This kit is a really nice sized V-2, for D-12-5 and E-15-7 engines, and possibly lower thrust 24mm F engines.  The kit came nicely bagged, and had a fairly thorough two page instruction sheet, with a third page of drawings. The construction is of Estes' type 2.6" body tube, Estes' type nose cones (bottom cone cut off to the proper ...

• B2 Rocketry Company Cert 3 Parachute By Douglas Gerrard

  The following excerpt is from "Extreme Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Extreme Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the link above. (Extreme ...

• B2 Rocketry Company SkyAngle Parachute (Other Product) By Bob Thompson and Sunny Sisk

  The following article is from "High Power Rocketry" magazine. This information represents only a small portion of the contents of "High Power Rocketry". We strongly suggest that you subscribe to "High Power Rocketry". By doing so you will find many color pictures, articles, launch reports and projects primarily associated with High Power Rocketry activities.  For more information, use ...

• B2 Rocketry Company SkyAngle Parachute By Darrell Mobley

  B2 Rocketry - Sky Angle Parachute review is provided courtesy of: b 2 Rocketry's NEW 'SkyAngle' Parachutes! Savannah, Georgia -- Competition has always bred innovation and consequently innovation has led technology. Given such, new technology is indeed brewing in this Southeastern Georgia town, in the form of innovative recovery devices. Savannah, Georgia, USA is the home of Mike ...

• Ballistic Bob The Christmas Tree By John Thompson

  Brief: The Christmas Tree is a unique and festive rocket to fly for the holidays. It is light enough to where you really does not need a parachute. It flys straight, and it is straight forward in design. My son and wife had fun decorating the Tree before its maiden flight. I have flown it at least ten times now and it is always an eye catcher. Construction: Two 29 milimeter body ...

• Balsa Machining Service Astron Drifter (Clone of the Month) By John Lee

  The Atron Drifter is an old line Estes kit that Balsa Machining produces a kit for. The kit comes with materials except for parachute and decals. I got a set of the classic decals from Excelsior. The kit is also sold without plans but a web address is given to download them. The first step in construction is to locate the coupler tube and the ring(s) intended to be fitted to the end. I was ...

• Balsa Machining Service Astron Drifter By Chan Stevens

  Balsa Machining Service began offering a Clone of the Month kit in the spring of 2008. Under this program, an old classic kit would be offered in bag-of-parts format (no instructions), minus any chute or streamer, and pre-order only. By accumulating all the orders, Bill could run a single large batch, have little or no leftover materials, and make this a very affordable offering--kits ...

• Balsa Machining Service Astron Invader (Clone of the Month) By Chan Stevens

  Best described as a flying pie plate, this is another in the BMS clone of the month program offerings. This particular kit is a clone of the K-19 Astron Invader, introduced in the 1966 Estes catalog, making the original only a year younger than this modeler. Designed to be a spit-motor glider, it's a very finicky design but worth the effort for a decent glide. There is a bit of ...

• Balsa Machining Service Astron Invader (Clone of the Month) By Dick Stafford

  Brief: I won this kit in EMRR's end-of-2009 Quarterly Rocket Give-Away, so I'll first give a hat tip to Nick. {TIP} This clone of the Estes K-19 Astron Invader is a odd-roc glider that has been described as a Flying Pie Plate . Its flight profile has been questionable, so Of Death belongs in the nickname too. So, that's what I'll call mine. After reading the reviews and given my ...

• Balsa Machining Service F.S.I. Viking (Clone of the Month) By Bill Eichelberger

  The Viking is the initial monthly offering (hopefully to be followed by more) by Balsa Machining Services. Originally produced by Flight Systems, Incorporated, the Viking is a unique looking tube finned, minimum diameter bird with what should be the potential for "outasight" flights (to borrow an old Estes phrase). The parts list: 2 T50H body tubes 9" length 3 bias cut T50H tube ...

• Balsa Machining Service F.S.I. Viking (Clone of the Month) By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This was the first of BMS's recent Clone of the Month program offerings and is a reproduction, slightly upscaled, of the 1971 Viking I produced by Flight Systems Inc. There were 4 versions of the Viking that year with minor differences in length and tube/fin styling. This version uses purely tube fins for stability with none of the fin tabs or braces used in other versions. ...

• Balsa Machining Service School Rocket By Geof Givens

  Brief: The BMS School Rocket is a small, traditional 4-fin rocket. BMS is a good low-power parts supplier for scratch builders. This the first time I built a pre-packaged kit from them. It is 14" long with BT-50 airframe and 18mm motor mount, weighing only about 1 1/2oz finished, much of which was extra nose weight we added (see below). My daughter and I built this kit ...

• Balsa Machining Service School Rocket By Bernard Cawley

  Brief: The BMS School Rocket is a basic four fin and a nose cone streamer recovery beginner rocket that is well thought out and well executed. It has a few interesting features including through-the-wall fin mounting for extra ruggedness and laser etched lines to tell you where to put the centering rings on the motor mount and the launch lug on the body. It's a little larger and ...

• Banshee and StingRay to Sting-Shee (Modification) By Mark Fisher

  The Sting-Shee is a combination of two of Estes more popular E2X kits into a high flying, payload-carrying two stage rocket. It's appearance is reminiscent of many ship-to-air missiles like the Talon. It's not the cheapest two stager you can buy, but it sure does look cool. (I've left the decals off mine, but it would probably look neat with them applied, too.) It's a simple bash, requiring no ...

• Bif's Rocket Emporium Papernator (Plan) By Nick Esselman

  (04/01/04) Searching around on the EMRR Affiliates Links Page , I went to Clive Davis' page and found his free paper rocket: Bif's Rocket Emporium Papernator. After doing a number of free rockets found throughout the Internet ( See my "Free" Paper-Rocket Comparison Page ), I decided to add one more to the series. Clive's rocket plan was entered into FlisKits' Design of ...

• BigRedBee BeeLine Transmitter By Lance Alligood

  Brief: The BigRedBee (BRB) BeeLine Transmitter is a radio beacon rocket locator device. It can fit in tubing as small as BT-50 (24mm), can transmit on a user adjustable frequency in the 420MHz-450MHz range, and weighs less than 1oz with the BRB rechargeable battery. [NOTE: You must be a licensed amateur radio operator to purchase and use this device. A handheld transceiver/rece ...

• Binder Design 3.9" Avionics Bay (Other Product) By Wayne Miller

  Altimeter bay kit for 3.9inch rockets. 2 coupler tubes 4 bulkheads 2 all-threads 4 wing-nuts 4 washers 4 nuts 1 key switch Construction PRO's: Instructions were complete and easy to follow, backed up with great illustrations. Construction was easy. Only gotcha is the cutting out of airframe hole for switch to go in. No special tools are needed. Summary: PRO's: ...

• Binder Design 3.9" Avionics Bay By Jon Hatch

  (by Jon Hatch - 06/01/03) Construction: The Parts list is as follows: 4" long section of 3.9" body tube 6" couplers Outer bulkheads to cap the ends of the couplers and slide inside the BT of your rocket Inner bulkheads that just fit inside the tube couplers to help provide a seal 12" lengths of "all-thread" Key switch Eye bolts ...

• Binder Design Aspire By Nick Hills

  The instructions were VERY easy to follow on the Aspire. There are just nine pages! There are diagrams for every step too! The tools need to construct this rocket are: 5 minute epoxy, sandpaper, sanding sealer, CA, X-acto knife, ruler and a ball point pen.  Most of the parts fit fine. The launch lug needs to be replaced, because it is VERY tight on any 1/4" launch rod. I found ...

• Binder Design Bat By Herb Estus

  The Bat is a very stable flying model and is designed for 29mm motors. A great small field performer! The Bat was designed for the beginner or sport flyer in High Power Rocketry. The following was included in the kit, which came packed in a plastic bag with all the parts in their own plastic bags. 1 — 4" Ogive Nosecone 16 1/4" long 1 — 4"x24" Body Tube 1 — 29mm ...

• Binder Design California Kid By Sean Gorman

  Brief: I recently purchased a Binder California Kid rocket so I could obtain my Level 2 certification. It turned out to be a smart choice. I ordered the kit directly from Mike Fisher at Binder because of his quick responses to questions and the $10 discount on the proper avionics bay if purchased at the same time as the kit. Nice perk! The kit arrived via USPS in perfect ...

• Binder Design Dragonfly By Michael Verbeek

  (09/10/02) It is always nice to see a little uniqueness in rocket designs and that is exactly what Binder Designs' new (for 2002) Dragonfly has. Its fins, length and finish recommendations are all to help it look like a Dragonfly. According to Binder, the kit is " geared for the beginner to mid/high power ". I would agree, as it is a very straight-forward kit to build. But ...

• Binder Design Dragonfly By Michael Verbeek

    Picture Courtesy of Binder Designs Single stage with four fins placed not at 90 degrees to each other - to mimic a dragon fly. The kit consisted of (1) paper body tube slotted for fin placement, a nose cone, plywood centering rings and pre-cut plywood fins (fins are mounted to the motor mount), a 29mm paper tube motor mount, a fin alignment guide, the Dragonfly decals and CP, CG ...

• Binder Design Excel (38mm) By Leigh Metzroth

  A 3FNC single-stage rocket with an 11" payload section, a 38mm motor mount, and a 30-inch parachute. Modifications: This kit comes with two body tubes (23", 11"), 38mm motor mount tube, tube coupler, aircraft plywood bulkhead, pre-cut aircraft plywood fins, two centering rings (mine came with the older style masonite rings, however the newer kits come with aircraft plywood), nosecone, ...

• Binder Design Excel Jr. By Kevin Johnson

  ( Contributed - by Kevin Johnson - 11/01/02) Brief: Smaller version of the popular Excel rocket. Construction: 2.6 inch pre-slotted BT 2.6 inch payload bay coupler and bulkhead 29mm motor mount Plywood TTW fins and centering rings Lots of tubular nylon 2 quick links and eye bolts 18" nylon parachute Plastic nose cone 3 plastic rivets 2 vinyl decals ...

• Binder Design Excel Jr. By Stu Valenton

  Brief: The Excel Jr. is a scaled down model of their 4" Excel HPR kit and designed to fly on most E through G engines. Construction: The rocket components consist of: pre-slotted quality tubes, nose cone, 3 pre-cut plywood fins, centering rings, 18" chute, shock cord, and rail buttons. PROs: The reason I chose Binder Design is because I had heard their directions ...

• Binder Design Excel Plus (38mm) By Shelly Hattan

  ( Contributed - by Shelly Hattan - 11/25/00) Picture courtesy of Binder Design Brief: A tall 3FNC single-stager with a large payload section, a 38mm motor mount, and a 36-inch parachute. Construction: The kit comes with two tubes, a main body tube and a payload section. The payload section is what differentiates the kit from the standard Excel. The Excel Plus comes with 3 pre-cut ...

• Binder Design Excel By Jonathan Carter

  Built with 54mm mount and 38mm adapter. 24" payload tube and Binder Avionics bay added and used for dual deployment. Stock 10" payload tube with bulkheads added to provide method of adding forward weight. Modifications: This rocket was used for my level 1 Cert flight and will be used without modification for my level 2 cert flight. It flew perfectly on a Loki Research I405 to 1633 ft. It ...

• Binder Design Galaxy By Todd Bavery

  Brief: Designed for the advanced builder and sport flyer, the Galaxy is a 4" dia. High Power Rocket with a retro look. It comes with unique aluminum nozzle and motor retainer and rail buttons! Fly it on an H or I for your Level 1 certification, and then stick a J or K motor in it for your Level 2 flight and watch it scream. Picture courtesy of Binder Design Construction: ...

• Binder Design Gangsta By Frank G. Whitby

  Picture Courtesty of Binder Design      Brief: Binder Design’s Gangsta is a single stage, 2.6-inch diameter, 29mm, four-finned sport rocket, measuring 24.25-inches in length. I wonder if a black rocket named Gangsta is politically correct, yet I’m drawn to it because of the unique fin design and long nose cone on such a stubby rocket. ...

• Binder Design Gangsta By Frank G. Whitby

  Brief: Scott Fisher sold me a bunch of these kits for use in a rocketry class taught at the University of Utah Museum of Natural Sciences in the fall of 2006. Photo Courtesy of Binder Design Construction: The experience with the Gangsta kit was excellent. A dozen 4th and 5th graders put these kits together on a Saturday morning, requiring about 3 hours of class time. ...

• Binder Design IRIS (54mm) By Kent Newman

  ( Contributed - by Kent Newman - 03/01/02) The Rocket One of the highest flying, straightest trajectory and coolest Estes rockets I ever had was the "Iris". The medium body length and four big fins of this rocket resulted in one great flight after another. Scaled after an early 60's sounding rocket, Binder Design has another excellent kit for those that like to build sport ...

• Binder Design IRIS (54mm) By Francis I. Reachmack

  Brief: Single motor, scale of early 60's sounding rocket. No special features, just for rocket launching fun! Construction: All aspects of packaging, instructions, illustrations, etc., were good. No problems understanding the construction process and building the kit. The one major glitch with the particular kit I received was the fins. Not only were all 4 (3/16 plywood) fins ...

• Binder Design Jaguar By Erick R. McDaniel

  Photo courtesy of Binder Designs The Binder Design Jaguar is a single-stage, level one rocket, with a sleek, skinny appearance. It's sport features make it very versatile on the field, as it can be altered to complete a variety of different tasks. A 30. parachute handles recovery. The components included in the kit are all parts to complete the basic rocket, along with detailed ...

• Binder Design Raptor (Cobra) By Bob Fortune

  ( Contributed - by Bob Fortune) General The Binder Cobra (or the rocket formally known as Raptor) is a 4" x 84" rocket that comes stock with 54 mm motor mount. The rocket can be flown with a hybrid motor with additional 54 mm motor mount tube (not supplied) as it comes stock with about 14" of tube. Fins mount through the wall to the motor mount tube and are secured by ...

• Binder Design Raptor (Cobra) By Alex Marcum

  Brief: The Binder Design Raptor is a single stage 4 inch diameter kit. It has a 54mm motor mount and comes with high quality paper body tubes and laser cut fins. Construction: The Raptor came with two 36" body tubes and an Ace nose cone. The body tubes are paper and BSD style with a glassine coating. It comes with one paper coupler, one bulkhead, 3 plywood centering ...

• Binder Design Samurai (38mm) By Simon Crafts

  Brief: The Binder Design Samurai is a single stage, high powered sport rocket available with either a 38mm or 54mm motor mount. My kit is the 38mm version. The rocket features 8 cut, matched, and sanded plywood fins with a fin alignment guide, mid-separation with a 34" payload bay, a pre-marked booster for cutting fin slots and placing lugs or buttons, and a 45" parachute. ...

• Binder Design Sentinel (54mm) By A. Jeffrey Goldstein

  Built as specified, this single stage rocket from Binder Design with 54mm motor mount and a planned parachute recovery at apogee separation totally dependent upon the motor's delay charge. The rocket stands 7' tall and is quite impressive, even for a 4" rocket. This is quite a nice project for a Level 2, although it could be flown for both Level 1 and Level 2 qualifications. 54mm Motor Mount ...

• Binder Design Spike By Ken Johnson

  ( Contributed - by Ken Johnson) Brief: Single stage rocket capable of "I" engine flights with awesome flights on F and G. Construction: The Binder Design kit was complete and in good condition. The kit was purchased at a local hobby shop because of its ability to fly on various engines. This made it possible to fly multiple times on each launch day. F and G motors are ...

• Binder Design Stealth (38mm) By Donald Besaw Jr

  Brief: The Binder Design Stealth is a 4" high power sport rocket with stealth fighter styling and parachute recovery. This is the 38mm version. For you hybrid motor fans, a 54mm hybrid ready version of this kit is also available. Construction: The kit came in a heavy duty plastic bag with individual sections separating the various components. I was really impressed with ...

• Binder Design Stealth Jr. By Simon Crafts

  Brief: The Binder Design Stealth Jr is a single stage, 29mm mid-powered rocket kit with parachute recovery. The kit features four 1/8" aircraft plywood main fins, four small 1/8" aircraft plywood canard fins, a generous payload bay, 12 feet of 3/16" tubular nylon shock cord, and a 24" Binder Design premium chute. The kit includes pre-slotted airframes for an ...

• Binder Design Thug (29mm) By Scott Pearson

  ( Contributed - by Scott Pearson ) The following text is from the Binder Design Web site and describes the Thug. **THUG** DIAMETER : 4 inches LENGTH : 33 inches MOTOR MOUNT : 29MM PARACHUTE : 24 inches If you're looking for a small performer, the Thug is for you! Designed for those wanting a 4 inch diameter sport rocket that can fly on as little as a an E motor, or you can ...

• Binder Design Velociraptor By Todd Bavery

  ( Contributed - by Todd Bavery) Brief: Let me start by telling you that my Level 2 certi-fication flight was not successful. But that has not deterred me from recommending this kit. The re-build was very successful and the rocket re-built won Model of the month for the Novem-ber meeting of NIRA. With a few adjustments, I know this model will make it during my second attempt. Completed, ...

• Blackhawk R&D Aerobee 150A By Nick Hills

  (by Nick Hills) Brief: This is a scale high power rocket. It's a very nice kit, which was custom made for me by Blackhawk R&D. Very easy to deal with and you get what YOU want, and for a VERY good price! Construction: The quality of the rocket was VERY nice. It used flexible phenolic for tubes, 1/4" 5 ply ply-wood for fins and centering rings, a electronics bay, PML nose ...

• Blackhawk R&D Phoenix (5.5") By Marcus Harmon

  ( Contributed - by Marcus Harmon, Pics provided by Bob Schoner - 10/20/02) Brief: This is a Blackhawk R&D 5.5" semi-custom Phoenix. The original Phoenix had a single 54mm motor mount, and I had it changed to (5) 38mm motor mounts. The people at Blackhawk were great to work with and they produced a superb kit. Construction: The kit came with (1) 5.5" kraft paper ...

• Blackhawk R&D SA-5 Gammon By Chuck Pierce

  ( Contributed - by Chuck Pierce - 04/01/02) Brief: Blackhawk R&D recently developed a 4-inch diameter prototype of the Russian SA-5 Gammon. After expressing much interest in the kit, Blackhawk offered me the opportunity to built and test the prototype kit, which I gladly accepted. The SA-5 is a Russian surface-to-air (SAM) with twelve fins, four external booster motors, and a single ...

• Blackhawk R&D SAAB RB-05A By Rory Jaffe

  ( Contributed - by Rory Jaffe - 04/10/02) Picture Courtesy of Blackhawk Brief: Sport scale high power version of the SAAB Construction: The kit came with two glassine-covered body tubes, coupler, 8 nicely cut 1/4" plywood fins, 3 1/4" plywood centering rings, bulkhead plate, U-bolts, 10' tubular nylon, parachute, launch lug, and nose cone. All around high quality ...

• BlackSky AltAcc 2A (Electronics) By David Reese

  Recording accelerometer with dual deployment recovery feature. The blacksky (little b) ALTACC 2A is a recording accelerometer unit with dual deployment, meaning it can deploy a drogue chute at apogee and a main chute at 500 feet. It is solidly built and uses surface mount components for extra durability. The unit is very easy to use. It attaches directly to the airframe wall of your rocket ...

• BlackSky ARRD By Thomas Rau

  ( Contributed - by Thomas Rau - 01/14/03) Brief: The BlackSky Advanced Retention and Release Device (ARRD) is a pyrotechnically activated release device. It is most commonly used to provide dual-deployment from a single compartment but can also be used to secure and release just about anything (i.e. external boosters). Construction: The ARRD is 2.10 inches long and is 1.245 inches in ...

• BlackSky E-jector By Thomas Rau

  ( Contributed - by Thomas Rau - 02/01/03) Brief: The BlackSky E-Jecter is a 16mm diameter, 56mm long anodized aluminum tube to contain your ejection charge. It can hold up to 4cc of Pyrodex or black powder and 2 e-matches. Construction: The E-Jecter's red anodized aluminum tube has one threaded end. This screws onto a threaded base which can contain up to two e-matches and is ...

• BlackSky ProPadOne By Jeff Brundt

  The following excerpt is from "Extreme Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Extreme Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the link above. (Extreme ...

• BlackSky Rail Guide System By Darrell Mobley

  BlackSky - Rail System review is provided courtesy of: Using the blacksky rail system! Getting a nice, straight boost of your high power rocket has generally meant one thing in the past -- use a rail launcher. Unfortunately, it also meant that you were going to be building your own, since there were no commercial units available. Consider that past history, because black sky ...

• BlackSky T2 Timer By Jeff Brundt

  The following excerpt is from "Extreme Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Extreme Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the link above. (Extreme ...

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  The inspiration for this project was born out of desperation and boredom.  Nothing at any of the plan sites seemed to interest me and one night at work I started looking through all the catalogs at Ninfinger and YORP.  I realized that there were a lot of different builds from a lot of different companies that most had never heard of, not to mention seen at the pads.  Bo-Mar ...

• BonNova Altimate I By Thomas Beach

  The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the two links above. (Sport ...

• Booster Vision Mini GearCam By Joe Policy

  ( Contributed - by Joe Policy - 05/10/05) Brief: The BoosterVision Mini Gearcam Combo with 14db Antenna is a great way to get started in video rocketry. I purchased mine with a LOC/Precision Weasel which is a great carrier for the camera. This combo is FCC labeled so you do not need a license to operate it and transmits at 2.4ghz. Construction: The kit includes: 1 ...

• BoRocks Rocketry Critter By Jonah Dahncke

  Brief: This is basically a modified Fat Boy for 24mm engines with a 18in parachute. It can fly straight, but requires testing and at least 1 ounce of nose weight. Construction: This kit comes with about a 9 inch BT-80. This kit uses a 2 inch, 3/16ths inch launch lug. It has a balsa nose cone with a eyelet required and a need to add 1 ounce of nose weight. The fins are balsa and ...

• BoRocks Rocketry Flechette 60 Plus By Craig Swinson

  Brief: The Flechette 60P is a new rocket from BoRocks!, a new rocket company. The 60P is a limited edition kit that has become so popular that it was already re-released as a non-limited edition kit. The newer ones are not signed and not numbered. The 60P also distinguishes itself from the 60 as the 60P is set up for 24mm motors and the 60 is set up for 18mm motors. Con ...

• BoRocks Rocketry Mega Mag! By Frank Casey

  Brief: This rocket is called the "Mega Mag!". It is a beta kit from BoRocks Rocketry. The rocket wasn't in kit form at the time of this review. It came in a LARGE box. Construction: The parts were all very high quality and include: Four BT-80 tubes, 18" each High quality (close to foot long) balsa nose cone Sunward 3x24 motor mount kit ...

• Boyce Aerospace Mercury Redstone By Dave Reynolds

  ( Contributed - by Dave Reynolds)  Note: For more Mercury Redstone pictures, visit Dave's site. This is a 1:17.5 scale model of the Mercury Redstone that boosted the first man into space, Alan Shepard. The model stands almost 5' tall (58") and is 4" in diameter. This is such an impressive model that it is such a shame that Boyce Aerospace is going to stop producing ...

• BSD High Power Rocketry 38 Special By Scott Pearson

  Brief: The 38 Special is labeled as a High performance 3 inch diameter rocket designed for G through J motors. It includes double tubing (for added strength and durability), 11 inch payload bay, a 38mm motor mount, vinyl decals, motor retention, and rail buttons. Construction: I bought the kit directly from BSD, which came in the mail in a timely manner and well packed in a sturdy ...

• BSD High Power Rocketry 54 Special By Brian Allen Kuehn

  Brief: I am building this rocket for my high power level 2 certification. I will be putting it up as a dual deploy with a G-Whiz MC electronics package deploying an 18" drogue at apogee and a 54" main at 800' AGL. Construction: There is a booster section with a 54mm motor mount. I will probably use an adapter to put it up for the first flights on 38mm motors. There is a ...

• BSD High Power Rocketry Apache By Lance Alligood

  Brief: The BSD Apache is a sleek, single stage high power sport rocket with boat tail and elliptical fins designed for high performance flights. The description on the BSD website includes, "this is a 'builder's kit' where previous (high power) rocket building experience is highly recommended". The Apache would also be a good candidate to be modified for hybrid use. ...

• BSD High Power Rocketry Canadian Sprint By Ken Bracey

  ( Contributed - by Ken Bracey - 12/10/01) Brief: The BSD Canadian Sprint is a slightly modified version of the original Sprint rocket. The rocket is a large mid-power rocket that is suitable to go high power and is a great choice for the level one flyer. It has a 38mm motor mount to accept Cessaroni Pro38 motors which are readily available in Canada. A 38 to 29mm motor adapter is ...

• BSD High Power Rocketry Canadian Sprint By Edward Horabin

  Brief: I bought the Sprint as a relatively cheap, easy to build rocket that could fly on G motors and could also be used for my UKRA Level 1 flight. Due to the lack of Aerotech motors in the UK, I needed to have a 38mm motor mount to use the Pro 38 range of motors. The Canadian Sprint had this as standard and so seemed the obvious choice. I had heard of the high quality of BSD kits ...

• BSD High Power Rocketry Canadian Sprint By Greg Deeter

  Brief: This is BSD's 38mm version of their 3" Sprint. It is called the Canadian Sprint due to it's 38mm motor mount which is perfect for using Cesaroni Pro38 reloads since they are easy to get in Canada. It's a single staged high power rocket that uses parachute recovery. This rocket is named the "Texan Sprint". The name "Sprint" is based on the vintage Estes ...

• BSD High Power Rocketry Diab-Glo By Steve Jurvetson

  Brief: The BSD Diab-Glo is a single stage specialty night launch rocket festooned with multi-color blinking LEDs and parachute recovery. Construction: One clear fiberglass 4” body tube. Transparent nose cone with U-bolt attachment. Three ¼” wood fins. Wood centering rings and bulkheads plus one transparent plexiglass centering ring for internal light ...

• BSD High Power Rocketry Diablo (3") By Jason Vennard

  (by Jason Vennard - 11/21/03) Brief: This is a downsized version of BSD Rocketry's 4" Diablo. 3" Diameter by 26" in length qualifies it for a stubby rocket classification. Otherwise your basic 3 FNC style rocket made for mid and high power loads; a nicely versatile rocket. Construction: Components included one body tube, nosecone, motor tube, 3 1/8" pl ...

• BSD High Power Rocketry Diablo By Nick Esselman

  (05/25/00) Recently BSD High Power Rocketry has started selling kits again and although they are a new name, they are not new to rocketry. BSD is run by Scott Binder who initially designed all of the Binder Design kits. So, now operating under BSD High Power Rocketry, Scott is offering several kits but one in particular caught my eye. The Diablo. It is what I call a "stubby" ...

• BSD High Power Rocketry Diablo By Mark A Brown

  (by Mark A Brown - 11/20/01) Brief: The BSD Diablo is a short, fat, 3 finned rocket with a wicked look. With its 38mm motor mount, it definitely is designed for HPR. However, with a 29mm adapter this rocket can be flown on some G motors without any problems due to its relatively low weight. Construction: The kit has relatively few parts. They include: a 17" LOC style body ...

• BSD High Power Rocketry Horizon (3") By Peter Valenteen

  Brief: The 3" Horizon is an easy to build sturdy mid-power kit geared towards mid-power beginners. It flies on a single 29mm motor, RMS or SU. Modifications: Recovery system as detailed below. Construction: -3" diameter tube 26" in length -12" plastic nosecone with 2" shoulder -three 1/8" thick plywood fins that go to the motor mount -two ...

• BSD High Power Rocketry Horizon (3") By Mark Morris

  Brief: The BSD 3" Horizon is a wonderful kit designed for the builder new to high power rocketry. It flies on 29mm SU or RMS motors from G to low H power. This was my first HPR rocket. Construction: The kit went together very easily with extremely clear, well written, and detailed instructions, including many black and white photos of the build process. Construction starts ...

• BSD High Power Rocketry Horizon (5.5") By Clay Kremer

  Brief: A 5.5" dual deployment L3 rocket. Construction: The kit comes with everything you need except chutes and electronics. It uses 1/4" Baltic birch for the bulkheads, centering rings, and electronics board. It uses 3/16" Baltic birch for the fins. The airframe is 5.5" Loc tubing and coupler, the nose cone is plastic. The 5/16" tubular nylon for the ...

• BSD High Power Rocketry Horizon 54 (4") By Hans Marx

  Brief: The BSD Horizon 54 is a stretched version of the famous Horizon 4" sport rocket and has a 54mm motor mount. Construction: The kit includes 2 4" BSD tubes, 1 coupler tube, 3 cut and sanded 3/16" aircraft quality plywood fins, centering rings, a bulkhead plate, high quality hardware package, a 54mm motor tube, a nice plastic nose cone, a 36" nylon ...

• BSD High Power Rocketry Horizon By Gene Wolski

  BSD Horizon (4") with 38mm motor mount.  I flew this rocket stock for my Level 1, and I later modified it to use dual deployment for my Level 2. Components BSD Rocketry Horizon (4" diameter) with 38mm motor mount and G-10 fins Components: Nose cone Payload section (10") Tube coupler, bulkhead plate, and hardware Booster section (24") 38mm motor tube ...

• BSD High Power Rocketry Horizon By Gary Sinclair

  Fully glassed airframe and fins. External fin-can assembly with Kevlar tape reinforcement of fin to motor mount. Carbon fibre reinforced payload bay coupler. Replace shock cord with tubular nylon. Modifications: I wanted another short 4" rocket to go with my 4" Yank Bullet and the BSD Horizon seemed to fit and offered a lot of kit for a very reasonable price. As usual with my kits I like to ...

• BSD High Power Rocketry Horizon By F.W. Dick

  Overview I had never built a high power kit, but after many hours searching the Internet, I felt confident in placing an order for a BSD Horizon. The company’s website was pretty adamant about the Horizon being the best way to certify Level 1. They cited simple design, strong construction and excellent instructions. I knew that since I had no high power experience I would need all of the ...

• BSD High Power Rocketry Intrepid By Eric Fadely

  Brief: The BSD Intrepid is a 2-stage interchangeable high powered rocket. Versions can be 38mm boost to a 29mm rocket, a single stage 29mm rocket, or a single stage 38mm rocket. Dual deployment was altered and timer bay was added by the builder. Construction: Body tube material is the typical glassine coated cardboard. Fins and bulkheads were aircraft quality 3/16" plywood. ...

• BSD High Power Rocketry Iris (4) By Keenan Cox

  Brief: This is a great sport scale kit that can be easily modified for dual deployment. Construction: The parts list: 1 4" nosecone 1 17" payload bay 1 34" airframe 4 1/4" plywood fins 1 tube coupler 1 laser-cut bulk head 3 laser-cut centering rings 1 54mm motor mount tube 1 36" parachute 1 tubular nylon shock ...

• BSD High Power Rocketry Little John By Jim Hendricksen

  Brief: This is a great kit for some one wanting to try dual deployment for the first time. A great looking sport scale rocket that comes with almost everything you need, altimeter bay, tubular nylon (rather than elastic shock cord supplied standard!), rail buttons, and launch lug (giving you a choice depending on your clubs launching pad set up). The only thing you need to add are a ...

• BSD High Power Rocketry Sprint XL By Roger McMinn

  ( Contributed - by Roger D. McMinn - 11/25/00) Brief: BSD Rocketry's Sprint XL is a budget-priced mid to high power design with elliptical fins and a 10" payload section. I used the payload section to house a Missile Works RRC2 altimeter for altitude verification and possible future use as a redundant recovery device. Construction: I ordered my Sprint XL from Lawndart Rocketry ...

• BSD High Power Rocketry Sprint By Jason Vennard

  Brief: This is the newest version of BSD Rocketry's Sprint. Larger in size, 3" diameter by nearly 58" long. Three elliptical fins and an approximately 11" payload section. Made for mid and high power loads, a nicely versatile rocket. Construction: The kit includes pre-cut and sanded 3/16" aircraft quality plywood fins, high strength airframe tube and coupler, ...

• BSD High Power Rocketry Sprint By David Dornblaser

  ( Contributed - by David Dornblaser - 11/01/00) Picture is of the Sprint XL (adds payload) courtesy of BSD Rockets Brief: BSD Rocketry's Sprint is a single stage, 29 mm, 2.6 diameter, 47 inch long rocket. If you are considering a rocket that will fly on F & G motors and is also sturdy enough to fly on 29 mm H's you should look into BSD's Sprint. The Sprint has very detailed ...

• BSD High Power Rocketry Thor (3") By Joseph Michel

  Brief: I wanted a 3" BSD THOR ever since they first came out. I really like the idea of having smaller, high performance rocket. After doing a couple of scratchbuilt HPR rockets, I felt that building a kit would be a nice break from designing rockets and chasing parts for them. This rocket is 3" in diameter, and stands 64" tall. It has six fins and is dual ...

• BSD High Power Rocketry Thor By Gary Sinclair

  ( Contributed - by Gary Sinclair) Brief: Kevlar ® /Fiberglass body with Carbon Fibre reinforced fins mounted externally to the motor mount. Giant leap electronics bay added for dual deployment. All thread reinforcement of zipperless fin-can. Nosecone reinforced and thickened with fiberglass. Internal nosecone all-thread and bulkhead added for recovery harness attachment. Mo ...

• BSD High Power Rocketry Thor By Allan Trau

  When I purchased my BSD Thor, I knew I would also need to purchase new motor hardware. So I also purchased a 38mm set with a 38-240, 360 and 480 case. I also purchased a PML 54mm to 38mm adaptor to allow me to fly the 54mm-based Thor on my new hardware. So needless to say, this was a large outflow of money to venture into the largest rocket I have built. Is it the tallest I've built? No, the ...

• BSD High Power Rocketry Thor By Allan Trau

  (by Allan Trau - 07/01/02) Brief: Single stage, dual deployment capable, three split-fin design. Construction: The kit includes: 3 body tubes, 34" aft, 10" electronics payload, 24" forward 2 coupler tubes 3 plywood centering rings 3 aft 3/16" plywood fins 3 fore 3/16" plywood fins plastic nose cone 45" nylon chute 20' elastic ...

• BSD High Power Rocketry Thor By Chuck Pierce

  ( Contributed - by Chuck Pierce - 04/01/03) Mark Saunders, of BSD High Power Rocketry, graciously donated a 4" Thor kit for a raffle prize, for the Huntsville Area Rocketry Association's (HARA) Rocket City Blastoff (RCBO), October 2002. I was the lucky winner of this kit, and as such, would like to reward Mark's generosity by posting this review to RMR. I approached Mark during ...

• Budget Rocketry Launch Lugs By Nick Esselman

  (10/15/00) One would wonder how to review Launch Lugs. I'm not anticipating a long, drawn out review on them, but I do want to mention my thoughts on Budget Rocketry's 1/4" Launch Lugs. I used them on my BSD Diablo and have an extra set for a new scratch build that I am working on. They come in 3/16" and 1/4". Budget Rocketry says, " Our lugs are hard plastic, 2 ...

• Budget Rocketry Motor Retainers By Nick Esselman

  I noticed (10/15/00) Budget Rocketry's 29mm and 24mm Motor Retainer when surfing their website and decided to give them a try. So far, I have only incorporated one 29mm Retainer into my BSD Diablo . They come in 24, 29, and 38mm. CONSTRUCTION: Construction is straight-forward, however, Budget Rocketry provides an instruction sheet. Also included in the 29mm kit is a washer, ...

• C.A.R.D.E. Systems C.A.R.D.E. 4443 By Mark Simpson

  ( Contributed - by Mark Simpson - 01/14/03) At first glance, you ask yourself "Is this a rocket kit?" But upon further examination, you're certain that it's something very strange. The C.A.R.D.E. 4443 isn't your typical three fins and a nosecone rocket kit and the finished product isn't your typical rocket. In fact, there isn't a traditional nosecone or fins. It is something ...

• Canaroc FK-3 (Plan) By Bill Eichelberger

  In my quest to have as many new or old rocket companies as possible represented in my fleet, it was inevitable that I'd eventually find the road to Canaroc.  I'd chased several kits on Ebay over the years, seldom coming within sniffing distance, but forever intrigued.  I'd built the two upscales by Sunward, but I'd never tried to approximate a 1:1 bird.  I got ...

• Caveman Rocketry Der Red Max By Tim Doll

  The Caveman "Der Red Max" is ostensibly a clone of the classic Estes "Der Red Max", first released in 1971 as part of the Estes Citation line. Although it is really just a simple 3FNC rocket, the politically incorrect, silly "Hogan's Hero's German" humor and skull & crossbones motif made "Der Red Max" a popular, fun rocket. The Estes Der Red Max was discontinued in 1986, however cloning ...

• Caveman Rocketry Goblin By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  Brief: This is a clone of the famous Estes Goblin. The kit includes 1 BT, 4 precut balsa fins, plywood CR's, an exact replica of the Estes Goblin nose cone, a 1/4 inch launch lug, Kevlar shock cord and a 12 inch nylon parachute. The instructions are poor but then who needs them? I think I had this kit together in less than an hour. I used Titebond wood glue for the assembly and sanded the ...

• Caveman Rocketry Magnum Opus By Robin Trap

  Single stage mid power rocket with parachute recovery. The kit contains: 2 cardboard body tubes 3 plywood fins (1mm thick) 2 plywood centering rings cardboard motor mount tube 24mm x 10 inches long Kevlar shock cord, 40 inches long cardboard thrust ring plastic nose cone 18 inch rip stop nylon parachute launch lug With simple and straightforward ...

• Caveman Rocketry MicroHybrid By Art Applewhite

  Brief: I was bitten by the microhybrid bug about a year ago. At first, it looked as though I would have to buy a small metal lathe and machine my own motor from Rene Caldera's plans (link-out dead). Fortunately I found Caveman Rocketry's web site . They are a mail order rocket supplier in the Netherlands that sell an improved version of Rene Caldera's basic design. Caveman Rocketry also ...

• Caveman Rocketry Sonic Plop By Robert Runnalls

  ( Contributed - by Robert Runnalls - 06/01/02) Brief: Your basic 4 fins and a nose cone rocket designed to go SUPERSONIC. Construction: The kit contains: 1 - Resin poured conical nose cone 5" visible, 1" shoulder. C/W center embedded eye screw. 1 - 12" extra thick 29mm phenolic body tube. 1 - 29mm aluminium Baffle system 1 - Steel wool for baffle 1 - ...

• Caveman Rocketry SuperG By Nick Esselman

  (05/10/03) Caveman Rocketry asked me to beta-test a new idea they had called CCD (Cut Cost Down). The thought is that instead of shipping the whole rocket kit from the Netherlands to U.S., they would only ship the unique parts and the modeler would purchase the remainder parts from local sources. It would be cheaper, because Caveman uses parts that come of the U.S. and have to pass on ...

• CEN-TECH Model 90899 Multimeter (Other Product) By Dick Stafford

  How many times have you forgot to bring a multimeter to a launch and found yourself scrounging one to check continuity or battery voltage? I almost never brought one and couldn't seem to justify buying a second one to leave in the range box. Harbor Freight recently opened a store nearby and I ran across the perfect solution to my problem: a $3.99 DMM manufactured by CEN-TECH . The CEN-TECH ...

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• Centuri Black Widow By Drew Tomko

  Brief: A clone of the classic Centuri two-stage Black Widow using Semroc parts. The "unique gliding booster" feature is a great crowd pleaser. Semroc has all the parts including the outside passport stage coupler with pre-drilled holes, decal, and a beautiful set of laser-cut fins that includes the balsa fin fillets for the booster. Construction: Parts list with Semroc ...

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• Centuri Excalibur By Bill Cooke

  Brief: A sleek scale-like rocket that first appeared in the 1972 Centuri catalog. It was a favorite of mine when I was a teen--I lost a lot of them on C motors! Construction: The parts list: Semroc BC-730 3" parabolic nose cone Semroc ST-7120 upper body tube, 12" in length, 0.759" OD (similar to BT-20) Semroc ST-8100 lower body tube, 10" in length, ...

• Centuri Groove Tube By Jay Goemmer

  Brief: Decades before Quest Aerospace's "Totally Tubular," Custom Rockets' "Razor," and the now-defunct Rogue Aerospace's "Hex Courier," the Centuri "Groove Tube" was my first encounter with a 6-pack of tube fins. I enjoyed this kit while I was flying model rockets "back in the day" during the 1970's and found myself quite su ...

• Centuri Mach 10 (Clone) By Bob Hvarven

  Mig 15 looking Boost-Glider with a Streamer recovery nose cone that is jettisoned and Glider recovery of main rocket. Made by Century around 1972.   Construction had some "Guesses" associated with it as the plans were not for scratch building but, came as an instruction sheet for a factory kit with all tubes cut to length and ready for assembly. The sheets came with a ...

• Centuri Maurader (Plan) By Bob Hvarven

  ( Contributed - by Bob Hvarven)  Brief: The Maurader is a two-stage rocket originally designed to fly on 18mm motors. I upscaled it to accomodate 24mm "D" engines. Construction: The instructions consisted of some assembly sheets downloaded from JimZ. The plan was easy to follow and the assembly order was ok. The rocket is easy to build if you have ever built from ...

• Centuri Mercury Redstone By David Montgomery

  Brief: The Centuri Mercury Redstone is a highly detailed 1/35 scale model of the launch vehicle that launched America's first men into space. It was classified as a "super-scale model" in the famous Centuri Engineering Company's line of fine scale models. It had dual parachute recovery, a baffle ejection system that eliminates the need for recovery wadding, and a very ...

• Centuri Nike Smoke By Greg Deeter

  Brief: This is the Centuri Nike Smoke (KS-15) that was offered from 1969 through 1981. It's a 1/10 scale model of the NASA weather rocket. It was called a large scale kit back then. There was a later Quest kit that had a three piece nose cone and plastic fins, yet this is the original with balsa fins, one piece nose cone and a cooling baffle. Construction: Original package ...

• Centuri Nomad By Raul Pena

  Brief: I used to have a Centuri Nomad as part of my original fleet in the late 70s-early 80s. It was mounted on a simulated Navy double launch rack that I also scratch build. I lost track of all the rockets once I left for college and were never to be found. (I think my sisters trashed them while I was gone...) All of them are OOP at this point so I am cloning/scratchbuilding them. ...

• Centuri Orion By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: As model rocketry crept into the 1970s, Centuri developed a knack for producing great looking kits with a sci-fi flair. One of the better looking kits of this ilk produced during this time was the Orion, a rocket that many still consider one of their all-time favorites. Large and nicely detailed, the Orion inexplicably left production in 1977 but cloning it recently became ...

• Centuri Python Fighter By Bill Eichelberger

    The Python Fighter was one of a handful of kits produced under the Centuri name using existing Estes parts, kind of a way to familiarize loyal Centuri fans with Estes kits before the Centuri line was dropped for good in the coming years.  Only produced from 1981 to 1983, the Python Fighter used the same cockpit nose cone as the Estes kits the Manta Bomber and Attack ...

• Centuri S.S.V. Scorpion By Larry Zeilmann

  Brief: Single stage model rocket that recovers with a dual parachutes in a unique level configuration. Almost a year or more ago I downloaded the instructions for Centuri's S.S.V. Scorpion from the JimZ web site. Of course I thought it was one of the most impressive kits from the Centuri Super Kit series. After reviewing the instructions, I put them aside because a large portion ...

• Centuri Saturn 1B By Jeff Lane

  Brief: This is a smaller vintage Saturn 1B than the Estes version and has vacu-formed wraps. It clusters two 18mm motors and separates into an upper and lower section for recovery under two parachutes. Construction: The instructions are intricate, clear, and excellent. The original owner had done minimal work, so I was able to complete nearly the entire kit. It has a huge ...

• Centuri ScramJet By Bill Eichelberger

  The Scram Jet along with the Nomad (and the Jayhawk in a lesser sense,) were Centuri Corporation's versions of pseudo-scale missiles. Produced from 1973-80, the original Scram Jet was powered by an 18mm engine. Switching to 13mm power was one of several mods I made in an attempt to clean up the looks of the rocket while sacrificing as little performance as possible. 15" length BT-20 ...

• Centuri Screaming Eagle By John Lee

  Brief: This is an OOP 4FNC beginner rocket powered by 18mm motors and uses parachute recovery. My entry into rocketry came in the mid 70s when I was in 6th grade. I got a Centuri Screaming Eagle starter set. I remember knowing that it was not going to go as high as the Saturn Vs I had watched land on the moon but being cynical enough to wonder whether it would do any better than ...

• Centuri Stiletto By Larry B. Rice

  Two-stage minimum diameter kit with pass-port staging coupler. Components Two lengths of ST-7 tubes, one for substainer, one for booster; red plastic nose cone; and balsa fins; Elastic shock cord with two one-inch crepe-paper streamers; pass-port phenolic coupler (w/two holes) Waterslide decals /h2 I bought a nearly completed kit from a former ...

• Centuri Taurus By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: Considered by many to be one of the legendary Centuri kits, the Taurus enjoyed a ten year run in the Centuri catalogs before inexplicably disappearing in 1981, followed by the whole company a short two years later. The Taurus was always a favorite of mine, but for some reason I always considered it too challenging to be a cloning project and as a result never gave it a ...

• Centuri Thunder Bird By Bill Cooke

  Brief: This is the long, sleek "middle brother" of the Centuri Thunder family, first introduced in 1980. (The others are the Thunder Roc and Thunder Hawk.) Construction: Parts list: 2 18" lengths of ST-10 tubing (Semroc part #: ST-10180) 1 3.9" long ogive balsa cone (Semroc part #: BC-1039) 1 coupler for ST-10 (Semroc part #: BTC-10) 1 1/8" ...

• Centuri Thunder Roc By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: In the somewhat select world of "BIG" model rockets, ("BIG" being a relative term referring to the days before 20 foot tall high-power rockets,) few if any can hold a candle to the Estes Mean Machine from the standpoint of sheer size. While the Mean Machine does define "BIG" with authority, it also presents the modeler with a unique set of c ...

• Centuri U.S.S. America By Larry Zeilmann

  Brief: This represents my second cloning of the four available Centuri Super kits. Like all the Super kits, the USS America is a single stage model rocket that recovers with a dual parachutes in a unique level configuration. The original kit was classified as a skill level 3 kit. As described by Centuri in their 1977 Catalog: "In the year 1983, the president approved the ...

• Centuri UFO Invader By Larry Zeilmann

  Brief: The UFO Invader represents my third attempt at cloning one of the four available Centuri Super kits. Like all the Super kits, the UFO Invader is a single stage model rocket that recovers with a dual parachutes in a unique level configuration. The original kit was classified as a skill level three kit. ( see Larry's other Centuri Super Kits ) As described by Centuri in their ...

• Centuri Vector V By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: Another rocket that has been in my cloning cross hairs for a long time, the Centuri Vector V always struck me as something of a complicated project despite it's relatively small size. (Paper transitions have always given me fits.) This changed when a fellow poster in the OldRockets Yahoo Group mentioned that he had drawn up a plan to turn the currently available Estes Viking ...

• Centuri Vulcan (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  As a part of the Centuri "paper brigade" that included the Point and the X-24 Bug, the Vulcan always looked like an intriguing rocket to clone. Despite having printed out the patterns I couldn't bring myself to start the project. Something about the idea of constructing a rocket out of pre-printed paper intimidated me to no end, so the sheets sat untouched in my files for several years before I ...

• Centuri Vulcan By John Lee

  Brief: The Vulcan is an old Centuri design made to look like an alien ship. I gets its unusual appearance by being formed from a paper shroud. It uses 18mm motors and recovers under a parachute. When I was a kid, my favorite looking rockets were the ones made from paper shrouds. That meant the "Bug" and the "Vulcan". The "Point" was already OOP by the ...

• Centuri X-21 By Dwayne Surdu-Miller

  ( Contributed - by Dwayne Surdu-Miller - 11/27/05) Brief: The Centuri X-21 is a very pretty rear engine boost-glider with a payload section. Boost-to-glide transition is performed by ejecting the engine and raising elevons. Centuri offered this as a kit from 1964 to 1969. Building notes and discussion are posted in a dedicated thread at Ye Olde Rocket Forum . Construction: ...

• Cesaroni Technologies Pro38 Motors By Lance Alligood

  Pro38 motors by Cesaroni are arguably the easiest MPR (1-grain only) and HPR (2- to 6-grain) motors available on the market today. The "38" in Pro38 means that they are 38mm diameter motors. You could go so far as to call them a reloadable motor system (RMS) that are practically single-use motors with adjustable delays. There are 6 different length casings (dependant on the number of ...

• Cesaroni Technologies Pro54, 2 grain J210 motor (Motor) By Art Applewhite

  This was a high powered flight of an Art Applewhite Rocket 18-inch Flying Saucer using the Cesaroni Pro54, 2 Grain, J210 motor. It used aerobrake recovery. The 2 grain reload came in sealed, heavy duty plastic bag with instruction rolled and attached to the bag with a rubber band. All of this was inside a heavy cardboard tube with stapled cardboard end caps. An Oxral igniter with instructions ...

• Checkered Flag Models Rocket Rack By Duane Boldt

  ( Contributed - by Duane Boldt - 08/05/10) Brief: Good quality rocket rack kit for storing and working on various sized rockets. Works well for model rockets with 1/8" launch lugs up through 4'-5' high power rockets with 1/4" launch lugs. Construction: Parts in Kit: 1 - Top Plate 1/2" hardboard 48"x4" 2 - Length Supports 1/2" ...

• Checkered Flag Models Salute By Chan Stevens

  This is a fairly standard/conventional 3-fin 18mm BT-50-based model, but aimed slightly above the typical quick-build type kit. With excellent documentation, it offers an inexperienced builder the chance to slightly elevate the challenge and develop new skills as well as a better understanding of model rocket construction. Components The kit arrived in a very rugged box, with ...

• Cherokee-D from CC Express (Modification) By Jon Revelle

  Very popular early D motor powered rocket that's a simple 3FNC design and packs a huge punch at liftoff. This kit was made with the currently available CC Express from Estes. The parts needed from the CC are: 1 BT-55 body tube 18.25" 1 NC55 nose cone 1 D motor mount launch lug 12" parachute shock cord You will also need to buy: Decals from Tango Papa or ...

• Civil Air Patrol CAP Rocket (Plan) By Nick Esselman

  My third in the series of "paper building" of some of the free rockets throughout the Internet ( See my "Free" Paper-Rocket Comparison Page ). This one is not associated with a company that also sells rockets (like FlisKits Midnight Express™ or Model Minutes TricArrow). I downloaded the Pre-printed Pattern Sheet in MS Word format from the New Mexico Civil Air ...

• Cliff's Review of Estes Magician #2240 By woody

  The Estes Magician is a Skill Level 3, three-finned 24mm rocket with a small playload scection. At 33 inches tall, it is said to fly to 1600 feet. Components The components in this kit are of good quality as Estes has been doing this for years. The parts consist of the basic balsa wood nose cone, transition, laser-cut fins and, as bonus, a neat fin guide tool you assemble to ...

• Clone Alien Invader (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  Despite its well thought out design and unique good looks, the Alien Invader was produced only from 1976 to 1980. It ranks alongside the Andromeda as one of my two favorite sci-fi based rockets from the golden age of Estes rocketry. (Your opinion may vary, of course. My opinion may be biased by the fact that both were among my favorites from my largely never flown 70's fleet.) Until recently, ...

• Clone Astron Avenger (Clone) By Stefan Jones

  I've long admired the looks of the "Astron Avenger," (KA-38) a long out-of-production two-staged kit introduced by Estes in the late 60s. When the plans for the kit were posted on "JimZ's" wonderful site, I decided to have a go at re-creating it. I actually began this project in 1998! It languished, unfinished, until the summer of 2000, when I completed the arduous task of sanding, ...

• Clone Astron Orbital Transport (Clone) By Martin Visnak

  Fantasy/Futuristic Boost Glider. The original Estes Orbital Transport kit has been out of production for a number of years. I would guess finding an original complete, unbuilt kit would be next to impossible today. If one were to find one I am sure they would pay dearly for it! This review is based on building a "clone" of the original Orbital Transport kit. I made every effort to ...

• Clone Battlestar Galactica Colonial Viper (Clone) By Frank Casey

  This is a scratchbuilt clone of the Estes Battlestar Galactica Colonial Viper kit, #1310. Parts were either ordered from Semroc or I had them in my parts supply. The instructions were the original Estes instructions downloaded from JimZ's site. The decals were copied from JimZ's site and printed on white waterslide decal paper using my inkjet printer. Modifications: The only mo ...

• Clone Battlestar Galactica Laser Torpedo (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  The Laser Torpedo was essentially a shortened Photon Disruptor with different decals and a Wolverine nose.  Envisioning a fleet of Wolverines, I had bought several of the cones at NARCON from BMS , then found that the Wolverine didn't fly well enough to make a fleet.  Checking John Brohm's Estes nose cone reference , I found that I had the option of building a Teros or the ...

• Clone Centuri U.S.S. America (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  I've been a big fan of the Centuri Super Kits since I saw an E.S.S. Raven launched and treed back in 1977.  I rescued the carcass of that unfortunate victim of "launch fever", but the month+ of tree living left it too much of a project for my then meager skills.  In the years since, I've found myself planning Super Kit builds while poring over the kit instructions on JimZ's site, ...

• Clone Cloud Hopper (Clone) By Steve Lindeman

  Cloud Hopper was my second Goonybird clone that I built by kit bashing an Estes Baby Bertha and as a result has an 18mm motor mount instead of the 13mm that the original Cloud Hopper had. Components Components used for this build were one Estes Baby Berha Kit (1261) and the plans from   http://www.oldrocketplans.com/estes/est0851/est0851.htm . All parts of the Baby Bertha ...

• Clone Cyber III (Clone) By John Lee

  This is a clone of a Semroc Classic. It is an 18mm/18mm/18mm 3-stage, minimum diameter, 4FNC rocket. As a kid rocketeer, I knew of only two companies: Centuri and Estes. This was in the mid 1970s. As a very brief BAR in the early mid 90s, I could add Quest and LOC. When perusing the Semroc site, I saw that they had been around since '68. Thus far, I have been extremely happy with ...

• Clone Dark Lander (Clone) By Moe Bertrand

  ( Contributed - by Moe Bertrand - 03/23/08) Scratch built Estes Mars Lander based on BT-101. I built this well before the Semroc Mars Lander was available. As a Jr. High School kid, I built and flew an original Estes Mars Lander in 1976. After at least one successful flight, the cool little rocket eventually went by the wayside and ended up in rocket heaven in the late 1970s. By 1989, ...

• Clone E.S.S. Raven By Larry Zeilmann

  Over a period of seven months, I have been busy cloning a set of truly classic Centuri kits. Finally, the ESS Raven represents the last installment in my endeavor to bring back to life all four of these amazing Centuri Super Kits . The ESS Raven is a single stage model rocket that recovers in Centuri’s signature dual parachutes horizontal recovery configuration. The original kit was ...

• Clone Estes Astron Spaceman (Clone) By Herb Estus

  This is a Clone of this OOP kit.  We call it the Rocket Boy, I would consider this a level 3 kit since you have to cut out all your balsa pieces, We where looking for something different and found this plan on JimZ website   The kit called for the following parts: body Tube BT-60J Engine holder tube BT-20J Launch Lug LL-1b Balsa stock BFS-20 Pattern Sheet SP-1 ...

• Clone Estes Condor (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  Back in 1977, the Condor was the second rocket I ever owned and the first "big" rocket I ever flew. (The Beta was my first.) This was my most prolific flier, and bore the battle scars on both booster and glider to prove it. Materials: (according to original plans. I used the closest thing available.) 1 - BT-50 1 - PNC-50 3/32" balsa stock for fins and glider body 1/16" balsa ...

• Clone Estes Ranger (Clone) By Ray King

  I received these plans from NAR and built this as part of my NARTEK Silver achievement. In addition, this was my first cluster rocket. During the construction I made one modification, replacing the payload section with plain BT-60 body tube. The paint scheme represents the classic struggle of good vs evil--I will let you decide which team represents good and which evil. Our family is divided. ...

• Clone Estes Sentinel (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  The Sentinel is a very convincing faux-missile produced by Estes from 1988 to 1994.  Originally an 18mm bird, I built my clone with a 24mm mount, a decision that I've been quite happy with.  Mine isn't a kit, but a clone built around an original PNC-60RL nose cone. Components PNC-60RL nose cone 18" BT-60 body tube BT-50 motor tube 5060 centering rings (2) ...

• Clone Estes Sky Dart (Clone) By Jeff Brundt

  The Estes Skydart is classic design from rocketry's heyday. Designed by Larry Renger, the Skydart provides both sexy, good looks and great performance. It's a boost-glider that launches vertically and then ejects a 'power pod' at apogee. The power pod returns via parachute and the glider circles down for a gentle landing. I had built the Skydart kit in my youth but lack of age and experience ...

• Clone Estes Tomcat (Clone) By Hank Helmen

  The Tomcat is a single stage, swing wing glider rocket. Estes used to make a Skill Level III "Challenge" series kit of this model. The wings fold back during launch then unfold during ejection via a clever valve and pin mechanism enabling a glide recovery. When finished the model resembles an F-14 Military fighter jet. It was built from plans downloaded from JimZ's Rocket plans . After ...

• Clone Farside-X (Clone) By Stefan Jones

  The first model rocketry catalog I ever saw -- Estes' 1970 edition -- was chock-full of models that are today considered classics. For the last few years I've been recreating some of these golden oldies. One of the first recreations I started back in '98, but that I didn't finish until this summer, was the Farside-X. The Farside was Estes's first three-stage model. It came in two versions: The ...

• Clone Goblin (Clone) By David Urbanek

  Brief: Classic Estes kit that had unique styling, good graphics and super flight characteristics. I decided to clone the classic Estes Goblin. It was a popular kit for many years with Estes, and I never owned one because I couldn't afford the D motors. The plans were from the original Estes instructions as detailed on the JimZ website . I got the parts from various places. The biggest ...

• Clone Hawk Missile (Clone) By Mike Goss

  Intro: I have had this rocket for what seems a long time. It was getting a little ragged around the edges and looked like the perfect first clone. Once I found that the nose cones are in the BT-60 nose cone assortment , and same as the mean machine, I had to give it a try. Component Description: Once I found the nose cone the rest of the parts are easy. 3/32 balsa for the fins, and an 18" ...

• Clone Maxi Streak (Clone) By Matthew Gillard

  Brief: The Maxi Streak #1837 is a long time OOP rocket from Estes. Got the plans off JimZ's website. It is like an upscaled mosquito with swept back fins or a streak with rounded fins and upscaled. The instructions call for a 24mm motor mount, which I changed for an 18mm mount: a D or E motor would put this thing into space. Modifications: The maxi streak is a very quick build. The ...

• Clone Mini Bat (Clone) By Matt Gillard

  The Mini Bat is a simple balsa glider. When I first got into gliders and went looking for plans on the Internet, I waded through many that looked overly complicated and beyond my modeling experience despite having built chuck glider and RC balsa planes. The Mini Bat stood out because it has no specialist parts or moving mechanisms, just a straightforward chuck glider with a motor mount that ...

• Clone Missile Toe (Clone) By Steve Lindeman

  Missile Toe was number three in my line of cloned Goonybirds that was built by kit bashing another Baby Bertha kit. As such the plans and decals were downloaded from Ye Old Rocket Plans (http://plans.rocketshoppe.com/estes/est0854/est0854.htm) and used for construction guide. Components From Baby Bertha kit: 1- BT-60 Body Tube (cut to 6" in length)   1- PNC-60 ...

• Clone Nike Ajax (Clone) By Robert Beckey

  Brief: Single stage parachute recovery scale model rocket. 1 BT 55 10.5 in. 1 BT 50 18 in. 1 BT 20 1.5 in. 1 BT 50 5 in (engine mount) 1 TA2050 transition (2 in long) 1 BNC20N nose cone 2 1/8 x 1/16 x 36 in wood strips 5 50/55 motor mount rings 1/8 in lite ply 3/32 balsa 2 1 in. x 3/16 launch lug 36 in x ¼ elastic shock cord screw eye .5 oz ...

• Clone Pterosaur (Clone) By Dwayne Surdu-Miller

  D-powered rocket glider The parts list: 1 nose cone, BT-55, tangent ogive, 3.125" length, 3/8" tenon (BNC55AA-ish) 1 nose cone, BT-50, tangent ogive, 3" length, 3/8" tenon ( BNC50K -ish) 1 body tube, BT-55, 14" length 1 body tube, BT-55, 11" length 1 body tube, BT-50, 14" length 2 launch lugs, 1/8" diameter 1 motor block for 24 mm motor 1 retainer ring, 1/8" ...

• Clone Scamp (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: The Estes Scamp hearkens back to the days when an introductory kit from Estes meant a plain cardboard body tube, balsa fins and cones, and waterslide decals instead of pre-colored tubes, plastic fins and cones, and stickers. I always thought of the Scamp as the little brother to the brawnier Goblin, and because of this, it was an early favorite of mine. (I've also long had a soft spot for ...

• Clone Scamp (Clone) By Jason Orosco

    The Estes Scamp was production from 1977-1983. It was listed as a sports flier and is easy to clone. This was also a Estes Originally Coldpower Convertible KL-1. The plans can be found at JimZ Plans or at Ye Old Rocket Plans. The decals can be bought from Excelsior Rocketry. This is a single stage rocket with a 12" parachute. List of parts and materials: 1 BT-20J 2.75" Long ...

• Clone Scout (Clone) By Jon Revelle

  This is Estes' first rocket. It has been out of production for a number of years. I'd say it's almost impossible to find a complete kit. This was a clone that I made out of spare parts and wood from one of my dad's busted model airplane. This kit was made from spare parts. I got the plans from Jimz and used parts from an old Mini Bertha. The rocket has tumble recovery, so no parachute or ...

• Clone Sky Shriek (Clone) By Steve Lindeman

  The Sky Shriek was clone number four of the original Goonybirds that I built. And as such is another  kit bashed Baby Bertha . The plans were downloaded from   http://plans.rocketshoppe.com/estes/est0855/est0855.htm . I then followed these to build the Sky Shriek with the exception of it having an 18mm motor mount instead of the 13mm mount that was in the original. ...

• Clone The Point By Kevin Johnson

  The Point is a rear-ejection cone shaped rocket (finless) that uses the cone as a rigid parachute for recovery. You will need: 1 BT-20 2.25 inches long 1 conical balsa nosecone (or reasonable substitute) 1 piece of 1/8 inch elastic shock cord 2 peices of heavy paper or cardstock 1/16 inch balsa sheet for internal stiffeners The instructions were clear and logical, with ...

• Clone Wolverine (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  My first Estes catalog was a dog-eared, second-hand copy of the 1977 edition. This was my first hint that model rocketry did not begin and end with the legendary Estes Scout, and like many others, I spent a good deal of time thereafter paging through it, plotting, planning, memorizing and most of all, wishing. While the usual suspects (i.e. Orbital Transport, Mars Lander, Interceptor and the big ...

• Clone X-15 (Clone) By Steve Lindeman

  In all fairness I can't do a brief description on this kit as there is a small story behind it. As is normal for me this is not an actual review of the Estes NASA X-15 (0889) [1988-1989]. It is a kit bashed, clone by transition. I came about the idea of doing the X-15 as the G-15 after building my first eight Goonybirds. The logical choice was to wait until the 15th Baby Bertha kit ...

• Clone Zoom Broom (Clone) By Steve Lindeman

  Zoom Broom was the 1st of my Goonybird clones modified for 18mm motors as a result of being kit bashed from a Baby Bertha. Components Starting with a Baby Bertha kit (EST 1261) that I purchaced at my local Hobby Lobby, all components except the balsa wood and decals were used to make this build. While at hobby Lobby I also purchaced a 3/32"x4"x36" sheet of balsa for cutting the ...

• Cluster-R Army Hawk By Daniel Cutteridge

  ( Contributed - by Daniel Cutteridge) Brief: This is a stock Cluster-R 2.6 inch diameter Army Hawk missile. It is 43 inches long and weighs approximately 25 oz. The only modification I made was to replace the stock parabolic nosecone with an old Estes Honest John nosecone. The rocket has a 29mm motor mount and four 1/8in. glassboard fins. Modifications: The first thing I did was ...

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• Cognis Aerospace Eenie Meanie By Dick Stafford

  Brief: This is a downscale of the popular long kit by another, un-named vendor. It flies on 13mm mini-motors and uses a streamer for recovery. Construction: The kit included: Two BT13 tubes, with a white glassine coating and almost no spirals One tube coupler One 2-part nose cone (instructions referenced a different type) One engine block Two launch lugs ...

• Cognis Aerospace Gnat By Nick Esselman

  (09/10/02) I was at NARAM 43 in New York and LawnDart Rocketry had a stand there. I was able to see a number of Cognis kits that Dale was getting ready to sell through LawnDart. Cognis Aerospace kits are designed in Australia. So after returning home I made contact with LawnDart to see when these kits would be available. Once available I order several of them; the Lunar Lander , the ...

• Cognis Aerospace Lunar Lander By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 06/20/02) Brief: This is review of a pre-production version the 24mm Cognis Lunar Lander, the LLV 201. Its unique design is based on a 6" Styrofoam ball, legs made from wooden struts, and circular fins. The Cognis Lander is manufactured and distributed in the U.S. by LawnDart Rocketry. I won the kit as a prize for the Boink rocket contest. When ...

• Cognis Aerospace Zweistik Repulsor By Nick Esselman

  (08/31/02) I was at NARAM 43 in New York and LawnDart Rocketry had a stand there. I was able to see a number of Cognis kits that Dale was getting ready to sell through LawnDart. Cognis Aerospace kits are designed in Australia. So after returning home I made contact with LawnDart to see when these kits would be available. Once available I order several of them; the Lunar Lander, the Gnat, ...

• Communications Specialists PT-2B Radio Tracker By Ric Testagrossa

  ( Contributed - by Ric Testagrossa - 06/21/06) Brief: I've been searching for a radio tracking system for my rockets for several years. When I first got back into rocketry several years ago, I set a goal for myself to send a rocket a mile high and get it back. Well, going a mile high isn't difficult, and proving it is fairly easy by using one of the array of rocketry altimeters ...

• Competition Model Rockets Mini-Manta By Todd Mullin

  Brief: Not long ago, I decided to try and get DART to start hosting NAR competition flying again. After some discussion, it was decided that one of the events we would try out would be A boost glider. In my search for a design that would be competitive, I had this one recommended. The CMR Mini-Manta is a delta wing, competition ready boost glider. Although it is long out of ...

• Contest Craft Ivee 2G By Kevin Johnson

  ( Contributed - by Kevin Johnson) Brief: Competition class boost glider with pop pod retrieved by a streamer. Construction: The Ivee 2G kit consists of a 13mm body tube, eleven (11) laser cut balsa pieces, a balsa nose cone, a Kevlar ® external shock cord, and a piece of tape. The IVEE 2G is a joint venture kit between Edmonds Aerospace and Apogee. I ordered this kit from ...

• Contest Craft Micro Deltie By Chan Stevens

  Brief: A "Contest Craft" version of the Edmonds Deltie, this micro-sized glider is designed for 1/4A boost-glide competition. Construction: I'm not sure if these are even commercially available anymore--they were introduced for NARAM 45 in 2003, and I picked mine up from BMS at NARAM 46, not seeing them listed in Bill's current catalogue. The parts list is pretty ...

• Contest Craft Micro Ivee By Chan Stevens

  Brief: A "Contest Craft" Edmonds design manufactured by Balsa Machining Service, this might very well be the smallest, lightest glider kit ever sold commercially (although I believe it's no longer available--introduced for NARAM 45 in 2003 and I picked mine up from BMS's booth at NARAM 46). Construction: As with most Edmonds kits, there are very few parts to deal ...

• Cosmodrome Rocketry Aerobee Hi By Aaron Head

  Great scale two stage rocket that is not for the beginner. Staging by electronics only and left up to the builder. The kit included: 2.6 inch upper stage body tube 1.6 inch booster stage body tube 6 plywood fins 3 balsa conduits steel shock cord mount 18 and 24 inch nylon parachutes 2 very nicely turned nose cones motor retention on both stages decals for 2 ...

• Cosmodrome Rocketry Black Brant II By Todd Moore

  I bought a Black Brant II from Cosmodrome because I loved the Estes Brant kit when it was available, and I got tired of waiting for the Estes re-issue.... besides, the Cosmodrome kit is 50" tall... A bit cooler than it's counterpart. The rocket went together smoothly and quickly (3.5 Hrs) with 5min. epoxy used for the entire build. I replaced the steel shock cord that was included in the kit ...

• Cosmodrome Rocketry Nike Apache By David Sindel

  Brief: This is a very nice 1:6 scale model of the Nike-Apache sounding rocket suitable for E motors up through small HPR motors. It's a hefty and strong kit capable of surviving almost anything you throw at. This was my L1 cert rocket. Construction: The parts list: Conical balsa nose cone, 6" long and 1" in diameter. 5oz lead nose weight, 1" long and ...

• Cosmodrome Rocketry Nike Apache By Nick Hills

  Brief I have always liked scale kits, so I decided to try the Nike Apache kit from Cosmodrome Rocketry. I made a great choice. As the kit is real nice, and high quality parts used through out. Construction Upon opening of package, every thing was there all in one piece. The balsa transition and nose cone are awesome. They are done real well! You do want to fill any minor dents in ...

• Cosmodrome Rocketry Nike Apache By John Lee

  Brief: Of the Consmodrome line, the 2 that have the most appeal to me are the Vostok and the Nike Apache. The Vostok has been sitting in my pile almost since the beginning of my return to rocketry intimidating me. The Nike Apache is a recent acquisition and does not seem nearly so intimidating. I decided to give it a try. Construction: Construction started out by locating the ...

• Cosmodrome Rocketry Nike Smoke By Craig Cline

  ( Contributed - by Craig Cline - 05/01/01) Brief: This is a very cool mid and high power scale kit of the Nike Smoke that is a lot of fun to build and fly. It can make a good second mid-power rocket with scale looks and can be used to transition to level 1 high power. Construction: The kit came in a bag with all parts in good condition. The first thing that stands out is the awesome ...

• Cosmodrome Rocketry Nike Smoke By Jordan Raice

  Brief: The Nike Smoke is a great rocket with a lot of extra parts for an awesome scale look. If bought directly from Cosmodrome, you get motor retention and a better shock cord system. It flies great on everything from F to H. Construction: One body tube and a very impressive 16" nose cone made of balsa. The nose cone comes with a plastic anchor for the nose eyebolt. The shock ...

• Cosmodrome Rocketry Vostok By Jeff Brundt

    Brief: This model is a HPR 1/35 scale model of the Vostok launcher used to put the first man, Yuri Gagarin, in orbit in 1961. The model is powered by a H242 reloadable motor and recovers in two pieces via parachutes This kit is intended for the craftsman builder. While each step is not excessively difficult, experience with various building techniques is required to achieve a good ...

• Covert Recovery Systems CR-3 By Dennis McClain-Furmanski

  Brief: The Covert Rocketry High Tech chute is a 13", 4 panel, 4 shroud parachute made of ripstop nylon. Construction: I was invited to test some High Tech Chutes parachutes for a new manufacturer Covert Rocketry . I'm glad I did this as I am sincerely impressed. I actually received two of their chute, the CR-3 and CR-4. I tested only the former, rated at 1 to 2 lbs (13 to ...

• CultTVMan Ultimate Modeling Guide to Classic Sci-Fi Movies By Dick Stafford

  This past summer, I discovered the CultTVman Fantastic Modeling sci-fi modeling site. Being dedicated to sci-fi, it has plenty of information on starships, spaceships, and saucers. The site even offers limited edition kits that may be suitable for PMC. The Ultimate Modeling Guide to Classic Sci-Fi Movies is a compendium of 17 of the site's most popular build articles. I bought mine from Jack ...

• Currell Graphics Airship R-100 (Plan) By Dick Stafford

  After seeing EMRR’s review of the Model Minutes Space Racer , my interest in flying paper models was renewed. We shared some links to free paper models , including the Currell Graphics site. Quite a while ago, I had seen that someone had made a flying version of the “Friede” moon rocket, and I thought maybe I’d build one. However, what really caught my eye was the Airship ...

• Currell Graphics SpaceShipOne (Version X1) (Plan) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 10/06/04) October 4th, 2004, heralded a new era in space exploration. On that day, Brian Binnie piloted Scaled Composite's SpaceShipOne to 367,442 feet (112 kilometers), capturing the $10M Ansari X Prize. Later that day, I learned of Currell Graphics' SS1 paper model and immediately wanted to convert one for flight. Currell offers two versions: the ...

• Currell Graphics V-2 (Plan) By Bob Harrington

  Brief: This rocket is a scale model V2 that was converted from a cardstock display model. The model was a free download from Currell Graphics and is available in a black and white test pattern or the operational camouflage scheme. I built the black and white version featuring a parachute recovery. The components used: printed cardstock parts 3.25" BT-20 engine tube engine hook ...

• Custom Rockets Atomic By Joseph Olexa

  Brief: The Custom Rocket Atomic, kit #10047, is a single stage, six fin, plastic nosecone rocket with a 12" parachute recovery and a 24" long by 1/4" wide elastic shock cord. The rocket is a new offering from Custom Rockets for 2009. The suggested paint scheme is all white with a black nosecone. Decals are of the pressure sensitive type. The rocket stands 11.75" ...

• Custom Rockets ATW - Anti-Tank Weapon By Bill Bill

  Brief: The ATW - Anti-Tank Weapon is a military styled, minimum diameter 18mm rocket. Capable of flying over 1000 feet according to the manufacturer. The fins are forward-swept, the nose cone is unique. Construction: Kit includes one thin paper body tube, 4 pre-cut long forward swept fin, nose cone and its insert, water-slide decals, and other parts. Instructions were easy to ...

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• Custom Rockets Avatar By AC DeBlanc

  Brief:   This is a single-stage, single-motor, minimum-diameter, three fin rocket. It uses an ogival nose cone and trapezoidal fins, both made out of balsa.  For folks who think metric, its dimensions are: length - 26.5 cm, OD - 1.87 cm, and mass - 10 g. Construction: This is one of the simplest kits available.  The only tools required are a ruler, some sandpaper, a couple ...

• Custom Rockets Aztec By Ted Phipps

  ( Contributed - by Ted Phipps - 04/10/02) The Aztec is a 2-stage rocket that recovers on a streamer. Custom lists it as skill level 2, requiring "some modeling experience". The lines are simple and clean, making for a very good looking rocket. Components The kit comes in a plastic bag. Before opening it up, I inspected the contents inside, and everything looked fine except ...

• Custom Rockets Aztec By Howard Smart

  This is a basic 3FNC two-stage rocket with direct staging. The fins on the booster and sustainer are identical, giving it a look that is just a bit different from other two-stage rockets. The parts list: 1 Nose cone, plastic blow-molded 1 Elastic shock cord 1 BT-50 sustainer body 1 BT-50 booster body 1 Tube coupler BT-50 6 Fins, die cut balsa 2 Motor mount tubes BT-20 ...

• Custom Rockets Bullet By Dave Stout

  Brief The Bullet is a single stage, parachute recovered, scale-look sport bird. Construction My Bullet came in the now-familiar sturdy plastic bag with a 4-color stuffer card. All parts were in good shape but I think the motor hook is kind of flimsy. The balsa should be of a harder grade considering the performance this bird is capable of. Mine got painted with thin CA before sanding and ...

• Custom Rockets Bullet By Bill Eichelberger

  While a trip to the Custom Rockets website might do little to fire the soul of a BAR today, there was actually a time in the not too distant past when the company produced some sharp looking, imaginative kits. I've owned several of the 1994-95 era kits, namely the Dynamic Carrier and Satellite Drone in "almost ready to fly" condition and the Stealth Interceptor in "flown to death" shape, but ...

• Custom Rockets Dynamic Carrier By Chuck Rider

  ( Contributed - by Chuck Rider - 10/20/01) Brief: Unusual single stage design. Recovery is via 18" parachute. Construction: Main body tube is 18" long BT-55 paper. Nose cone is 5.4" long hollow plastic. Motor mount is 2.75" long 18mm held in place by two centering rings and uses an engine hook as a motor retainer. Recovery is via an 18" plastic ...

• Custom Rockets Elite By Ken Johnson

  A lightweight, minimum diameter egg lofter with an efficient aerodynamic design. The kit comes in the typical "hanging bag" style package. As such, it doesn't protect the kit from any damage incurred in shipping, and this one was indeed damaged in shipment, though I couldn't tell until the package was open. The kit featured a length of 18mm tubing, a very unusual plastic nose cone, a ...

• Custom Rockets Elite By Thomas Tweedel

  Construction: Parts included: 1 18mm ID tube 2 part nose cone it splits in half along the horizontal axis and is held together with a mylar ring 3 Die cut fins elastic shock cord Engine stop ring (no hook) 12 inch parachute. First off the quality of the kit was mixed. The body tube was the same. The Fins were die cut out of a very lightweight but somewhat ...

• Custom Rockets Elite By Mark Fisher

  Now this is an egg lofter! Custom has trimmed the weight and size of its new Elite down to the bare essentials required to get an egg as high into the air as possible. The light-weight payload section with its power series nose cone (often mistakenly called "parabolic") is its most prominent feature and is reminiscent of the old Nova Egg Cone once found on Apogee's Hydra . The minimum diameter ...

• Custom Rockets Engage By John Lee

  Brief: I kinda miss my Estes Mean Machine and have several similar rockets sitting in the inventory. I chose this one simply because it was the first one I ran into when I started to look. I also liked the simple color scheme on the face card. It a long, skinny four fins and a nosecone. I have no doubt it is a Mean Machine knockoff, though slightly shorter. Construction: ...

• Custom Rockets Equinox By Jim Moncher

  Brief This is the second Custom Kit I have built and this is one long rocket. The size really intrigued me when I saw it on the rack at a local hobby shop. The statistics on the Equinox are Length: 78"; Diameter: 1.637"; Wt.: 5.8oz. Skill Level 2. Construction The Quality was very good. It came packaged in a plastic bag. All the parts were there and in good shape. It has four body tubes, ...

• Custom Rockets Fiesta By Bob Patterson

  Small, single-stage rocket with streamer recovery. 1 body tube, plastic nosecone, 3 balsa fins, 36" x ~1 1/14" plastic/nylon (can't tell which) streamer, 14" x 1/8" elastic shock cord 18mm engine mount with Quest style metal clip (only springier like Estes) centering rings water-slide decals 1/8" launch lug Pros - easily assembled using only white ...

• Custom Rockets Fiesta By Ken Johnson

  An entry level rocket that suffers from some quality control problems. At first glance, the lackluster packaging had me thinking "Siesta" instead, but once I delved into the project, there was plenty to like about this single stage 4FNC rocket. The package was the typical plastic "hanging bag" that allowed most of the components to be seen without opening the bag. As a plus (or minus, ...

• Custom Rockets Freedom By Chan Stevens

  This is a sharp-looking red/white/blue rocket by Custom, very good introductory kit, and a great flyer. The kit I built is an older style from about 1995. The main differences between this kit and the current version is that the mylar chute has been replaced by a plastic Estes-style chute, and the nose cone screw eye has been replaced by a hook cast into the nose cone. The rocket consists ...

• Custom Rockets Freedom By Daniel Kirk

    Basic 4FNC Skill Level 1 rocket. The kit contains: Body Tube BT-50, 9" long Plastic Nose cone Die-cut Balsa Fins 12" poly chute standard 18mm engine mount w/ hook 1/8" x 16" elastic shock cord 1/8" x 1-3/8" launch lug Water-slide decals Quality of materials was uniformly excellent. Instructions and illustrations were clear and straightforward. ...

• Custom Rockets Galileo Probe By Ben Bentley

    Brief The Custom Galileo Probe is a small scale-looking rocket. It uses the 18mm 1/2A engines and is a great flier. It comes down on its nose cone unharmed every time. It is a cool looking and fun rocket. Construction The kit is a pretty simple one, packaged in a bag with all the pieces intact. It comes with a small length of BT-20, 3 balsa fins and dowels, a paper shroud pattern, a ...

• Custom Rockets Galileo Probe By Lance Souther

  Single stage futuristic rocket. This rocket comes with one short body tube that is just slightly longer than an 18mm engine. It primarily uses 1/8" diameter wooden dowels for fins. I say this due to the fact that you use small balsa pieces for the dowels to lay down on. They would be to small to act as fins however. The rocket comes with a balsa nose cone. This is a fairly easy build. ...

• Custom Rockets Galileo Probe By Chris Gonnerman

  Brief: The Custom Galileo is a cute little helicopter recovery rocket. Mine was an Father's Day gift from my wife. This is a skill level 2 rocket. Construction: The kit contains standard BT-20 tube and ogive balsa cone, three small balsa fins, dowels, paper centering ring and transition, and nice waterslide decals. The instruction sheet was clear, logical, and easy to read. ...

• Custom Rockets Game Over By Mark Bischof

  Brief: Single stage, LPR, Streamer recovery, high fling all around fun rocket. Parts: 1 body tube - paper 3 fins 2 paper centering rings 1 motor mount and elastic shock cord nosecone The instructions are easy to follow, basic illustrations, good order, template for fin positioning, which is helpful no issues with sturdiness. The engine mount is very loose and needs to ...

• Custom Rockets Game Over By Jason Orosco

  Brief: Custom Game Over rocket is a level 1 single stage rocket with a streamer used for recovery. Construction: List of parts: 1 BT-50, 9" long 1 PNC-50 Injected Nose Cone 1 PNC-50 Nose Cone Plug 1 ET-20, 2.75" long Engine Tube W/Slit 1 EC-2 Engine Clip 2 CR-2050 Centering Rings 3 Balsa Fins 1 Streamer, 48" long 1 SC-2 Shock ...

• Custom Rockets Ion Pulsar By Kevin Timmins

  Brief: The Custom Rockets Ion Pulsar is a 1:48 scale model designed for B & C engines. The Kit Included:- 2 x Body Tubes Engine mount & hook Motor mount centering rings Elastic Shock cord 2 sets of Card centering Rings 6 Centering rings (2 for centering tubes - 4 for detail) 12" Plastic Chute & lines Die Cut Balsa Fins & Dowel Plastic Nose cone ...

• Custom Rockets Ion Pulsar By Dave Amend

  The Ion Pulsar, by Custom, is a fairly easy model to build. The model specs. are; length 17", Dia. 1.325", Weight 1.4 oz. with recommended engines B4-4, B6-4, C6-5. The kit comes in a bag that contains two kraft paper body tubes, cardboard paper centering rings, plastic nose cone, die cut balsa fins, plastic 12" chute with elastic shock cord, decals, and the basic motor mount with a ...

• Custom Rockets Lamprey By George Beever

  Brief: The Lamprey was one of the kits that Custom released around 1992 as part of their "second wave" of kits. This a rather sharp looking design, even thought it's your basic 3FNC model. The Lamprey, named after an eel, last appeared in the Custom Rockets catalog in 1998. I purchased and built mine in the 1993-94 time period. Construction: The Lamprey was supposed ...

• Custom Rockets Landviper By Tim Wood

  ( Contributed - Reviewed by Tim Wood ) Clustering is a popular technique in high power rocketry, but it's not as common in model rocketry as it once was. Before motors of D power and higher became widely available at reasonable prices, the only way to launch a large rocket was with a cluster of 18mm motors. Estes' Saturn V and Saturn IB were two examples of rockets which required ...

• Custom Rockets Liberty By Joseph Olexa

  Brief: This is a single stage, plastic nose cone, three fin rocket and it utilizes an eighteen inch parachute for recovery. The fins are balsa and there are two recommended motors, the D12-3 and the D12-5 which are secured by a metal motor retaining clip. Construction: The body tube of the rocket is in two pieces, with the lower tube only three inches long which houses the motor ...

• Custom Rockets Lightnin' By Nick Esselman

  (06/10/98) The Custom Lightnin' ™ is the first rocket I've built from Custom. The Lightnin' ™ is a two-stage, D-powered rocket. The rocket is 46" tall and 1.637" in diameter. It uses a plastic nose cone and balsa fins. It uses a plastic nose cone and balsa fins. Both 24mm motor mounts have motor hooks. There are two couplers to allow the booster to connect to the ...

• Custom Rockets Matra By Jack Bodem

  The Matra is a military "style" rocket that boasts a "scale-like design" and D-power.  Construction was typical of "level 3" builds with balsa fins and paper tubes. This model has a small fin area about two inches from the nose cone. This small fin area connects the lower body tube and the very short upper body tube (see picture). Alignment of the three tube sections is critical for ...

• Custom Rockets Matra By Bill Eichelberger

  The Custom Matra is a cool faux-missile rocket with a difference that might not have been completely obvious to anyone checking out the picture in the catalog back in 1994-95.  It has seven fins, set in a four on the bottom, three on the top pattern.  While I doubt that this oddity would detract from the rockets performance, it would never sit well in my mind, so I had a ...

• Custom Rockets Metrix By Dave Sutter

    Well, I had become frustrated with my loss of three small rockets in one day in the spring of 1997. I vowed to never again take a rocket under 12" long seriously. But I had all those 13mm mini-engines left. What to do? I needed a mini-engine model that wasn't a guaranteed loss. I was browsing through the Discount Rocketry website one day, and saw the Metrix. It looked like ...

• Custom Rockets P.O.N.G. By Dwayne Surdu-Miller

  Brief: P.O.N.G. is a highly-detailed single-stage futuristic sport model offered by Custom Rockets. This is an inexpensive kit that packs a lot of fun, challenge, and parts in a small package. This is a skill level 3 rocket that won't disappoint. According to the kit label, P.O.N.G. is an acronym (er, backronym, really) for Protector of Ninth Galaxy. There was no background ...

• Custom Rockets Raven By Joe Policy

  Brief: Basic 4FNC Skill Level 1 "scale-like" model with 12" parachute recovery. Construction: The kit includes: plastic nose cone short upper tube, 2.75" body tube, 9" tube coupler parachute with shroud lines and tape disks shock cord, elastic launch lug engine tube and block centering rings die-cut balsa fins engine hook ...

• Custom Rockets Razor By Michael Doherty

  The Razor is a tube-finned, no-paint-necessary, easy to assemble rocket from Custom. It comes with a 12" parachute for recovery and will take a number of different engines, per the manufacturer. Since this was the first Custom kit I had built, I wasn't sure what to expect. Upon opening the kit, I was impressed with the packaging & parts. each 'section' of the rocket had its own packaged ...

• Custom Rockets Razor By Duane Boldt

  Brief: Easy to build, nice performing tube fin rocket. It has parachute recovery and flies on 18mm motors. Construction: 1 - BT-509 yellow body tube 1 - PC-50 nose cone 6 - tube fins 1 - 12" parachute 6 - TD-6 tape disks for parachute 1 - SL-72 shroud line set 1 - EC-2 motor clip 1 - ET-20 2.75" motor tube 2 - CR-2050 centering rings ...

• Custom Rockets Razor By Nick Esselman

  A local hobby shop was going out of business and I bought everything that was left for $100. I figured it to be about $300 worth of stuff. In that, I gained a Custom Razor and since I like tube-fin rockets I went ahead and built this one. This kit is designed as a Skill Level 1 for the beginner and starter. Yes, you build it, but it is not necessary to paint it as it comes with gloss yellow ...

• Custom Rockets Redliner By Mark Bischof

  Brief: Was a great rocket, easy to build, easy to launch, Great for a day of family fun! Construction: 2 body tubes, both .976" 3 die-cut balsa fins 12" parachute 2 centering rings Quick release motor mount Blowmolded nose ogive nosecone Water-slide decals Pros- easy to build fast and simple Cons- waterslide decals haard to use, but ...

• Custom Rockets Redliner By Dave Sutter

  ( Contributed - by Dave Sutter)  This is really a pretty basic rocket. I really got it to try something other than an Estes kit, and figured that it would be best to start with something simple. One of the cool things about this rocket (and every other rocket I have from Custom) is the mylar parachute. The rest of the rocket (motor mount, shock cord mount, fins, etc) is all just like ...

• Custom Rockets S.L.V. By Gregg Discenza

  The Custom Rockets S.L.V. is a futuristic rocket kit with three different sizes of body tube, two different card stock tube transitions, and six small fins. The manufacturer lists it as a Skill Level 3, and I feel that it is more of a 2, with a few tricky spots. 1 plastic nosecone with base 1 BT50 2.75" 2 BT20 9" 1 BT20 coupler 1 BT60 3" 1 Engine block for BT20 4 ...

• Custom Rockets SAM-X By Chuck Rider

  ( Contributed - by Chuck Rider - 10/20/01) Brief: Mounted sustainer fins using long edge as the root edge. Did not use the auxiliary fins. Added 0.3oz of clay to the nosecone for stability. Modifications: All modifications were made with the parts supplied in the original kit. Just mounted the sustainer fins in a different orientation and didn't use the auxiliary fins. The original ...

• Custom Rockets SAM-X By Royce Clay, Jr.

  Two-stage, 12" parachute, missile-like styling. Skill level two. The kits components include: Sustainer: One body tube 9" long x 0.976 Dia. One motor tube (for 18mm motor) 2.75" long Two centering rings Four die-cut balsa fins and eight decorative fins Estes-type (approx. 12" 1/8" elastic, and three fold paper mount) parachute attachment Plastic nose cone ...

• Custom Rockets Satellite Drone By Kevin Drayson

  This kit is a single stage, "fantasy scale" rocket, using a ring-fin for stability. The kit arrived with all the necessary parts included, and in good shape. The balsa and the tubes appear to be identical to Estes parts. The nose cone and centering rings, however, I found to be sub-standard. The centering rings were very thin and flimsy- I used them, but reinforced them with bits of Balsa to ...

• Custom Rockets Serin By Jim Rupp

  Brief: A skill level 1 quasi-missile kit with 18mm motor mount and 4 fins. Construction: At first glance, I found this kit very typical Custom kit, but I then noticed that there were more pieces for a level 1 kit than other kits I have worked on. The kit includes: 1 plastic nose cone 1 shock cord 2 body tubes 1 tube coupler 1 launch lug 4 die-cut balsa fins ...

• Custom Rockets Serval By Nick Esselman

  (07/20/98) The Custom Serval ™ was the second tube-fin rocket that I put together, the first being Rogue's Hex Courier ™. The Serval ™ is a single-stage, 18mm-powered rocket. The rocket is 23.25" tall and 1.325" in diameter. It uses a hollow, plastic nose cone and, of course, tube fins (seven of them). An elastic shock cord and a 2"x36" metallic mylar ...

• Custom Rockets Sky Bird By Layne Rossi

  Brief: The Custom Rocket Sky Bird is a 4 fin payloader rocket. My kit was a gift from a Secret Santa via the 2005 gift exchange at The Rocketry Forum. This is a skill level 1 kit. Construction: The kit includes: BT-50 body tube, 9 inches, BT-50 Plastic Nose cone Red tint plastic payload section, 3.875 inches Plastic coupler bulkhead Screw eye BT-20 (18mm) ...

• Custom Rockets Sport By Matthew Bond

  Brief: The Sport is a basic 4 Fin & Nose Cone (4FNC) model from Custom Rocket Company. The Sport is a long rocket, at just under 30" of BT-50 airframe that flies on 18mm motors, and comes home under a 12" plastic parachute. This rocket has a simple sleek look, highlighted by a large eye catching decal. The Sport is a skill level one build, good for beginners, and ...

• Custom Rockets Sport By Nick Esselman

  (12/31/04) I haven't build a Custom kit in a very long time. However, BRS Hobbies asked me to build this one and review it for EMRR. So, I did. The Sport is a straightforward four-fins-and-a-nosecone rocket. It barely qualifies to be considered a " longneck " on EMRR. The Sport is a " longneck " because it has a 0.976" diameter and is 29.5" long, giving it ...

• Custom Rockets Stealth Interceptor By Bill Eichelberger

  The Stealth Interceptor was a cool, Centuri-esque space fighter from the early days of Custom Rockets.  I picked mine up when my brother in law and I stopped in a local hobby shop to pick up extra motors for NARAM 43 back in 2001.  The Custom kits stuck out from the normal Estes and Quest kits that lined the walls of the store, differing in both size and age, and I ...

• Custom Rockets Stealth Interceptor By Nick Esselman

  (09/17/01) The Custom Stealth Interceptor™ was the third of three kits that I built as part of a rocket "ship" series which also included the Estes Night Wing™ and the Rogue Interdictor™. I have always liked the looks of the Stealth Interceptor™ and have had this one in my "to be built" box for a little over 4 years. Since then Custom as disco ...

• Custom Rockets Super Serval By David Urbanek

  ( Contributed - by David Urbanek) Brief: The Custom Serval, a tube fin rocket, modified for 29 mm motors. Modifications: The kit is intended for 18 mm motors. However, normal LOC/Precision 29 mm tubing fits inside BT-55 which is what the Serval's airframe is made of. Cut a 4" length of LOC/Precision 29 mm motor mount tube. Also cut one end off of the motor clip that comes ...

• Custom Rockets Tristar Fiesta By Ron Wirth

  ( Contributed - by Ron Wirth - 09/16/09) Brief: For the Stage Bash section of the 2009 EMRR Challenge, you are required to combine any two purchased single-stage rocket kits into a rocket that is at least 2-staged using only the parts for the two kits. I decided to attempt a gap staging design by combining Custom Rockets Tristar and Fiesta. For some reason I though the Fiesta had 4 ...

• Custom Rockets TriStar By Bill Eichelberger

    The TriStar is a single stage rocket with a futuristic passenger rocket design using parachute recovery. I built this rocket for my nephew to fly at a recent family launch, but my nephew crushed it before it got the chance to see it's first flight. I repaired it as well as I could, didn't care for the results, and set it aside for two months. I found it sitting looking dejected today ...

• Custom Rockets TriStar By Kevin Johnson

  ( Contributed - by Kevin Johnson) Brief: Futuristic transport design for 18mm motors and parachute recovery. Construction: The kit includes 1 body tube, 1 motor mount, 4 die cut balsa pieces, a plastic nose cone and a 12 inch parachute kit. It also had a 1/8" launch lug and elastic shock cord. I bought this kit to have something to build while the glue dried on one of my ...

• Custom Rockets Twister By Chris Taylor Jr.

  (by Kenneth R. Johnson) Brief: A very basic 3FNC rocket that doesn't quite perform as advertised. Supposedly the rocket will feature helicopter recovery at motor ejection, but doesn't. Construction: The basic kit consists of a short piece of 18mm body tube, a real balsa nose cone, a sheet if pre-cut balsa fins, a launch lug, decal, and 3 wooden dowels. The kit is very similar to ...

• Custom Rockets Twister By Chris Taylor Jr.

  ( Contributed - by Chris Taylor)  I grabbed this rocket because I had the money left over and always love more kits to build and fly. This rocket is reminiscent of the Mosquito and the Sputnik with an 18mm motor and then dowels added to the fins like Sputik. It has balsa fins and nose cone and recovers like a helicopter. Finishing was easy. Fill the nose cone and fins. Fill the ...

• Custom Rockets Venture By Bill Eichelberger

  I purchased a Custom Venture as an afterthought one night while on an engine buying trip. I figured that it was a kit that I could build in an evening for the launch the next day and decided to see if it would be possible to actually get it looking decent and flyable before the launch. Once I got home and opened it, I decided that the low price and almost disposable nature of the rocket would ...

• Custom Rockets Venture By Ken Johnson

  An entry level 3FNC rocket that tries hard to beat the Estes Alpha. Like the other Custom rocket kits I have built, the nose cone was excessively loose and had a lot of casting flash. And like the others, the parting line had a number of dimples and flaws that detract from the rocket if not remedied. Otherwise, the quality of components are quite good. For your money, you get real balsa fins, ...

• Custom Rockets Zero Gravity Stubby By Alan Boldt

  ( Contributed - by Alan Boldt - 07/31/10) Brief: The Custom Zero Gravity is an easy to build kit with plastic nose cone, die-cut balsa fins, and 12" parachute. I used a shorter body tube, a streamer and rotated the fins 180 degrees. Modifications: I followed the same instructions as building the stock Zero Gravity, except I substitued the parts listed above. This kit ...

• Custom Rockets Zero Gravity By Joseph Olexa

  Brief: The Custom Rockets Zero Gravity rocket (Kit #10048) is a single stage, three fin, plastic nosecone rocket that uses a 12" parachute recovery system and a standard 1/2A, A, B, C, rocket motor (18mm). A fairly typical or basic level 1 experience rocket. Construction: The kit uses a single 9" body tube, a black plastic nosecone, three balsa wood fins, 1/8" ...

• Custom Rockets Zero Gravity By Alan Boldt

  Brief: Easy to build kit with plastic nose cone, die-cut balsa fins, and 12" parachute. Construction: 1 - 9" BT-50 Body Tube 1 - Plastic Nose Cone 1 - 18mm Engine Tube 1 - Engine Hook 2 - Centering Rings 1 - 18mm Engine Block 3 - Balsa Fins 1 - 12" Plastic Parachute 1 - Elastic Shock Cord 1 - 1/8" ID Launch Lug 1 - Wrap ...

• Cycline3 002 - Silver Streak By Greg Deeter

  ( Contributed - by Greg Deeter - 12/01/02) Picture courtesy of Cycline3 from eBay      Brief: This is a single stage rocket made by a company called Cycline3. It is named the #002b and is described as an "Ultra High Performance Mid Power Rocket". I ordered it directly from Cycline3, as well as one of their other kits, the #004 Poison Arrow which I will ...

• Cycline3 004 - Poison Arrow By Greg Deeter

  ( Contributed - by Greg Deeter - 12/10/02) Brief: This is a single stage 20" tall rocket with 3 fins by CYCLINE3 which is described as an "Ultra High Performance Mid-Power Rocket". The kit comes with a unique and well made rectangular light fabric chute. This is the second CYCLINE3 kit I have built, the first being the simply named #002b. Construction: This comes in an ...

• Cycline3 005 - Panther Attack By Frank G. Whitby

  Brief: The Panther Attack is a single-stage rocket from Cycline3 with the look of a missile. The rocket has 3 sets of 4 fins, a 12' elastic shock cord, rail buttons, and a rectangular Cycline3 Frankenchute parachute (mine is green with yellow puffy-strings). Construction: The kit came with a single cardboard body tube, balsa stock and template for the fins, plastic nose cone, 12' ...

• Cycline3 007 - XROC Prototype By Todd Mullin

  Cycline3 describes the XROC as "the pinnacle of performance". This is something of an understatement. This near minimum diameter, single stage mach-buster may not be the prettiest rocket in your fleet, but it will likely be the fastest for it's size! The XROC Prototype is a ultra-high performance kit that uses unusual construction techniques to go way beyond your usual 3FNC kit! The kit ...

• Cycline3 Fun Fat Rocket By Nick Esselman

  I first learned about Cycline3 when a review was submitted to EMRR. It has been a while since you could get a kit since the owner, Sean Rose was in China. But this summer I was able to purchase the 001 - Fun Fat Rocket. You, no doubt, know why I picked it. It is a "stubby" rocket. The Fun Fat Rocket is a bit more though, because it is also a 3x18mm motor cluster. Cycline3 appears to sell (or ...

• Cygnus Rocketry 29mm to BT60 Motor Mount By John Lee

  ( Contributed - by John Lee - 11/09/08) Brief: This is a motor mount to accommodate a 29mm motor in a BT-60 body tube. It is 5 1/4" long. Construction: The package consists of simple instructions, 2 centering rings, a thrust ring and a motor tube. Construction of the motor mount was simplicity itself. The motor tube was marked 1/4" from one end. The two centering ...

• Cygnus Rocketry 76er By Claude Maina

  Brief: This is a very tall 4FNC rocket that is very similar to the Estes Mean Machine and Sunward's CFX-Six Footer. There is no skill level associated with the 76er, but since both the Mean Machine and CFX-Six Footer are considered Skill Level 2, I'll rate this the same. It is easy to build and flies well. The attraction, especially for kids, is its size. The recommended engines are ...

• Cygnus Rocketry 76er By Pete Harper

  Brief: The Cygnus 76er is advertised as a low cost alternative to to the Estes Mean Machine. Construction: This kit comes with a balsa nose cone, the body tube is four section of BT-60 cardboard tubing, three couplers, four small pre-cut balsa fins, plywood centering rings and 24mm engine mount. The parachute is plastic with string for shroud lines. 1/8" elastic shock ...

• Cygnus Rocketry Blazer By Jonah Dahncke

  Brief: This is one of the first kits from Cygnus Rocketry. The components are all top notch and assembly is a breeze. This rocket is also fast, straight, and will be gone in a blink. Construction: Components include: 1 BT-50, 1 BT-20 1 Transition 1 Nose Cone 1 18mm to BT-50 Motor Mount 1/8 Launch Lug Laser Cut Fins Hartle 12in chute Snap ...

• Cygnus Rocketry Near Earth Attack Vehicle (N.E.A.V.) By Ron Wirth

  Brief: The N.E.A.V. X-1 from Cygnus Model Rocketry Company is a small futuristic design that reminds me of something that you might see in the pod races from the film Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace . I was not familiar with the company when I came across the rocket kit at Uncle Mike's Rocket Shack and decided to add it to my order. The rocket kit comes in a large plastic bag ...

• Cygnus Rocketry Near Earth Attack Vehicle (N.E.A.V.) By Nicholas Berring

  Brief: This is a clone of Model Rocket Newsletter plan of the month called the "Top Secret". Single-stage combination wing/fin and tube stabilization. Construction: Contents: 1 BT-20 body tube, 2 BT-5 "engine tubes", balsa nose cone, fishing swivel, screw eye, 6" parachute and thread shrouds, 17" long (before installation) 1/8" elastic ...

• D&L Company Stomp Rocket Junior By Lance Alligood

  Brief: The D&L Company's Stomp Rocket Junior is a great way to get kids hooked on rockets at a very young age (recommended for children 3 years old and up). These are foam rockets that are powered by a small (but quite rugged) air bladder that you step on to launch the rockets into the air. Since the rockets are lightweight, they recover ballistically. Also, they were given ...

• D.M.B. Rocketry 3-Motor Cluster Cable By Nick Esselman

  I received the D.M.B. Rocketry 3-Motor Cluster Clip-whip just in time for use on my new Thrustline A-Slam . The packaging is excellent; attention was given to this. The Cluster Cable also included instructions. Part of the instructions pointed out what to do if you only have 2 motors instead of 3. May seem simple enough but for those just ...

• D.M.B. Rocketry BlasterXL By Alan Tuskes

  ( Contributed - by Alan Tuskes - 3/21/05) Brief: The Blaster XL is a compact, lightweight single box launch controller that comes with a 6 foot removable power cord with heavy duty battery clips and a 50 foot cable with smooth jaw copper alligator clips. Each cable has its own distinct plug type, so there's no chance of plugging this device in backwards. The detachable aspect of the ...

• Das Modell A4 Peenemunde By Greg Deeter

  This is the Das Modell Aggregat-4 (A-4) Peenemünde V2. It is designed by Thorwald Peterson of Noris Raketen 's Das Modell in Nürnburg, Germany. It is a single-stage Skill Level 3 rocket kit that is not available for sale in the United States. I imported it from a hobby shop in Great Britain several years ago, along with the Saturn V, Space Shuttle and Phoenix kits. The finished V2 ...

• Das Modell Aggregat-9 By Matt Gillard

  Brief: A D-powered scale like model of the Aggregate 9 rocket from Das Modell. Purchased from eBay, it came in a cardboard carton and looked to be an interesting rocket to both build and fly. I was interested in this rocket as I had never heard of it before, unlike the A-4 V2. The internet yielded some information: The A-9 was only half of a A-9/A-10 multistage rocket, capable ...

• Das Modell Hummel By Matt Gillard

  Brief: A three fin long rocket with a transition from 40 to 25mm. Designed for the German market, it uses a non standard motor mount and body tubes. 500mm parachute recovery. Construction: The kit consists of: Three cardboard fins Vacuum formed transition Three 40mm diameter body tubes Two 25mm body tubes 25mm nose cone Engine hook 25mm engine mount ...

• Das Modell Jumbo 3 By colin rowe

  ( Contributed - by Colin Rowe - 04/22/03) Brief: A single stage cluster rocket consisting of 4 x 24mm motor mounts. Transition from 80mm to 60mm. Splits at Centre. Construction: The Kit includes: Instruction Sheet (in German not translated) 1-80mm tube. 2-60mm tubes. 1-60mm tube with fibreglass nosecone attached. 3-plywood fins 4-motor mounts (1.05" dia) ...

• Das Modell Space Shuttle By James Louis

  Brief: One stage scale model of the US Space Shuttle, LPR with 18" parachute Construction: The model comes with 3 body tubes to construct the booster rockets that the shuttle rests on, numerous vacuum formed plastic parts and a sheet of balsa. Most other parts are standard, ie motor mounts, lugs, centering rings etc. Lets start with the Cons: Instructions are ...

• Delta 7 Studios Mercury Redstone (Plan) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 06/15/03) Brief: This rocket was based on a free paper model kit from Delta 7 Studios . I converted it to fly on MMX motors, although the model is large enough for up to 18mm motors. Of course, the larger motors may require additional reinforcement that wasn't required in my MMX version. Modifications: Once the paper model was complete, I proceeded with ...

• Descon 10 Two C's in a Pod By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  "Two C's in a Pod" Kit bash of the Estes Gemini DC. Copyright © 2002 By Drake "Doc" Damerau Click on the pictures for a larger view. The first thing was to get rid of the through the wall fin mounting section. The first portion removed was 5/16" of the aft section. This was used to hold the engine hooks in the next step. 3" of the center fin area was then ...

• Descon 10 X-File By David Fergus

  X-File An RMR Descon X entry by David Fergus (Place your mouse over photos to view the captions.(IE5)) Summary This rocket is a kit bash of the Estes Gemini DC. It flies on an 18mm motor, and recovers on dual 12" parachutes ejected from the nose. When ejection delays are longer than apogee, the rocket has a tail first recovery profile before chute deployment. It is 14" long, has a span of 6", ...

• Descon 1000lb Laser Guided Bomb By Stuart Lenz

  1000 lb Laser Guided Bomb Modeled by: Stuart Lenz This design is modeled on a GBU 16 – 1000 lb Laser Guided Bomb that is produced from a 1000 lb Cast Iron Bomb and an upgrade made by Lockheed/Martin Corp. It is likely that bombs like this were used in the recent gulf war. While the prototype (seen in thumbnail photo) was based on Micro Maxx engines, this was upscaled to ...

• Descon 11 Professor Fate (Scratch) By Mike Howie

  In the hey day of Barnstormers and Professional Adventurers, there were two bitter rivals for the title of the world's most daring individual. Of course the most well known of these two men is "The Great Leslie". Dressed all in his trade marked "Good Guy White", Leslie stands Truth, Justice, Mom, and Apple Pie. Little is known about his antitheses, Professor Fate. Whenever "The Great ...

• Descon 11 Project X (Scratch) By Tater Schuld

    At one time I was building a model plane and decided to take a few extra parts and fiddle with them. I went and attempted to make some centering rings using a saber saw on some balsa and came out with the tissue and balsa framework for Project X. I then let it sit for about 3 months while trying to figure out how to finish it. While Descon X raged on, I saw the design for ...

• Descon 12 Dr. Evil's Pocket Rocket (Scratch) By Scott Turnbull

  Dr. Evil's Pocket Rocket This is a draft place holder for my 2nd DesCon entry, Dr. Evil's Pocket Rocket. Hopefully it's not too far outside the realm of good taste. For my second Design Contest Entry, I decided to pay homage to a ship of such striking construction that all who see it are obliged to comment. Officer: "Colonel? You'd better take a look at this radar..." Colonel: "What ...

• Descon 12 Space Balls Eagle Five (Winnebago) By Tater Schuld

  Eagle Five from Spaceballs by Mel Brooks Bad science fiction comedies seem never to die, they just become legend. Hence the reason that Spaceballs is still known as one of the best science fiction comedies of all time. I toyed with the idea of making mega maid, or space ball one, or even that cute little mercedes Princess Vespa used (the one king Roland got from his brother in law who owns ...

• Descon 12 Space Balls Winnebago (Scratch) By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  The Winnebago from Spaceballs The Movie   "I'm a Maug: half man, half dog. I'm my own best friend."     The rules say you can have two entries so this is my second entry. This makes a total of eight rockets that I made from one kit!    This one was made from the face card stock and a few scrap pieces of balsa left over from the ...

• Descon 12 Tom Servo (Scratch) By Bob Cox

  Tom Servo Robot from Mystery Science Theatre 3000   Tom Servo is one of the wise-cracking robots from the TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000 . Shown here is my flying model next to a same-scale photo of the non-flying original. My model flies on either a 13mm or MicroMaxx engine. The fans at MST3K.org have complete instructions for building your own life-size 3D ...

• Descon 13 1/4 Karat Carrot (Scratch) By Kathy Kippen

  ¼ Karat Carrot When I saw this plastic carrot filled with candy in an Easter display, well, it just cried out, “I’m a ROCKET!!” It looks sort of like it could something out of a Marvin the Martian cartoon, too. Materials: One (1) plastic carrot (It came filled with Easter candy) One (1) 5” piece of 24mm Estes tubing One (1) standard Estes ...

• Descon 13 Starfighter (Modification) By Ellicon Lenz

  Starfighter Modeled by: Ellison Lenz (Age 17) This design based on a kit bash of the Estes DC Gemini. It has a single 18mm engine mount and a combination of tube and flat fins. It is build using Titebond and 5 minute epoxy. What make this design unique is the duel BT 20 tubes that make the from fusalage and twin BT 20 nose cones. The build started by gluing the two BT 20 body tube ...

• Descon 14 Aeon (Scratch) By Tim Breland

  AEON Tim Breland's Descon-14 Entry Talk about last minute, this thing almost had to fly with wet paint. ;) My design is called the AEON. One definition of Aeon is "an indefinitely long period of time", which is about how long this rocket might stay in the air, indefinitely. Sticking with the theme, the Aeon burns a total of 6 motors. It is clustered and staged, using 5 motors in ...

• Descon 14 Fat Boy - 3 x 4 By Dick Stafford

  Fat Boy - 3 x 4 Dick Stafford's Descon-14 Entry     Background OK, this is not the most unique design, but I was going to describe this rocket on EMRR anyway and though I'd hit Descon 14 early. Best-case scenario: people spend too much time on summer vacations and on the field and I pick up a prize. Worst-case scenario: people quickly start work on their unique ...

• Descon 14 Three Bird (Scratch) By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  Three Bird Drake "Doc" Damerau's Descon-14 Entry A "Tri-Copter" design, with a bit of attitude.   Parts List Three Sig Pre-shaped air foils Three 24mm 3" motor tubes One ½" x ½" launch lug One dowel pin for a launch pad /h2 The wings are made from 4" x ¼" SIG pre-shaped airfoils. These can be found at www. ...

• Descon 14 X-Factor By Eldred Pickett

  X-Factor Eldred Pickett's Descon-14 Entry Parts List 1 - 18" by 6" 1/8 balsa 1 - BT-60 body tube 1 - BT-20 body tube 3 - regular engine clips 3 - BT-5 centering rings /h2 I cut (3) 2 3/4 lengths of the BT-20 tube. These are the engine tubes. I used centering rings for a BT-5 as engine blocks, and regular clips to hold the engines. I cut (3) 5" diameter circles ...

• Descon 2 Chinese Fire Arrow (Scratch) By Ben Mesander

  Two 3' fire arrows History I've long been interested in rockets that use stabilization methods other than fins. One of my favorites is based on the Chinese "fire arrow" - a military rocket first built between A.D. 960 and 1279. I originally discovered these after reading a post that a gentleman made on rec.models.rockets about building one out of recycled materials. After reading the ...

• Descon 2 Heads Up (Scratch) By Bob Fortune

  This is basically a tube launched rocket.  It's almost finless but I suppose the fins have some effect.  I don't have VCP so I have no idea how it tapes out. The center of gravity with a B motor is right at the NC-shoulder mounted launch lug which was serendipitous but nice.  Funny how those things work out. I've flown it on  B4-2's and on C6-3's.  It passes safety ...

• Descon 3 Wicked Witch Express (Scratch) By Jeff Blinn

  The Wicked Witch Express was built as, what else . . . a Halloween Rocket. It's fun to build and flies very well. The picture to the right was the maiden voyage on an AT G64-4. I've flown it numerous times since then on G64's and G80's - this fall we're planning on trying an 'H' or two! Parts List 1 - slotted (3 fin) 2.64 LOC body tube, 30" 1 - non-slotted 2.64 LOC body tube, ...

• Descon 3-Stage Cluster Cone By Art Applewhite

  3 Stage Cluster Cone By Art Applewhite This is a 3 stage, Clustered Cone rocket with 5 motors in it's full power configuration Stage 1 - Top - 13mm A10-PT Stage 2 - Middle - 18mm C6-0 Stage 3 - Bottom - 3 x 24mm inline motor cluster, D12-0 center, 2 x D11-P outboard The rocket is 8" high and 9.25" in diameter at the base. It is constructed entirely out of ...

• Descon 3ncf - Memory - The Second Thing to Go By Bob Chmara

  3ncf or Memory - The Second Thing To Go by Bob Chmara Purpose I've been thinking about this rocket for a while. I needed to free some space within my brain's limited capacity for important stuff. The only way to do that was to build the rocket. Background Shortly after getting back into the hobby, I was at my favorite rocketry store depositing part of my paycheck. I made the comment that I ...

• Descon 4 Eric's SST (Scratch) By Steve Bloom

  Eric needed a new rocket. Earlier in the month I had launched his Lil’ Nuke on an H128 and it vanished. I told him we could buy a new one or he could design a rocket. He likes short stubby rockets like the Minie Magg and Fat Boy and since I couldn’t afford a Warlock he designed this: It’s built using LOC Precision components. The construction is straight forward, basic, and ...

• Descon 4 Matrock (Scratch) By Matthew and Chris Taylor

  I just down-loaded RockSim from Apogee. My brother keeps bugging me for another rocket (he is 10). So while messing with the program I said, "Make you a deal. You design it and build it and I will buy all the supplies to build it." He said OK I come back 30 minutes later and he's got this rocket on the screen. I say Cool rocket and to my amazement it is ...

• Descon 5 MicroBee (Scratch) By Robert Geer

  My desire for a 2 stage rocket finally got the better of me, I had an extra Estes BNC-5 nose, some BT-5 tubing and some 1/16" Basswood left over after building a replacement glider for my ARV Condor (the old one flew VERY well!). Anyway, I decided that this rocket would not eject the motors, I've seen the Quark and some other lawn darts and they NEVER tumble coming back down. I wanted to try ...

• Descon 5 Titan IV (Scratch) By Ted Cochran

    1/4A Titan IVA 1/320 Scale   For 1 or 3 MicroMaxx Motors The Titan IVA bridged the gap between the Titan IIIE and the Titan IVB. Since 1989, more than twenty have been launched from both Vandenberg and Cape Canaveral, primarily to orbit military satellites. I've never scratch built a scale model before, and ...

• Descon 6 Meanie x2 (Upscale) By Nick Esselman

  BACKGROUND: I have never made it a secret that I love the looks of Nordic Rocketry's Meanie. It is usually the first rocket I fly at every launch and I love it on D's to F's. Being the case, I decided that I would love a 2x version. Coming up with a 2x version wasn't exactly possible since the original was 2.6" diameter airframe and the nearest to 2x tubing I could find was 5.5". So be it, ...

• Descon 6 Toose Dager (Scratch) By Steve Bloom

  Assemblage: Assembly: Toose Dager is a 2-stage rocket design which incorporates all of the latest technology and special features that are seen on the flying range today. From the staging timer mounted in the sustainer to the tubular nylon and high quality Rocketman parachutes the Toose Dager is designed to perform and last. The parts list is complete except for the electronics package. ...

• Descon 6 Tower Ring Infernal (Scratch) By Ted Cochran

    The Tower Ring Infernal A field of scale modeling opportunities in Corpus Christi, Texas. Fractionators, deethanizers, debutanizers, oh my! History I've done some work in oil refineries (which have some pyrotechnic attractions of their own), and I've always thought that their towers might make interesting subjects for modeling. This project doesn't model any ...

• Descon 60cc By Tai Fu

  Contributed by - Tai Fu Gone in 60 cc I was looking over the descon entries and I saw a lot of different designs, and I was wondering what I can make into a rocket... then I looked at some 60 cc syringe that a professor gave me, and it's round, its hard, and I bet it will fly! Here's what you need: 2 60cc syringe some BT-50 a spent Estes D motor (or any other motor ...

• Descon 7 Tintinique (Scratch) By Darren Longhorn

  Tintinique Tintinique OK, so it's not exactly the right proportions for Tin Tin's rocket, far too squat and stubby, but that's why it's called Tintinique. Just As diamonique isn't diamond, Tintinique isn't Tin Tin. ( Anyone who doesn't know what I'm talking about here, needs to watch more QVC!) Nestlé time capsule ...

• Descon 7 Titania (Scratch) By Adrian Hurt

  Titania Background Some time ago, there were several articles on rec.models.rockets in which people asked about "strap on boosters". G. Harry Stine mentioned the technique in "The Handbook of Model Rocketry", although he called it parallel staging, and therefore discussed it in the chapter on staging. However, apart from a brief mention, he did not say much about it, concentrating the chapter ...

• Descon 7-Up By Daniel Kirk

  7-Up ( Contributed - by Daniel Kirk) 7 up 7 up A Fourteen Liter Bottle Rocket After seeing several small rockets fly out of sight, I wanted a rocket that would spend more time where I could see it. I wanted something large, so it would be highly visible, but with low enough power for a slow, majestic lift-off. Body tubes and nose ...

• Descon 8 AOL.CON (Scratch) By Bob Kaplow

  AOL.CON It's a food container! It's a CD! It's a snow paperweight! No, it's AOL.CON! This is a second generation flying food container built from an ice cream sundae lid, an AOL CD, scrap parts from the rocket shop, and assembled with hot melt glue. It's a great small field sport flier, along the lines for the former Redi_rocs. You will need: 1 sundae lid (see photo) 1 AOL CD ...

• Descon 8 Bottle Rocket (Scratch) By Robert Galejs

  Bottle Rocket  An Easy to Build Fun Flyer Here's some plans for a very simple model rocket that flies great on C6-3. This bottle rocket weighs 2 oz without the motor so it takes off very quickly, but doesn't fly out of sight due to its 2.6" diameter. It almost doesn't need a recovery device since its so light. The bottle rocket is also quite strong with through-the-wall mounted ...

• Descon 8 F.T.B.o.D. (Scratch) By Mark Simpson

    Flying Traffic Barrel of Death F.T.B.o.D. by Mark Simpson As part of my Level 3 project, building and flying a full-sized orange traffic barrel, I decided to make a 1/6th scale flyable traffic barrel to test its dynamic flight stability. I started with a 3" section of garden variety mailing tube, donated by an office mate. I scrounged a piece of ...

• Descon 9 Astron Black Space Knight By Bob Fortune

  Astron Black Space Knight by Bob Fortune None  shall  Pass! ARTHUR: What? BLACK KNIGHT: None shall pass. ARTHUR: I have no quarrel with you, brave Sir knight, but I must cross this bridge. BLACK KNIGHT: Then you shall die. ARTHUR: I command you, as King of the Britons to stand aside. BLACK KNIGHT: I move for no man. ARTHUR: So be it! ...

• Descon 9 MASA Prang T-Shirt (Other Product) By David Fergus

  MASA Prang T-Shirt by David Fergus MASA "Prang" Award This entry is a shirt that is given to the winner of the Minnesota Amateur Spacemodeler Association (MASA) annual PRANG Award winner.  On the front, a drawing of a rocket taking off is shown with the words "As a matter of fact..."  The back of the shirt is as shown in the accompanying picture. This entry has successfully ...

• Descon 9 TRI-STOMP (Scratch) By David Fergus

  TRI-STOMP by David Fergus TriStomp Family Forward View After View Click to enlarge images   Design Summary: A derivative of the classic foam air powered rocket, this 3.4 oz. missile is a 3-engine cluster foam rocket flown on three 18mm engines with BOINK (bounce on impact, no kidding) recovery.  A bit of something different! ...

• Descon Acme Little Giant Parachute Duration By Jody Dorsett

  Acme Little Giant Parachute Duration For Micro Max Motors by Jody Dorsett This is a very interesting model to build.  You will need the following parts: 1 Hand rolled 4mm BT 80mm long (see Tips)  or use a TT-MM BT from Aerospace Speciality Products 1 10.5 Apogee ST 70 mm long 1 10.5 mm Apogee Balsa Ogive Nose Cone 1 Transition 4mm to 10.5mm  (make yourself) 3 ...

• Descon AGM-57I Maverick By Louis Schroeder

  ( Contributed - by Louis Schroeder) This notional missile is the latest in the AGM-65 Maverick air to ground missile systems. Building on the successful AGM-65H with active radar seeker, the "I" model incorporates GPS guidance with active radar terminal guidance. The idea for this model came when I noticed that the fins on the Estes AGM-57 Heatseeker kit were very similar ...

• Descon AIM-4G Super Falcon By Mark Sinicki

  ( Contributed - by Mark Sinicki)  The bottom half of the airframe (below dotted line) is GLOSS RED The upper half of the airframe (above dotted line) is GLOSS WHITE Tip of nose if GLOSS BLACK Small 'U.S.AIR FORCE' lettering starting at body tube by nose cone and running aft. Two places. Opposite sides, between forward strakes. About 1-1/2" word length, 3/8" tall ...

• Descon Alien Ship By Bill Adams

  Alien Ship ( Contributed - by Bill Adams)    This rocket is designed to look like the one appearing briefly in the movie "The Stupids". Flight Report My prototype flew successfully at Battle Park '98 in Culpeper, VA on an Estes D12-5. It really got up there (1000'?) on a quick but easily followed boost, deployed the parachute near apogee and sailed ...

• Descon American Spirit By Douglas Gardei

  The American Spirit by Douglas Gardei updated 8/27/04 The American Spirit started life as a LOC Ultimate. I received it as a Christmas gift in 1997, building it that winter, and launched it once in Denver, PA with a G80-4T. Mr. Reed, one of the Technology teachers in my High school borrowed it for his families Memorial Day picnic, and flew it on a G80. Then my ...

• Descon And Now For Something Completely Different By Robert Galejs

  And Now For Something Completely Different... Robert Galejs, NAR 69317   After reading all of the postings regarding why spool rockets are stable, I couldn't come up with a plausible explanation. However, I did come up with an unusual rocket that I could explain. That's how "And Now for Something Completely Different..." came to be.     Construction ...

• Descon AOL By Andy Tate

  Contributed by - Andy Tate AOL Brief: I have wanted to enter the RMR DesCon for some time now. I could never seem to come up with a design that I liked and when I did get a design that I liked, it didn't fit the theme of the current DesCon. During the summer of 2000, I made a CD finned rocket. I wasn't sure what to do with it; it was heavy, looked ...

• Descon Ashley's AR2 By Ashley Joy

  AR2 ( Contributed - by Ashley Joy, age 9(written by Dad))  Ashley designed this rocket from scratch totally by himself. He chose the materials and made most of it including the painting. I did help with the glue though. Left is the plan he made first with the Microsoft 'Paint' program. Manufacture He started off with 4 used 18mm motors and drilled them out ( yes, ...

• Descon ASROC By John Coles

  ASROC ( Contributed - by John Coles)  This is the beginnings of my Space Systems project in 1/6 scale. Shown here is the prototype for the first of four sport scale rockets designed to be launched from the platform. ASROC is a rocket-boosted version of the Mk-46 light torpedo used by Navy surface combatants as a defense against hostile submarines. The recovery sequence on ...

• Descon ATLAS 606 By David S Chen

  ATLAS 606 by David S. Chen The Atlas 606 represents Lockheed Martin's next generation heavy lift space vehicle, having a payload volume and lift capacity that matches that of the U.S. Space Shuttle. This model is actually a modified Estes Fat Boy in that it utilizes all components of that kit. The Fat Boy nosecone and body tube are used to make the payload section. The liquid ...

• Descon Augie-Sport By Frank Ross

  ( Contributed - by Frank Ross) Augie - Sport dc71.jpg Lil' Augie © MRN dc72.jpg Augie-2 © MRN dc73.jpg Augie-3 dc74.jpg Augie-Sport Dscn0282.jpg Augie-Sport Dscn0287.jpg Augie-Sport Dscn0265.jpg Lift Off! ...

• Descon Bar Buster By Jody Dorsett

  by Jody Dorsett Mammoth Missle Works QM-I8U  Planetary Attack Bomber coming off the line. Excerpt from Compton's Interstellar Encyclopedia 2325. In the year 2215 George Gomez Bush desired to eat a simple taco.  However, due to the recent case of Hartsock v. McWendy's, fast food vendors were carefull not only to disclose the health risks, but to ...

• Descon Beldar (Scratch) By Tim Bush

  Beldar the Conehead I will be the first to admit that I spent far too much time watching TV as a kid. Especially far too much SNL . When I found a collectable(?) figurine of Beldar, the Conehead parental unit from the planet Remulak, in a clearance bin at a local store I realized it was going to be my mission to return him to his home planet regardless of how many mass quantities of Newtons ...

• Descon Bertha Shark By Greg Elder

  Bertha Shark by Greg Elder Parts 1 - Estes Big Bertha Kit 1 - BT-60 body tube, 2 3/4" long 1 – JT-60C tube coupler 2 – CR2060 centering rings 1 – BT-20 motor tube 3/32" balsa fin stock This rocket is a bash between a Big Bertha and Estes Industries Rocket Plan No.22, Tiger Shark. Hence, the name Bertha Shark . Construction, Upper ...

• Descon Bic ARCAS By Jeff Hove

  ( Contributed - by Jeff Hove) Digital photos by Zhenya Olenchuke. Thanks Zhenya! "Excuse me sir, but is that a rocket in your pocket?" This is a fun little rocket that uses the tiny Quest MicroMaxx motors to loft a Bic (R) pen over 50' in the air and land by Parachute. Design History : I wanted to design my own MicroMaxx powered rocket but couldn't find a ...

• Descon Big Beth X-2 By Greg Elder

    This rocket was inspired by the Little Beth X-2 which was a Design of the Month plan in an old issue of Estes Model Rocket News.  I wanted a rocket similar in design but larger. Hence, the Big Beth X-2. Parts List 1 BT-60 body tube, 36" long 1 BT-60 body tube, 2 3/4" long 2 BT-55 body tubes, 9" long each 1 JT-60C tube coupler 1 PNC-60AH nose cone 2 PNC-55AC nose cones 3 ...

• Descon Big Blue Dog By Nick Esselman

  BIG BLUE DOG Unique Cluster and Unique Fins by Nick Esselman It all started when I saw a two-motor cluster in Apogee's "Model Rocket Design and Construction" by Timothy S. Van Milligan that I liked the looks of. I then decided to build a model with that motor configuration, which became my 2x18mm motor Red Dog . Then after numerous successful flights, I decided that I ...

• Descon Big Jim & the Twins By Josh Russell

  Contributed by - Josh Russell Big Jim & the Twins Dual / Dueling Twin Boost Gliders The objects found in this DESCON entry are two "Turbo Jet 2000" children's styrofoam throw gliders with a whopping 2 foot wingspan. The gliders are mounted onto a 36" piece of BT-60 booster tube with a stock Estes nosecone. Each glider has two points of attachment, each ...

• Descon Black Widow By Eric Spain

  Black Widow My name is Eric Spain and I live in Rhode Island.I have been involved with rocketry for 2 years and I love it! My Descon #9 entry is called the Black Widow. My rocket is 6 feet tall and 2 inch diameter. The coupler is the same type of tube as the body tube and is located in the middle. It is black with yellow/black Monokote. The nose cone is a piece of balsa that I made on a ...

• Descon Blue Blade 3X By Kelo Waivio

  ( Contributed - by Kelo Waivio) The Blue Blade 3X is the fourth in a series of Blue Blades I've built. There were a total of 4 with various motor mount sizes, a 13mm, 18mm, 24mm and the 29mm 3X version. Unfortunately the 24mm sibling is hanging in a large tree at SMASH's launch range. The 3X first flew on an F52-5 with a predicted altitude of 708 feet. The F52 lifted her easily off the ...

• Descon Boddomuk By Dwayne Surdu-Miller

  ( Contributed - by Dwayne Surdu-Miller ) Boddomuk by Dwayne Surdu-Miller Boddomuk attempts to answer that age-old rocketeer question, "now that baby's drinking from cups, can I do something cool with these bottles?" This baby bottle frankenstein is a rugged, transparent-bodied tube-fin rocket with a rear-ejecting motor/recovery pod, requiring no flame-proof ...

• Descon Boxer By Dave Lee

  Boxer ( Contributed - by Dave Lee) As I start writing this page the Boxer is little more than an idea, which I hope to have ready to test at tomorrow's meeting. In fact it's only got this far. Well actually I have four of these, which I am about to join together to form a box kite, hence the name "Boxer" (not much originality so far). Probably you will have ...

• Descon Broken Arrow By John Coles

  Broken Arrow ( Contributed - by John Coles)  I'm a BAR with an affinity for oddrocs. While looking through the Apogee Components catalog one day, with their array of 10.5mm parts and motors, I thought about combining two of my favorite hobbies, rocketry and traditional archery. After all, arrows move at high speeds like rockets, are very stable like rockets should be, and are ...

• Descon BSF Twin Rocket By Michel Demey

  the BSF twin rocket by Michel Demey This rocket is build mostly using the parts from the contest's list. I had no gemini rocket available. The material comes from a pegasus rocket for the bt-50 tubes and the motor mount, and the 18mm tubes are full length of spare bt-20 tubing. Yes this is one bt-20 more than in the kit, but I wanted to be sure that the ...

• Descon Bucky II By Dennis McClain-Furmanski

  Bucky II by Dennis McClain-Furmanski This carbon composite 29mm minimum diameter rocket is the second of three versions intended for NAR mid-power altitude competition events. Specifically, this version is ito be used to break the NAR class C (adult) G power altitude record (1140 m = 3740’). The name is derived from "buckytube", the name for the axially symmetric ...

• Descon Bye Bye Tweety Pie By Bob Fortune

  Contributed by - Bob Fortune It all started innocently enough when I dropped into the local 7-11 to get something to drink. There in the cooler was a product called "Belly Washers" which is some pseudo fruit juice concoction with a cute little plastic head - perfect for this carnivorous cartoon shark I had been kicking around in my brain.  Originally ...

• Descon Camera Pod By Ned Nassif

  ( Contributed - by Ned Nassif) Having always wanted to add functionality to my rockets, I decided that adding a camera would be a great start. I scoured the internet via Rocketry Online, as well as directing my browser to any camera link mentioned in RMR. It seemed a lot of rocketeers had used the circuit on Rob Nee's AYUCR page. It seemed simple enough, so I was off to the races. I had a ...

• Descon Cast Away By Rick Dickinson

  Contributed by - Rick "OddRoc" Dickinson CAST AWAY A few months ago, I was involved in a nasty little sledding accident -- some kid crashed into me from behind, breaking my tibia.While in my cast, I started thinking about the DesCon possibilities.... My DesCon entry is named "Cast Away", and is built from my cast-off fiberglass leg cast.It uses a 38mm motor ...

• Descon Chain Lightning By Frank DaCosta

  Chain Lightning ( Contributed - by Frank DaCosta)  This two-stager always gets attention when I bring it out at our South Florida joint NAR/TRA monthly launch. Everyone loves Reddy-Kilowatt fins! CAT-Scratch Rocketry Chain Lightning is one of my series of "CAT-Scratch" rockets, where CAT stands for Collect Any Trash. CAT-Scratch rockets avoid the use of any ...

• Descon Chubby Boy With FatBoy Booster By Jim Myers

  Chubby Boy With FatBoy Booster Jim Myers's Descon-14 Entry The ChubbyBoy is a BT-60 downscale of a fatboy. (.625 scale) This project started out as a 7 engine MMX cluster, but I quickly discovered how much of a PITA wiring 7 igniters in those little bitty motors can be!! I am not a fan of Flashpan ignition, so we went to plan B. I decided to stage and cluster. The ChubbyBoy ...

• Descon Cinderella By Ted Phipps

  Cinderella ( Contributed - by Ted Phipps)  In the years following the first successful operations of the Orbital Transport, a need was recognized for a general purpose spacecraft to handle various jobs within the solar system.  The most successful design was the Cinderella class.  Cheap, sturdy, and versatile, Cinderella's came to handle almost all 'tugboat' services in ...

• Descon Cosmostrader By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  ( Contributed - by Drake Damerau) Cosmostrader A kitbash of the Fliskits USS Grissom   I've never seen the movie but I found it with a Google search on "Comedy sci-fi spaceship". This ship is about as "mod" as it gets. It looks like something Frank Lloyd Wright would design. In some photos it looks like there are 3 engines in the center, in ...

• Descon Cub Scout (The) By Bob Fortune

  The Cub Scout ( Contributed - by Bob Fortune)  A while back I realized I had a bunch of odd sized 54 mm motor mount tube (mmt) kicking around. The inside diameter was off a bit and would not fit LOC adapters so it sat in my tube box. Also taking up space was a sheet of copper foil clad G10 that electronics folks use to make printed circuit boards. You can find the type of copper ...

• Descon Cup of Coffee?to Go By Greg Elder

  Contributed by - Greg Elder Cup of Coffee .... to Go One day while drinking a cup of coffee at work, I thought the styrofoam coffee cup might make an interesting model rocket.  That week I built the Cup of Coffee to Go and flew it the following weekend.  It flew fairly well and had the side benefit of glide recovery (sort of).  It is easy to b ...

• Descon Cutlass By Kelo Waivio

  ( Contributed - by Kelo Waivio) Cutlass  Trans-Orbital Interceptor The Cutlass was inspired by the Star Fury fighters from the Babylon 5 Sci-Fi series. I liked the look of the Star Fury, with the engines out on the end of the "wings". I also found a use for those paper tubes that come with the ...

• Descon D Christmas Tree By Tom Stagner

  D Christmas Tree ( Contributed - by Tom Stagner Jr) D12-5 Powered Christmas Tree Rocket - Flies great to around 750' to 1000' Construction is fairly simple. The rocket is made up of an 18" piece of BT-50 which is almost entirely surrounded by a large paper cone. The cone transitions from .976" to 4" wide over a span of 15.5" and is made from poster board. There ...

• Descon Dark Comet By Mark Schrader

  Dark Comet by Mark Schrader This model started out as an Estes Maxi-Alpha III. I thought this would be a fun build, buy when I saw the thin plastic fins, my first thought was that these need to be reversed or they'll need of constant repair. I was also building my Estes Renegade at the time and thought that side pods on the fin tips would be a nice touch. And as long as I'm add it, ...

• Descon DC Pod Racer By Dick Stafford

  Prologue:  In a modeler’s forum prior to the contest… Sebulba:  I protest!  The human is cheating.  Solid rocket propulsion is not allowed under the rules of Descon 3610, Sub-contest 312. Star-El:  Most illustrious Jabba, this is nonsense.  There is no such rule. Sebulba:  No one has used it for over 1000 contest c ...

• Descon Demon Deployer By Dave Lee

  No, it doesn't deploy demons, just a small satellite. Wondering what to do with the moulded plastic capsule things that come in the Estes Designer Special pack. This is my answer. Add a couple of flip out solar panels and a spot of paint, then build a rocket to get your nice new satellite into orbit (or as close as you can get). So how to deploy a satellite? Well putting it on/in the nose ...

• Descon Deuce-XL5 By Dick Stafford

  Deuce-XL5 Dick Stafford's Descon-13 Entry no Micro-Maxx, x2 cluster, sci-fi, comedy(?), most parts from a Fliskits Deuces Wild Hmmm, should I have entered this in the previous contest? Design Concept The Deuce-XL5 is a kitbash of the Fliskits Deuce's Wild. After building a stock kit and seeing a flurry of interesting kitbashes on The Rocketry Forum , I ...

• Descon Dizzy Lizzy By Chip Jenkins

  ( Contributed - by Chip Jenkins) Dizzy Lizzy - By Chip Jenkins  Specifications:     Height: 20"    Weight: 4 to 5 oz. ? Parts List 1 body tube BT-55 x 13 1/2" long 1 body tube BT-55 x 1 1/8" long 1 engine pod BT-20 x 5 ...

• Descon Double-X By Emmanuel Camburako

  The Oat Propulsion Laboratory presents our latest Descon 10 entry by Emmanuel Camburako The Name Descon 10 - Roman numeral 10 is X. Typical designation for an experimental aircraft is X. Thus, this experimental aircraft designation is the X-10 or X-X. Double X The Double X has been designed as a vehicle to investigate the practical application of a ground to near earth orbit ...

• Descon Dust Devil By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford) I had originally decided to build a monocopter exclusively for the Estes E9 motor. However, my concept soon changed, and I decided to use a 29mm motor tube. The larger tube would let my fly on either an E9 (with an adapter) or a 29mm motor. Please read on to see how this project continued to evolve... Construction Notes I got several ideas from the ...

• Descon Easter Egg Rocket (Scratch) By Dan Major

  I get a big kick out of the challenge of making rockets from "found objects". I tend to walk through stores in a kind of a daze sometimes, wondering what sort of adapter or how much thrust it will take to "fly" certain objects on the store shelves. This is one of my recent attempts. Everything is found or made from scratch except the engine mount tube, centering ring, and thrust ring in the ...

• Descon Edinburgh Farce 1 By Adrian Hurt

  Edinburgh Farce 1 ( Contributed - by Adrian Hurt)  Background Over the past year, the Edinburgh Alliance - a Babylon 5 fan club of which I am a member - has been working on a CD of songs parodying the show.  As it neared completion, we decided that when the time came to launch the CD, we really would launch it.  Being the club’s rocketeer, I got the job. ...

• Descon Edmund IB By Daniel Kirk

  Contributed by - Daniel Kirk Edmund IB My son loves rockets! He loves to watch them, he loves to talk about them, he loves to push the launch button, and he loves to play with them, which he isn't allowed to do, because he's only three, and might break them. He has toy rockets that don't fly and Stomp Rockets,· but it's not the same. "Why couldn't I design him a rocket of ...

• Descon Egberto Guismonte By Mike Roberts

  Which came first? The Egg? The Chicken? Or..... The Rocket! The Tale of Egberto Guismonte - The Rubber Chicken Rocket PARTS LIST: 1 Rubber Chicken 1 Length 38mm motor mount 1 38mm coupler tube 1 38mm plywood bulkhead 1 38mm plywood coupler bulkhead 6m Kevlar cord Small square Nomex Larger Square Nomex 2mm ...

• Descon EggLofter By Gary Meier

  Contributed by - Gary Meier EggLofter (click to enlarge image) Concept I saw these plastic eggs on sale at K-Mart, just begging to be blasted skyward. I didn't want to add external fins, but I was fairly certain that no amount of nose weight would make the egg stable. My solution was to add a draggy base disk, covered, naturally, in green paper Easter grass. Hol ...

• Descon Eggspress By Scott Hamlin

  Contributed by - Scott J Hamlin Eggspress  Background Some time ago, I read on RMR, that some model rocket builders used hollow plastic eggs as inexpensive nose cones for smaller model rockets. Several weeks before Easter, while at my local Wally World store, I decided to explore the Easter section in search of potential model rocket hardware. In addition to the usual ...

• Descon EggsRific By Chris Taylor Jr.

  Contributed by - Chris Taylor EggsRific I was walking through the isles of the local dollar store after gorging on as many of the $1 star wars rockets as I could fit in a cart :-) and while in line I saw this Bright Pink Inflatable Easter Egg with little duckies on it.  Hmmm I was thinking should I get some of these for the house and then it HITS me.  Inflatable rocket ! ...

• Descon El Diablo By Alex Immerman

  ( Contributed - by Alex Immerman) WELCOME To the page of El Diablo III The El Diablo III is a 3 engine cluster rocket that uses two 18mm strap on boosters (SOBs) and a 24 mm core. Before going in to depth about the cluster design I would like to give credit to Morgan Hendry who designed some strap on boosters and ...

• Descon EnRoc By Kevin Rich

  Contributed by - Kevin Rich The Enema Rocket or "EnRoc" for short This little gem actually does what you think just happened - when you get to meet one of these things for real!  Yes, that is a real live enema tip just like they use in the X-ray departments to give you a "barium enema". I was presented with this one in the form of a pen. Yeah I know... even that is a ...

• Descon Eric the 1/2A Bee By Peter Clay

  "If a bee is half a bee, it philosophically must half not be."  --  The Token Python Reference, from The Contractual Obligation Album . Short rocket, long story.   The original brainstorm (not quite a plan) was to extend a long motor like B2, I435, J350 or I200 up into the nose cone, with only enough body tube to hold the fins, and the recovery system packed around ...

• Descon ETV2/Crumple Zone By Niall Oswald

  ETV2/Crumple Zone By Naill Oswald Brief A 2-stage, clustered rocket designed to fly on 24mm Estes motors, with an interstage timer and parachute recovery of both stages, intended as a testbed for home-made electronics. Background Back in September 2003, I decided that I would build an altimeter for my A2 Systems and Control practical project. I started off by taking early ...

• Descon Ex-Parrot By Anthony De Boer

  Ex-Parrot by Anthony De Boer This Rocket is an Ex-Parrot   No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage! Yes, it's the infamous Dead Parrot from the best-known Monty Python sketch.  This one never actually had a design on paper or a Rocksim file (if Rocksim ...

• Descon Experi-Mental By Geoff Marshall

  E xperi -MENTAL Hi, my name is Geoff Marshall. I have been a BAR for about 2 years and am currently the president of the British Columbia Rocketry Club. I am also a member of the Canadian Association of Rocketry and hold a CAR level 3 certification. I hope you enjoy this presentation of my Descon 9 entry. The idea for this rocket came after flying the new Estes E9's for the ...

• Descon Extra Razor By Barry Lynch

  Extra Razor ( Contributed - by Barry Lynch)  Materials 2 each 18" BT-60 1 each 18" BT-56 Transition BT-60 to BT-56 NC-56 Nose Cone 24mm Motor Mount Kit  5' length of elastic shock cord 18" Parachute NC-60 Nose Cone ( if desired) 3" length of Nylon Twine Small D-Ring 2 each Launch Lugs 3/8 to 1/4 Assembly Instructions ...

• Descon Falcon XTRG-13 By Yitah Wu

  Falcon XTRG-13 ( Contributed - by Yitah Wu)  I've always thought that rocket gliders were the biggest challenges.  There are really very few.  Most of the favorites (Crusader Swing-Wing, Scissor Wing Transport, Citation Bomarc, Trans-Wing, Deltie, Soaring Eagle, Mach-10, Mini-Dactyl,  SST Shuttle, Swift, Nighthawk, etc,) are boost gliders  which use a pop-pod ...

• Descon Fantasy Jet By Chris Taylor Jr.

  Fantasy Jet ( Contributed - by Chris Taylor)  This Design was inspired by the Movie the Fifth Element This model is a Kit Bashers Delight for Under $15 This model is made up of two Estes kits and some balsa wood. I use one Estes Stingray kit for the main white body tube. Everything was used except the fins. For the other two small tubes and "Engines" I used the ...

• Descon FAO Schwarzkopf By Norman Dziedzic

  ( Contributed - by Norman Dziedzic) The "FAO Schwarzkopf" Model Rocket Photo by Marty Schrader ...Yes, it really is a rocket! Anyone who has attended a NIRA (Northern Illinois Rocketry Association) launch knows that all sorts of things can be made into rockets: McDonald's Happy Meals Pringles Cans Large Dice ...

• Descon Fat Bertha and Baby Boy By Bob Kaplow

  ( Contributed - by Bob Kaplow) This is a dual entry, as the models are the result of interchanging parts between two common kits. Kitbash isn't quite the right word for it, but I don't have a better one yet. The resulting rockets are obviously called the Fat Bertha and the Baby Boy. I credit or blame the inspiration for this kitbash on a suggestion from my wife Judy. Construction of ...

• Descon Film Works By Chuck Straka

  Contributed by - Chuck Straka Film WORKS! Background: About six years ago, my daughters and I joined the local YMCA Indian Princess program (Dad/daughter version of Indian Guides). Three years ago I decided to become more involved in the program and volunteered to be the Longhouse Legend Maker. The Legend Maker's duties are to keep a photographic record of the various ...

• Descon Firebutt By Amanda Clay

  Contributed by - Amanda Clay (who is 8 years old) (Construction and write-up by Peter, her dad) Firebutt Amanda has three previous rockets, but all of them are pretty small. In the fall of 2000 she started asking if it might be possible for her to build a "really big" rocket. I dug in my box of assorted parts and came out with a tube that used to be the core of a roll of butcher ...

• Descon Firestorm By Greg Dietlein

    My rocket was inspired by an Estes Sliver. I planned to upscale it using a 3" mailing tube for the body. 1/8" balsa fins and a custom turned balsa nose cone and install a 38 mm motor mount to take advantage of the 38 mm G's available during the 29 mm engine drought. The fins will be overlayed with 3/4 oz fiberglass and epoxy resin. The paint was designed to make the rocket highly ...

• Descon Flake Boost-Glider (Scratch) By Peter Clay

    This is a simple scale-down of a time-tested, already small glider. It boosts to about 40 feet and in two flights has glided about 6 seconds each time.   Materials : Body Tube: Totally Tubular T2+ would be ideal. Prototype is a hand-rolled spiral tube. About 215mm long, i.d. a bit over 6mm. Pylon and Piece-X: Aircraft spruce, 1/16 x 1/4" Launch Lug: Hand rolled around a ...

• Descon Flight Registration Form By Adrian Hurt

  Flight Registration Form by Adrian Hurt Background Near the end of this year's International Rocket Week, various odd, not to say silly, rockets were built. After pondering for a while on how to contribute to the silliness, I decided to act on something I'd overheard earlier in the week. I'd make a rocket out of a flight registration form. Construction Each rocket flight at ...

• Descon Flounder Parts By Steve Bloom

  Contributed by - Steve Bloom Flounder Parts, the Rocket I place the blame for the flounder squarely on Bob Fortune's shoulders. He named the contest "flounder parts". What was I supposed to do? I've had this old flounder head laying around for many years. I'm not sure where I got it, I just remember coming back from Canada with it. It was a fishing trip to Uklulet, up in ...

• Descon Flying Gold Cone By Scott Turnbull

  ( Contributed - by Scott Turnbull) MIB - Flying Gold Cone A SciFi Comedy Spaceship Kitbashed from a FlisKit and flying on one or two MicroMaxx Motors I decided to build a Comedy Sci-Fi Rocket from Men In Black II. The ship in question is the gold chromed ice cream cone shaped vessel. It figures prominently in the opening "news reel" sequence as a recreation of eye ...

• Descon Flying Lady By Jessica Pleasant

  ( Contributed - by Jessica Pleasant) INSTRUCTIONS FOR BUILDING A "ROCKET LADY" FLYING MODEL ROCKET Recommended Motors: 24 mm E18-4 24 mm E30-4 or virtually any 24 mm F or G load Parts List: Estes NC-80BB Estes BT-80 141 ã Main Body Tube Estes BT-80 21" Nose Cone Shoulder Extension Estes BT-50 8" Engine Mount Tube Estes BT-80 ...

• Descon Flying on the Galileo By Dan Bihary

  Flying on the Galileo·· by Dan Bihary More than a quarter century ago, StarWind Cruiseline set sail on a voyage that has taken its ships to the ends of the universe - and made it a leader in providing exciting and memorable cruise vacations to thousands of guests along the way. Cruising into the new millennium, we continue to lead the cruise ...

• Descon Flying Purple People Eater By Robert Galejs

   4-Fin 23-Tube Flying Purple People Eater of Death Robert Galejs, NAR 69317     I ordered the Descon X HP kit from Blackhawk R&D and here's what I got. There appears to be an extra 3" coupler and bulkhead that were not on the original Descon10 website, but I didn't reralize that until I was essentially finished with my entry. So many tubes... What ...

• Descon FSW BG By Chris Taylor Jr.

  FSW BG ( Contributed - by Chris Taylor) FSW BG= Forward Swept Wing Boost Glider I needed a Boost Glider for NARAM-40 and I wanted to make something exotic. I had Boost Gliders but they were normal regular airplane designs and since I knew I would NOT win I figured Why not fly something exotic and fun. SO I made THIS FSW BG Forward Swept Wing Boost Glider (I make real creative ...

• Descon FSW-RCRG By Chris Taylor Jr.

  FSW-RCRG ( Contributed - by Chris Taylor) Forward Swept Wing Radio Controlled Rocket Glider This is a relatively Accurate Sketch of My Current Project, As usual the Not so special but Blunt Name for it :-) I used a 4.5 Foot Styrofoam Glider from Toys-R-Us for Parts to chop up to make this model This Model Proved to "Finicky" in that it was Very Touchy ...

• Descon Fur-Lined Cold Weather Rocket By Richard Hickok

  Contributed by - Richard Hickok Fur-Lined Cold Weather Rocket Components Quantity Item Description 1 Heavy Nap 9" Paint Roller 1 Plastic Easter Egg 1 Balsa standoff block for launch lug 1.25" 3/16 inch aluminum tube for launch lug 1 5.25" length of BT-20 1 Robitussin Cap ...

• Descon G-Whiz By Peter Clay

  ( Contributed - by Peter Clay) G-Whiz G-whiz Overview: G-whiz is a LMR/MPR/ low end HPR 3FNC/Payload design with one good idea at each end. It was intended to be a testbed for an as-yet unbuilt rocket called I-whish ('cause I wish I could afford to build it now), but two ideas define the design ...

• Descon Gemini DX By Brad Martin

  by Brad Martin I have purchased a stock Estes Gemini DC with the intent of using every component in it to create a rather different rocket than what is shown on the original package cover.   My Gemini-DX will be a 5 engine cluster consisting of 4 C6-7's and  a central E9-8.  The idea is to have the boosters ejection charges reverse  with a cowling-like slice of ...

• Descon Gemini Strikefighter By David S Chen

  GEMINI STRIKEFIGHTER by David S. Chen FANTASY BACKGROUND The USAF Gemini Strikefighter was commissioned in 2039, the contract being awarded to the new Boeing- Douglas-Martin corporation. The Mercury prototype made its first flight in 2044. The first production example was delivered in 2046 and is represented by this model. The Strikefighter, designated as ...

• Descon Generation Ship Calypso By Stuart Lenz

  Generation Ship Calypso by Stuart Lenz During the early part of the 21st century, the first extra Sol planets were discovered. First discovered were gas giants larger than Jupiter in close in orbits of their stars. Shortly there after, even Earth size planets were being found. This was fortuitous for the human race, because at the some time the planet earth reacted violently to ...

• Descon Generations By Tim Sapp

  ( Contributed - by Tim Sapp) Generations is the scratch rocket that I built recently. It was my first scratch rocket and also my first rocket motor mounts bigger than 24mm. I really wanted some punch so I also made it a cluster with 2 - 29mm motor mounts. I happened to be in Oklahoma City when I found the tube that I wanted to start with. My dad has a lot of shop equipment so I figured ...

• Descon GO GO GODZILLA By Dennis McClain-Furmanski

  GO GO GODZILLA by Dennis McClain-Furmanski “ Oh no, they say he's got to go, Go Go Godzilla. ” - Blue Oyster Cult This rocket started life as a rubber Godzilla head from a drinking cup souvenir I got at the first run of the 1998 remake of the classic monster movie. I noticed that the screw-on cap very almost perfectly on an Estes BT70 body tube. From them on, it was as ...

• Descon Gollum and his Precious By Sarah Fergus

  ( Contributed - by Sarah Fergus (age:13, 3 years design experience)) Gollum and his Precious OR.. the fourth and last Ringbearer Summary I love the "The Lord of the Rings", both the movie and the books. The idea for this rocket started when the alien from the Venus Probe was noticed to look like Gollum. He was sitting in a broken parts box because our Estes Venus Probe had ...

• Descon Goodbye Kitty By Steve Kristal

  Goodbye Kitty by Steve Kristal Introduction: Trying to keep my young daughters interested in rocketry is a constant challenge. Fortunately, the Walmart shampoo aisle gives me plenty of inspiration. Design: This is your basic 3FNC with a BT-50 body tube and 18mm motor mount. 12" chute on a kevlar shock cord. Construction and Finishing: Most of the Character Shampoo ...

• Descon Graystone By Manuel Mejia, Jr.

  Graystone ( Contributed - by Manuel Mejia)  Here is my entry. The picture is not the most state of the art but it works for me. Enjoy. **** -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------Manuel Mejia, Jr.------------------------------------- --------------------Tampa, FLA., USA-------------------------------------- ...

• Descon Heart of Gold By Tater Schuld

  ( Contributed - by Tater Schuld) Heart of Gold from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. As popular as this book, trilogy, and myth are, there are very few pictures of the Heart Of Gold on the Internet. In fact, all of my design has come from the VHS movie with the exclusion of one picture that appeared on the net, although that appeared to be from the movie also ...

• Descon Heavy Lifter By David Fergus

  Heavy Lifter An RMR Descon XIV entry by David Fergus (Place your mouse over photos to view the captions.(IE5)) Design Summary: A four engine cluster rocket with two optional payload bays. One central D engine mount and three side pods for optional C engines that rear eject. The rocket has six fins and split recovery of the lifting body on one chute and the payload ...

• Descon Home Improvement By Norman Dziedzic

  Contributed by - Norm Dziedzic Home Improvement, The Rocket   Background A few years ago, I started building a rocket called the Flying Dutch Boy which was made from paint rollers for tubes and paint brushes for fins.At that time, I found out that the I.D. of a paint roller is just about 38mm (It's actually a little smaller).For this Descon, I wanted to expand on that ...

• Descon Hybrid Easter Egg By Robert Galejs

  Rattworks 29mm motors are fun to fly, but have two challenging aspects that need to be addressed when designing a rocket to use them. The motors are very long (H70: 18", I80: 29" and I90: 36") and have a relatively low thrust. The typical way to design a rocket for these motors would be to make the rocket very long and skinny with the usual motor/parachute/electronics bay stackup. This results ...

• Descon ICRS Ghost Rider By Mike Crewe

  ICRS Ghost Rider by Mike Crewe Construction. Parts. For the parts, I used the parts list, rather than the actual kit. In the parts list, it has "launch lugs and recovery system as necessary for safe operation ". I expanded this to: Two 1" launch lugs Approx 18" of Kevlar ® cord. 24" of 1/8" elastic. 1/4" section ...

• Descon Imperial Lambda Shuttle (29mm) By Nick Esselman

  ( Contributed - by Nick Esselman) About a year ago, I got a "bug" to create the Star Wars Imperial Lambda-Class Shuttle. I read information from various Star Wars sites and started off on my project. The project had many twists and variables, but in general I was confident that I could create a flying model of this Lambda Shuttle. It was going to fly on 29mm motors, too! ...

• Descon Imperial Star Destroyer By Stuart Lenz

  ( Contributed - by Stuart Lenz) Movie: Star Wars Ship: Imperial Star Destroyer For my first entry I decided to model an Imperial Star Destroyer from the movie Star Wars. While this is from an Epic Science Fiction Adventure, from the Greek story tradition, if it is not a tragedy, then it was a comedy. So because the heroes survive the epic, it must then be a comedy. I have ...

• Descon Insulin Syringe 6.25 By Jim Myers & Eric Myers

  Insulin Syringe 6.25 by Jim Myers & Eric Myers (Click for PDF) After my son was diagnosed as a type I diabetic (on April 1st, no less), We decided to upscale an insulin syringe, as comic relief from the new daily routine of carb counting, finger poking, blood glucose monitoring and injections.   The syringe is a 625% upscale of a BD Ultrafine 3/10 ...

• Descon It's Miller Time By Kathy Kippen

  ( Contributed - by Kathy Miller) I saw this bottle at the store where I work and just knew it had "rocket" written all over it! Parts List: one plastic beer bottle bank with lid two BT80 tubes from an Estes Phoenix "parts" kit one coupler from the same kit two 1/4" launch lugs two 1/8" birch plywood cr's four 24mm motor mount tubes stiff, ...

• Descon Jabberwoc By Dave Lee

  Jabberwoc ( Contributed - by Dave Lee)  15th March '98 - Launch Report A typical late winter day, cool, overcast, wind gusting from about five to ten knots. First flight motor a Rocket Services F36-5 this is not a true F but more like an E.  A wRASP calculation based on the Pheonix was used as a guide, but the results were expected to be optimistic as the CD would be affected ...

• Descon Jack-O-Lance By Norman Dziedzic

  ( Contributed - by Norman Dziedzic) The Jack-o-Lance Beta As you may have seen in Descon 6 , I like Odd Rockets. Since Halloween was smack dab in the middle of Descon 7, I had to enter the Jack-o-Lance Beta . This model was originally named, "The Pumpkin Stick" but I think the New name has a little more Rocketry Flare. The main oddity on this rocket is the pumpkins ...

• Descon Junk Food Junkie By Glen Overby

  Contributed by - Glen Overby Innovation Cubed Photo by Alan Estenson The Junk food Junkie was inspired by a Burger King value meal consisting of a chicken sandwich, onion rings and caffeinated, colored sugar-water. I was returning home from an evening snack at Burger King when I got the idea to use the drink cup as a foam nose cone mold. I've built several ...

• Descon KidflaSh Spring Pad By Chris Kiekens

  KidflaSh Spring Pad by Chris Kiekens After destroying several Estes pads, and having several others fall over with bigger rockets, I came to the conclusion that I needed something bigger, stronger, heavier... The original concept for this pad was created in 3D Max. I have yet to match the pretty colors that were on the original design... oh well. I definitely ...

• Descon L'il Eyeful By Peter Clay

  Contributed by - Peter Clay The Li'l Eyeful: (French National ICBM) Puzz3D(TM) Eiffel Tower Flight Conversion My family enjoys Puzz3D and our house has about a dozen on display.  This is one of the smaller ones, and it came to me as a stocking stuffer about two Christmases ago. 13.75" tall and extremely light, it was one of those things the manufacturer didn't intend to fly ...

• Descon Lander (Spooge Prospector) By Kelo Waivio

  Contributed by - Kelo Waivio Lander Parts List: (Note: a Fat Boy kit could be used for the stock parts of this rocket. The parts listed are what I had on hand to use, but the Fat Boy parts look like they'd work. I didn't want to break up the kit I had.) Found parts: Large plastic soft drink cup with narrow bottom. (from Blimpie's)  4 small wire nuts ...

• Descon Lander By Tater Schuld

  Lander by Tater Schuld For this contest I plan on entering a model rocket that was inspired by the cover artwork of Amazing Stories, July 1986, This is mainly a non-atmospheric lander. I plan on using some stability techniques similar to the Estes Mars Lander and Centuri Satellite Killer by using the pads on the landing legs for drag stabilization. As I had started this just for my ...

• Descon Lego-13 By Ed Pattison-Gordon

  Lego-13 ( Contributed - by Ed Pattison-Gordon)  Lego-13 October 3, 1998 (unmanned test flight) October 3, 1998 (first manned flight) October 24, 1998 (second manned flight) 1/4 scale Dimensions in inches © 2001 Pater Ellway Sources: Lego-13 Launched , Action Figure, October 1998. Engineering diagrams for Lego-13 , Pattigorie R ...

• Descon Lilliput Spaceport By Peter Clay

  ( Contributed - by Peter W. Clay) The Lilliput Spaceport Tribox Tower and Poker Rocket For Quest MicroMaxx When I first flew a MicroMaxx scratchbuilt at one of our club's HPR launches a year ago, the most-asked questions were about the launch lug, and the "little tower" I launched it from. Well, it wasn't a tower; it was a little x-shaped stand for a 3/64" ...

• Descon Little Joe II By Jeff Brundt

  ( Contributed - by Jeff Brundt) Little Joe II Introduction and materials A 1/50-scale version of the vehicle used to test the LES system for the Apollo spacecraft. The particular vehicle modeled is A-001, BP-12, flown on May 13, 1964. Each of the Little Joe rockets was slightly different in order to test various aspects of the LES system under different flight ...

• Descon Lost Soul By Chris Kiekens

  by Chris Kiekens I had purchased a couple of Gemini DC kits to enter in this DesCon, but alas, holidays, sick kids and work seemed to drain the majority of my time.. I did have time to bang this one out howevera I worked on this rocket obsessively(according to the wife), and was having a great love affair with ita Parts ...

• Descon LRD-D-1 By Greg Burke

  ( Contributed - by Greg Burke) Project LRD-D-1 Everyone knows how things get started, search through books, magazines, and online sources just to find that perfect prototype for a new project. I was faced with this same dilemma. Even with the vast amount of different prototypes, most are still just a basic fins, tube and nose cone rockets. I wanted something that was ...

• Descon Luna 2-18 Express By Donald Qualls

  ( Contributed - by Donald Qualls) Luna 2-18 Express Model designed and built by Donald Qualls The Heinlein Fleet entered service in 1991 with the launch of the Terra . The class eventually consisted of eight ships, and served with distinction on suborbital, orbital, and transLunar routes until being phased out of first line service in favor of newer, more efficient ...

• Descon M & M Rocket By Bill Morgan

  ( Contributed - by Bill Morgan) Last year the Calgary Rocketry Association had a club launch with a "novelty' rocket theme. I'd kept a couple of MM Christmas ornaments my son received the previous Christmas, thinking that I should be able to something with them, and that was the perfect opportunity to build a rocket with one of them. For those that don't have a clue what I am talking ...

• Descon M.M.X. (MicroMech-X) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford) M.M.X. (MicroMech-X) All Micro-Maxx, x2 cluster, sci-fi but not comedy, no parts from a Grissom Design Concept I wanted to pick a theme that I thought would be somewhat unique. I didn't think I could come up with a suitable comedy sci-fi ship that hadn't already been mentioned on r.m.r., so I looked elsewhere for inspiration. ...

• Descon M.O.R.F.E.A.R. By Mark S Morley

  Contributed by - Mark S. Morley Emerging from the wastes of the world's largest retailer.... A supernatural occurrence? A force for good? A mutated FREAK defying all the laws of man and nature? At first glance a tasty treat, then it roars into the sky. It can only be... (Miracle of Refreshment From Easily Available Recyclables)    ...

• Descon M934 By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  ( Contributed - by Drake "Doc" Damerau ) The 120 Mortar The M934 High Explosive Cartridges are designed for use with the M120 and M121 120mm Mortar Systems and are used against personnel, bunker and light materiel targets. The 120mm mortar family consists of the High Explosive round (HE) green, the Smoke round light green, the Illumination round white and the ...

• Descon Macroprobe By Ronald A Orr

  Contributed by - Ronald A. Orr Starfleet Command Salvage Operations Interim Report   Salvage Team 28, Wolf359     Stardate 44101.3     We recovered this device from a section of hull plating that had drifted into a long elliptical orbit around the star. It had pierced the plating but had apparently been ...

• Descon Mark 1X By Mark Shamburg-Donohue

  ( Contributed - by Mark Shamburg-Donohue) Mark 1X Hi, my name is Mark Shamburg-Donohue. I'm a 17 year old high school junior. I live in Denver, Co.Ýand I've been flying model rockets since I was 12. I just got into high power rocketry this winter when I fired an Aerotech 1357T reload for a physics class project My favorite subject is chemistry and I have ...

• Descon Mark 2 Mod 1 Stomp Rocket By David Fergus

  Contributed by - David W. Fergus Mark 2 Mod 1 Stomp Rocket Although not original in concept, and as ubiquitously proliferated as the stinger missile, no other RMR Descon has undertaken to describe the construction and operation of this small but capable missile which is in the inventory of just about every tinpot dictator and rocketeer in the world. Besides, no one told me ...

• Descon Mark's Glider Launcher By Mark Recktenwald

  Mark's Glider Launcher ( Contributed - by Mark Recktenwald) CONCEPTION & DESIGN NARRATIVE : When out shopping, I usually scan the toy isle looking for Bail Out payload candidates. Most of my kids' (boys 7 & 9) action figures tend to hang up in the Bail Out's BT-60 inside diameter of 1.595" (41 mm). A couple of months ago, while at my local Big Lots, I saw these ...

• Descon Mars Egglander By Dan Bihary

  In the desire to fulfill the need for an autonomous single place transportation craft, NASA has developed the EV Series. Capable of completing diverse tasks and operations, the Expedition Vehicles have become a valuable tool.  Long duration work sessions on the International Space Station are now much more comfortable while using the EV units to position delicate equipment.  The ...

• Descon Maxy Flex By Chris Taylor Jr.

    Flexie Glider and Booster The Purpose ! I like Glider Recovery Rockets and this was a challenge for NARAM 40. One of the competitions was 1/2A Flexie. After I found out what it was and what a Flexi Glider was I just had to do one. After a lot of trial and error I finally got one to work !!! To make this rocket I use a Viking body tube and nose cone and the clear tube section ...

• Descon Medical Missile By Kevin Trojanowski

  Contributed by - Kevin Trojanowski The Medical Missile The Lightbulb Goes On  Ever since I heard about the RMR DESCON, I've been contemplating entering. Unfortunately, I've only been able to come up with a decent concept once, and I haven't yet had a chance to build it.  This time, I was determined to enter, so I spent a couple of weeks trying to think of ...

• Descon Micro Maxx Monocopter By Art Applewhite

  ( Contributed - by Art Applewhite) Stars Stripes Version in PDF format    Micro Maxx Monocopter Assembly Instructions 1. Mark along the dashed lines with a fine tip, ball point pen. Press down hard to make an indentation to aid folding. 2. Cut out the Wing and fold on the dotted line towards the printed side. 3. Put a small amount of white glue the full ...

• Descon Milk Bone By Bob Kaplow

  Milk Bone by Bob Kaplow Dedicated to Belker, our rocket dog: 8-Dec-1983 - 31-Oct-1998. The unique feature of this rocket is the dog biscuit shaped fins. Parts list: 1 "Beefy" BT-60, about 40cm long 1 PNC-60 "Big Bertha" nose cone 2 centering rings 20-60 3mm Sig lite-ply 1 18mm MMT 8cm long 1 70mm motor clip 1 motor block 18mm 4 1.6mm ply fins 1 ...

• Descon mineDCg By Jon DeMar

  mineDCg:  Delta Cargo glider by John DeMar Sector Chief "Yukon Centauri" says:  "Remember where you parked"! INTRODUCTION This Astron class cargo vehicle was designed specifically to handle mining material delivery to planetary objects with a moderately dense atmosphere.  The primary two-stage configuration supports initial ...

• Descon Mini-Jen By Chris Taylor Jr.

  Mini Jen ( Contributed - by Chris Taylor) I wanted a Rocket Glider that did NOT need to get rid of a power pod. I wanted it SMALL light and launched with mini engines and making a rather nice hand launched glider as well. For the body I used a Mosquito minus fins (perfect fit :-) and Balsa for everything else. Narrow deep swept back wings, two vertical tails, and two (biplane) straight ...

• Descon MiniToobo By Dwayne Surdu-Miller

  MiniToobo ( Contributed - by Dwayne Surdu-Miller)  MiniToobo MiniToobo is the result of some nostalgic thinking combined with a few "what if" ideas. The design is inspired by the look of the old Centuri Groove Tube and the positive stage-coupling of the Centuri "pass-port" staging system. For better economy and the ...

• Descon MIRV Gatling By Adrian Hurt

  MIRV Gatling Adrian Hurt's Descon-14 Entry There used to be a wonderful kit called the MIRV Gryphon. Originally made by Seattle Rocket Works, and subsequently taken over for a while by Lawndart Rockets, this featured a booster with a quad mini-motor cluster and four separate sustainers. Unfortunately, it's not much use nowadays because Estes stopped making the A10-0T booster. So ...

• Descon Miss Universe By John Kallend

  Contributed by - John Kallend Miss Universe Parts list: Flower arrangement styrofoam "egg" from Michaels Motor mount 4 1/8" x 12" dowels pair, false eyelashes from Walgreens Christmas tinsel for skirt White glue for head "spots" Silicone rubber caulk for lips and eyes Miss Universe needs no steenking plans, jigs, or other co ...

• Descon Mk81 Snakeye Glide Retarded Bomb (Scratch) By Timothy Day

    While perusing the China Lake Weapons Digest a few months ago, I happened across this photo of an extremely cool looking bomb, the Mk81 "Snakeye". Low flying aircraft can safely deploy Snakeye bombs as the open "fins" retard the bomb's descent as the aircraft escapes the bomb's blast radius. This design has become a testbed for larger versions I plan on building in the ...

• Descon Mod-U-Liptical Boost By Mark Daughtry Sr

  Mod-U-Liptical Boost ( Contributed - by Mark Daughtry Sr.)  This model features an interchangeable motor can that has four configurations hence the "Mod" part of the name: 1. 13mm (Estes mini or "T" engines) times 2 2. 13mm times 3 3. 18mm times 1 4. 24mm times 1 The glider features all swept elliptical surfaces hence the ...

• Descon MOMA 2000 By Michel Demey

  ( Contributed - by Michel Demey) WARNING: Keep out of reach of children : this rocket is naked This rocket is mostly classical, but has a rear ejection system. Building it, I wanted to achieve two goals: the possibility to open the chute at a higher speed, and the absence of any baffle or wadding system. Living in Europe, ...

• Descon Multipurpose Glider By Chris Taylor Jr.

  Multi Purpose Glider Booster ( Contributed - by Chris Taylor)  The Purpose ! I like to design and Build Balsa Wood Gliders, I have done so for a Long Time and have gone to and won Competitions in this area BUT Boy would I like to get some of those designs up HIGH ! This Rocket is made from Estes F-22 Fighter Kit minus one fin with addition of some ...

• Descon N.F.O. By Nate Galger

  N.F.O. Nate's Flying Object: an inexpensive (< 5 bucks!) and neat saucer by Nate Galger The first time I saw a rocket powered saucer, I was instantly in love. I had to make one of my own. I believe the saucer I saw was a kit, it was really cool, but I wanted something a little different looking. I figured mine should look like a classic sci-fi saucer. I decided it should look ...

• Descon NARHAMSter By Kevin Johnson

  Contributed by - Kevin Johnson  The NARHAMSter!  I belong to NAR section #139, NARHAMS, so the thought of making a hamster themed rocket for the DESCON was just too powerful to resist. 2 "habitrail" tubes 2 tube ends 24 mm motor mount I had lying around Lexan for the fins Estes nylon chute from some kit or another Some ¼ inch ...

• Descon Navaho G-26 By Tim Wilson

  Navaho G-26 by Tim Wilson   The G-26 Navaho program of the mid-1950ís was one of the earliest US attempts to build a long-range nuclear-capable cruise missile. The G-26 was a testbed for what was to have been the operational G-38. Unfortunately, ballistic missiles made the program obsolete almost from the beginning and it was cancelled before the test series was ...

• Descon NCAA By Chuck Straka

  Contributed by - Chuck Straka NCAA N ot a C onventional A ltitude A chiever Background: For the last two years I have enjoyed coaching in the local youth football program. Conditioning practices begin the first week in August and the season includes six regular season games and two post season games, ending in late October. Well, after three months solid (three ...

• Descon Nose Nugget By Bob Fortune

  ( Contributed - by Bob Fortune) The Nose Nugget - A relatively simple way to install a payload in a 3.9" Ace Nosecone This technique will work for any nosecone brand. I used an Ace NC because I had one kicking around. Parts List: One Ace Nosecone (NC) One 4" by 16" piece of balsaply (or equal) ...

• Descon NTE 3120 NSEA Protector By Stuart Lenz

  ( Contributed - by Stuart Lenz) Movie: Galaxy Quest Ship: NTE 3120 NSEA Protector For my second entry I decided to model the NTE 3120 NSEA Protector from the movie Galaxy Quest. While this is parody on the many Star Trek movies there can be little doubt that it is also a comedy. The difficulty with this model is the total lack of available reference and photo information. I ...

• Descon Oatlander By Emmanuel Camburako

  Contributed by - Emmanuel Camburako Oatlander background history: The Oatlander was inspired by the Oat cereal box rockets and strongly influenced by the original Marz Lander, thus the name. Oat - Lander The rocket was built almost entirely from recycled or found parts with the exception of the core body tubes and the fin material. A great amount of design emphasis was placed on ...

• Descon One Shot Deal By Chris Kiekens

  by Chris Kiekens This project started out pretty simple, and just sort of fell together. I had some left over parts from some other projects, and they just looked like they should be wed. The name came from the original concept..build something small, light, and cheap..to try out an Estes E engine for the first time. I didn't really expect to see it again... Parts List ...

• Descon Orange Crate O' Death By Chris Kiekens

  by Chris Kiekens   Orange Crate O' Death KiDfLaSh     The Crate   This is the crate... pretty exciting really. It sat in the fridge long enough (about 10 minutes after I realized that it was very thin plywood). I have been playing with boosted gliders lately, but balsa gliders don't ...

• Descon Oriole II By Ted Phipps

  Oriole II ( Contributed - by Rachael Phipps, age 10(written by Dad)) Rachael wanted a new rocket, but wanted something different. She looked through the Estes catalog and thought the Gemini DC was cool with two parachutes. Her and I talked about a lot of ideas, and a few days later she presented me the plans for the Oriole II. I helped with the measuring and cutting and painting, ...

• Descon Pater Grandis By Rick James

  ( Contributed - by Rick James) History, Airframe, Nose Cone and Tail Cone I always liked the Estes Big Daddy. I was one of the first on my block to build one. Then I wanted a bigger one a made plans to extend the body. But it is a non-standard 3" airframe. There are no body tubes or couplers on the market that will fit. So I bought two kits. The body tubes are ten inches long. ...

• Descon Pegasus By Chris Taylor Jr.

  Pegasus ( Contributed - by Chris Taylor)  Construction Step - 1    Use a pencil sharpener (A metal one) and sharpen the dowel until it just becomes a point. Chop off a little of that point and round it so it is not quite so sharp.  Now shave the other end into a 1/2" shoulder. Glue this onto the ...

• Descon Peregrine By Kelo Waivio

  Peregrine ( Contributed - by Kelo Waivio)  The Peregrine This is a little futuristic job I cooked up to use the nifty cockpit type nose cone I got in one of the Estes PNC20 nose cone packs. I don't know the Estes part number, but I'm sure you can find one at the hobby shop if you look. You could also use a plain nose cone and build up a cockpit ...

• Descon Persius Galactic Explorer By Stuart Lenz

  Persius Galactic Explorer Modeled by: Stuart Lenz This design occurred to my while I was cloning some old Estes and Centuri Designs from JimZ site, a forward trust triple ring fin. A next generation, ion powered, solor orbit telescope. I started by cutting 1" from Estes BT 60, BT 80 and LOC 4" tubes for the Ring fins. Next, I assembled the engine mount from the BT 20 ...

• Descon Plotting Destruction By Chris Kiekens

  Contributed by - Chris Kiekens Plotting Destruction Inspiration: I guess I'm hooked! My wife says I am addicted, everywhere I turn, I see rockets! As I was inspecting a HP 750 color plotter at work, I saw that the paper came on really nice and light plastic tubes! Hmm, MUST be a rocket! Parts List: Airframe - HP part # C1861A- HP Bright White Injet Paper ...

• Descon PLUNGERROC!!! By Alex Immerman

  PLUNGERROC!!! by Alex Immerman As I walked up to the flightline for the first time with this rocket I generally got the same response- "are you really gonna fly that thing???"  Yes, it really is a flying plunger!  The "airframe" is made out of an orange Master Plunger that I found in my basement.  The nose cone is fitting- a toilet tank ...

• Descon Poker By Peter Clay

  ( Contributed - by Peter W. Clay) Poker The "Poker" rocket ...is a simple 3FNC model whose claim to distinction is that every single part is made from scratch, with the sole exception of the shock cord, which is 6" of Apogee's or ASP's small Kevlar ® cord. The body tube is made from gummed label stock (lick and stick, not peel and stick). I used Tromark, ...

• Descon Polish Meteor 2 By Mark Schrader

  Polish Meteor 2K Mark Schrader's Descon-14 Entry Brief: Parallel staged sport scale model of a Polish sounding rocket. Construction: Parallel staging is a great way to kick it up a notch in model rocketry without adding the expense of mid and high power. I've used parallel staging on a few projects up to this point, but when I saw the Polish Meteor-2K in Peter Alway's ...

• Descon Project Omega By Mark Schrader

  Project OMEGA (A Toho Studios production) By Mark Schrader Project OMEGA: Stop Monster Zero ! A Planet in Peril... The signs from the recently deployed deep space sensors were clear. Something big was headed this way. And if the visitors from the so-called Planet X were to be believed, it was another ...

• Descon Project Orion Test Vehicle By Dick Stafford

  Hot Rod II A Project Orion Test Vehicle by Dick Stafford Project Orion Background Before I get started, I want to mention that I don't intend to repeat much of detailed history that is available on-line and in print. If you want to learn more about this interesting project, I suggest reading Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship , by George Dyson. ...

• Descon Project Pluto By Mark Schrader

  Project Pluto: The Supersonic Low Altitude Missile by Mark Schrader “ When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about it only after you have had your technical success. ” - J. Robert Oppenheimer Jackass Flats, Nevada, 27 October 1962 Dr. Ted Merkle, technical director of Project Pluto, was at a loss ...

• Descon Projekt Amerika By Louis Schroeder

  ( Contributed - by Louis Schroeder) A9/A10 Two Stage Cluster Rocket The A9/A10 was designed to be a 200 ton liquid fueled rocket with a range of over 5000 kilometers. The huge A10 lower stage was designed to loft the manned A9 winged rocket into space from which it could skip off of the upper atmosphere to carry a one ton warhead to attack New York-hence the program's codename: ...

• Descon Prometheus By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  Drake "Doc" Damerau's Descon-14 Entry Brief: A scratch built L3 cluster rocket with a 22" diameter ring fin. Construction: This project actually started out being my L3 project. I bought a LOC Precision Bruiser-EXP. This kit is a 7.61" diameter 9’ 4" tall rocket, and has a central 54mm MMT and two 38mm MMT’s. Not thinking (this happens with ...

• Descon Protector By Nick Esselman

  ( Contributed - by Nick Esselman) Galaxy Quest - Protector As I looked for a comedy spaceship, one that came to mind was the Galaxy Quest - Protector. Interestingly, there are not that many pictures of this ship out there, but I decided to make an attempt. "Attempt" being a key word, because after finding some shots of it, I set off to draw my plan and then started ...

• Descon Protonator II By Gordon McGrew

  ( Contributed - by Gordon McGrew) The Concept I have always been fascinated by 1950's era sci-fi space vehicles. The more inexplicably complex, the better. An excellent example is the lunch box I carried to school in the first grade. These dome satellite lunch boxes are relatively common and are always available on eBay. The reproduction boxes are ...

• Descon Push-Me, Pull-Me By Nick Esselman

  Push-Me, Pull-Me A DesconX Entry ( Contributed - by Nick Esselman) Wow, did time sneak up on me or what? I wanted to design and build a rocket for this Descon but kept putting it off. Then it was May and I hadn't started. So it was time to get busy. I have a great design and unique from all the other entries. Not extremely sophisticated but definitely functional. And, I was finally ...

• Descon Python 4 (Scratch) By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  Python 4 "The rocket that can't fly" . . . But does! by Drake "Doc" Damerau The Python 4 is an advanced fire and forget Air to Air missile with a fragmentation warhead used in the Israeli Air Force. The forward control fins set this apart from other weapons. They enable the missile to turn sharply in flight. Since DESCON is a design contest, I decided to actually design something, ...

• Descon Quasi-Scale PEPP Aeroshell By Kevin Trojanowski

  Quasi-Scale PEPP Aeroshell by Kevin Trojanowski So what's a quasi-scale PEPP, you ask? First, a bit of history. A number of months ago, a group of us were hanging out in the ROL chat, talking about various subjects, with rocketry even coming up once in a while. Peter Alway was kind enough to treat us to an image of an odd looking contraption he had recently made a drawing of. That ...

• Descon Quick Oats-X By Emmanuel Camburako

  Quick Oats-X by Emmanuel Camburako Big Red Rocket Great Big, Colossal, Huge, Enormous, Gargantuan, Goliath, Mammoth, Very Red, Very Big Red Rocket This is exactly the same launch vehicle that is used to send our astronauts and scientific information gathering devices into deep, deep outer space never to be heard from again. No. This is the very same platform used ...

• Descon RAP(N) (Scratch) By Scott Oliver

  RAP(N) Rocket Assisted Projectile (Nerf) The RAP(N) is a 9" Nerf whistling foam dart, modified for "more power!". It flies on 13mm engines to about 100’ and is a real crowd-pleaser. History Several years ago I read a book titled " Microserfs " by Douglas Coupland, a fictional tale of a band of Microsoft employees. One of the scenes from the book that intrigued me tells about ...

• Descon Red Menace By John Buckley

  Red Menace ( Contributed - by John Buckley) Image from RockSim © Download .rkt file here (it's zipped) Parts List 1/16 balsa or basswood for fin stock Estes PNC20 plastic nose cone (Viking nosecone) 9 of BT20 body tube 1/2 of 1/8 launch lug engine block 12 inch parachute 18 inches of 1/8 elastic shock cord clay ...

• Descon Renegade Extreme By Jason Hommrich

  Renegade Extreme Jason Hommrich's Descon-14 Entry Ever since I first saw a picture of the Estes Renegade, I knew that this was a rocket that needed more power then Estes gave it. When the Renegade finally came out I immediately picked up 2 kits and was overjoyed to see that the body tubes were BT-60. When I got home, I went straight to the computer and fired up RockSim to ...

• Descon Rheinbote By Adrian Hurt

  Adrian Hurt's Descon-14 Entry Rheinbote was a WW2 German missile, not as famous or destructive as the V-2, but interesting in that it was a four stage rocket. About 220 were fired at Antwerp in 1944, probably not doing much damage as the warhead only had 20kg of explosive. (Sometimes the upper stage was not separated, to increase the impact weight.) It had a maximum range of ...

• Descon Ring Snooper G By Bob Ellis

  Ring Snooper G by Bob Ellis Thirty-five years after the original Mars Snooper made the first interplanetary flights a new Snooper is ready to make the trip to Saturn.  Designated the Ring Snooper G, the new exploration ship bears some resemblance to it's namesake, with the Ion Drive Pods held out on extended fins, the cooling radiators around the main engine and the ...

• Descon Ringwraith By Clive Davis

  Ringwraith by Clive Davis Brief: Cluster design (5 x 24 mm). A five-finned, forward swept design featuring a 3" body tube and a Big Daddy nose cone. My colleague at work found a lone Big Daddy nose cone in the woods. He thought of me and gave the nose cone. I immediately began thinking of a project to use this heaven-sent gift. Thus, the Ringwraith was born. Con ...

• Descon Rocket Airplane By John Lyngdal

  ( Contributed - by  John Lyngdal)    This kit flies great, even though it looks more like an airplane than a rocket. The construction items needed are: - 1- 6" length of BT-20 2- 2" lengths of BT-5 1- Space Racer Nosecone 1- BT-20 Thrust ring 1- Sheet of 1/16" Balsa  John Lyngdal  NAR 69264 L2

• Descon Round Robin By Eldred Pickett

  Round Robin Eldred Pickett's Descon-14 Entry Parts List 1 BT-60 body tube 1 BT-60 nost cone 1 2-engine mount from FlisKits sheet of 1/8" balsa Ok, this was only the second design I've ever come up with. I wanted to do something I had an idea for, just to see if I could do it. The 'fins' are simply two 5-inch circles of balsa, glued at the end of the body ...

• Descon S.C.A.R.E. By Chris Kiekens

  ( Contributed - by Chris Kiekens ) READ TOP TO BOTTOM IN EACH COLUMN The initial concept, rendered in Rocksim.. The rocksim export, next to a picture of the actual Rocket I tested several battery configurations to determine the lightest possible reliable combination. Apparently, 3 AAA cells is sufficient to light an Estes ignitor if they are ...

• Descon Sandman By Dennis McClain-Furmanski

  SANDMAN Dennis "Doctor DynaSoar" McClain-Furmanski's Descon-14 Entry Leftest: Three versions, original left most Midleft: Sandman with nosecone and 2nd stage Top center: Nose cone Bottom center: first 3-to1 payload transition Right: Business end The Sandman is the first of a series of minimum diameter cluster designs intended to test the scaling up of an ...

• Descon Saturn III By Ted Phipps

  Saturn III ( Contributed - by Ted Phipps)  Pete Al way had plans on his site for the Saturn IV, a ‘what-if?’ model. I’m building one, it’s very cool. I wanted to do a new cluster rocket, and mini’s seemed like the ticket (affordable clusters… is that an oxymoron?). I started playing with the idea, and came up with this four-mini-engined cluster. It ...

• Descon Scream By Richard Hickok

  Contributed by - Richard Hickok SCREAM Components Quantity Item Description 1 Scream Ornament / Doll   ( I hung it from my rear-view mirror til I made it into a rocket ! ) 1 One Liter Plastic Bottle  ( Dr. Browns Cream Soda ) 1.75" BT-50 used inside of Head / Nosecone 12.5" BT-50 Body ...

• Descon Scroton By Chris Eilbeck

  ( Contributed - by Chris Eilbeck) SCROTON by Chris Eilbeck, MARS Flight Crew chris@mars.org.uk Introduction Scroton is a three bladed rocket powered helicopter designed to fly on black powder motors. It was conceived as something novel to fly at the International Rocket Week 2002 at Largs in Scotland and based on the Roton concept for ...

• Descon SillyCopter By Bob Fortune

  The SillyCopter ( Contributed - by Bob Fortune)  I've enjoyed building and flying variations of the Estes Gyroc and Jonathan's Cyclone (Maple Seed Rocket) so much I decided to try a variant of my own. The Gyroc pops an engine to deploy its flaps then spins to the ground. You can see a plan of this rocket at JimZ's place. The Cyclone pops its booster and the upper body tube ...

• Descon Simply Charmin By David S Chen

  SIMPLY CHARMIN This is my first entry in any Descon. In keeping with the theme, I designed "Simply Charmin" with the primary goal of making its components and construction as simple as possible. "Simply" refers to its simple construction and "Charmin" relates to its origin from toilet tissue rolls.  For materials, you will need several cardboard tubes from toilet tissue and ...

• Descon Skyrocket By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Richard Stafford) Skyrocket by Richard Stafford Motivation Several summers ago, I became reacquainted with the hobby for the third time, having just picked up a copy of High Power Rocketry. While vacationing at Myrtle Beach, I spent many hours reading the magazine, contemplating my first high power project, and generally thinking rockets. ...

• Descon SkyWriter By Bob Fortune

  SkyWriter ( Contributed - by Bob Fortune)  Flight Report: So far this rocket has flown 4 times. Estes 1/2A3-4T twice and twice on some older Centuri 1/2A4-3M motors I had kicking around.  Both worked fine.  The first version I built using popsicle sticks as fins and the second version had fins made from balsa though soaked with thin CA. ...

• Descon Snack 'Ums By John M Storey

  Scratch - Snack 'Ums Rocket Contributed by - John M. Storey 37" x 4" - 14 oz 29mm parachute Brief: This is an Odd Roc built with found materials ($3.50 worth) It flies well on F's and G's (Econojets, of course). It is actually quite rugged and a longer version would stand up to bigger motors. It is a kid and crowd pleaser wherever it flies. Construction: The ...

• Descon Snowman By Kathy Kippen

  Snowman by Kathy Miller The idea of the Snowman rocket first came to me last winter around the Christmas holidays. I had contemplated a Christmas tree and thought "Too easy," then maybe a reindeer and thought "the antlers would be a problem". That was when I decided on a snowman. Materials: 6-inch foam ball 4-inch foam ball 6-inch piece 24mm MMT tube ...

• Descon Soyuz Booster By Jeff Brundt

  Soyuz Booster by Jeffrey J. Brundt Here's a sneak peek at the Soyuz currently under construction in my workshop. The model is a 1/69 scale representation of the venerable Soviet space booster. All the nose cones and balsa transitions were made by BMS. The paper transitions and shrouds were made using VCP's transition pattern tool. The model will be flown on 24mm engines (D ...

• Descon Space Spud By Norm Newlon

  Contributed by - Norm Newlon Space Spud   Background Space Spud is a rocket-propelled version of the Mr. Potato Head kid's toy.  I spotted it at a garage sale for 50 cents.  The  package says that it is suitable for children aged 2 and up, so I guess I'm covered.  The rocket consists of the Mr. Potato Head body, which contains the engine ...

• Descon SpaceLiner 100 By Nick Esselman

  SpaceLiner 100 By Nick Esselman Concept: The SpaceLiner 100 was/is a NASA concept vehicle that anticipated using a magnetic track to levitate and accelerate it for launch. The SpaceLiner 100 is not often seen, but was featured for some time. I learned about it in a book by Tim McElyea called A Vision of Future Space Transportation . I liked the design and set forth to build one. ...

• Descon SPAM Mobile By M.N. Lynch

  And now for something really different..........SPAM MOBILE by M. N. Lynch   Parts List   Traditional Flyers Parts List 4 Cans Traditional Square SPAM 8 Cans "Round SPAM" 2 Centering Rings 75mm-24mm 1 24mm LOC motor mount tube 1 Parachute 28" 1 Roll Duct Tape or Similar 1 3" LOC Nose Cone 12'- ½" Elastic Shock ...

• Descon Sploitch By Daniel Kirk

  by Dan Kirk Parts List 1 NAR standard egg 1 scrap of BT-20 about 2-3" long 1 Body Tube BT-20 8.5" long 3 Fins 3/32" Balsa 1 Crepe paper streamer about 1.75 x 18" 1 Kevlar shock cord about 36" 1 Estes engine block to fit BT-20 1 Launch lug, 1/8 x 2" After seeing a few Egglofters DQ at NAR meets, I thought it might be fun to build a rocket ...

• Descon Sprinkles By Bob Ellis

  Contributed by - Bob Ellis Sprinkles, the Fire Hydrant by Bob Ellis While walking through Wal-Mart, trying to find out where they'd moved the rocket stuff, I saw Sprinkles, the Fire Hydrant sitting on the top shelf of the kids water toys area.  He is supposed to "provide hours of fun in the back yard with spinning action".  The instruction card ...

• Descon Spyglass 1 By Donald Qualls

  Spyglass 1 ( Contributed - by Donald "Silent Observer" Qualls)  Spyglass 1 is a rocket glider.  This is different from a boost glider in that, in a boost glider, parts of the rocket separate to transition from rocket to glider configurations.  Most commonly, a pod containing the motor and a small recovery system is jettisoned, and what's left bears a very strong ...

• Descon SST 3000 By Tom Stagner

  SST 3000 ( Contributed - by Tom Stagner)  Click here to download the patterns

• Descon Star Scraper By Brian Mardirosain

  Star Scraper mid-power super-roc sport flyer By Brian Mardirosian Introduction: Always wanted a Mean Machine when I was a kid, but never got around to getting one. When I raided the house recycling bin after the holidays, I discovered five identical wrapping paper tubes. Being on the flimsy side, figured it would be a test to reinforce them enough to fly on a G ...

• Descon Star-Roc By Bill Westfield

  STAR-ROC ( Contributed - by Bill Westfield and daughter)  The idea was to come up with a model my 3 year old daughter could "help" with, even if that didn't mean anything more than sticking on stickers. Stars are about the most rocketry-related thing that comes as stickers, so the concept of the Star-roc was born. The original version uses a full 18inch piece of BT-60 ...

• Descon StarBow By Ted Phipps

  STARBOW ( Contributed - by Ted Phipps)  STARBOW by Ted Phipps After the Acquisition Wars, the remaining Corporations assumed many of the responsibilities formerly reserved for national and planetary governments. Shown is a representative of the STARBOW class of ships, used for long-range transportation and colonization by the IBM/ ...

• Descon Stop Sign By Barry Lynch

  ( Contributed - by Barry Lynch) Stop Sign STOP SIGN was inspired by a rash of lawn darts last fall. I figured if I planned ahead for a cool lawn dart it would not occur ­ and so far it has not! The plans are as follows: Parts List: 1 3" Body Tube LOC or Phenolic of your choice (mine was free from Freedom ...

• Descon Super Magnetic Fin Alignment Jig By Bill Westfield

  ( Contributed - by Bill Westfield) Construction Details. Pictured here is an assortment of magnets that you may be able to find. #1 is a conventional ceramic magnet of the sort you can buy at radio shack or most craft stores. #2, #3, and #4 are "Super Magnets" removed from defunct hard disk drives of assorted types (Note that #2 is still affixed to a mounting plate. It can ...

• Descon Ted's Testbed By Ted Cochran

  Ted's Testbed ( Contributed - by Ted Cochan)  Overview I'm interested in recovery systems, and I needed a way to test new deployment schemes safely--without risking the rocket, or endangering anyone on the ground. This means a strong, stable rocket with good lifting power and a very reliable primary recovery system. This vehicle fits the bill. It is a 3 x 24mm cluster (upgradable ...

• Descon Ted's Tower By Ted Cochran

  Ted's Tower ( Contributed - by Ted Cochran)  Overview This is a design for a portable launch pad for rockets up to Level 1 HPR which can handle launch rods up to 1/2" diameter and a tower for rockets up to 29 mm in diameter. It is scalable for larger rockets, inexpensive, and both lightweight and relatively easy to assemble. It builds upon other designs that have been ...

• Descon Tennis Ball from -HEAVEN- By Todd Harrison

  Tennis Ball from -HEAVEN- by Todd Harrison Crash photo :-( This unique rocket is a veteran of many launches. It is constructed of a tennis ball and utilizes "bounce recovery". It is a great flier in a large parking lot or field. The first step in construction was drilling an 18mm hole in the bottom and a 1/8" launch lug hole straight through the ball. ...

• Descon The Astron Matzo-Fly By Art Treiman

  Contributed by - Art Treiman The Astron Matzo-Fly This concept came to me as I was sitting during Passover and planning my Easter themed rocket for launch at our clubs upcoming Easter/Eggloft/Oddroc themed launch. Munching away on my matzo (which is pretty much all you do for the eight long days of Passover) I looked at the box and started thinking. I had been considering ...

• Descon The Barbsari B-Prize By Dwayne Surdu-Miller

  The Barbsari B-Prize by Dwayne Surdu-Miller I had promised my wife and my seven-year-old daughter that I'd design something to loft a Mattel Barbie. For the longest while I was trying to figure out how to artfully accomplish this feat. There was a Ferrero Rocher egg sitting on my desk from Easter 2004. By measuring and test fitting, I found that the egg would contain the doll ...

• Descon The BerthaVostok By Steve Kristal

  The BerthaVostok Designed and built by Steve Kristal (Lets just say greater than 25 years of building rockets.) Design : The design concept for the BerthaVostok originated with an invitation to my local NAR branch's Bertha Bash night, where the goal was to kit-bash something original from a standard Estes Big Bertha kit. Having seen Gordon Agnello's Gemini Bertha and his ...

• Descon The Day The Earth Stood Still Saucer By Tater Schuld

  THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL Tater Schuld's Descon-14 Entry Quoted from D.J. Nock at http://www.dvdmaniacs.net/Reviews/A-D/day_earth_stood_still.html: " If you ask any serious film buff which sci-fi flick they love the most, many would no doubt choose Robert Wise's seminal classic The Day the Earth Stood Still. Unleashed upon a troubled world in 1951, this ...

• Descon The Entertainer By Stephen Corban

  ( Contributed - by Stephen Corban) I am Stephen Corban, 14 years of age, and have been seriously involved with rockets for about a year. (I flew 1 or 2 E2X rockets in Spring 2002). My rocket is called The Entertainer (A Gift from the Tree Eating Rocket Gods). The entertainer consists of a body tube of an Estes Army rocket that was retrieved out of a tree after being there for half a year, ...

• Descon The Flying Birthday Party Hat of Death By Stephen Corban and William Anderson

  ( Contributed - by Stephen Corban and William Anderson) This design was done by Stephen Corban and William Anderson. I am 15 years old and have been in rockets for about a year, and William is 14 and has been in rockets for 3 or 4 years. This rocket is called the Flying Birthday Party Hat of Death. It was a conglomerate idea between William and I. We had a great idea, and had to do ...

• Descon The Grand Whazoo By Dick Stafford

  Son of the Grand Whazoo Brief This update provides a description of how I rebuilt my Grand Whazoo after its second fateful flight. The top of the original Grand Whazoo was *completely* destroyed. However, the rear section, including the boat tail and fins, was intact. I decided to take a different approach to the rebuild. To minimize the volume that had to be pressurized, I decided to ...

• Descon The Lusty Cornmaiden By Kevin Trojanowski

  Contributed by - Kevin Trojanowski The Lusty Cornmaiden In honor of Bob's twisted humor What would inspire someone to build a rocket named The Lusty Cornmaiden , you ask? An innocent Rocket Talk, including Bob Fortune would be the answer. This week (late February), a group of us were chatting about our launch sites and surrounding rocket-eating crops when Bob said ...

• Descon The Monthly Missile By Chris Kiekens

  Contributed by - Chris Kiekens The Monthly Missile Inspiration: First off, thanks to Bob Fortune for his advice on trying to make this non-offensive, no offence was intended, so I hope none is taken..This is my first attempt at an Odd-Roc, my son's and I just discovered Model Rockets recently and they are GREAT! A really easy project, it just came to me as I took it away ...

• Descon The Orient Express By Kelo Waivio

  The Orient Express by Kelo Waivio A study of low orbit/hypersonic passenger travel in Foam-Core (Or how to use foam core to make a light futuristic model rocket that doesn't have a cylindrical fuselage) The Orient Express is an experiment is using foam core for most of a rocket's structure. I had built a model using foam core with a box like fuselage earlier, but suffered a ...

• Descon The TURNOGIVE By Michel Demey

  THE TURNOGIVE ! Michel Demey's Descon-13 Entry Warning: this thing is not flyable! What is it? An automatic device that can cut an ogive from Styrofoam... I was the author of a first device to do that manually. It was described in the Apogee newsletter of August 2002. It used two identical templates and a hot wire to make ogives. But this first try had a problem: New ...

• Descon Three-Fin Snelson By Robert Galejs

  Three-Fin Snelson Robert Galejs   What's a snelson anyway? Not a what, but a who....Kenneth Snelson is an artist who first demonstrated the principle of "tensegrity" (a term coined by Buckminster Fuller, but disliked by Snelson, who prefers "floating compression"). Tensegrity involves a set of three or more compression struts connected with a network ...

• Descon Thunderbird 3 By Darren Longhorn

  Thunderbird 3 by Darren J Longhorn I'd been looking to build a general purpose G/H/I powered rocket for general flying for some time. After a long building hiatus, my HPR fleet had decayed until I had nothing in a flyable state! I wanted something that would be suitable for general sport flying. I didn't want a rocket that would ...

• Descon Thunderchild By Dennis McClain-Furmanski

  THUNDERCHILD Dennis "Doctor DynaSoar" McClain-Furmanski's Descon-14 Entry L: Full length (12" ruler for scale) C: Cockpit detail R top: Profile of motor tubes R bottom: Aft view Who would have believed, that in the early years of the 21st century, minds immeasurably superior to ours still wouldn't have learned their lesson, and we'd have to kick their ...

• Descon Tintin By Michel Demey

  Tintin by Michel Demey AN EASY MADE, SEMI SCALE, TINTIN ROCKET The base of this little rocket is a V2 rocket kit from ASP. I chose the 24mm version, because it seemed to me that the body shape was close to the Tintin rocket.After checking with the book (there is a blue print of the rocket in the book), I was very pleased to see that the tailcone was very very close ...

• Descon TriskaiDESCON Superstitious ThirteenthRoc! By David Virga

  TriskaiDESCON Superstitious ThirteenthRoc by David L. Virga (Black Forest, CO) Introduction This rocket is my entry for the thirteenth running of the RMR Design Contest. As this is the thirteenth DESCON, I decided that a special commemorative rocket was in order. So, in honor of DESCON XIII, I have designed this rocket with as many "thirteen" specifications as I ...

• Descon Two Fins, No Kidding (Scratch) By Daniel Kirk

  Two Fins, No Kidding I'm not a trouble maker, really. I'm a responsible family man, 30 years old, president of my club, and frequently commended for my hard work, enthusiasm for the club, and good ideas. I just like to ask "Why?" a lot. I like to know the limits of what's possible, especially in science, technology, and rocketry. Dan Kirk, October 2000 TFNK Parts List (Two Fins, No ...

• Descon Two Fin (Scratch) By Evan Ross

  TwoFin A Spin-Stablized Competiton Design Background When I first started attending CMASS's meetings, one of the recurring topics of discussion was the possibility of building rockets with only two fins. Many ideas were tossed around, but it was a fairly one sided debate with all parties reaching the conclusion that you did, in fact, need to have fins in at least three planes. ...

• Descon U.S.S. Journeyman By Kelo Waivio

  U.S.S. Journeyman ( Contributed - by Kelo Waivio) The Journeyman is a design I came up with after seeing one of those Quest all styrofoam Enterprise-E models. I'm kind of a Star Trek fan and always liked the asymmetrical style of the federation ships. The Quest kit "flew" at one of our club launches. It arced over and ejection occurred fairly close to the ground. Not ...

• Descon U.S.S. Vesta By Ryan Coleman

  U.S.S. Vesta ( Contributed - by Ryan Coleman)  Idea Once again, my imagination and the spare parts laying around got the better of me, and the U.S.S. Vesta was born. I think it looks futuristic and somewhat cool. The capability to cluster with some extra mini's also adds some excitement to the design. Diagrams Here's a small diagram view of the completed rocket:  Pictures ...

• Descon USPS1CDR (Scratch) By Vito F Munoz Jr

  DESCON 01 - Here is my Gif..(VCP screen shot). it was resized to be 640 tall and is slightly clipped. This should not take away from it to much. I have to tell you this will be my first totally home made rocket and I created it without "copying" any type of rocket to my knowledge.  I was told after the fact that it looked a bit like the "Honest John", I however had no idea what that ...

• Descon uTrident By Bill Westfield

  µ-Trident ( Contributed - by Bill Westfield) µ-Trident This model looks like an Estes Trident downscale, about a 1/2 scale, at first glance. It uses BT5 for the motor and "passenger" compartments, and 1/4 inch dowels for the duct tubes. Obviously, dowels are not tubes, and 1/4 inch tubes would probably not be ...

• Descon Vampyre By Ted Phipps

  Vampyre ( Contributed - by Ted Phipps)  Here's my entry, the Vampyre.  Actually, the original name was 'Ted's Testbed', but someone already stole that name. <G> It's a simple ringfin and a super stable flyer that gets great altitude on mini-engines.  Definitely use a streamer on this one.  The chrome strips are muffler tape from the local auto parts store. ...

• Descon Vector By Scott Hamlin

  VECTOR by Scott Hamlin Features: High Altitude Two Stage Model Rocket 3 Engine Clustered Booster Vectored Booster Thrust 3 Engine Booster to Single Engine Sustainer Staging 18 mm Boosters 24 mm Sustainer Parts list: 1 ea. BT-50 18" 1 ea. BT-20 18" 1 ea. BT-50 nosecone 1 ea. BT50-20 centering ring 3" x 12" balsa at 3/32" ...

• Descon Violet Riot By Nate Galger

  Violet Riot by Nate Galger (27yrs. Old with 5 months of rocket building experience) This rocket started off as a bt-80, a sheet of 1/16" plywood, and a plan to make something. I wasn't sure exactly what was to come of it, but I am thrilled with the way it turned out. I wanted some cool looking fins so I drew a few different designs up and I liked the way these looked. Another ...

• Descon VSOS2 By Brian Mardirosain

  ( Contributed - by Brian Mardirosain) VSOS2: Very Stand-Off Scale Scout Attempt at a "stand-off" scale mid-power rocket of an early NASA Scout   Introduction: I wanted to build something a bit more involved than just a bigger or smaller version of the EconoExpress for my next mid-power bird. While staring at the various cardboard tubes I had on my ...

• Descon Webbie By Peter Alway

  Webbie ( Contributed - by Peter Alway)  Last night I couldn't get to sleep.  I was tthinking about some photos I had seen on the Japan Association of Rocketry website.  And a design started to gel in my head.  So I got up and started drawing on the computer.  This afternoon, when I should have been processing orders and shipping books, I put this little beast ...

• Descon Zvezdotchka-ACM - Target By John McCoy

  Zvezdotchka-ACM - Target (Micro-Maxx Carrot Missile) by John McCoy Construction: Our club decided on a Group build of the same Odd-Roc for our March 12, sport launch. Being spring we sprang for Peter Always Zvezdotchka-ACM (Anti Carrot Missile) The Flying Rabbit. Being just a little off, I decided that if we were going to be flying ACM rabbits we should have a least one ...

• Deuce's Wild to Deuce-XL5 (Modification) By Dick Stafford

  After seeing various Deuce bashes on The Rocketry Forum and elsewhere: eugenefl's fighter, sandman's DynoSoar, a super-roc version, and most recently an egg-loft version flown at NARAM, I decided to build a Deuce-XL5 to go with my 29mm and MMX Fireball XL5s. My design constraints included keeping the Deuce's length and fin pattern for the side fins. As a result, the model resembles the Fireball ...

• DFR Technologies 24mm Delta IV Display Stands By Rob Goffena

  DFR Technologies is scheduled to offer display stands for DFR Technologies 24mm motor mount based Delta IV rocket kits.  Components I got ahold of some of the 24mm stands. The version of the stands i received may still be in the prototype stage, but here are my thoughts: One stand has 3 24mm mounts, meant to hold and display the dfrtech 24mm Delta IV Heavy kit. The other ...

• DFR Technologies Atlas V AV551 By David Montgomery

  I bought this stunningly detailed kit several years ago to pay tribute to Dr. Alan Stern and his outstanding New Horizons team hard work and perseverance and remarkable success of the unmanned spacecraft, New Horizons, which on July 14, 2015 became the first man made spacecraft to make a close fly by of Planet Pluto after travelling over 3 billion miles for 9 1/2 years from Earth.  ...

• DG&A High Power Rocketry Archblast By Bryan M. Chuck

  ( Contributed - by Bryan M. Chuck - 09/10/02) Picture Courtesy of DG&A           Brief: The DG&A Archblast is a single staged 29mm rocket that boasts beefy wood parts, includes decals, as well as a photo illustrated instruction guide. The rocket stands at 47" when complete. It could probably serve well as a L1 rocket. ...

• DG&A High Power Rocketry Armageddon By Casey Smith

  Photos courtesy of DG&A   Anyone heard of BSD? Well this kit is equal to the quality of that now popular company. Danny Cantu, the owner, has designed a line somewhat challenging to build and extremely fun to fly kits, from the 29mm Predator up to the special edition limited production Armageddon and Sonic Blast (3 K1100's no problem). This kit is designed for a 38mm I161-J570. It ...

• DG&A High Power Rocketry Armageddon By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  Very heavy kraft paper, aircraft ply fins, Single stage HPR. The kit comes with: four BT's, two couplers, four fins, eight nozzle fins, four canard fins, eight fin detail pieces, four CR's, 1 MMT. one nose cone, one 74" chute, one shock cord and ½ launch lugs and other hardware. The kit was shipped in a large thick walled box. When you open the box you can't help but say "WOW!" Lots ...

• DG&A High Power Rocketry Armageddon By Nathaniel Gilbert

  The Armageddon is a large, unique looking, high power kit produced by DG&A Rocketry. The components include: three 3.9 inch body tubes, 2 couplers, 1 54mm motor mount tube, 4 large fins, 4 canard fins, 1 nose cone, 4 centering rings, 1 bulkhead, 1 60 inch parachute, one 9/16 inch thick nylon webbing shock cord with pre-sewn loops, 8 nozzle fins, 8 fin reinforcement strips, 2 launch ...

• DG&A High Power Rocketry Arrow By Jeff Short

  ( Contributed - by Jeff Short - 04/01/04) Picture courtesy of DG&A     Brief: Converted the kit to zipperless deployment instead of nosecone deployment. Modifications: I swapped the payload body tube and the airframe body tube. The back end was make zipper less with the nosecone fixed to the upper section. The bulkplate was put about 1/2 way up the upper ...

• DG&A High Power Rocketry Defender By Billy Dahlberg and Osgood Conklin

  The following excerpt is from "Extreme Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Extreme Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the link above. (Extreme ...

• DG&A High Power Rocketry Defender By Billy Dahlberg and Osgood Conklin

  ( Contributed - by Billy Dahlberg (narrative by Osgood Conklin) Visit Rocket Team Vatsaas to enjoy their incredible rocket talents and an all around fun rocketry website! The Defender is one of DG&A's larger kits, measuring 87 inches in length and 4 inches in diameter. It has three large trapezoidal fins with an unusual feature - a 3-inch hole in the center of each. It's difficult ...

• DG&A High Power Rocketry Gimlet By Michael Abbott

  ( Contributed - by Michael Abbott - 04/15/03) Brief: The DG&A Gimlet is a 3" high-powered rocket with a 38mm motor mount. It is 58" in length and would make an exceptional Level 1 rocket. The current Gimlet is actually an upscale version of the original that was 2.6" in diameter with a 29mm motor mount. If you are considering a high-powered rocket, that would be an ...

• DG&A High Power Rocketry L3 Armageddon By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  ( Contributed - by Drake Damerau - 04/02/05) Brief: The L3 Armageddon is a single stage rocket with a very unique design. It comes in your choice of a 75 or 98mm MMT. Construction: The kit comes with everything but parachutes. The all-thread, nuts, washers, eyebolts, and shock cords are all included. The 5.5" body tubes are heavy wall cardboard. All of the components are ...

• DG&A High Power Rocketry Lazarus By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 07/20/01) Brief: The DG&A Lazarus is a straight-forward high power rocket kit with a 38mm motor mount. It would make a good Level-1 cert rocket and has a small payload bay suitable for your electronics. Construction: The Lazarus came in its own shipping box. The components inside were packaged carefully, there was no shipping damage, and all the ...

• DG&A High Power Rocketry Mini Sonik-Blast By Greg Deeter

  This is a 3 inch airframe version of the full sized (4 inch) Sonik-Blast offered by DG&A High Power Rocketry in Texas. It is a single stage rocket with a 29mm motor tube and the finished weight is considerably lighter than the full sized version. After being extremely pleased with the 4" Sonik-Blast and having flown it on everything from G to I motors, I decided to build this one ...

• DG&A High Power Rocketry Mini Sonik-Blast By Chan Stevens

  Small enough to fly on an LMR, rugged enough to get an L1, this versatile 29mm kit is a good introduction into higher powered rocketry. I won this little bad boy in EMRR's Mach 1-2-3 virtual contest. About two weeks later, the box arrived, complete with a kit label on the outside. The parts were carefully packed, individually wrapped, and very good quality. Parts list includes: ...

• DG&A High Power Rocketry Mini Sonik-Blast By Jeff Short

  ( Contributed - by Jeff Short - 04/01/04) Brief: This is a great entry level MPR/HPR 3FNC rocket that flies on a great range of G and H motors. Modifications: I upsized the motor mount to 38mm from the 29mm that the kit comes with. I just replaced the two 3" x 29mm centering rings with three 3" x 38mm centering rings. I also added a 3rd centering ring. In retrospect, ...

• DG&A High Power Rocketry Mini-Armageddon By Randy Ashley

  The Mini-Armageddon as built is a single stage, single deployment (parachute), mid power rocket that can take you through HPR level 1. The Mini-Armageddon has a single body tube 2.1 inches in diameter, a short 6 inch payload bay, 4 VERY cool fins and 4 canard fins on the payload bay. The motor mount is 29mm and has 2 centering rings. The kit includes a Kevlar ® shock cord leading out of ...

• DG&A High Power Rocketry Mini-Armageddon By Jeff Short

  Brief: This is a scaled down version of DG&A's Armageddon line. It is a single stage rocket with parachute recovery. Construction: This rocket comes with all tubes made of very heavy craft paper. It comes with 27.75" and 6.6" long body tubes, 1 coupler, plastic nose cone, 17" motor tube. The wood parts are all 1/8" birch plywood: 8 nozzle fins, 4 carnard ...

• DG&A High Power Rocketry Predator By Casey Smith

  Brief: This is a simple, high reliability, and flexible usage sport flier from DG&A. It is perfect for mid or high power applications and different sized fields. It is an easy rocket to certify L1 on due to the continuing quality of DG&A kits. It is a simple 3FNC rocket with parachute deployment. It is also a kit that can be easily modified to your needs with DG&A c ...

• DG&A High Power Rocketry Sonik-Blast By Greg Deeter

  Brief: This is a simple to build, strong stable and attractive 4" rocket kit offered for a very reasonable price from Danny Cantu of DG&A Rocketry in Texas. It has a 38mm motor mount for single stage flights, recovery is by a high quality 30" rip-stop nylon chute and this is a perfect bird to consider for Level 1 certification on a Cesaroni Pro38 "H" 143SS ...

• DG&A High Power Rocketry Wasp By Greg Deeter

  Brief: This is a single staged 3" airframe rocket with a 38mm motor mount from Texas based designer Danny Cantu of DG&A Rocketry. It was my second rocket intended for frequent H powered flights and the rocket which replaced my retired L1 cert rocket, the BSD 38mm Sprint. For this particular review I decided to write an article covering the entire life of a rocket, as opposed ...

• DG&A High Powered Rocktry Arrow By Chace luna

  Not a review of the kit.    DG&A is a great company. They are true to their word. I bought an Arrow which got a little damaged(body tube got smashed) in transit. I email them and received a reply the very next morning saying that they are sending me another BT. Later on that day I get a notification saying that I will be receiving a package in 3 days from usps. Not only did ...

• dgahighpowerrocketry.com ARMAGEDDON By Danny e Cantu

• DnD Rocketry Double-D By Donald Besaw Jr

  Brief: The DnD Rocketry Double D is a simple 2 x 24mm cluster rocket that is intended to fly on a pair of Estes C11 or D12 motors and recovers with an 18 inch nylon parachute. According to the manufacturer, flights to 675 feet are possible. I think this altitude figure is rather conservative. Construction: The kit came packaged in a plastic bag and contained several high ...

• Dr. Rocket 29mm 360ns Casing By Douglas Gardei

  Photo Courtesy of Dr. Rocket (29-360 is the tallest casing)     Of all the Aerotech and Dr. Rocket 29mm hardware that I have, the 360 motor is my favorite. It is 13 inches long, and uses the same large nozzle that some 38mm I and all J motors use. Six propellant grains are placed in a phenolic liner, and the motor is capped off with a standard seal disk and forward ...

• Dr. Zooch Ares 1 By Hans "Chris" Michielssen

  Brief: A sport scale model of NASA's next manned launch vehicle "Ares I". Single staged with a good amount of detail. Recovery by a small 6" parachute. Two body tubes, a BT-20 lower body to a BT-50 upper body tube joined by a paper adapter. Four Zooch "Flame Fins" are permanently attached to the extended motor mount on this model. Construction notes: I apologize, I didn’t take ...

• Dr. Zooch Ares I-X By Duane Boldt

  Brief: Great flying, single stage Ares I-X ant-scale model with parachute recovery. Construction: 1 - 7.75" T-20 body tube 1 - 3.75" T-50 body tube 3 - 1.oo" T-20 body tubes 1 - 3.oo" T-20 motor mount tube 1 - pre-weighted balsa nosecone 3 - CR2050P centering rings 4 - LAS nozzles 1 - snap swivel 1 - crew eye 1 - motor clip ...

• Dr. Zooch Atlas Agena By Hans "Chris" Michielssen

  Brief: A semi-scale version of the Atlas Agena. Flame fins are added for flight. Picture does not show the three sheets of 3/32" x 3" x 6" balsa supplied in the kit. Opening the box looked to be typical of a Dr. Zooch kit- Good quality parts. All the instructions and cardstock wrap sheet were rolled inside the T-60 (BT-60) body tube. A few unusual pieces were the pre-weighted balsa ...

• Dr. Zooch Discoverer Thor By John Lee

  Brief: Scale model rocket of a Cold War deception with parachute recovery. Construction: The instructions were printed on the front and back on several sheets of letter sized paper. They included hand drawn illustrations which were not fancy but which were certainly clear enough. Also included were two addenda printed on small scraps of paper. One detailed the striping process ...

• Dr. Zooch Explorer I Jupiter C By Craig Zicafoose

  This is a semi-scale model of the Jupiter C. Dr. Zooch has coined the phrase "Ant Scale" to describe his models. This rocket easily fits that description. The rocket is propelled by 18mm motors and comes with the standard "trash bag" parachute. Don't be fooled by the scale appearance. Often, scale kits sacrifice performance for good looks, but that's not the case with this kit. Reaches ...

• Dr. Zooch Mark II By Mal McClenaghan

  Brief: A sturdy payload sport flier with interesting construction techniques. Construction: The kit has the usual Dr. Zooch features: a sturdy box that doubles for storage of the completed model, quality printed wraps, instructions written by a cartoon ant, humour, and insight. The components were all present, including niceties like an engine hook and snap swivel for the ...

• Dr. Zooch Mercury Little Joe By John Lee

  Brief: The original Little Joe has always been a rocket that I like the looks of. I like the LJ2 as well, but the original is the one that fascinated. Unfortunately, there are not very many LJs to choose from. As far as I know, the Little Joe from Dr. Zooch is the only choice. That did not bother me since my previous experience from this manufacturer has been excellent. ...

• Dr. Zooch Mercury Redstone By Darrell Tardy

  A fine looking, fine flying replica of the historical Mercury program, made with the builder in mind. This was my first Dr. Zooch kit, and I have to say I was more than pleasantly surprised at how this turned out. If you're new to Dr. Zooch, this is a fine place to start. It's supposed to be a fairly easy build and if you follow the instructions carefully, you'll get there even if new to ...

• Dr. Zooch Mercury Redstone By Hans "Chris" Michielssen

  I'd wanted to try a Dr. Zooch kit for some time. I decided on the Mercury Redstone. I picked this version as it's the closest to my original Estes Redstone--BT-60 based. All the other reviews are right about the first impression. That box seems small! Then again, it's really no smaller than a kit in a clear bag hanging on a wall in a hobby store. I'll jump ahead. Don't look for a flight ...

• Dr. Zooch R-7 Luna By Alan Tuskes

  Brief: Sport scale craftsman's kit of the Russian R-7 booster with the Luna payload. Requires quite a bit of modeling skill for a model rocket and I wouldn't recommend it for women, children, or weak persons. If you're the kind of person who absolutely needs your balsa to be laser cut and falling out of the balsa sheets already, then move along. This kit's not for you. If you're a ...

• Dr. Zooch R-7 Sputnik By John Pate

  This is the R7 Sputnik launch vehicle by Dr Zooch.  The R7 Semyorka launched Sputnik into space on October 4, 1957 and was the first man-made object in space.  The R7 went on to be the launch vehicle for the Vostok, Voshod. and the Soyuz program.  This kit features paper-rolled strap-on boosters, so it may be a challenge for some. Components Good components, ...

• Dr. Zooch Return to Flight Space Shuttle By Daniel Griswold

  Brief: This is a single stage "ant scale" version of the Space Shuttle. Construction: The kit includes: 2 T-20 SRB Tubes 1 T-5 tube (for fin insert) 1 T-60 External Tank Tube 3 Balsa nose cones (2 SRB, 1 external tank) T-20 MMT with black fiber centering rings. Mylar strip for texture on external tank Miscellaneous hardware including: snap swivel, ...

• Dr. Zooch Return to Flight Space Shuttle By Mark Thompson

  The Dr. Zooch Space Shuttle is a small but realistic model of the present day NASA workhorse. The Shuttle stack is launched and the orbiter separates at ejection to glide back to earth while the external tank (ET) and solid rocket boosters (SRBs) come back via the parachute. The lack of a multi-million flight computer means that augmentation fins must be added before flight for stability. It ...

• Dr. Zooch S.D.L.V. (The Stick) By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This is a semi-scale replica of NASA's next generation manned launch vehicle. I say semi-scale, as NASA's design is constantly shifting, and this reflects a sort of blend of the various styles. Currently called the Ares, this vehicle started out as The Stick and consists of a single SRB from the shuttle along with an Apollo-style CEV capsule. Construction: Parts were ...

• Dr. Zooch Saturn C-5 By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Having already released a kit for just about every Saturn ever flown, the Zooch line delves into the realm of Saturns never flown with this kit. Originally announced in December 1961, this monster (363 feet tall, 5 F-1 engines, design weight over 6 million pounds) was not quite finished when Congress pulled the plug on the Saturn program. The Dr. Zooch kit reviewed here is ...

• Dr. Zooch Saturn I Block II SA-5 By Chan Stevens

  This is another fine ant-scale offering by Dr. Zooch. I believe this is the only commercially available model of the SA-5 version of the Saturn 1. It is an excellent value and a great flyer. Scale modelers will be impressed by the level of detail. Please see Jeff Ridder's Saturn 1 Block II (SA-6-SA-10) and my Saturn 1B review for more details on the parts list and construction notes. This ...

• Dr. Zooch Saturn I Block II SA-5 By John Lee

  Brief: Scale, 18mm, Parachute Recovery Of all the Dr. Zooch line, The Saturn I SA-5 is the one that most appeals to me, mainly because it is different from everything else. I'd had it for a while but did not start on it immediately because I wanted to get a few Zooch kits under my belt first. I survived the building of the Little Joe LES and actually enjoyed building it so I ...

• Dr. Zooch Saturn I Block II SA-6 to SA-10 By Jeff Ridder

  This is an 18mm sport "ant" scale model of the Saturn I Block II SA-6 to SA-10. The kit comes in a heavy rectangular 12"x4"x4" box. All parts arrived in good condition and include 4 pages of pre-printed card stock for making the tank tubes and body tube wraps. Other parts include balsa stock for the eight fins, a hand built weighted capsule, fiber centering rings, an elastic shock cord ...

• Dr. Zooch Saturn I Block II SA-6 to SA-10 By Chan Stevens

  Brief: The Saturn 1 Block II is another one of the fine ant-scale offerings in the Dr. Zooch Saturn line. This is I believe, the only commercially available kit of the Block II version. Construction: Please refer to my previous Saturn 1B review for parts list and main construction notes. Construction starts just like the 1B, pre-painting a few components then marking the motor ...

• Dr. Zooch Saturn IB Apollo 5 By Alan Tuskes

  Brief: This is a sport-scale version of the Apollo 5, which was used to launch a legless LEM for a test flight in January 1968. This is a single stage, parachute recovery kit. Having just built the Dr Zooch R7 Luna kit, I was still in the mood for another kit that required actual skill to put together. Having made it through this kit, I am certain that Dr Zooch fits into one of ...

• Dr. Zooch Saturn IB By Chan Stevens

  An amazingly detailed ant-scale model for a terrific price ($25 retail). This is a Saturn you can actually build and fly without fear of trashing your life's work (and a huge investment). While the novice builder can probably handle this, it's really best left in the hands of an experienced builder. The small box is definitely packed with parts and details. Here are the highlights of what ...

• Dr. Zooch Saturn V 500-F By Chan Stevens

  Brief: The 500-F was a facilities checkout vehicle supporting the Saturn V program. Full sized and almost fully functional, this is another fine Saturn that never flew (see my Zooch Saturn C5 review ). Fittingly, this is a review of a not-yet-introduced beta kit, so for the time being you'll never get to fly one either. Still, it's a neat kit, great scale model value, and if you bug ...

• Dr. Zooch Saturn V By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Described as "ant scale", you get an amazing amount of scale detail for such a small rocket and small budget. Saturn fans will love just about any one of the Dr. Zooch fleet. Construction: When the $25 box arrives, you might initially be put off a bit. After all, this thing comes in a measly 4"x4"x12" box. After unpacking it though, you'll find a ...

• Dr. Zooch Soyuz By Craig Zicafoose

  This is the latest offering from Dr. Zooch, a semi-scale version of the manned Russian spacecraft, Soyuz. It is powered by a single 18mm motor and comes down with parachute recovery. This model does require some patience and skill--it is not a beginner's kit. I'd rate this at a 3-4 skill level. All parts included in the kit are good quality and include: 1 T-20 core tube 1 T-50 ...

• Dr. Zooch Soyuz By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This is a recent addition to the fine line of Zooch scale-like kits that seem to defy the laws of physics and economics, packing terrific detail, scale accuracy, and reliability into a small box. The kicker is that the finished rocket can even fit back in the box for storage. This particular design is one of the Russian workhorses--a Soyuz spacecraft mounted to a 20-engine ...

• Dr. Zooch Soyuz By Stu Young

  ( Contributed - by Stu Young - 01/27/10) Brief: Scale, parachute, 18mm single-staged Construction: The instructions were clear, and full of sarcastic humor that made me laugh out loud at times. I won't spoil the surprise by quoting my favorites. Suffice it to say, Dr. Z. anticipated any bone-headed mistakes, and warns the builder against making them, which saved ...

• Dr. Zooch Titan IIIC SLV5 By Paul Morris

  Brief: This is my first Dr Zooch kit, chosen specifically for the 2008 EMRR Challenge. The instructions state that it is a light weight, high flier that is fun to build as it is to chase. Construction and Finishing: The kit comes in a very sturdy white cardboard box. All parts were present and correct with no damage. My first impression was how well produced the parts were. ...

• Dr. Zooch Titan IIIC SLV5 By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: A semi-scale version of the first of the Titan IIIC launch vehicles, this Dr. Zooch version is constructed entirely of pre-printed paper and wood, and in the end, if you build with some patience and a tolerance for the slightly acerbic instructions, you will have a great performing, impressive looking bird. (Well, I did, and if I can do it it's well within the realm of anyone ...

• Dr. Zooch Titan IIIC SLV5 By Hans "Chris" Michielssen

  Brief: An "Ant Scale" version of the Titan IIIC SLV5. Construction: Opening The Box: There are a lot of centering rings. Six CR2050P rings and four CR205P rings. The two TVC Tanks are interesting. There is a slight difference in ends of the two lathed dowels, an easy fix. The longer Core Nose Cone is pre-weighted. The ribbon-like Kevlar ® is used in this kit. ...

• Dynacom Bull Pup By John Coker

  ( Contributed - by John Coker) Dynacom kits are legendary for their strength and high level of design. These all-fiberglass and metal kits are the pinnacle of kit-built rocketry. Unfortunately, by the time I was ready to try them in the summary of 1998, Dynacom had temporarily stopped taking orders due to family medical problems. But by the end of the year, they had resumed business and I ...

• Dynacom Python By John Coker

  ( Contributed - by John Coker) Dynacom kits are legendary for their strength and high level of design. These all-fiberglass and metal kits are the pinnacle of kit-built rocketry. Unfortunately, by the time I was ready to try them in the summary of 1998, Dynacom had temporarily stopped taking orders due to family medical problems. But by the end of the year, they had resumed business and ...

• DynaStar Firefox SHX By Jewel B. Butler Jr.

  Brief: This is a replica of the Firefox jet that was in the Clint Eastwood movie.It has offset tubes; that was a plus for me. It comes with a huge 32 inch parachute. Construction: The parts list: 1 BT-50 3.75 2 BT-80 18 1 BT-60 18 1 24 mm engine block 2 Crescent moon die cut pieces(I wish these were a little more sturdy or even wood) 1 1/4" Launch ...

• DynaStar Grappler By Keith Hamel

  Brief: The DynarStar Grappler is a lightweight mid-power rocket with impressive size. The Grappler flies on Estes and Aerotech D to F 24mm motors with the exception of the Estes E9. Construction: The parts list: 2 BT-80 18” airframe Tubes 1 airframe coupler 1 PSC-66A plastic nose cone 1 sheet of paper centering rings (3-BT80-24mm) 1 24mm x 15” ...

• DynaStar Orion Transport By Alex Jordan

  Photo Courtesy of Dynastar             This is a single stage futuristic 24mm motor rocket. It uses Estes and Aerotech motors, ranging from C11-3 to F21-8. This kit came with excellent quality parts including: 1 BT-70 main body tube 1 NC-70 nose cone 1 sheet of paper centering rings (BT70-24mm) 1 motor mount tube ...

• DynaStar Orion Transport By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  This low to mid power kit is a space plane with parachute recovery. This kit comes with a polystyrene nose cone that's great for painting. It also has beautiful balsa parts, a nice body tube with no spirals to fill, a paper nozzle and stickers (but they are not decals). I was leery of the stickers at first but they are very thin and look great. The instructions were as detailed and ...

• DynaStar Orion Transport By Nick Esselman

  (02/23/08) " This one is like a luxury aircraft, but built for space travel. " So says Dynastar website. The Orion Transport is a neat, futuristic-looking rocket with nice lines and decals to make it stand apart from others. The rocket includes a single white BT-70 (2.2") body tube that is 18" long. This with its 11" long plastic nose cone and cardstock thrust nozzle make up the total ...

• DynaStar Rip-Roar By Chan Stevens

  Brief: OK, take one look at the flame decal, the cool paint scheme, and imagine the two-stage flights. Now tell yourself you don't want this kit. This is an easy build, looks great, and flies pretty darned well too. Construction: The Dynastar line is a mid-power line offered by Apogee, based mainly on designs by Shrox. This means you'll get good quality parts and a wel ...

• DynaStar Rising Star By Kevin Johnson

  Brief: Single stage LMR with a large clear payload bay. Construction: The bagged kit arrived from Apogee packed firmly in a box as part of an order of tubes. I got 2 extra canopies as part of a special when I ordered. The parts include: 1 2.217" body tube, 18" long 1 2.217" clear plastic payload tube, 10" long 1 coupler tube, 4" long 1 ...

• DynaStar Snarky By Peter Reed

  This is a "jet fighter" style rocket that was designed to look like a target drone. The Snarky is single staged and comes with a 32" parachute This kit included an engine mount tube, two BT-70 sized airframe tubes, 1/4" launch lugs, die-cut balsa for the wings and fins, 32" plastic parachute, shroud line, 8 feet of 300# Kevlar ® shock cord, and one great looking nose cone. The ...

• DynaStar Stonebreaker By Mark Thompson

  Brief: The Dynastar Stonebreaker is a mid-power kit of an imaginary missile defense rocket designed to protect the earth from wayward asteroids or comets. The airframe is simple and light. Construction: The kit includes: BT- 56mm x 18 in. Fins- 3 main, 3 strakes (die cut) MMT- 24mm x 3.75 in. Shock cord - 8 ft. 300# Kevlar ® Parachute- 32 in. plastic canopy ...

• DynaStar Vidar By Craig Swinson

  ( Contributed - by Craig A. Swinson - 01/16/07) Brief: This was a recycle of a Dynastar Sky Torpedo and some additional parts. The original Sky Torpedo had a bit of bad luck. First, it got a nice zipper due to a too fast delay on an Estes D12-5. Estes sent out a replacement body tube. Before I could use the tube and make the rocket whole, it got treed and stayed up there for about a ...

• E-MadeinCHN Instant Firing System (Other Product) By Art Applewhite

  This system is designed to be a wireless fireworks firing system but it is easily adapted to work as a multiple pad, launch controller. The simplest, complete system consists of a transmitter, a receiver and a set of clip leads. E-MadeinCHN makes systems for 1, 2, 4 & 12 channels. The system I'm reviewing here has a 4 button transmitter and 4 individual receivers. A user's manual, in ...

• Edmonds Aerospace Arcie II By Michael Rangitsch

  Picture courtesy of Edmonds        Brief: Rob Edmonds Radio Controlled 24mm Boost Glider Construction: Standard boost glider configuration with R/C battery, receiver, and HiTec servo. The glider is balsa with a few hardwood components. Boost module is a long section of BT50, recovered on a 12 inch parachute. Both nose cones are turned balsa. ...

• Edmonds Aerospace Arcie II By Bob Cox

  Overview: Boost glider with radio control, designed for beginner RC fliers. Rob Edmonds is renowned for his well-engineered, simple-to-build gliders. The Arcie II is Rob's attempt to move radio control from a specialty niche into the mainstream. The Arcie II is designed to be simple to build, easy to fly, and rugged enough to survive novice pilot errors. The glider glides down under ...

• Edmonds Aerospace CiCi Stage 2 By Jeff Lane

  Brief: This is a two-stage balsa glider rocket with gap staging. Both stages are gliders. Construction: The kit consists of 3/16 inch balsa, 1/8 inch balsa, balsa nose cone, and 2 body tubes. I've wanted to build an Edmonds glider since I discovered their web site a couple of years ago. With the CiCi on the EMRR hit list, it was irresistible. Gliders are fun, but two gliders are ...

• Edmonds Aerospace CiCi By Dave Sutter

  ( Contributed - by Dave Sutter) The CiCi is a traditional canard-style boost glider. The canard is the name for that smaller front wing, or horizontal stabilizer. A canard-style glider is simply a glider where the canard is forward of the main wing. A boost glider is a glider that boosts straight up like a rocket, and then ejects some part, usually the engine, to change into a glider. ...

• Edmonds Aerospace CiCi By John Thro

  The Edmonds CiCi is a small, very easy to build boost glider that ejects the spent motor casing when the ejection charge goes off. The parts are laser cut and fit together perfectly. Here's the parts list: 8 laser-cut balsa pieces 1 balsa nose cone 1 motor tube 1 l/8" launch lug That's it! The instructions were illustrated and very easy to follow. The instructions ...

• Edmonds Aerospace DeeCee Thunder By Todd Mullin

  Brief: The DeeCee Thunder member of the Edmonds "Thunder" series of large gliders. This rocket features a canard (rear wing) glider with a pop-pod. Construction: The DeeCee Thunder's components are: Several 1/4" thick sheets of laser cut balsa parts 1 BT-50 Body tube 1 BNC-50 Balsa nose cone 1 3/16" Launch lug 1 Aerospace Specialty ...

• Edmonds Aerospace DeeCee Thunder By Eddy Pula

  Brief: Boost-Glider with booster parachute. Construction: A 26 in tube with a glider and no fins. 22 in shock cord. Mine did not come with a nose cone so I used a Estes Alpha 3. The Booster and glider instructions were brief but easy to follow. Easy construction. The glider is very fragile, maybe it was just my stupidness but it broke twice during transportation. Finishing: ...

• Edmonds Aerospace Deltie Airshow By Glen Nardin

  In all my 3 decades of rocket building I have never had more fun assembling a kit than the Deltie Airshow. If you can read and understand simple English, you can assemble all three gliders, the boost pod, with no problems. Mr. Robert Edmonds, Jr. has taken the time to produce the best set of directions and illustrations I have ever seen in a rocket kit. Most folks who haven't built a boost ...

• Edmonds Aerospace Deltie B By Andy Miller

  Brief: This is a boost glider flown on low power B4-2 motors. The pop pod is the only actual rocket body but with no fins. The rest is all balsa for the glider body. Construction: The kit came with all the parts for the glider in 8 sections. The instructions were well written so that even some one who had never built a glider could do it in under an hour. The pop pod body ...

• Edmonds Aerospace Deltie Thunder By Neil Thompson

  Brief: This is a HUGE glider made by Edmonds Aerospace. It has a wingspan of 27 inches and the glider is 34 inches long. It has a 24mm pop pod, which is about 2 feet long, give or take an inch or two. Construction: It has one long 24mm tube for the pop pod, and 3 sheets of laser-cut balsa, which I am guessing is about 1/4 inch thick. Just as easy to build as the original Deltie, ...

• Edmonds Aerospace Deltie Thunder By Hank Helmen

  Brief: The Deltie Thunder is a single stage boost glider design. The glider is a triangle shape with a profile type fuselage that divides the triangle in the middle. The rocket booster hooks onto the glider at the nose of the glider and pulls it skyward. At ejection the booster separates and returns via parachute while the glider slowly circles back to earth Construction: The ...

• Edmonds Aerospace Deltie Thunder By Ted H. Apke

  (by Ted H. Apke)  Well I was really hoping that my package from Edmonds would arrive in time for this weekends METRA launch. I was grumping about it on Saturday when my youngest son asked me what this box was sitting in the garage. I have no idea when it arrived or how it got there but it isn't the first time I've found mail sitting in some peculiar place!  Spouses <and> ...

• Edmonds Aerospace Deltie By Paul Gray

  Background The Edmonds Deltie is one of the most popular boost gliders, and with good reason. The glider is well designed, and it has a nice style to it. It can be assembled and ready to fly in a very short period of time. Considering the fact that the glider only weighs around five grams, it is capable of staying in the air for a long time. Construction The glider portion of this ...

• Edmonds Aerospace Deltie By Jack Hydrazine

  A boost glider using 18mm motors. Components All the components were used.  Great laser cutting of the pieces. /h2 Building was very easy and straight forward.  Because they were laser cut balsa the pieces fit very well together. Finishing Did not finish it to keep the weight to a minimum.  Just make sure you balance the glider with the ...

• Edmonds Aerospace Deltie By Alan Rognlie

  ( Contributed - by Alan Rognlie)  I am extremely impressed by this kit. Good materials and excellent laser-cut parts yield a fast-building sport model with very good competition potential.  The glider itself is made up of only eight pieces of 1/16" balsa - wings, elevon, fuselage, tip plates and nose reinforcements. The pieces are almost self-jigging and go together ...

• Edmonds Aerospace Deltie By Neil Thompson

  ( Contributed - by Neil Thompson) Brief: This is a very nice kit by Edmonds Aerospace. The pop pod comes back on a streamer, and the deltie glides back. Construction: The kit contains: 1 tube and a lot of little balsa parts, all very neatly laser-cut. It was very easy to build, fitted together like a jigsaw puzzle. Everything fits together nicely, and everything ...

• Edmonds Aerospace Deltie By Kris Henderson

  Brief: This is a boost glider that literally takes minutes to build and isn't all that expensive. Construction: The kit comes with a body tube for the engine and pop pod recovery device (streamer), three main body pieces, balsa nose cone, and clay for weighting one fin down to enable it to circle around your launch site instead of taking off a couple miles down wind. The ...

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• Edmonds Aerospace Ecee Thunder By Todd Williams

    Brief A BIG rocket glider kit that is easy to put together, looks and flies great. Construction The instructions are both sides of a single 11x17 sheet of paper. They may be just a little sparse for a complete beginner, but are adequate for anyone who has built a couple of rockets. They do not include any instructions on balancing and trimming for glide, which would be helpful to ...

• Edmonds Aerospace Ecee By Alan Rognlie

  - by Moira Jean Whitlock Brief description: This is an all balsa wood glider that flies up like a rocket and is recovered when it glides down like an airplane. Pros and cons of construction: The parts are all there, secure within a plastic bag, Nothing was broken or defective. The fuselage of the model is panels of die cut plywood, as are the wings and canard. The motor tube is spiral ...

• Edmonds Aerospace Ecee By Hank Helmen

  Brief: The Edmonds Ecee is a balsa single stage 1/2A sized rocket boosted canard glider that uses variable geometry during recovery glide. Construction: A plastic bag contains all laser cut balsa wood. The particular kit built for review had very lightweight wood. Perhaps too light. More on that later. Included in the kit are nicely laser cut parts, two sheets printed front ...

• Edmonds Aerospace Ecee By Alan Rognlie

  ( Contributed - by Alan Rognlie)  After my good experience with Edmonds Deltie , I decided to try this model from Rob Edmonds. I ordered it from Apogee Components (along with a second Deltie, a plan set for a Nike Hercules and a couple of his technical reports) and it arrived within 4-5 days. This kit builds to a nice mini-motor (13mm) rocket glider - i.e. no parts are dropped ...

• Edmonds Aerospace Elsie By Matt Gillard

  Brief: Out of the bag and into the air in minutes. You do have to wait for the glue to dry. Like all Edmonds' kits, an excellent design, laser cut premium balsa and clear instructions make Elcie a great introduction to boost gliders. Construction: Parts consist of: Laser cut sheet of balsa - usual high quality. BT 5. Balsa nose cone - really bad quality. Crepe ...

• Edmonds Aerospace Geminee Thunder By Frank G. Whitby

  Brief: Geminee Thunder is an upscale version of the Edmonds Geminee twin glider. Construction: As with other Edmonds gliders, the kit comes complete with detailed instructions and well designed, precision cut balsa parts ready to be assembled. All of the parts were in perfect condition and high quality balsa was used throughout. The assembly was very simple. Rob Edmonds ...

• Edmonds Aerospace Geminee Thunder By Hank Helmen

  Brief: The Edmonds Geminee Thunder is a twin glider with a single 24mm rear engine. The gliders are supposed to boost up on D12-3 and then separate using the ejection charge. Glider should then circle slowly back to earth! Construction: Included in the kit is one balsa nose cone, one balsa "plug" (to join the glider body tubes), two 25mm body tubes, four sheets of ...

• Edmonds Aerospace Geminee By Drew Davis

  ( Contributed - by Drew Davis - 03/01/02) Brief: The Geminee is a two-part boosted glider with laser-cut wings. Construction: Components: Two 3" body tubes, two balsa fuselages, four balsa wings (two per glider) each with two fins and elevators at each end. The motor goes in the rear of the glider. Since the two gliders break apart at ejection, there is no need for a shock ...

• Edmonds Aerospace Tinee By Kevin Johnson

  ( Contributed - by Kevin Johnson) Brief: 13mm canard boost glider. Construction: The kit includes: 5 laser cut balsa parts, 1 balsa nose cone, 1 13mm motor pod tube, and 1 launch lug. I ordered my kit from DiscountRocketry and it came bagged with all the parts and 1 8x11 inch sheet of instructions. There was a crack in my wing, but it didn't go all the way through and was easily ...

• Edmonds Aerospace Tinee By John Lee

  Brief: This is a low power, 13mm motor mounted rocket glider. I have had uniformly bad luck with every glider I have attempted. For the most part, the just crash. In one case it crashed and burned. In the case of the Cosmos Mariner, I just kind of lost heart and it has sat partially assembled for over a year. I have, however, heard good things about Edmond's Aerospace and ...

• Edmonds Aerospace Twinsee By Kevin Johnson

  Brief: Twin T-tailed gliders boosted together, much like the Geminee. Construction: The kit contains: 2 sections of BT 20 motor tube 1 balsa nose cone Laser cut parts for the gliders clay nose weight 1/8" launch lug I bought this kit from BMS at NARAM 45 so that I could build it in the hotel room and fly the next day. The instructions were a couple of ...

• Ellis Mountain Rocket Works 29mm Single-Use Family By Larry Brand

  Ellis Mountain makes a family of 29mm single use H and I power motors covering the 50-275 Newton average thrust range. They are reasonably priced and extremely easy to use. The photo shows (from top to bottom) an I69-10, a H275-6 (also available in 10 sec delay), a H101-4 (also available in 8 sec delay), and a H50-6 (also available in 10 sec delay). The spent casings are shown with a used AT ...

• Ellis Mountain Rocket Works Ellis 38-650 (I230) (Motor) By Theo McDonald

  The Ellis I230 is a 38mm load for the Ellis 38-650 case. The case utilizes snap ring type closures, and is made of the thicker (0.095") wall aluminum tubing. All the cases that I have seen are anodized black. The I230 and all currently available Ellis motors use the Thors Hammer propellant, a mid to slow burning propellant. More on this later. As most snap Ring type motors use a reusable ...

• Ellis Mountain Rocket Works Ellis SU H45 (Motor) By Donald Besaw Jr

  38mm 214Ns single use HPR rocket motor. The package contains: 1 motor 1 Quickburst Slim Gem ignitor There is no external thrust ring on this motor. If needed, one must be built up using masking tape. Finishing: Since this is a single use motor, no assembling is needed. Flight: I tried this motor out in my Art Applewhite Stealth 38mm oddroc. I wrapped a layer of tape and ...

• Ellis Mountain Rocket Works Ellis SU J110 By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 06/06/05) Brief: The Ellis J110-P a 54mm single use motor that provides 751 N-s total impulse (~17% J) with a burn time of 6.8 seconds (Tripoli Motor Testing’s numbers, the photo shows the EM numbers). Construction: This motor is only about 9.5" long, including the plugged aluminum closure. It has a medusa nozzle, but only the center ...

• Ellis Mountain Rocket Works Ellis SU J228 By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 04/25/05) Brief: The Ellis Mountain J228 38mm single use motor provides a total impulse of 1104 N-S (72% J), giving a burn-time of 4.8 seconds. It is about 22 inches long including the turned-aluminum forward closure. Construction: None required, unless you consider adding a masking tape thrust ring as "construction". Flight: ...

• Empire Rockets Bomarc (1/24) By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: For the most part, I'm not much of a scale fan but through the years there have been several scale rockets that I always had an itch to build. The original Estes Mercury Redstone was always a favorite, as were both versions of the Little Joe. Another member of this club was the Bomarc. Bomarc kits are seldom seen since Estes discontinued their version Construction: When I ...

• Empire Rockets Nike-Ajax By Chan Stevens

  Brief: A fairly well detailed scale model, though designed to fly only as a single stage. A good project for the experienced builder (rated as a skill level 4 kit). Construction: Before hitting the parts list, I've got to toss in a decent word about customer service. I've heard mixed reviews by word of mouth and on other forums about Empire Rockets aka Vin125 on eBay. ...

• Enerjet 1340 Sounding Rocket By Jack Hydrazine

  Brief This rocket is actually a clone of the Enerjet 1340 using the Estes Eliminator (or Eliminator XL) kit.  You can also use the Centuri MARS Project kit, the Estes Challenger II kit, the Centuri Phoenix Bird, Estes Maniac, or the Estes Longshot for making this clone. I used resources such as this reference. http://www.oldrocketplans.com/enerjet/enj1340/enj1340.htm ...

• Enerjet 1340/20 Sounding Rocket By Jack Hydrazine

• Eric Truax Holiday Bell (Plan) By John Lee

  Brief: OddRoc, Paper, 18mm, Streamer The 2009 Holiday Bell is Erik Truax's Christmas gift to the rocketry community for 2009. It is a rocket powered flying model of a Christmas bell. He offered downloads of the plan on TRF and must have had substantial response because all attempts I made to download it were met with a server error stating that the maximum downloads had been ...

• Essence Aerospace Technologies 18mm Lambda-Class Shuttle By Dick Stafford

  (by Jason Myers - 01/14/03) Brief: This kit is the Star Wars Lambda Class Shuttle. Most people will probably remember that it is the vessel that the Rebel Alliance used to smuggle themselves onto the moon of Endor to destroy the shield generator that protected the second Death Star in Return of the Jedi. Is it an 18mm downscale of a scratch built design by EMRR. It is single stage and ...

• Essence Aerospace Technologies 18mm Lambda-Class Shuttle By Dick Stafford

  Brief: This 18mm version of the Lambda-Class Shuttle was produced in limited quantities by EAT (Essence Aerospace Technologies). Although the kit isn't being produced, you can still purchase a plan pak [here] . It is one of the most innovative kits around and is a great addition to anyone's fleet. Construction: Parts:  One 1/4" balsa sheet (3" x 6") ...

• Essence Aerospace Technologies Interstellar Probe By Chan Stevens

  Brief: If you're reading this to see whether or not this would be a good kit to buy, save your time, as this limited edition kit from EMRR's rocket kit division sold out before the first kit even shipped, making this kit as hard to find as an Aston Martin Vanquish (but for only a fraction of the cost). Two-stage, funnel booster, and fairly unusual nose cone design (similar to the ...

• Essence Aerospace Technologies Triatomic By Bob Cox

  Brief: EAT's latest offering is an amazing 3 in one rocket. Look! Up in the sky! It's a cluster! No, it's a 24mm transition rocket! No, it's a sleek futuristic space plane! You can fly 3 completely different configurations on the field the same day using this very innovative design concept. Construction: I was initially hesitant to pop for the $36 (includes shipping) kit, but ...

• Essence Aerospace Technologies Triatomic By Bob Cox

  The Triatomic is an interesting design that creates three very different rockets that all share the same upper section.  This design served as the inspiration for Virtual Rocket Contest #4.     Besides the interchangeable tails, the most unique design innovation on this kit is the “parachute cup” that protects the recovery system.  What makes it ...

• Essence Aerospace Technologies Triatomic By Doug Szczepanski

  ( Contributed - by Doug Szczepanski - 07/09/06) Brief: Parachute cup modification. Modifications: I had already epoxied the plywood bulkhead in place when I read of some of the problems with the parachute cup releasing from the upper rocket. Take a Rotozip tool (or use a similar cutting method) with a wood cutting bit and cut a hole in the bulkhead leaving ~1/4" lip. ...

• Estes 220 Swift By Peter Davidson

  A tiny fun-to-build 13mm rocket employing tumble recovery, a descendant of the classic Estes Mosquito. Included in the kit: 1 body tube 1 plastic nose cone 1 launch lug 2 small balsa strips to cut your own fins 1 peel-and-stick decal set This is an easy 3FNC kit to put together with next to nothing in the way of gotchas. The instructions as supplied by Estes were ...

• Estes 220 Swift By Aaron J. Grier

• Estes 220 Swift By Donald Besaw Jr

  This is a new 2004 release kit by Estes. It is a small and sleek 4 1/2 inch tall rocket that flies on mini motors up to 750 feet and uses tumble recovery. The kit came in a plastic bag and included two 1/16 balsa strips for fins, body tube, nose cone, launch lug and decals. The instructions for this kit included the fin template as you need to cut them out yourself from the balsa strips ...

• Estes 220 Swift By Bill Eichelberger

  For the old-timers, the 220 Swift is simply a Mosquito in an updated body with sticker graphics.  The Swift is another of the "fire and forget" mini engine birds.  I can't imagine that the recovery rate on these is anywhere close to 30%. Components BT-5 main body tube PNC-5 nose cone 1/16" fin stock launch lug decal sheet /h2 Construction ...

• Estes 36 D Squared By Ben Davidson

  This is a new Cluster rocket from Estes which has a payload section and a nice parachute recovery system. The kit was complete and well organized. It uses basic Estes components except for two transitions which are new. These are used to expose two BT50 tubes just forward of the fin area. These tubes form the motor mounts and are supported by 4 paper motor mount rings. This rocket was ...

• Estes 36 D Squared By Doug Szczepanski

  A unique 2 D sized, cluster engine rocket, with a 24" parachute recovery system. This is a large, beautiful rocket. The look had to grow on me a little, my first impression of the look was only so-so, but once it was finished and sitting on my desk. I had totally gotten into this unique look. I can say, that I don't have another rocket quite like it in my fleet. The 36D starts out with a ...

• Estes 36 D Squared By John R. Brandon III

  Brief: This is a big hammer-headed rocket for double D-engine power and recovers with a big parachute. Construction: Kit came in the typical plastic bag. Consists of: Plastic nose cone A plastic transition BT60 payload section 2 BT50 motor tubes 2 AR2050 centering rings used as thrust rings 2 different lengths of BT70 One serves as a fin can ...

• Estes 36 D Squared By John Lee

  Brief: Two 24mm motor cluster, skill level 2, payload section, parachute recovery. This is a strange looking rocket that only gets stranger the more you think about it, but it is a good performer. It's not too difficult to build but a bit more challenging to paint if you want to use the default scheme on the facecard. Construction: Construction begins with the marking of ...

• Estes A.R.V. Condor By Eric Miller

  I recently received an A. R. V. Condor as a gift from my wife. The A. R. V. Condor is an Estes Explorer series rocket (Intermediate level).   This kit was packaged in plastic and came in a box and was probably around $15. 99. All the parts were included and none were damaged.   The instructions were typical Estes and were excellent. The special feature of this rocket is at apogee ...

• Estes A.R.V. Condor By Chris Taylor Jr.

  Parts and Supplies Hobby Knife, Sand Paper (220 grit), Glue (I used Thick CA), Ruler, Pen or Pencil, Desired paint etc.. Assembly Compare the parts in the box with the parts list in the instructions. Separate all balsa parts from balsa stock and sand trim as needed. Assemble wings, there are two and make sure you make a left and right for each wing set. You will use the included ...

• Estes A.R.V. Condor By Andy Sola

  The A.R.V Condor is a single staged rocket that is about 19 inches long. . At apogee, two drones detach for a gliding return to Earth. Booster returns on a streamer! Recommended motors are B4-2 (First Flight), B6-2, and C6-3. The construction on this rocket wasn't as hard as I had thought it would be. After reading all the reviews I thought it would be impossible to make especially because ...

• Estes A.R.V. Condor By Carl Tulanko

  The Estes Condor is a very slick kit which incorporates a sustainer with two gliders attached to the sides. The glider's airfoils act as fins for the model during boost and detach at ejection, then each glider spirals in for a landing while the main sustainer lands with the aid of a streamer. USAF insignia helps dress up this little beauty and makes it a esthetically pleasing kit to launch or ...

• Estes A.R.V. Condor By Hank Helmen

  Single stage piggy back boost launch glider design with two gliders. The glider's wings act as rocket fins during boost then separate using the ejection charge to deploy the gliders. The rocket booster body recovers with a streamer. The kit includes 4 body tubes. Two larger ones are for the booster and two smaller tubes for the glider fuselages. Also supplied are 3 plastic nose cones and ...

• Estes AGM-57X Heat Seeker By Jim Stuckman

     This is an E2X series - requires minimal construction time and no painting is required. Builds completely with plastic model cement. Produces a sharp looking military style rocket in about 1/2 hour! This is one of the new releases for 1999.  The kit comes packaged in a graphic intensive cardboard box. Inside the parts are bagged. My kit was part of the first production run ...

• Estes AIM-9 Sidewinder By Tom Bell

  The Estes AIM-9 Sidewinder is a popular scale model kit of a air-to-air missile that has served US and NATO air forces for about 40 years and still running strong.   This rocket is a challenging build, not for the first-timer. It is also a challenger to fly, as it tends to live up to its  name and give some "sidewinding" flights.   INSTRUCTIONS: The instructions are the ...

• Estes AIM-9 Sidewinder By Paul Altman

  I received a Estes AIM-9 sidewinder kit for Christmas. The kit came in a box and I am sure it was bought a WAL-MART for $10.00 (great price). The instructions were standard Estes with only 2 confusing parts and I got them figured out with the help from my local club buds . The fins are thru-the-wall mount, very strong but the balsa was very soft (for a good reason), the rear fins had to be ...

• Estes Air Show Launch Set By Donald Besaw Jr

  Brief: This is a launch set containing a Porta Pad II launch pad, an Electron Beam launch controller, and a 1/8 inch launch rod. No motors are included with this set. The rocket included in this set consists of two large (12 inch wingspan) foam gliders that glide back and a power pod that recovers on a 12 inch parachute. Construction: The model consisted of: 2 foam gliders ...

• Estes Airwalker By Rokkit

  Provided by: Rokkit Scientists Great starter rocket for the rookie rocketeer or our younger rocketeers. Being part of the starter set series, the Airwalker is an easy rocket to assemble.  The Airwalker is purchased in a starter set (which includes cobra engines and supplies for your first 3 flights plus launch pad). The price is pretty reasonable (around $30.00) , when you ...

• Estes Alien Space Probe By Bill Eichelberger

  This was on my cloning list for several years after I bought a bunch of Fat Boy nose cones, but the white in the decal always discouraged me. OOP for years, this turned up as a "Buy It Now" on the Penn Valley Hobby Ebay page, and the price was right, so I availed myself of the opportunity to build an original for a change of pace. Similar in size and profile to the later Fat Boy, the Alien ...

• Estes Alpha III Flying Model Launch Set By Zachary Fisher

• Estes Alpha III By Dominic Valentino

  Need more details    Components /h2 Finishing rustoleum gloss Construction Score: 3 Flight very light model w/b engine and wind easy to lose Recovery very slow descent = lots of lateral drift Flight Rating: 2 Summary Overall Rating: 3

• Estes Alpha III By Greg Deeter

  Brief: About the most simple there is. It's pretty much just a black gloss body tube, orange plastic nose cose, and one piece (3) fin unit. 12" Estes parachute. Modifications: Upsize of launch lug. Construction: This is a super simple rocket kit that can be built in less than 30 minutes with just CA (super glue). When building mine, I replaced the launch lug with ...

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• Estes Alpha III By Clifford Campo

  I received my Alpha III kit recently from Hobbylinc.com and was annoyed to find that all three fins on the plastic fin assembly were bent like a Bobby Hull hockey stick.  This was either poor manufacturing or improper storage along the way.  Something heavy was probably sitting on top of the kit package for a long time.  I soaked the fin assembly in hot water for about 15 ...

• Estes Alpha III By Dave Sutter

  NOTE: This review is for the Alpha III in the Starter Set Ahh... Old Faithful. My first kit. Flown in excess of 30 times, and still going strong. A good flier, it always lifts straight and true. Works just fine on almost any 18mm Estes engine. I've made a habit of sending it up at least once almost every time I go out to launch. Had to re-tape the parachute shroud lines to the parachute, and ...

• Estes Alpha III By Jamie Martin

  Brief: This is a very simple rocket of the 3FNC design. Basicly nothing more than a fin can, BT and nosecone Construction: The instructions are easy to follow with lots of pictures. Assembly starts with building a basic motor mount and glueing it into the fin can. You then glue the launch lug on to the body tube and glue this on to the fin can also. You then glue the shock cord ...

• Estes Alpha IV By John H. Boyd

  Estes has released a new, jazzed up version of the Alpha III to celebrate Estes Industries' 40th Anniversary. It is a limited edition kit.   The kit is shipped in the new bagged "half-box" with card packaging protecting 4 of the 6 sides. The kit arrived complete, however due to the packaging, the body tube was dented in the middle. The kit is much like the normal Alpha III with ...

• Estes Alpha IV By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: The Astron Alpha IV was a specially produced 40th Anniversary version of the Alpha III that had a red prismatic body tube, black plastic nose cone and fin can, and special sticker decals. Construction: Like I said, this is basically a prettied up Alpha III released as a 40th Anniversary commemorative rocket. I came across mine when looking for a quick building kit to fly ...

• Estes Alpha By Ted Phipps

  The Alpha has been around a long time. Combining simple construction (skill level 1), good looks, and great flying characteristics, it is considered a classic.  Like most Estes kits, it comes in a plastic bag. Our kit had some pretty poor quality balsa, but some careful work with sandpaper and Elmer's Fill 'n' Finish resulted in a good looking rockets. The instructions and diagrams were ...

• Estes Alpha By Joshua Finn

  Brief: Estes classic Alpha is your standard 3FNC LPR model, probably in continuous production longer than any other model rocket in history. It is a simple, straightforward build, listed as a skill level 2 build. Compared to the model airplanes I fly, it's something a newbie could take on as a first project, especially if he or she had a little guidance. With its wide selection of ...

• Estes AMRAAM AIM-120 By Jay Finigan

  The AMRAAM from Estes is one of the many rockets that take after various weaponry used around the world by fighter jets, and ground based anti-aircraft launchers. The popularity of these types of rockets make it one to be a sure seller in the future.    It comes in a box, not in one of those cheap bags which can easily be damaged during shipping, and contains 18 parts. It is a ...

• Estes AMRAAM AIM-120 By Jon Revelle

  A great scale model of the U.S. Air Force's Advanced Medium Range Air-Air Missile (AMRAAM) AIM-120. Nothing very special. It has been Out Of Production for a couple of years. The AMRAAM came boxed and undamaged. It included: 1 Nose Cone NC55 2 BT55X11 Slotted Body Tubes Tube Coupler 2 Clay Weights Engine mount parts (18mm) Recovery parts (18" Parachute) 8 Precut fins ...

• Estes AMRAAM AIM-120 By Mike Goss

  Intro One of Estes Industries Beta Series model rocket kits that is a semi-scale version of the United States Medium range Air-to-air Missile. This missile replaced the aging Sparrow radar guided missile, and it is also used in a surface-to-air mode by some NATO nations. I had seen this kit and I wondered if it flew any better than the Sidewinder that Estes produced. When Wal-Mart ...

• Estes Antares By Al Duprey

  ( Contributed - by Duprey, Al - 10/28/08) Brief: This is an easy build for a 4 fin, single stage rocket. It has good looks and nice lines to it. Some may find it too vanilla, but not me, it is one of my favorites. Construction: I first got the plans from Rocketshoppe ( HERE ) I prefer the Adobe PDF format. They just are easier to print and get the correct scaling. It is ...

• Estes Argosy By Matthew Bond

  “Galactic deterrent of ever-threatening invasions, this strike fighter is equipped with laser weaponry, time warp drive and de-ionizing technology. Invisible on all known scanners, Argosy can strike and evade retaliation easily.” Produced by Estes from 1987 to 1990, the Argosy is a skill level three kit, with multi-piece asymmetric fins, a very distinctive jet fighter look, ...

• Estes Argus II (Plan) (Plan) By Bill Eichelberger

  The Argus II is a 3FNC rocket with a slightly more complicated than usual built-up fin set and an Estes Interceptor decal. The resulting rocket looks like a support ship for the Interceptor fleet and is a pretty decent performer due to its smaller size. The Argus II was one of the first Estes Design of the Month plans that I printed off back in 2001. Six years later it was flying, showing ...

• Estes Astrobeam By Duane Boldt

  Brief: The Estes Astrobeam is a very simple kit to put together. It doesn't take more than 15 minutes depending on what you use for glue. It is a pretty cool, inexpensive way to get into night launches. Construction: Parts included in this kit: 1 - Four fin plastic fin assembly 1 - Twist-lock motor retainer cap 1 - Clear plastic tube (Covers lighting section) ...

• Estes Astrocam (RTF) By Joe Talento

  The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the two links above. (Sport ...

• Estes Astrocam 110 By Ben Bentley

  The AstroCam 110 is a rocket boosted 110 camera, pretty obvious from the name! It is a good rocket and can take some OK pictures. It is single staged and doesn't go very high, but it's cool none the less. Construction : It came well packaged in a box and had no damage upon opening it. Construction of the booster section went real smooth and only took about 45 min. The body tube is ...

• Estes Astrocam 110 By Doyle Tatum

  I'm a little surprised at the skill rating of one for this rocket. Not that it was very hard, just that you must be very careful to construct the camera carefully, not getting glue where it doesn't need to be and getting enough glue on the other parts to hold them together. The rocket itself, is painfully simple. The instruction book is very thorough, although a little hard to follow due to the ...

• Estes Astrocam 110 By Chan Stevens

  Finally back out on the market as a standalone kit, you can now own a basic aerial photography rocket for under $20. Parts were packed in a plastic bag and in good shape. The main parts include: Plastic fin can (black) BT-56 body tube (pre-finished gloss black) Plastic nose/camera cone unit 12" plastic chute/rubber shock cord 18mm motor tube with cardboard centering rings ...

• Estes Astron Cobra (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: In my early days of my rocketry odyssey, clustering was not a technique to which I gave much thought. This was largely due to the fact that, in 1977, the only commercially available Estes kits that featured clustered engines were the wildly expensive (to a kid who caddied for rocket money) Saturn V and Saturn 1B, or the Scrambler, (eggs were for schoolbuses, not rockets.) Until 2001, I ...

• Estes Astron Elliptic II By Marc Alderette

• Estes Astron Explorer By Ty Bliss

  The Astron Explorer is a high-performance sport rocket that looks like a futuristic space vehicle.  It is a fun, but challenging Level 4 "Master" kit to build and finish. The final result for the careful and patient craftsman will be an eye-catching, high-flying D and E motor powered rocket. DISPLAY TIP: This rocket cannot stand up on its fins. Use of a stable display stand ...

• Estes Astron Invader (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: The Estes Astron Invader is one of the least seen, yet also one of the most interesting rockets produced by Estes in the early years of their existence. Available only from 1965 to 1967, the Invader may have had the distinction of being the first of the early kits to have it’s production run canceled. Despite this, and in some ways because of it, the Invader is one of the most ...

• Estes Astron Outlaw (RTF) By John Thomas

  Brief: This is an easy to build Estes Rocket (E2X Series) sold as part of the "Launchables" Starter Set (1452). It requires no paint and no fin alignment and is an easy first build. The starter set includes a Porta Pad II, Electron Beam Controller, Two Engines (A8-3 and B4-4), the Astron Outlaw, and the Black Diamond, which is a level 1 kit that the buyer can build after ...

• Estes Astron Outlaw By Tim Duncan

  This rocket is part of Estes Launchables Starter Set and is aimed at newcomers to the hobby. The package says that it takes less than an hour to assemble and does not require any painting. The kit comes with one body tube that already has the launch lug and a 1/8" x 18" elastic shock cord attached, two fin halves, one lock ring, one nose cone, an assembled 12" plastic parachute, and ...

• Estes Astron Shrike By Jeff Lane

  Brief: OOP two-stage BT-50 4-fin payload rocket with embossed shrouds and body wrap, engine clips and plug-in staging. Construction: The kit includes balsa nose cone, clear payload section, foam rubber payload shock disks, balsa bulkhead, screw eye, shock cord, 2 parachutes (12 and 18), two body tubes, 8 die-cut fins, 2 waterslide decal sheets, launch lugs with offsets, stage ...

• Estes Astron Spaceman By Bill Eichelberger

  Several years back, EMRR had a NASCAR themed contest.  Slapping a bunch of sponsors decals on a rocket seemed too easy, and I've never been one known for my creative flair.  I had been a Richard Petty fan since the age of 9, so deciding on the subject was easy, but I wanted something with a bit more pizazz than a Petty Blue Estes Big Bertha.  Everybody has seen the Astron ...

• Estes Astron Sprint XL By Ken Hubal

  A skill level 2 competition design with elliptical fins, parabolic nose, and tailcone. Designed to fly on C11, D12, and E type motors. Components The kit contained high grade balsa fins which required very little filling, a very well made molded plastic nose and tailcone. The nose was a definite improvement over other Estes kits as there was very little seam that needed to be ...

• Estes Astron Streak By Michael Rangitsch

  B rief: Simple Mosquito-like rocket. Three fins, ejects the motor for recovery. Kit contains balsa stock for 3 fins, balsa nose cone, and mylar body tube. Fins are attached to stick-on tape on the body tube. Simple instructions, easy to follow. No special tools needed. Finishing: Normal balsa construction finishing, no decals included. The paint scheme on the insert card has a white ...

• Estes Astrosat LSX By Bill Eichelberger

  Talk about rockets that get no respect.  I bought the AstroSat LSX because I lost my scratch built Marauder on an ill-advised C6-5 flight at B6-4 Field back in the early years.  I filched the cone, then let the rest of the rocket sit on the dusty corner of the workbench until one night a couple of years later when I was bored and wanted something new to ...

• Estes AstroVision By Bruce Canino

  Estes Astrovision is a RTF digital video / camera rocket that downloads to a Windows based computer. Sold with a standard Estes launch pad and launcher. Video mode is 320x240 and camera mode is 640x480. 1 RTF Digital Rocket Camera. Also comes with standard Estes launch pad and launcher. You need a small Phillips head screwdriver to open the battery compartment to add three small button ...

• Estes AstroVision By Joy Sills

  Brief: The Estes Astrovision is a RTF rocket that comes in a Rocket Launch set with a launch stand and controller. The unique thing about the Astrovision is that it lofts a digital camera into the air. The camera can take both digital video (12 seconds worth) and digital still pictures. Construction: The parts list: Camera Nosecone Plastic Fin Can Pre-preprinted ...

• Estes Athena (2026) By Philip Wentz

  The Athena is an Estes Skill Level 1 kit produced during the '90s that utilized a plastic fin unit and nosecone. My Athena, originally, built in 1990, was the first craft I launched after a long hiatus from rocketry.  Components The components are as follows: BT-50 body tube Plastic fin can NC-50 nosecone and insert Engine mount components 12' ...

• Estes Athena By Justin Stotter

  This kit comes in a box and is basically "Ready To Fly". Simply tie the parachute onto the nose cone and it's ready to launch. This was the first model rocket I launched. It flew nicely on the recommended A8-3 engine. My fiance and I decided to skip the B engines and go straight to a C6-5. We watched it streak toward the clouds and was never seen again! That was a good learning ...

• Estes Athena By Ben Robinson

  A simple beginner's rocket, reliable and cool-looking As an E2X, the rocket features a plastic fin unit and pre-colored everything. It features a plastic nose cone and 12-inch parachute.   This was my second rocket; I think it is at least 6 years old if not more. I don't remember much about building it. Finishing: Everything is pre-colored with self-stick decals. If they were ...

• Estes Attack Craft Orion (Plan) By Bill Eichelberger

  The Attack Craft Orion is one of the most unique early-80's designs and likely one of the more difficult cloning projects due to the seldom seen nose cone. I lucked out and won several of the cones in an Ebay auction, one of which I sent to Moldin' Oldies so that they could produce resin copies. It's not quite so difficult to find anymore. Components BT-50H body tube ...

• Estes Avenger Clone (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  The Avenger wasn't the first two-stager I'd ever built, (that would be the Beta,) but it was the first one I ever flew as a two-stager.  When I got back into the hobby in 2001, I quickly realized that much of what I wanted to build from my 1977-80 heyday no longer existed.  My solution to this was to buy an Estes Builders Special, only to find that it had become a corporate ...

• Estes Baby Bertha By G. A. Dean

  Brief: The Baby Bertha is a new kit (2002) based on the venerable and popular Big Bertha kit. The rocket has the same large, V2-like fins and blunt, rounded nose cone as the Big B, but is 1/2 the length at 12 inches. Rated at "Level 1", it's an easy to construct kit using traditional, Estes-style methods that would make an excellent kit for a beginner, or young rocketeers. If you have ever ...

• Estes Baby Bertha By Herb Estus

  A skill level 1 rocket from Estes.  Small version of the Big Bertha. BT-60 body tube-7 1/2" BT-60 elliptical nose cone-2 1/2" Engine mount tube Centering ring card Retaining ring for motor tube Engine block and hook decal sheet 12" plastic parachute shock cord Pros: Instructions are easy to follow and well illustrated. Rocket went together quick ...

• Estes Bail-Out By David Fergus

  Single-stage, wide-body rocket for carrying small GI-Joe or other small objects for ejection at apogee and recovery by parachute. Nose cone recovers by streamer. The kit includes: Standard Estes white BT-60 body tube Easy twist access single piece fin can/motor mount Black plastic nose cone Nice adhesive backed decal set 12 inch harness for attaching to a man (which is not ...

• Estes Bandit By Tony Fragge

  The Estes E2X Bandit rocket kit is a good one for a beginner, which is what I was when I found the kit. The kit comes with a pre-slotted and pre-colored body tube, plastic nose cone, plastic motor mount assembly and plastic fins. The shock cord was typical Estes (short) and was to be attached to a 12-inch parachute. The instructions are very clear and simple to follow. If you had assembled ...

• Estes Bandito By Mike Mistele

  Brief: A new Estes E2X kit for 2004. It's a single-stage 3FNC, using TTW fin mounts, numerous plastic parts for quick assembly, and parachute recovery. Construction: Components in this kit include: A pre-colored (black) BT-20, with pre-cut slots for the fins and launch lugs 3 plastic fins Motor mount consisting of 7 plastic parts (including a screw-on motor retention ...

• Estes Banshee By Victor Claar

    This rocket features sounding rocket styling and is part of the E2X series.  Recovery is by 12 inch parachute.   Construction: Like the rest of the E2X series, this model requires little construction beyond gluing and may be completed in a day.  The model is packaged in a box rather than a bag. All parts were included and intact. Fins and nose cone are plastic and ...

• Estes Banshee By Bill Bill

  - 06/15/03) Brief: A Estes E2X single stage 18mm rocket with a 12'' parachute, pre-colored parts, decals, short shock cord, and external shock cord mount. During a half-off sale, I got this kit for $2.50. Construction: This kit was packaged in a box, a rare thing for Estes. Includes a black, pre-slotted body tube, a black nosecone, three black fins, and black motor mount parts, a ...

• Estes Beta By Bill Eichelberger

  The Beta was a small two stage rocket produced by Estes between 1970 and 1984. The original version, produced in 1970 and 1971, it was powered by S-series motors. When production ceased on the S motors, the Beta was one of a few kits whose internals were modified to accept the new mini or T motors. (The Midget and the Birdie may have been the others.) The Beta was the rocket that got me started ...

• Estes Big Bertha By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: Everybody's favorite prom date, the Estes Big Bertha, is a rocket that seems to wind up in every fleet at one time or another. While there are a lot of other rockets in her size range that equal her low, slow, and always stable flights, there's something to be said for building and flying the original. Bertha's getting a little long in the tooth these days and in need of an ...

• Estes Big Bertha By Paul Gray

  (by Paul Gray)  Background The Big Bertha is a classic rocket built and flown by thousands of people around the world since 1965. Its was designed to have a rather impressive size and to develop the skills of people who are advancing themselves further in the hobby of model rocketry. Because of its size and performance, it is a great rocket to fly on a football field on C motors, ...

• Estes Big Bertha By Clive Davis

  Background: This spring I ran a build session for faculty kids at the school where I teach. I ended up using the Quest Bright Hawk for the 7-9 year olds and the Quest Big Betty for the 10-12 year olds. After the build session, I began thinking about the types of rockets that would make great first builds for a budding rocketeer. I wanted to select rockets to compare that had the ...

• Estes Big Daddy By Andy Tate

  single stage, 24in. parachute, 24mm motor mount, 3/16 launch lug This is a standard Estes kit. It utilizes TTT (through the tube) fin mounting for the four balsa fins. One three inch paper tube is the body tube with a 24mm paper tube for the motor mount. The nosecone is a large plastic one with the standard Estes shock cord attachment loop. Two cardstock centering rings are included. The ...

• Estes Big Daddy By Jim Stuckman

  19" LG X 3" Dia 24" Parachute 24mm Motor Mount - D12-3 & 5 recommended This is a great sport flyer that builds very quickly. If you upgrade the parachute to a quality nylon chute you have a very versatile companion for your Aerotech 24mm RMS! 4 My kit is a pre-release beta kit so it did not come in the standard Estes packaging - just a basic plastic bag. All parts were present ...

• Estes Big Daddy By Jon Revelle

  Short, stubby, and fun rocket. Flies on Estes D engines. Unfortunately I think it was just discontinued because it was not in Estes' 2005 Catalog. The rocket made its debut in the mid 1990s. At the time, kits were being made with a 4/6 sided box with a bag. This one was no exception. It had: 1 Nose Cone 1 Fat body tube 1 24mm Motor tube 1 Sheet of balsa 2 Centering rings ...

• Estes Big Daddy By Nick Esselman

  In keeping with my likes of "stubby" rockets, I decided to build three more that were around three inches in diameter to compliment my 2.6" and my 4" collection. So, I set off to get a LOC Onyx, a RocketVision Grymm, and the Estes Big Daddy. See my 3" Stubby Rocket Comparison Page The Estes Big Daddy qualifies as a "stubby" rocket because it is 19" long and has a 3" diameter giving it a less ...

• Estes Big Daddy By Dave Brunsting

  This project was an upgrade of the typical Big Daddy to a 29mm mount with fiberglass reinforcement to the fins and lots of nose weight with a funky flame job. Modifications: This is an old style Big Daddy I ran across for $15 which sure beats the heck out of the regular retail price of ~$30 or whatever it is. So first up is the MMT. I used 30 minute epoxy because that’s what I ...

• Estes Big Dawg By Bill Eichelberger

  The Big Dawg was one of those rare kits from Estes that actually turned out to be quite a bit more than the sum of its parts. While it looks like a typical late 90's 4FNC rocket at first glance, it's interesting in that it's one of the earliest Estes kits that utilized through the wall (TTW) fin attachment. The Big Dawg builds quickly and results in a sharp looking, sturdy little 18mm ...

• Estes Big Dawg By Doyle Tatum

  I like this kit. It is extremely easy to construct, yet is very attractive and sturdy. The through-the-wall fins reached to the motor mount per the instructions, which are precise. I added a Kevlar cord, tied to the motor mount, in lieu of the Estes shock mount. I did decide to build this one stock and maybe another one in the future with a 24mm mount. I used 5 minute epoxy throughout. The only ...

• Estes Big Dawg By Mike Olson

  I built a Big Dawg recently, and flew it when my son's Cub Scout pack was invited to Tripoli Nebraska's October launch. Construction was straight-forward for a through-the-tube rocket. Estes' instructions were very good, however, it appears that the motor tube has been shortened since the illustrations were drawn. They show a three inch tube. The included tube measured 2 3/4 inches, and as a ...

• Estes Big R2D2 By Peter Clay

  Not being a big Star Wars fan , I would not have sought out an R2D2 model rocket kit. However, my family loves it, and got me an Estes Fifteenth Anniversary R2D2 for Father's Day 1999. This is sort of a goofy rocket, but not completely absurd: R2D2 did fly on occasion in the movies. And, folks, I've had so much fun with this thing that I just had to write about it. The 15th Anniversary ...

• Estes Birdie By Matt Gillard

  ( Contributed - by Matt Gillard - 09/27/09) Brief: A simple clone of the birdie from years ago. It's a badminton shuttlecock with a motor mount tube. Construction: To build you will need: a shuttlecock a small section of BT-5 a 1/2 inch length of launch lug After reading a thread on TRF I decided to build a birdie. The whole process takes about five minutes. ...

• Estes Black Brant II By Erik Turner

    Brief:   This model is a scale model of a Canadian Atmospheric Research Vehicle. It has a single Estes parachute.   Construction was fairly easy, except for one part. In making the motor mount, I made some mistake (can't remember) and had to rip the mount out. I would suggest being careful in making the mount especially when this model is the first friction fit kit you have ...

• Estes Black Brant II By Casey Thomas Bartlett

  Brief: This is a good, clean, single staged rocket which uses an 18" plastic parachute for recovery. Construction: There is a single body tube, with three fins. The construction is very simple, and the design is very basic. The construction was fairly simple with an overall basic design. The Estes instructions were very thorough, and I was not confused at any point. The ...

• Estes Black Diamond (RTF) By Joy Sills

  Brief: The Black Diamond is a single staged LPR that recovers on a streamer. It comes in the "Launchables" (1452) Starter set. The set also includes the Astron Outlaw. The Black Diamond is an easy build that would be great for beginners. Construction: The parts list: 1 Body Tube BT-20 1 Two Piece Nose Cone 1 1/8" Launch Lug 1 Shock Cord ...

• Estes Black Diamond By John Thomas

  The Black Diamond is a renamed Estes Viking rocket that is packaged along with the "Launchables" (1452) Starter set. The set also includes an E2X (easy to build) rocket called the Astron Outlaw, so that beginners can learn the basics before building the Black Diamond. The Black Diamond offers multiple fin configurations by providing five fins cut with dies on cardstock. They can be ...

• Estes BLU-97B Cluster Bomb By Max Handly

  This is Estes new 1:6.4 scale BLU-97B Cluster Bomb. The rocket is fat (2.25") and short (14"). It comes with 4 "cluster bombs" which are small, about 1.5 inches long that get ejected at deployment and streamer to the ground. The kit contains: one body tube two part nose cone (cut in half) two part tail cone (with through the tube slots!) die-cut balsa fins bomblets ...

• Estes BLU-97B Cluster Bomb By Steve Kristal

  Brief: I was doing a rocket launch for Science Day at my kids' school. Since the field was small, I wanted something slow and low. Since the spectators were young, I wanted "something special" and I thought the "spits out nerdlets on streamers" factor would be a big plus. Since I wouldn't have time to reload between classes I knew I would have to build 6 rockets of each type I was launching (the ...

• Estes BLU-97B Cluster Bomb By Carl Tulanko

  The Estes BLU-97B Cluster Bomb Model Rocket Kit is one of four new Estes "Military" kits recently released; a nice salute to our boys overseas. I purchased the kit on August 11, 2003, as soon as I saw the first ones in the store and had it built and flown by the following weekend. I have to say all four of the new Estes kits are pretty cool, but this cluster bomb with its short, stout look ...

• Estes Blue Ninja By Herb Estus

  A E2X series Easy to build kit. The Kit contained: BT60 body tube 12" BT60 body tube 8" PNC-60AH nose cone 1/4" 36" shock cord Engine mount tube 18" plastic parachute engine block 4 plastic fins 2 piece plastic engine mount plastic rear engine mount centering ring Plastic tube coupler with a place to hook shock cord to Instructions where easy to ...

• Estes Blue Ninja By G. A. Dean

  The Blue Ninja is a very basic four-fin rocket in the Estes E2X line, with one special feature, its a big rocket, using 24mm motors. Like all the E2X kits it builds quickly and easily without painting, using plastic parts except for the body tubes. The completed rocket sports a reflective blue finish and a big, powerful look that is a big hit with the younger rocketeers (and some of the older ...

• Estes Blurzz Rocket Race Car By Douglas Gardei

  Brief: Rocket powered Race Car that runs along a 90ft race line. On my last trip to Wal-Mart looking for new Estes kits, I noticed an attractive box on the self for the new Estes Blurzz Rocket Powered Racer. The box had a hologram of the racer in action with a button under it, so I pushed it. The sound of race cars filled the toy section, and the announcer said: Quote: "Race at the ...

• Estes Blurzz Rocket Race Car By Donald Besaw Jr

  A new product for 2003 from Estes is the new Blurzz Rocket Race Car. This is an actual rocket car powered by a special A10-PT (plugged) 13mm black powder rocket motor. It runs down a 90 foot long race line which appears to be a type of tubular nylon and uses a drag chute to stop safely. Each Blurzz Rocket Car comes as a complete setup (similar to a rocket starter set) which includes the ...

• Estes Blurzz Rocket Race Car By Nick Esselman

  Although I don't remember my age, I do remember in my youth building a scratch rocket car. I purchased RC Airplane wheels and used existing rocket tubing. I had 1 wheel on the front and two wide-spread wheels on the back. I eventually launched it on an 18mm motor and the car proceeded to take off forward then commenced to flip, cartwheel, tumble and everything else except stay on the ground. ...

• Estes Blurzz Rocket Race Funny Car By Matt Gillard

  Full Product Name: Blurzz Rocket Race Funny Car With Digital Speedometer I got the new funny car rocket racer solely because it had a speedometer attached. The car is modeled after funny race cars and comes as the car shell only–-you have to have the Blurzz rocket powered race set. I now own two, mainly to race against each other. This review is for the blue car. The car comes ...

• Estes Blurzz Tuner Rocket Race Car By Matt Gillard

  Brief: I obtained two sets of the Estes rocket car tuner sets in a job lot from a rocketeer that was giving up the hobby. The tuner car comes in three different designs and offers something a bit different to the ‘point it at the sky’ rockets that I had been using. Construction: Kit consists of: 1 tuner car 1 base unit that splits into two halves and ...

• Estes Blurzz Tuner Rocket Race Car By Donald Besaw Jr

  Brief: The Estes Blurzz Rocket Tuner Racer is a rocket powered race car with hotrod styling. It uses an A10-PT (plugged) rocket motor, runs down a 90 foot race line and is stopped by a drag chute. Construction: The Blurzz Tuner Racer comes as a starter kit-like setup and includes the race car in one of three paint schemes. The track set includes the carrying handle/drag chute ...

• Estes Bomarc By Andy Hobbs

    This is a clone of the Estes Bt-55 parachute recovery Bomarc. Finished in the Canadian paint scheme. The needed parts consist of: (1)18mm engine mount assembly (1) engine hook (1) bt-55x18" body tube (2) bt-50x6.5" nacelle tubes (2) nacelle tube pylons cut from 1/4" square balsa stock (2) Balsa nacelle cones(bnc-50BA) (2) 1/8x3/8 launch lugs (1) pnc55AO ...

• Estes Broadsword By Mark Tom Stoachowiak

    Brief I picked up my Broadsword at a local hobby shop about 1 year ago for about $40.00 Canadian dollars. I already have a Big Bertha and I saw the the Broadsword and at that moment I wanted it right away thinking that it would fly like the Big Bertha, and it does. The Broadsword is basically a scaled-up Big Bertha designed to take Estes D's and E's. You also might remember the Super ...

• Estes Bull Pup 12D By Doyle Tatum

  (by Doyle Tatum)  I purchased this model about 6 months ago and with the upcoming SoAR Birthday celebration launch (the first rocket to fly at a SoAR launch was a Bull Pup) and the discussion of converting to 24mm, on RMR, I decided to assemble the rocket. I assembled the rocket per the instructions with the following additions and exceptions: I cut a 24mm tube and then sanded the ...

• Estes Bull Pup 12D By Jon Revelle

  Brief: This is a sport scale version of the Air Force's Bullpup Missile. A skill level 2 rocket but not that hard. It has been around for quite a bit now. Construction: The kit comes in either a box or a bag (nowadays it comes in a bag) and mine had all of the parts. You get: Nose Cone Body Tube Sheet of balsa Tail Cone Clay Nose Weight Centering Rings ...

• Estes Bull Pup 12D By Matt Gillard and Chris Fisher

  Matt . The bull pup D12 is a sports scale rocket. I had one that I flew often and lost it on a roof. With the 2010 challenge asking for a duel review, I dusted off two kits from the build pile. Chris Fisher and I are both members of Midland Rocketry and meet up once a month. So he and I both built the kit. Chris . First up I must thank Matt for giving me the kit. Of course I know it's just ...

• Estes Bull Pup 12D By John Yurcina

  Brief This is a very well designed sport scale version of the USAF Bull Pup 12D. You should be able to build this rocket if you have a couple other rockets under your belt. Construction The first thing I noticed was that this model was in a box. Some Estes kits are in flimsy plastic bags, which makes the parts prone to creases and such. I opened up the box, and all the parts were ...

• Estes Bull Pup 12D By Frank Ross

  ( Contributed - by Frank Ross - 11/01/00) Brief: Upsized motor to 24mm. Modifications: The modification is fairly simple. I sanded down the plastic tail cone until the opening was the same as the inner diameter of a BT-50 motor mount tube. I used a BT-50 to BT-55 centering ring for the forward end of the motor mount and epoxied the aft end of the motor mount into the tail cone, being ...

• Estes Bullpup 12D By Rich DeAngelis

  The Estes Bullpup 12D is a sport-scale model of a 30-some year old air-launched guided missile. The real thing came in several varieties that outwardly appear different; the 12D is just one of those types.  The real thing was guided by a "pilot" who remotely steered this missile onto the target. This particular model of the 12D is a relatively small "Alpha" sized rocket, just over a ...

• Estes CATO By Donald Besaw Jr

  The Estes CATO is a model rocket designed to actually break apart in flight. It is an E2X series kit. It is also becoming quite rare. It flies on Estes B and C lower stage booster motors and uses three recovery modes parachute, streamer and tumble. I got my kit from an online auction. The kit arrived in a box rather than a plastic bag. All the components were accounted for and in good shape ...

• Estes CC Express By Jason Vennard

  Brief: This is a new 2002 kit by Estes. It's a four finned, two stage rocket designed and named for the new 24mm Estes C motors. Flies on either the C or D motors with a maximum altitude of 1,700 feet. The kit consists of two body tubes, one for the sustainer section, and a shorter tube for the booster section. Both of these seem to be of better quality, and are stiffer than the other 40 or ...

• Estes Cediming Raider By Geoffrey Kerbel

  (by Geoffrey Kerbel - 07/02/06) Brief: "After numerous suspicious reports from the outer Alpha quadrant, we can now positively state that the Cediming have been using a new style Raider in their attacks at the Outer Rim Space Yard. There have been additional reports of attacks coming from the Outer Rim trading posts as well. Although actual sightings of the new craft have been ...

• Estes Challenger II (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  The Estes Challenger II is another in the line of rockets that uses the fin can that originated with the Enerjet 1340 and is currently available molded in yellow as part of the Estes Eliminator.  The Challenger II is a fairly versatile rocket that can be built to fly on motors from 18mm to 29mm depending on the size of your field.  My field is B6-4 Field, and since they ...

• Estes Challenger-1 By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: The Challenger 1 was an Estes almost ready to fly kits that first appeared in the 1977 catalog. The kit was a fairly generic looking rocket with a plastic nose cone and fin can. The fin can would become one of the more durable in Estes history, popping up on starter kits and stand alone kits several times over the years. According to Barclone's Craig McGraw, some, if not ...

• Estes Chrome Dome By Greg Deeter

  Brief: This is an Estes E2X model rocket that is currently in production and available at retail stores. Construction: This one is the red version with the gold plate fin can, nose cone and decals. This appears to be a revision of the original kit previously reviewed on EMRR as it came with a 2 piece fin can, and with the launch lug already attached to the body tube and shock ...

• Estes Chrome Dome By Chan Stevens

    Eye-catching metallic finish and glitter body tubes make these very attractive rockets, and good values as well. Modifications: Beefed up shock cord. These are your basic E2X series, though they're getting much easier to build. The fin cans are single piece, and even the launch lug is pre-molded to fit right into the tube. What really impressed me about these components, though, ...

• Estes Code Red (RTF) By Shawn Bradley

  A ready to fly kit with a basic rocket that looks cool! A great rocket for beginners. The kit is a starter set and comes with a Code Red rocket (already assembled except for the parachute) and a launcher & ignitor controller. Pros: No construction, except for attaching the parachute! Cons: nose fits on loosely, had to use tape to make tighter. Construction Rating: 5 out of 5 ...

• Estes Code Red (RTF) By Jon Revelle

  Brief: Let me start by saying, DON'T TRUST THIS ROCKET!! But a good starter, don't use a C6-5 though. Construction: The rocket has one tube, no payload. 4 plastic molded one piece fins alredy attached, this is a basic ESTES starter. The design is similar to the ESTES TIDAL WAVE STARTER SET. Works good on B6-4. This is an extremly quick build because CODE RED only needs the ...

• Estes Code Red By Graham Richard

  An RTF kit that, with its red BT and silver fins/nose cone, is, IMO, one of the nicest looking rockets out of the box that you can buy. Components This kit has a plastic all-in-one fin can that can take a free fall a lot better than balsa fins tend to. /h2 Construction is very easy.  Simply tie the parachute and nose cone, to the pre-attached rubber cord.  ...

• Estes Code Red By Michael Branin

  This is a well constructed ready to fly rocket that looks good in the air! 1 - Body Tube 4 - Fins 12in. Parachute Plastic Nose Cone Pro's - Extremely Durable Overall. This rocket came ready to fly. It has a very durable fin assembly. Reflective Body Tube is easy to spot in flight. Quick Descent Con's - Nose cone sits too freely in the body tube. Construction Rating: 5 ...

• Estes Code Red By Mike Salter

  A ready to fly rocket single stage rocket which can take a real beating if it has to. Code Red has a cardboard airframe with molded motor mount which uses a locking ring to secure the motor. Also molded onto the motor mount are four plastic fins. This was a ready to fly rocket so no construction was required except attaching the parachute which was pretty simple. Many have said the nose ...

• Estes Comanche-3 By Greg Dunham

  Brief: Three stage kit with streamer recovery. Construction Being an altitude junkie this kit caught my eye as soon as I saw it. This kit was typical Estes, that is to say it had all of its parts and well thought out instructions. Quality of the parts was good and they all fit well. I got right to construction and other than wishing I had purchased the fin alignment jig the kit was ...

• Estes Comanche-3 By Doyle Tatum

  (by Doyle Tatum)  I built this model per instructions with the following exceptions and comments: Steps 1-3 Tied a piece of Kevlar ® to the motor tube and cut it long enough to reach the top of the body tube (placed a swivel on the end) Steps 4-7 no changes Steps 8-11 Used Estes fin alignment tool (EST 2227). When I build another I will use a CA glue to attach the fins and then ...

• Estes Constellation By Bill Eichelberger

  The Constellation was a common kit on the pegs at Kay-Bee Hobby and JC Penney Toyland, a cool payloader that I almost bought on several occasions, including my first ever rocketry purchase in the summer of 1977.  I bought a Beta that night, mostly because there were four flights per pack of mini engines versus three per pack of regular engines, but I think the Constellation probably ...

• Estes Converter By Steve Lindeman

  The Converter rocket is a collection of four screw together tubes that assemble at the field into a rocket 24" to 40" long. Change the rocket after each launch and record the difference. Components The kit came in a four sided box and plastic bag with the following items:   ♦ 1- Set of Instructions  ♦ 1- Nose Cone PNC-56  ♦ ...

• Estes Corkscrew By Spinal

  (Used, with permission, from Spinal's Fun & Hobbies Page---http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/3913)  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------  Company: Estes  Price: $11.89  Series: BETA  Rating: (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)  Engines: A8-3, B4-4, B6-2, B6-4, B8-5, C6-3, C6-5  Nosecone: Plasic  Engine Mount: Quick Release ...

• Estes Cosmic Cobra By Greg Deeter

  Editor's Note: This review does not consider the helicopter portion of the rocket. This is one of the new ones from Estes. This kit seemed to to yelling "STREAMER" to me. The plastic forward swept fins are strong, and just seem perfect for streamer recovery. So, I took the helicopter parts and put them away for a later day. This reduced the weight, so now my Cosmic Cobra is only 2.4 oz ...

• Estes Cosmic Cobra By David Sindel

  Brief: The Cosmic Cobra is a low power rocket that recovers in 2 pieces: the nose cone returns on helicopter-like blades and the body tube recovers by parachute. Construction: The kit contains: 1 12" yellow body tube 2 piece fin can nose cone with 3 helicopter blades 12" chute This kit was easy to build and took less than one hour to complete. ...

• Estes Cosmic Cobra By Jared Elliott

  Brief: This is an E2X kit single stage with parachute for the body and helicopter recovery for the nosecone. Construction: The kit consists of a pre-molded fin/MMT unit, 12" plastic parachute, single BT-60 tube, and plastic nose cone. This is an easy kit to assemble. Instructions are straightforward and easy to follow. Assembly can take between 30 minutes or so, depending on ...

• Estes Cosmic Cobra By Bill Eichelberger

  The Cosmic Cobra is a combination parachute/helicopter recovery rocket. The nose cone ejects and returns via a rubber band actuated, 3 blade rotor system while the rest of the rocket returns by the more conventional parachute method. While the Cosmic Cobra model itself is new, the idea isn’t, having been done previously by the Estes Heliocopter and HeliCat.   In true E2X ...

• Estes Cosmic Cobra By Ed Rodrigo

• Estes Cosmic Cobra By Wendy Hartmann

  Launched five times successfully after packing modification. Components Parachute would not deploy if I packed it how the directions indicated.  Instead of folding the parachute down to the bottom I folded it in half two more times to makea narrow triangle shape.  Then I tucked this long version in the blades attached to the nose cone.  The end of the parachute ...

• Estes Cosmic Explorer By Jonathan Burton

  A very nice, sturdy, solid, and pretty looking rocket. This kit is based off of the Centuri Centurion. Its skill level is 1, but it was a challenging build for me regardless. It was the first one that I had to sand, cut, and do specific detailing like fillets and proper fin alignment. This kit was made for performance since the components featured in it are a lot more sturdy and solid than ...

• Estes Cosmic Interceptor By Mike Caplinger

  The Estes Interceptor, designed by Wayne Kellner and originally introduced in 1971, was perhaps the most iconic model rocket of its era.  The kit was produced for 9 years and is fondly remembered by a generation of BARs (I had one but if I recall correctly never had the courage to fly it, it was just too pretty!)  In 2008, after a dry spell of 28 years, Estes re-released both the ...

• Estes Cosmik Debris (Plan) By Bill Eichelberger

  ( Contributed - by Bill Eichelberger - 03/29/07) Brief: While never officially offered as an Estes product or even produced as a plan sheet, the Cosmik Debris is still by some stretch of the imagination an Estes rocket, albeit one with something of a Centuri flair. No actual plans exist for the rocket, but it's very possible that most BAR's have paged past it while on a visit over ...

• Estes Cosmos Mariner By Bruce Canino

  Brief: The Estes Cosmos Mariner is a 1:67 scale version of the Lone Star Space Access team rocket plane for the X-Prize. It is a single stage D12-3 power glider with pop-pod on 18" parachute recovery. Construction: 1 main body tube with 24mm pop-pod insert. The pop-pod have centering rings that fit the body tube and 4 heavy washers for nose weight on boost. Flat wing glider ...

• Estes Cosmos Mariner By Chan Stevens

  This X-Prize scale rocket showed good potential and an intriguing stealthy boost glider design, but save your money though, as it's a real clunker for flight. Parts list includes: BT-55 fuselage tube BT-50 motor tube/pod tube Laser cut fins Molded plastic upper and lower halves Plastic display nozzles/nozzle base 18" plastic chute Assorted centering rings and ...

• Estes Crossbow SST By Stephen Morrow

  Brief: This is a very small, futuristic looking rocket. Overall the kit is pretty good, it is just tiny. Construction: The kit comes with two body tubes, one of which is the motor mount, a tube coupler, engine block, engine hook, balsa fins and nose cone, water slide decals, rubber shock cord, and an eye hook for the nose cone. When I first bought this model it was in a ...

• Estes Crossbow SST By John Bergsmith

  Brief: Estes labels the Crossbow has a basic builder series, simple to glue and paint, Intergalactic Cruiser, and flies up to 1600 feet. Overall it's a neat looking rocket when completed. Construction: The nose cone included is balsa which is a welcome change over the plastic cone. The body tubes are excellent quality, and the fins are laser cut. My laser cut sheet was very ...

• Estes Cruise Missile (RTF) By Bubba Sligar

  Brief: This rocket, like its older Estes and Centuri brothers, is based on the AGM-86 A.L.C.M. Cruise Missile. Although it isn't 18mm, it sure get's up there! (Estes should have made it 18mm, trade-off in a RTF world.) Construction: This is a Ready-to-Fly model. The only thing that I would CON about it is that the shock cord wasn't long enough, and that the 13mm motor wasn't ...

• Estes Cruise Missile (RTF) By Eric Truax

  Single stage, all plastic rocket with the screw on plastic back to hold the motor in. The rocket is all plastic, with the standard elastic shock cord. 3 molded fins. Construction is really straight forward. The only bug in the ointment I had is that my kit came as a 2 set with a Maverick Missile. I bought the kit at Wal-Mart and the whole thing was under 8 dollars. It's made of a plastic ...

• Estes Cruise Missile By Chan Stevens

  I'm almost ashamed to admit having an RTF in my fleet, but this rocket actually looks pretty cool and flies much better than any other RTF I've seen lately. With a half-off coupon and already owning everything else in the store, I just couldn't walk away empty handed and picked this up for about $6. The rocket is all plastic, with "menacing" decals already applied and a 12" chute. ...

• Estes Curvilinear By John A

  Estes Curvilinear is a basic kit with one challenge.  Getting the fins in place without breaking them is difficult at best as they are extremely fragile until the ring is glued in place.  The remainder of the kit is straight forward.    /h2 As mentioned, the fins are the only real issue during the build. After breaking the first fin during installation I ...

• Estes D-Region Tomahawk (2037) By John R. Brandon III

  Nice single-staged one-fifth scale model of the Thiokol D-Region Tomahawk sounding rocket. KIt was made up of two long body tubes, a plastic nose cone with nice detailing, a plastic fin can, four plastic fins, a long stuffer motor mount tube, two plastic 5mm launch lugs, a twist-lock motor retainer, a plastic detail piece representing the prototype launch lug, a long rubber-band shock cord, a ...

• Estes D.A.R.T. By Bill Eichelberger

  Sometimes a kit arrives in the mail and you immediately question the state of mind you were in when you bought it.  The Estes D.A.R.T. was that kit for me.  Picked up in an Ebay deal, I swear I have no idea what would have possessed me to even think of buying such an odd looking rocket.  The D.A.R.T. is a pretty standard 3fnc rocket hindered by a paint scheme that makes ...

• Estes Dagger By Andy Hobbs

  The Dagger is an E2X skill level 1 kit from Estes and, a "cousin" to the Rampage and Bandit kits. It's a single stage payload rocket with parachute recovery. Modifications: Recovery system, as described below. The components consisted of: 1) bt-1090(1.09")x11" body tube 1) bt-1090(1.09")x6" payload tube 1) nc-1090 nose cone 1) plastic tube coupler 1) plastic shock cord ...

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• Estes Deluxe Super Shot - Screw Machine By Greg Deeter

  This is a new Estes rocket that comess as a whole kit including launch pad, controller and (2) engines. I found it at Wal-Mart for $20 and could not pass up such a good price. This comes with: a very detailed instruction sheet with pictures. The instructions call it a "Deluxe Super Shot / Screw Machine". Plastic nose cone (4) body tubes screw couplers plastic engine mount ...

• Estes Deluxe Super Shot - Screw Machine By Lewis K

  6 piece rocket that can be customized in length and fin shape. As a newcomer to model rocketry I have broken and lost many rockets and equipment. One RTF that caught my eye was the Super Shot Deluxe Screw Machine by Estes. I needed a new launch pad so I decided to purchase it. $19 at the local Wal-mart was quite a steal as the retail is around $40. The rocket is a little short of 4 feet tall ...

• Estes Der Red Max (KC-2) By David O'Nan

  Old skill level 2 Estes kit that was introduced in 1971 as a Citation Series kit and continued in production through 1986. Always wanted one back in my first incarnation as a rocketeer, and decided to clone one when I came across an old Mean Machine nose cone. Using that cone and my "bin-o-parts" made cloning the kit a snap. Instructions (downloaded from JimZ) were typical Estes in quality ...

• Estes Der Red Max By Todd Mullin

  Brief: Undt zo! Dis es das refew of der Estes Der Red Max rockutt kit! Undt now, you vill read itt und you vill find it ver-r-ry interesting! Yahvohl! Dat ist as order! Another classic kit recently re-released by Estes with some modernization. The Red Max retains its zany fun graphics and original flight characteristics while getting improvements like laser cut fins and a skull ...

• Estes Der Red Max By Douglas Gardei

  Brief: Re-release of a classic Estes rocket! Includes a cool pre-assembled pirate skull 18" parachute! My first memory of the Der Red Max was a little over twenty years ago. I was between the age of 6 and 8, and my grandfather had given me $20 for my birthday. My parents took me to a mall and I was in Kay-Bee Toy and Hobbies. I was trying to find something to spend my money ...

• Estes Der Red Max By Matthew D.

• Estes Der V3 By Frank Casey

  Brief: This is an OOP Estes Kit made from 1987-1989. I purchased it on eBay for 25 dollars. This is a four fin rocket that spoofs the V-2 with comical decals and witty descriptions like Der Fin Wiggler, Der Ender Vots Upper, and Der Lugsfer Launchen. Construction: The parts list is short including a nose cone, body tube, stuffer tube, retainer tube, spacer tube, launch ...

• Estes Design of the Month Space Freighter (Plan) By Dwayne Surdu-Miller

  This is a nifty "Rearward Ejection Payloader" design by Scott Amundson. It won an Estes Design of the Month Contest in 1968, published as Estes Industries Rocket Plan Number 54 in Model Rocketry News . Required parts include: 1 Plastic Payload Tube, 1" dia. (BT-50), 4" long 1 Nose Cone, PNC-50, 4" long (Quest) 1 Balsa Nose Block, fits in BT-50, 1" long 1 Body Tube, BT-50, ...

• Estes Dragonite By John Lee

  Brief: The Dragonite is a simple, EX2 rocket with an equally simple 3FNC design. It requires only the simplest of assembly and recovers under a 12" chute. I bought this kit for my step-son hoping to get him interested in rocketry. He was 15 at the time and chose this one because he liked the color scheme. The rocket is long gone now and I am doing this review from memory ...

• Estes Dragonite By Dillon Frazier

  Basic equipment. Doesn't include launch pad, ignitor, or engines. Does include decals, 12-inch parachute, and three fins. Easy and fun to make (takes about 20 minutes). Components The fins and nose cone are plastic. Fins easily snap on. Body tube is re-inforced cardboard. Shock cord is rubber. 16 inches tall, 1.33 diameter, 1.8 ounces. /h2 Very easy to install. ...

• Estes E-Pod By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand - 10/16/08) Brief: This is a 100% kitbash of the Estes stormcaster, so I'm calling it a "scratch" build. I cut up the parts of the C-D powered stormcaster to create an E-powered tubefin (it also flies on C-D motors). "E-Pod" is a continuation (downward) of the H-Pod/I-Pod/J-Pod/K-Pod series of "extreme stubby" tubefin ...

• Estes EAC Viper By John Lee

  Brief: OOP, 13mm, parachute recovery, Skill Level 1 4FNC. A while back, I found an advertisement for an Estes Aerospace Club Viper kit on eBay. Not knowing anything about it except that I did not have one, I put in a token bid. Nobody else did so I got it. It arrived and seemed to be intact. In looking over the instructions, I learned that originally the purchaser would be ...

• Estes Eagle Boost Glider By Joe Policy

  The Estes Eagle Rocket Boosted Glider is an easy to build E2X level rocket that is fun to build and even more fun to fly. The kit includes: BT-20 Engine Tube with Eagle decal already applied Engine block Engine hook 12" boom Red plastic nose cone with insert 2 pieces clay weight 1 large and 1 small steel ball for glider cone weight Rubber shock cord 30" ...

• Estes Echo (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  The Echo was one of those rockets that Estes seemed to produce as catalog filler in the mid-80's.  Unless you were looking for a very specific color or style of 3fnc bird, there was a good chance you'd look this one over, but it was more than it appeared.  As a minimum diameter rocket for 18mm engines, the Echo would very likely scream to great heights with the rounded, ...

• Estes Echostar Modification (Modification) By Neil Thompson

  I made the Echostar into a fun sport rocket by doing the following: Removed the lower stage Removed the body tube adaptor Made it a little longer Removed the fins on the upper part of the sustainer Modifications: I scrapped those fins that are on the very top, took out the adaptor and second stage, added an extra length of tube, and found a new way to attach the shock cord: I ...

• Estes Echostar By Anthony Brohan

    Brief: Nice staged rocket, low power, parachute is too big, but a GOOD design. There were four body tubes and a payload section that was WAY to small. There were three sets of four fins (hard for a little kid). The instructions were easy (why is it Skill Level 3?). Illustrations I don't know about. I did not really follow the assembly order but it still flew okay. The multiple ...

• Estes Echostar By Dan Doleiden

  A two staged low power payloader with through-the-wall fin alignment and 3 sets of fins (booster, sustainer, canard fins). There was one main slotted body tube, one small tube that goes on top of the plastic transition, and one booster tube. there were two sheets of die cut balsa fins, nosecone, decals, shock cord, parachute, centering rings, and motor mount. The instructions were ...

• Estes Echostar By Wade DePalma

  This is a medium sized rocket from Estes which I bought because I thought it looked really cool. It is my first multi-staged rocket and I'm happy that it had a payload section to go alone with that. The Echostar uses an 18mm motor mount and an 18in parachute. The rocket uses typical Estes components although there is no motor hook. Its main body tube and booster tube are BT-55s. Its upper ...

• Estes Echostar By Sean Guzek

  Brief: A complicated Estes 2-stage payload rocket. Construction: The booster consists of: 1 3.25" BT-55 body tube 1 Tube connector for BT-55 2 BT-55 to BT-20 centering rings 1 3.25" 18mm motor mount tube 1 1/8" Thick sheets balsa with die cut fins The sustainer consists of: 2 1/8" Thick sheets balsa with die cut fins 1 Estes ...

• Estes Eggscaliber By Ed Rodrigo

  Estes latest egg lofting rocket - Eggscaliber 002123 Dual parachute recovery 12 and 18 inch chutes Capable of using a wide range of engines B4-2 , B6-2 , C6-3 , C11-3, D12-3 Skill level 2 Components 20-inch rocket with a 34 mm BT-55 body, great looking transparent egg capsule, and two pre-assembled 12 and 18 inch 'chutes.  Main body tube ...

• Estes Eggscaliber By John R. Brandon III

  Brief: Estes' latest egglofter...single-stage single-motor with an ENORMOUS range of power options and a classy clear egg capsule. Construction: The kit consists of the egg capsule, a very heavy 24mm body tube, an 18mm adapter, a pair of long motor-retainer clips (suitable for Estes' blackpowder "E" motors), a heavy ring to reduce the motor mount length inside ...

• Estes Eggscaliber By Jesse

  Brief: This is Estes new egg launcher with dual parachute recovery. The main body is the 24mm motor mount with a 18mm adapter. It is said to fly on every thing from a B4-2 to a E9-4. It comes with two parachutes a 12 and a 18 inch standard ready to use plastic chutes. Construction: The kit comes with one body tube and a heavy duty egg nose cone with rubber egg cushion, 2 E ...

• Estes Eliminator XL Launch Set By Chris Flanigan

  Large D / E size kit that flies very well Components Plastic fins Three section tubes that screw together Plastic nose cone /h2 Builds quick. Almost ready to fly. Finishing Stickers are already installed. Construction Score: 4 Flight Flew straight. Came down too slow with the stock parachute so we switched to a nylon 12" ...

• Estes Eliminator XL By Moe Bertrand

• Estes Eliminator By Donald Besaw Jr

  New "E" motor high altitude sport rocket. Single staged, parachute recovery. I do believe that this is the old Maniac rocket with new colors, a new name, and a new motor mount to accommodate the E9 motor. The kit included the motor mount tube, block, adapter for D motors, centering rings, hook, two purple BT-56 body tubes, coupler, launch lug, standoff, yellow fin can, shock ...

• Estes Enduring Freedom Patriot M104 By Joseph Michel

  Estes Enduring Freedom M-104 Patriot Missile. Modified recovery system and motor mount. Modifications: I modified the stock kit to accept a 24MM motor tube. This was accomplished using a rotary tool and 50-grit sanding drum to open up the stock centering ring to accept the 24MM tube. Once the centering rings were fitted to the motor tube, I also modified the motor hook. I never much cared for ...

• Estes Enduring Freedom Patriot M104 By Jon Revelle

  A beautiful remake of the M-104 Patriot missile from Estes. This pup was re-released because of our recent victory over seas. This kit is un-assembled and comes with: 2 white body tubes 1 short yellow tube 1 nose cone 4 balsa fins 1 motor mount tube 1 mylar ring 2 engine tube holder rings 1 shockcord, parachute and shockcord mount 2 decal sheets PROS: ...

• Estes Enduring Freedom Patriot M104 By Carl Tulanko

  Brief:  The Estes MK-104 Patriot Missile rocket kit is one of four new Estes "Military" kits and a very popular kit at the flying field. I purchased the Patriot along with the other three kits and the version I built was the "Launchable" kit in the hard-shell pack from Meijers. It is a very colorful model, appears pretty sturdy, and flies on 18mm motors. Included with the kit is an ...

• Estes Enduring Freedom Patriot M104 By Dave Stout

  This is a single-staged, standoff-scale model of a Patriot test round. Other reviewers have done excellent breakdowns on the kit contents, so I will not repeat them here. However, one change is that my Patriot came with the new, cheap rubber band shock cord. This was immediately canned! The Patriot is a decent model in stock form. The majority of the components are good quality stuff and ...

• Estes EROC-001-SR | Mystery Unit 2011 By Ed Rodrigo

• Estes Excelsior Stellar Transport By Glenn Roth

  ( Contributed - by Glenn Roth - 01/27/09) Brief: I combined components of two rockets for my creation I call: Excelsior Stellar Transport. What's unique about Excelsior is made from a Quest Quasar and Estes Cosmic Cobra. It has a "flow thru" body with motor and parachute in the outer pod. After much configuration, finally got it to fly to about 100ft, then it went ...

• Estes Executioner By Hank Helmen

  This is a single stage "E" engine, three fin rocket built for parachute recovery. The Executioner kit includes one 65mm body tube made of wrapped cardboard. There are three pre-cut plywood fins. A 24mm engine mount and centering rings are included, as well as an E engine spring clip motor retainer. The shock cord supplied is 1/4" rubber band material. The nose cone hollow molded plastic. A ...

• Estes Executioner By Frank Casey

  This is a large 24mm through the wall fin rocket put out by Estes. It utilizes the standard elastic shock cord and plastic parachute system that Estes is well known for, which in this case isn't the best option for this particular rocket. More on that later. The components are of good quality. The instructions are well written and in logical order. I found the construction of this ...

• Estes Executioner By Donald Besaw Jr

  New "E" motor rocket from Estes. This is a big rocket at 3 feet tall and 2.6 inches in diameter. It has a single 24mm motor mount and uses a 24 inch parachute for recovery. Flights to 600 feet are possible. The kit came in one of Estes' infamous plastic bags. The kit included the body tubes, motor mount tube, coupler, centering rings, spacer for D motors, launch lugs, retention hook, plywood ...

• Estes Exoskell By Tony Fragge

  Brief: This weird sci-fi model rocket launches into the air and at ejection returns to earth in two parts. The sustainer returns using a 12" parachute while the pod carrying a little alien extends it legs and descends on an 18" parachute. The kids at the launch love to watch it. Within the colorful box the parts were undamaged.  Parts included:  1 large green body tube ...

• Estes Explorer Aquarius By Les Bradshaw

  This is an OOP "Sci Fi" rocket that can still sometimes be found. It consists of a main body tube surrounded by 18 "storage pods". It has an unusual plastic nose cone. Estes defines it as "Galaxy Class craft used in exploration of distant star systems". Estes indicated that it is skill level 4. The rocket consists of a main body tube with three sets of 6 tubes attached around the main tube to ...

• Estes Explorer Aquarius By John Lee

  Brief: Futuristic, Sci Fi, Transport, Parachute Recovery, 24mm motor mount. The Explorer Aquarius is to my mind one of the nicest looking rockets to have come from Estes. Something about the design says to me, "this could really happen". I scored mine from eBay and was too intimidated to start it for a long time. Now the time has come and I opened it up. It looks to be ...

• Estes F-22 Air Superiority Fighter By Kevin Johnson

  Foam glider w/booster. Kit includes: 1 NC55 2 BT-55 tubes 4 1/16 balsa fins 18mm motor mount 18 inch parachute Foam glider kit Self adhesive decals Bought a couple of these kits a while ago from Discount Rocketry. Booster construction is pretty standard. The fins have tabs to impart a roll for stability on boost. The glider is all foam and has 5 parts: w ...

• Estes Fat Boy (2-Stage) By Stan McKiernan

  ( Contributed - by Stan McKiernan - 04/24/08) Brief: I added a booster with gap staging for my stock Fat Boy. Modifications: The Fat Boy was built stock. For the Booster, the engine mount was assembled in the usual manner. The aft centering ring is flush with the tube end. 1/4" vent holes were punched in both centering rings. The coupler extends into the susta ...

• Estes Fat Boy to Upscale Star Snoop By Bill Eichelberger

  ( Contributed - by Bill Eichelberger) Brief: The Gooneybird series was a collection of six cartoonish rockets produced by Estes back in the mid-70's, presumably after someone spiked the water cooler. Judging by the instructions, the series was aimed at either fairly young rocketeers, or those suffering from acid flashbacks. While looking through JimZ's plan archive I noticed an unnatural ...

• Estes Fat Boy By Nick Esselman

  Then there's THE Fat Boy . Maybe not the original, but Estes is the one that trademarked the name. This is the third 2.6" sport kit that I have reviewed for comparison sake. The Fat Boy is the shortest of the kits reviewed, being only 12.9" tall and weighing 3 ounces. See my 2.6" Stubby Rocket Comparison Page The kit comes with an 8" single body tube and 3.875" plastic nose cone (the ...

• Estes Fat Boy By Eric Miller

  I received a Estes Fat Boy as a Christmas gift from my wife Lisa. The Fat Boy is an Estes Beta (Beginner) series rocket. This kit was packaged in plastic with a cardboard picture of the rocket. It probably cost around $15.00. All the parts were included and none were damaged. I think Estes has some of the best instructions on the market (I like pictures). The kit contains a plastic nose cone, ...

• Estes Fat Boy By Jon Revelle

  Brief: This is a fun little stubby rocket that used to be manufactured by Estes. 2005 was its last year of production. Construction: The Fat Boy is a fairly simple to build rocket that comes in a bag with: BT-80 Body Tube PNC80 (Round type) Nose Cone Sheet of Balsa Wood with pre-cut fins 18mm Size Motor Mount materials Decals Shock Cord (short, as usual) ...

• Estes Fat-Ass-Tron Sprint (Modification) By Kevin Johnson

  My own version of the DESCON 5 2nd place winner . Standard Fat Boy kit contents with a 2 inch paper boat-tail and a long BT-50 motor tube to handle the Estes E9 motors. Made 3 Sprint-like elliptical fins with TTW tabs to take advantage of the Fat Boy's fin slots. I wanted to fly the F-A-T Sprint at my local field so I modified the design as posted to use a 24mm motor mount. The schematics ...

• Estes Fire Streak By Spinal

  (Reprinted, with permission from Spinal's Fun & Hobbies Page---http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/3913)  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------  Company: Estes  Price: $11.89  Series: BETA  Rating: (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)  Engines: 1/2A6-2, A8-3, A8-5, B4-4, B4-6, B6-4, B6-6, B8-5, C5-3, C6-3, C6-5  Nosecone: Plastic  ...

• Estes Firebird By Ken Tsai

  - by Mike Goss The Estes Firebird is your basic four-fins-and-a-nose-cone sport rocket. It stands almost two feet tall and uses a BT-55 (about 1.3") diameter body tube. Construction Rating: 5 out of 5(Simple and straightforward) The Firebird came in the usual plastic bag with the colorful graphics on the front. (Note to Estes: Why do you print on the back of the bag ...

• Estes Firebird By Ken Tsai

  Brief: This is a father/son dual build. Up to this point, I've been helping him build his rockets. We started with me doing most of the building, and him as an extra pair of hands. Over the course of 3-4 builds, he's been doing more and more, and the roles are reversing where I'm becoming the extra hands. I found a couple of Firebirds for relatively cheap, and so we're building these in ...

• Estes Fireflash By Patrick Byrnes

  Brief: This is an over three feet high E2X series rocket with a parachute recovery. Construction: This rocket came in a box that protected all pieces required in building this kit. This kit can be built in about 1 hour because there is no painting involved and the fins are plastic. The directions were very easy to follow and at no time was this kit hard to build. All of the ...

• Estes Firehawk By Donald Besaw Jr

  Brief: This is a new 2004 release from Estes. It is an E2X series rocket that can be built in an hour or less. It flies on mini motors up to 500 feet and uses a parachute for recovery. Construction: The kit came in a plastic bag with header card and consists of a minimal amount of components. The kit included:- 2 motor mount/fin sections 2 retension caps 1 ...

• Estes Firehawk By Bill Eichelberger

  This is a stock Estes Firehawk (the BT-60 based version) with a 3x18mm cluster in place of the standard single 18mm engine. The Firehawk was an auction win from eBay and was initially purchased with an eye toward using the nose cone to clone a National Aerospace Plane. That all changed after I realized what a unique looking bird the Firehawk was and that it was BT-60 based and would lend ...

• Estes Firestorm By Philip Wentz

  One of several ARF (Almost Ready to Fly) kits offered by Estes, the Firestorm is a great rocket for beginners as well as those looking for a quick-building craft to use at small fields. Its fins are reminiscent of a Nike sounding rocket, giving it a sturdy and utilitarian look. It can also be fitted with a booster (sold separately) to make it two-stage capable. Components The ...

• Estes Firestreak SST By Karl Kalbaugh

  A very simple ARF rocket. Plastic snap together construction. This would make an excellent first rocket for younger rocketeers or for a low altitude demo. Inner body tube: Paper. External airframe is plastic. Fins: four pre-screen printed with art. Motor mount: intnerior small paper tube. Also houses the streamer and engine. Nose cone: also plastic. Snaps together like the rest ...

• Estes Firestreak SST By Chris Tarpley

  This rocket from Estes is a "Simple Snap Together" kit that can be quickly assembled and flown. It is a single stage, streamer recovery rocket. There are few pieces to this rocket. There are two body tube halves, one motor tube, four fins, nose cone, shock cord, motor retainer and streamer. I purchased this rocket one Saturday morning to cure boredom. I was looking for a small, ...

• Estes Firestreak SST By John A

  Estes Firestreak SST is part of Estes snap together line.  These are simple plastic body, plastic fin and nose cone rockets that are designed to go together in a matter of minutes and get you out on the field flying. Overall it is a pretty nice kit.  I can't leave anything alone so I went ahead and made some tweaks during assembly.  While this kit isn't perfect, it will get ...

• Estes Flash By Peter Fetzer

  I got this rocket at Zany Brainy for $9.99. I thought it was a cool rocket and I was right. It has a sparkled payload section that makes it stand out. Everyone has one or two rockets that they consider reliable and the Flash and the Alpha 3 are mine. This rocket is an E2X kit and is easy to build. I built it in an hour and a half (I was extra careful because it was the second rocket I owned) ...

• Estes Flash By Eric Miller

  My wife gave me the Estes Flash as a retirement gift from my second job.  The Flash is one of Estes E2X tm (Almost Ready to Fly tm) kits and has a prismatic payload section. This translates to fast assembly and no painting. I haven't informed my wife that I really don't like E2X kits. Tell a wife bearing a rocket as a gift you don't like it.....I don't think so. I do, however, I do, ...

• Estes Flutter-By By Bill Eichelberger

  The Flutter-By is an Estes reproduction of a classic Centuri kit.  It's a two-piece rocket with break apart recovery, and seemed to be a perfect kit to take along for an afternoon of B6-4 Field flying.  I picked mine up during the Great Christmas Sale of 2013, almost as an afterthought.  (The price was give-away cheap.)  Although it was an afterthought, it was the first ...

• Estes Flutter-By By Tom Markel

  Brief The Flutter-By is a stubby, futuristic rocket with an uncommon, two-piece tumble recovery method. Components Good quality balsa.  Easyto separate the parts, including the strakes. Nice large green adapter ring to slide the lower fin unit into the body. Typical engine hook. Construction Well-designed kit. Overall good instructions. A few modifications are ...

• Estes Flying Jenny (Plan) By Ted Phipps

  The Flying Jenny is a bi-wing glider whose plans were published by Estes in their Model Rocket News. Thanks to Jim Z’s archive, you can get them here . I've built two Jenny's, the first was lost on the roof of a local school, while the second is still going strong after 14 flights. Construction Built mostly from balsa sheet, construction is simple and the design has proven to be ...

• Estes Flying Jenny (Plan) By Mike Salter

  After seeing the earlier Flying Jenny review I decided I'd build a Flying Jenny. Originally it was just to use up some of the scrap materials I had lying around. Most of the construction is balsa but also is a short length of BT-20, launch lug, and nose cone. I had all of this lying in my scrap box. The plans were much more compact than the instructions we see from Estes now, yet ...

• Estes Flying Stovepipe (Plan) By Yitah Wu

  A really neat idea, found at JimZ's plans.  I hope to have pix soon.  The concept is to have a boost-glider where the glider portion is like one of those ZZZylo (SP?) flying cylinders.  The glider is made of a length of BT101 with extra material on one end.  The booster section is like the old Scout, while the massive glider makes the whole thing look like a Streak on ...

• Estes Free Fall Starter Set (Other Product) By Michael St Laurent

  This big colorful rocket ejects a skydiver with parachute at apogee! A separate parachute recovers the rocket booster while the nose cone tumbles to earth by streamer. A somewhat good starter set by Estes. Comes with a controller, launch pad, rocket, and C6-5 engines. The rocket had a payload section that was pathetic. It came with a army man on a parachute to put inside. The shock cord was ...

• Estes Galactic Taxi By Charlaine Cadence Nordin

  Brief: This is an Estes exotic rocket from 1983 with a 12" parachute recovery. Construction: Materials are: BT-50 body tube Plastic Alpha style nose cone 12" Parachute BT-20 x 3 for motor mount engine hook (3) toothpicks (2) sheets cardstock for printed templates Launch lug 24" 1/8 shock cord (2) sheets balsa ...

• Estes GBU-24 Paveway III By Carl Tulanko

  The Estes GBU-24 Paveway Model Rocket Kit is one of four new Estes "Military" kits recently released and is by far the most unique of the group. I purchased all four kits as soon as I saw them in the store and had it built and flown in no time. It's an 18mm kit with a fantastic look and great flight characteristics which made it a "must have" for my silo. You can purchase either the bagged or ...

• Estes GBU-24 Paveway III By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 11/21/03) Brief: This is a semi-scale model of the GBU-24 Paveway III laser guided bomb. It flies on 18mm motors and recovers under a 12" chute. You can find more info on the actual bomb [here] . Construction: One BT-55, 10 7/8" long Plastic tail cone/adapter (separated during construction) Two BT-20 tubes, 5" long ...

• Estes Gemini DC By Tai Fu

  Dual rear deployment parachute. The construction is good, because it has TTW fins, which means it is stronger than the other ones, also you don't have to worry about the fin alignment because the slot has done that for you. You just need to make sure that air can flow freely to the 2 parachute pods otherwise this rocket will lawn dart!!! You can always forget about the parachute pod and ...

• Estes Gemini DC By Alex Rothchild

  Brief: The Estes Gemini DC is dual parachute, lawn dart ready single stage rocket with two side pods housing the chutes. It uses a 1/8 inch launch lug and has a single 18mm motor mount. The Gemini DC has four swept back balsa fins. Construction: The components used in this rocket are top quality. The parts list is: 1 BT-50 main body tube, slotted with vent holes 1 ...

• Estes Gemini DC By George Pluck

• Estes Gemini DC By George Pluck

  The Estes Gemini DC features twin 'chute deployment from the rear of two attached side pods.  Though much maligned, it's a very cool kit Components Three tubes, one main and two for the side pods Balsa fins mount through the main tube Plastic nose cones My kit came with an extra engine clip as well as the usual Estes components. ...

• Estes Gemini DC By Mike Goss

  I had often looked at this kit and wondered how those twin parachutes would work. I found out one day when a friend launched his and had only one chute deployed. The recovery was a little hard on the rocket and broke one of the pods off the side of the rocket. Reading the other reviews, I have learned that this is the rule and not the exception for this rocket. I determined that my rocket would ...

• Estes Generic E2X By Bill Eichelberger

  Once available only in a bulk pack, the Estes Generic E2X has recently been released as a stand-alone kit.  I don't have much interest in E2X kits, but on occasion I build one to have an idea how tough it might be for a group build.  Recently I was in Hobby Lobby, in the mood to build something and armed with my trusty 40% off coupon.  I saw nothing that would even ...

• Estes Generic E2X By Jon Revelle

  Very simple, easy rocket available only through a bulk pack. I managed to get one unassembled from a friend. This one has a Pepsi theme to it. There are nine parts to this kit: 1 NC50 nose cone 1 BT-50 body tube 1 plastic fin can 1 12" parachute 1 shock cord 1 sheet of decals 1 green long engine ring 1 small engine block 1 engine hook (standard length) ...

• Estes Geo Sat LV By John Lee

  Brief: This rocket is an 18mm single stage NASA-esque satellite booster that has a clear payload bay with satellite and parachute recovery, It is OOP. I found this kit on eBay and probably payed way too much for what I got, but I liked the looks of it. Estes rates it as a skill level 4 so that will make it, by reputation anyway, the most complicated rocket I have done yet. ...

• Estes Giardian By Jeff Lane

  ( Contributed - by Jeff Lane - 07/03/05) Brief: This is a kit bash of two Estes Guardian kits into a clustered rocket with ducted ejection and a parasite glider. The name is a little joke: giardia are parasites. Modifications: PDF attached for the glider. I left mine naked. The front mount is a launch lug from the kits, the rear mount is a piece of 1/2" x 1" balsa ( ...

• Estes Gnark By Duane Boldt

  ( Contributed - by Duane Boldt - 11/08/09) Brief: This is a Stage Bash that was used as an entry for the 2009 EMRR Challenge. This 2-Stage rocket was created from an Estes Gnome kit and Estes Quark kit. Construction: The following parts from the two kits were used: 1 Gnome plastic fin and launch lug set 1 plastic nose cone from Gnome 1 elastic shock cord from Gnome ...

• Estes Gnome to Double Gnome By Chris Taylor Jr.

  Double-Gnome ( Contributed - by Chris Taylor)  Years ago I got the Gnome rocket (white).  Good little rocket . . . sturdy and easy to build. Very fast off the pad, too.  Then years past and I got my hands on the new E2X Gnome (silver).  Same rocket but I personally likes that cute Gnome decal from the original verison. I eventually got bored with them and they sat ...

• Estes Gnome By Anthony Cooper

  (Reprinted with permission from from Spinal's Fun & Hobbies Page---http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/3913)  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------  Company: Estes  Price: $5.29  Series: E2X  Rating: (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)  Engines: 1/2A3-2T, 1/2A3-4T, A3-4T, A10-3T  Nosecone: Plastic  Engine Mount: Quick Release Engine ...

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• Estes Goblin (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: By the early '70s, the Estes catalog had expanded from its Astron roots to the point that it pretty well covered the whole range of the model rocketry spectrum. The available rockets ranged from unique scale birds such as the Pershing 1A and the Nike-Ajax, to now legendary futuristic kits like the Orbital Transport, Interceptor and Mars Lander. Another segment that Estes began to ...

• Estes Goblin By David Fergus

  Brief: OOP for many years, a single Stage, light streamer recovery, D engine mount, 4FNC rocket. This kit was provided as a free bonus by Estes if an order exceeded a certain amount. one BT-55 body tube, balsa nosecone, 4 balsa fins from BFS-40 fin stock (fins cut from a provided pattern, not pre-cut most of the way like they are now), D engine mount, crepe paper streamer and rubber shock ...

• Estes Goliath/Spitfire Starter Set (Other Product) By Ted Phipps

  This starter set contains an Estes Port-a-pad, a Launch Controller, three engines, and two rocket kits; the Goliath and the Spitfire. Everything comes packaged in plastic bags inside a cardboard box you can use as a light-duty field-box.  The Port-a-pad must be assembled, a trivial job, and then stickers applied to it and the launch controller. You will need to buy 4 AA batteries for the ...

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• Estes Goonball XL5 By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 06/15/09) Brief: This Goony version of the Fireball XL5 sci-fi model is based on the Estes SpaceShipOne kit. This kit, which I buy at Michael's crafts with 50% off coupons, is now my favorite kit to bash. Modifications: The modifications included replacing the stock fins, replacing the stock recovery system, and modifying the ...

• Estes Goonybird Sky Shriek By Bill Eichelberger

    I shortened the body tube to the Goonybird standard 5" (BT-60R) and switched from 13mm power to 18mm power. Modifications: The main body tube from the Baby Bertha could be left as is for this project, if you're not a man who is serious about his Goonies. I chose to keep things proportional and shortened the body tube to the Goony-traditional 5", a feat I accomplished by wrapping a ...

• Estes Goonybird Zoom Broom By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: Although the Goonybirds had disappeared from the scene by the time I got into the hobby, I still managed to have my life touched by these odd little rockets. I found a Goonybird Cloudhopper on the markdown table in a KayBee Toy and Hobby. Even I could afford it at the markdown price ($0.75 or so), and it was too odd for me not to take a chance on it. It was destroyed on its ...

• Estes Graduator to Killer Keller By Brett Keller

  (by Brett Keller) Brief: The "Keller" , now the "Killer Keller" began as a LOC/Precision Graduator and has evolved into a completely different rocket. Construction: 3 2.6" body tubes 2 tube couplers bulkhead 38mm motor mount 2 centering rings 4 fiberglassed plywood fins 2 launch lugs LOC nose cone 24 or 36" parachute ...

• Estes Great White By Brian Guzek

  ( Contributed - by Brian Guzek - 05/06/07) Brief: The old Estes standard: The Alpha. For many of us rocketeers, it was one of our very first rockets. It was my second, after a very old E2X kit. I command a small model rocketry club in my AFJROTC corps, and this is the rocket that I hand out to all of the newcomers. Frankly, after seeing fifteen or twenty basically identical Alphas, ...

• Estes Greyhawk By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: "Futuristic fighter that operates in low orbit hunting satellites and other spacecraft." I describe it as one of the rockets my wife bought me in 1994 at a closing sale of an Arlington, Texas hobby shop. This one, the Super Vega and the F-22 Air Superiority Fighter were the three that most intrigued me. The F-22 ASF has never flown, and another rocket, the ...

• Estes Guardian By Alex Laraway

  Brief: Multi-finned scale model. Parachute recovery, level 2 build, balsa fins, plastic nose cones, transitions. Construction: Parts List: BT 55 main body tube BTU 50 (ish) upper body tube Upper fins Large Lower fins Small lower fins Two centering rings Blue motor mount tube Engine hook Transition Nose cone Decals Engine Block ...

• Estes Guardian By Lance Alligood

  This is an Estes 2003 Level 2 kit. It is very similar to the Estes Polaris but with different fin alignment. The kit uses Parachute recovery. The kit contains: A main body tube Upper body tube Adapter Launch lug Nose cone Motor mount Die cut fin sheets Shock cord Assembled 12 inch parachute and decals. PROS: Typical easy-to-follow Estes instructions ...

• Estes Gyroc Clone (Clone) By Tom Eldredge

    A helicopter recovery rocket. My wife's favorite, because the prep time after a recovery is about 2 minutes -- put the engine, igniter, and igniter plug in, and the rocket is ready for another go! Components: Body tube: BT-20D (7") Nose cone: BNC-20B (balsa) (any blunt one will do) Fins: 2 large, 2 hinged, 4 rudders No motor mount, just an engine block No shock ...

• Estes Helicat By Chris Flanigan

  The rocket is cool with the heli blades, but it is too heavy.   If you want it to go higher, you need to swap out the blades for a parachute (but some may think you are removing the personality of the rocket).   My son wanted higher so we took them out.   We put in a 12" parachute and it went 200 ft higher. Components Well made /h2 Finishing ...

• Estes Helicat By Kevin Sullivan

  The Helicat is a big single stage rocket that uses a 18" parachute for the main rocket body. The main rocket body consists of two large yellow tubes permanently glued together at a black plastic joint piece and black plastic fins. The nose cone has helicopter fins and is recovered separately (which is great for the kids).  The kit was very easy to build, it looks great with its (2) ...

• Estes Helio Copter By Dick Stafford

  This rocket in BT-55 based and flies on 18mm motors. The nose cone uses helicopter recovery and the body uses a plastic parachute. My model also dates back to the late '80s. Parts included: - BT-55 body tube - plastic nose cone - a plastic hub and three plastic blades - three rubber bands - three balsa fins - 18mm motor mount - launch lug - rubber-band shock cord - plastic parachute The ...

• Estes Hi-Flier XL By David S. Kemp

  The Estes Hi-Flier XL is a an up-scaled version of the Estes Hi-Flier.   It's up-scale is about a factor of 2.6 coming in at 31 inches tall (compared to the 12 inch Hi-Flier)  It has a 24mm motor mount and Estes recommends C11s, D12s, and E12 motors.   Components Plastic Nose Cone Three Balsa Wood Fins 1/8' thick Two BT60 Body tubes BT60 tube ...

• Estes Hi-Flier By Karl Kalbaugh

  Brief: Hi-Flyer is a skill level 1 LPR made by Estes. Its main selling point is its potential apogee at 1700 feet. Construction: Three balsa deltoid fins attach to a BT-20 and NC20 combination. Motor retention is achieved by an external engine clip. The clip retention ring is also external. The fins have a small slot cut into the root to accommodate this ring. A sized ...

• Estes Hi-Flier By Lance Alligood

  Brief: Minimum diameter, featherweight rocket that can soar well out of sight (1600+ ft according to Estes). Streamer recovery. Very similar to Estes Sizzler & Estes Star Dart. Parts list: Body tube (which doubles as motor mount) Metal motor retention clip Spacer tube Mylar sleeve Paper thrust ring Die-cut balsa fins Launch lug Shock cord Nose cone with ...

• Estes Hijax By Brett Keller

  This is a great rocket. It was my first model rocket, so I don't have a lot of negative stuff to say. The instructions are very well-written. Every step has a diagram with it. They are very easy to understand. The only part that might be difficult is the shock cord mount attachment, which can get a bit messy. For tools you must have scissors, plastic cement, a hobby knife, masking tape, and a ...

• Estes Hijax By Bill Eichelberger

  The HiJax is an almost ready to fly payloader sold by Estes from 1995 to 2000. Back in 2001, my brother in law and I had what we thought was an incredibly original idea: a night launch! We decided on a date to try out "our" idea when he was in town visiting one weekend and had purchased Estes HiJax rockets and glow sticks for the occasion. We soon came to find out that night launches had ...

• Estes Honest John By Casey Smith

  This is the classic Estes Honest John. This is the middle kit, between the Little John, and the Maxi Honest John. This kit is standard with an 18mm motor mount, but I put a 24 mm in mine. It uses parachute recovery, but I use a streamer for AT engines. This rocket comes with the standard BT-55 and the BT-20 motor mount. It has an engine block and a clip for retention, as well a rubber band ...

• Estes Hornet By Donald Besaw Jr

  ( Contributed - by Donald Besaw Jr - 04/17/10) Brief: Another classic kit returns. The Hornet, based on an original Centuri design. This classic kit flies on 18mm motors up to 775 feet and each flight is recovered with a 12 inch parachute. Construction: This kit came packaged in a plastic bag with header panel and along with the instructions, it included the following: 1 ...

• Estes Hydrogen Fuel Rocket Set (Other Product) By Chan Stevens

  Estes has brought hydrogen-powered rocketry to the masses in a simple and affordable kit. Within 30 minutes of opening the box, you can be launching these things in a very small field. At $50, the price might scare away a few folks, but I managed to score one at a half off sale and at least one national hobby shop offers frequent 40% off coupons. At that discount, I'd jump on one just for ...

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• Estes HyperX By Steve Terrell

  The HyperX is an "Ready to Fly" (RTF) that has a nose cone that comes down as a helicopter. The body tube uses a 'chute for recovery. The HyperX, on the outside, is a basic 4FNC rocket. Pulling the nose cone out reveals three blades attached to the nose cone. Each blade is about 4 inches long. The motor mount uses a retainer ring instead of the usual Estes motor retainer clip. Due to the ...

• Estes Interceptor (1250) By John R. Brandon III

  Brief: This is a single_stage futuristic "aerospace fighter" with 18" parachute recovery. Construction: The kit consists of: 33mm Estes BT-55 body tube 18mm Estes motor mount tube 2 cardstock centering rings A cardstock thrust ring A metal motor-retainer hook 2 laser-cut fin sheets to make six fins 2 large wings 2 vertical ...

• Estes Interceptor (K-50) By Tim Doll

  Brief: The Estes K-50 Interceptor is another favorite rocket from my youth. Produced from 1971 to 1980, the Interceptor's sleek, futuristic lines and vast array of colorful decals made it an instant favorite and it is often considered to be one of Estes all time classic kits. Naturally, original Interceptor kits are rare and quite valuable, fetching serious money when one shows up on ...

• Estes Interceptor E By John R. Brandon III

  Brief: Estes has done it again with this 150% upscale of the beloved K-50 Interceptor designed to fly on their black-powder "E" motors. The rocket kit was packed in Estes' traditional plastic bag with three-sided cardboard placard. It consisted of: two sections of 2" diameter white body tube (one of which is slotted) a big blow-molded plastic nosecone 24mm x 10" motor-mount tube ...

• Estes Interceptor E By Todd Mullin

  Many of us have longed for the re-release of the quintessential rocket from the Golden Age of Estes, the Interceptor. In late 2007, Estes not only re-released that classic kit, but gave it to us upscaled for midpower! The Interceptor-E is a 24mm, 1.5x upscale of the original Interceptor with some new additions. I had just finished building my re-released, original sized Interceptor when I ...

• Estes Interceptor By Todd Mullin

  From the year 1971 until 1980 Estes produced the original version of the Interceptor. It is considered by many to be the quintessential kit of model rocketry's "Golden Age". Many online auctions for the original sealed kits can go up to hundreds of dollars! Fortunately for those of us who are fans of the futuristic design but without a huge bankroll Estes finally re-released a new version of the ...

• Estes Interceptor By Rich DeAngelis

  Estes re-issue of the original Interceptor. This flies using standard sized 18mm motors.  Any other description of this model would be fruitless - just take a look at the photographs showing the design of the rocket and the decals - that pretty much says it all. This is not an easy kit to build, you should have some practice gluing and finishing balsa fins before attempting ...

• Estes Interceptor By Ed Rodrigo

• Estes Interceptor (Modification) By Lester Anderson

  An upscale of the classic Interceptor (kit K-50 or 1250 depending on era of manufacture). Upscaled to a 2 inch body tube and more plastic details. Components Mostly a stock build. I did modify all the fins by "glassing" the fins with paper and epoxy. I replaced the 24mm motor tube with a 29mm one for better power due to the heavier fins. /h2 The pre-cut fin slots on ...

• Estes Javelin III By Peter Stanley

  ( Contributed - by Peter Stanley - 09/30/06) Brief: I used the parts in an Estes DC Gemini to create a sport scale Javelin III. The design was based on data from Peter Alway's book, Scale Bash . The DC Gemini really has a lot more potential than what I did with it. I decided to do something simpler instead. The real Javelin III was built by Space Data Corporation and was tested in ...

• Estes Jetliner By Steve Lindeman

  I ordered this kit on eBay on Sunday 9/16/12 and just received in the mail today (9/19/12). Fast service. This is the newest kit from Estes and is not yet listed in there 2012 catalog but available on eBay. It looks to me to be based on Boeing's 737 line of jetliners.   Components The Jetliner comes with the following parts: A-1 Engine mount tube B-1 Engine ...

• Estes Jinx By Rob Campbell

• Estes Jinx By Chris Taylor Jr.

  Brief: This is one of the new '99 Estes RTF kits that I got from Walmart for a mere $7!  I have heard people refer to it as similar to something called the Red Max. It came in a blister pack that says in large letter "READY TO FLY" and this is not a flying model rocket ... it is a flying action toy Rocket.  Instructions? What instructions? All it needs is installation of the ...

• Estes Jupiter-C By Bob Bernatchez

  Brief: A 1/35 semi-scale model of the rocket used to launch America's first satellite. This is the same scale as the Estes Mercury Redstone and Mercury Atlas. Construction: No plastic parts in this kit with the exception of the booster adapter, spin bucket and the Explorer I payload. Body tube is a one piece Centuri ST-20. Motor tube is a short length of BT-20 and the centering ...

• Estes Kadet By Bill Eichelberger

  This was a project that came out of a cleaning session in my build room.  I had been looking for a project in the plan collection at YORF.  http://www.oldrocketplans.com/   I clicked on the Kadet plan and realized that I had everything I needed laying around my build room.  The fin can was one of the few parts I salvaged from a B6-4  CATO in an Estes Skywr ...

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• Estes Laser Lance By Steve Lindeman

  The "Laser Lance" looks like a military styled guided missile. Estes started releasing this kit in the summer of 2011 and my decal sheet was stamped 12/09/11 making it one of the early kits. This rocket is 20.3" long with a dia. of 1.64" and an estimated wt. of 2.8 oz. Recommended engines are: C11-3 (1st flight), C11-5, D12-5, D12-7 with a predicted altitude of up to 925 ft. This was ...

• Estes Leviathan By Jeff Boldig

  This is a Pro Series kit that is four fins and 3" diameter.  It is designed for E, F, and G motors. Components The parts were good.  The fins are plywood while the tubes are cardboard and the nose cone plastic like most kits this size today. /h2 No real cons on the construction other then the shock cord attachment.  If done right, I'm sure it would ...

• Estes Leviathan By Doug Cullen

• Estes Leviathan By Gene Wolski

• Estes Leviathan By Curt Hillier

  Curt Hillier's Flaming Leviathan Components Standard build of the Estes Pro Series II kit.  Elmer's carpenters wood glue as adhesive. /h2 Kit instructions were clear.  Migrating to mid-power using Estes Pro Series II kit was easy.  Finishing I didn't use the kit decals as the style was a bit boring.  I painted the body black and then ...

• Estes Leviathan By Robert H.

  This is the Rocket that I have chosen to do my level 1 NAR cert with. Components A Pro series kit, it has nice wood fins  and sturdy construction.  /h2 I built this rocket with the intention of flying large 29mm reloads in it so I used epoxy on everything.   I made a aluminum ring that sits about 2\3 down the body tube with a hole in the center. ...

• Estes Liquidator By Ed Rodrigo

• Estes Liquidator By Michael Gower

  Brief: The Liquidator is a single stage payload rocket with a unique payload section: the payload section is designed to carry up to four ounces of any type of liquid. My daughters want to shoot a goldfish into space but I think we'll try some plain water in our initial flights. Construction: The Liquidator comes in a hanging bag with a three sided box to protect the rocket ...

• Estes Little Joe II (0892) By Matt Gillard

  A 1/100th scale rocket that's been out of production for some time now. This version #0892 was the second that Estes produced, the first being the K-30. I built this rocket more or less at the start of my rocket building history. It was my first scale rocket, and I did not do a great job on it. Its had quite a few flights now and is starting to show wear and tear. I'm writing the review ...

• Estes Little Joe II (K-30) By Tim Doll

  The Little Joe II was a NASA test vehicle used during the mid 1960’s to test the Apollo Launch Escape System. Estes produced the K-30, a 1/70th scale Little Joe II kit, from 1968 to 1971. It was another of my favorite rockets from my youth (I even became fairly adept at building that tricky wooden dowel escape tower). Due in part to its relatively short production run, original K-30 kits ...

• Estes Loadstar By Donald Besaw Jr

  Brief: This is a two stage rocket with a large BT-60 sized payload section for pretty much every payload imaginable. This is one of the Estes Educator rockets so finding a single one is not easy. I do believe that this Educator pack is now OOP and even if it's not, it costs about $129.00 for 12 kits. I knew this and when I saw this kit on an ROL auction for $8.00, I snapped it up. ...

• Estes Long Big Bertha By Frank Casey

  ( Contributed - by Frank Casey - 10/17/07) Brief: This is a modified Big Bertha rocket. The main body tube was partially crushed when I purchased this kit. Estes sent a replacement which was also partially crushed. When the third tube came, I decided to couple it to the unharmed sections of the first two tubes. I also replaced the 18mm mount with a 24mm mount. Construction: ...

• Estes Long Mini Max By Duane Boldt

  ( Contributed - by Duane Boldt - 07/31/10) Brief: This is a modified Estes Mini Max with a 4" longer body tube, inverted fins and Kevlar ® shock cord connected to the motor mount. The model was built and the review submitted as part of the 2010 EMRR Challenge for the "Hit List" component. Modifications: Most of this build was done per the stock Estes Mini Max ...

• Estes Long Shot By Dave Sutter

    All around, a very impressive model rocket, probably still my favorite. It's sheer size gets attention. My orange/yellow/orange paint scheme gets attention. And when that second stage lights, it really gets attention... if it lights, that is. Construction was, as I recall, simple and straightforward, despite being only my second rocket. Sure, it's big and it's a two-stager, but ...

• Estes Long Tom By Kirk Greenfield

  Hi guys! This is a standard, two-stage kit with balsa fins, cardboard tubes and clear directions and packaging. I bought an Estes "Long Tom" two-stage rocket kit many months ago during a sale, and have just set down over Thanksgiving to build it.  It went very well, but I have a few pointers that I would suggest  be added  in any future editions of the instructions. 1) There is ...

• Estes Long Tom By Clifford Campo

• Estes LTV Scout By Jay Roberts

  Estes- LTV Scout (by Jay Roberts courtesy)  Bought this monster from Bob Craddock for a fairly reasonable price. I had one when they were in production, but never finished it. Thought it would make a good Sport Scale project for the Hobbytown Classic. The kit goes together well, with the typical well illustrated instructions. The main degree of difficulty comes from making the ...

• Estes Lynx By Hans Haase

  The Lynx, by Estes, is a futuristic space plane styled kit flying on mini motors.  Advertised as a level 3 kit, it brings the complexity of larger and more detailed Estes kits to the 13mm motor size range.  It is definitely a unique kit for a small 13mm bird. Components Components are standard Estes materials.  The main body tube is a BT-20, with a pair of ...

• Estes Mach-12 By Shawn Bradley

  Standard rocket with removable fins so you can make different configurations. There are different fins so that you can make 12 different combinations. The instructions are easy to follow. The kit is very easy to put together. Finishing: The kit I got was already painted, so there was no problem there. the decals were easy to put on. This kit didn't require much finishing Construction ...

• Estes Mach-12 By Bob Patterson

  Single stage rocket, all plastic except for body tubes. 3 sets of fins that can be mixed & matched. Peel & stick "decals". 12" parachute. Modifications: Minor, as noted below. The main airframe of 4" and 7" body tubes, plastic coupler that also serves as shock cord mount, 18" long x 1/4" wide shock cord. 6 3/8" nose cone, all plastic engine/fin holder with screw on engine cap, 3 ...

• Estes Mach-12 By Michael Doherty

  This kit is part of Estes "E2X" series of kits which are easy to assemble 'almost ready to fly' types. The Mach 12 comes with pre-colored body parts, and needs only plastic cement to build. It comes with an 18" parachute. This kit is BT-55 based, and come w/ a body tube in two sections which are joined via a plastic coupler which has an integrated launch lug. The nose cone is plastic, and was ...

• Estes Magician By Evan

  The Magician is a typicial Estes rocket with D and E engine power. Some of the parrts had to be sanded down to fit. The only problem was the coupler and the main body tube and lower body tube was a very tight fit and was hard to push down. All the parts were good the balsa fins were excellent.  Components Engine mount tube Engine hook Green centering rings Engine ...

• Estes Magician By Philip Wentz

  The Estes Magician is a Skill Level 3 kit that features a clear payload section and is powered by C11, D and E engines. A tall rocket, it measures 33 1/2 inches from end to end. Components The kit has a main body tube topped by a narrower payload section. Components are as follows: 1 NC-50 ogive plastic nosecone 1 BT-50 payload section 1 BT-50 to BT-55 balsa ...

• Estes Maniac By Doyle Tatum

  (by Doyle Tatum)  I followed the instructions except for the following notes and comments: Steps 1-10 Only used the 1/4" lugs and placed a swivel on the parachute and cut a spill hole. This rocket is extremely easy to construct and goes together well. I painted mine florescent yellow, nose cone 1/2 florescent yellow and 1/2 florescent orange. The decals look superb on this ...

• Estes Manta By David Fergus

  A simple skill level one boost glider with a small Styrofoam glider that separates at ejection - booster recovery by parachute. main body is BT-50 plastic nose cone one piece plastic tail/fin section small Styrofoam toy glider self-adhesive decal set This is a simple kit with easy assembly. Booster: The engine mount and rear fin assembly glue together with plastic cement and white glue. ...

• Estes Mars Snooper (Clone) By Larry Zeilmann

  B rief: This is a single stage futuristic classic from Estes that I cloned from plans off Jim Z's web site. Is powered by a single 18mm motor and recovers on a single 18" parachute. 1 Sheet of 3/32 balsa 6"x8.5" to cut fins from. 1 BT20 Upper Body Tube 6.5" 1 BT20 Motor Tube 3.75" 1 BT50 Lower Body Tube 7.75" 3 PNC5W Upper pod nose cones 3 PNC5V Lower pod nose cones ...

• Estes Maxi Alpha 3 By Dave Russell

  The Maxi Alpha 3 is one of Estes year 2000 re-released limited edition rockets. It is rated Skill Level 2 with a 24mm motor mount. I have seen the price on this kit vary from $15 to $35. It is large version of the Estes classic Alpha kit. Like junior, it is a rather simple build. Stock build utilizes, BT-80 tubes, a 24 inch parachute, little paint (nose only), and pressure-sensitive decals. ...

• Estes Maxi Alpha 3 By Jon Revelle

  Larger, cooler version of an Estes classic. This thing ROCKS!! I got it for Christmas. I saw it at Ace on December 14,2003 and I can't believe this rocket was still there. It's been OOP for about 3 years. It was a re-release of the original 1979 version. The kit has: 3 BT-80 body t ubes, 2 long and one short 3 red plastic fins 2 rings for holding engine tube, fins and connect ...

• Estes Maxi Alpha III By Douglas Hurstell

  Large diameter upscale of the venerable Standard Estes Alpha. Components 3 BT-80 Body tubes, 2x9", 1x3 3/8" 3 Plastic Fins, 24mm motor mount tube 1 centering ring 2 plastic fin mount and centering rings 3/8" rubber band shock cord (bad), 24" premade parachute Plastic NC /h2 The fin mounts are not the standard Estes fare, but instructions were ...

• Estes Maxi Alpha III By Mike Caplinger

  The Estes Alpha, designed by Bill Simon and introduced in 1967, is the prototypical 3FNC that has introduced generations of rocketeers to the hobby.  The original Alpha, of course, had a balsa nose cone and fins.  The Alpha III (1971) was an easier-to-build plastic version with a one-piece molded fin can assembly.  Estes has released several larger versions of the Alpha ...

• Estes Maxi Brute V2 By Kevin McLaughlin

  This was my second time building this kit in my lifetime. I built the same model when I was 13 when the Estes kit was made with a balsa nose cone and boat tail. After my BAR renaissance, I built this kit again two years ago at age 47. Recalling my first version, I painted it in the traditional black and white Peenemuende roll pattern and flew it on a C motor. The current Estes version has a 24 ...

• Estes Maxi Force By Bob Patterson

  Single stage using three D12 motors, parachute recovery. Three body tubes, three fins using through the wall construction, plywood centering rings, 5' x 1/4" elastic shock cord tied to screw in plywood crosspiece, and 16" nylon parachute. I bought this rocket quite a few years ago, inspired by a visit to the Huntsville Space & Rocket Center. I found the assembly pretty ...

• Estes Maxi Honest John By John Lee

  Brief: This is a re-release of the early 80's Estes kit. A 1/9th scale model of the famous U.S. Army surface-to-surface, supersonic ballistic missile. This highly detailed model comes with pre-shaped, accurately scaled fins and molded plastic nose cone. Spectacular recovery with giant, dual 24" parachutes. It makes an impressive display model. Construction: This is the Maxi ...

• Estes Maxi Honest John By Robert Tung

  This is a good kit! You have to make sure you glue the fins on good or it won't be a stable flight! The kit contains: 1 body tube 1 nose cone 2 sets of plastic molded fins 1 boat tail 1 nose cone tail The instructions were very good and easy to follow. It was hard to make the fins stick onto the rocket. Finishing: I forgot to add glue fillets to the body tube to get ...

• Estes Maxi Honest John By John Lee

  Brief: This kit was an eBay find. It was already opened but all pieces were reportedly present. I took a chance and bid on it, paid too much, and squealed with delight when it arrived. Construction: The Hojo starts, as do most kits, with the motor mount. A spacer is marked at 1/4" and used to push a thrust ring into the motor tube. On inspection, I noticed that one end of ...

• Estes Maxi Icarus By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: The Maxi-Icarus was produced from 1980 to 1984, a period when rocketry was about the furthest thing from my mind but I had always like the looks of the Icarus. I never really set out to clone this bird. It came about when I was looking over the nose cone list trying to find a project for a PNC-60AH from my last Screamin' Mimi kit. Realizing that I also had an extra PST-60R ...

• Estes Maxi Streak (Plan) By Jason Orosco

  The Estes Maxi Streak #1837 ran from 1982 to 1984. It was rated as a sports flier and was a single-stage, low-power rocket. It was recovered using a 90" streamer. You can use a engine adapter to fly this rocket on 18mm engines.      Components Here are the components used to assemble the rocket: Engine mount tube BT-50J 2.75" Engine hook EH-2 ...

• Estes MaxTrax By Mark Fisher

  Brief: A new member showed up at our launch one weekend with a MaxTrax (EST1434), a new starter set from Estes that included an altimeter payload. He had flown it once before and it had claimed an altitude of over 700 feet on a C6-5. When he flew it at our launch, he used the other included motor, a B6-4, and it registered over 350 feet. The shock cord separated, but after some ...

• Estes MaxTrax By Jeff Vincent

    For those not familiar with the MaxTrax, it is a new starter kit from Estes with an onboard "Electronic Altimeter". This uses a capsule which drops at a fixed descent rate. The capsule physically senses ejection (apogee), times the interval until it detects landing, then outputs calculated altitude in feet and meters. Promising... I had a chance to fly the MaxTrax yesterday (Sat.), ...

• Estes MaxTrax By Nick Esselman

  I saw a thread on RMR about a new Estes' rocket with the capability to determine altitude. I decided to purchase one from the local Walmart. It is a Ready to Fly rocket (for all practical purposes) included with a starter set. Launch pad, controller and two motors (B6-4 and C6-5). The rocket is called the MaxTrax™. Walmart sold it for $18.99. You have to purchase a "button" battery for the ...

• Estes McKibbin's Special (Plan) By Dwayne Surdu-Miller

  Brief: McKibbon's Special is a futuristic, fantasy sport model whose plans were published in their Model Rocket News. The plans are available from Jim Z's archive . Construction: All parts are standard, easy-to-find items and materials. Except for the canards, which are 3/32" thick.All balsa parts are cut from 1/8" balsa stock. 1/8" dowels are needed for the antenna ...

• Estes Mean Machine By John Gordon

  Brief: This is a tallllll single stage, 24mm rocket with a 24 inch parachute. There are four (4) body tubes, a standard 24mm motor mount, four (4) balsa fins and a plastic nose-cone. I deviated from the standard paper shock cord mount. I bought this kit and let it sit in a closet for about 4 years. Went to my first HPR launch and got the bug again. The instructions were simple, but I ...

• Estes Mean Machine By Jordan Hiller

  (by Jordan Hiller) The most attractive thing about the Estes Mean Machine is its size. While it's only a BT-55 body tube, the rocket is about 6 ½ feet long! Building is quite simple, since this is just a very long 3FNC model. The instructions are straightforward, and the only tools you really need are the ones you need for every other rocket (sandpaper, hobby knife, glue, etc.) ...

• Estes Mean Machine By David Austerberry

  This is a classic Estes kit that has been in production for quite some time. It is a single staged rocket with a large length to width ratio and the launches are impressive for a low power kit. The long airframe is built by coupling four standard BT-60 body tubes. The kit comes with four die-cut balsa fins and two cardboard centering rings. Recovery is done with a 3/16" shock cord nearly 3 ...

• Estes Mean Machine By Scott Danielson

    Construction: Rating: 4 out of 5 points This is a great 1st D engine kit. It's over 6 feet tall. The overall construction was a snap. This kit was pretty simple to build. Just take your time when gluing the coupler and body tubes together. THEY HAVE TO BE ALIGNED PERFECTLY! The couplers were EXTREMELY hard to fit in the body tubes, and because of this my tubes are kind of bent. ...

• Estes Mean Machine By Jim Zamecnik

  ( Contributed - by Jim Zamecnik) Brief: Modified for use with the PerfectFlite microAlt 4600 dual deployment altimeter. Added a 6" long altimeter bay and a 12" long forward main chute bay to the lower half of the Mean Machine. (new section made from recycled tubes and couplers from a SuperNova Payloader) Modifications: The lower half is a stock Mean Machine (a bit shorter due ...

• Estes Meanie By Matt Gillard

  Brief: A four finned 13mm rocket quite large for its motor size. It recovers via a streamer and comes in a plastic bag with an art card. Construction: Kit consists of: 1 launch lug Estes paper shock cord mount 1 streamer 1 2ft length elastic shock cord Balsa nose cone Body tube Ring adapters Engine mount tube Engine hook Pre-cut balsa ...

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• Estes Mega Der Red Max By Ken E. Coyote

  If you like the regular Der Red Max, you'll go gaga over the Pro Series II Mega Max!  I built this one kind of quickly along with the Pro Series II Nike Smoke, so construction was somewhat of a blur, but I was very impressed with the materials and design.  I felt you get a lot of value for your money with this one...well worth the coin!  Also the kit builds up to quite an ...

• Estes Mega Mini Max (Modification) By Bill Eichelberger

    Just your basic plain Jane Estes Mini Max with some added nose weight and 24mm power. Components Estes Mini Max kit Many BBs Kevlar Sewing elastic Hot pink streamer /h2 Back in the days of the Hobby Lobby 40% coupon days I got in the habit of picking up an Estes Mini Max kit whenever I made a trip to the store. I made a lot of trips one ...

• Estes Mega Mosquito By John Eric Thompson

  This is a great kit. The little   E 22   CTI 24mm 1-grain reload worked perfectly with a 5 second delay. The camera is the keychain digital camer model 808 #16 model.  The holder is a 3D printed shroud that can be easily attached to a 2.0 inch diameter body tube. The web link is:  http://additive-aerospace.myshopify.com/collections/video-camera-shrouds/pr ...

• Estes Mega Sizz By Ron Wirth

  Brief: The Estes Mega Sizz’ is an OOP kit that was available during 1988 through 1990. The rocket is really nothing more than a 4FNC rocket using a BT-60 body tube. I am a fan of rockets with that tube size so when I had a chance to get the Mega Sizz’ in some kits I was trading with a fellow rocket enthusiast, I jumped on the chance. Construction: The plastic bag the ...

• Estes Menace By Donald Besaw Jr

  Brief: This is a new kit from Estes with cruise missile styling. It is also a rather large diameter rocket (BT-60). It flies on A-C motors and uses a parachute for recovery. Construction: The kit came in a plastic bag with a front panel showing the finished rocket with two possible trim schemes. Decals for both are included. The kit included the body and motor mount tubes, ...

• Estes Mercury Atlas - Cluster of Three 24mm Motors (Modification) By Robert A. Morstadt

  This is a modification of the Estes Atlas Mercury kit to use a cluster of three 24mm D12-3 motors. Components This is how I modified the Estes Atlas-Mercury kit to use a cluster of three black powder 24 mm motors.   The original Estes kit uses one central motor with two outer booster simulated engines being the location for extension tubes that have fins to ...

• Estes Mercury Atlas By Manuel Mejia, Jr.

  The Estes Mercury Atlas is one of the most complex kit rockets that has ever come on the market. I managed to pick one up for $34 from a very friendly hobby shop and started work on it immediately. The first few steps detail the construction of the motor mount. This part of the building was straightforward.   The fun starts when one starts on the rocket body itself. Be sure to test the ...

• Estes Mercury Redstone Liberty Bell 7 By Frank Casey

  This is the third Mercury Redstone kit produced by Estes. I built the original K-41 when I was younger and there really isn't any comparison between the two. This newest kit is more like a snap together plastic model kit. There was not much skill involved in building it other than trying to apply the very shiny peel and stick decals. More on that later. The instructions are not the ...

• Estes Mercury Redstone By David Fergus

  This is a single stage high quality replica of Gus Grissom's Liberty Bell 7 approx 1/50th scale designed for B & C engines. This kit is unique from every other Estes kit I have bought or built in a number of ways... The package says skill level 2, but it compares to other level 3 kits from Estes. This kit recently went on sale, supposedly a reissue of an earlier Estes kit. I obtained ...

• Estes Mercury Redstone By Tim Burger

  This is a scale model of the second manned Mercury/Redstone, Liberty Bell 7 Forward: This kit was as a prize from EMRR; thanks for the kit! I don’t really know how to classify this model. It isn’t a true scale model, exactly, since the instructions (which feature very few actual instructions) do not include a scale finish nor anything remotely resembling scale documentation. ...

• Estes Mercury Redstone By Frank Casey

  This is the original Estes Mercury Redstone Kit No. K-41, a scale replica of the first manned ballistic space vehicle. The header tag lists a price of $3.50. It is a single stage rocket with a two parachute recovery system, one for the body and one for the capsule. I purchased this kit on eBay for $45 late in 2007. It was an open bag and was missing the screw eye, one lead weight, and one ...

• Estes Metalizer By Ed Rodrigo

  E2X single-stage rocket kit with silver metallic finish. Components Components: Nose cone Body tube (launch lugs and elastic shock cord pre-installed) 2-piece plastic fin and engine module Parachute Construction is quick and easy.   Glue the 2-piece plastic fin/engine module together Glue the body tube to the fin/engine module ...

• Estes Metalizer By Warren Wattles

  Brief: E2X single-stage LPR with parachute and plastic fins. Construction: Parts list: 1 body tube 2 fin can halves (with fins pre-assembled) 1 plastic nosecone 1 plastic parachute (pre-assembled) 1/8" launch lug (pre-attached) Construction is extremely easy. This is how it goes: Glue two fin can halves together. Glue fin can into ...

• Estes Meteor Masher By Donald Besaw Jr

  Brief: New 2003 release kit from Estes that releases three streamer recovery cluster bombs at apogee. It flies on 18mm B and C motors to 475 feet. It is classified as a skill level 2 kit and rightfully so. This is somewhat of a complex kit. Construction: I picked this kit up at my local hobby shop for $7.99, a great deal for what you get. The kit came packaged in an Estes ...

• Estes Micron By John Lee

  Brief: The Micron is a small and simple rocket with 4 fins and a nose cone intended for 13mm motors. It is not minimum diameter but its also not much more than minimum. It comes with some orange flagging to serve as a streamer but would probably do just fine as a nose-blow. Most of my recent project have involved making repairs but you can only sit around waiting for glue to dry ...

• Estes Mighty Mites Blitz and Sizzler (RTF) By Bob Hvarven

  This Estes ARF rocket set contains  two "tiny" rockets; one called the "Blitz" and the other one the "Sizzler". Package: It would be hard to fault Estes on their packaging. They have made some pretty slick sets to catch your eye; especially those "YOUNG" eyes that miss nothing !! It is well done and very attractive. Components: The parts consist of (2) rockets ...

• Estes Mighty Mites Ninja and Sliver (RTF) By Nick Esselman

  I purchased another set of Estes Mighty Mites from the local Michaels expecting to pay the $10 ticketed price, but was surprised to only pay $5. So, what a deal! The pair included the Ninja and the Sliver rockets. The Ninja being more of a 50's retro-looking rocket with a fat belly and rolling, swept-back fins while the Sliver was much more like a two finned Jayhawk. I was drawn to them ...

• Estes Mighty Mites Outlaw (RTF) By Nick Esselman

  After flying a bunch of Quest MicroMaxx rockets and thoroughly enjoying them, I decided to step up a bit in the backyard capable flying machines that my son would enjoy. With that I purchased an Estes Mighty Mites Outlaw Starter Kit from Walmart for $10. The kits comes with a launch pad, launch controller, an Outlaw rocket, an extra motor ring and two 1/4A3-3T motors. I have to admit this ...

• Estes Mighty Mites Torque and Fury By Chris Taylor Jr.

    These are extremely cute, must-have rocket!  They are literally not much larger than a Mosquito. I saw them and had to have them and at a measly $5 for the both of them . . . why not? There is NO construction they are 100% RTF.  The Fury is orange and has a conical shape from almost the rear to the nose with a  rounded tip, a severe  severe boat-tail at the rear ...

• Estes Mini Cobra By Alexander Minot

  Brief: Estes mini high performance 2 stage rocket can also be flown single. It uses mini engines and has a streamer recovery for the body and tumble for the booster. It has die-cut fiber fins. Construction: 1 long body tube, 2 short body tubes, 1 tube coupler, 1 nose cone insert, 1 nose cone, 1 orange streamer, 1 shock cord, 1 launch lug, 1 cardboard fin sheet, and 1 decal ...

• Estes Mini Freaky Flyer By Donald Besaw Jr

  New mini motor E2X series all plastic rocket with streamer recovery. The kit included the two body halves, nose cone & insert, clay for nose weight, motor mount tube, retention hook, retainer ring, shock cord, streamer and decals. The instructions were the typical Estes material complete with illustrations and text and are very simple to understand. Estes recommends that you use ...

• Estes Mini Freaky Flyer By Scott Pearson

  Brief: I saw a picture of this rocket as a new release from Estes a while back and thought that it looked like a lot of fun. I reminded me of the GoonyBird series whI thought was very creative. I did not pay much attention to the spec's on this rocket and was in for a suprise when I saw it at the hobby store the other day. Boy is it small, I almost missed it on the pegboard it so small. ...

• Estes Mini Marz Lander By Chris Taylor Jr.

  This is a mini-RTF (13mm) powered rocket based on the old Mars Lander from Estes.  It does have the movable legs like the old landers did as well. As this is a RTF model there is nothing to build.  You could paint it and get decals off the net to make it look like the old landers, however, as it exists there is really nothing to finish. The rocket flies nice and straight.  ...

• Estes Mini Max By John Bergsmith

  The Estes Mini Max is a smaller version based on the BT-50 of the Estes classic Der Red Max. The Mini Max is designed with a 13mm motor mount making it powered by Estes mini engines, and can reach altitudes in excess of 300 feet. As designed, recovery is accomplished with the included streamer. The new Mini Max has all the great looks of the classic version, right down to the really cool ...

• Estes Mini Max By Duane Boldt

  Brief: Smaller version of Estes' classic Der Red Max kit. It has a balsa nose cone, waterslide decals, streamer recover and is powereed by Estes 13mm Mini Motors. The model was built and the review submitted as part of the 2010 EMRR Challenge for the "Hit List" component. Construction: 1 - 13mm Engine Mount Tube 1 - Estes Engine Hook 1 - Mylar Hook Retainer ...

• Estes Mini Max By Jason Orosco

  Brief: The Mini Max is a single stage 13mm rocket with a streamer used for recovery. It's the baby brother to the Der Red Max. Construction: 1 Engine Mount Tube BT-5 1.75" 1 Mini Engine Hook 1 Mylar Hook Retainer HR-5 1 EB-5 1 CR-520 Split Ring 1 CR-520 Ring 3 Laser Cut Fins 1 Launch Lug 1.5" 1 Screw Eye 1 BNC-50AH 1 Shock cord ...

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• Estes Mini Meanie By G. A. Dean

  Brief: The Mini Meanie is a very small plastic rocket similar to the RTF Mighty Mites, except that you get to do a bit of assembly. It uses 13mm 'Mini' motors and a very small streamer for recovery This kit assembles like a plastic model. There is no body tube as such, just the two halves of the rocket with fins already attached. Estes does provide a motor tube and hook along with the nose ...

• Estes Mini Motor Adapter By John Lee

  Brief: This is an out of production mini motor adapter for using 13mm motors in 18mm mounts. Construction: The kit consists of: a motor tube (3) centering rings a mini motor hook Construction is simple and fast. The first centering ring is glued in place at the foward end and a slit for the hook is made just below it. The middle ring needs to have a small ...

• Estes Mini Naboo Starfighter (RTF) By Matt Gillard

  Brief: I had five minutes spare, so I thought I'd build one of the easy rockets in the build pile. It's part of Estes' Star wars range. Takes longer to open the packet than to build. Construction: Parts consist of: The naboo fighter A stand for the naboo fighter. Two BT 5 in black Nose cone Fin can Coupler with shock cord already attached Using ...

• Estes Mini Scale Combo - I.S.Q.Y. Tomahawk By Chris Taylor Jr.

  ( Contributed - by Chris Taylor)  This kit comes with 2 rockets. The rockets are very small mini engine rockets that are very cute to fly and display (would look great on an office desk).  I.Q.S.Y. Tomahawk (Sounding Rocket)  Very common scale kit for competition. Very simple construction. Main parts are balsa nose cone, 4 fins, and a body tube. I finished mine like ...

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• Estes Mini Tri Pak (Star Seeker) & 2x Upscale (Clone) By Steve Lindeman

  This will be a twin review. The first is a clone of the Star Seeker, one of three rockets that came in the Estes Tri Pack (0866) [1983-1990]. I built the original three rockets back in '84 and really liked the Star Seeker the most but it got lost after my 2nd divorce so I decided to bring it back from the grave so to speak. The second part will be a review of its 2x upscaled big ...

• Estes MIRV By Rich DeAngelis

  MIRV is short for Multiple Independant Reentry Vehicle. The MIRV is a unique two-stage rocket from Estes that has three simultaneously firing second stages. The booster is an 18mm B6 or C6, and the three second stages use the mini 13mm A10-3T.  The first booster stage fires and lifts all stages. Then it launches three individual rockets that travel seperately. While not a totally new ...

• Estes Missile Command By Chris Tarpley

  These rockets are ready-to-fly and come with launch system and a B6-4 for each rocket. They are single stage with parachute recovery. The body tubes come with fins attached. The nose cone is already tied to the body tube with the usually too short shock cord. Parachute attachment, wadding, and motor installation are all these rockets require to fire. Finishing: Not necessary. Rockets are ...

• Estes Missile Toe By Drew Tomko

  ( Contributed - by Drew Tomko - 04/18/05) Brief: A clone of the Estes Goonybird Missile Toe, one of my favorites from the mid '70s. The decals and fin patterns are available from Excelsior Rocketry. Construction: The kit can be bashed from a Baby Bertha kit. I had all the parts in an Estes Designer's Special box (BT-60 and Big Bertha style NC, BT-50, mini engine mount, balsa ...

• Estes MK109-Stringray By Dave Sutter

    A pretty nice rocket, if a bit on the plain side when done. I was most impressed with the construction. It's all plastic cement. I didn't even know such a thing as a plastic motor mount until I started reading the instructions for this rocket. I haven't fired this one off a lot yet, but every flight has been just fine. I have no real complaints, but two small nit-picks. First, while it ...

• Estes MK109-Stringray By Greg Deeter

  This poor little rocket got off off to a bad start all the way around. While it comes in a box, I had purchased mine on eBay and the seller packed and shipped it well. However the body tube arrived crushed. It was not crushed in the mail, it was like that before. The seller did refund my money less shipping which dropped my investment down to about $5. So I decided to build it anyway. Comes ...

• Estes MK109-Stringray By Kim Durose

  ( Contributed - by Kim Durose - 09/10/03) Brief: Very easy to assemble starter kit. Took me under an hour to build the base model, but I then spent time ensuring it's longevity. Construction: Kraft airframe and motor tube, plastic motor mount and nose cone. The through-the-wall shock cord mount is a great idea to maximize internal space (How many of you have had their recovery ...

• Estes Monarch By Bryan Chuck

  The Estes Monarch is a single-staged skill level 1 rocket that uses 18mm motors, parachute recovery, and sports an unusual fin pattern. The rocket stands in a 17.25", and flies well, unique fins and all. The components for the Monarch are what you might expect of a skill level 1 Estes rocket: die-cut balsa fins, a section of BT50 airframe tubing, plastic nosecone, a motor mount with retaining ...

• Estes Monarch By Bill Brogan

  Brief: The Monarch features a unique fin configuration and parachute recovery. Construction: This kit comes with a plastic nose cone, one body tube, three die-cut balsa fins, cardboard motor mount tube with two centering rings and a metal retainer clip, an 18-inch flat elastic shock cord, and a 12-inch parachute. The nose cone has minimal flash and mold lines. The fin balsa is good ...

• Estes Mongoose By Chun Mak

  Two-stage Estes level 1 kit Components 2 plastic fin units Plastic nose cone BT-50 body tube & first stage tube 2 18mm motor mounts (no hooks) 2 pc launch lug 12" parachute 1/8" shock cord Self-stick markings /h2 Very easy assembly with plastic and white glue Traditional tube launch lug instead of new plastic double end lug used on ...

• Estes Mongoose By Nick Esselman

  I originally purchased an Estes' Mongoose Kit because I wanted to use it for an experiment, however, when my 8 year old nephew came to visit it seemed like a good kit to build together. So we built it. The instructions have lots of illustrations, however, that didn't help us fully understand how to assemble the lower stage's motor mount. I think the problem starts in the first step when ...

• Estes Mongoose By David Sindel

  This is a fairly simple 2-stage, 18mm rocket from Estes. I have slightly modified mine with shortening and a modified booster motor mount to repair damage. The parts list: 18" of BT-50; mine only has 10" left. 1-15/16" of BT-50 for booster 2 magenta plastic fin units PNC-50YR: 2-part magenta nose cone 2 blue 18mm engine mount tubes of rather poor quality 2 green ...

• Estes Mongoose By John "MAX" Venable

  This is a entry-level, two-stage ro cket with parachute recovery. The kit is a basic two-stage consisting of upper and lower body tubes, nose cone, molded plastic fins, and a basic recovery system. Construction was easy, but once again I had to tweak it! I heard that the upper and lower tubes around the motor mounts was weak so instead of centering rings, I filled the upper and lower tubes ...

• Estes Mongoose By Alan and Duane Boldt

  This review is for the 2010 EMRR Challenge "Two on One" review. Duane Boldt and Alan Boldt contributed to this review. Alan: This 26.5" 2-stage rocket is purple and yellow with cool decals. It is easy to build and there are not many parts. The Mongoose has plastic, one-piece fin units on both the booster and sustainer. Components: 1 - 18" Purple body tube 1 - 2" Purple ...

• Estes Moondog (RTF) By John H. Boyd

  ( Contributed - by Bob Hvarven)  Note: This is a slightly shortened, edited version of Bob's article with fewer pictures. Visit Bob's site for all the pictures and to write him for the fin template and comments. I recently purchased the Estes Moon Dog pre-fab rocket, while at a recent "After Christmas" feeding frenzy on "Sale Items" in Enterprise Alabama. It ...

• Estes Moondog (RTF) By John H. Boyd

  Brief One of the RTF kits in the 1999 kit releases, the Moondog is notable for its teardrop shape and '50s Sci Fi look. Construction The model was well packaged in the blister pack with everything needed except motors. The only assembly required was attachment of the premade 12' parachute. The instructions for parachute attachment and flight preparation are well illustrated. ...

• Estes Mosquito 301% Upscale (Upscale) By Matt Gillard

  Part of my mosquito family. This is a 301% upscale of an Estes mosquito, fitted with 2 x 18mm cluster mount. Designed to return via a streamer, but a small chute, could be used. The components for the kit consist of: A Big Bertha nose cone. 6.02 inches of Bt60. Three balsa fins. 2 x 18mm engine tubes. 2 2x18mm cluster motor mount rings 2 x engine blocks Elastic ...

• Estes Mosquito By Patrick Byrnes

  The smallest and cheapest Estes rocket. This kit comes in a tiny plastic bag, but all of my pieces were ok. This rocket was very easy to build, only 7 pieces. The fins were small, but not that hard to put on. Finishing: Pros: -The rocket is very small and cute looking. -I have made three and found that red and yellow are the best colors. Con's: -None Construction Rating: 4 out ...

• Estes Mosquito By Brett Keller

  The Estes Mosquito is a classic rocket, but it is somewhat hard to build and is extremely easy to lose. The instructions are well-written and the rocket is fairly straight forward because it has just 7 parts: 3 fins, body tube, launch lug, and a two-piece nose cone.  The Mosquito is fairly easy to build. However, the fins are very large for their base area and are hard to get on ...

• Estes Mosquito By Matt Gillard

  An Estes classic, this tiny rocket that has been bought, built, and sacrificed to the rocketry Gods by many. My mosquito is the one with the balsa nose cone, I believe that the later one was a plastic nose cone. The kit comes in a clear bag with the usual art card and instructions. Components consist of: 2 inch of Bt20 Balsa nose cone Launch lug Strip of balsa 0.5 inches ...

• Estes Multi-Roc By Chan Stevens

  ( Contributed - by Chan Stevens - 06/01/04) Brief: Introduced by Estes in 1979 and surviving through 1981, this rocket offers 8 different flight options for the 1980’s price of $8.50. This looked like a fairly easy clone project and the 8 different flight options intrigued me. Construction: Sustainer parts list: BT-20 2.75" 2 20-50 centering rings 2.75" ...

• Estes Naboo Fighter Starter Set - EST 1842 (Other Product) By Greg Zsidisin

  This is a long OOP Estes starter set from 1999, a tie-in with Star Wars Episode 1, The Phantom Menace.  The kit consists of an almost-read-to-fly (ARF) model rocket, a plastic Naboo Fighter with display stand, a simple Star-Wars styled launch pad and launch rod, and an interesting launch controller shaped and decorated like R2D2.  The set comes with two A10-3T engines and ...

• Estes NASA Pegasus By Bob Harrington

  Brief: This was originally produced by Estes Industries and is currently out of production (OOP). Plans were obtained from Ye Olde Rocket Shoppe . Design was for an 18mm mount with a parachute recovery. Construction: Design has four fins with 2 representing wings and 2 rudders. Two long sections of body tube represent scramjets. Components: 1 BT-55 body tube ...

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• Estes Nebulon Warrior By Steve Carr

  After a bit of prodding from my decal maker, Mr. Bill Eichelberger, I am submitting this review. Thanks Bill. The Nebulon Warrior is a rather easy to duplicate kit with the aid of plans downloaded from JimZ's website. It is a space plane fighter type rocket. All of the tube sizes and component numbers are in the plans. I just happened to have a PNC-20A in my stash, but I think they can ...

• Estes Nemesis By Herb Estus

  Brief: A skill level 2 rocket, Comes in typical plastic bag, with a 12" plastic parachute The instructions where very easy to follow, the hard part seemed to be the fins they are 2 piece fins that have to be glued together, and the little pieces of balsa that go around the main body tube near the top seemed to be a bit hard to get lined up right and glued without them moving Finishing: ...

• Estes Nemesis By James David Reyome

  ( Contributed - by James David Reyome - 10/10/02) Brief: Nicely designed little futuristic flyer. Construction: Nothing unusual here except for a molded nose with a "cockpit" section and some small canards on either side, and two piece fins. This is listed as a skill level 2, but it's pretty easy to put together, really. The 2 might be for the fin configuration, but ...

• Estes Night Wing By Nick Esselman

  I decided to get a couple of the new (2001) Estes’ kits and thought the Night Wing looked cool as it reminded me a lot of the SR-71. Then I decided to build a series of rocket "ships" that could be part of a futuristic space fleet. So along with the Night Wing, I planned on building the Rogue Interdictor and an old Custom Stealth Interceptor that I've had hanging around for about 4 years. ...

• Estes Nike Arrow By David Fergus

  Brief Single stage, streamer recovery, and a small payload section. Construction This rocket was purchased at a discount chain store for a very reasonable price. All the parts were in the package. The fins are molded plastic and come as a unit, so no gluing or aligning of fins is necessary. The instructions are adequate. No deviations are necessary. Since plastic model cement is the adhesive ...

• Estes Nike Smoke By Mike Caplinger

  The Nike-Smoke sounding rocket flew hundreds of times in the 1960s, used to measure high-altitude winds by ground photography of its smoke trail.  It has also become one of the most popular subjects in model rocketry history -- the first kit I know of was the Centuri 1.6" version introduced in 1969.  With kits covering the size range from tiny Micromaxx to high-power full scale, ...

• Estes Nike X By Colin Kaul

  Basic rocket with three sets of four fins, waterslide decals.  

• Estes Nimbus By Chris Taylor Jr.

    Futuristic style rocket with fancy fins arrangement and very cool nose cone.  Assembly was a little more involved than most kits because of the fins. Otherwise, easy and straight forward. I finished the rocket like the package except I used metallic aluminum instead of light gray. I used Testors enamel for the red portions. Filling and sanding all fins gave me smooth and ...

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• Estes Ninja By Ted Phipps

    The Ninja is a mini-engined streak. It looks great, flies great, and can be easily customized.  Like most Estes kits, it comes in a plastic bag. The fins are heavy cardstock. The instructions and diagrams are very good, and construction is simple and straightforward. Estes shock cords are always too short, replace it with sewing elastic at least twice the body length. I also ...

• Estes Ninja By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: The Ninja was a mini-engine powered, streamer recovered Estes offering that was available from 1987 to 1998. An impressive performer, the Ninja was hurt only by the fact that it came with fiber fins and lacked a proper engine block. I bought a Ninja for under a buck in 1994 at a hobby shop closing sale and I've had a soft spot for it ever since. The Ninja was the rocket that ...

• Estes No. 2 Estes Sky Writer By Carl Tulanko

  The 'Sky Writer #2' rocket kit is a unique and fast building Skill Level 1 model from the Estes product line. It's a #2 pencil rocket that comes pre-painted with a white plastic 4-fin can and parachute recovery and flies on the 18mm Estes motor family to include the A8-3, B4-4, B6-4 and C6-5. At just over 26" long, this is a hearty sized model and a good looker. The kit came in a colorful bag ...

• Estes No. 2 Estes Sky Writer By Donald Besaw Jr

  New E2X series rocket from Estes that looks like a standard yellow wooden No.2 pencil. It flies on A-C motors and uses a 12 inch parachute for recovery. The kit came in a plastic bag with a header card. I was impressed with the packing of this kit. The main body tube with the eraser decal and nose cone came in their own individual wrappers. The kit came with the motor mount tube, hook, and ...

• Estes No. 2 Sky Writer By Bill Eichelberger

  I was thrilled when Estes brought out the Skywriter, not because of an affinity for pencil rockets, but because I could buy them and clone all the Satellite Interceptors, Mavericks and Black Brant IIIs that I wanted.  I would have continued to think of the Skywriter as a donor kit had I not been in the mood to fly something different at a planned launch at B6-4 Field the ...

• Estes Nova Payloader By Jon Revelle

  Brief: A great level 1 3FNC with a clear payload tube & a rather aggressive looking fin design. It can be quickly assembled & finished in only a couple of days. It is also very easy to get it to look just like the picture on the packaging. Construction: I picked this rocket up at a local crafts store. Regular price was ~$15 which seemed awfully high for a rocket with ...

• Estes Nova Payloader By Doyle Tatum

  Notes: I built this model for club contest and left it unpainted (I used magic markers instead) for that reason. I followed the instructions except for the following comments and suggestions: Step 1. Added Kevlar Cord to engine mount, that reaches to the top of the body tube. Step 2. No Change. Step 3. Used five-minute epoxy to connect fin pieces. When dry, I filled cracks with ...

• Estes Nova Payloader By Jon Revelle

  Brief: Single staged 3FNC Payload rocket with nice fin design. This kit has been recently discontinued by Estes. The Nova Payloader was originally introduced in 1986 as a Skill Level 2 (and in my opinion, it should stay a Skill Level 2 because of the fins). It was then discontinued the first time, 10 years later at the end of 1996. It remained absent for a few years until sometime ...

• Estes Nova By Ty Bliss

  Nova (Estes #2497) is an "Almost Ready to Fly" kit that stands 20.6" tall with a diameter of 1.33" Its deep purple and white color scheme combined with a stylish nose cone make a great looking rocket. It can be flown single-stage or two-stage using the Estes B-55 Booster (not included). Components Kit components include: 5.5" long white plastic ogive nose cone that ...

• Estes NSA Starship Starter Set By Eric Truax

  This is a pre-assembled rocket starter kit. Just tie the 'chute to the shock cord, add wadding, drop in your engine, screw the plastic on the back, add igniter, put on pad, put batteries in the launch controller, hook up clips, and PUSH BUTTON! I bought this kit at Wal-Mart because my wife wanted to get into the sport. Not knowing much about it except for watching me, I thought this would ...

• Estes Odyssey By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: From a personal standpoint, the most regrettable error I made in the '80s had nothing to do with parachute pants or a Flock Of Seagulls haircut, but rather with giving my rockets away to the younger brothers of one of my college friends. Twenty-odd years down the road I found that it was possible to recreate all but one of these early kits by cloning them, the Estes O ...

• Estes Omloidinator! By Dennis McClain-Furmanski

  (by Dennis McClain-Furmanski - 09/05/04) Brief: Kit bash of Estes Omloid and Eliminator into a single rocket Modifications: There are a million rockets lurking in spare parts boxes. This is the story of one of them. I'd purchased a collection of parts which included most, but not all, of an Omloid egg lofter. I had nothing else of that size until I happened to purchase an ...

• Estes Omloid By Donald Besaw Jr

  Brief: This is an egg lofting rocket by Estes with a large payload capsule suitable for eggs and other payloads. It flies on 18mm motors and is recovered by a parachute. It has been out of production (OOP) for a few years. Construction: The kit came packaged in a nice bright colored box and included the two motor mount sections, retention ring, fins, lower launch lug, two BT-56 ...

• Estes Optima By Eric Fletcher

  Estes - Optima ( Contributed - by Eric Fletcher )  Height - 43" Width - 2.56" Weight - 17oz Motor - 24mm Brief This is an Estes single stage rocket to be flown on D size engines. Construction The kit came in a hanging box display and was packaged very well. All the parts were intact. I think it was manufactured before they had skill levels on the box. But I ...

• Estes Optima (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  The Estes Optima was the alter-ego of the Estes Shadow, the same rocket with different decor.  When I decided to do a clone of the Optima, the only BT-80 tubing I had on hand was three different lengths that had all been scraps from other projects.  Because of this, my clone is likely the only one with a clearly defined fin can and an extra coupler. Components ...

• Estes Oracle By Harvey Miller

  Estes Industries recently released the first production digital video camera rocket. I had read about the Oracle many months ago on an Internet user forum. The insider information described a low quality, short duration, video camera. I was pleased to learn that Estes had made a couple of upgrades before final release. This easy to build and great looking rocket with respectable digital video ...

• Estes Oracle By Tim Van Milligan

  Brief: The Estes Oracle Video Camera Rocket takes captures digital videos that can be downloaded into your Windows computer. It is a pre-built kit that only requires attaching one body tube and installing the shock cord and parachute. Construction: The kit is an E2X style rocket, meaning that everything is already constructed and the decals are attached. There is no painting ...

• Estes Oracle By Eric Maglio

  This is the Estes Oracle Digital Video rocket. It represents multiple firsts not only for Estes but for all of low power rocketry. This rocket uses 24mm D motors and contains a micro digital video camera in the nose cone powered by a single AAA battery. Also, the Oracle uses a quality nylon chute instead of a plastic Estes one. The Oracle kit contains 2 body tubes. The first is already ...

• Estes Oracle By John Chapman

  Brief: The Oracle is a large, mostly preassembled model rocked intended for video capture of launches. The rear looking video unit connects via USB port to standard PCs. the resulting 30 video clips can be viewed with Windows Media Player. Construction: THe tail is a Plastic one piece unit with four fins and bayonet motor mount rear retention. Two coupled 12" body tubes ...

• Estes Orbital Transport By Jason Vennard

  This is a limited-edition re-release of the Orbital Transport, new for 2002. Single 18mm motor booster with a single glider that sits piggy back on the main rocket, and is released at apogee. Skill Level 4 kit. There is a large number of parts to this kit. Two body tubes, one for the booster and one for the glider, likewise two nose cones. three sheets of uncut balsa for fin material, ...

• Estes Outlander By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Based on the Mars Lander design, this is clearly one of the best-looking designs of Estes 2004 fleet. I really wanted to like this. Really. Unfortunately, this great design was very poorly executed and the result is a very disappointing performer. At nearly $30 retail, I can't recommend this kit unless it's for display and being built by someone with considerable patience. If ...

• Estes Outlander By Greg Brown

  Brief: Single stage, parachute recovery with shock-absorbing landing gear. Construction: Upper BT-60 body tube of 5 11/16", lower BT-60 body tube of 2", blow-molded ascent module, nose cone and engine nozzle, four legs made of die-cut balsa, 1/8" dowels and foot pads, 18 inch parachute, 24 inch shock cord, numerous die-cut cardboard centering rings, leg support ...

• Estes Outlander By Eric Maher

  Brief: Next generation Mars Lander. Construction: The kit includes: 2 BT-50 (one long, one short) 1 BT-20 1 large blow molded plastic piece from which you cut the nose cone, ascent module and nozzle 2 die-cut paper sheets 2 die cut balsa sheets 18" parachute Sticker type decal sheet Typical Estes materials including engine mount I bought this ...

• Estes Partizon By Andrew B

  It is a very fun rocket to build although, just a little hard.. It is super fun! Good job Estes :)  

• Estes Partizon By Andrew B

  It is a really good rocket. I have flown on a F40, G125, & a F25. All really good flights. Surprisingly, the shock cord actually holds up really really well to the ejection charge. All in all, I would give this a 4.5 star review. Components All good, high quality parts. /h2 Instructions were the best. Very easy to follow unlike other Estes kits. ...

• Estes Pathfinder By Brian Ray

  Brief: This is a clone of the OOP Estes kit. While it is a fairly standard model, it has some very nice qualities to it including its size and its transition. Construction: My primary components were: 18" BT-60 body tube 18" BT-55 body tube PNC-55 BT-60 to BT-55 transition 4 Hand-traced and cut balsa fins 2.75" 24mm engine tube BT-60 ...

• Estes Patriarch (RTF) By Dick Stafford

  Brief: This is a RTF model that resembles a Patriot missile with clear fins. It flies on 18mm motors and includes a twist-lock motor retainer. Construction: None, it's RTF. My son found this rocket so I didn't even have to attach the chute. I'll rate it a '5' even though Estes did the work. Finishing: None needed, but it looks great. Construction Rating: 5 out of ...

• Estes Patriarch (RTF) By Mitch Marchi

  Brief: "Ready to Fly" kit. Construction: Three clear plastic fins and some great decals give this model a realistic look like the Patriot missile. It has a plastic engine mount with an engine retainer ring, not a hook. Typical Estes elastic shock cord and plastic chute. The only step required was to attach the parachute to the shock cord. Instructions were good and ...

• Estes Patriot Baby By Eldred Pickett

  ( Contributed - by Eldred Pickett - 11/21/09) Brief: Stage Bash of Estes Patriot Missle and Baby Bertha kits for 2009 EMRR Challenge. Construction: For my Stage Bash I decided to use Estes Patriot and Baby Bertha kits.  I called it “Patriotic, Baby!”(Say it like Austin Powers…) I originally planned to use an internal BT20 tube and use gap-staging ...

• Estes Patriot M104 By Bill Eichelberger

  After dodging temptation for several years, a deal on a Hobby Lobby clearance rack that I couldn't pass up made me the proud owner of an Estes Patriot M104 missile.  I originally bought it figuring that I'd find a use for the nose cone on another project, but as often happens when things lay around the shop, I eventually opened it up and built it.  Never one who cared for the ...

• Estes Patrol Cruiser Excalibur By Larry Zeilmann

  This is a single staged, futuristic style clone of the Estes Out of Production (OOP) kit from the Galactic Pirate series. It flies on a single 18mm motor and recovers on a single 18" plastic Estes chute. Instructions for this kit are available on JimZ's web site at http://www.dars.org/jimz/estes.htm The parts inventory is listed in the standard Estes part nomenclature, but some of the ...

• Estes PeeWee (Plan) By John Lee

  Brief: The PeeWee is a little two stage rocket designed by Tom Rhue and featured as the Estes Design of the Month for October 1961. It stuck me as "primitive" and I do not mean that in a derogatory manner. As someone said on YORF, it hearkens to a day when the hobby was being made up as the modeler went along. I decided to try and build it and promised I would post the ...

• Estes Pegasus By Casey Smith

  This is a skill level 1 rocket Estes says is a great first rocket. It has a quick release motor mount, a plastic fin unit and a parachute. The parts of the rocket all come colored red, so no painting is involved if you don't want to. The rocket comes with the motor mount, the main body tube, the 2 piece plastic nose cone, shock cord and parachute. The directions are classic Estes fare, and ...

• Estes Phantom By Frank Casey

    The Estes Astron Phantom was produced between 1973-1996. This particular rocket was never meant to fly. Instead is was created as a display and demonstration model, showing the inside of a typical model rocket. This kit came with the usual parts and also the following special parts: 1 clear plastic body tube 1 clear plastic fins and fin can 1 clear plastic nose cone 1 ...

• Estes Phinagain Cruise Missile By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 10/09/04) Brief: I generally scavange whatever rocket parts I can for future use. This is the story of such a rocket. It is BT-60 based and flies on 24mm motors. I also installed two outboards, although now that it's built, I don't think I will use them. I may add LEDs to the outboard pods, since the cones are translucent and are not solid. ...

• Estes Phoenix Bird By Michael Schmid

  This is a remake of the old Centauri classic. I was a bit disspointed by Estes' choice not to use the original kit's plastic fin can, nose cone, and body coupler. The instructions for building the kit have a fatal flaw. The kit uses through-the-body-tube fin mounting, and, if the directions are followed, the builder will NOT be able to insert the engine mount as the fin tabs stick well ...

• Estes Phoenix Bird By Mark H

  The Phoenix Bird is an Estes remake of the early 80s Centuri Phoenix Bird.  Although close in appearance, this version uses BT-55 based parts compared to BT-56 used in the original.  The biggest difference though is the Estes version uses through-the-tube balsa fins, and a balsa nose cone.  The Centuri version used a plastic fin can and plastic nose cone ...

• Estes Phoenix By Tom Bell

  - by Tom Bell  The Estes' Phoenix is a challenging scale model kit of a US air-to-air missile. It is gun to build and fly and an excellent introduction to mid-power rocketry.  INSTRUCTIONS: The instructions were illustrated and easy to follow. No special tools were needed. EASE OF BUILD: This rocket is not easy to build, due to the large amount of lumber it carries. It ...

• Estes Photon Disruptor II By David Fergus

    This is a futuristic design, 18mm engine, 2.7 oz., 24 inches long, 1.3 inch diameter, parachute recovery. It is now obsolete, but still available in surplus outlets. Construction of this rocket is very straightforward as is typical with Estes kits. There was plenty of balsa to cut to patterns for all the extra little fins. The only construction deviation was to use Pratt braided ...

• Estes Photon Disruptor By Matt Joseph

  Brief: This is a skill level 2, 18mm motor rocket. Recovery is via an 18" red plastic pre-assembled parachute. This is one of the Classic Series offered by Estes. Construction: The two body tubes are glassine paper tubes. On this kit, the tube spirals were practically non-existent. The fin material was laser cut balsa, and the nose cone was balsa. The instructions were easy ...

• Estes Photon Disruptor By woody

  Kit #3025: The Photon Disruptor by Estes is a Sci-Fi stylized, multi-finned interstellar torpedo carrying a Radiation Flux-tipped warhead. Built by the Space Weapons Division (SWD), it is designated variant: Mod ptx-t1103 APP-RAD. 8-214.   Components In the Estes Photon Disruptor kit #3025 there are two main body tubes, an upper body tube BT-55 at (34.5cm) long, and a ...

• Estes Photon Probe By Jon Revelle

  Brief: Single Stage, 18mm fantasy rocket from Estes. It didn't live long (1991-1992) so I was lucky to find one. I found it at Ace in September, 2004 and was shocked to see that it was there. Construction: The Photon Probe is a skill level 2 build and came in a cheap plastic bag, which had a slightly dented body tube, along with a sheet of balsa, launch lug, nose cone (cloning ...

• Estes Polaris By Donald Besaw Jr

  This is one of Estes 2001 new release kits. It is a skill level 2 sport rocket with parachute recovery. The kit comes with a body tube, upper body tube, adaptor, launch lug, nose cone, motor mount, die cut fin sheets, shock cord, assembled 12 inch parachute and decals. PROS: Easy and rapid construction. CONS: Beginners could run into problems with fin alignment. This kit is easy to ...

• Estes Pop Fly By George Beever

  Brief: A novelty rocket in the form of a baseball bat (booster) topped by a baseball. Construction: Two foam "bat" halves, one center core BT-20 tube, one "Bat handle" tube, two piece motor mount/clear fin unit with plastic motor retainer ring, mount for the "baseball", one 12" plastic pre-assembled parachute, one 1/8" width rubber shock ...

• Estes Porta-Pad II Launch Pad (302215) (Other Product) By Thomas Malthouse

    Nice launch pad for up to D size motors. Pricey compared to the Quest pad ($25 vs. $20) but can accept 3/16 rod as well. Blast deflector very strong. " Sturdy, plastic tripod design with tilt adjustment (up to 30 from vertical). Easy to set up and take down - no tools required! Comes complete with blast deflector and standoff, two piece 1/8" (3 mm) launch rod, safety cap and key. ...

• Estes Porta-Pot Shot By Frank Casey

  Brief: This is a new Estes Kit. It is a single stage kit and recovery is by parachute and also a white streamer meant to look like toilet paper. (I don't make this stuff up...) Construction: The body itself is styrofoam and comes in two sections. The roof of the rocket is made of hard plastic. It also has four clear plastic fins that attach to the bottom of the kit in order to ...

• Estes Prime Number Explorer By Matt Gillard

  Brief: A ten finned 13mm rocket and is quite large for its motor size. Recovers via a 12 inch parachute Construction: Kit consists of: 1 launch lug. Estes paper shock cord mount Estes 12 inch parachute 2 foot length elastic shock cord Nose cone Shroud lines Body tube Engine mount tube Engine hook Pre-cut balsa fins Paper adapter rings Decal sheet ...

• Estes Pro Series II E2X Booster By Lester Anderson

  Brief This is a "add on" booster for Estes's new "EXII Pro Series 2" model rockets. It holds the new 29mm F15-0 black powder booster engine from Estes. Components A some cardboard tubes, for the outer body, motor mount tube, a coupler, a cardboard thrust ring, three plastic fins, two strong plastic centering rings, and a Pro Series 2 engine retainer. Construction ...

• Estes Pro Series Impulse By Casey Smith

  This was one of the pro series line of kits Estes offered in the early 90's. It is a basic dual engine 24 mm rocket with some upgraded components. It has a very nice yellow nylon chute for recovery. The kit comes with the pre slotted main body tube, a "payload" section, and 2 motor tubes. It has 4 balsa fins that come with spruce to reinforce the edges of the balsa with. It has the basic nose ...

• Estes Prospector By Joseph Olexa

  This is a basic single stage, four fin, plastic nosecone rocket. It is a ready to fly kit with minimal assembly which is to attach the parachute and you're done. A pretty basic rocket using standard B and C 18mm rocket engines. Estes item/kit number 002457. The rocket out of the box has two tubes that go together at a coupler joint which is also the separation point for the parachute ...

• Estes Prowler(2) By Nick Hills

  Modified Estes Prowler (by Nick Hills)  Specifications: Length: 40" Diameter: 1.64" Motor Mount: 18MM The instructions are the "usual" Estes type. With diagrams for every step. The tools needed are: pencil, ruler, X-acto knife, glue, 3/4" masking tape, and sandpaper. All parts fit good without any sanding! I modified mine to take Aerotech 18MM D and E ...

• Estes Prowler By Ben Robinson

  Oversized basic rocket, 24" parachute Three balsa fins, slots in the rear body tube section to help align them, 36 inches of tube and a plastic nose cone. Uses the standard paper shock cord mount. This was my first BETA series rocket, and everything went together pretty easily. The only tools needed are white or yellow glue, sandpaper, a pencil, and a ruler. The two tube couplers are ...

• Estes Prowler By Eric Miller

  My wife was out shopping at Toys 'R' Us with her Godchildren and being the good wife that she is picked up a rocket for me. She let the Godchildren pick it and I received an Estes 'Prowler'. I was impressed with the rocket selection power of the girls age 5 and 7. The Prowler is a Beta (beginner) series rocket. It is a large rocket and a basic 3FNC design. This kit was packaged in plastic ...

• Estes Prowler By Larry Zeilmann

  This is a skill level 1 rocket with simple construction that makes great stable flights. Kit includes: 3 12" BT60 body tubes 3 balsa die cut fins from 3/32 balsa 2 BT60 tube couplers 1 PNC60NA Nose Cone 36" of 1/4 elastic shock cord 6" of white BT20 motor tube 1 Engine hook 2 1" long 1/8 launch lugs 2 CR6020 centering rings 1 black motor hook retainer ring ...

• Estes Python-4 ASRAAM By Alex Rothchild

  Brief: The Estes Python-4 ASRAAM Model Rocket Kit is the last of the four new models I had to build which were introduced recently by Estes. I have already completed the other three and have been working diligently on this one. Actually we've been building two of them; my son and I are working in parallel, although I tend to build a bit faster than him. The kit is one of four new ...

• Estes Python-4 ASRAAM By Alex Rothchild

  Brief: This is a low power, single stage military style rocket. It flies on B and C power and uses a 1/8 inch lug. It includes a tail cone and uses a 12 inch chute for recovery. Construction: I received the kit as a gift when I was first getting into rocketry, so it probably wasn't a great second or third kit for me. It came in a "Launchable" box and included many ...

• Estes Python By Jim Stuckman

  CONSTRUCTION:     The Estes Python kit is well packaged in a cardboard hanging box. All parts were present and in good shape. This is a skill level 2 kit and should not present any problems to someone with a couple of rockets under their belt. The instruction sheet is clear and well written. This combined with a well designed kit make for an enjoyable and rapid build. The ...

• Estes Python By William Lee Ojile

  Brief: The Estes Python is a large D powered sport scale air-to-air missile. It is not a scale model of an actual missile. This allows the builder to get a taste for scale effects without the pressure of living up to the real thing. The size of this bird is very impressive for the price and the moderate skill level. Construction: The Python comes in a large hanging box, which I ...

• Estes Python By Eric Fletcher

  Estes - Python ( Contributed - by Eric Fletcher)  Brief Model has been modified to use G80-10. Modifications I had to make new centering rings out of 1/4" plywood. I also added steel wool above the motor mount so I would not have to use wadding. I also had to cut some of the fin off because it is a through the wall fin designed for 24mm motor mount. I did not add any ...

• estes quark By mike kuzio

• Estes Quark By Nick Esselman

  Estes, the long time leader, has created a flying buddy for the Mosquito . . . Quark . Quark is mini-engine, featherweight, tumble recovery rocket that's simple and fun to fly. The kit comes with 5 parts, instructions and decals. You will need a hobby knife, sandpaper and glue to assemble this kit. The instructions are straight forward and easy to follow. Construction is simple and took ...

• estes quark By mike kuzio

• estes quark By mike kuzio

  A mini rocket. Flight Went up so high that I couldn't find it. Can't see the flight at all. Flight Rating: 1  

• Estes Quasar (0650) By Jason Orosco

  Estes Quasar was a single stage sport rocket with a 12" parachute for recovery. Production ran from 1973 to 1984. It was listed as KC-1, a Citation series rocket. It came out in 1973 it was a Original Citation with plastic chromed NC and clip-tip fins, In 1975 it was changed to a white NC and clip-tip fins,Then it was changed later on to a white NC with regular plastic fins. I still have ...

• Estes Rainmaker By Matt Gillard

  Brief: An OOP 2-foot tall rocket with a paper shroud transition and an unusual base. Recovers via a 12-inch parachute. I purchased it from the rocket model shop in one of its mystery box packages. The rocket came in a plastic bag with an art card. Construction: Kit consists of: 1 launch lug Estes paper shock cord mount 1 parachutes (Estes 12 inch) 1 2 foot ...

• Estes Rampage By David Urbanek

    Simple level 1 kit from Estes Well, this was easy to build. They're not kidding when they mean level 1. The motor tube is encased in a plastic cage that acts as centering rings and fin alignment anchors all in one. Don't get me wrong. If you want a rocket and you want it now, this is very close to instant gratification. It can be built with the same tools that you would have if you ...

• Estes Ranger (Clone) By Ray King

  Brief: Modified Estes Ranger - a three motor cluster rocket with a payload section. My version includes a baffle and uses motor hooks that were not part of the original kit. I was looking for a kit or a plan that would be suitable to fulfill the NARTREK Silver cluster flight requirements. This look alike to the Big Bertha would be a great addition to my fleet if painted in a similar scheme ...

• Estes Rascal (2021) By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: The Rascal is a 4FNC kit offered by Estes for a short time back in the early 90s. This is one of those projects that I probably wouldn't have been tempted to build except for eBay. Back in 2001 I bought an assortment of Estes rockets and launch equipment in an auction. Among the "goodies" in the old range box was a pocket knife, a badly started body tube and engine ...

• Estes Rascal (RTF) By Joseph Olexa

  Brief: This is an Estes Rascal Kit #1897 and is silver in color. It is a pre-assembled kit where the only thing you need to do is attach the parachute to the rocket. The parachute is 12" in diameter, and the kit uses an Estes (rubber band) shock cord attached to the launch lug inside the rocket body tube. No painting is required. The package says it will go to 1200'. ...

• Estes Rattler 7 By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: The Rattler 7 was one of a pair of rockets that I bought specifically to be built and flown the following day at my first club launch back in 2001. An almost RTF (E2X) offering from Estes, the Rattler 7 was a scale-like, pseudo-military missile with sticker graphics and 18mm power. Despite what sounds like a lack of enthusiasm for this bird, I actually found it to be a decent ...

• Estes Recruiter By Graeme Cooke

  Single stage scale-like B or C powered rocket. Components Interesting Nosecone and expansion coupler.  Has a faux rocket nozzle.  I think the nosecone and coupler are the same as what the Estes "Beta" kit has. /h2 I built this when I was about 10 back in the '80s.  Followed the instructions and it's still flying today. Finishing Well, I was ...

• Estes Red Alert By John Lee

  Brief: This is a simple, high-performance OOP rocket from the Estes catalog of '91 and '92. Construction: It includes an engine block, paper shock cord mount, launch lug, lug offset, shock cord, streamer, screw eye, balsa nose cone, BT-5, and 3 die-cut fins. The build is easy and instructions are excellent. I sanded the fins to an airfoil shape, filled the tube spirals, ...

• Estes Red Alert By John Lee

  Brief: Next week, my club is going to have an informal 13mm duration competition. I never win these things, but I do like to take part. With only a week to go, I realized that I didn't have anything ready to enter and started looking through the inventory. I found the Red Alert. It seemed light and would go pretty high on an A despite the draggy nose cone. Besides, it was near the ...

• Estes Red Nova By Ty Bliss

  Red Nova is a scale-like model of a missile that stands 21.6" tall.  The rocket's design includes a uniquely shaped nose cone, two sets of four fins, extra body tube detail pieces, and a 24mm motor mount.  When well-finished, the Red Nova is a great looking, high flying D-motor powered rocket.   Components Components include: 3.75" Two-tiered molded plastic ...

• Estes RediRoc Intruder By Michael Rangitsch

  The Intruder is one of Estes' first RTF models. It is a conical piece of foamed polystyrene with a motor mount. Nice way to burn motors. It flies low and slow. The Intruder has no fins, only short 'legs' on the rim of the polystyrene body cone. A single 13mm motor powers this beast. No construction to speak of. You can't use Krylon on this one because it eats the plastic. Finishing: I ...

• Estes RediRoc Intruder By Jon Revelle

  Little cheap-o rocket I found at ACE in March 2005. The last recorded year it was made was in 1996. This things almost 10 years old! It's a fun rocket to play with in your own yard. The rocket consists of only 2 parts: a body tube and the styrofoam body. It also came with decals. Construction was completed in about 10 seconds! All you have to do is paint it and install the engine tube! ...

• Estes RediRoc Intruder By John Lee

  UFO, oddroc, practically ready to fly, 13mm motor, aerobrake recovery. The Invader is a simple, almost ready to fly, entry level UFO rocket. It is made almost totally from Styrofoam and is really ready to fly except for the paint job and stickers. The "kit" consists of a foam UFO, a cardboard motor tube, some stickers and an Estes safety sheet. There was going to be less to this "build" ...

• Estes RediRoc Raider By John Lee

  Brief: An all foam plastic (TufLite) ready to fly tumble rocket. Construction: There are only three parts: the "rocket" itself, an engine tube, and a decal sheet. There isn't much in the way of construction, just a quick sand down with fine sandpaper and then slide the engine tube into the base of the rocket. The tube does not require gluing as it is a tight fit. ...

• Estes RediRoc Raider By John Lee

  Brief: While making a good faith effort to finish the rockets I had started, I once again found myself at the shop with glue and paint drying and nothing to do so I opened this "kit" in order to occupy a little time. Construction: The components of this rocket are nothing more than a white Styrofoam shell and a motor tube with a few crack and peel stickers to liven ...

• Estes Renegade-D By Jeff Boldig

  This was a neat kit of a space ship type rocket.  It included lots of fins and large pods on the end of the largest fins. Components The parts were typical Estes kit.  Everything went together well and the instructions were typical for Estes kits.   /h2 This went together quite well.  I did add a piece of Kevlar for the shock cord.  It was ...

• Estes Renegade-D By Gregg Discenza

  The latest incarnation of the Estes Renegade kit has changed the rocket from a 2-stage to a single-stage, probably because of the booster stage's tendency to semi-glide recover at a rather high rate of speed. My daughter chose the kit at the local hobby shop, because "lots of fins are cool, daddy!" I have been impressed with the quality I have been seeing from the newer Skill 2 or higher ...

• Estes Renegade By Jim Hinton

  ( Contributed - by Jim Hinton - 12/08/04) Brief: I changed the booster to a triple 18mm cluster by installing motor mounts into the two side pods along with a conventional wadding type recovery system in each side pod capable of utilizing either streamers or 12" parachutes in each pod. Nose weight added to compensate. Modifications: The biggest trick on this one was determining ...

• Estes Renegade By Robert Davis

  The Renegade is a cool staged rocket featuring a tumble recovery for the booster and a parachute recovery for the 2nd stage. It also flies great as a single stage rocket. The kit came with a whole lot of parts, including two lengths of BT-60 body tubes (one of them was much shorter, of course, for the booster section), a tube coupler, a couple different types of nose cones, two BT-20 engine ...

• Estes Renegade By Duane Boldt

  Brief: The Estes Renegade kit is a very sharp looking 2-stage kit that looks great in any fleet. It looks good on the shelf and it looks good in flight and staging. It flies on 18mm motors and used tumble recovery for the booster and a parachute for the sustainer. Construction: The Estes Renegade kit contains the following parts: 1 - BT60 x 18" Body Tube 1 - ...

• Estes Renegade By Bob Bernatchez

  Brief: Very cool looking, two stage design. The upper stage can also be flown as a single stage rocket. Construction: There are a fair number of parts in this kit. Tubes included are two BT-60 for the airframe, two BT-50 side pods for the booster, two BT-20 for engine mount tubes, and two short lengths of BT-5, again for the booster. Also included are various couplers, adapter ...

• Estes Richocet By John R. Brandon III

  A new pseudo-scale military single-stage rocket with SAM appeal. This one was sold at my local Wal-Mart store in a cardboard box. Parts included were a motor mount tube, an engine hook, a long adapter ring, an engine block, a main body tube, an upper body tube, a balsa transition, a balsa nose cone, a sheet of laser-cut balsa fins, four hardwood strips, a launch lug, a screw eye, a 24" ...

• Estes Ricochet By Rich DeAngelis

  The Estes Ricochet is a low power rocket kit. Although light, at 22 inches high it seems "bigger". It uses 18mm A,B and C motors. I like the military-missile style of this rocket. I enjoyed building this kit and I enjoy flying it because it flies well. Since it is relatively light, it flies to very high altitudes with the larger motors. It also has a large, narrow upper section you can use ...

• Estes Riptide Launch Set By David Crowell

• Estes Rock-It By Steve Kristal

  Brief: If the Flintstones had a rocket, this would be it. A simple BT-80 based 3FNC with an unusual nosecone, waterslide decals, and a novel paint recommendation. Construction: The kit contains: 1 X BT-80 body tube 14.25" 1 X BT-50 24mm 4.25" motor mount tube 3 X laser cut 1/8" balsa fins 2 X BT-80 motor mount rings 1 X 24mm engine block ring 1 X ...

• Estes Rocket Red Crayon By Aaron J. Grier

  A "ready-to-fly" four-fin rocket that looks like a red crayon with fins at the bottom. Components Single cardboard body tube, pre-colored, stickers already applied Plastic combination fin unit and engine retainer Plastic nosecone /h2 This couldn't be easier.  Assembly consists of literally tying the parachute to the nosecone, tying the shock cord to ...

• Estes S.P.E.V. By Bill Eichelberger

  Supposedly created for the sole purpose of ridding the parts bins of excess components from out of production kits, the Estes S.P.E.V. (aka: Spare Parts Elimination Vehicle) undoubtedly possesses one of the more interesting background stories in model rocketry. While it would be excusable if such a rocket failed in the styling department, the S.P.E.V. actually manages to project a sort of regal ...

• Estes S.V. Gemini C By Andrew Scott

  ( Contributed - by Andrew Scott - 05/17/06) Brief: The Space Vehicle Gemini C is a military research rocket. I used this DC Gemini rocket kit for my kit bash, because it has TTW fins, which means it is stronger than the other ones also you don't have to worry about the fin alignment. Modifications: Build the motor mount per the instructions and glue it in place. Glue the fins in ...

• Estes Sabre By Michael Rangitsch

  Editor's Note: The Sabre was part of a starters set that is now OOP Brief: Simple EX2 construction, three fins & nose kit. Construction: The Sabre has the typical EX2 construction. The three plastic fins go through the wall and are glued to a plastic cage around the motor mount. The shock cord is attached to a gizmo that is glued through the forward wall of the body tube. ...

• Estes Sahara By swat kat

  This kit appears to be a bash of Pro-Series II parts featuring The nose and transition from an Argent, with one lower body tube instead of two. It also appears to have the Partizon's fins. It still uses the standard pro series 29mm mount and screw retainer and 24" chute. Finished weight for me was 13.08 Oz. Components There are two main body tubes, a 2" upper tube and a 2.6" ...

• Estes SAROS By David Fergus

  (from the 1971 Estes catalog) An excellent scale-like model for any rocketeer. A new feature is the integral fin unit-engine mount providing immediate and positive location of the thrust rings. The embossed metallic press-on material and decal arrangement add the final professional touch of realism not found in other models of its class. Modifications: Launch lugs mounted to a dowel for rail ...

• Estes Satellite Interceptor By Dale Marshall and Tim Reidy

  Brief: This rocket is being reviewed by Dale Marshall and Tim Reidy. Tim has more building experience so his comments are listed first. Tim: When I saw the list of kits that Estes was re-releasing as part of its Classic Series, I was delighted to see the Satellite Interceptor on the list. It had been on my list of kits to clone, and now Estes had saved me the work. Dale : Well ...

• Estes Satellite Interceptor By Jewel B. Butler Jr.

  Brief: This is one of the new Estes kits from their Classic series,Crossbow SST is another kit similar in design. They call it Cool and Futuristic. I agree with both descriptions. This is a sleek multi-fined with tubes which made me go wow and some great decals to really make it kind a nasty like it will seek out and destroy. It use a 18 mm engine with parachute recovery. ...

• Estes Satellite Interceptor By David O'Nan

  Brief Older skill level 3 Estes kit introduced in 1978 and discontinued in 1982. Had one back in 1979 that I lost to a tree on its first flight. When I became a BAR this is one of the first kits I wanted to clone, but it was difficult because of the unique nose cone/tail cone combination. However, in 1997 Estes introduced the Wildfire kit (#2154, see picture), which re-introduced this plastic ...

• Estes Saturn V By Frank Casey

  This is the classic Estes Saturn V kit, No. 2001. I purchased this kit off of eBay for a very good price. The kit was started. The single 24mm motor mount had been installed (using crazy glue), the fins and fin fairings had been partially assembled, the engine nozzles had been completed and secured to the cardboard nozzle disk holder, and the capsule and tower had been assembled. Other than ...

• Estes Saturn V By Mike Caplinger

  This is a short review of the Estes Apollo 11 Saturn V kit, number 2157.  I purchased the kit in 2017. There are several reviews of this kit in its various forms over the years on RR and tons of information on the web.  Probably the definitive source of information is Chris Michielssen's build thread from 2011, which starts at http://modelrocketbuilding.blogspot.co ...

• Estes Saturn-V/Apollo 11 By Jim Stuckman

  First Impressions: 10/31/98 - Tonight I had a large package waiting for me when I got home - a beta-version of the soon to be released Saturn V!The kit is packed in a NCR style box with a cool graphic of the Saturn V. The specs on the label are: 43.25" Long 3.938" Diameter 10.2 oz weight Motor D12-3 Est. Max Alt - 100' Upon opening the box, it quickly becomes ...

• estes Scion By Hans Haase

  Part of the Estes Pro Series II, only available as a direct from Estes kit, and packaged with the bare minimum of materials.  One of the largest, yet least expensive, of the PSII kits.  Essentially based on the Estes Leviathan, but longer and a different use of the same fins.  This would be a great way to dive into big mid power rockets, or even the low end of high power ...

• Estes Scissor Wing Transport By Mark Van Luvender

  Brief: Single staged boosted glider. This rocket is a re-release of an earlier Estes kit. Construction: Parts were of standard Estes quality and consisted of main body tube, 18mm motor tube (long tube since it's the tube for the boost pod), body tube for tail, plastic nose cone assembly, two balsa sheets for wing/fin pieces, 2 centering rings, one engine block, one engine hook, ...

• Estes Scissor Wing Transport By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This classic has been reintroduced as a "limited edition" run for about a year now. It's a very unusual swing-wing design with the wing springing out at separation to convert the rocket into a glider. With colorful decals, it's a beautiful looking bird. Construction: The kit contains: BT-50 body tube BT-20 motor/pod tube Metal engine hook BT-50 ...

• Estes Scorpion By Steve Lindeman

• Estes Scout By Bob Goffena

  Small rocket i received for a birthday around 1990. Shot this off at a rocket launch at grade school, during school hours, with a C6-5 if i remember correctly. Other students shot rockets off, and their rockets were recovered. My Scout just disappeared into the sky, noone saw apogee, noone had a clue where it landed. We guessed it must have gone over 2,000 feet. The one thing i will never ...

• Estes Scrambler By Jon Revelle

  Brief: Classic clustered egg-lofter. Very neat rocket. Construction: This is a clone kit I purchased on eBay for $21.00. It came in a box, but the parts were in a plastic bag. All parts were present. The Astron Scrambler was Estes' first egg-lofter and was distributed from 1969-1977. The kit includes: 1 Balsa Nose Cone 1 Payload Tube 1 Balsa Transition 2 Balsa ...

• Estes Screamer By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: A step up from the fire and forget Mosquito, the Screamer is a mini-engine bird that lives up to its name. Even with its mini engine power, this little rocket is out of sight before the smoke hits the blast deflector. With its bright orange paint it is a highly visible rocket, but with the kind of performance that it is capable of, bright orange paint is only going to be of so ...

• Estes Screamin Mimi to Der Red Max By James Gartrell

  ( Contributed - by James Gartrell - 07/01/03) Brief: Upsized motor mount to hold Estes E-9. Substituted fin design, paint scheme and Tango Papa decals for Der Red Max. Omitted super sonic whistles and related fins, although I seriously considered including them to make a "Der Screamin' Red Max." Length of the rocket is 26 inches, rather than 25.5 inches for the Screamin' ...

• Estes Screamin' Mimi By Fred Shecter

  Single stage with 12" parachute recovery and 4 whistles that make sound (when using D12 motors, but I heard some during one of two C11 flights. Kit includes: Estes BT-60 4 Die-cut balsa sturdy fins plus 4 die cut balsa sturdy whistle pod stand-offs Plastic nose cone Typical short shock cord (but it is 1/4" wide elastic). Extremely excellent instructions. Estes has REALLY ...

• Estes Screamin' Mimi By Andy Miller

  The Screamin' Mimi is a single stage rocket with 18" plastic chute, 24mm motor mount, and four whistles. The kit includes one single body tube, 4 fins, four whistle fins, four whistles, and a nose cone. The motor mount is 24mm. I added 18 inches to the (too) short elastic shock cord. The instructions were well written and with good illustrations--better than some I've seen in the past. ...

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• Estes Screaming Eagle By Bob Allen

  Brief: Single 18mm engined F-15 Eagle jet fighter design, with a 12 inch parachute Construction: This kit contained the following: 1 - BT50 white body tube 10.75 inches (mine was crunched, so I replaced it) 1 - BJ-20 Engine tube, w/hook, block and centering rings. 1 - PNC-50E Plastic Nosecone w/cockpit bubble 2 - 1/8" by 9" wooden dowels 1 - Plastic parts ...

• Estes SDI Satellite By Frank Casey

  Brief: I chose this rocket because I was sick of all the "normal" looking rockets. In New Zealand, only Quest and SOME Estes kits are available, and a look through what was available in NZ made me realize that, on the most part, they all looked the same. Then I came across this little beast! A very unusual "rocket" indeed. Looks just like its full-sized counterpart, ...

• Estes SDI Satellite By Frank Casey

  Brief: This is a single stage low power kit. It has a very unique appearance. Some people like the look while others think it's one of the ugliest rockets ever made. Construction: Parts List: Main body tube 8 Fuel tank tubes Nose cone Engine mount tube Launch lug Engine hook 2 Centering rings Die-cut balsa sheet Die-cut card (contains 16 ...

• Estes Sea-Dart By Casey Smith

  This is Estes representation of the British surface to air missile used in the Falklands war in 1983. It is a single stage rocket with standard parachute recovery. It was only in the 1983 and 1984 catalogs. They are getting harder to find. This was the second rocket I ever had. The kit comes with the main body tube, a long motor tube, and 12 fins and 4 strakes. It has a plastic nose cone and ...

• Estes Semi-Scale Saturn V By Jeff Lane

  Brief: The Estes Semi-Scale Saturn V is a highly desirable vintage collectible that sells for hundreds of dollars on eBay and is very rarely seen in its original packaging. It's a simple BT-60 rocket with an ingenious fin can that is a very reliable flier on Estes black powder 18mm motors. Construction: The build starts with the standard cardstock centering rings/coupler ...

• Estes Show Stopper By Chris Flanigan

  Simple kit to build with just a few steps to get to the field.   My son put this together himself. Since he likes big rockets but we only have a 300 yard field, we use small parachutes.   This rocket is very sturdy and can handle harder landings.   For us, this rocket is perfect if you want a quick to build large rocket. Components Plastic nose cone ...

• Estes Shuttle Xpress By Chan Stevens

  The modern, E2X reincarnation of the ARV Condor, this kit is a quick, easy build and eye-catching design. At apogee, (2) separate gliders break free to circle the field while the main rocket eases down under chute. The 2003 Estes line seems to be carefully packed, with each body tube enclosed in plastic. The nose cone is an unusual appearance, with a raised canopy and a duct area underneath. ...

• Estes Shuttle Xpress By Ed Rodrigo

• Estes Shuttle Xpress By Douglas Gardei

  Two Parasite Gliders lofted by an easy to build rocket.   The rocket parts include two body tubes, plastic fincan halves, fins, launch lug and nosecone. The recovery system consists of a pre-made plastic parachute, and an elastic shock cord. The gliders are made from foam parts, each with a plastic launch hook and a set of decals. The foam wings have two adhesive strips on them ...

• Estes Silver Comet to V2 (Modification) By Darrell Edge

  Converting the existing Silver Comet to the once available V2. Modifications: I wanted to recreate the V2 in an inexpensive way using readily available parts. My first purchase was the Estes Silver Comet rocket kit. This was the same platform that the old V2 from Estes was built on. The next step was to get the fin pattern from Jimz plans online. I downloaded the fin pattern and took it and ...

• Estes Silver Comet By Gary Sinclair

  ( Contributed - by Gary Sinclair) Brief: Fiberglassed body and fins. 3mm Kevlar ® shockcord. LOC precision 16" parachute. Centering rings were glued using 5 minute epoxy. All joints were glued using epoxy. Modifications: The Silver Comet is a great looking kit which I felt deserved to be built to last and fly on E and F motors. To this end I decided to re-enforce the body and ...

• Estes Silver Comet By Tristan Higbee

  ( Contributed - by Tristan Higbee )  The Silver Comet is a 1997 edition Estes model rocket. It is a skill level two and is one out of the few Estes rockets that takes a "D" engine. It is a fairly easy rocket to make if you have some experience. It requires a ¼ inch launch rod and is 25" long. The average cost of a Silver Comet is about $20, and I think it ...

• Estes Sizzler (1906) Starter Set By Dick Stafford

  After I entered some old flight logs on the Estes Sizzler, I decided to look at the EMRR review. To my surprise, this was not the same kit! The newer Sizzler was not merely a re-issue with materials differences, it was larger (BT-60 vs. BT-50), had a different fin design, and used rear ejection vs. standard NC ejection. The original Sizzler (#1906) was a basic 3FNC Skill level 1 rocket. I ...

• Estes Sizzler (2127) By Mel Gray

  (by Mel Gray)  Background The Sizzler (#2127) offered by Estes, is a rocket with sharp looks and special features. The Sizzler is advertised by Estes has being 70 centimeters long, 4 centimeters in diameter, and 110 grams when finished. Recommended motors are the B4-2. B6-2, C5-3, C6-3 and C6-5. This bird is on the larger side for B and C power, so I was planning to investigate ...

• Estes Sizzler By G. A. Dean

    Estes has used the name "Sizzler" on several rockets down through the years. The latest to carry the name (Kit #2171) is a minimum-diameter screamer with swept fins like one of the earlier Sizzler's, but a new smaller size that gives it hot performance to match it's fast styling. Construction of this kit is simple and straightforward, but some careful attention to fin strength and ...

• Estes Skinny Mini By Dick Stafford

  The Skinny Mini was a 'longneck'-style, 13mm, minimum diameter rocket that used streamer recovery. Mine dates back to the late '80's. The parts included: 2 sections of 13mm tubing tube coupler plastic nosecone 3 die cut balsa fins plastic streamer rubber band shock cord launch lug engine block This was a typical skill Level-1 kit. As with other Estes kits, it ...

• Estes Sky Raider By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: The Estes Sky Raider was among a handful of D-powered rockets that I always longed for as a kid. (The Renegade and Demon were two others.) I loved it's size and the cool lightning bolt inspired decals. Back then I also loved the idea of flying D-powered birds but not the economics. I was subsisting on a meager allowance and a pack of C6-5s took a pretty big chunk out of that, ...

• Estes Sky Writer By Dillon Frazier

  A 26-inch long rocket designed to look like a pencil. Made by Estes. An E2X model that is powered by standard engines (B6-4, C6-5, ect.). Components 2 main body tube sections Engine moun tbuilding components  plastic nose cone 4 inter-connected plastic fins rubber shock cord 12 inch preassembled parachute   /h2 Very easy to build, ...

• Estes Skybolt (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  The Skybolt was a 3fnc rocket from Estes that still managed to look good despite its simplicity.  Produced from 1980 to 1984, I remember giving serious thought to picking up a Skybolt at a Kay Bee Toy and Hobby at the ragged tail end of my first dalliance with the hobby in the early 80's.  The simplicity appealed to me, as did the fact that it flew on D ...

• Estes Skywinder By John Lee

  I'm going to be taking part in a rocket exhibition for some elementary aged kids next month and wanted to show a wide variety of types. In thinking about it, I realized that I have not built a true helicopter recovery model before. I began to look around to see if I had a really simple one and I found the Estes SkyWinder which seemed to fit the bill. The first step in construction is to ...

• Estes Skywinder By Jeff Gilmer

  This is an easy to build helicopter recovery rocket. Kit contains one body tube, two nose pieces and a dozen or so motor/rotor pieces The overall instructions are classic Estes. They start with a complete parts list move logically into a step by step description with illustrations. The beauty of this kit is the ease of building. Except for a couple of issues this kit can be completed ...

• Estes Skywinder By Spinal

  (Reprinted with permission from Spinal's Fun & Hobbies Page)  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------  Company: Estes  Price: $16.69  Series: E2X  Rating: (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)  Engines: B4-2, B6-2, C6-3  Nose Cone: Plastic  Engine Mount: Quick Release Engine Hook (screw out kind)  Fins: Plastic  Recovery: ...

• Estes SM-3 Seahawk By Daniel P. Loegering

  Recovers in two pieces by two separate 18" parachutes This rocket kit comes packed in a sturdy box from Estes so there is minimal chances of receiving crushed body tubes in a bag. All parts are typical Estes quality with nothing bad to say about the kit. Body tubes are pre-slotted for all fins.   The rear fins are two part plastic fins that result in a seam to fill if the builder ...

• Estes SM-3 Seahawk By Greg Deeter

  The SM-3 Navy Seahawk was a skill level 2 Explorer Series rocket. Came in a nice box which can be used as a range box. Typical Estes, great instructions, nice quality, and one of their better kits. This kit is out of production (OOP) and I will bet I know why. This can be a dangerous kit to build. Reason being, the fins are RAZOR sharp! I am shocked that Estes ever made a kit with fins this ...

• Estes Snapshot (RTF) By Simon Berry

  Brief: Estes Snapshot RTF (remake of the older Astrocam) in a starter set with controller and launch pad. Construction: This rocket has very similar components to the other Estes RTF rockets with the obvious exception being the nose cone camera unit. It uses a standard Estes elastic shock cord and plastic parachute. The camera unit is basic and takes 110 film. No ...

• Estes Snitch (RTF) By Bob Hvarven

  ( Contributed - by Bob Hvarven) Another little ARF - There will surely be a Global "Plastic Shortage" very soon. Just happened to see this one while sliding the isles at Wally World. This is a little intro to a Flying Saucer ARF..... Package: Again, it is hard to slam the packaging. Estes has done a fine job of making an appealing product presentation. I would like to see ...

• Estes Snitch By Nick Esselman

  I purchased the Snitch to add to my 18mm U.F.O. comparison article . It is a simple Ready-to-Fly model from Estes made up of plastic and seemingly indestructible. CONSTRUCTION: The instructions are printed on the back of the cover-art and they simply tell you how to hook in the wire legs and flying guidance. That's it. Ready-to-Fly. The wire legs connect very easily. The rocket comes ...

• Estes Solar Flare By David Scigliano

  Brief: This is a flashy two-stage rocket kit. The Solar Flare is a Skill Level 2 rocket kit that features laser cut balsa fins, high quality body tubes, clear payload section and a plastic nose cone for a straightforward assembly. The B or C powered booster stage has a tapered look and makes this rocket look like an intergalactic researcher. In addition to being a two-stage rocket, ...

• Estes Solar Flare By Chan Stevens

  Note--this review is for the standalone rocket kit, not the starter set package referenced in the prior review. The rocket is a nifty 2-stage (18mm==>13mm) ring-fin design with a clear payload tube, with the booster so well integrated into the design this could easily be mistaken for a single-stager on the pad. Components My kits came in a retail bag pack, and as a result my ...

• Estes Solar Probe By George Beever

  Brief: A single-staged, futuristic design, featuring several tube diameters. The Solar Probe was available from Estes from 1991 to 1993. The design carried hints of a Centuri influence. Construction: The parts list: 1 BT-60 body tube, 5" long 1 BT-50 body tube, 7 3/8" long Four fins, balsa, 1/16", each fin of 2-piece construction 1 BT-20 ...

• Estes Solar Sailer II By Bill Eichelberger

  Having been a fan of the original Solar Sailer back in 1978, I felt fortunate to pick up the reproduction Solar Sailer II in 2001 after being the (shocked) only bidder in an Ebay auction. Although about ten inches shorter than the original, the Solar Sailer II looked identical everywhere but side by side with its big brother. Components 18" BT-20 core tube 12.7" BT-50L ...

• Estes Solar Scouts Launch Set By John R. Brandon III

  The Estes Solar Scouts launch set include two rocket kits, a launch pad, and control.  The two kits are the Farside and the SkyDart.  They are reviewed individually below. FARSIDE A pre-colored E2X-class rocket included in the Solar Scouts Launch Set, with a 3FNC configuration and parachute recovery. The Farside was packaged in a plastic bag. Its components included a ...

• Estes Solar Warrior By Tony Fragge

  In 1994 when I was born again. I found this exotic, skill level 2, single-stage rocket at a hobby shop going out of business. It was the first rocket that I built that actually looked like the picture in the kit. I have built a few more Solar Warriors since but I still fly the original one. The kit comes with a BT-20 body tube (9.75 inches in length) and two BT-20 (1.5 inches in length) pod ...

• Estes Solar Warrior By Steve Lindeman

  This is a review of the NEW Estes Solar Warrior kit #3225. This kit has nothing in common with its predecessor kit #0895 [1991-1995] other than name and manufacturer. Somebody at Estes didn't do their homework when naming this rocket and it's too bad they didn't come up with a better name (like say Solar or Galactic Torpedo). Other than that this is a great 24mm kit that features 8 fins ...

• Estes Space Racer By Chris Taylor Jr.

  This is a rather simple rocket yet I think it will be one of my favorites. I think its best quality is that very cool nose cone.  Assembly was very easy, body tube, engine hook ring to hold 4 fins, and a nose cone! That's all. The nose cone is plastic and the fins are fiber so finishing is also very easy and nice looking.  I chose to finish mine stock. I used the decals that came ...

• Estes Space Shuttle (RTF) By Willy Logan

    This rocket goes up in one part and comes down in two. The Orbiter glides down while the power pod comes down on a parachute. The assembly for the Space Shuttle was fairly simple. However, for joining the foam parts together, Contact Cement was required. Most beginners don't have contact cement. The only finishing that this rocket needed was decals. The decals were easy to apply. ...

• Estes Space Shuttle (RTF) By John Lyngdal

  "Instructions were fine, as little information was needed to be communicated. This is a close to RTF (Ready-to-Fly) product, unless you elect to paint it . . . but why bother." With respect to quality: "A foam rocket, so little was expected." How did it fly? "The rocket arcs over onto it's back as soon as it clears the launch rod. C5-3 and C6-3 delays are too long for this rocket. Often the ...

• Estes Space Shuttle Columbia By Matt Gillard

  An OOP rocket of the space shuttle. Estes have released a few other space shuttles that have been gliders. This older one is just the shuttle itself and recovers by a parachute. I got two of these older rockets from a rocketeer that was giving up the hobby. Both kits had been opened and had bits missing, however these were easily replaced. This review is for Estes kit number 1424, which seems ...

• Estes Space Shuttle By Dick Stafford

  This is a review of the OOP Estes Master's Series Space Shuttle, EST# 1284. It is a 1/162 scale replica of the Space Shuttle and includes both Orbiter and booster sections. These sections are connected at launch, boost on a single C5-3 or C6-3 engine, and separate when the 'main engine' ejects. The Orbiter uses glide recovery while the booster uses a parachute. For flight, there are removable ...

• Estes Space Shuttle By David Fergus

  This is a 1/162 scale model of the Space Shuttle in a boost glider configuration. The kit uses a single 18mm engine mount set off-center in the External Tank (ET). At apogee, the Orbiter releases and returns by glide, while the ET/SRB booster assembly recovers by parachute. Auxiliary fin units (removable for display) are provided for stability during flight and are attached into the bottom of ...

• Estes Space Twins (Plan) By Stefan Jones

  _Space Twins_ is (are?) a nifty rocket that spawned a bunch of imitators through the years, ranging from the MPC Lunar Patrol to Estes' own "A.R.V. Condor." It features a finless central core that is recovered by parachute, plus two "parasite" gliders that detach on ejection. The _Space Twins_ plans were distributed by Estes Industries as part of their "Free Plan" program. The plans may be found ...

• Estes Spaceman Spiff By Glenn Roth

  ( Contributed - by Glenn Roth - 08/27/09) Brief: 3-parallel staged Bullpup 12 Ds powered by 18mm motors. Modifications: After several cataclysmic failures, I can tell you a challenging rocket to build and a fun rocket to fly. Best suggestion I have is to "stack" several pieces of 1/8 x 1/4" plywood for standoffs. Use epoxy . If you go to YouTube and look up ...

• Estes SpaceShipOne E By Cliff Sojourner

  Brief: This is a large scale model of Burt Rutan's Space Ship One, the X-Prize winner. We enjoyed watching the X-Prize develop, we have built the other X-Prize kits from Estes, so when the super sized SSO became available, we jumped on it. As you can imagine we were full of anticipation and high expectations for this kit. Construction: The components included in the kit are: ...

• Estes SpaceShipSqrt(-1) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 04/19/08) Brief: When one of my rocketry buddies decided to hold a building session, I was scrambling to decide what to work on. I decided to use a 50% off Michael's coupon to grab an Estes SS1 kit for bashing. I turned it into a retro-styled spaceship with more conventional fins and wing-tip pods. I also converted it for 24mm motors. ...

• Estes Speed Freak (RTF) By Warren Rhodes

  Brief: The Speed Freak is a RTF rocket that comes in a starter pack that includes the launch pad, controller, and cell battery for the speed reader. This British pack does not come with motors. Construction: Rocket is ready to go. I was using this rocket as a test vehicle to look at different shapes of parachute with the same surface area. Construction is very easy. A ...

• Estes Speed Freak (RTF) By Donald Besaw Jr

  Brief: The Estes Industries Speed Freak is a starter set with a ready to fly rocket with an electronic digital speedometer capsule. Also included is a Porta Pad II launch pad, Electron Beam launch controller, 2 piece 1/8" launch rod, two motors (B6-4 and C6-5), ignitors, plugs, wadding, button cell battery for the capsule and instructions. Construction: The only components ...

• Estes Sprint By Tim Burger

  - A classic high-performance rocket from the 60’s Forward: The Estes Sprint is one of those timeless classic designs that old rocketeers remember fondly. This Mike Dorffler design looks like it’s going fast even when it’s just laying there and the exceptional performance has had me hooked since the first one I ever owned ’way back in the early 70’s.. It would ...

• Estes SR-71 Blackbird By Paul Altman

  Estes - SR-71 Blackbird ( Contributed - by Paul Altman)  The SR-71 comes boxed like most Estes Challenger series kits. It is a level 3 and they aren't kidding but well worth the time. First thing you should do is look at the directions very carefully and note the pictures. Very important for the nose cone to fit well. I personally did not like the way you glue the fins together in ...

• Estes SR-71 Blackbird By Lowell Hamilton

    The Estes SR-71 Blackbird kit is a model of the famous spy/recon plane retired from service a few years ago. This rocket is skill level 3, and difficult to build, as slight misalignments make the rocket spin or turn.  The rocket came in good condition with all parts in good shape and the balsa fins cut well.The instructions were well-made for the complexity of the kit and ...

• Estes SR-71 Blackbird By Jon Revelle

  This is a scale model of the world's fastest jet. Estes brought it back in 2003 along with some other military rocket kits. This one was the original vintage version that was given to me by my neighbor. He said he built it sometime in the 1970s, it was missing fins, and in need of a parachute. The newer ones come in a bag with: 1 BT-50 body tube 2 shorter BT-50 body tubes 1 nose ...

• Estes SR-71 Blackbird By Hank Helmen

  This is the Sport Scale SR-71 Blackbird Model Rocket. It is an 18mm motor with parachute recovery Estes challenge kit. The SR-71 was designed at the famous "Skunk Works" with a mission of high alititude reconnaissance! The Blackbird kit comes in a box with a color picture of the built kit on the outside. I built kit number EST-7003. It is labeled as a "Challenge" kit series with a skill ...

• Estes SR-71 Blackbird By Eric Miller

  This is a model of the United Stated Airforce 1962 spy reconnaissance plane. Still the fastest and highest flying plane in the world. When I opened the box I was mesmerized at all the pieces to the blackbird and a few I never used before. This is a Estes Challenger level kit. An appropriate classification since it was. This kit can be built with a ruler, hobby knife and white or yellow glue. ...

• Estes SR-X By Bruce Markielewski

  The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry".The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the two links above. ...

• Estes SS2K By Brian Ray

  ( Contributed - by Brian Ray - 12/07/09) Brief: While building the Estes SpaceShipOne, I encountered a problem when the plastic cement recommended by the manufacturer melted and deformed the tail cone. To their credit, and typical of their customer service, Estes sent me a replacement model immediately after I shared with them what had occurred. Looking at the undamaged ...

• Estes Star Dart By Donald Besaw Jr

  Minimum diameter rocket with a sleek, compact design. Uses a parachute for recovery. Flights to 2,000 feet are possible with this kit. Modifications: Replaced Parachute with a Custom Streamer. The kit came packaged in a plastic bag with the usual header card. The kit included the body tube which doubles as the motor mount, retention hook and sleeve, thrust ring, spacer tube, die-cut ...

• Estes Star Duster By Dennis McClain-Furmanski

  (by Dennis McClain-Furmanski - 09/14/04) Brief: This is a kit bash of an Estes Bullpup plus a few parts to build a model of the futuristic Star Duster from the 1960s cartoon "Scott McCloud, Space Angel". Modifications: "Scott McCloud, Space Angel" was a cartoon produced from 1962 through 1964. It used the "synchro-vox" technique, where stills were ...

• Estes Star Orbiter By Chris Flanigan

  The Star Orbiter is one of the Pro Series II rockets from Estes.   It is about 46" long, 5.9 oz, and uses E or F engines. It is a quick build that you paint yourself.    This is a high flying mid-power rocket for very cheap ($20). That is cheaper than many low power rockets! Components 46" rocket with cardboard tubes Hardwood fins Plastic cone ...

• Estes Star Rider By Kevin Johnson

  ( Contributed - by Kevin Johnson) Brief: Ring finned fantasy sport flyer. Construction: All the parts, with the exception of the ring fins and fin stock can be found in the new Nemesis kit. 1 BT-50 1 PNC50? plastic nose cone 1 18mm motor mount 1 12" plastic chute 1 BT-80 2" long 1/8" balsa sheet for fins clay nose weight I bought the new Estes Nemesis ...

• Estes Star Stryker By John R. Brandon III

  Brief: A slick little payload rocket with a unique fin arrangement. I've heard rockets described as "3FNC" or "4FNC", meaning "3 or 4 fins and a nose cone", but the Star Stryker has to be described as a "10FTCTNC"..."Ten fins, transition, clear tube, and a nosecone." The kit consists of two sections of 19mm tube, a 19-21mm balsa transition, a nice balsa nose cone a section of 21mm clear ...

• Estes Star Trek Klingon Battle Cruiser By Frank Casey

  Brief: A single staged Model Rocket commemorating the Star Trek series 25th Anniversary. Flies on a single 18mm motor and recovers with a standard 18" plastic parachute. Construction: Again, as is the case with the Enterprise rocket in this series. The Klingon ship has a very extensive parts list. Many Vacuum Formed parts that would also make this kit a difficult kit to clone. ...

• Estes Star Trek Klingon Battle Cruiser By Frank Casey

  Brief: This OOP Estes Rocket kit number 1274 is a skill level 4 kit. It's a 25th Anniversary Commemorative Special Edition kit and comes in a very sturdy large black box with excellent box art on the front and even a schematic of the Starship Enterprise and Klingon Battle Cruiser on the bottom of the box. According to the box this is a "Flying Scale Model of the Federation ...

• Estes Star Trek Starship Enterprise By Larry Zeilmann

  Single Stage 18mm Model rocket that commemorates the 25th anniversary of Star Trek . Rocket recovers via a single 18" plastic parachute. This kit comes with a quite extensive parts listing, many of which are unique to the kit. Therefore, this kit would be very difficult to clone. I will list them as listed in the instructions. 1 Vacuum Formed Plastic Sheet PF-75 1 Pattern Sheet SP-75 ...

• Estes Star Trek Starship Enterprise By Bob Patterson

  USS Enterprise, Skill Level 4, approx 17" long, with 28" stability tube that houses parachute. Single engine, 18" parachute, stability tube stays attached for launch/recovery, and detaches for display. Numerous - see attached picture of 12 page assembly manual. My wife assembled this rocket 8-9 years ago, after having built a Klingon spaceship as a kid. When first flown, it got stuck ...

• Estes Star Trek Starship Enterprise By Frank Casey

  Brief: This is a single stage 18mm kit of the famous Starship Enterprise. There are other excellent reviews of this rocket that accurately detail it’s construction so I won’t call out every detail on this build. I picked this kit up on eBay for $12.00 including shipping. As a matter of fact, I have purchased five of these in total for right around that same price. I notice that ...

• Estes Star Wars Darth Vader's Tie Fighter By Bill Eichelberger

  A seldom seen bird from the last Star Wars craze, the Darth Vader Tie Fighter is one of those rockets that you look at and say "No way that can fly right."  Well, based on my experience, you might be right. Components Darth Vader Tie Fighter plastic model plastic flight coupler 18mm engine mount 2 black BT-50 body tubes tube coupler PNC-50YR nose  ...

• Estes Star Wars Darth Vader's Tie Fighter By Matt Gillard

  Another Star Wars rocket, which is basically a plastic model with a rocket tube sticking out of it. As with most Star Wars rockets, it's not the most aerodynamic of shapes and requires a significant amount of nose mass for stability. Darth Vader’s Tie Fighter comes in several plastic parts - the "probe" which is two body tubes; a two-part nose cone; a connector; and a Star Wars ...

• Estes Star Wars Death Star By Donald Besaw Jr

  Brief: This is a skill level 1 flying model of the Death Star from the Star Wars movies. It consists of a booster and four foam quarters that make up the Death Star. It flies on B and C engines and has a parachute for the booster and a streamer for each Death Star quarter. The kit includes instructions, two body tubes (one slotted), coupler, engine tube, hook, centering rings, four fins, ...

• Estes Star Wars Droid Fighter By Scott Turnbull

  This is one of those Star Wars plastic model starter kits. The kit consists of a handful of standard rocket components to which is mounted a detailed plastic representation of a Star Wars Episode I Droid Fighter. Recovery is via a standard chute. Included with the kit is a Porta-Pad, Launch Controller with Star Wars Logo, and launch supplies for three flights. The base of the rocket ...

• Estes Star Wars Droid Fighter By John Lee

  Brief: Almost ready to fly, Star Wars-themed 18mm motor powered rocket. Construction: Aside from the Estes launcher set which I have yet to open, the kit consisted of: 3 glossy black body tubes, 2 narrow and 1 wide Plastic Nose Cone Plastic Shoulder Coupler Tube Plastic Fin Can Droid Fighter Elastic Shock Cord Parachute kit Since this one ...

• Estes Star Wars Mini Naboo Royal Starship (RTF) By Casey Smith

  Brief: This is the mini engine powered version of the Naboo Royal Starship. It has a streamer deployment. Construction: The rocket comes pre-assembled, you merely have to glue on the clear plastic wings and tie the streamer on. The instructions are very easy, there are only 3 assembly steps, and 1 motor placement step. I used Testors plastic cement that is available at any ...

• Estes Star Wars Naboo Royal Fighter (RTF) By Daniel R Sloan

  ( Contributed - by Daniel R Sloan ) Brief: A through C motor, close to RTF rocket with parachute recovery. Ready-to-fly plastic Naboo Fighter requires no construction or painting! Must be flown with flight probe. Construction: Assembly is very, very minimal and that it why it is a RTF. There was one joint on the tubes and then a full plastic fin assembly with a built-in motor ...

• Estes Star Wars Naboo Royal Starship (RTF) By John Lee

  Brief: An all plastic ready to fly rocket from the Star wars episode 1 range. There is a smaller version available as well. I got this in a job lot from a Star Wars fan and he had never flown it Construction: Its ready to fly. With the except on two detachable jets at the back, four clear plastic fins, and a Star Wars stand, you only need to open the box, glue the fins on, and you ...

• Estes Star Wars Naboo Royal Starship (RTF) By John Lee

  This is an almost Ready to Fly Star Wars rocket that is powered by 18mm motors and returns under parachute recovery. This rocket is almost ready to fly and was released to cash in on the second Star Wars trilogy merchandise bonanza. It does not look too bad out of the box but requires clear plastic fins for stability. The components in the box consist of: An assembled and finished ...

• Estes Star Wars R2-D2 (mini) By Matt Gillard

  Brief: The smallest of the R2D2 range, it takes 13mm motors and recovers via a 12 inch star wars plastic parachute ejected along with R2D2's head. This is a ready to fly (almost) fun little rocket for the kids. Construction: R2D2 comes nearly pre-constructed. The clear plastic fins give flight stability and need to be screwed on. Also, a Star Wars 12 inch parachute needs to ...

• Estes Star Wars R2-D2(2) (Modification) By Ken Johnson

  Another in the continuing series of improved "little" R2-D2 rockets from Estes. This one features what the "big" R2 had all along: A REAL nose cone, thereby eliminating recovery failure. Modifications: The first thing that had to go was the top, so R2 was beheaded at the blue band, just below the reinforced bulkhead. This bulkhead was then lowered about an inch and reattached to the inside of ...

• Estes Star Wars R2-D2 By Thomas Beach

  The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the two links above. ...

• Estes Star Wars R2-D2 By Ken Johnson

  A flying replica of the Star Wars R2D2. The instructions were easy to follow, and the order of assembly seemed logical. The kit components were all there and fit well, except for the body wrap decal, which was a bit too short, leaving a 1/8" gap. Regular wood glue and styrene cement were all that was needed. Finishing: The decal for the body tube fit poorly, requiring additional painting. ...

• Estes Star Wars R2-D2 By Herb Estus

    This started as the Estes Fifteenth Anniversary R2D2 . Which was designed to fly off a C6-3. I have modified it to fly off 29mm motors because R2D2 just begged for more power to fly . Modifications: First step was making the fins bigger, I used the original plastic fins for the pattern, however I made them 2" longer with the 1/8" plywood. When I first did this I just glued the ...

• Estes Star Wars Sith Interceptor By Casey Smith

  This is Estes's representation of Darth Maul's Sith interceptor from Episode 1. It is a single stage 18 mm rocket that doubles as a nice display model, and a fully functional model rocket with the flight probe attached. It has parachute recovery. The main plastic body comes as one piece, you merely glue some pieces on the flight probe and glue the probe together and your are ready to fly. It ...

• Estes Star Wars Star Destroyer By Dan Priven

  The Star Destroyer is a big plastic model of the classic workhorse of the Empire, and a "Flight Probe" which holds the engine, parachutes, etc. The Star Destroyer is not a complex model. It is essentially two projects - one is a simple 34" x 1" finless rocket - body tube, shock cords, parachutes, nose cone, engine mount. The other is a simple plastic kit, comprised of only 14 parts, that need ...

• Estes Star Wars Trade Federation Battleship By Frank Casey

  This is one of the Estes Star Wars collection rockets. It is the Trade Federation Battleship from Episode I. I picked up three of these in a package deal on eBay for very short money. I later learned why... It is a single stage rocket which consists of the Trade Federation Battleship with two clear plastic fins and a flight probe that are all attached for flight. The kit components ...

• Estes Star Wars Trade Federation Battleship By John Lee

  Brief: The Trade Federation Battleship is an almost ready to fly adaptation of a ship from Star Wars Episode 1. In order to have a hope of stability, a long "flight probe" must be fitted to the movie version of the ship and that require weight and the addition of some clear plastic fins. The ship itself is built. All that needs building is the probe section and I had some ...

• Estes Star Wars X-Wing (mini) By Wayne Froese

  Brief This is a quick to fly, ready-built model. An easily removed engine mount holds the mini engine and is recovered by streamer. The main body is tumble recovery. Construction There wasn't much to do before you were ready to fly. Add clay weights to the 4 rear 'engines' and CA the 4 small fins and then you are ready for finishing. Finishing A decal pack came with no guidance as to where ...

• Estes Star Wars X-Wing Fighter Maxi Brute By David Montgomery

  Estes released the Star Wars fleet model rockets in 1978 following the very successful Star Wars movie on the big screen. The Estes Maxi-Brute X-Wing Fighter kit is a full scale replica used by the special effects team of Lucas Film in the making of the first movie. The Maxi-Brute X-Wing is a single stage model designed to be powered by a single D12-3 and recovered via twin 18" plastic ...

• Estes Star Wars X-Wing Fighter By Jeff Howard

  This kit is easy to build but, due to the amount of detail, takes a great deal of time to build. It is a "scale" model of a Star Wars X-Wing fighter. The body consists of several plastic parts that must be fit and clued, along with a center body tube. It also has elaborate wing assemblies with many parts that must be fit together and carefully aligned. Fortunately the pieces are well cut and ...

• Estes Star Wars Y-Wing Starfighter (RTF) By Matt Gillard

  Brief: A ready to fly starter kit from the Star Wars range. Possibly the best one as it doesn't have a big black tube sticking through the middle and is quite stable in flight. I got this from a Star Wars fan in a job lot. It had never been flown and was still in its box!  Parts list: 1 pre-built rocket 1 Star Wars Electron Beam controller 12 inch Star Wars parachute 6 ...

• Estes Star Wars Y-Wing Starfighter (RTF) By John Lee

  Brief: This is a ready to fly rocket modeled after the Y-wing fighters from Star Wars. It looks good, works well, and could almost be perfect (for a RTF) if not for the traditional Estes recovery failure device (shock cord). Construction: I got this rocket on eBay. It was part of a starter kit with the Estes part number of 1821. I figured that for the price I would have been ...

• Estes Starbird By Jeff Curtis

  I'm always keeping an eye on eBay for out-of-production kits.  About a year ago I spotted an Estes Starbird kit.  It had been opened, which must have hurt interest as I was the only bidder.  All parts were accounted for and I was happy for my good fortune. While essentially a 3FNC rocket, the three-section fins move it to the realm of the unusual.  It's not an easy kit ...

• Estes Stardust (RTF) By Bryan Penfold

  Brief: This Ready to Fly (RTF) Starter Set comes with launch pad and controller. It was released in 1998 and is now Out of Production. It comes with a silver glitter body tube and purple plastic fins and nose cone. Also included is a pack of large sized glitter for special effects upon ejection. Construction: This kit is premade and ready to fly. I made a slight modification to ...

• Estes Stars and Stripes By Donald Besaw Jr

  This is a Starter Set that includes the Stars & Stripes E2X Series rocket with streamer recovery, two B6-4 motors, igniters and wadding. Also included is a launch pad, controller, special USA decal and complete instructions for the rocket and launch pad and controller. The rocket components included a white BT-56 body tube, red fin assemblies and retention ring, blue nose cone, shock ...

• Estes Stars and Stripes By Ed Rodrigo

• Estes Stealth By Lester Anderson

  This is a Futuristic style kit, aparently meant to look like a interceptor/fighter capable of atmospheric and space flight. Skill level 3 due to the plastic body. Components This build was actually part kit, part cloning for me. I got the original plastic body form a fellow BAR in Arizona, but the rest of the parts I had to copy myself. The motor mount is standard 18 mm of ...

• Estes STM 012 By Barry Harmon

  The Estes STM 012 is a tall, slim sport rocket designed for E impulse motors. It stands an impressive 44.4" tall whan completed. Components Kit contents include: 2x slotted body tubes 2 sheets of laser cut balsa fins Estes red coupler Moulded plastic nose cone 24mm motor tube 2 card stock centering rings Engine hook Engine block Spacer for D and ...

• Estes Stormcaster On Board Video By Dan Cox

  ( Contributed - by Dan Cox - 01/29/06) If you are interested in filming digital video from the perspective of an estes rocket itself, then you've come to the right place. What follows is a project which was inspired by the Eye Soar design. Mine is simpler and uses only the parts from two Estes Stormcaster rocket kits, an Aiptek 1.3 Pencam and a bit of padding material. Below ...

• Estes Stormcaster By Kirk Meckem

• Estes StormCaster By Brian Guzek

  Your basic rocket design: body tube, nose cone, three fins, engine mount, and parachute. It is basically and upscaled version of the Alpha. The kit consists of: 2 12" BT-60 body tubes with one pre-cut for TTW fin mounts 1 Tube connector for BT-60 1 5" BT-60 nose cone 1 1/8" thick balsa sheet w/ die cut fins 2 1" long x 3/16" diameter launch lugs 2 cardboard centering ...

• Estes StormCaster By Michael Doherty

  Brief: This is a new Skill Level 1 kit from Estes designed to fly on the new C11 motors. It is a tall, BT-60 based 3FNC design with through-the-wall fins, and a 24mm motor mount. The kits parts were all in excellent condition. The BT-60 has 3 slots on one end of the tube for the TTW fins. Die cut fins were high quality, as were all the other parts. Elastic shock cord was longer than expected, ...

• Estes StrikeFighter By Dick Stafford

  I built this kit in the late 1980's. This model really looks cool and, despite the number of parts, was not terribly difficult to put together. It is a futuristic space fighter reminiscent of something from Star Wars or maybe Battlestar Galactica. The Strikefighter sports a unique nosecone that gives the appearance of a ramjet engine. The body tube is BT-55 and the fins are die-cut balsa. ...

• Estes Super Alpha By Dillon Frazier

  Stands about 20 inches tall with a BT-60. Large nose cone. It's a pretty fat rocket, but quite easy to assemble and fly. Components Balsa wood fins, BT-60 body tube, engine hook retainer, engine mount components, very long rubber shock cord, 18-inch parachute. Construction and Finishing This rocket really doesn't have many cons. I would say the only one is ...

• Estes Super Alpha By Bill Eichelberger

  The Super Alpha is the newest member of the far-reaching Estes Alpha family, only in mid-size BT-60 garb and with a terminally mismatched nose cone profile.  I love the concept, but not so much the actual presentation, and decided to go with a balsa nose cone with a more Alpha-like profile.  Since I was making wholesale changes, I also ditched the decal and went with the ...

• Estes Super Alpha By John Bergsmith

  An upscaled version of the classic Alpha that flies on standard Estes 18mm engines . Almost 20 inches tall, this rocket reaches heights of 600 feet. Balsa Nose Cone, Laser-cut Balsa Fins, Cardstock Centering Rings , Engine Hook, BT-60 body tube , and waterslide Decals The motor mount is constructed using typical methods. The only thing I changed was to add a Kevlar shock cord that ties ...

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• Estes Super Big Bertha (38mm) (Modification) By Steve Adler

  A Super Big Bertha modified to a 38mm motor mount, through-the-wall fins, baffle ejection system, and Anti-Zipper recovery harness. Modifications: This project required a number of advanced techniques and material. Fortunately I work in a field that allows me the opportunity to have access to all the materials and special tools required (like a kid in a candy shop). The airframe is covered ...

• Estes Super Big Bertha By Darren Wright

    Estes' re-release of the upscale Big Bertha. Modifications: Converted to fly on dual-24mm motors and changed the upper body-tube into a payload section. The kit includes: Two (2) standard Estes BT-80 tubes Four (4) upscale Big Bertha 3/16" Balsa Fins A 24mm mount Paper centering rings A NC-80 nose cone An Estes 18" parachute An Estes standard chute mount ...

• Estes Super Big Bertha By Mike Goss

  Intro: The Super Big Bertha is a re-release of the Classic Super Big bertha that Estes produced in 1989. This is an upscale of the venerable Big Bertha, one of the most popular Estes rockets. Rating: 4 ½ The Super Big Bertha comes in a cardboard box that helps to protect the components very well. None of the parts were missing, and all were in good condition. The materials are the ...

• Estes Super Big Bertha By Tim Burger

  Brief A largish 2.6 inch rocket with a 24mm motor mount. This kit is pretty nice built stock, but came out before the new E9 motor was available. My version includes a motor mount that can accommodate this new product, as well as the new F21 from Aerotech. It also includes an ejection baffle, and fins that go through the wall made from basswood that are not a part of the original kit. ...

• Estes Super Big Bertha By Michael Doherty

  The Estes Super Big Bertha is an upscale version of the immensely popular Big Bertha kit. It is based on a BT-80, and has a 24mm motor mount to accommodate the recommended D12-5 engine. Recovery is via a 24 in parachute. The kit contains 2 sections of BT-80, die-cut fins on 3/16th balsa, parachute, plastic nose cone, a long stuffer tube, chute, centering rings, engine hook, and a very narrow ...

• Estes Super Flea (Clone) By Ken Johnson

  The Super Flea was a single stage mini-motored rocket that came in a 2 rocket kit along with the Javelin. Estes sold these in the early 1970s, and it was the first kit I ever purchased with my own money. There was nothing really special about them, but it has a sentimental value for me, as I built the original with the help of my grandmother, who is no longer with us. So, I kind of built it as a ...

• Estes Super Neon (original) By Matt Gillard

  Brief: This review is for the old version of the now newly released Super Neon. I built it quite a few years ago, but I'm reviewing it as part of the "You Flew It" campaign. At the time, it was the first tube fin rocket that I had built. Construction: By memory, the kit was a pretty standard Estes kit. Everything was present. Estes was still using the old sty ...

• Estes Super Neon XL By Gregg Discenza

  Brief: The Super Neon XL from Estes is a modified tube-fin rocket with a beefy appearance and an E engine mount. As one of the taller Estes kits, it is certain to draw a crowd among the E2X flyers. Construction: The only exceptional thing about this kit is the high-quality balsa nose cone. right out of the bag it had a good weight to it, and with wood filler and gloss paint it is a ...

• Estes Super Neon XL By Donald Besaw Jr

  Brief: This is a new, upscaled version of the well known Estes Super Neon kit and it's a biggie at 35 inches tall and 1.6 inches (BT-60) in diameter. This new kit flies on 24mm D and E motors up to 975 feet and is recovered on a 24 inch parachute. Although it took well over 2 years for this kit to be released, it's finally here at last!!! Construction: This kit comes in a big ...

• Estes Super Neon XL By Gareth Williams

  The Super Neon XL from Estes is a tube-fin rocket with a beefy appearance and an E engine mount.  A taller rocket it really draws peoples attention on and off the launch pad. Components BT-60 body tube, and tube fins larger balsa ogive nose cone. smaller balsa fins attach to the tube fins. Two large decals for main body tube allow for a personal touch when ...

• Estes Super Neon By Larry Brand

  Super Neon is an updated 2007 re-release of an older kit. It is what I would call a "fantasy" tubefin in that it has decorative stub fins supplementing the 6 tubefins that provide the actual stability to create a futuristic appearance. The packaging highlights its "Space Age Tubular Fins". Well, so maybe they're not "stub fins", maybe they're cooling plates for the hyper-leptonic fusion ...

• Estes Super Neon By Matthew Bond

  Originally produced by Estes in 1991, the Super Neon was reintroduced on 2007. The Super Neon is a tube fin rocket that also sports small “stub” fins on each of the tube fins. The Super Neon flies on the standard assortment of 18mm black powder motors and uses a 12 inch parachute for recovery. The header card promises soaring flights to 1000 feet, which is beyond optimistic ...

• Estes Super Nova Payloader By Doyle Tatum

  Brief: Large but not chunky payloader. Lots of room. Construction: Quality; have only seen this one boxed. I prefer the boxed ones - any damage on the inside is likely to be visible on the outside. All parts present. None broken. Clear and cardboard tubes, lots of plastic parts including transition, motor mount and fins. Instructions: Easy to follow, usual decent illustrations in ...

• Estes Super Nova Payloader By Doyle Tatum

  (by Doyle Tatum) This is one large rocket and is extremely easy to put together. I read through the instructions and test fit all the parts together before beginning. The instructions are easy to follow and seem to be precise. I was surprised at the quality of the plastic parts, as they all fit together well with minimal flashing (plastic from molding that must be cut away). The only ...

• Estes Super Nova Payloader By Jonathan Rogers

• Estes Super Shot - Military By Donald Besaw Jr

  This is a starter set that includes the Army and Air Force mini engine E2X series kits with parachute recovery, launch pad, controller, two A10-3T motors, igniters, plugs, and wadding. I purchased this kit at Wal-Mart for $19.99, not bad for two rockets. By image, the Army is a shortened AGM-57X Heetseeker while, the Air Force is a shortened MK-109 Stingray. The kits included the body tubes, ...

• Estes Super Shot - Military By Adam Sepe

  Two small, single-stage, semi-scale model rockets, with parachute recovery. E2X style (almost RTF). This is a starter set which comes with: (2) A10-3t motors, a Porta-Pad II, an Electron Beam launch controller, igniters, recovery wadding, (2) body tubes, (2) nose cones, (2) pairs of really cool fins (3 each), (2) mini engine mounts, clay, pre-assembled chutes and more! The instructions are ...

• Estes Super Shot Mini By Douglas Gardei

  Mini Engine Starter Set. Comes with a "Space Bus" bullet style rocket, and a "Space Hauler" Jayhawk style rocket. Also included is a mini launch pad, Electron Beam launch controller, two A10-3T motors with igniters, plugs, and wadding. The rocket kits each feature two body halves, a nose cone, nose cone base, plastic launch lug, motor tube, motor hook, overlap tube, shock cord, half width ...

• Estes Super Shot Mini By Eric Truax

  A kit containing 2 plastic bodied rockets (Space Bus and Space Hauler) with cardboard engine tube and metal engine hook. Well, I tried model cement but saw that it wasn't sticking to the plastic. Rather than second guess it, I went straight for the CA! I thought that since these little buggers were so small it would be OK--and it was! Construction was a snap, with about 10 minutes or less ...

• Estes Super Shot By Marty Wiggins

  Simple Beginner rocket that is easy to build and fun to fly. This rocket came as part of a kit. The simple plastic fin through the body construction makes the rocket easy to build. The motor mount is plastic and the rocket can be ready to fly in about 1 hour. The instructions are easy to follow. The only supplies needed are some plastic cement. The rocket does not need painting. The decal ...

• Estes Super Shot By James David Reyome

  ( Contributed - by James David Reyome - 10/01/02) Brief: Easy to build, simple to fly, novel recovery. Construction: The Twister came to us as a part of the Super Shot starter set, which also includes the Super Shot rocket (looks like a Bandit with a different decal set) along with a launch controller and pad and three motors. Fins are die-cut balsa and the easy to follow ...

• Estes Super Vega (Modification) By Bill Eichelberger

  The Estes Super Vega was among a group of rockets that I received as a Christmas gifts in 1994 after my wife stumbled upon a hobby shop closing sale. (I also received a Hornet, Greyhawk and F-22 Interceptor as a part of this haul, but the D-powered Super Vega was definitely the kit that caught my attention.) I began work on it soon after the holidays while my son ...

• Estes Super Vega By Peter Davidson

  Brief: The Estes Super Vega is a truly glorious upscale of the classic futuristic Estes Starship Vega, and I'd say one of Estes most appealing and beautiful designs ever to see the light of day. At over 35" in height, this upscale towers over the original Starship Vega but is sadly now OOP along with its little brother. Construction: Included in the comprehensive parts ...

• Estes SuperNova RF Video Payloader By Bob Weiss

  ( Contributed - by Bob Weiss - 06/27/09) Brief: Upon returning to the rocketry hobby a few years ago, one of the first "serious" projects I wanted to attempt was an onboard video camera system. Most of the commercial systems being used in LPR rockets (such as the Estes "Oracle") utilize onboard digital recording and suffer from poor video quality and limited ...

• Estes Surveyor By Daniel Hanson

  Brief: This was one of the first kits I built as a kid and I flew it so many times that I had to retire it. A couple months ago I found this kit for sale and had to get. This is a great rocket to get started with. It is more then just a 3 fin rocket. Construction: This kit has four fins, 5 nosecones, and a transition from BT20-BT5, with a simple streamer for recovery. ...

• Estes Sweet Vee By Chan Stevens

  If you're interested in flying radio control and want to move up a notch above the very beginner-friendly Edmonds Arcie II boost glider, try to grab yourself one of these vanishing OOP kits. It's a pure rocket glider, meaning it goes up on its own without a pod. With a wing span of 55" and weighing it at a bit over a pound, it can boost slowly enough for even a novice flier to get the hang of ...

• Estes T-25 Centurian By Daniel Miner

  The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the two links above. (Sport Rocketry - Jan/Feb 2004 ...

• Estes Tandem-X Starter Set By Charlaine Cadence Nordin

  Estes Tandem X Starter Set is an entry level or re-entry into the rocketry hobby consisting of the Amazon and the Crossfire ISX rockets. It is easy to build both of the great fliers and all around fun rockets included. The Amazon consists of: Plastic nosecone Plastic fin-can/motor-mount Plastic coupler with launch lug 2 black body tubes 1 decal Pre-assembled chute ...

• Estes Tandem-X Starter Set By Nick Esselman

  The Estes Tandem-X Starter Set is a good way to get into the hobby. According to the Estes website: Two is better than one! You'll get X-tra value with the Estes Tandem-X Model Rocket Launch Set. This exceptional rocket set features a pair of extreme, high performance rockets with a launch system ...

• Estes Tao (Plan) By George Pike

  Brief: Tao is a 2-stage model rocket that was originally published as an 'Design of the Quarter' by Estes, and now available on JimZ rocket plans Website. This unique design incorporates a number of innovative, even radical features. The main feature is the use of angled tips on the fins of the booster stage to impart spin during the D12-0 powered boost stage, which 'theoretica ...

• Estes Taser Twin By John R. Brandon III

  An easily assembled two-stage minimum-diameter rocket with a decent price tag. I purchased the kit at my local Wal-Mart for $6.96. It came in a corrugated cardboard box and consisted of three sections of body tube, a balsa nose cone, a sheet of laser-cut balsa fins, a combination upper thrust ring and tube coupler, a 24" long rubber band shock cord, a 30" plastic streamer, a lower engine ...

• Estes Tercel By Mike Richardson

• Estes Tercel By Mike Caplinger

  Boost gliders have a long and not completely successful history as kits.  Early Estes gliders included the Astron Space Plane, Falcon, and Nighthawk, but these soon gave way to a series of kits better known for their interesting appearance than their great glide characteristics.  Larry Renger's invention of the pop-pod configuration in 1966 came to dominate competition, but there ...

• Estes Terrier Sandhawk By Yitah Wu

  ( Contributed - by Yitah Wu)  This kit has been discontinued, but there's still more than a few floating around - I've seen some at out of the way hobby stores as recently as 6/97.  I started this kit in 2/97, and finished most of the Sandhawk (less fins) and recently started to finish.  The Sandhawk portion of this kit is the same as the old Sandhawk kit. Lots of ...

• Estes The Bat By John Bergsmith

  Brief: Estes The BAT has a unique fin design, and some really cool bat decals. This is a skill level 1 design that is very easy to clone and the design performs very well. Combined with the trademarked black color scheme, it's just one cool looking rocket. Construction: All materials needed to build are easily purchased.: Body Tube-BT-50 Engine Tube-BT-20 Engine ...

• Estes The Dude By Joe Cacciatore

  This is sure a strange rocket. It is 7.5' tall and uses a balloon for the body of the rocket! Fins and an engine mount are attached to the balloon which uses an 11' parachute for recovery. It flies only on a D12-3 engine. The whole thing weighs about 10 ozs. It costs $19.97 at Walmart and that includes a launch pad and controller! The launch pad is just a plastic stake that you stick in the ...

• Estes The Dude By Les Bradshaw

  This rocket goes back to the time when the body of a rocket was so thin it could not support its own weight. The rockets relied on the pressurization of the fuel to keep them from collapsing. The Dude has a fin/motor mount cage and then a chrome covered nylon "balloon" that is inflated for the body and nose. There are no body tubes. A simple plastic cage consisting of 2 rings and 3 ...

• Estes The Dude By Victor R Gigante-Hueber

  This is an interesting rocket from Estes. It is basically just a plastic fin canister with a large Mylar balloon on the front. It comes with a launch pad and a launch controller and can be ready to fly in a few hours. This rocket comes packaged with its launch pad and controller in a very brightly colored box. The rocket's parts are bagged and the launch set is taped to a piece of cardboard. ...

• Estes The Dude By Glenn Roth

  Brief: This is a large rocket that uses a mylar balloon as its airframe (like a blimp), is powered by a 24mm motor, and recovers by parachute. Construction: There is no body tube or payload, just an inflatable mylar balloon, and 4 fins. It uses a right angle motor mount for chute and motor with a monofilament line coming from the nose ring down to the parachute on the outside ...

• Estes Three Pointer By Kyle James Yawn

  ( Contributed - by Kyle Yawn - 12/10/06) Brief: This is a kitbash I did for the 2006 EMRR Challenge. I had never tried anything like this before and it was exciting to do. I altered the DC Gemini to fly as a parallel staged rocket. The Parachute compartments were changed into boosters and hold 18mm motors as does the central core. This was a great challenge and makes you be ...

• Estes Thunderstar By Kyle James Yawn

  This is a scale model of the Starchaser Industry's entry in the Ansari X-Prize. Just like the real Thunderstar, this model is a cluster kit. It has a two engine cluster mount that flies on 18mm motors. It's a beautiful scale model and a good first cluster rocket. The kit comes with the following parts: 2 18mm engine mount tubes 1 body tube 1 spacer tool for construction 2 mylar ...

• Estes Thunderstar By John R. Brandon III

  A fairly accurate single-staged scale representation of the Starchaser Industries' Thunderstar (their entry in the Ansari X-Prize competition) that uses a two-engine cluster like the real rocket was planned to. The rocket kit consisted of a white BT-60 body tube for the main airframe, a dual 18mm motor mount (consisting of two fairly thin centering rings, two 4" long motor mount tubes, two ...

• Estes Tidal Wave (RTF) By Brian Jarchow

  Brief: A ready to fly starter set with rocket, launch pad, controller, and two B6-4 motors. The rocket is essentially the Code Red with blue plastic & tube sticker. Construction: The rocket comes almost ready to fly; all the purchaser has to do is to attach the 12 inch parachute, which is pre-assembled. Look at the instructions before attaching the parachute, especially if you ...

• Estes Tiger Shark (Plan) By Yitah Wu

  Estes Tiger Shark (From JimZ Plans)  ( Contributed - by Yitah Wu)  This one is Estes version of the Black Widow.  It's a 2-stager with glider recovery on the booster.  I downloaded the plans but as it is a major pain to get the drawings scaled properly, I ended up asking Jim Z for a Xerox copy of the patterns.  The original kit is BT20 based, but I like to ...

• Estes Titan IIIE By Tim Doll

  Brief: The Estes 2019 Titan III E is a 1/73rd scale model of the mid 1970's vintage Martin Marietta (now Lockheed Martin) launch vehicle. The Titan III E - basically a Titan III with a Centaur upper stage - had a relatively short service life with only seven launched. However its historical significance was considerable, as it was used to launch the two Helios solar explorat ...

• Estes Tomcat By Hank Helmen

  Brief: This model rocket has a single stage 18mm mount, expanding wings for a gliding recovery. Construction: All the parts were in the packaging, like most Estes models. The kit utilizes balsa wood, a canopy for the nose cone, and what I consider a really neat way to swing the wings out. Maybe this method is used a lot ( I'm sure it is) but this was the first time I saw it, and ...

• Estes Top Shot By Chris Flanigan

  I wanted a larger rocket that could shoot D & E engines to go around 1000 feet so I got this one.   It is an extremely fast build and fun to fly.   The E12 shoots it over 1100 feet! 37" high 5 oz total Parachute recovery. Components E2X - Easy to Assemble The only thing I don't like is the plastic cheap parachutes.   They work but they also rip ...

• Estes Tornado By Eric Miller

    I recently bought a Estes Tornado. The Tornado is an Estes Explorer (Intermediate) series rocket.  This kit was packaged in plastic with a cardboard picture of the rocket.  The price was very right, $4.95. All the parts were included and none were damaged. The instructions were typical Estes. The instructions were typical Estes. Recently I've been exploring rockets with ...

• Estes Tornado By Matt Gillard

  Brief: a neat little rocket that separates into two halves for recovery, one maple seedling and the other tumbling head over heels. I got this rocket from The Model Shop in the UK after coming second in the 2006 EMRR Challenge. (Thanks to EMRR and Paul Lavin from The Model Shop/Deepsky.) Construction: The kit consists of two body sections, a two part plastic nose cone, a sheet ...

• Estes Trajector By Lester Anderson

  This is a sci-fi inspired kit recently released by Estes. It uses the same nose cone as the Interceptor E and Cosmic Interceptor, only pre-colored silver and black. Components Where to begin, Nose down? The nose is the same one as on the Interceptor E/ Cosmic Interceptor, only it's been pre-colored silver with black for the cocpit windows. Body tube is also pre-colored ...

• Estes TransWing By Chris Taylor Jr.

  I got this one at Walmart for $10. It was a Glider so I had to have it.    Packaging: Full Color Box (nice for storage to build later) Parts: This is the ONLY area where I down-grade this kit. The hinges (explained later) for the wings are tape and prone to slop and failure. In addition, I had to do a lot of work to get the wings made e.g. cut my own shapes for wings and ...

• Estes Trident II By David Fergus

  Exotic re-issue of the original Estes Trident, but with only two BT-20 ejection gas porting tubes instead of three BT-5 porting tubes. Kit comes with: (7) balsa nose cones (4) balsa fins original rubber shock cord and screw eye BT-50 engine pod and parachute bay BT-20 ejection gas porting tubes 18mm engine mount excellent decal set; all of excellent quality. I ...

• Estes Trident By Kevin Johnson

  Classic exotic kit with unusual ejection gas porting. 1 BT-50 propulsion tube 1 BT-50 passenger tube 3 BT-5 ejection gas tubes 6 BNC-5 3 BNC-50 3/32 balsa fin stock 18 mm motor mount several CR-20/50 centering rings The instructions were typical for Estes at the time of the rocket's production. Good illustrations for the major steps and good descriptions of ...

• Estes Triple DC By Matt Gillard

  ( Contributed - by Matt Gillard - 12/03/06) Brief: This is my first attempt at a kit bash, using a Gemini DC converted into a 3 motor parallel staged cluster that ejects two 13mm motor boosters on steamers, leaving the 18mm motor sustainers to recover on a 12 inch parachute. I never would have bother with a project like this, but with the 2006 EMRR challenge and a Gemini DC kit sat in ...

• Estes Turbo Copter By Donald Besaw Jr

  This is an Estes E2X series rocket. It is a single stage rocket with streamer recovery for the booster and a helicopter recovered nose cone. The kit includes a body tube, engine hook, fin unit, plastic launch lug, shock cord, streamer, nose cone, helicopter blade, blade mast, nose cone insert, and decals. All parts are precolored so no painting is required. PROS: Easy Assembly, good ...

• Estes U.S. Army Patriot M-104 (#2056) By Ray King

  I built this as part of the EMRR Challenge #7 as outlined I built this exactly as the instructions specify and then built a second with my own modifications. This rocket is a Semi-Scale version of the US Army Patriot Air Defense Missile. The rocket is designed to use an 18mm engine and 12" parachute recovery. 2 – BT-60 White Body Tube (6.625” Long) 1 - Yellow Body Tube ...

• Estes U.S. Army Patriot M-104 (#2056) By Jim Bassham

  Brief: A semi-scale model of the US Army anti-missile missile. A friend of mine said no Estes rocket built stock can survive more than twelve flights. I decided to prove him wrong with this kit. Construction: Two White Body Tubes One Yellow Body Tube Blue Motor Tube Two Red Couplers Mylar Ring Engine Hook Green Engine Block Cardboard Centering ...

• Estes UP Aerospace SpaceLoft By James Jason Wentworth

  The Estes UP Aerospace SpaceLoft is a BT-5 size, 13 mm mini motor-powered flying scale model of the SpaceLoft suborbital launch vehicle that is built and flown by UP Aerospace, which is based in New Mexico.  The model has a conical nose cone and three short-span clipped delta fins.  This E2X (Skill Level 1, "No Painting Required") kit is sold only in 12-kit bulk ...

• ESTES UP Aerospace SpaceLoft (Modification) By Neal Miller

• Estes US Army Patriot Starter Set By Carl Cravens

  Brief: Basic four-finned, parachute-recovery rocket, fully assembled and decorated. Appears to be physically identical to the Code Red RTF starter set rocket. Construction: Single body tube, four fins in a single-piece plastic casting. Motor mount is integrated into the fin section and the motor retainer is a twist-lock cap. Ready-to-fly, the only construction step was to tie the ...

• Estes USSF Goonyflash (Modification) By

• Estes V-2 (E-motor Version) By Brian Jarchow

  Brief: Single state, 1:19.5 scale model of the German V2 ballistic missile. The only skill level 4 kit Estes currently sells. The kit comes with plastic nose and tail cones, four plastic sheets of fin, a short 4" body tube, a BT-50 for the engine, centering rings, two 24" parachutes, and the usual motor retention stuff. Also, some decals for a more scale appearance. When I first started on ...

• Estes V-2 (E-motor Version) By Frank Casey

  Brief: Large Mid-engine rocket with dual parachutes. Construction: The model came in a huge box. It was dented but there was no damage. Parts in the kit: Nose cone Shock cords Parachutes Engine tube holder Engine tube Tail cone Four fins Engine hook Cardboard adapter ring to use with D motors Instructions The instructions are easy to follow and ...

• Estes V-2 (E-motor Version) By Frank Casey

  Brief: The Estes V-2 "E" Engine Powered kit aka Maxi V-2 is the latest version of the original Model No. 1267 Maxi V-2 which was produced from 1974-1981. I had that original kit way back in the day and it was by far my favorite rocket then just as it is now. This newest version (now also OOP) is setup with a 24mm motor mount capable of holding a D or E engine. It utilizes ...

• Estes V-2 By Brett Buck

  This is the Estes BT-80 sized V2 that was recently re-issued. It is a 1/25 scale model of a production V2. It has significantly over-sized fins for stability purposes, and a minimal amount of scale detail. It flies on a 24mm motor, recommended to be a D12-5, although most will look for more power. The components are typical Estes, which is largely pretty good. The body tube is a standard ...

• Estes V2 By Ken Hubal

  A semi-scale, D and E motor powered model of the German V2 Rocket Components Plastic nose and tail cones, balsa fins. /h2 This kit is lacking in several aspects.  As a 40-plus year veteran of rocketry, I've seen far better instructions that came with Estes kits of years past.  I've noticed a severe decline in the quality of the instructions included with ...

• Estes V3 By Brian Mardirosain

  ( Contributed - by Brian Mardirosain) Introduction: One of the few remaining Estes rockets I own that's in flyable condition. Thanks to Rich Pitzeruse for figuring out what the rocket was via chatting at ROL's conference . Simple, balanced lines and nice flight characteristics makes this rocket perfect when you want something a little bigger that still moves quickly off the pad with a ...

• Estes Vagabond By Douglas Hurstell

  003217 - Vagabond Description Skill Level 2 Standing almost 3 feet tall, this amazing rocket can reach heights of 1275 feet. Launched on D and E engines, this rocket is sure to be a crowd pleaser. Components Estes brings back the very long ogive BT-60 compatible nose cone (plastic) 2 body tubes 3 x 3 piece laser cut balsa fins. Standard rubber band ...

• Estes Vagabond By Wayne Comfort

• Estes Vagabond By Evan

  This was estes new rocket that they realeased. It is a very good kit, instructions were easy to follow for a beginger or for the experenced rocketeer. It containd all the parts for the rocket, and every thing was in good register. there was onley a few issues with the rocket but other than that it was a nice build. Components Heres the contence of the kit Engine tube ...

• Estes Vagabond By Mike Landry

  Stock except for paint and extended shock cord. Components /h2 Finishing Construction Score: 3 Flight Recovery Flight Rating: 5 Summary Overall Rating: 4

• Estes Vector Force By Bill Eichelberger

  The Vector Force reminds me of another recent Estes offering, the Stratocruiser, in that they're both rockets that Estes got right from start to finish.  I've built them both and painted them as close as possible to the face card, and the results have been two of the better looking recent rockets in my fleet by far.  Both are fairly easy to build 4fnc birds, but sometimes that's ...

• Estes Vector Force By Rich DeAngelis

  The design of the Vector Force appears to have been inspired by military air-defense missles, but it is not a scale or pseudo-scale model by any means. It's just (to me) a good-looking kit. It is fairly large and uses standard 18mm motors (B & C power). The unique design features are it's two transition/reducer sections and a second set of small "finlets" a few inches ahead of the main ...

• Estes Vector Force By Ed Rodrigo

• Estes Vector (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  Back in the early days of Ebay I picked up a lot of Estes kit decals that somehow didn't make it onto the rockets they were meant for.  Quite a few of them were minimum diameter BT-5 and BT-20 kits from the mid to late 80's, rockets that would rarely be noticed unless you happened to choose one of them for your first rocket.  I didn't, but I like oddball stuff that never ...

• Estes Venom By Mike Goss

  Intro The Venom model rocket kit is a basic sport rocket with a unique nose cone and snake graphics to set it apart from the rest of the four-fins-and-a-nose-cone sport rockets. This was a Father-Son project with my 12 year old son doing all of the work with the exception of painting the model. The style of the rocket appeals to this age group, I like the looks as well. Construction ...

• Estes Ventris By Bill Eichelberger

  The Ventris is one of the first four rockets released by Estes as part of their new Pro Series II mid-power collection.  While all are great looking birds, the Enerjet-esque lines of the Ventris were the clincher when it came time to make the choice of which bird would be my 50th birthday present. Components Plastic nose cone Payload section Main body tube ...

• Estes Ventris By Bas Dickson Leach

  Part of the Pro Series II line of 29mm mid power kits, the Ventris is a payloader with a larger diameter paylod bay and stylish curved fins. I liked the look of it and found the enlarged payload bay interesting and wanted to build one, received as a birthday present and waited less than a fortnight to get cracking. Components The Pro Series II kits are all bagged. It had stood ...

• Estes Venus Probe (24mm Mod) (Modification) By Mike Goss

  This was one of those kits that I found at Hobby Lobby and had a 50% off coupon. It looked like an interesting build, so I purchased it even though there was a weird alien in the lander. After hearing about how underpowered the Venus Probe was on 18mm motors, I decided to change the rocket to a 24mm motor mount and remove the alien to make it more of a real lander. This is the story of the ...

• Estes Venus Probe By Tom Bell

  The Venus Probe is an unusual Estes kit to build and fly. There are two pieces to the completed rocket - a booster and a three-legged lander, complete with an alien on top. This is NOT an easy rocket to build, and should only be built if you have built several rockets already. INSTRUCTIONS: The Venus Probe's instructions, at first glance, seem to be complete and well illustrated. But, when ...

• Estes Viking By Curtis Williamson

  Brief Very small, easy to lose, hard to see because it goes so high, but has a lot of building options. Construction Very cheap. Easy to construct, for the most part. All the parts were there in the package. There are 48 different fin arrangement possibilities, which I thought was very cool (I used the four fin forward-swept arrangement). The only special tool needed is a placement ...

• Estes Viking By Evan McLatchy

  Good kit, flies good, 48 building options. Good price 5.99 Parts list: 1 Body Tube Motor Mount 5 Fins Nose Cone A Neon Streamer Shock Cord The instructions were easy to follow with lots of pictures and 5 templates. Every thing fit. All you need is glue, scissors, work board and some knowledge about rockets. Finishing: Always prime before painting - it makes it ...

• Estes Viking By Eric Miller

    I recently bought a Estes Viking. The Viking is an Estes Beta (Beginner) series rocket. This kit was packaged in plastic with a cardboard picture of the rocket. The price was very right, $6.95. All the parts were included and none were damaged. The instructions were typical Estes. The instructions were typical Estes. The special feature of this rocket is that there are 48 possible ...

• Estes WAC Corporal Clone By Mike Atwood

  This is a simple sport scale model of the WAC Corporal sounding rocket developed by CALTECH and JPL in 1945. 1 Body tube - Estes BT-20 8.65 inches long 3 fins - 1/16in basswood 1 Conical balsa nose cone 1 Motor mount - Estes BT-5 2 inches long 1 1/8in launch lug - Estes 1.25 inches long 1 Conduit 1/8in balsa strip 1 Streamer - 24in x 1.75 inches Mylar 2 Centering ...

• Estes Wacky Wiggler By Timothy Morris

  Brief: Estes new E2X series break-apart recovery rocket. All components were present and undamaged. Rocket was a quick build, less than an hour. The only gotcha was the engine mount. It had to be sanded to fit into the tube. Finishing: Finishing was a breeze. Body and all parts were pre-painted/finished. Construction Rating: 5 out of 5 Flight: Here is where this cute little rocket ...

• Estes Wacky Wiggler By Marty Wiggins

  The Wacky Wiggler is a fun, easy build rocket. It is made of 7 plastic sections that are held together by string. The rocket goes up as one piece and comes down in 7 pieces. The package includes the nose cone, fin section, 5 plastic body sections, 6 paper body sections, motor mount and a 6' section of string. The components are mainly plastic, but are usual Estes make. The rocket is ...

• Estes Warp II By Billy Stepler

  Brief: Estes Warp II, is a two-staged payloader that is fun and easy to build. Construction: Quality: It came in the standard plastic bag with the display card. All the parts were there and in good condition. The fins were balsa wood and the body and booster were standard paper tubes. Instructions: They were easy to follow, and in a logical order. One thing Estes does do well is ...

• Estes Wildfire By Dustin Deckard

  Brief This rocket has an interesting recovery. It has a parachute and a streamer. I think it's kinda cool. Construction This rocket was in a plastic bag. All the parts were there and none were broken. It consists of: nose cone, 3 balsa fins, streamer, 12 inch parachute, shock cord, paper shock cord mount, launch lug, 2 centering rings, decal sheet, engine hook and a BT- 50 body tube. The ...

• Estes Wildfire By Bill Eichelberger

  I bought my original Wildfire from Ebay for the sole purpose of canibalizing the nose cone to clone a Satellite Interceptor. One night while bored I decided to build the rest of the rocket which I mated with a PNC-50 nose cone that I had no other use for at the time. When finished, I found that I had anything but the disposable rocket that I anticipated, and finished the paint and decals ...

• Estes Wizard By James Johnson

  This guy is a good starter's rocket, as it is easy to build, fun to fly, and yet it presents more of a challenge than the "ready-to-fly" kits. The instructions were easy to follow with basic sketches to depict just about every step. I felt that no special measures needed to be taken during assembly -- just follow the instructions! Finishing: I find the best way to finish small diameter ...

• Estes Wizard By Doyle Tatum

  This is truly a great beginner's rocket. I picked it up, being a BAR, to get myself back into the rocket building world. I built mine exactly by the instructions. When preparing for flight, I find it sometimes difficult to pack the streamer so that it ejects with no problem. If I were to build another, I would tie a length of Kevlar to the engine block for use as the shock cord. This way, there ...

• Estes Wizard By Mike Salter

  Brief: The Estes Wizard is a basic 18mm rocket but it's a very fast and high flying rocket. Construction: The kit came with 8.75" of BT-20, a launch lug, engine block, shock cord, streamer, a plastic nose cone and die-cut balsa to make fins. The Estes Wizard is extremely easy to make, especially since the motor is friction fit so you just need to glue in the engine block. ...

• Estes Wizard By David Sindel

  Brief: One of very few good Estes little minimum diameter rocket kits. Construction: The kit includes: 8.75" of BT-20 EB-20 NC-20,plastic ogive 3 balsa fins 1" x 18" streamer ~18" of shock cord Construction was easy taking about 2 hours. You could do it in half an hour with cyanoacrylate (CA). No problems here. Motor retention is ...

• Estes Wizard By Bill Eichelberger

  Upon becoming seriously involved as a BAR in the spring of 2001, I went looking through local hobby stores, hoping to find that some of my favorite rockets from my early years were still available. The Wizard, a high flying minimum diameter rocket, turned out to be the sole remaining holdover from my original fleet. Included in the kit: 1 - 8.65" BT-20 (BT-20B) 1 - Engine block ...

• Estes Wizard By Evan

  A very easy kit to build, good price. The hobby store I go to sold them in the bulk pack and put it on the shelf so it it was even cheaper :) Components Engine Spacer Engine Block Body Tube Launch Lug Shock Cord Mount Tube Marking Guide Streamer Shock Cord Nose Cone Nose Cone Insert Blasa Fins Decals It seems like a lot, but ...

• Estes X-15 (RTF) By Donald Besaw Jr

  Brief: This is a fully assembled plastic sport/scale model of the X-15 Hypersonic Research Vehicle. This model is capable of flights up to 600 feet high and recovers on a 12 inch parachute. Construction: The model came packaged in a blister pack and included: 1 fully assembled plastic X-15 1 retention cap 1 12 inch plastic parachute Instructions Since the model ...

• Estes X-Fliers By Michael P. Morley with Alex Morley

  I received the Estes X-Flyers as a gift from our neighbor Zachary. The kit is one of Estes Ready-Built series and includes two rockets, one yellow and blue, and one black and purple. This kit was packaged in plastic and came in a box and cost $14.99. A pretty good deal for two rockets. No construction on a Ready Built just attach the chute and jam in an engine. Finishing: The X-Flyers are ...

• Estes X-Fliers By Mark Fisher

  The X-Flyers are BT-20-based, minimum diameter birds that even with their full-length tube wraps, weigh practically nothing. Both employ the plastic fin can of the Nike Arrow resulting in relatively low drag. Modifications: Recovery system and engine mount, as detailed below. Specifications given are for X-flyer #1. X-flyer #2 differs very little, both in parts content and flight ...

• Estes X-Fliers By Michael P. Morley with Alex Morley

  Brief: The Estes X-Flyers is a kit in the “Launchables“ series which contains two easy-to-build pre-decorated model rockets. Alex, age 10 at the time, built both rockets in under ten minutes each without adult assistance. Construction: The two rockets are referred to in the kit as “X-Flyer #1” and “X-Flyer #2.” X-Flyer #1 is 15.25” long. It ...

• Estes X-Prize Canadian Arrow By John R. Brandon III

  Brief: A single-staged, D motor powered sport scale representation of the Canadian Arrow competitor for the Ansari X-Prize. Construction: The kit consists of a really big blow-molded nose cone and tail cone, two sheets of laser cut balsa fins, motor mount tube, main airframe body tube, motor retainer hook, motor block ring, sheet of die-cut cardboard centering rings, 1/4" x ...

• Estes X-Prize Eagle By John R. Brandon III

  Brief: Another fine single stage scale model of an Ansari X-Prize competitor from Estes. Construction: The kit parts included a BT-55 body tube, a BT-60 body tube, a BT-20 motor mount tube, a wire motor-retainer hook, a mylar ring to retain the motor hook, a block of clay nose weight, a launch lug, a preassembled 12" parachute, a heavy 1/4" x 30" rubber shock cord, a ...

• Estes X-Prize Eagle By Jon Revelle

  Single stage scale model of the Vanguard Eagle spacecraft for the X-Prize competition. I don't think the real one got off the ground. The kit came in a plastic bag with a cardboard face card as with every other Estes kit. It contained:   2 plastic nose cone halves clay nose weight 1 decal sheet 1 12" chute 1 rubber shock cord 1 long BT-55 body tube 1 sheet of ...

• Estes X-Prize Gauchito By Brian Ray

  This modification was my own personal response to what I had seen as an all-too-common statement on model rocket forums: add nose weight. It seemed to me that no matter the situation, the clarion call was for more and more nose weight. "Hey, I painted this rocket blue instead of yellow." "You better add some nose weight." While not usually a kit builder, I found this kit on clearance and decided ...

• Estes X-Prize Gauchito By Donald Besaw Jr

  Brief: The Estes X-Prize Gauchito is a 1:55 scale model of Pablo de Leon and Associates' Ansari X-Prize entry. This model flies on 13mm motors up to 300 feet, recovers on a 12 inch parachute and has a removable display nozzle assembly. Construction: The kit came packaged in a plastic bag with header card and included the body tube, motor mount tube, motor retention hook, motor ...

• Estes X-Prize Lucky Seven By John Thro

  The Estes Lucky Seven is a 1:50 scale model of the rocket being designed and built by Acceleration Engineering. It features 95% plastic construction, Estes mini-engine power, and parachute recovery. Santa brought this kit for my 5 year-old son for Christmas 2004. This model is made entirely of plastic, except for the motor tube, motor hook, shock cord and parachute. Here is a reasonably ...

• Estes X-Prize Lucky Seven By Alan Tuskes

  Brief: 1:50 Scale model of the Acceleration Engineering LLC's entry in the X-Prize race. Single stage, parachute recovery. Skill level E2X. Construction: The kit includes: 1 BT-5 engine mount 1 mini engine hook 1 rubber (REAL rubber) shock cord. 1 12" chute clay weight plastic parts: nose cone assembly (2 halves, nose cone cap) body and body ...

• Estes X-Prize Lucky Seven By Chris Gonnerman

  This is a semi-scale model of the Acceleration Engineering "Lucky Seven" rocket, one of the contestants for the Ansari X-Prize. This is a largely plastic rocket. The package includes a three-piece plastic nose cone (two side halves and a bulkhead), a plastic body tube with integral bulkhead, a plastic tail bulkhead, four plastic decorative nozzles, four plastic fins, a paper engine tube, a ...

• Estes X-Prize Lucky Seven By Donald Besaw Jr

  Brief: The Estes X-Prize Lucky Seven is a 1:50 scale model of Acceleration Engineering's Ansari X-Prize entry. This model flies on an A10-3T motor up to 200 feet and uses a 12 inch parachute for recovery. Construction: The kit came in a plastic bag with header card and included: 1 motor tube 1 motor retention hook 1 pack of clay weight 1 rubber shock cord 1 12 ...

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• Estes X-Prize Rubicon By John R. Brandon III

  Brief: A single-staged D-powered scale representation of the Space Transportation Corporation's entry in the competition for the Ansari X-Prize. Construction: The rocket kit consisted of a 24mm motor mount tube, a motor block ring, a motor retainer hook, a thick stage coupler-like hook retainer ring, six tank tubes, a large main body tube, a truly massive blow molded plastic nose ...

• Estes X-Prize Rubicon By Bruce Canino

  Single stage D power scale model of an X-Prize rocket with 18" parachute recovery. It has a Saturn 1b look to it, so if you're a fan of the Saturn 1b you will probably like this kit. The kit includes: 7 lower rocket body tubes 1 upper body tube 6 plastic fins 2 plastic body tube holders plastic nose cone rubber shock cord Estes paper mount 6 plastic rocket ...

• Estes X-Prize SpaceShipOne By Dick Stafford

  After many months with breathless anticipation, the Estes SpaceShipOne finally arrived. This kit is a 1/30th sport-scale kit based on a BT-200 tube, which is 2" in diameter. This was the first time I noticed the SS1 being attributed to Mojave Aerospace Ventures vs. Scaled Composites. There are some issues for the scale fans out there. For instance, if you look at the rear nozzle, it looks ...

• Estes X-Prize SpaceShipOne By Eric Maglio

  Brief: This is a scale model of the Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne. It is part of a new line of rockets including many X-Prize kits from Estes. This rocket uses 18mm motors and has a 12" parachute recovery. Construction: The kit comes with a motor mount kit, body tube, nose cone, and a scale tail cone. Also included is the recovery system and laser-cut balsa parts. The ...

• Estes X-Ray By G. A. Dean

  Brief: The X-Ray is an easy-to-build 'bug-lofter' for 13mm (mini) motors. It's essentially an Estes Gnome with a clear plastic payload section, and it shares the easy building and flying characteristics of that popular rocket. Like the Gnome, the main body tube is a minimum-diameter 13mm/BT5, but the upper, payload section is wider; the equivalent of an 18mm/BT20 tube. A plasti ...

• Estes XL Blue Ninja By Jewel B. Butler Jr.

  ( Contributed - by Jewel Barton Butler Jr. - 05/20/10) Brief: Well I had too much time on my hands and two Blue Ninja's kits .I threw away the plastic fins and the bottom plastic parts, added some basswood delta3 modified fins and the XL BLUE NINJA was born. Modifications: First I sanded the nose cone and the couplers with 220 grit sandpaper then built my motor mount attached the ...

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• Estes Xtreme By David S. Kemp

  The Estes Xtreme appears to be an elongated clone of the Estes Hi-Filer.  Comparison of the Xtreme vs the Hi-Flier: The body tube (BT) is 12 inches vs 9 inches.   The nose cone (NC) is elongated and comes to a pointy tip vs a shorter ogive style.   Because the Xtreme is longer in both the BT and NC, there is no need to add clay weight to the nose cone. & ...

• Estes Yankee By Ken Johnson

  A small, lightweight 3FNC rocket with an unusual nose cone. Actually, I built 2 Yankee kits; one to replace the initial rocket that disappeared after its third flight. The first kit featured a nice balsa nose cone, but the second kit, while otherwise identical, had a plastic nose cone. But both kits featured a paper body tube, die cut balsa fins, a short piece of elastic, a streamer, and a ...

• Estes Yellow Jacket By Ted Phipps

    This is my all-time favorite Estes rocket. Straight-forward construction and an inspired paint job make this a great 'first big' rocket kit.  Like most Estes kits, it comes in a plastic bag. I like the fact that I can inspect the parts for damage before buying. My kit had no missing or damaged pieces. Building is as standard as it comes, with no surprises or special tricks. ...

• Estes Zinger By Patrick Byrnes

  A Skill level 1 rocket that can fly to over 2,000ft. This kit came in a small plastic bag and none of the pieces in my kit were damaged. The rocket was pretty easy to build and the instructions were easy to follow. I recommend spending a lot of time sanding the fins (it will give the rocket a little more altitude). The fins were not easy to align because they were really small, I used the fin ...

• Excelsior Rocketry '57 Goony (Plan) By Lester Anderson

  A kitbash modification of an Estes Baby Bertha kit. It looks like a sci-fi version of a 1957 Chevy Bel-Air. Components The usual standard of Estes parts found in the Baby Bertha kit. /h2 Pretty easy build. You end up cutting 2 of the stock fins to make the primary wings on the model. The "exhaust stacks" need 8 launch lugs to fabricate them. The hardest part is ...

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• Excelsior Rocketry '57 Goony (Plan) By Steve Lindeman

  The '57 Goony is unlike any of Excelsior Rocketry's other "Goony Retro-Bash" line of decal/plan sets in that it is not based on any of the Estes kits as the other offerings are. Instead this one gets its insperation from an automobile. Their ad says " The 57 GOONY is the rocket that says.. "Tailfins? I'll show you tailfins!". Components Components required for this build ...

• Excelsior Rocketry Der Fat Max (Plan) By Ron Wirth

  Brief: The Der Fat Max is another Goony Retro-Bash plan set from Excelsior Rocketry. While it might not be the typical size of a Goony, it sure looks and feels Goony to me. As with the other Goony Retro-Bash rockets available from Excelsior, this is a kit-bash where you get receive the plan set, decals, and fin pattern. For this rocket you need to supply a Fat Boy kit and balsa for ...

• Excelsior Rocketry Der Fat Max (Plan) By Bill Eichelberger

  I always loved the versatility of the Estes Fat Boy, and over the years I bought quite a few of them for different projects, most of them of the Goony persuasion.  When a fellow club member decide to move away from low power and offered one for sale from his stash, I jumped at the chance to pick it up with this project in mind.  Under normal circumstances all of the Fat Boy ...

• Excelsior Rocketry Der Goony Max (Plan) By Matthew Bond

  The Goony Max is one of Excelsior Rocketry's "Goony Retro-Bash" line of decal/plan sets. Fred Talasco at Excelsior has created a line of kit bashes that are a throwback to the old Estes "Goonybirds". Fred's designs are based on old Estes kits (in this case the Red Max), and some original ideas which all use the Estes Baby Bertha as the starting point, although there is now a "Fat Max" ...

• Excelsior Rocketry Der Goony Max (Plan) By Steve Lindeman

• Excelsior Rocketry Der Goony Max (Plan) By Bill Eichelberger

  Der Goony Max is an inspired bit of lunacy from Excelsior Rocketry, and I guess depending on where you stand on the Goony issue, this series is either genius or a waste of a good Baby Bertha. Speaking as the one-time-owner of an original Goonybird Cloudhopper, I happen to fall on the genius side of the ledger, and to be honest, I can't imagine anyone would fall anywhere else. Der Goony Max is ...

• Excelsior Rocketry Gooneydent (Plan) By Matt Gillard

  Brief:     Somewhere in the twisted mind of a goony fanatic, the goodydent was created. The goonydent is a kit base goony from two baby berthas. It uses gas venting tubes so no wadding is needed. I was bitten by the goony bug this year, this will be my second goony. It gets noticed on the pad.       The idea of the kit bash goonies from gordy is that ...

• Excelsior Rocketry Goony Ghost (Plan) By Moe Bertrand

  The Goony Ghost is one of Excelsior Rocketry's line of Goony-themed rockets inspired by the original Estes Goony Birds of the mid '70s. While many of Excelsior's offerings are Goony versions of Estes kits, the Ghost is an original design with no specific role model. The Excelsior "kits" are marketed simply as a set of plans and a sheet of very nice decals. The builder supplies the parts ...

• Excelsior Rocketry Goonybird Cloud Hopper (Plan) By Geof Givens

  Brief: Excelsior's Cloud Hopper is a bunny themed kit bash of the Estes Baby Bertha to build an OOP Estes Cloud Hopper. My kids (5.5 and 7.5) chose this rocket for obvious reasons; some of their comments are included below. The Cloud Hopper debuted in the 1973 Estes Catalog . Mosquito Mike has a nice page with more history and examples of Estes Goonybirds. Excelsior gets into ...

• Excelsior Rocketry Goonybird Iron Wombat (Plan) By Matthew Bond

  Brief: The Iron Wombat is one of Excelsior Rocketry's "Goony Retro-Bash" line of decal/plan sets. Fred Talasco at Excelsior has created a line of kit bashes that are a throwback to the old Estes "Goonybirds". All of Fred's designs are based on old Estes kits (in this case the Wolverine), or his original ideas and use the Baby Bertha as the starting point. ...

• Excelsior Rocketry Goonybird Nike-G (Plan) By Matthew Bond

  Brief: The Nike-G is one of Excelsior Rocketry's “Goony Retro-Bash” line of decal/plansets. Fred Talasco at Excelsior has created a line of kit-bashes that are a throwback to the old Estes “Goonybirds”. All of Fred's designs are based on old Estes kits, or original ideas, and use the Baby Bertha as the starting point. Construction: My Nike-G plans, along with ...

• Excelsior Rocketry Goonybird Zero (Plan) By Kevin Johnson

  The Goony Bird Zero (GBZ) is part of Excelsior Rocketry's retro bash line of goony kits. It is based around a Baby Bertha kit, using all components except the fins and the decals. When you buy one (or two or three) of the goony's you get a sheet of instructions, templates for cutting new fins, and a sheet of really nice quality decals. There are two fin templates for the GBZ, one for ...

• Excelsior Rocketry Goonybird Zero (Plan) By Bill Eichelberger

  Anyone who has paged through a 1973-75 Estes catalog has undoubtedly seen and puzzled over the Goonybirds. The Goonybirds were a series of cartoonish, youth-oriented rockets thought by some to be the flying equivalent of the Rat Fink hot rod characters, and thought by others to be proof of someone spiking the Estes water coolers. Economically mini-engine powered and easily built with stick on ...

• Excelsior Rocketry Goonybird Zero (Plan) By Matthew Bond

  The Goony Bird Zero is one of Excelsior Rocketry's "Goony Retro-Bash" line of decal/plan sets. Fred Talasco at Excelsior has created a line of kit-bashes that are a throwback to the old Estes "Goony Birds". Fred's designs are based on old Estes kits (in this case the Blue Bird Zero) or his original ideas, and they use the Estes Baby Bertha as the starting point. Excelsior rates this kit bash a ...

• Excelsior Rocketry Goonydent (Plan) By Steve Lindeman

  The Goonydent is Excelsior Rocketry's Goony version of the Estes classic Trident kit [K-33, 1233](1968-1974). It was by far the most expensive kit bash I've done so far at a cost of about $45.00. However the end results were worth the investment. Components For this build I used the following components:  ♦ 1- Set of plans and decals from Excelsior Rocketry ...

• Excelsior Rocketry Honest Goon (Plan) By Geoffrey Kerbel

  Brief: The HONEST GOON is another Goony retro-bash decal/plan set that is available from Excelsior Rocketry. This is not a kit but rather a set of instructions, fin patterns, and most importantly decals to kit bash an Estes Baby Bertha (plus a few extra parts) into some rocketry fun. If you could not tell by the name (you certainly can from the finished product), this is based on an ...

• Excelsior Rocketry Honest Goon (Plan) By Geoffrey Kerbel

  Brief: The Honest Goon is another great idea from Fred at Excelsior rockets. It is a modest downscale of the larger kits that are out there and comes with an outstanding set of decals. Remember though, they are GOONY! If you have never done an Excelsior goony, you really need to get one! These are fun builds, mostly easy and finish up looking wonderful. They also fly with the best ...

• Excelsior Rocketry KRAM (Plan) By Ron Wirth

  Brief: What happens if you take an Estes Mark/Mark II design and turn it into a goony style rocket using a Baby Bertha kit? You get the KRAM from Excelsior Rocketry. As with the other goony retro-bash plansets, the KRAM is not a kit but rather the instructions and decals to turn a Baby Bertha kit into something unique. For this goony, you only need add a BT60 tube coupler and a ...

• Excelsior Rocketry Love Bug (Plan) By Chris Guidry

  Brief: The Love Bug is one of Excelsior's Original lines of plans but unlike most of them which are based on bashing the Baby Bertha kit, this one utilizes the Big Bertha as an origin. The Love Bug kit comes packaged in a heavy, plastic sleeve and contains instructions, fin templates, and a sheet of decals to replace those parts of the Bertha kit. Construction: The Love Bug goes ...

• Experimental Rocketry Group Experimental Composite Propellant (Book) By Dick Stafford

  Brief: For some time, I've been interested in learning how to make composite motors and have heard many recommendations for 'Pr'fesser' Terry McCreary's book, "Experimental Composite Propellant." When I discovered that Aerocon distributes the book, I couldn't resist ordering a copy. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and it was worth the price just to learn more about those cool little things that I ...

• Extreme Rocketry LDRS XX DVD (Other Product) By Scott Pearson

  In late October 2001 Extreme Rocketry (ER) published their first Video production a VHS video and DVD of LDRS XX. I like the magazine that they publish so I thought that I would see what they could do with this medium. The DVD cost ten dollars more than the video but DVD's are usually worth the expense with added video and better picture quality so I went with the DVD. I have watched to DVD ...

• Fade To Black Rocket Works Mullet By Lance Alligood

  Fade To Black Rocket Works' Mullet offers a financially attractive, comfortable method of protecting a rocketeer's neck, shoulders, and ears from the harmful rays of the sun during an enjoyable afternoon of launching rockets.   I ordered several Mullets from Cowboy Rocketry, one for me and a few for my fellow club members. (They are so cheap that it wasn't worth ordering just ...

• Fat Boy to AttaBoy Modification (Modification) By Tad Scheeler

  The ATTABOY is a boattailed FATBOY with 24mm upsized motor mount that can be flown in two different configurations--both with and without upper payload tube. Modifications: I was inspired by Michael Bade's " Big Bad V-2 Daddy ", Kevin Johnson's " OY!FATBOY ", and David Fergus' " Boattail FATBOY ". I applied similar techniques to those that Michael Bade describes for his "Big Bad V-2 Daddy" ...

• Fat Cat Rockets Centaurus By Nick Esselman

  (09/10/00) I first heard about Starship Enterprises (now called Fat Cat Rockets as of 1/1/01) from a couple of contributed reviews. I was impressed with the uniqueness of their kits and in the variety of model, advanced and high power. So I am pleased to build their Centaurus. According to Starship Enterprises, "The Centaurus is a hail back to those future ideas from yesterye ...

• Fat Cat Rockets F104 Starfighter By Andy Hobbs

  Brief: The Fat Cat Rockets F104 Starfighter is a unique and robust mid power rocket that has fighter jet-like styling. This is a builder's kit as there are a number of advanced techniques used for creating many of the rocket's features. The reward of this kit isn't just a challenging build--it turns in some of the coolest flights I have ever seen! Unfortunately it is now (like all of ...

• Fat Cat Rockets F104 Starfighter By Andy Hobbs

  ( Contributed - by Andy Hobbs - 01/17/07) Brief: Lance covered the components and construction of the rocket very well in his excellent review. I also built the model exactly to the plans the kit is rated skill level 5. I agree with this, although it maybe is not as detailed as a Saturn V, but it's probably not recommended for the impatient type builder. Construction: The ...

• Fat Cat Rockets Frenzee By Steve Ramberg

  Brief: The Frenzee is an 8 motor cluster rocket (1-24mm and 7-18mm) which returns via parachute. Construction: I ordered this rocket using the companies order form found on the Fat Cat Rockets website. The rocket arrived in a short amount of time. The parts were packed loose in a sturdy box of packing peanuts. The parts consisted of a 17" body tube, nose cone, 2 plywood ...

• Fat Cat Rockets Galactic Marauder By Nick Esselman

  (07/10/03) I've had the Fat Cat's Galactic Marauder sitting around for a while and decided to get it out and build it. You need a rocket like this every now and then to keep you excited about the "building" part of the hobby. This kit takes skill and has the looks (variation) to make it exciting. It even has a futuristic theme: " Loaded with excessive firepower, the Galactic ...

• Fat Cat Rockets GTX By Moira Jean Whitlock

  - by Moira Jean Whitlock Brief This is a sturdy, single staged high power rocket with a hardwood nose and boattail. It recovers by chute and comes with a 54mm mount, but can fly on 38 and 29mm motors as well. Construction After getting my level 2, I began to surf the net to answer the question, "What next?" I wondered what was out there that was different. Then ...

• Fat Cat Rockets Hypersonic Transport By Nick Esselman

  (07/13/02) The Hypersonic Transport is my 2nd Fat Cat Rockets' rocket. I had also built the Centaurus prior to Starship Enterprises becoming Fat Cat Rockets. I bought the Hypersonic Transport for one of the same reasons I built the Centaurus , its unique look in a medium to high power rocket. The Hypersonic Transport is "for those quick trips to the moon or just to the other side of ...

• Fat Cat Rockets I.P.F.I. Strikeship By Nick Esselman

  After holding the Fat Cat's Name This Rocket and Story Contest over this sleek, futuristic looking rocket, I decided to purchase one at Fat Cat's special introductory price. You should check out the contest stories. They are great. Fat Cat's decided to combine the suggested names from the top three winners and came up with the I.P.F.I. Strikeship "Lightning". I call it the Strikeship for short. ...

• Fat Cat Rockets I.P.F.I. Strikeship By David Fergus

  Summary: A fantasy futuristic single pilot space fighter. It has a unique fuselage shape, flies on 29mm motors (F50 is the only motor recommended by the kit maker) and has rear ejection parachute recovery. This rocket was named in a contest sponsored by EMRR. The name was a combination of the top three vote getters with IPFI being the abbreviation for InterPlanetary Fighter In ...

• Fat Cat Rockets K-1 By David Urbanek

  ( Contributed - by David Urbanek) Brief: Cool rocket inspired by Russian amateur and 1950s Sci-Fi movies. Construction: One short body tube, nose cone (Estes long BT- 80) and tail cone (cut from Estes long BT-80). Three big balsa fins and hardwood landing pods. One plywood centering ring. Nose weight in the form of BBs. Recovery system connects through steel cable that you have to ...

• Fat Cat Rockets Lil Leader By Chan Stevens

  ( Contributed - by Robert Runnalls - 07/01/02) Brief: This is a downscale version of Fat Cat Rockets Ring Leader. It's distinguishing feature is the round tail fin and the 3 canards. Construction: 1 38mm body tube 1 24mm motor mount tube 2 plywood centering rings. 1 thick walled plastic nose cone 2 lengths of Kevlar ® cord 3 plywood rear fins 3 plywood canards 1 ...

• Fat Cat Rockets Lil Leader By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This little wonder is clearly a Fat Cat. Weighing in at a little over 8 ounces, it's built like a tank and could probably even be bashed to handle HPR motors. As it is, this is about the smallest thing I've ever stuck a composite motor in, though well worth it. It's a great little kit, with a combination of ring and fin stability, and awesome performance. Construction: ...

• Fat Cat Rockets P.T.S. Shaman By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  Brief: 24mm rear ejection fighter jet Construction: The kit contains: Pre-cut balsa fins Pre-assembled and pre-weighted nose cone Nylon chute 24mm mount Decals/stickers Plywood centering rings Rear ejection recovery parts Polystyrene engine pods Fat Cat Rockets are known for their unique designs. The P.T.S. Shaman is no exception. The most unique ...

• Fat Cat Rockets Push By Moira Jean Whitlock

  ( Contributed - by Moira Jean Whitlock) Brief: Single-staged, 3-finned rocket with 3 side pods that can also contain motors so that flights can be with 1 or 4 motors. The rocket is not designed with a payload section, so simultaneous ground starting of all motors or thermalite air ignition of the outboards is suggested. Construction: There is one main body tube of kraft paper and 3 ...

• Fat Cat Rockets Ringleader By Moira Jean Whitlock

  Brief A real looker, this short and stout rocket with a ring around the fins to add stability. It also has forward finlets forward to each fin. Construction When I ordered its sister kit, the GTX , this model was temporarily sold out, so I told the company please to inform me when more came and that I'd send for it. Less than 2 weeks later, they arrived, although at a higher price, but the ...

• First Flight Hobbies A-Corn By John Lee

  Brief: I was asked to test 2 oddrocs of similar design, differing only in their size. First I built the Corn Roc, a Styrofoam ear of Indian corn with an 18mm motor mount. Now I am trying its little sibling, the A-Corn, designed for 13mm power. Construction: Construction is very similar to that of the Corn Roc. It begins with making a slit in the motor tube for the engi ...

• First Flight Hobbies A-Corn By Charlaine Cadence Nordin

  Brief: The smallest of the Corn on the Cob shaped oddroc collections by First Flight Hobby. This rocket once complete is really cute and fun. Promises to be a head turner and also a great flyer. Construction: The parts include: One styrene foam corncob one body tube 13mm tube for mmt engine block (2) centering rings small bag of bb's 8" ...

• First Flight Hobbies Corn Roc By John Lee

  The Corn-Roc is a fall themed oddroc I was asked to beta test. It is basically a conversion of a Styrofoam ear of Indian Corn from a craft store into a rocket. Construction began with the building of the motor mount. A slit was made for the engine hook and the hook was secured in place with several wraps of masking tape. The mount was then marked at each end and the centering rings were ...

• First Flight Hobbies Corn Roc By Charlaine Cadence Nordin

  Brief: The main stay of the Corn on the cob shaped oddroc collections by First Flight Hobby. This 18mm rocket once complete is interesting and fun. It promises to be a head turner and also a great flier. Construction: The parts include: One styrene foam corncob One body tube MMT 18mm tube One engine block 2 centering rings Small bag of bb's ...

• First Flight Hobbies Corn Roc By Dick Stafford

  Brief: This is a seasonal oddroc based on a Styrofoam ear of corn. It is a cool-looking, sturdy rocket and looks better in person than in photos. My beta test version flies on 18mm motors but 13mm and 24mm versions were also offered. Unfortunately, all had limited runs and more will not be available until next year. I normally don't submit reviews until I've flown a rocket but, ...

• First Flight Hobbies Corn-E By Charlaine Cadence Nordin

  Brief: This is the largest of the Corn on the cob shaped oddroc collections by First Flight Hobby. This 24mm rocket once complete is interesting and fun. Promises to be a head turner and also a great flier. This rocket uses both D and E engines. Construction: The parts consist of: One styrene foam corncob One body tube One MMT 24mm tube One E to D motor ...

• First Flight Hobbies Mega-Sonic By Kathy Kippen

  Brief: A single stage large model rocket. Construction: Two sheets of 1/8” balsa fin stock – 3” X 16” and 4” X 16” Fin patterns and alignment guide Balsa nose cone Two BT 60 body tubes – 8” and 11” BT 60 coupler 24mm motor mount tube Two plywood centering rings Engine block Engine hook 15” ...

• First Flight Hobbies Semi-Sonic By Dick Stafford

  Brief: The Semi-Sonic is a sleek 18mm rocket that sports three split-fins (6 fins total) and a long balsa nose cone. Mine was a beta test-build, so some minor details may vary. Construction: The nose cone came pre-weighted with a hefty eye-bolt. This is a good way to ensure stability while sacrificing very little building. The kit comes with balsa fin stock, requiring the user ...

• First Flight Hobbies Semi-Sonic By John Lee

  Brief: LPR, Sleek, 18mm, Parachute Recovery I was fortunate to be asked to test out a new rocket from First Flight called the Semi-Sonic. Mine was a pre-production model. It arrived in a hanging bag with all parts and instruction included and neatly bagged. It is a sleek looking design which has two sets of 3 fins, one mounted just before the other, that gives a visual impression ...

• First time kit gives good experience! By Kirk Greenfield

  Brief This is a Skill Level One rocket with balsa wood fins, a single body tube, and a plastic nose cone. Components The parachute is a 12-inch plastic ‘chute with an elastic shock cord.  The fins are die-cut and were almost ready to fall out, cleanly cut and clear.  There is also a double-sided sheet of instructions. The "anchor" for the shock cord must be cut from the ...

• Fishhead Rocketry Gooney Vector G (Scratch) By Bill Eichelberger

  ( Contributed - by Bill Eichelberger - 01/22/10) I've long flown the Goony flag, but a recent thread at TRF showcasing different Goony creations got me wondering if I was neglecting the Goony side of my brain. After much introspection it was determined that not only was I neglecting the Goony side, but the rest of it as well. With that decided, I began spending time at www.ninfinger.org ...

• Fishhead Rocketry Rogue XL (Upscale) By Bill Eichelberger

  I got started in rocketry with a group of kids from my old neighborhood in the summer of 1977. I had picked an Estes Beta as my first kit, but one of my friends who had managed to get to the J.C. Penney Toyland before I did and he got the one and only Estes Rogue kit that they had in stock. (He pronounced it Rouge, no matter how many times we corrected him.) I liked the Beta but always secretly ...

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• Fishhead Rocketry Screw Loose (Scratch) By Bill Eichelberger

  This was one of those great rockets that costs next to nothing and proudly flies the SPEV banner.  The Screw Loose was built using an empty paper ring from a recently emptied roll of masking tape, a length of BT-20, a PNC-20N nose cone, an engine block, some Kevlar, elastic and a parachute.  Everything about this project was a shop scrap or just on hand. Components ...

• Flight Dynamics Zepher 5 By Bill Eichelberger

  This was a long ago Ebay win that started off badly when the rocket didn't arrive for two and a half weeks, despite my making payment within hours of the auction end.  My enthusiasm for the project started off low, then sank when I kept encountering errors in the instructions and templates.  Despite all that, the finished rocket looked good and flew better.  ...

• FlisKits 18mm Motor Mount for BT50 By John Lee

  Brief: This motor mount is intended for use either as a permanent installation in a rocket or for use as an adapter to put 18mm motors in 24mm motor tubes. It is for the latter purpose I purchased two of these. I wanted to adapt my Estes 36D Squared to be able to for use in smaller fields. Construction: Each mount comes with: 18mm motor tube Engine hook Thrust ...

• FlisKits 29mm Upscale Deuce's Wild! (Upscale) By Mike Reese

  The following article was a submission to the FlisKits, Inc Deuce-Bash Contest and is archived with permission from FlisKits. Some of these designs are not actually kitbashes, however, all come from the basic motor design feature of the FlisKits Deuce's Wild. I made this upscale Deuce's Wild! sometime ago. It uses two 29mm 180 cases. I have flown it on all of the AeroTech reloads for ...

• FlisKits 4x24mm Motor Mount By Greg Elder

  ( Contributed - by Greg Elder - 12/04/04) Brief: The FlisKits EMK4-24-80 motor mount kit allows you to cluster four 24mm size motors in a BT-80 size body tube. The kit comes with four 4" long 24mm motor tubes, four motor blocks, and two fiberboard centering rings. Also included is a nice set of clearly illustrated, well written, and easy to follow instructions. Construction: ...

• FlisKits 7x18mm Motor Mount By John Lee

  Brief: 7x18mm cluster motor mount for BT70 tubes. Having built 2 clones of the Centuri Vulcan and a BT60 based upscale with a 29mm motor mount, I decided that BT70 was the next logical place to try and build a member of the Vulcan family. In a bid to do something a bit different, though, I decided I wanted to use a cluster. I finally settled on a 7x18mm mount and chose ...

• FlisKits A.C.M.E. Spitfire By Dick Stafford

  This is yet another review of this unique, crooked rocket. Hopefully, this provides another perspective on its construction, finishing/decoration, and flight. The FlisKits kits are professionally packaged and this is no exception. The printed face includes is in full color, includes photos and specs, and a serial number--mine is #87. The small parts are contained in a small Zip-loc bag. My ...

• FlisKits A.C.M.E. Spitfire By Chan Stevens

  Absolutely the most INNOVATIVE commercial kit I've ever seen in rocketry, this rocket looks like Wyle E. Coyote has built and flown it a few too many times. You won't believe it flies nor will anyone else at the pad, yet you'll all be laughing your fannies off when you witness its perfect flight path. I witnessed the prototype of this kit in action at NSL this May and have been chomping at the ...

• FlisKits A.C.M.E. Spitfire By Bill Ralston

  Brief: This is one bizarre rocket that looks like it should not fly. Construction: The rocket is made from a BT-50 inside pieces of BT-70 with 6 centering rings, balsa nose cone, and 4 fins (all are a different shape) mounted to a paper transition piece. The instructions were very precise and easy to follow with lots of useful illustrations. It is my opinion that the ...

• FlisKits A.C.M.E. Spitfire By Carl Tulanko

  The FlisKits ACME Spitfire was a long awaited item from their line of models and was recently introduced at NARAM 45 in Evansville, Indiana. Well, I just had to be first in line to get a couple of these kits, one to save and one to build. I had seen this model debut at NSL 2003 earlier this year as a prototype and it’s a real head-turner. The kit resembles something you would see in a ...

• FlisKits Adfecta By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This is another fine addition to the futuristic-themed line of Flis kits. A far cry from your 3FNC style rocket (try 20 fins!), which features an unusual nose cone and really sweet inverse parabolic transition. Construction: For all you collectors out there, I did the market price a favor by tearing into kit #24. I had thought about hanging onto it, but this design and ...

• FlisKits Alien 8 By Preston Hoover

• FlisKits Alien8 By Andy Miller

  Brief: This is an over three feet long single staged rocket with a 16 inch plastic parachute. Construction: This kit comes with two body tubes, one coupler, 5 balsa fins and three ping pong balls to cut out. And that's just for starters! There are also two large wing like fins. All of these parts have to be glued on precisely. The shock cord attachment is a step above the ...

• FlisKits Alien8 By Joe Policy

  Brief: A totally unique looking skill level 3 rocket designed by Shrox and sold by FlisKits. It even includes ping pong balls as a design feature! It's a great flyer and a rocket that people will take notice of at any launch. Construction: The kit includes: 2 NCB-50AB nose cone, balsa 2 BT-50-18 body tube, 18" 1 BT-50-04 body tube, 4" 1 BT-20-0275 body ...

• FlisKits Area 51 Deuce By Michael Herndon

  The following article was a submission to the FlisKits, Inc Deuce-Bash Contest and is archived with permission from FlisKits. Some of these designs are not actually kitbashes, however, all come from the basic motor design feature of the FlisKits Deuce's Wild. ( Contributed - by Michael Herndon - 02/16/07) Brief: Parts List: 1 Deuce Engine Kit 1 BT-60 ...

• FlisKits Avalear By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This kit was released in October 2008 at NEMROC and is in tribute to Geln Avalear, a longtime friend of Jim Flis who passed away in July 2008. It's a 2-fin plane-like design, simple to build, and clearly aimed at the beginning rocketeer, even potentially as a first kit. Construction: Your $12 retail gets you a bag of typically high quality Flis parts and includes: ...

• FlisKits Avalear By John Bergsmith

  Brief: The Avalear is the 2008 NEMROC 2008 commemorative kit. The design features two main fins that have finlets attached. The kit named after Glen Avalear, a long time friend of Jim Flis that unfortunately passed away. Construction: The kit includes a nice balsa nose cone, and a nice sheet of balsa for the fins. Also included is a Kevlar ® shock cord and a nice plastic ...

• FlisKits Big Honkin' Rocket By Chan Stevens

  Jim Flis is up to his usual shenanigans again with this one. This "Big Honkin' Rocket" is a mere 3.25 inches tall, and weighs 1.3 grams (after heavy painting). The punchline comes when, at a club launch, you call for the heads up flight (so everyone can help you recover it) and announce that you're flying a Big Honkin' Rocket that in fact, can't likely be seen from more than about 50 feet ...

• FlisKits Borealis By Ted Jones

  The Borealis is not only a unique looking rocket, it also provides a unique construction challenge. A quick look at the rocket suggests fragility, but don't be fooled. If properly assembled (the instructions provided are excellent), this is in fact an extremely durable kit. Appearances are also deceiving in terms of flight characteristics. This rocket gets off the pad quickly, flies great, and ...

• FlisKits Borealis By Chan Stevens

  Another absolutely wild futuristic design by the mad scientist/evil genius Jim Flis, featuring primarily ring fin stability and ducted ejection plus a nose cone sure to draw a strong like/hate opinion... While you might be a little scared off by the $28.95 retail price on this, when you open up the kit and start to look over the amount and quality of parts, you'll find it's really a decent ...

• FlisKits BT55 Baffle (Other Product) By John Lee

  The BAF-55 is a simple baffle intended to protect recovery components from ejection charges in a BT-55 sized body tube. While building a Refit USS Atlantis from Sirius Rocketry, I decided that I wished to replace the manufacturer's recovery harness with a baffle. I did not have a lot experience with baffles, but the experiences I have had have been good thus far. Fortunately, I happened to ...

• FlisKits BT60 Baffle By John Lee

  Brief: This is a simple baffle for use in a BT60 body tube. Construction: The kit comes with instructions, a Kevlar ® thread, a coupler tube and two perforated fiber disks that serve as the actual baffles. For my upscale Vulcan project, I needed BT60 tubing longer than the 18" that comes standard from Estes. I decided to kill two birds with one stone and use a ...

• FlisKits BT70 Baffle By John Lee

  ( Contributed - by John Lee - 08/09/08) Brief: The BAF-70 is a baffle system from Fliskits intended for rockets with BT70 airframes. It consistes of a coupling tube, 2 perforated disks and a length of Kevlar. Construction: While building an otherwise nice Estes kit recently, I absolutely refused to use their cheap rubber band and trifold mount. By the time I thought of it, the ...

• FlisKits Buck Shot By Scott Pennington

• FlisKits Caution Rocket By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This was a special edition of the standard Caution paper rocket, commemorating the 2004 National Sport Launch. I downloaded it from the NSL site that year, and have been waiting for the right occasion and motivation to build it. Thanks to the 2005 EMRR challenge, I found both on a "snow day" in mid December. Construction: This was a great little project to do in a ...

• FlisKits Caution Rocket By Kyle Hancock

  Brief: This rocket is a single-staged, streamer recovery rocket that is made entirely from cardstock. It's unique triangular body tube make this a Level 1 kit. Most cardstock rockets require precise rolling and bending, making them too hard for younger modelers. With only straight folds, this rocket can easily be done by a small child. Construction: Everything you need to build ...

• FlisKits Celtic Thunder By Edward Chess

  Celtic Thunder is a ring fin rocket that has a unique Celtic Knot fin ring design (an interlocking of three BT-80 rings). The finished rocket is 12.25" in length, has a balsa nosecone, is based on a BT-50 body tube (0.976" diameter), and has a fin span of 4.0'.  It flies on 18-mm engines (the recommended engines are A8-3, B6-4, and C6-5), and equipped with a 48" crepe streamer. ...

• FlisKits Cheetah By Russ Anthony

  Brief: The Cheetah is a basic 4 fin, dual stage, 24" rocket with streamer recovery using high quality components. An individual production number is included on the package card with the first 100 kits. I own production kit #1 and #25. FlisKits rates the kit as Skill Level 2. Construction: The following parts were included in the kit: 1 Nose Cone 1 17" Body Tube ...

• FlisKits Corona-2 Booster By Lance Alligood

  The Corona-2 is a separate kit that compliments the FlisKits Corona creating a 2-stage rocket. What also makes this stand out is that it takes the tube fin design of the Corona one step further. Before starting the Corona-2, you must have a built FlisKits Corona kit. If you built your Corona with the motor retention clip, you will need to cut it off the rocket so that you can direct stage ...

• FlisKits Corona-2 By Geof Givens

  Brief: The Corona II is perhaps the sleekest, best looking futuristic staged rocket I know. In the summer of 2005, I learned that FlisKits was developing this kit, and immediately inquired about one after reading Lance's preview on EMRR. Finally, in February 2006, the model was on the market and I snapped up one of the first kits. Construction: Lance's review covers the basics ...

• FlisKits Corona By Greg Deeter

  This is a single stage rocket, skill level 2 from the new company FlisKits. It has an interesting fin area with a ring. It says that it was first introduced at the Seventh Annual North East Model Rocket Convention (NEMROC7). I ordered this direct from FlisKits online and had it in 2-3 days by mail. The package is very nice looking. It came in a retail type bag (like Estes) with a hole punched ...

• FlisKits Corona By Lance Alligood

  This is an updated version of the FlisKits Corona. To prepare the Corona for the release of the optional Corona-2 booster, FlisKits now includes laser cut plywood fins instead of balsa fin stock and a pattern so the builder no longer has to cut out the fins. There are 3 minor changes to the build of the Corona: The builder has the choice of building the motor mount with or without the ...

• FlisKits Corona By Nick Esselman

  " Futuristic Starship Design " " Long, sleek appearance " " Highly stable for fantastic flights! " " Wind cheating design for extreme altitudes! " Those are the headlines on the FlisKits Corona. The Corona is a "longneck" rocket with and interesting, perhaps one would say, futuristic, ...

• FlisKits Cougar 440 By Andrew Scott

  Brief: The FlisKits Cougar 440 is a model designed to fly on 1/2A through full A 13mm motors. Recommend motors are 1/2A3-3T and A10-3T. The kit is advertised as a competition streamer duration model. I am not really into competition rockets, but I wanted to try one of these kits and besides it looked like a lot of fun to build. Construction: As far as actual components are ...

• FlisKits Cougar 660 By Carl Tulanko

  Brief: The Cougar 660 from FlisKits is a 13mm Streamer Duration Competition Model designed to fly on 1/4A through full A motors. The kit is advertised as a competitive model with several contest wins under it's belt and appears to incorporate many of the tricks used over the years to optimize the models performance. I was not really interested much in competition, but wanted to try one of ...

• FlisKits Crayon By Chan Stevens

  Not to be confused with the numerous upscale flying crayons popular of late, this kit is a true scale crayon. It's one of the FlisKits hot new kits designed for MicroMaxx motors. It's a quick and fun build and really zips off the pad under that whopping 1/8A average thrust. The FlisKits Micro Series took its time to get to market, but the wait was definitely worth it as the quality of ...

• FlisKits Cut-Away Motor Rocket Motor By Chan Stevens

  ( Contributed - by Chan Stevens - 02/07/09) Brief: This is a neat display of the interior of a model rocket motor, and at 3:1 upscale, it's large enough to use in a typical classroom presentation. Construction: This kit comes packed in a typical rocket baggie with color header card and contains the following parts: BT-70 tube Laser-cut cardboard detail sheet ...

• FlisKits Cut-Away Motor Rocket Motor By Hans "Chris" Michielssen

  ( Contributed - by Hans "Chris" Michielssen - 02/01/09) Brief: I "won" this kit on a rocketry forum. A build thread hosted by Powderburner followed the steps of the assembly. After the last assembly post, the host asked the readers to find the mistake in his build. If you found the error you would receive a Cutaway Engine Kit as a prize. I read through the ...

• FlisKits Cut-Away Motor Rocket Motor By Jim Bassham

  ( Contributed - by Jim Bassham - 03/08/09) Brief: This is FlisKits' new model of a cut-away rocket motor. It is designed to be used as a classroom or science-fair demonstration model. Construction: The kit consists of a laser-cut sheet of fiberboard parts, two body tubes, a coupler tube and a sheet of paper parts. OK, I really wanted to like this kit, but it was frustrating ...

• FlisKits Cut-Away Motor Rocket Motor By David Landgraf

  ( Contributed - by David Landgraf - 01/02/09) Brief: If you have ever been at a loss for a giant version of a model rocket motor to use as a teaching aid to hold up in front of a class, this is your ticket. This little kit provides a good illustration of the internal parts, gives you a model in a good, usable size, and is easy to assemble in a couple hours of total work time. It ...

• FlisKits Dead Ringer By Kathy Kippen

  A MicroMaxx kit with unique large rings for fins. The parts came very well packaged and include: ¼" x 2" coupler BT-2.5 x 1" tube BT-2.5 x 5" tube Launch lug Streamer 30" Kevlar thread shock cord Laser cut fins Three BT-60 x 3/8" rings Balsa nosecone Tiny nail Instruction sheet The instructions are easy to follow with easy to follow ...

• FlisKits Dead Ringer By John Lee

  The Dead Ringer is a sort of downscale of the FlisKits Borealis, one of the coolest in the FlisKits Fleet in my opinion. This will be my first attempt at a MMX build. I have plenty of kits but the idea of working with the extremely small sizes have intimidated me. I started off with a mistake because I glanced at the instructions instead of reading them. I marked off 1/4" on the 3/16" x 2" ...

• FlisKits Dead Ringer By Chan Stevens

  This is a sweet little micro-sized design based on the larger Borealis} (though it's not a pure downscale, as this is a much simpler design). It's another great addition to the {{http://www.jonrocket.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_39_61 line of true ...

• FlisKits Decaffeinator By Scott Turnbull

  Brief: This is a 2nd Opinion review of the Fliskits Decaffeinator, a foam cup rocket with a 24mm motor mount. I made a couple of minor modifications to the design. This kit is pretty basic. At its core is the lengthy 24mm motor mount configured for rear ejection from a BT-70 body tube. Around that mount are a collection of foam core fins and Styrofoam cups. The assembled rocket stands over 6 ...

• FlisKits Decaffeinator By John Lee

  Brief: I opened this package to try and build it quite some time ago but stopped when reading the instructions. Most of the construction is done with a hot glue gun and I didn't have one. When my brother in law asked about it sitting on my desk, I told him I didn't have such a tool. A few weeks later, one magically appeared. Thanks Toby! This kit is made from Styrofoam coffee ...

• FlisKits Decaffeinator By Joe Policy

  The face card of this most unusual offering from FlisKits proclaims it is "nearly 6 feet tall and weighs only 6 ounces". This rocket is built out of Styrofoam coffee cups! The kit includes: 1 Nose Block 1 BT-50 Body Tube 1 BT-70 Body Tube 1 Launch Lug 2 Centering Rings 1 Engine Hook 1 Engine Block 1 16" Parachute Shroud Line Tape Disks 36" Shock Cord ...

• FlisKits Decim8 By Chan Stevens

  Brief: For those that want a bit more of a challenge than the traditional 3FNC, consider the Decim8, which as Nigel Tufnel would say, goes to eleven, and that's better than 3, innit? This kit is a challenging build rated at skill level 4, but will reward the careful modeller with a beautiful futuristic alien battle ship. Construction: Numbered kit 44 has been sacrificed for ...

• FlisKits Deuce Booster By Jim Myers

  The following article was a submission to the FlisKits, Inc Deuce-Bash Contest and is archived with permission from FlisKits. Some of these designs are not actually kitbashes, however, all come from the basic motor design feature of the FlisKits Deuce's Wild. ( Contributed - by Jim Myers - 02/16/07) Brief: The attached is my Deuce Booster entry to the Deuce Bash ...

• FlisKits Deuce's Wild By Jason Toft

  (by Jason Toft - 04/15/03) Brief: An awesome little rocket with dual canted motor mounts. Just BEGGING to be upscaled Construction: When I received my Deuce, there was one 17 inch BT-60 tube, a balsa ogive nose, fin stock, motor mount materials, and other miscellaneous materials required for construction. (launch lugs, chute, etc.) I opened the package and inspected the quality ...

• FlisKits Deuce's Wild By Carl Tulanko

  Brief: The Deuces Wild is a very unique model rocket from FlisKits, a newer company on the block in the model rocket industry. The Deuce boasts a cluster using dual 'canted' 18mm motors, which gives it a really cool look both on the pad and in the air. The model came in a plastic bag, similar to Estes Rockets, but that is where the similarity ends. Inside the bag was a real balsa nosecone, ...

• FlisKits Deuce's Wild By Dick Stafford

  Brief: Just another quick review of The Rocketry Forum's favorite kit...large fins, 2 canted 18mm motors, 'nuff said! I won't repeat all of this information, I'll just be pointing out what I think are the high points, assuming you have read the other reviews, above. The parts are all of good quality, and the laser cut fiber motor mount components make assembly easy. With a balsa nose cone, ...

• FlisKits Deuce's Wild By Mike Salter

  The Deuce's Wild! is (in my opinion) one of the most innovative kits available at the moment and will undoubtedly become a classic. It's unique point is the dual smoke trails from the canted motors, a great spectacle that grabs anyone's attention. The moment I saw the Deuce (when FlisKits first opened), I wanted one and soon set about trying to bring them to the UK...this basically involved ...

• FlisKits Deuce's Wild By Hank Helmen

  This is a skill level 3, two engine canted cluster rocket. The Duce has one body tube and uses four fins. It comes with a very nice balsa nose cone and two parachutes. The motor mount is unique but goes together easily and works great. Two pre-cut engine mounting rings are included with in the hardware. A BT-60 body tube is supplied in the kit as well as 30" of thin shock cord. The 1/8" ...

• FlisKits Deuce's Wild By Douglas Gardei

  Dual Canted 18mm motor mounts. Designed to produce two distinctive smoke trails when launched. The Deuce's Wild comes with Estes quality parts. The Body tube is BT-60 sized, and is topped with a nice Balsa nosecone. The kit includes two 18mm motor tubes, and two thrust rings. No motor hooks are provided. Two sheets of balsa is used to cut out the four large fins form the pattern provided. The ...

• FlisKits Deuceship One By Matthew McFarland

  The following article was a submission to the FlisKits, Inc Deuce-Bash Contest and is archived with permission from FlisKits. Some of these designs are not actually kitbashes, however, all come from the basic motor design feature of the FlisKits Deuce's Wild. ( Contributed - by Matthew McFarland - 02/16/07) Brief: After watching the Discovery Channel program ...

• FlisKits Diminutive Deuce By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This is a micro-sized downscale of the very popular Deuce's Wild!, scaled to fly on the Quest MicroMaxx engines. While it's a very cool concept, given the tiny size of the components, I would recommend it only to skilled and patient modelers. This is a tiny kit in appearance only--it's still got at least as much construction work as a "regular size" low power rocket. ...

• FlisKits doo-Hickey By Jon Chrisman

  Brief: This is a micro-sized downscale of the popular Thing-A-Ma-Jig, scaled to fly on the Quest MicroMaxx engines. It incorporates the very cool design feature of the Jig-Tech fin tub first introduced in the Thing-A-Ma-Jig, and it eases the assembly enormously in the micro scale. Construction: The parts list: 1 Motor mount tube 1 Body tube 1 Balsa nose ...

• FlisKits dooDad By Tim Fischer

  I was asked to lead a small rocket build and launch event.  In preparation for this, I looked at several "Skill Level 1" kits from various manufacturers.  Estes is the usual "obvious" case for such classes, but I was a little unhappy that all of their beginners kits seem to have plastic fin units.  I really wanted to give the kids a taste of working with real wood f ...

• FlisKits Double Deuce By Nick Evans

  The following article was a submission to the FlisKits, Inc Deuce-Bash Contest and is archived with permission from FlisKits. Some of these designs are not actually kitbashes, however, all come from the basic motor design feature of the FlisKits Deuce's Wild. ( Contributed - by Nick Evans - 02/16/07) Brief: The name of my entry is DoubleDeuce. It is basically a ...

• FlisKits Double Deuce By Matthew McFarland

  The following article was a submission to the FlisKits, Inc Deuce-Bash Contest and is archived with permission from FlisKits. Some of these designs are not actually kitbashes, however, all come from the basic motor design feature of the FlisKits Deuce's Wild. ( Contributed - by Matthew McFarland - 02/16/07) Brief: I built the Double Deuce thinking if two or three ...

• FlisKits Drake By Dan Westley

  Brief: A futuristic looking 24mm sport rocket featuring an unusual fin configuration. Commercial version of the 'Proconsul', the anniversary kit of the 2003 National Sport Launch. Construction: The kit contains: 3 body tubes (one each of BT-20, BT-50, and BT-60) Balsa nose cone 16in Parachute 2 sheets of laser cut balsa fins 24in Shock cord Various bits & ...

• FlisKits Espresso By Joe Policy

  Brief: The face card of this unique kit from FlisKits claims to be "The ultimate 13mm caffeine machine". The Espresso is also the 2005 National Sport Launch anniversary kit. It uses 4 ounce coffee cups for construction and is quite a bit smaller then its big brother, the Decaffeinator, but definitely is not small on performance. Construction: The kit includes: 1 ...

• FlisKits Farscape By Andy Turits

  Brief: A skill level three build. Very interesting design featuring two offset body tubes, elliptical primary fins intersected with smaller and similar secondary fins and many small details, some that can be included or modified at the builder's option. Recovery is by way of 16" parachute which is deployed via ducted ejection gasses. The kit as the "Farscape" has ...

• FlisKits Flea By Dan Westley

  Brief: A skill level 1, Minimum Diameter, 4FNC (4 Fin & Nose Cone), Sport Model. Construction: This model kit comes in the usual Fliskits packaging; a clear plastic bag, with eye-catching face-card, and transparent back, so parts can be clearly seen. As usual, this product is individually numbered — mine is #74. The kit consists, mainly, of one high quality 228mm * ...

• FlisKits Freedom Forge Missile By Donald Besaw Jr

  Brief: This is a new kit from FlisKits with cool missile styling including three sets of fins and six struts at the bottom. It flies on 18mm B4-2, B6-4, and C6-5 motors and recovers with a parachute. The kit came from BRS Hobbies . My kit was also hand numbered serial #06. A nice touch. Construction: The kit includes: 1 sheet of assembly instructions 1 BT-60 main body ...

• FlisKits Frick-n-Frack By Bob Cox

  Brief: One of the few two-stage saucers on the market, Frick-n-Frack takes off like a fairly conventional 6-sided saucer. At motor burnout of the first stage, the saucer separates into two sections, each with 3 drag-plate fins. The booster section (Frick) tumbles gently to the ground while the sustainer section (Frack) continues to burn, often with a nice spinning action. Jim ...

• FlisKits Goddard L-13 By Duane Boldt

  ( Contributed - by Duane Boldt - 05/26/10) Brief: Dr. Robert H. Goddard built the first successful liquid fueled rocket, "Nell", making history on March 16th, 1926. This review is of FlisKit's sport scale model of Dr. Robert H. Goddard's highest flying rocket, known as "L-13." The L-13 achieved its historic altitude of 2700 meters on March 26th, 1937. The ...

• FlisKits HEMV-4 By Chan Stevens

  This is a very cool looking futuristic mini-roc based upon the FlisKits Herc-5 and features many of the same design features such as scalloped/nested tubes, sci-fi command ship styling, and fantastic graphics/decals. As is typical of the Micro-to-the-Maxx line, the kit comes packed up in a small plastic bag. Parts were very good quality although the balsa nose cone was a tad rougher than ...

• FlisKits Honest John By Robert Koenn

  Brief: FlisKits recently added another new kit to their line of Micromaxx kits. This is the first scale kit by FlisKits and a notable addition to the line. I have previously built a number of Micromaxx scale kits from Aerospace Specialty Products and when I saw this new scale kit from FlisKits at NARAM this year I knew I had to have it. It makes a neat addition to the display of ...

• FlisKits Intergalactic Man of Space By Mark Alterio

  This is a tumble recovery Micromaxx oddball rocket. The parts list: 1 laser cut basswood sheet 1 MMX motor tube 1 BT-20 body tube 1 BT-60 ring 1 balsa head cone, launch lug The kit contains 12 steps of easy to follow instructions with clear illustrations. The instructions have a printed tube marking guide for the motor tube. I glued a 1/4" dowel to the guide, which ...

• FlisKits Interloper By Chan Stevens

  If you're ready to move beyond those RTF Micromaxx kits and step into honest to goodness kits to build , you can't go wrong with the FlisKits line of micro kits, and the Interloper is as good a place to start as any. It sports a futuristic spaceship design and flies great. Sure, it only goes up about 70 feet, but for about 1/4 the cost of an 18mm motor, you can send this one practically out ...

• FlisKits Journeyman By Mike Caplinger

  The Fliskits Journeyman is a 1/16th sport scale model of the Aerolab Argo D-8 Journeyman sounding rocket.  The Journeyman flew eight times from 1960 to 1965 on NASA and AEC missions from Vandenberg and Wallops Island. Components The kit includes body tubes, centering rings, balsa nose cones and transition, a 24mm motor mount with motor hook, balsa sheet for the fins, a 16" ...

• FlisKits Just Past Due By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This is a very cool tube-fin micro-sized kit flying on the Quest Micromaxx motors. This is a downscale of the very rare Overdue and commercially available Long Overdue. Construction: You get great quality tubes for this kit. In fact, all the components are first rate. The body tubes are at least as good as typical full-sized kits and the itty bitty balsa nose cone and ...

• FlisKits Land Shark By Susan DeBerg

  The following article was a submission to the FlisKits, Inc Deuce-Bash Contest and is archived with permission from FlisKits. Some of these designs are not actually kitbashes, however, all come from the basic motor design feature of the FlisKits Deuce's Wild. ( Contributed - by Susan DeBerg - 02/07/07) Parts List: 1 FlisKits Deuce's Wild! kit 1 ...

• FlisKits Long OverDue By Chan Stevens

  Since its inception, FlisKits has had a policy that if an order ever shipped late, they would provide a free rocket called "OverDue". I've ordered quite a few products from them and to my knowledge, only pre-order customers of the Grissom and/or Nomad have ever been fortunate enough to get their orders late, and therefore accompanied by the ever-elusive OverDue. Now, Jim Flis has released a ...

• FlisKits Midnight Express (Plan) By Nick Esselman

  I decided to do a bit of "paper building" with some of the free rockets throughout the Internet ( See my "Free" Paper-Rocket Comparison Page ). One of the first that I downloaded was FlisKits' Midnight Express™. I downloaded the Pre-printed Pattern Sheet in the PDF format from FlisKits. I printed it on 110lb Card Stock (Georgia Pacific brand purchased from WalMart). I also downloaded and ...

• FlisKits Midnight Express (Plan) By Elliott Bavely

  Midnight Express (free paper rocket) by FlisKits. This rocket is available as a downloadable PDF file that you print on cardstock then cut and build yourself. The basic design is 3 fins, paper nose cone, and a paper body tube. Since this isn't actually a kit, you must provide a recovery device (streamer is recommended), glue, and some sort of nose weight (clay, for example). I first ...

• FlisKits Morning Star By Chan Stevens

  Brief: About 20 years in the making, this futuristic 5FNC design was released by Flis to celebrate their 6th anniversary in 2008. It's a pretty cool design, with fins blending into the transition. This is a design that Jim has been doodling with since the 1980's, originally starting out at 18mm and half the current length, eventually growing to 24mm and 30" length my popular ...

• FlisKits Morning Star By John Lee

  Brief: The Morning Star is a nice looking futuristic design from FlisKits that still looks like a traditional rocket. It is not trying to be an extra from a sci-fi series. It's simple but cool. Construction: Construction began by my locating a spent 24mm casing and marking off 1/4" from one end. A ring of white glue was then applied inside the BT-50 motor tube using a swab ...

• FlisKits Morning Star By Les Bradshaw

  Brief: This is a new offering from FlisKits. It is a single stage that uses parachute recovery. I got the rocket as part of their 6th anniversary celebration. It was quickly delivered in a well packaged box. Construction: There are 2 body tubes, a BT-55 that transitions down to a BT-50. There are 5 forward swept fins that blend into the transition. They provide toothpicks to ...

• FlisKits Mudwasp By Chan Stevens

  Fliskits continues to drive the rebirth of Micromax rocketry with this kit. 6 external tubes serve both stability and as anchor points for fins. This is a very simple build, and can probably be done in a half hour. It also flies very nicely on those tiny 1/8A motors. Once you get past the concept that you're dealing with really small parts, you'll appreciate that you're getting very good ...

• FlisKits Mudwasp By Jon Chrisman

  One of the newest additions to the Micro-to-the-Maxx lineup from Fliskits is the Mud Wasp. A unique six tube and fin design rocket. The parts consisted of: NCB-3AM Nose Cone CA-M Cord Anchor Launch Lug Engine Block 2 Centering Rings Motor Tube Body Tube 6 Short Body Tubes Streamer 6 Laser Cut Fins Kevlar Cord The instructions for the Mud Wasp are ...

• FlisKits Mystic By Chan Stevens

  Sci-Fi design of an alien troop carrier, with a pair of high aspect ratio wings (fins) and some eye-catching craftsmanship challenges. Flies on 18mm A8-3, B6-4, C6-5, streamer recovery. Components Parts were very good quality, and included: Balsa nose cone BT-20 body tubes (2) BT-70 body tube (for trim/details) TC-20 coupler balsa fin stock laser-cut ...

• FlisKits Nanite By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Rocket gliders and Micromaxx mini-rockets are cool, but what happens when you combine the intricacies of rocket glider geometry and the miniaturization of micro-scale? You get the Fliskits Nanite. It's an amazing little glider that you'll be hard pressed to ever get back, so enjoy it while you can. I have to point out that this review is of the beta of the kit, not yet ...

• FlisKits Nantucket Sound By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Inspired by the return of NARCON in 2009 to the New England area, this oddroc is a flying lighthouse. Thanks to some outstanding engineering/prototyping and excellent instructions, this is not nearly as difficult to build as you'd think and it flies perfectly. Construction: Parts are top quality and include: BT-55 body tube BT-50 motor tube (24mm) ...

• FlisKits Nebula By Jim Rupp

  Brief: A Level 1, three fin 13mm cardstock rocket. Construction: This rocket is available as a free download from FlisKits and is my first cardstock rocket. I was amazed how easy it went together, not to mention the amount of detail in the instructions. The rocket "kit" consists of 3 pages of PDF instructions, along with 3 different PDFs of rocket patterns: the ...

• FlisKits Nebula By Lance Alligood

  Brief: The FlisKits Nebula is an all paper rocket that can be flown on 13mm motors. The kit can be downloaded for free from the FlisKits website. I would consider it on a difficulty level comparable to the other free FlisKits paper rockets available. Construction: The kit and instructions are all available on the FlisKits website. There are 3 versions of the Nebula available: ...

• FlisKits Nell By John R, Brandon III

  A truly-historical model of the most significant rocket ever flown in the United States--Robert Goddard's first liquid-fuel rocket, Nell.   Components The kit includes five different sizes of body tube (BT-70, BT-60, BT-55, BT-20, and BT-2), a balsa nosecone, a number of centering rings, a sheet of cardstock printed with a long nozzle and a cone, a bundle of dowels, ...

• FlisKits Night Whisper By Claude Maina

  Brief: This is truly a unique kit. It has a sleek, non-symmetric, futuristic look with an elaborate fin pattern and a split body tube design that creates an ejection baffle. It is a Skill Level 3 with recommended engines, B6-4 and C6-5. There are a lot of parts, including many fins that have to be cut from balsa stock and aligned. The fin design and arrangement are truly un ...

• FlisKits Nike Deuce By Fred Talasco

  The following article was a submission to the FlisKits, Inc Deuce-Bash Contest and is archived with permission from FlisKits. Some of these designs are not actually kitbashes, however, all come from the basic motor design feature of the FlisKits Deuce's Wild. ( Contributed - by Frederick Talasco - 02/16/07) Brief: This is a pseudo-scale conversion plan for the ...

• FlisKits Nomad By Carl Tulanko

  Brief: The FlisKits Nomad is a very unique 3-stage model rocket that fills the gap in model rocketry that has been missing for quite some time. As is, a three stage model is hard to find, but they've hit the target with the Nomad, producing a very cool and unique model that stands four feet tall and has one of the most unusual and innovative fin patterns you will ever see. The fins for ...

• FlisKits Overdrive By Carl Tulanko

  Brief: I was at a two day Launch in Whitakers, NC where I had the pleasure of visiting a newer manufacturer who had a booth set up on site. FlisKits had come to the launch and boasted a professional display of their line, to include kits, parts and supplies for the fliers at the meet. It is there I got to meet one of the owners, Jim Flis, and that's when the Overdrive caught my eye. I ...

• FlisKits Overdrive By Russ Anthony

  ( Contributed - by Russ Anthony - 10/01/03) Brief: This is a 4 fin, futuristic, lightweight 10" rocket with streamer recovery and high quality components. The packaging is very attractive, professional and colorful as per FlisKit standards. An individual production number is provided for the first 100 kits, mine is #29. Although advertised as skill level 1, eight fin parts must be ...

• FlisKits OverDue By Russ Anthony

  Brief: The OverDue is a wild tube-finned rocket available only through a special promotional offer from Fliskits, Inc. It has stylish, nested tubes within tubes for fins, plus a simulated payload area which actually houses the parachute. Certainly a most unique and creative model from a company known for its devotion to customer service and fantastic designs. Construction: Since ...

• FlisKits PayLord By Joe Policy

  Brief: A great three motor cluster rocket with a 9.26 cubic inch payload bay that works well as an egg lofter. This is the little brother to the Fliskits StarLoad. Construction: The parts list: 1 balsa nose cone 1 balsa adapter 1 clear payload tube, 5" 1 8.5" body tube 3 8.62" body tubes 3 fiber vent plugs 1 1/8" thick balsa fin stock ...

• FlisKits Petite Praetor By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Based on the roughly 24" tall Praetor, this 1:4.6 downscale continues the FlisKits expansion into Micromaxx territory. It's one of the easier micros to build, so once you're ready for branching out from those plastic RTFs that came with your starter set, consider this for the next step. Construction: Clive's previous review does a great job of covering the parts and ...

• FlisKits Petite Praetor By Clive Davis

  Brief: This is a downscale of Fliskits popular Praetor model. It is a single stage Micromaxx rocket that uses streamer recovery and features a balsa transition, balsa nose cone, and nice, big wide fins. Construction: Components from Fliskits are great as usual. This kit comes with: 1 balsa nose cone 1 balsa transition 2 body tubes launch lug material motor mount ...

• FlisKits Pheord X150 By Dan Westley

  CONSTRUCTION: Being newish to this hobby, I'm slowly working my way through the different types of rocket there are to offer. My first cluster was Fliskits' superb Deuce's Wild; having had a lot of fun building and flying that one, I looked to Fliskits' Pheord X150 for my first saucer type. As Fliskits don't yet have a vendor in the UK, I have to buy direct from Fliskits - they are ...

• FlisKits Pheord X150 By Nick Esselman

  The FlisKits Pheord X150 is more than rocketry, it's humor as well. Starting with its name, Pheord, pronounced like Ford, add the X150 and you'd think you were dealing with a pickup truck. And the similarity does not stop there. Notice FlisKit's introduction: " 'Built Pheord Tough' takes on a whole new meaning! The 2003 Pheord X150 come fully outfitted for the alien on the go, whether you are ...

• FlisKits Praetor-2 By Ron Wirth

  Brief: The Praetor-II booster is an aftermarket design for the popular Praetor rocket kit from FlisKits. The booster like the rocket has a unique look with long thin fins that extend out from the body tube further than what you might expect. The Praetor-II boost complements the original rocket perfectly. With the booster attached to the rocket, it reminds me of some sort of ...

• FlisKits Praetor-2 By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Following in the footsteps of the Corona 2, this is a retrofit booster module designed to complement the standard single stage FlisKits classic Praetor. The booster shares in the same design standards as the Praetor, featuring rather large span fins. Construction: Components are of good quality. The kit includes: balsa fin stock BT-60 body tube BT-20 ...

• FlisKits Praetor By Greg Deeter

    The new Fliskits Praetor is a single stage, dual diameter "Sport" design, with a very unique and bizarre looking set of four fins. The kit says that this was first introduced at the "Pearl River Model Rocket Convention (MODROC)". This comes in the same type of package as my previous rockets from FlisKits. Estes type retail package, which is a plastic bag with hole punched hang tab. ...

• FlisKits Praetor By Nick Esselman

  Why does Summer, and even Fall, always run out of time? I guess so we'll have the opportunity to sled, build snowmen and throw snowballs! But, here in Vermont it simply halts all rocket finishing activity! Still, I was interested in getting my 2nd kit built from the the newest kit manufacturer, FlisKits (opened in September 2002). As with my FlisKits Tumble Weed I was impressed with the ...

• FlisKits Rhino By Scott Oblander

  Brief: Skill level 1, 4FNC rocket, parachute recovery Construction: 1 Balsa Nose Cone 1 18" BT-60 body tube 4 1/8" laser cut balsa fins 2 2" launch lugs 1 30" shock cord 1 screw eye 1 18mm motor mount kit w/ fiber centering rings peel 'n' stick decal set 1 16" parachute The instructions were very good and easy to follow. I ...

• FlisKits Rhino By Clive Davis

  Background: This spring I ran a build session for faculty kids at the school where I teach. I ended up using the Quest Bright Hawk for the 7-9 year olds and the Quest Big Betty for the 10-12 year olds. After the build session, I began thinking about the types of rockets that would make great first builds for a budding rocketeer. I wanted to select rockets to compare that had the ...

• FlisKits Rhino By Jason Toft

  Brief: A simple, super stable beginners rocket. Perfect for use in classes. Construction: In the kit there is: 1 BT-60 tube 1 Balsa NC 2 Fin Stock Sheets 1 Engine mount kit (motor tube, hook, rings, etc.) 1 Adaptable Size Chute A set of miscellaneous items (shockcord, shroud lines, tape disks, screw eye) I bought ten of these kits to use in a rocket class my ...

• FlisKits Richter Recker By Greg Deeter

  ( Contributed - by Greg Deeter - 01/14/04) Brief: This is a huge rocket, over 7 feet tall that thumps the cloud cover with a hefty trio of D's. The Richter Recker is the top of the line rocket from the new company FlisKits at $28.95. It's huge, good quality and is very impressive looking. I ordered mine right after FlisKits opened, and my Richter Recker is hand numbered #05. I think the ...

• FlisKits Richter Recker By Jason Toft

  Brief: A EXTREMELY large 3 x 24mm model rocket. The Richter Recker measures in at 92.2 inches, or seven feet, eight inches tall! FlisKits says it is the largest model rocket you can fly without having to get a NOTAM, since when you build it stock it weighs in at 15.9 ounces! I build mine on the heavy side, but that's kind of my technique! Construction: LOTS of rocket in a bag is an ...

• FlisKits Rock Star By Patrick Bissonnette

  Brief: This is another unusual design by FlisKits. It is supposed to look like a flying V guitar. I believe it first came out at NARAM 47. Construction: Everything is packaged well. Here is what you get: A nice Honest John style balsa cone with screw eye. BT-60 tube BT-50 tube 2 short BT-5 tubes Motor hook and 2 centering rings 1/8in launch lug ...

• FlisKits Rose-a-Roc By Chan Stevens

  Brief: You read that right. The classic Art Rose helicopter design based upon the Rota-Roc is going to be available in kit form. This review is of the beta version of the kit, which Jim Flis allowed me to build while at NARAM-49. I was so impressed with this kit that I wound up flying it in the A helicopter duration event at NARAM. The standard Rota-Roc is the most popular ...

• FlisKits Saturn 1B By Chan Stevens

  Brief: If you're looking for a good scale Saturn model but don't have the money and/or room for a 1:100 scale kit (or larger), then consider this little gem. Standing less than 10" tall and retailing for under $24, this might just do the trick. It packs an impressive amount of detailing into the model, though in this scale the build can be extremely challenging. For the faint of ...

• FlisKits Shadowlord By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This is a basic 4-fin single stage model, though features a boat tail and some interesting finishing that results in a really nice looking overall model that flies well on 24mm motors as low as C11-s for small fields or baby F's for larger fields. Construction: Your $19 retail gets you a somewhat short list of parts, but all very good quality. I'd especially note ...

• FlisKits StarLoad By Joe Policy

  Brief: A big 3x24mm cluster rocket with a huge 22.56 cubic inch clear payload bay. This is the big brother to the FlisKits PayLord. Construction: The kit includes: 1 balsa nose cone 1 2" balsa adapter 1 10" clear payload tube 1 17.5" body tube 3 9" body tube 1 1/8" thick balsa fin stock 2 centering rings 3 engine blocks 1 ...

• FlisKits Stinger By Robert Koenn

  Brief: Since Chan has done a second review of one of my reviews, I am giving a second review of the Stinger (I didn't know he had already submitted one when I wrote mine up). A couple of years ago I became interested in rockets that were built around the MicroMaxx engines from Quest. It actually wasn't so much flying them but more that the small size made for an interesting display ...

• FlisKits Stinger By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This is a downscale of the Sting Ray, with somewhat simplified construction. It's a sweet futuristic design and another fine addition to the Micro to the Maxx line of kits. Construction: In your 3" x 5" baggy you'll find some good quality parts, all of which are tiny so be careful not to open over, say, shag carpet. I build Micromaxx kits exclusively on our ...

• FlisKits Stingray By Kyle Hancock

  Brief: This is a single staged sport rocket with an unusual design. It is classified as a skill level 3. Construction: The components came in a hanging bag-style package with insert art. My particular model was production #45. It contained two sheets of balsa, a single body tube, balsa nose cone w/ eye screw, launch lug, a toothpick for the guns, engine mount hardware (tube, ...

• FlisKits Stingray By John Lee

  Brief: This rocket is a 18mm futuristic space fighter using parachute recovery system. When I became a BAR, I found numerous kits that I absolutely HAD to have. Many of them came from Fliskits. The problem was I was well aware of my technical skills and was loathe to butcher such nice projects. As a result, I spent a lot of time working on simple "level 1 and 2" rockets ...

• FlisKits Stingray By Joe Policy

  Brief: The Stingray from Fliskits is yet another innovative design from one of the leaders in model rocketry today (my opinion). It is a challenging level 3 build but is well worth the effort. Construction: The kit contains: Body tube, 9" - BT-50-09 Body tube, 2.75" - BT-20-0275 Nose cone, Balsa - NCB-50AD Engine block, 18mm - EB-20-0025 Centering ring, ...

• FlisKits The Long Deuce By Matthew McFarland

  The following article was a submission to the FlisKits, Inc Deuce-Bash Contest and is archived with permission from FlisKits. Some of these designs are not actually kitbashes, however, all come from the basic motor design feature of the FlisKits Deuce's Wild. ( Contributed - by Matthew McFarland - 02/16/07) Brief: This is my favorite so far! Notice in the ...

• FlisKits Thing-a-ma-Jig By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  ( Contributed - by Drake Damerau - 10/04/06) Brief: This is a stretched version of the FlisKits Thing-A-Ma-Jig. A simple, easy quick build for beginners and educators. In fact, the only kit simpler to build is an RTF! Modifications: I didn't start this one out intending to do a review on it, but after the smoke cleared--pardon the pun--I decided to do a quick write up on it. I ...

• FlisKits Thing-a-ma-Jig By Dr. Thomas Rackers

  The Thing-a-ma-Jig is almost your standard 3FNC (three fins and a nose cone) rocket except for the fin design. FlisKits' new "Jig-Tech" technology produces three fins that interlock in such a way that you're virtually guaranteed to get all your fins on straight. The Thing-a-ma-Jig (also called the TamJ) is designed to be easily constructed by first time rocket builders. The Thing-a-ma-Jig ...

• FlisKits Thunderbird By Andy Hobbs

  Sport-scale version of the Thunderbird Anti-aircraft missile with a single 18mm motor mount The parts list: 1 BT-60 body tube 4 BT-20 booster tubes 1 BT-60 balsa nosecone 1 18mm motor mount tube 2 sheets of 1/8" balsa fin stock 1 small sheet of 1/16" balsa fin stock 16" chute and ample elastic shock cord Kevlarleader 1/8" launch lug rings and engine block ...

• FlisKits Tiddlywink By Chan Stevens

  Brief: There's something seriously wrong with Jim Flis, and thankfully the rest of us in the hobby can enjoy the fruits of his eccentricity. FlisKits continues to expand the Micro To The Max line and also continues to dabble in NAR competition designs. Rather than monkey with relatively simple events, Jim started with one of the most challenging events held today, and with the ...

• FlisKits Tiddlywink By Glenn Roth

  Brief: MicroMaxx helicopter duration rocket. Construction: 1 small BT, 3 fins/helo blades, motor taped in BT, small nosecone glued on a shaft. BT is slid up on locking pins that are mounted on each blade. Instructions were straightforward and somewhat easy to follow if you read through them several times. CONs: way too delicate and hard to get hinges mounted correctly. I've ...

• FlisKits Tiddlywink By Ray King

  Brief: This is another innovative MicroMaxx rocket from FlisKits. It was developed by Jim Flis based on customer requests and in preparation for the upcoming NARAM contest. Based on my results it will likely be a very popular model at NARAM and any 1/8A HD competitions. Construction: The parts list: BT 2.5 Body Tube NCB 2.5TW Nose Cone 0.060" Fin Stock ...

• FlisKits TOG By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Rounding out the initial wave of FlisKits micro kits, the TOG has got to be the coolest design of the fleet. It's a miniature spacecraft with sleek, futuristic styling. Even though it looks big and heavy for an MMX, it flies very well. Construction: At first I thought the $9.45 price was a bit intimidating (the other micro kits run $5-6), but when I opened up this kit, I ...

• FlisKits Torpedo By Scott Clement

  The following article was a submission to the FlisKits, Inc Deuce-Bash Contest and is archived with permission from FlisKits. Some of these designs are not actually kitbashes, however, all come from the basic motor design feature of the FlisKits Deuce's Wild. ( Contributed - by Scott Clement - 02/16/07) Brief: The Torpedo is a kitbashed FlisKits Deuce's Wild! ...

• FlisKits Tres 24mm x3 custer By John Eric Thompson

  I enjoyed building and launching the 18mm version of the Tres, I just had to get the bigger 24 mm version as well. Components The components were sturdy.  You do have to pay attention to the instructions and cut out the fin template patterns.  Make sure the arrow aligns with the grain of the balsa wood. /h2 The building process was straightforward.  I ...

• FlisKits Tres By Warren Wattles

  Brief: This is a 3x18mm cluster, vectored-thrust, single stage. Construction: Parts List: 1 BT-55 (18") 1 BT-60 (18") 3 BT-20 (2.75") 1 Balsa nose cone (5 3/8" straight cone) 1 Balsa transition (1") 3 Sheets balsa fin stock (1/8") 1 Sheet balsa fin stock (1/16") 1 Custom laser-cut centering ring 1 Wide shock cord 1 ...

• FlisKits Tres By Chan Stevens

  Brief: For those who have outgrown the Deuce's Wild cluster from FlisKits, this 3-motor cluster is the big, bad cousin to the Deuce. With it's huge fins and giant smoke trails, this rocket will certainly command attention at the pad. Construction: The kit includes: BT-55 18" body tube (upper) BT-60 18" body tube (lower) BT-20 motor tubes (3) Balsa nose ...

• FlisKits Tri-Glide By Joe Policy

  Brief: A unique kit where the body tube has no fins but uses the fins from three attached gliders instead. Construction: The parts list: 1 nose cone 1 18" body tube 1 18mm motor tube 2 centering rings 1 engine hook 1 engine block 1 16" parachute, plastic 1 shroud line 1 set tape disks 1 elastic shock cord 1 Kevlar ® shock cord ...

• FlisKits Triple Threat (13mm) By Clive Davis

  Brief: The Fliskits Triple Threat is a unique kit offering 3 small UFO rockets, each with a different shape. The UFF Persephone is circular, the UFF Athena is pentagonal, and the UFF Odysseus is hexagonal. The kits are made out of card stock and balsa, each with a 13 mm motor mount. Definitely for the experienced builder. Construction: 3 sheets of balsa to cut out fins ...

• FlisKits Triple Threat (MMX) By Art Applewhite

  Brief: Fliskits sells a great line of kits and they also give some good ones away. You can now download for free, 3 Micro Maxx versions of the 13mm flying saucers they sell in their Triple Threat kit. The downloads are Acrobat Portable Document Files or PDFs on their "Free Stuff" page. A free PDF reader can be downloaded and installed from the Adobe website. Each of the 3 ...

• FlisKits Triskelion By Andrew Scott

  Brief: The pride of the thrall fleet, Triskelion. The Triskelion is a unique skill level 1 rocket. With its high quality instructions and laser cut fins, this rocket can easily built in 2-3 hours. Construction: As far as the actual components are concerned, the kit includes: 1 Ogive nose cone 1 8.5" BT-55 body tube 1 Engine tube 6 Laser cut fins, 3 main fins ...

• FlisKits Triskelion By Joe Policy

  Brief: "The Triskelion represents the highest standard of Thrall technology" says the face card on this unique skill level 1 rocket. With its high quality instructions and laser cut fins, this rocket can easily be built in just a few hours. The kit contains: ogive nose cone 8.5" BT-55 body tube engine tube laser cut fins shock cord, elastic 16" parachute screw eye ...

• FlisKits Tumble Weed By Carl Tulanko

  (by Carl Tulanko - 05/20/03) Brief: The FlisKits "Tumble Weed" Model Rocket Kit had caught my eye on the FlisKits website when I was looking to purchase a Nomad, so I had it added to my order. It's by far the smallest rocket in their line, resembling somewhat a dressed up Mosquito and it is designed to fly on 13mm motors. However, upon arrival I knew this was much more than ...

• FlisKits Tumble Weed By Al Duprey

  Brief: I am partial to ring fin rockets. The Sprite was the first rocket I built at 11 years old. This kit will not disappoint with its fine materials, classic form, and good looks but has a little higher price than that Sprite I built. Supposed to be a tumble recovery but more on that later. Construction: The kit includes a small body tube, balsa nose cone, balsa sheet, ...

• FlisKits Tumble Weed By Al Duprey

  FlisKits is the newest company in town (opened in September 2002) and from my vantage point, they have come in with a big banner-like entrance. I have built kits from 22 different manufacturers and when I received the (3) FlisKits I had ordered, I was initially amazed at the packaging. They are so professional looking that if hanging in a hobby store you would think they were mass-produced in ...

• FlisKits U.S.S. Deuce's Wild (Modification) By Justin Cartisano

  The following article was a submission to the FlisKits, Inc Deuce-Bash Contest and is archived with permission from FlisKits. Some of these designs are not actually kitbashes, however, all come from the basic motor design feature of the FlisKits Deuce's Wild.   Here's my entry, The USS Deuces Wild. This is the bash I started in November and posted construction pics of on The ...

• FlisKits U.S.S. Grissom By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Inspired by the movie "Honey, I Shrunk the Trident", this flagship of Fliskits was inspired by the Estes classic ducted-ejection charge Trident. Micro-sized and finely detailed, this rocket has an impressive appearance and is a very challenging and enjoyable construction project. Construction: The main body tubes are BT-5 (13mm), with 3 side tubes that are, I'd ...

• FlisKits UFFO By Clive Davis

  Brief: This is another one of Jim Flis' unique Styrofoam cup rockets. It's Styrofoam, it's a rocket, it's a UFFO! Construction: The rocket consists of 14 Styrofoam coffee cups, cardstock, foam board, and motor mount supplies including a BT-20 tube, two motor blocks and a launch lug. Construction is a little unique for this rocket. Unlike most rocket builds, here you are ...

• FlisKits UFFO By Donald Besaw Jr

  Brief: The FlisKits UFFO (Unidentified Flying Foam Object) is a flying saucer oddroc that is built up with foam coffee cups and foamboard fins. It flies on 18mm B and C booster motors and uses tumble/featherweight recovery. Construction: The kit came packaged in a plastic bag and included the following parts: 14 4oz foam coffee cups 1 core tube 2 motor blocks 2 ...

• FlisKits Ulysses By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Sleek and futuristic, even has a tiny payload bay, this is a very cool design scaled for Micromaxx motors. Construction: Parts are very good quality--standard model rocket materials, just miniscule in scale. Unpacking the little baggy you'll find: Balsa nose cone Balsa transition Payload bay/tube Lower body tube 1/16" balsa fin stock ...

• FlisKits US TOG By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Almost immediately after the Micromaxx TOG was released in 2006, Jim Flis was buried with requests for an upscale. This 24mm version is a gorgeous rendition of the stylish, futuristic spacecraft design. It flies every bit as great as it looks, too. Construction: Collectors will be pleased to know that I just increased the scarcity of the numbered kits by building #11. ...

• FlisKits Whatchamacallit By Ron Lemke

  Brief: Beginner Rocket, single staged with streamer recovery. Construction: Single body tube BT-20 with a BT-5 MMT, Basic 3FNC rocket with the only twist being the Jig-Tech fins. Excellent rocket kit for the first time builder!!! The instructions were very detailed and my 7 year old second grader was able to follow them. Since I had 2 x 45 minute sessions to build the rocket with ...

• FlisKits Whirlygig By Matthew McFarland

  The following article was a submission to the FlisKits, Inc Deuce-Bash Contest and is archived with permission from FlisKits. Some of these designs are not actually kitbashes, however, all come from the basic motor design feature of the FlisKits Deuce's Wild. ( Contributed - by Matthew McFarland - 02/07/07) Brief: Here is another entry for the FlisKits Deuce Bash. ...

• FlisKits Wild D'ufo By Adam Selene

  The following article was a submission to the FlisKits, Inc Deuce-Bash Contest and is archived with permission from FlisKits. Some of these designs are not actually kitbashes, however, all come from the basic motor design feature of the FlisKits Deuce's Wild. ( Contributed - by Adam Selene - 02/16/07) Brief: The Wild D'UFO can be built using a DW motor mount kit, ...

• FlisKits Xtermin8 By Todd Mullin

  Brief: The Alien8 design came to us from a very private race of beings who inhabit the Horse Head Nebula. Their xenophobic nature has lead to much speculation but little real information about their biology, science, or philosophies. While very aggressive, this race until recently has seemed to accept a lasting truce with her surrounding neighbors. They have spawned a new class of starship, the ...

• FSI Black Brant II 1/8 Scale By David Montgomery

  Brief: The famous FSI catalogs of the early years featured the very nice looking 1/8 scale model of the Black Brant - II, probably one of the best looking rockets around (maybe, after the Saturn 1-B). I was fortunate to have purchased this kit in the late 1970s or early 1980s before I had to leave the hobby (due to career obligations) in 1982. The FSI Black Brant - II featured a ...

• FSI Dart (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  I'm always on the lookout for vintage rockets on Ebay.  Something about continuing the career of old veterans appeals to me, and I picked up several mystery birds from a collection back in the summer of 2012.  The only notation on the rocket in question was "Mach Buster", so after receiving them, I started checking through the catalogs on Ninfinger to see what I had, and it ...

• FSI Echo I By Tim Wood

  ( Contributed - Reviewed by Tim Wood )  Flight Systems calls their Echo 1 "an advanced two-stage bird capable of flights to extreme altitudes." I can vouch for the extreme altitudes.  Flight Systems and the Echo have been around for some time, but I didn't discover the company or the rocket until my "BAR" experience about one and one-half years ago. ...

• FSI Intrepid (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  The Intrepid was an interesting in-line cluster bird from FSI.  I've been building a lot of my FSI clones as upscales of late, but there is no need to upscale this one.  It's pretty huge just as it was designed.   Components BNC-70AJ main nose cone (Semroc) 2 BNC-20Y pod cones (Semroc) TA-6070 transition (Semroc) 3/32" balsa fin stock (Hobby Lobby) ...

• FSI Maverick (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  The Maverick was one of the more plain-jane rockets in the FSI universe, lacking the tube-finned cool of the Vikings or the outright bulk of the Hercules.  While not quite a minimum diameter rocket, it was still meant to carry payloads to extreme altitudes, so when I decided to clone it, I decided to make it E9 or E12 capable, just to get a fraction of a feel for what it ...

• FSI Micro (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  Before the untimely end of Semroc I spent the bulk of a year using their parts to create upscales and 1:1 clones of FSI kits.  For the most part, this meant that I was building the rockets, then figuring out a paint and decal scheme that was of my own making, something I'm not exactly a master at.  One exception to this was the Micro.  The plans for the Micro are located at ...

• FSI Nova (Clone) By Mark Kulka

  Sport rocket with pass-through transition. This is a clone of FSI's third rocket model as it appeared during the first half of the 1970's. The following parts were all obtained from Semroc Astronautics: ST-1160 (6") - lower body tube ST-8F90 (9" cut to 8") - upper body tube ST-940 (4") - motor tube BC-8F28 - balsa nose cone BR-8F11 - balsa transition (1") CR-9115 - ...

• FSI Sandia Sandhawk By Tim Wood

    The FSI Sandia Sandhawk is a 48-inch tall, two-inch-diameter scale model of a sounding rocket developed by the Sandia Laboratories in the 1960s.  The kit is designed to use FSI's high-thrust black powder motors, the E60 and F100. Because of the difficulty in obtaining these motors, not to mention their expense, I modified my Sandhawk to accept 29mm reloadable motors and 24mm ...

• FSI Sprint 2.2 Clone (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  Back in 1977, I sent for an FSI catlog after finding an address in the back of a library book. While not as flashy as the Centuri and Estes catalogs I was used to, there were a couple of designs that caught my eye back then, specifically the Nova and Sprint. I eventually found an original FSI Nova that I built and flew, but the Sprint remained elusive. I recently made a Semroc purchase of ...

• FSI Viking V (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  The Viking 5 was the last in the Viking series, a tube-finned family of performance birds from Flight Systems, Inc.  I was looking at http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/rockets.html  for something different and seldom seen to build before NARAM 53.  I'd previously built a BMS Viking 1 Clone of the Month and was familiar with the Viking ...

• Full Circle by David L. Cisco (Book) By Roger Smith

  Full Circle is an autobiography by David L. Cisco. Cisco worked on the Lunar Module which carried men to the surface of the moon during the Apollo program. Ciscos tells the story of his life from a 13-year old kid working part-time in a junkyard after school, to a successful businessman and community leader.  His time working for Grumman on the Apollo program is given only a little ...

• Fun Rockets Silver Hawk By Matt Gillard

  Brief: As with other Fun Rockets, the Silver Hawk is another foam version of the Holverson Design Silver Hawk. It boosts on a 13mm motor, and recovers in two pieces: a glider and pod recovers via a streamer. The foam isn't that bad on this fun rocket Construction: The box says a skill level three rocket, however, this rocket is an ARTF, everything is assembled, even to the point ...

• Fun Rockets Swinger By Matt Gillard

  Brief: This almost-ready to fly kit is a good introduction to the concept of the swing-wing glider. I stumbled across one in a clearance bin at my neighborhood craft/hobby store and at $5 couldn't pass it up. With a lightweight and colorful Styrofoam body, this looks like a nice little flyer (but mine wasn't...). Construction: Opening the box turned out to be harder than making the ...

• Fun Rockets Swinger By Matt Gillard

  Brief: I bought 36 Swingers in a job lot. Obviously I was going to fly one, as I’ve been more interested in rocket gliders than rockets for some time. Construction: After a bit of trimming, this rockets is ready to go. The general feel of the kit is cheap. The elliptical wings that sweep forward are very stiff and unless the elastic band is stretched taught the wings rarely ...

• Fun Rockets Tangent By Michael Rangitsch

  Single staged sport rocket with parachute recovery. This is the redesign of the Holverson Designs Tangent . The nose cone, fins and fin can have been replaced by pre-colored expanded polystyrene versions. The shock cord is far longer than any supplied by Estes for similar rockets. Instructions are simple for this beginners rocket. Only white glue is needed for assembly. The new foam fins ...

• Fun Rockets Tangent By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: The foam Tangent is one of the Doug Holverson designed rockets produced by Fun Rockets under Doug's name. While certainly an innovative idea, it wasn't necessarily a great business idea in the somewhat fickle world of low power rocketry. The Tangent was selected for this comparison because it fit the "low and slow" description, and despite its OOP status, it added ...

• Fun Rockets Wicked Winnie By Bill Eichelberger

  Back in the good ol' days when Hobby Lobby could be counted on to stock a variety of kits from companies other than the Big E, I picked the Fun Rockets Wicked Winnie up on clearance for a song.  I'd already owned a Tangent and Zoomie, so when I saw this one on the block it was just natural to pick it up for use at B6-4 Field. Components Main body tube with cheesy foam ...

• Fun Rockets Wicked Winnie By Mike Goss

  ( Contributed - by Mike Goss - 10/20/03) Intro A modification of a cheap bad rocket into a cheap good rocket. I couldn't resist it. There it was sitting on the shelf at Hobby Lobby, with a clearance price tag. I thought long and hard. This rocket had a bad reputation, Styrofoam. It had replaced all of the balsa wood in the original kit. The reviews were bad and the owner was ...

• Fun Rockets Wicked Winnie By David Logan

  ( Contributed - by David Logan) Brief: This is the re-design of the Holverson Wicked Winnie payload kit, using styrofoam nose cone, boat tail, and fins. Construction: The body tubes included are thick paper tubes, one for the main airframe, and one for the payload section. The boat tail, nose cone, fins, and coupler are all made of expanded styrofoam. This kit is mostly ...

• Fun Rockets Zoomie By John Lee

  Brief: A polystryrene rework of Holverson design's Zoomie. It is a neat little glider that was spoiled by replacing balsa wood with cheap foam. I first saw one of the Fun Rocket versions of the glider about two years ago, when a friend bought one for £3. It was the first rocket glider that I had ever seen and I've been hooked ever since. Construction: Components consist ...

• Fun Rockets Zoomie By John Lee

  Brief: This is an Almost-Ready-to-Fly glider using 13mm mini engines. The Zoomie is a simple "kit" that arrives already assembled. I am aware through EMRR that at least some of these rockets were sold as kits that had to be assembled. Mine was not one of those. The only real construction is the addition of the decals and the addition of clay to trim for gliding. It is ...

• Fusion Rocket Arrow X By Pat Chiles

  After wading through a sea of mundane "Dad" presents this past Christmas (literally socks and underwear), at the end of it all my wife retrieved one final gift hidden deep in the back of a closet: a Fusion Rocket Arrow X. It was my Red Rider BB Gun moment - the box was even marked "FRAGILE" so it must be Italian... I'd recently renewed my Tripoli membership and recertified Level 1 after ...

• G-Wiz Partners G-Wiz LC Deluxe 400 By Jerry O'Sullivan

  The G-Wiz Deluxe is a flight computer for model & HP rocketry which offers great flexibility and ease of use. The unit combines both an accelerometer and barometric sensor to allow a flier to light clusters, perform staging, deploy a recovery device at apogee, and a secondary recovery device at 400'. Interestingly, the accelerometer is used for apogee detection so if you're not using the ...

• G-Wiz Partners G-Wiz LC Deluxe 400 (Electronics) By Chris Scott

  When searching for my next altimeter, I wanted an altimeter with a few specific functions. First and foremost, I wanted an altimeter that had accelerometer-based deployment for the first or drogue stage. The reason I wanted an accelerometer and not a barometric based unit was because barometric units suffer from atmospheric effects. These effects can cause a late ejection (after apogee) or early ...

• G-Wiz Partners G-Wiz LC Deluxe 800 (Electronics) By Dean Roth

  G-Wiz LC Deluxe 800 review is provided courtesy of: G-Wiz LC Product Review G-Wiz Partners manufactures rocketry electronics that can be used to collect maximum altitude, control parachute deployment and ignite the motor of a two-stage rocket. With some creative thinking the devices can probably be put to other uses, too, like camera activation upon launch. There actually are two ...

• G-Wiz Partners G-Wiz LC Deluxe 800 By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  Construction: The G-Wiz LC Deluxe has both a G-force sensor and a barometric sensor for launch detect, motor burnout and accurate altitude determination. Because of this, it is not affected by Mach transitions. Having two sensors enables it to add an additional output channel for clustering, staging or air-starts. Pyro output 1 - Jumper select between Launch detect for clusters and Burnout ...

• Gabriel III (Scratch) By Marlin Meyer

  BT-60 based, single stage, scale-like missile. Recovery with 18" parachute All parts are Semroc numbers: BNC-60L nose cone SE-3 screw eye BT-60 body tube (18 inches) BT-50 engine tube (3 inches) RA-5060 centering rings (3) 1/4" balsa fins (8) LL-423 launch lugs (2) I started by attaching a Rocketarium 24mm motor retainer to a 3" length of BT-50 tubing with JB ...

• George Gassaway Two Minute Egg (Plan) By Chad Frey

  I built the ”Two Minute Egg” on the NAR website . Components Download the plan from the NAR website. You will need: 1 Plastic egg 1 Page card stock 1 Sheet 3/32 balsa 1 BT-20 tube 1 Centering ring 1 Launch lug 1 Yard shock cord material 1 Parachute (I made a 30-incher) /h2 The idea of building this has been in my brain for ...

• George Gassaway's 2 Minute Egg (Plan) By John Lee

    The 2 Minute Egg is a rocket designed by George Gassaway for egglofting competitions. It is posted as a free download at the NAR site and I found it by posing a general question on The Rocketry Forum (TRF) and following the many helpful links provided in response. The 2 Minute Egg can be made with a piece of cardstock, some 3/32" balsa, a 4" piece of BT-20, a centering ring and an ...

• Giant Leap Rocketry Aerospace Composite Fins By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 07/01/04) Brief: This is a review of Giant Leap Rocketry's 'Aerospace Composite' fins. These fins are offered in 1/8, ¼, ½, and 3/8 inch thicknesses and in 15 pre-defined shapes. If you want to cut your own, you can also buy the raw stock. Giant Leap describes their composite fins as follows: " Giant Leap Rocketry now offers the ...

• Giant Leap Rocketry Avionics Bay (3.0-inch) By Scott Pearson

  ( Contributed - by Scott Pearson - 09/20/03) Brief: When I was getting ready for my L2 rocket I decided that I wanted it to be dual deployment capable. I was going to design my own bay when I saw the Giant Leap Avionics Bay. Since I had never designed one before I decided it might be better to use an existing design and learn from it before building my own. Construction: The GL ...

• Giant Leap Rocketry Avionics Bay (3.9-inch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 07/01/02) Brief: This avionics bay is made to be used with Giant Leap’s 4-inch flexible phenolic tubing. It also fits in LOC’s 4” tubing, but you should check the detailed dimensions on Giant Leap’s web site before planning to use it with anyone else’s tubes. It features dual threaded rods and an O-ring seal on one end. I added ...

• Giant Leap Rocketry Crossbow By Darrell Mobley

  Presented with written permission from RocketyPlanet: Product Review by Darrell D. Mobley Thursday, December 18, 2008 The Crossbow comes with a whole box full of goodies, and promised to be a lot of fun. Recently, I had the opportunity to get my hands on Giant Leap's new Crossbow, a 4" diameter rocket with what looks like a ...

• Giant Leap Rocketry Elipse By Darrell Mobley

  Presented with written permission from RocketyPlanet:   Introduction Back at the end of 2006, Giant Leap Rocketry of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, released the latest addition to their family of high power kits named the Elipse. 3" in diameter and 78" long, the Elipse comes with a 38mm motor mount and stands apart from the rest of the ...

• Giant Leap Rocketry Elipse By William Beggs

  Brief: This is Giant Leap Rocketry's entry into the “sport kit” class of rockets. It's touted as the most advanced kit in rocketry. The Elipse is a 3” diameter rocket that stands 78” tall and is not a design you are use to seeing at a regular club launch. Its fins are half circles and with the ogive tail cone it has a very sleek look. The kit comes with just ...

• Giant Leap Rocketry Escape Velocity 2.6 By Darrell Mobley

  Presented with written permission from RocketyPlanet: Product Review by Darrell D. Mobley Sunday, July 06, 2008 One of the first rockets I got my hands on when I got back into rocketry a couple of years ago was the Giant Leap Rocketry Escape Velocity 2.6, one of their line of "Ready to Fly (Almost)" kits, a 2.56" speedster that includes everything you need other than a motor and launch ...

• Giant Leap Rocketry Escape Velocity 2.6 By Bryan Sparkman

  Brief: The Escape Velocity is a single stage, high power, dual or single deployment rocket for 38mm motors or 29mm with an adapter. Construction: The Escape Velocity came with everything you could want for a HPR rocket and more. Included were 1 pre-cut phenolic body tube, 1 phenolic payload tube, fin can, payoad bay, 1 18" drogue parachute, 1 36" main parachute, ...

• Giant Leap Rocketry Fireball By

  Brief: 100% Kevlar - The FIREBALL helps prevent ZIPPERS by cushioning airframes from the severe shock of ejection. It softens and spreads the destructive force of shockcords on the lip of your airframe. Construction: It exactly as GiantLeap describes it. The large one that I've flown was 1/2" tubular Kevlar ® , loop sewn in one end, was about 4" long. The other ...

• Giant Leap Rocketry Firestorm-54 (Modification) By Will Ferry

• Giant Leap Rocketry Firestorm-54 By Scott Pearson

  Minimum diameter 54 mm kit. This kit is advertised as a HPR "Almost Ready to Fly" kit. It can be used for either L1 or L2 flights and it is capable of breaking mach with the right motor. It is single stage rocket without frills, however, frills can be added at cost as GL offer's a number of discounted offers to upgrade the kit. The upgrades include G10 fiberglass tubes, Kevlar shockcord and heat ...

• Giant Leap Rocketry Firestorm-54 By Owen DeLong

  Photo courtesy of Giant Leap Rocketry     This is a single-stage super-sonic capable dirt-simple HPR rocket. A great HPR certification kit for L1 and L2. The kit comes with 1 body tube (phenolic or optional fiberglass extra $$), a 3-fin Acme Fin-can (very solid and easy to install), and is minimum diameter so there's no need for centering rings. The body tube is the motor ...

• Giant Leap Rocketry Kevlar(R) Sock By David Kneble

  ( Contributed - by David Kneble - 08/01/03) Picture courtesy of Giant Leap       The Giant Leap Kevlar ® Sock is a great new product for rocketry. Kevlar ® has been used in the past in bulletproof vests and the aerospace industry as well as rocketry. However, the Kevlar ® of the past was sold by the foot and cost quite a lot because there was ...

• Giant Leap Rocketry Mariah 38 By Christopher M. Cain

  Two weeks ago I got a sneak peak of Giant Leap Rocketry's new kit, the Mariah 38. Just like the front page of the instructions indicate, it is an extreme altitude kit. The first time Ed showed me pictures of this kit I knew I had to have one. The Mariah 38 is only 17oz and will take an Aerotech 38/1080 case or a CTI pro38 6gxl case.  It is 44.75” long and a 38mm minimum diameter kit ...

• Giant Leap Rocketry Motor Retainer (38mm) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford) Brief: This is a brief review of Giant Leap Rocketry's 38mm snap-ring style SLIMLINE Motor Retainer. SLIMLINE retainers are also available for 29mm, 54mm, 76, and 98mm motor tubes. There are also motor adapters, boat-tail retainers, and a newly released threaded SLIMLINE retainer system. Construction: The SLIMLINE retainer system includes a ...

• Giant Leap Rocketry On-Board Video By Nick Esselman

  (10/01/01) After purchasing a couple of the Point39 LDRS videos I found it always fun when there was a video or and T.V. transmitter rocket flown. It brought a new perspective to flying rockets as if you were ascending with it. Then I saw the Giant Leap "On-Board" video advertised and decided to purchase one. This is what Giant Leap has to say about it: " See the ...

• Giant Leap Rocketry Slim-Shot Recovery Device (Other Product) By Brad Shea

  Presented with written permission from RocketyPlanet: Product Review by Brad Shea Tuesday, October 21, 2008 When Giant Leap first announced their new product called the Slim-Shot, I was excited. The idea of an easy-to-use motor topper that didn't break the bank was something I was quite interested in obtaining. When the introductory offer came out at roughly $100, I was sold - I bought ...

• Giant Leap Rocketry Spherachute PLUS+ By Dick Stafford

  Brief: This is a review of Giant Leap Rocketry's 48" Spherachute PLUS+. The Spherachute PLUS+ is "a true hemispherical panel chute. ULTRA HIGH QUALITY high drag design." This product is exclusively available through Giant Leap. Construction: Here are the specifications, right off of Giant Leap's website: Tight, high density stitch, made to last! 400# test ...

• Giant Leap Rocketry T-Bolt By Will Ferry

  The Giant Leap Rocketry T-Bolt is a member of their "Almost Ready To Fly" rocket kits.  It is a single deployment, 38mm minimum diameter rocket kit that comes with all of the necessary parts.  The only option at ordering is a 38-to-29mm adapter for 29mm motors. Components The kit contains: 36" long 38mm "Magna-frame" tubing 38mm 5-to-1 Pinnacle nosecone ...

• Giant Leap Rocketry Talon 2 By James Turner

  ( Contributed - by James Turner - 10/06/08) Brief: The Giant Leap Talon 2 flies on MPR and HPR motors. Construction: This is a high quality kit that arrived very quickly and in good shape. The kit contains phenolic body tube (pre-slotted), 6 G10 fiberglass fins, 2 ACME 1/4" conformal launch lugs, plastic nose cone and boat tail, 29mm MMT and centering rings, 1/2" ...

• Giant Leap Rocketry Talon 2 By Geof Givens

  Brief: Who am I to resist the "sexiest kit alive"? Giant Leap's Talon 2 is a 48" tall, 2.1" diameter, 29mm mid/high power downscale of their flagship design. Construction: Ordering was a breeze and the kit arrived undamaged despite severe damage to the shipping box. During the ordering and early construction phase, I exchanged several emails with Kent at ...

• Giant Leap Rocketry Talon 3 By Bradley Vatsaas

  Visit Rocket Team Vatsaas to enjoy their incredible rocket talents and an all around fun rocketry website! Go to www.giantleaprocketry.com and you will find the Talon Series of rockets billed as the "Sexiest Kit Alive!" That's a bold claim, given that so much of our hobby is dominated by oversexed participants. Look around at your next club launch, or at the regular contributors to this web ...

• Giant Leap Rocketry Talon 3 By Kevin Drayson

  Single stage, split-fin HPR rocket. Giant Leap describes it as "The Sexiest Kit Alive". Photo courtesy of Giant Leap      The kit includes: 2 3.0" diameter "non-brittle" phenolic airframe tubes 1 8" long airframe coupler 2 3.0" bulkheads (plywood) 2 coupler bulkheads (plywood) 1 plastic boat tail 3 large forward fins (G10) 3 small aft fins (G10) ...

• Giant Leap Rocketry Threaded Slimline By Osgood Conklin

  The following excerpt is from "Extreme Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Extreme Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the link above. (Extreme ...

• Giant Leap Rocketry Thunderbolt 38 By Herb Estus

  (by Herb Estus - 06/10/02) Brief: 38mm minimum diameter rocket that can be flown with anywhere from an F50 with the optional 29mm adaptor to a 38mm J350. Construction: 8" Ogive nosecone 38mm Acme Fin can 48" 38mm non-brittle phenolic tubing 2" coupler with a metal roll pin for shock chord attachment 1/4" Acme conformal launch lugs 12' of ...

• Giant Leap Rocketry Thunderbolt 38 By Lance Alligood

  Brief: The Giant Leap Thunderbolt38 is a minimum diameter "almost ready to fly" high power rocket. By keeping the parts list as simple as possible, this rocket could be built and ready to fly in a single, rather short build session--especially for a high power rocket. However, despite the simplicity of the design, I would not consider this to be a good choice for someone ...

• Giant Leap Rocketry Thunderbolt 38 By Thomas Rau

  ( Contributed - by Thomas F. Rau - 05/01/02) Pic Courtesy of Giant Leap Brief: Single stage, minimum diameter, hpr, with 24" Parachute. Optional SlimLine motor retainer, 29mm adaptor, Kevlar ® shock cord, Kevlar ® chute protector. Construction: Kit contains: Single 56 inch long, 38mm non-brittle phenolic tubing. One Acme Zytec fin-can (3 fin). One ...

• Giant Leap Rocketry Vertical Assault 3.0 By Philip Levanda

  When I was standing in line at the RSO getting ready to put this baby up on a J528, a bystander said to me "You ready to lose that hypodermic needle?". This is a high altitude kit that was made for J motors. At 89in long and 3in diameter, it is long and sleek with short fins. It can easily reach mach on a big J. This lit includes: 2 very strong 3" phenolic body tubes 1 coupler ...

• Graphix & Stuff Graphix & Stuff Decals By Lance Alligood

  ( Contributed - by Lance Alligood - 01/24/06) Brief: As the proud owner of a couple of BSD Rocketry kits, I was always blown away by how much the application of vinyl decals really dresses up the appearance of larger rockets. I had little luck though finding a printer who didn't charge what I felt was an exhorbitant price for vinyl decals. That all changed when I stumbled upon a recent ...

• GrayLine co. Rocket 2 (Scratch) By

• GrayLine co. Rocket 2 (Scratch) By Jacob Gray

• Hartle Engineering Solid Resin Nose Cone By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 06/02/08) Brief: Last year, I received samples of the new Hartle Engineering solid resin nose cones from JonRocket . I've been remiss in submitting a review. Thanks, and my apologies John!. Hartle offers three styles of BT-5 cones and one BT-20 cone. You can see all of them on JonRocket's nose cone page . This review will describe the cones and ...

• Hartle Engineering Thermal Rider Parachutes (Other Product) By John Lee

  ( Contributed - by John Lee - 03/09/08) For some reason my imagination was always captured by paper rockets such as the Centuri Vulcan. The use of paper opened up so many interesting possibilities for shapes beyond mere tubes and cones with fins. Because that love of paper rockets has stayed with me as a BAR, I recently tried to clone the Centuri Vulcan, my childhood nemesis. That project, ...

• Hawk Mountain Enterprises Aluminum Fin Can for 4" Airframe By Jack Caynon

  Brief: Pre-manufactured aluminum fin can you bolt together Construction: For those of us who want a rugged fin can to handle high thrust applications with 4 inch fiberglass tubing, Hawk Mountain has manufactured a nifty 3 fin aluminum fin can for its 4 inch airframes. The unit is machined from 6061-T6 aluminum with beveled 0.125” thick fins. The fin can weighs 25 ounces ...

• Hawk Mountain Enterprises Bad Attitude Long By Frank Hermes

  ( Contributed - by Frank B Hermes - 07/22/09) Brief: This review describes the substitution of a 54" x 4" booster section for the standard 42" x 4" booster. Modifications: The booster section did not require much work other than finish/paint and bolting on the fin can. Since the tube is rather long, I decided to take it to an auto-body paint shop for ...

• Hawk Mountain Enterprises Bad Attitude By Frank Hermes

  Brief: The Bad Attitude is an all-fiberglass 4" dual-deployment rocket that is designed to fly on 38mm to 75mm motors. The Bad Attitude is equipped with a fiberglass piston ejection system for the main chute. The rocket comes standard with a 24" long 54mm-fiberglass motor mount, but is also available with an optional 30" long 3" motor mount (as described in this ...

• Hawk Mountain Enterprises Bad Attitude By Darren Wright

  ( Contributed - by Darren Wright) Brief: All fiberglass 4" HPR rocket capable of M flights. Construction: As is all of Hawk Mtn's kits, the BA is completely made up of spiral wound fiberglass. There are several options in the kit, and I modified the kit in a few ways, so I will note the differences. The kit came with: (1) 4' 4" Booster Tube, fin slots cut. (1) 4' ...

• Hawk Mountain Enterprises Jumanji By Jack Canyon

  Brief: A 4 inch diameter all fiberglass rocket of unparalleled quality with a silly name. An expensive, but perfect choice for a Level 2 certfication rocket. Construction: The rocket airframe is spiral wound solid fiberglass tubing. The kit comes wit:h:- a 60" airframe a 17" fibreglass nosecone with a built-in payload bay three large fibreglass fins ...

• Hawk Mountain Enterprises Raptor By Alex Bellenie

  Brief: The Hawk Mountain Raptor is a near minimum diameter high-performance rocket kit with all fiberglass components, Kevlar shock cord, pre-cut and pre-beveled fins, pre-slotted airframe, and thru-the-wall fin mounting. This sky-puncher can fly on E-I power! Construction: When I ordered this kit, it came on time and packaged in a 4’ x 4” x 4” box with packaging ...

• Hawk Mountain Enterprises Raptor By Jack Caynon

  Brief: At the foot of the northern slope of Hawk Mountain sits the quiet hamlet of New Ringgold, Pennsylvania, an unlikely aerie for the fabulous fiberglass rockets of Hawk Mountain Enterprises. The fledgling of this flock of birds is the Raptor, an all fiberglass 29mm high power rocket capable of supersonic flights with large H and 29mm I motors. Construction: The Raptor is the ...

• Hawk Mountain Enterprises Transonic By Stephen Pellegrino

  Brief: A high altitude, 38mm minimum diameter, fiberglass, mach capable rocket. Very high quality parts. Construction: 2 fiberglass 38mm diameter body tubes. One main tube and one payload section. Includes a fin can made of high impact plastic and fiberglass. Approximately 8ft of 3/8" Kevlar ® strap, and a Kevlar ® reinforced Nomex ® heat pad. A Rocketman ...

• Hawk Mountain Enterprises Transonic By Darren Wright

  ( Contributed - by Darren Wright) Brief: A 38mm minimum diameter all fiberglass rocket of unparalleled quality. Construction: The rocket airframe is spiral wound solid fiberglass tubing. The kit included the main airframe plus a payload section, with a fiberglass coupler and plywood bulkhead. The nose cone is solid resin, with no casting marks. The fins are the molded Acme 38mm ...

• Hawks Hobby Super 305 Mark By James Gartrell

  Brief: I was provided with my Mark 305 for beta testing. As the name implies, this is a “super” upscale of the old Estes Mark. Although the interchangeable motor mount included in the kit is designed for a single 24mm motor, you can get additional motor mounts that provide a variety of options for clusters or bigger motors depending upon the weight you add to the nose. A ...

• Hawks Hobby Super Goblin By Rob Hoffman

  1.85 Upscale Of The Estes Classic Contains 1 body tube, a full balsa nose cone, an ejection baffle, plywood fins, 24mm motor mount (60mm/E-engine size), 24" octagonal nylon parachute. As I write this review, it would appear that Hawks Hobby is OOP. I really hope they come back if for not other reason than the superb quality of their kits. The Super Goblin is the perfect homage to the ...

• Hawks Hobby Super Javelin By James Gartrell

  Brief: I was provided with my Super Javelin for beta testing. This upscale is of the early Javelin model that came in an Estes combo kit and is designed for 24mm motors. A spacer is included with the motor mount kit to allow the use of either Estes D or E motors. The rocket recovers on a very nice 24 inch rip-stop nylon parachute. The rocket is over 3 feet tall and weighs only 7 ...

• Hawks Hobby Super Mark By David Montgomery

  The Super Mark is one of about nearly a half dozen kits Hawks Hobby has put on the market that are upscale versions of very popular Estes classic OOP from years ago. Hawks Hobby is located in Crosby, TX which is basically a suburban area just outside of Houston. I'm very impressed by the fantastic line up of the current kits Mark and Loretta Hawkins, owners of Hawks Hobby, that I had to make ...

• Hawks Hobby Super Mars Snooper By James Gartrell

  Brief: I received this as a Christmas present from Hawks Hobby. The Snooper really takes me back to my early days of rocketry, and Hawks' upscale has excellently reproduced this rocket with lots of upgrades to go with the larger size. This is their latest version with through-the-wall basswood fins and is one huge, fantastic rocket. It flies on 24mm motors and recovers by parachute. ...

• Hawks Hobby Super Mars Snooper By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Upscale of the Estes classic Mars Snooper sized to fly on 24mm motors and packed with great quality components. Thru-the-wall fins and thick wall tubing make this a rugged beauty that could certainly handle the move up to 29mm if you're daring. It even flies as great as it looks! Construction: After paying a little over $60 for this (including shipping), I was a l ...

• Hawks Hobby Super Solar Sailer By James Gartrell

  I received this as a prize from Hawks Hobby in the Dallas Area Rocket Society's 2007 Fall Classic Rocket Contest. Thank you! One word best describes this rocket: "Wow!" It is one huge, fantastic rocket. It flies on 24mm motors and recovers by parachute. The rocket flies on AeroTech E or F motors. You could easily convert this to fly on 29mm motors, but remember the fins are surface mounted ...

• Hawks Hobby Super Sprite By John Lee

  Brief: The Super Sprite is an upscale of the old Estes Astron Sprite. It is a stubby rocket that features a ring fin, body tube sized for 24mm motors and uses parachute recovery instead of the tumble recovery of the original. Construction: Other reviews have covered this and I have nothing to add except that the quality was first rate. The instruction were easy to follow and ...

• Hawks Hobby Super Sprite By James Gartrell

  Brief: I won the Super Sprite at a DARS classic kit contest. I don't remember having the small Estes original, but after seeing Hawk's upscale fly earlier on the day of the contest, I had made my mind up to buy theirs. The flight on an Estes E-9 is a thing of beauty! Naturally, I was one happy guy when I found out I had won the kit! It flies on 24mm motors and recovers by parachute. ...

• Hawks Hobby Super Trident By James Gartrell

  Brief: I won the Super Trident at a DARS classic kit contest. This is one huge, fantastic rocket. It flies on 24mm motors and recovers by parachute. A spacer is included in the motor mount kit to allow the use of either Estes D or E motors. The rocket stands a whopping 52+ inches tall and has a fin span of 11 inches! Wow! Construction: There are a lot of parts in this kit, all ...

• Heavenly Hobbies Backdraft By Dick Stafford

  The Backdraft is a BT-60-based, 24mm-powered rocket that on face value looks like a standard 2-stager. If you've read the previous reviews (and I assume you will before you continue past this intro), you'll know that there is one major difference--the upper motor is used as a retro rocket. Heavenly Hobbies calls this the TailWind delayed deployment system. The upper stage is ignited with a ...

• Heavenly Hobbies Backdraft By John Smolley

  Presented with written permission from RocketyPlanet: Product Review by Dr. John Smolley, MD Wednesday, June 18, 2008 Photo 1: The many, many parts in this kit are of very good to excellent quality Bungee jumping for the fainthearted? The new Backdraft, a BT-60 based three-foot rocket from Heavenly Hobbies, appears ordinary enough ...

• Heavenly Hobbies Backdraft By Nick Esselman

  I purchased the Heavenly Hobbies Backdraft because it sounded really different. The site says " The exciting Heavenly Hobbies’ BACKDRAFT is a dual-engine rocket... ". Notice is said dual-engine, not cluster. It then went on to describe the rocket this way: " The BACKDRAFT looks like a 2-stage vehicle, with booster and sustainer sections. The propulsion module (booster) holds the primary ...

• Heavenly Hobbies Brutus 2.6 Payloader By Steve Shannon

  (Presented with written permission from RocketyPlanet)   Contents of the Heavenly Hobbies' Brutus 2.6 Payloader kit. My first thought when I was offered the chance to review the Heavenly Hobbies Brutus 2.6 Payloader was "you bet!" The Brutus is a 2.6 inch single stage rocket with a 29mm motor mount and a sizable payload bay. If ...

• Heavenly Hobbies H.H. Simit By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 08/01/10) Brief: H. H. Simit is the simulation spreadsheet that Heavenly Hobbies distributes for free with their kits. I thought I’d take the time to do a quick review even though it is not separately available. Simit consists of an Excel spreadsheet and an accompanying instructions file in .pdf format. I initially tried loading this is ...

• Heavenly Hobbies Resistor 224 By Dick Stafford

  Brief: The Resistor 224 Planetary Defense Weapon is the latest offering from Heavenly Hobbies. This futuristic, dual motor, 24mm design features their ‘Amaze’ ejection baffle, laser cut plywood fins, rings and baffles, thick wall tubes, and a single big decal. It has two main fins with winglets at their tip. The configuration is a little reminiscent of the Jayhawk. The kit ...

• Heavenly Hobbies Stratos-13 ELM By James Weaver

  Brief: This kit is a 3FNC (3 Fins and a Nose Cone) piston-ejection, streamer duration competition rocket. The "ELM" stands for "Extremely Low Mass." It is a companion kit to its only slightly larger brother the Stratos-18 ELM. Construction: My kit came with balsa nose cone, two sheets of 1/32" balsa fin stock, balsa nose block for the piston, a Kevlar ...

• Heavenly Hobbies Stratos-18 ELM By James Weaver

  Brief: A minimum diameter, piston ejection, streamer duration competition rocket. Construction: The kit is a 3FNC that utilizes piston ejection for streamer recovery. The ELM in the name stands for Extremely Low Mass. Heavenly Hobbies states that they use thin, but high quality, competition grade balsa for their fin material. The piston is a NB-20 style nose block with a tiny ...

• Heavenly Hobbies Washigei By Dan Nocera

  Presented with written permission from RocketyPlanet: Product Review by Dan Nocera Sunday, June 07, 2009 Rocketry and video are two great tastes that taste great together. So it was a given that I'd purchase and build Heavenly Hobbies' Washigei front-engine, rear payload video-capable rocket. According Jose Andrade-Cora, the designer and owner of Heavenly Hobbies, a Washigei (pronounced ...

• Heavenly Hobbies Washigei By Scott Berfield

  The Washigei Reconnaissance Vehicle is an unusual design with a forward motor mount and rear camera bay. The main body of the rocket is 2.25" cardboard tube with balsa nosecone and plywood centering rings. Motor retention is supplied. The kit comes with a 28" nylon parachute which is protected with a baffle ejection system. The lower bay has its own balsa nosecone as well as a plastic ...

• Hi-Snitch-Jax (Modification) By Matt Gillard

  A kit bash between two Estes kits: A RTF Snitch and a Hijax kit. The Snitch will be the booster and the Hijax, the sustainer. Modifications: Booster build: The snitch makes an excellent booster, very stable, and will recover well. To adapt it to a booster, the top "engine block" part of the snitch was removed with pliers and then sanded down. This will allow the motor from the sustainer to be ...

• High Flying Cards Patriot (Plan) By Rick Chartres

  Brief: This is a FREE, all paper (cardstock) model of the Patriot missile, using a streamer for recovery Construction: The entire rocket is constructed from a single sheet of cardstock. I used 67lb. You have to supply your own shock cord, streamer material, and nose weight. The rocket has 4 fins, and the instructions say it is a 1/22nd "fun" scale model. I used 30cm ...

• HobbyLab SR-71 By Mark Fisher

  Wingspan 19¾ in. Weight 13.2 oz. Length 34 in. Engines Aerotech E15-P Cox .049 Radio Hitec Focus II Prop 6x3 pusher Well, I swore I'd never buy one (as big a fan as I am of the Blackbird, she's just been done to death), but a local hobby shop finally reach my level of pain with a price of $99 for HobbyLab's ~36th semi-scale R/C ARF ...

• Holverson Designs Silver Hawk By John Hogan

  Brief: A Boost-Glider with the booster is recovered by streamer. Construction: The quality of the materials was excellent. The instructions were clear and straight forward. The supplied jigs for wing dihedral were adequate, but I found I needed to secure them to the work surface (tape). I didn't like the plans for the shock cord mount, but that is a personal preference. It would ...

• Holverson Designs Tangent By Dave Stout

  ( Contributed - by Dave Stout) Brief: The Tangent is a single staged sport rocket. It is built with traditional methods and materials with a couple of new twists. Construction: The Tangent came in a bag with 1 laser cut balsa sheet, one beautifully die cut sheet of centering rings, a balsa nose cone, and a 1/8" fabric shock cord about 2' long. It has a single paper MMT and a ...

• Holverson Designs Tangent By Bill Eichelberger

  The Holverson Designs Tangent is a big, stable sport flier from the second golden age of rocketry.  Designed by renaissance man Doug Holverson, the Tangent was unique in that it was one of the early kits to offer laser cut balsa fins, and eventually became one of the first rockets to offer cheesy foam.  Having built the foam Tangent previously, I'd long wanted to bu ...

• Holverson Designs Wicked Winnie By Nick Esselman

  (07/16/00) After trying one of Holverson Design's gliders, I decided to try one of their rockets, the Wicked Winnie™. It is rated at a skill level three. It has a payload section, a boat tail design, and elliptical fins to give it a unique look. Holverson indicates that the design goes further than looks by saying, a properly built Winnie™ will lift from the pad faster and fly ...

• Holverson Designs Zoomie By Nick Esselman

  (05/01/99) I purchased the Holverson Designs' Zoomie™ from Apogee Components with an order of motors. It is my first boost-glider. Zoomie™ is 6" long with a little over an 8" wing span and flies on mini (13mm) motors. It is a boost glider because it ejects a portion of the rocket while the remaining portion glides to earth. In the Zoomie's™ case, it ejects the motor ...

• Hostile Projectiles Delta X-15 By Dick Stafford

  This is sport scale model of an X-15 variant proposed by North American Aviation. More accurately, it is fantasy scale since this stretched, delta-winged version was never produced. Like the other offerings from Hostile Projectiles, this kit features a hand-crafted resin nose cone. It flies on 24mm power. Parts Included: Resin nose cone 16" BT-60 body tube 24mm motor mount ...

• Hostile Projectiles V-2 By Dick Stafford

  Brief: This is a sport scale BT-60 V-2 that flies on 18mm motors. The main thing that differentiates this kit is the hand-cast resin nose and tail cones. These are not your daddy's resin cones. They are thin walled and not much heavier than solid balsa (if at all). The initial flight reports indicate are that they are also tough. The detail is really makes them stand out. ...

• HotRod Rockets Buffalo By Claude Maina

  There are two versions of the Buffalo offered by HotRod Rockets, the standard or 'Full Buffalo' which comes with an ejection baffle and 24" nylon parachute, and the 'Buffalo Speed' with comes with a longer 29mm motor mount tube, no baffle or parachute. There is also an electronics bay kit that can be used with the Buffalo Speed. HotRod Rockets bills the Buffalo and it's electronics bay as ...

• HotRod Rockets Discovery By Dick Stafford

  This is another of the rocket trio that I won from EMRR's Quarterly Rocket Giveaway. Thanks Nick! The Discovery is a 'modular concept rocket', that features three interchangeable fin units. It is part of HotRod's Educators Series and is intended either builders who have previously built a rocket or newbies under the guidance of an experienced builder. It flies on 18mm motors and recovers via ...

• HotRod Rockets Fruit Fly By Charlaine Cadence Nordin

  Brief: The Fruit Fly was a nice minimum diameter rocket from HotRod Rockets. Unfortunately, it has been discontinued. It is a simple build with elliptical wings reminiscent of those of an insect. It has a resin nose cone and streamer recovery which should make it easier to recover this light rocket. Construction: The first step in construction is to insert the thrust ring. The ...

• HotRod Rockets Fruit Fly By Charlaine Cadence Nordin

  Brief: Hotrod's rockets Fruit fly is a small but great flier. It is a simple build and great for groups. Construction: Parts include: Cast resin nosecone Balsa fins Kevlar ® shock cord BT-5 body tube Thrust ring Streamer recovery The four fins are first cut from the balsa and sanded. One fin is notched for the mounting of the shock cord. ...

• HotRod Rockets Kestrel By John Lee

  This rocket, which as yet had no name when I was asked to test it, is part of an education series designated to teach rocketry. It is a simple kit but achieves its aims well, providing an introduction to such topics as baffles, motor selection, changing CP/CG relationships, etc. Construction begins with the building of the 24mm motor mount. A slit is made to accommodate the engine hook and ...

• HotRod Rockets Nitro By Jonah Dahncke

  Picture courtesy of Brad Kelley       Brief: This is a review for a model that isn't out yet but will be soon. The Nitro is meant to be a first time cluster for rocketeers looking to start with cluster rockets. It is a sleek rocket and has a classic look. Construction: Components are top notch. My nose cone came pre-assembled with paint and ...

• I Build Rockets Ballistic Chicken By Dick Stafford

  The Ballistic Chicken is a basic 3FNC, 18mm-powered rocket...with a cool chicken-head nose cone. It is the first offering from Australia-based I Build Rockets. This was a beta test build, so the final kit may vary slightly. (I modified the shock cord attachment.) Thanks, Sascha, for providing the opportunity to test this interesting kit...and for putting up with the long delay in flying ...

• I Build Rockets Orbital Decay By Nat Callea

  The Orbital Decay is the perfect rocket to earn your level one certification. It's straightforward and uncomplicated to build and fantastic to fly.  Components S ascha from I Build Rockets has a lot of thought into pitting his kits together. An experienced flier and model maker in his own right, he's crafted a kit that those just getting into the hobby can build and fly ...

• iengdesign My Rocket Parts By robert matevossian

• Impulse Aerospace Quad-Pod Launch Pad By Lance Alligood

  Brief: The Impulse Aerospace Quad-Pad and Quad-Pod Pro Launching Pads are robust, heavy duty, and practically indestructible launch pads that can handle rockets up to 225 pounds as well as rods/rails up to 1" in diameter. When not in use, they occupy very little storage space. Construction: The central assembly of the Quad-Pods are the centerpiece of the design. A c ...

• InFlight Rockets Blue Bird Zero Clone Kit By Marlin Meyer

  Brief: Single stage, low powered rocket, recovery via 18 inch parachute. Construction: Parts list: 1 BNC-55AO balsa nose cone 2 BT-55 body tubes - 18" 1 BT-20 Engine Holder Tube 2 CR-2055 centering rings 1 3/16" screw eye 1 engine hook 1 1/4" x 24' shock cord (elastic) 1 18" plastic parachute kit 1 3/16" launch lug 1 ...

• InFlight Rockets Blue Bird Zero Clone Kit By Stu Young

  Brief: This is a single stage, three fin rocket with a parachute recovery Construction: The kit comes in a sturdy transparent bag, with a header card printed in three colors (which, conveniently, means that the picture of the rocket on the card is in full color). The body of the rocket is comprised of two body tubes of glassine-coated kraft paper. There is no payload section. ...

• InFlight Rockets Firehawk Clone Kit By Matthew Bond

  While browsing through the manufacturers links on EMRR one fine evening, I happened upon a company called InFlight Rockets. The bulk of their product line included a few original designs and a selection of clone kits. The reviews of their kits on EMRR have been quite favorable, and since most of their clone kits were rockets that I wanted to build, it was only a short time before a box from ...

• InFlight Rockets Goblin Clone Kit By Paul Kinzer

  This is a clone kit of the Estes K55 Goblin. It is a single stage high flying D powered kit. The kit was bagged with a nice color header card. Most of the parts were in separate smaller clear plastic packs, including a fin pack, cord/streamer/LL pack, streamer pack, decal pack, and engine mount pack. Very nice. Part quality was high all around. Clean laser cut balsa fins, reasonably ...

• InFlight Rockets Nike Smoke By John Lee

  Brief: This is a skill level 2, parachute recovery, 24mm motor scale rocket. Back when I was in engineering school, I was told that if you really wanted to test something out, abuse it in every way possible and see how well it fares. You learn the weak points that way. The folks at InFlight Rocketry ® must have much the same general philosophy because I was contacted a few ...

• InFlight Rockets Sonic Shark By Nick Esselman

  (08/04/08) SONIC SHARK: a new release from InFlight Model Rocketry and my first kit from them. As I've often said, I like trying out new kit manufacturers. I think over the years it is more to see how ideas and techniques are incorporated into kits. InFlight is relatively new on the scene and has produced some Clone kits and a couple of their own designs. The Sonic Shark (as stated) is ...

• InFlight Rockets WASP Clone Kit By Jason Augeri

  Brief: This is a clone of the Estes WASP #1930, which was available from 1984 to 1985. It is a single stage, low power, streamer recovery, three fins and nose cone design. Construction: The parts consist of one BT-55 body tube 11 15/16" long, one BT-50 motor mount tube 2.75" long, two AR-5055 motor mount centering rings, one motor mount block, three laser cut balsa ...

• InFlight Rockets WASP By Bill Eichelberger

  The Inflight WASP is a clone of the short-lived Estes WASP, which was only available from 1984-85.  The only noticeable difference in the Inflight kit and the original is that the Inflight kit uses a balsa cone as opposed to the plastic cone of the original. Components 12" BT-55 main body tube  2.75" BT-50 motor mount tube  2 AR-5055 centering ...

• Inspeed Digital Anemometer (Other Product) By Al Gloer

  One of the things that can plague a launch is our friend Mr. Wind. We all know there is an upper limit to how much wind we should launch in, but how do you tell if you have exceeded it? I found an inexpensive anemometer by a small firm called Inspeed. The device is based on a speedometer for racing bicycles and comes in a number of configurations. Hand held with integrated display Pole ...

• Into the Wind Nylon Tape By Dick Stafford

  Burn holes in your nylon parachute? Have a tear? Bullet holes? Try self-adhesive nylon tape from Into the Wind ! This self-adhesive rip-stop nylon tape is 2" wide and is available in red, yellow, green, blue, purple, hot pink, black, and white. You can currently get it for $1.50 per yard or $8.00 for an 8 yard roll. Although developed for nylon or polyester kites, it works great on most ...

• J&P Parachutes 12 Parachute By Nick Esselman

  The 12" PARACHUTE: (Take me to the 38" Parachute Review) The J&P Parachute arrived in a standard size ziplock bag with a small label indicating its manufacturer, that it was "multi-colored" and its size, 14".  Nothing fancy, but, then again nothing fancy expected. After initial inspection, tests were conducted to determine the performance of this ...

• J.A.P. Systems D izzy Monocopter By Douglas Gardei

  This is the 24mm version of Joseph Peklicz's monocopter rocket. He has a 18mm version, but I wanted the 24mm since there are a variety of long burning motors available in 24mm format.   All the parts came is a thin plastic bag. All the components where there, and they were pre-shaped, and pre cut. The single balsa blade is pre-coated with paper. This adds strength without the ...

• J.A.P. Systems Styro-F.O. 3D By Greg Elder

  The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the two links above. (Sport Rocketry - March/April ...

• J.A.P. Systems Styro-F.O. Jr. Flying Saucer By Mort Binstock

  The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the two links above. (Sport Rocketry - July/August ...

• JBGizmo Model Rocket Locator (Plan) By Kevin Johnson

  Plans for a small electronic rocket location device using a buzzer and LED's.   Editor's Note: This is the actual building experience from the Scratch Model Rocket Locator . There really are no instructions provided, but if you have built any electronic projects before (and even if you haven't), this will be a snap. The plans show a list of components (all available at Radio ...

• John Gribbin - Alone in the Universe (Book) By Robert A. Morstadt

  After hearing many opinions stating that there are many intelligent civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy I thought it would be fun to hear the opposing viewpoint.   I was not disappointed.   With the number of newly discovered exo-planets increasing everyday these speculations and view points will become more apparent in the public awareness in the years ahead.    I ...

• Jolly Logic AltimeterTwo By Mike Caplinger

  When I returned to rocketry as a BAR in 2009, I wanted to measure how high my rockets were actually flying.  At that time, there weren't a lot of options short of a dual-deployment controller, which I wasn't ready for, so I ended up with a "How High SP" unit from Winged Shadow Systems (now OOP) which had originally been developed for R/C airplanes.  The How High worked well (in ...

• Jolly Roger Altimeter II By Glenn Roth

• K&S Rockets 36" Parachute By John Lee

  ( Contributed - by John Lee - 11/14/09) Brief: Custom made, 36" Diameter, 12 Gore, Hemispherical Parachute While working on my Mercury Redstone from Sheri's Hot Rockets, I decided that I wanted to use a chute that looked somewhat NASAish. I contacted several rocketry chute providers (not all, by any means) and most did not want to take the custom job. Scott of K&S did. We ...

• K&S Rockets Grey Wolf By Jim Fields

  Grey Wolf The Grey Wolf's basic stats: Diameter: 2.64" Length: 73" Span Diameter: 8" Motor Mount: 38mm  Components The Grey Wolf kit features Baltic Birch Plywood fins, bulkhead and centering ring, Tubular nylon recovery harnesses with sewn end loops, Nomex Fire Blankets, Rail Buttons, Plastic nose cone, heavy duty motor and ...

• K&S Rockets Heavy Hitter 4 By John Lee

  I was snooping around the K&S site and had resolved to place an order and try them out. As I was doing so, I noticed a link for "Special Orders" and had to check it out. The link took me to the Heavy Hitter 4. I knew that this was one I had to try. The Heavy Hitter 4 is an interesting rocket in several respects that particularly appeal to me. First off, it is a two stager. I like that. ...

• K&S Rockets Vapor Trail By Nick Esselman

  (05/27/08) Always enjoy checking out new rocket kit manufacturers and was pleased to get a Vapor Trail 24mm from K&S Rockets. The rocket has some really unique-looking fins and a slant-cut aft end. It also consists of a payload section. The kit comes with a kraft-type paper main body tube with a slant cut already made. The upper payload section of the same tube. There is a black ...

• Kit Bash GoonyHawk (Modification) By Steve Lindeman

  Here I go again. For those of you that have followed my  Goonyness    this was  Baby Bertha kit bash  #14. Again this is not a kit review of the original  Estes   Hawkeye   (Kit #0873) [1986-1996]   It is another of my many kit bashes. All fin patterns and decals came from  http://www.spacemodeling.org/JimZ/est0873.htm .  The ...

• Kit Bash GoonAries SST (Modification) By Steve Lindeman

  Here I go again. For those of you that have followed my  Goonyness    this was  Baby Bertha kit bash  #10. Again this is not a kit review of the original  Estes   Aries SST   (Kit #1927) [1983-1984].   It is another of my many kit bashes. All fin patterns and decals came from   http://www.spacemodeling.org/JimZ/est1927.htm . The ...

• Kit Bash Goony Target Drone (Modification) By Steve Lindeman

  Lucky or unlucky? For those of you that have followed my  Goonyness    this was  Baby Bertha kit bash  #13. As such I wanted to play it a little safer with this one so I choose a simpler design. Again this is not a kit review of the original  Estes   Advanced Target Drone   (Kit #1913) [1983-1985].   It is yet another of my many kit ...

• Kit Bash Goonymarc (Modification) By Steve Lindeman

  The Goonymarc was number eight in my line of modified Baby Bertha kit bashes. I started with the plans from Jim Z's for the Estes kit #654 with the thought of building the glider version of the Bomarc but ended up with the parachute version (kit #657). All templates and decals for this build were taken from the #657 Bomarc plans ( http://www.spacemodeling.org/JimZ/est0657.htm ). ...

• Kit Bash NASA Goonasus (Modification) By Steve Lindeman

  One again this is not a kit review of the original  NASA Pegasus (Estes Kit #1376) [1982-1986]  but another of my many Baby Bertha kit bashes (#12 for those following my Goonyness). All fin patterns and decals came from   http://plans.rocketshoppe.com/estes/est1376/est1376.htm . The major difference again being that mine is a Goony version of the  NASA Pegasus. ...

• Kit Bash Quad Gnome By Tater Schuld

  Quad Gnome by Tater Schuld For Descon 13 I planned on entering something really cool! Boy, I really need to get out more. Anyway, I *was* planning on only doing the lander, but as I was scrounging around for an eyehook, I came across a bunch of built Gnomes from past make and takes gone bad (HINT: never use Gnomes for make and takes, very high failure rate) at one time in the past, I ...

• Kit Bash Snarky Jr. (Modification) By Steve Lindeman

  The Snarky Jr. (a.k.a. Goony Shark) was kit bash #6 in what was to become a long list of Baby Bertha's that I converted into various Goony Birds and such. The inspiration for this one of course came from my DynaStar's - Snarky and the fact that I wanted to be able to fly it in the smaller "B" fields near me. Components As stated this is a kit bash  so the first thing to do ...

• Kit Bash Streamliner (Modification) By Steve Lindeman

  The Streamliner was the fifth in a series of Baby Bertha kit bashes that I did while building my Goonybird fleet. The first four kits were used to make four of the original Goonybirds from Estes but now it was time for somthing a little different. I remember seeing this model in a Design This Rocket contest and being a lover of retro rocket designs, I knew I wanted to build it ...

• Kit Bash USGF Goonasus (Modification) By Steve Lindeman

  For those of you still following my  Goonyness  this was Baby Bertha kit bash #11. Again this is not a kit review of the original  but another of my many kit bashes. All fin patterns and decals came from  http://www.spacemodeling.org/JimZ/est0806.htm . The major difference again being that mine is a Goony version of the USAF Pegasus (Estes Kit #0806). It will ...

• Kit Bash USSF Goonyflash (Modification) By Steve Lindeman

  For those of you following my  Goonyness  this is Baby Bertha kit bash #9. So OK this is not a kit review so much as it's actually another of my kit bashes. All fin patterns and decals came from   http://www.spacemodeling.org/JimZ/estes/est1909.pdf . The main difference is that mine is a Goony version of the USSF Fireflash (Estes Kit #1909). I'm only doing this ...

• Klinger Productions Rocket Screen Saver By Andy Hobbs

  ( Contributed - by Andy Hobbs - 12/20/02) Brief: A self-installing CD ROM Screen Saver, featuring great photography, lots of smoke and flame, some spectacular Cato's, and crisp detailed rockets of all sizes and shapes. I unexpectedly noticed one capture of a particular rocket gone astray ,,featuring an uncomfortable " nose on" view! The Program: The system requirements ...

• Klinger Productions Rocket Screen Saver By Nick Esselman

  (12/01/02) I decided to purchase the Klinger Rocket Screen Saver with minimal expectations, after all it is just rocket photos, right? Well, the short answer is yes, however, the long answer is no. It really is more than just rocket photos and yet is it nothing more than rocket photos! Whoa, too philosophical! Let me explain. The photos are taken by Marc Klinger, a professiona ...

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• Kopter Rotor Recovery Rockets Pterosaur By Robert A. Morstadt

  The Pterosaur is a unique rocket glider invented by Walter Senoski of Kopter Rockets back in the 1970's.  It uses a piston activated by the motor ejection charge to release the elevons to the up-position for gliding.  An article describing this model appeared in the March/April 2015 issue of Sport Rocketry.  At this time you will need to order the kit directly from ...

• Kosdon East RMS Motors (I & J) (Motor) By Bob Thompson and Sunny Sisk

  The following article is from "High Power Rocketry" magazine. This information represents only a small portion of the contents of "High Power Rocketry". We strongly suggest that you subscribe to "High Power Rocketry". By doing so you will find many color pictures, articles, launch reports and projects primarily associated with High Power Rocketry activities.  For more information, use ...

• KosRox Apollo Pad Abort Test Capsule By David Fergus

  ( Contributed - by Dave Fergus) Brief: This model rocket is a 1/26.5 scale rocket of the Apollo pad-abort test rocket. It was used to test the Launch Escape System(LES). The LES consisted of a four- nozzle rocket motor set atop a supporting tower with a dummy Apollo capsule. It was designed to lift the capsule away from an exploding Saturn 5 booster. The kit model has a 5.8" base ...

• Launchpad Rockets Ready to Launch Kit By Caleb Scott

  We used Launchpad Rocket's custom designer to create our own model rocket, it came in the mail two days later and the build quality of it was amazing. We were able to customize the design and engraved it with what we named the rocket, Slicer. Components The entire model rocket was 3d printed and only came in 3 parts excluding the engine bay. It did include a parachute and shock ...

• LawnDart Rocketry Nike Smoke By Tom Bell

  - by Tom Bell  Note: This kit was reviewed when produced by Seattle Rocket Works which has transferred rights to LawnDart Rocketry. The Nike Smoke was a NASA research rocket used to test wind conditions in the upper atmosphere. Several hundred of these 19-foot rockets were launched by NASA during the 60's and 70's.It used the Army's Nike booster, a workhorse on many research rockets ...

• LawnDart Rocketry Piggyback Shuttle By Mike Goss

  ( Contributed - by Mike Goss - 12/10/02) Introduction: LawnDart Rocketry’s Piggyback Shuttle kit is a virtual clone of the wildly popular Estes Orbital Transport. Unopened Orbital Transport Kits often sell for over $100 on the popular Auction sites. This kit is Number 2 in their series of “Retro Rockets” that are copies of some of the more popular old kits. The kits come ...

• LawnDart Rocketry SLAT/s By Nick Esselman

    (10/01/98) The Seattle Rocket Works' SLAT/s is the first rocket I've built from them. SRW's own description is "Loosely based on a Supersonic Low-Altitude Target drone design from the 1980s, the SLAT/s is Seattle Rocket Works' newest and coolest rocket. This model flies on standard 18mm engines and features a simulated ramjet and an unusual fin configuration. Laser-cut balsa ...

• Leading Edge Rocketry Alien By Edward Chess

  The Alien is a single-staged mid-power rocket with a 20" nylon parachute, metallic wraps and decals, and 39 LEDs, animated by a micro electronics module that allow night launches and recoveries. It is the third and largest rocket so far in the "Night Flight Equipped" line of rockets from Leading Edge Rocketry. There are over 100 individual parts in this kit, so it is more than just a 3FNC. ...

• Leading Edge Rocketry Fireball By Mark Yeager

• Leading Edge Rocketry SubZero By Mike Caplinger

  The SubZero is a 3-inch-diameter mid-power 4FNC rocket with a translucent nose cone and a high flux blue LED strobe light specifically intended for night flying.  Other than the color of the LED and the decals, the SubZero appears to be identical to its companion product, the Leading Edge Fireball. Components The kit is very complete.  It includes a 3-inch-diameter ...

• Leading Edge Rocketry X-10 Express By Nick Esselman

  Leading Edge came out of the shoots producing a night-flying rocket called the Night Skeeter which is new, unique and interesting. Their theme is "Fly the Edge". So, although I was not interested in a night rocket, I did want to sample at least one of their kits. I purchased the X-10 Express. The X-10 is part of their Sportser series of rockets, for which there are now five ...

• Lemon Drop (Plan) By Greg Poehlein

  This is a featherweight rocket made from printed cardstock designed to use 13mm motors. Click here to download Lemon Drop plans in .PDF format. [Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.] The Lemon Drop uses a single 13mm body tube, has three fins, and a cardstock nose cone. The thrust ring doubles as the nose cone shoulder. This is a relatively easy build. The fact that alignment is important ...

• Liberty Launch Systems MDRA Red Glare IV By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 07/16/08) Brief: This DVD set documents the Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association’s (MDRA) Red Glare IV launch that was held April 18-20, 2008 at the Higgs Farm in Price, MD. The set includes two DVDs. One holds 1.8 hours of video and the other has a slide show of 600 photos. The DVDs are organized by launch day and have chapter marks to ...

• LOC Precision LOC IV By Cody Smith

  This kit was my Junior. Level 1 and I must say it is a beautiful kit. Some people say this rocket is not good for certifications due to the fact that the fins hang below the body. But, unless you land on concrete or desert, these fins are hard to break off. This kit is four-feet tall, four-inches in diameter and, coincidentally, my finished weight was four pounds. I tend to build heavy and ...

• Loc Precision Minie-Magg By Theresa Pantoja

  This kit is great for people who want a fun high powered rocket. The size is not cumbersome and the build is not complicated.   Components Model:  07653 Skill Level 3:  Average Skills Needed Length:  37.000" (93.98 cm) Weight:  53.000 oz (1502.52 g) Diameter (Max):  5.540" (14.07 cm) Fin Count:  3 Motor Size:  ...

• LOC/Precision 4-29SS By Michael Stephens

  It is a nice mid-high power rocket that makes you enjoy clustering The packaging was standard Loc plastic bag but it made it through the mail ok. The fins were hard to align because they just stuck in between the motor tubes. I did ok by using a square. Everything else went ok. The instructions were vague to me but that's ok I had a lot of fun figuring it out (no note of sarcasm). It was easy ...

• LOC/Precision 4-29SS By Moira Jean Whitlock

    Single staged, but with the choice of being flown with two or four 29mm motors, specified as 2 G type or 4 F type. It has the fins attached wedge style between the four motor tubes, which extend below the main body tube. The nose cone is hollow plastic, and the fins are precut plywood. The tubes are spiral wound kraft paper.  The parachute is a lightweight pink nylon. Very bright ...

• LOC/Precision Aura By Nick Aberg

  Brief: The LOC/Precision Aura is a tough, quick building, inexpensive, midpower model rocket with streamer recovery. Construction: The kit came in a bag with: 1 heavy duty body tube, 1 thick plastic nose cone, 3 pre-cut 1/8" ply fins, 1 shock cord mount and elastic shock cord, 1 5ft long streamer, 1 29mm MMT tube, 1 1/4" launch lug, and 2 paper centering rings. The ...

• LOC/Precision Aura By Nick Esselman

  The Aura was my first rocket from LOC/Precision and I would consider it their entry level kit considering the size, ease of build and price. It is a basic three-fin-and-a-nose-cone (3FNC) kit with a 29mm motor mount.  Although the kit comments indicate that the "kit is recommended for those with previous model rocketry building experience", it is a very easy kit to assemble. The ...

• LOC/Precision Big Nuke-3E By Michael Schneider

  Brief: This kit was modified sightly for level 3 certification flight with dual deployment with the SkyAngle Cert-3 24" drogue to pull the SkyAngle Cert-3 main chute from the deployment bag at 1,200 feet. Construction: This is one of Barry Lynch's great kits with some up grades for M powered flights. The kit includes: 1 5.38" LOC BT paper tube, 45" long 1 ...

• LOC/Precision Big Nuke-3E By Steve Naquin

  Brief: The Big Nuke-3E is one of the newer Loc/Precision kits designed by Barry Lynch. The clean styling and mach fin design of the Big Nuke-3E is based on the classic PK-4 Lil' Nuke featured in the 2" kit line. Construction: The kit is shipped in a large, well packed box with a label with the kit name and a picture of the kit pasted on the outside of the box. I'm sure the ...

• LOC/Precision Bigger Big Nuke By Greg Deeter

  Brief: This is a large single staged rocket by LOC Precision (Stock #PK-77) which has a 54mm motor tube which is designed to fly on I, J and K motors. I selected this rocket to do my Tripoli L2 Certification flight with. I ordered it from Quickburst.Net in October 2004 and had it in a few days. Construction: The components included with the kit were of overall fine quality as can ...

• LOC/Precision Bruiser EXP-3 Hybrid By Kevin Davidson

  ( Contributed - by Kevin Davidson - 10/06/08) Brief: I recently made my Level three launch at the Sept. ROC event in Lucerne. My rocket is a Modified LOC Bruiser with a HyperTek M1000 Hybrid motor. The rocket name is JUICE and the sticker was made by Mark at StickerShock. Contact him and get your rocket name on your rocket. Modifications: I used both the Missle Works ® ...

• LOC/Precision Bruiser EXP-3 (Scratch) By Stephen Krall

  Note: This is a slightly condensed version of all the information that Stephen has produced for his Level 3 project. Visit his homepage to read the additional information and enjoy additional pictures. Introduction: Ever since my Estees days I seemed driven to build the next project a little bit bigger than the last one, and of course to do that you need a bigger motor :-) hee hee. After ...

• LOC/Precision Bruiser By Ken Johnson

    Modifications: Anti-zipper airframe Full 2 layer fiberglass Extra centering ring - mid fin Totally redesigned fins - g10 and 50's styling Dual recovery External access to electronics bays Internal wire race for timer air-starts Custom built "Y" shock cords - 1" x 50' Tubular nylon Full 98mm x 32" main motor mount 6 each 29mm x 18" motor mounts Custom ...

• LOC/Precision Caliber ISP By Jeff Kelly

    Being a fresh BAR (born again rocketeer), I was looking for a good solid bird that I could attempt my Level 1 Certification with. After a couple of days of poking around on the web, I decided to go with the Caliber ISP, manufactured by LOC Precision. At a strong 56" in length and 3.1" dia. airframe, she seemed like the perfect mid-sized rocket for the Tripoli(r) Level 1 certification. ...

• LOC/Precision Cool-Spool (RTF) By Al Gloer

  Brief: The first commercially available ready to fly (RTF) 29mm spool rocket. Construction: It's RTF, so there really are not any parts. I mean really ready to fly. Just stick in a motor, stuff in some wadding and parachute, and fly. It's well made. I mean how do you mess up a wire spool and some decals? There is an integral 29mm motor mount with a spring clip style motor ...

• LOC/Precision Cyclotron By Joe Balsamo

  ( Contributed - by Joe Balsamo - 01/01/02) Brief: Single stage, tube-finned, 38mm rocket with a 3" BT transitioning to a 2.14" payload bay. The rocket is very suitable for Level 1 certifications. Construction: 3" LOC main body tube with 6 coupler tubes used for the tube fins. 38mm LOC Motor mount tube is held in place by two centering rings. The kit comes with ...

• LOC/Precision Cyclotron By Mike Walsh, Jr.

  (by Mike Walsh, JR. - 04/01/02) Brief: Tube Rocket, with transition Construction: I received the package, and the kit was well packaged. It included 2 main body tubes, a 3.1”x 34” long tube, and a 2.14” x 12” body tube, as well as nose cone, transition, motor mount parts. It also comes with (6) 3.1” Tube couplers, which are used for the fins. They are ...

• LOC/Precision Cyclotron By John Lee

  Brief: Tube Finned, 38mm Motor Mount, Parachute recovery The LOC Cyclotron looked to be a fairly simple HPR build suitable for somebody with not too much HPR experience. It was a kit I had around for a while but did not get around to building because of few opportunities to launch anything in the HPR range.With some prospects for flight opening up, I dug out this kit and got to ...

• LOC/Precision Door Knob By Michael Erwin

  Brief: HPR, Parachute, Level2, 54mm MMT, Upgraded SkyAngle 60" Custom Classic II Chute. Construction: Parts in the kit were: 1 x 7.5" BT 1 x 54mm MMT 4 .x 25" Plywood Fins 4 x Loc-N-Fin Fin holders 1 x .25" MMT Forward Centering Ring with .25" hole drilled for Eye bolt 1 x .25" MMT Rear Centering Ring 1 x Eye Bolt 2 x ...

• LOC/Precision EB-3.90L By Lance Alligood

  Brief: The LOC/Precision EB-3.90L is a electronics bay for use with 4" diameter paper tubing. This design comes from LOC in 4 different diameters (3.00", 3.90", 5.38", and 7.51") as well as extended lengths in the 3.00" and 3.90" (designated with an 'L' at the end of the part number). This review only covers the 3.90" extended version but ...

• LOC/Precision Expediter By Dave Fountain

  (by Dave Fountain)  As everyone knows I like altitude and big rockets are no exception so I was rambling through the LOC catalog looking for a bird for my level two attempt at SOM 4 and I came across the Expediter. I liked it because it resembled an ICBM (inter continental ballistic missile, i.e. a Minute Man) so I bought it. The Expediter consists of a 4.0 inch booster that contains ...

• LOC/Precision Expediter By Alex Jordan

  Brief: The LOC Expediter is a large, hi-power rocket. It is single staged with an airframe reducer from 4 inches -3.1. IT is over five feet long, so it is huge compared to my other rockets. Construction: This kit came with basic parts, and I used 5 minute epoxy throughout the entire construction. The parts it came with are: -One 3 inch nose cone (plastic) -one 14x3 inch ...

• LOC/Precision EZI-65 By John Coker

  ( Contributed - by John Coker)  Note: For more EZI pictures, visit John's site. The Loc/Precision EZI-65 kit is the rocket which is supposed to get me my Tripoli level 2 certification. This is a high-performance rocket which is reasonably stable and should give outstanding flights on I and J motors. (Of course, as is typical for me, I've done things backwards and have already ...

• LOC/Precision EZI-65 By Tai Fu

  Brief: This rocket is a high power flight capable, being large it is supposed to make a low and slow flight. I am writing this review because John Cocker's review does not seem detailed enough and his article is for Level 2 capable EZI-65 but that would be overkill if one only wants to use this rocket for his Level 1. Construction: The kit came in a plastic bag, one long tube ...

• LOC/Precision Fantom 438 EXL By John Bergsmith

• LOC/Precision Fantom 438 By Kyle James Yawn

  Brief: This is a large mid and high powered rocket which is a very good transition into HPR. I purchased this kit for the EMRR Hit List and used it to obtain my NAR Lever 1 Certification. It's a great kit that is very strong with the basic three fins, body, and a nose cone. Construction: The kit comes with a 34" long by 4" diameter slotted body tube, 4" diameter ...

• LOC/Precision Fantom 438 By Mason Hazzard

  A 4" diameter rocket with a 38mm motor mount that is perfect for Level One Certification or someone just getting into HPR. Components The kit includes two 1/4" rings, a slotted body tube, motor mount tube, 3x1/8" plywood fins, a LOC shock cord and mount, and a nose cone, launch lug, and a 36" parachute. I had to separately but eye bolys, quicklinks, a retainer, rail buttons, a ...

• LOC/Precision Fantom Mini By John Lee

  Brief: The Mini Fantom is a downscale of LOC's MPR/HPR Fantom. It is a simple 3 fin and nosecone design. I decided to start on it because my other projects had me sitting around and waiting for glue to dry. Construction: The first surprise I got with this kit was with the instructions. I kept looking for them in the little plastic case the kit came in and finally realized that ...

• LOC/Precision Forte' By Moira Jean Whitlock

  Brief:   Single staged, came with black, 24-inch diameter nylon chute. Has 4 fins. Construction: All parts were there and in good shape.  I didn't get decals, but that's not a problem for me, as I often customize my rockets. The fins (4) are plywood, precut, and are clipped delta shape. The nose cone is hollow plastic, 11 inches long, fitting the standard LOC body tube of 3 ...

• LOC/Precision Forte' By Jerry O'Sullivan

  Brief This is a single stage, baffled, glass reinforced model. Construction The kit arrived in a plastic bag containing laser cut 1/8" plywood fins and centering rings, plastic nose cone, elastic shock cord, 24" chute, 29mm motor mount tube, clear concise instructions (on the back of the cardboard label). No decals are included and no paint scheme is suggested, although one can copy the ...

• LOC/Precision Forte' By Neil Thompson

  The Forte' is a single staged HPR capable rocket. It can fly on as little as an F up to an H or I, and maybe with a lot of reinforcements, a J350. It is a fairly basic rocket, my second mid-power. I probably could have made it without instructions, it's so easy. It does not have a payload section (Waaaaaaaaahhhhhhh), but I plan on adding one soon. It has a heavy duty cardboard airframe ...

• LOC/Precision Forte' By Alex Rothchild

  This LOC/ Precision Forte is a simple 3.1 inch kit. It has a 38mm motor mount, and can fly on anything from an F25-4 to a J350 with a lot epoxy and fiberglass. It does not have a payload section, and the fins go all the way to the motor mount (thank you LOC). All the parts that came with this kit fit together perfectly and were very sturdy. The parts included: -One main airframe ...

• LOC/Precision Goblin (4") By Mark F Sanderson

• LOC/Precision Graduator By Mark Trotter

  (by Mark Trotter)  This is a great kit to get you into the more advanced, mid-power rocket kits, but I would still recommend getting a novice kit first. The Graduator has the great feature of through-the-wall tubing which decreases the time and effort for you. It also comes with the LOC MMA-1 motor adapter to fly it on 24mm motors. The only problem, there is no type of "motor ...

• LOC/Precision Graduator By John Hogan

  Brief The Graduator is an excellent rocket for those wishing to get into mid/high powered flight Construction The tubing, fins and everything were of excellent quality. The instructions were brief (few illustrations), but adequate. The preslotted tubing made fin installation straightforward, and all parts fit together nicely. I highly recommend reinforcing the fins so that they are ...

• LOC/Precision Graduator By Todd Harrison

  LOC Graduator review is provided courtesy of: This rocket is a popular LOC kit for people new to composite motors. I liked the looks of the rocket and was in need for a new kit in that power range (D-G). The Graduator came promptly and packed well, however, the shipping company had still managed to kink the body tube. I contacted Barry, the new owner of LOC, and he shipped out another tube ...

• LOC/Precision Hi-Tech H45 By Russell Taragan

  “The HI-TECH H45 is a smaller version of LOC's famous EZI-65. It has a single 38mm motor mount. This hot performer has been tracked to over 3500 ft. when flown with long burn "H" class motors.” Pre-slotted airframe/fin construction 28" Parachute Payload section RECOMMENDED MOTORS: (from Loc) F50-6 (requires 29mm motor adapter) G40-7 (requires 29mm motor ...

• LOC/Precision HyperLOC 835 By Martin Otten

  The HyperLOC 835 has been designed by LOC Precision to be used as a dual deployment hybrid rocket, primarily for use with Hypertek hybrid motors although it will fly well on solid motors as well. I chose this rocket to use to do my level 2. First because I like the design of the rocket, and secondly because I intend to go down the hybrid route in the future. Essentially I am killing two ...

• LOC/Precision HyperLOC 835 By Howard Smart

  Brief: Tall 4 inch 3FNC rocket built to be compatible with hybrid motors. I picked this rocket specifically out of the LOC catalog when I was shopping for my level 2 project. It has a 54mm motor mount, and is dual-deploy ready. It also comes complete with a drogue and main parachute. Construction: Plastic nose cone 1 4 in payload bay tube 1 4 in LOC avionics bay kit ...

• LOC/Precision Iris (3") By Peter Stanley

  The LOC/Precision Iris is a 3" diameter single stage rocket. It can be built as 1/4 size sport scale Iris rocket. Recovery is via a 36" parachute. I modified it to use electronics for dual deployment. Modifications: I built everything stock except for the deployment/recovery method. I converted the coupler to an electronics bay. I built this by adding another bulk plate assembly and a ...

• LOC/Precision Legacy By Kerry Garrison

  (by Kerry Garrison courtesy of WildRocketry.Com) I bought this particular kit recently from Hobby Town in Brea. I was pretty happy to find a good medium power kit that could also fly under power from a D12-3. This would give me a nice cool rocket that could be flown in town with the rest of the low power kits as well as fly on my existing RMS 29/40-120 hardware under a G64-10. I'm ...

• LOC/Precision Lil' Ninja (Modification) By Bill Eichelberger

  Several years ago, my brother-in-law built a Der Red Max upscale using an LOC Lil' Nuke as a donor.  That Christmas he drew my name in the family gift exchange, so I asked for a Lil' Nuke kit of my own with which to do my own conversion.  Not wanting to do something that was frequently seen, I started the project with the idea of building a Centuri Magnum Hornet upscale that I ...

• LOC/Precision Lil' Nuke to Red Max By Tony Fragge

  (by Tony Fragge) Brief: Used a LOC/Precision Lil' Nuke kit to approximate a 1.38 upscale of the Estes Der Big Red Max. Modifications: After losing a few auctions for a Der Red Max I decided to build my own. I noticed on Jim Z's site that Estes had released a Der Big Red Max with an 18" length body tube. I figured I would try building an upscale version using a LOC/Precision Lil' ...

• LOC/Precision Lil' Nuke By Tim Burger

  A stylish yet standard three fins and a nose cone rocket for 29mm and smaller motors. Heavy body tube and rakish plywood fins make for a tough and fun to fly rocket. The kit was neatly packaged in the standard clear plastic bag, with the motor tube floating around in the airframe tube, and a nylon chute, pre-cut plywood fins, rings, and launch lug inside a zip-lock bag. The fins are ...

• LOC/Precision Lil' Nuke By Bill Eichelberger

  The Lil' Nuke is a sleek, 3fnc rocket that is one of the more popular entry level rockets for mid-power rocketry.  When I got back into the hobby in 2001, my brother-in-law bought me a Lil' Nuke so that I'd have something other than my Estes fleet to fly at NARAM 43.  Tony and I had gotten back into the hobby in 1994, but he had spent the next seven years working his way up ...

• LOC/Precision Lil' Nuke By Paul Gray

  The Lil' Nuke is a mid-power rocket part of LOC/Precision's Novice Kit series. It is single staged with a 29mm motor mount. The instructions of this kit were rather explicit. The assembly order was logical, but as far as I can remember, they did not have any illustrations. The kit came with all of the parts including an enormously thick paper body tube with lines pre-drawn to mark the fin ...

• LOC/Precision LOC IV By Frank Ross

  ( Contributed - by Frank Ross - 11/11/00) Brief: Up-scaled to 38mm. Modifications: For my level-1 certification and my first high-power rocket I wanted a large, simple rocket kit without any bells and whistles. I chose the LOC-IV as I thought it looked to fit the bill, and wouldn't break my credit card. I decided to up-scale to 38mm rather than stick to 29mm because I liked the ...

• LOC/Precision LOC-IV By Alex Rothchild

  - by Tom Bell  Instructions: The instructions were complete and easy to follow.  Although this is a large rocket, it was not difficult to build. The parts were well manufactured and fit together without problems. This kit was my first large rocket, and it is a good starter kit for large rocketry despite its imposing size.  This kit requires epoxy for assembly of the ...

• LOC/Precision LOC-IV By Chris Kiekens

  Brief: An easy to build 3FNC rocket, built for my first shot with a reloadable motor. Construction: The kit contains a 4" kraft paper body tube, two centering rings (plywood) included, nose cone, 36" chute, elastic shock cord, 3 plywood fins, 29mm motor mount, and a 1/4" Launch Lug. This was a really easy kit to build. I spoke to LOC briefly regarding the fins, ...

• LOC/Precision LOC-IV By Alex Jordan

  Brief: This is a large single staged, simple mid/high power rocket. It uses parachute recovery and was my first big rocket. Mine came with a 38mm motor mount, although many websites say it has a 29mm motor mount. Also, the fin tabs extend all the way to the motor tube. Construction: The components of this kit came in the typical LOC plastic bag. All of the parts were of the highest ...

• LOC/Precision Magnum By Walter Kjellander

  ( Contributed - by Walter Kjellander - 08/10/02) Brief: The LOC Magnum is single-staged with a main 54mm motor mount and two 29mm outboards. A good rocket for level 2 certification. Construction: The parts were all OK. I was surprised that the slots for the fin tabs had to be cut. The other LOC kits I have done have precut slots, like the Forte, EZI-65, Expediter, LOC IV, Graduator, ...

• LOC/Precision Magnum By Dan Patell

  ( Contributed - by Dan Patell - 10/20/02) Brief: A large high-powered rocket that should be considered for a Level 2 certification flight. Modifications: Several minor changes were made and are described below. Construction: The rocket comes with: A plastic Nosecone, 2 thick paper body tubes, three motor mount tubes, 2 1/4" plywood centering rings, 3 1/4" p ...

• LOC/Precision Minie-Magg By Bryan M. Chuck

  LOC's Minie-Magg is a single-staged HP rocket popular with many fliers. Its stubby profile combined with a basic build make it a fun flier for larger motors, as well as smaller H motors for a lesser field. The parts were contained in a durable plastic bag. The inventory of parts are as follows: 1 nosecone, plastic 1 kraft paper airframe 5.54" diameter (fin slots pre-cut) 1 kraft ...

• LOC/Precision Minnie-Mag By David Hunt

  This was my first High Power Rocket.  I certified L1 and L2 with this same rocket.  It is very easy to build.  LOC"s "LOC-N-Fin" method of using fin tabs inside to air frame worked very well.  With the tabs installed the fins naturally fell into the proper perpendicular orientation.  With the big 5.5" air frame applying epoxy to all the interior parts was very ...

• LOC/Precision MMA-2 Motor Adapter (Other Product) By John Lee

  The MMA-2 is an adapter from LOC to enable the use of 29mm motors in 38mm mounts. Mine came with my LOC Cyclotron. Had I known it was present, I probably would have started construction of this rocket sooner. Construction of the adapter began with marking the 29mm tube for the location of the centering rings. The directions that come with this adapter are generalized for several different ...

• LOC/Precision Norad Pro Maxx By Mark Van Luvender

  Brief: This is a single staged MPR/HPR rocket from LOC/Precision. This kit is a stretched Norad with the motor mount upgraded to 38mm. Construction: The kit contains a 3" booster airframe, two 2.5" upper airframes, two plywood centering rings, 4 plywood fins, plastic nose cone, parachute, elastic shock cord, launch lug, shock cord mounting kit, and assorted hardware ...

• LOC/Precision Norad By Carl Tulanko

  Brief: The LOC Norad is a kit which has the looks and feel of a military missile and is one of the medium range kits from the LOC line of models. It sports a three inch body that transitions to two inches, uses a four fin configuration and stands over three feet tall. Modifications: Fiberglassed Fins, Reinforced Shockcord Mount. Construction: In the bag you will find a three ...

• LOC/Precision Nuke Pro Maxx By Philip Levanda

  Brief: This is an extremely versatile high flyer. Capable of stable flight on as little as an F20 through J motors. It is 2.2 inches in diameter and 39.5 inches long. It has three sharp fins for a very sleek, fast look. Construction: The kit comes with a main and a payload body tube. The recovery system is a 28 inch parachute. The body tube is slotted and the fins slide through ...

• LOC/Precision Nuke Pro Maxx By Andrew Grippo

  Brief: This is a simple to construct single stage, mid to high power rocket with a payload section and through the wall fin design. Kit is designed to use motor ejection for parachute deployment. A 38mm motor mount is included with the kit. A motor mount adapter is not included for the use of 29mm motors. Construction: Kit components come packaged in a heavy duty bag and include: ...

• LOC/Precision Nuke Pro Maxx By Lance Alligood

  The LOC/Precision Nuke Pro Maxx is a simple, robust high performing 3FNC mid/high power rocket that can fly on motors as little as an F all the way up to a the largest 38mm J motor that you can fit into the rocket. My big reason for getting this kick is that I fly a lot of H and I powered rockets. I prefer my rockets to be light and small as well. My USR Banshee only has a 29mm MMT, so ...

• LOC/Precision Onyx to The Hornet By Gary Sinclair

  ( Contributed - by Gary Sinclair) Brief: Additional 6" payload section added, nose cone bulkhead added, 1/4" centering ring added to incorporate eyebolt hardware. Fiberglassed body, fins and fin-to-fin lay-up. Modifications: As a joint project between my son and my self this rocket started out with only a single body tube. Reinforcement of fins and body tube using fiberglass ...

• LOC/Precision Onyx By Nick Esselman

  The LOC Onyx is my second LOC kit and I purchased it as one of three "stubby" rockets that were around three inches in diameter. This diameter compliments my 2.6" and my 4" collection. I had also purchased a RocketVision Grymm and the Estes Big Daddy. See my 3" Stubby Rocket Comparison Page The Onyx is the biggest of the three being 3.1" in diameter and 25.2" long, qualifying as a ...

• LOC/Precision Onyx By Bryan M. Chuck

  ( Contributed - by Bryan Chuck) Brief: The LOC/Precision Onyx is a popular entry level mid-power rocket capable of G motor flights. After tinkering around with RockSim, I decided to convert the rocket for a 38mm motor. Modifications: Although for me this project was born via spare LOC parts, I had sitting around, the listing below is what one would need if he or she bought the Onyx as ...

• LOC/Precision Onyx By Chip Jenkins

  Single stage mid-power rocket. All of the parts were contained in a plastic bag and they were all intact and high quality. The airframe had a very small spiral groove, the fins were top quality plywood, and the nose cone was sturdy plastic. The centering rings were also quality plywood. The parachute provided was hot pink in color and 15" diameter. The instructions were contained on the ...

• LOC/Precision Onyx By Alex Jordan

  The LOC Onyx is a stubby 3 inch mid power single stage rocket with 14 inch chute recovery. The fins are glued directly to the body tube with no tabs. It has a 29mm motor mount. This was my first 3 inch and LOC/Precision kit. I didn't know what the quality of the parts would be but they turned out to be great. The contents of the bag were: 2 3" x 29mm plywood centering rings (1/8" thick) ...

• LOC/Precision Starburst By Gary Sinclair

  ( Contributed - by Gary Sinclair - 07/10/01) Brief: Fiberglassed airframe and fins with additional tip-tip lay-up on mounted fins. Shockcord replaced with 3mm tubular Kevlar ® mounted directly to motor mount through forward centering ring. Modifications: As my first cluster rocket I decided upon a LOC Starburst which has two 24mm motors mounted within a 2.6" OD airframe. I ...

• LOC/Precision Starfighter-152 By Patrick Corless

  A light small 29mm rocket with a stealth like appearance. A true departure from the traditional Loc kits. Single body tube design, with 2 large wood fins and 4 smaller stabilizing fins on the outer ends. This was my first Loc Precision kit, so I was not sure what to expect in terms of quality. After opening the package and examining the contents, I was very satisfied. The tubes were smooth ...

• LOC/Precision Starfighter-152 By Andy Miller

  Picture courtesy of LOC/Precision          Brief: Loc/Presicion Starfighter is an aggressive looking mid power rocket that resembles a jet airplane. Modifications: I used an 18 inch custom parachute from Recovery Technology. There really wasn't anything wrong with the original, I just liked the Recovery Technology chute. The original ...

• LOC/Precision Stovi By Chip Jenkins

  The Stovi is a unique 6-fin HP rocket with parachute recovery. The Stovi comes with seven (7) 24mm tubes and one (1) 29mm tube. It can be construted with either a 24mm or 29mm motor mount. All of the components were high quality that is typical with LOC products. It comes with a 3.1" Diameter airframe and a reducer to 2.26". The kit was easy to assemble with the instructions provided. I'll ...

• LOC/Precision Stovi By John Coker

  ( Contributed - by John Coker)   Note: This is a slightly shortened, edited version of John's review and fewer pictures. Visit John's site for the full review or enjoy the bulk of it here. The Loc/Precision Stovi kit was the fourth rocket I built and certainly the most substantial. The kit goes together completely with epoxy and has plywood fins and a complex tail end with six ...

• LOC/Precision Syonic By Mark Palmer

  Brief: The LOC/Precision Syonic is a great looking rocket with a unique tail cone assembly. The rocket is built around a single 54mm motor tube. Construction: Once I got home, I immediately opened the box to find it contained some very high quality parts. There were 2 sections of LOC 5.38 paper airframe, four flawless 1/4 inch plywood fins, a LOC 5.38 "long" nose cone, ...

• LOC/Precision Tri-Star By Steve Naquin

  Brief: The LOC/Precision PK-30 Tri-Star 3" is a single staged kit that features three 29mm motor mounts for clustered flights with D, E, F or G motors. This is a new kit release from LOC/Precision but it is based on the larger OOP Tri-Star PK-68 ISP Performance Series kit (circa 1989) that featured three 38mm motor mounts. Construction: The kit features three 29mm motor mount ...

• LOC/Precision V-2 By Gary Smith

  LOC Precision V-2 Kit 3.9 v2 on 38 mm. This rocket experienced a Cessaroni Pro-38 in and H100. The second attempt was with an I170 14a. It launched with no problem but tilted and shot horizontally. It was never recovered. After two drone recovery attempts, the rocket was deemed lost. Lost was altimeter, and Bluetooth Tile receiver.  Components Standard parts that are ...

• LOC/Precision V2 (3.9") By Peter Lam

  This is a scale V2 MPR/HPR kit using parachute recovery The kit comes with four 5 ply fins and two plywood centering rings that fit the shape of the pre-slotted boat tail for a 13" long 38mm motor mount. A single 11" length of 4" body tube and a large plastic nose cone, 1/4 inch launch lug and a bag of lead shot for nose weight. There was LOC's typical dinky chord you epoxy to the side of ...

• LOC/Precision V2 (5.38") By John Coker

  Loc/Precision just came out with a V2 kit in two sizes. I bought the smaller one at the April LUNAR launch. Apparently, I got one of the first few produced.  I like sport-scale rockets and hadn't built anything like a V2 before, so this was great timing.  This rocket flew for the first time on an I357, although I had my first burn-by of the Aerotech delay sleeve. The ejection ...

• LOC/Precision V2 (5.38") By Kent Newman

    Show anyone the shape of a V-2 and they will immediately recognize a real rocket! That classic outline has been the love of some people to the extent that they establish websites dedicated totally to the V-2. These sites cover every possible topic related to the "vengeance" weapon. Its popularity continues in sport rocketry today with a number of companies producing V-2 kits. Public ...

• LOC/Precision V2 (7.5") By Scott S

• LOC/Precision Viper III By Bryan M. Chuck

  (07/01/04) The LOC Viper III is my third LOC kit and I purchased it for the 24mm x 3 cluster aspect. I wanted a cluster rocket that could fly on D12's and E9's and the Viper III fit the bill. The Viper III is a 47.5" tall rocket based on a 2.6" airframe with the cluster of motor tubes sticking out of the bottom. The three fins are attached at the joints of the motor t ...

• LOC/Precision Viper III By Cliff Oliver

  Picture courtesy of LOC/Precision Brief: This model is a single-stage, three-motor, cluster rocket. It was designed for 24mm mid-power motors. Primarily D and E impulse motors. Construction: In this kit there are one body tube, three motor tubes, two 3/16" plywood centering rings, three 3/16" plywood fins, one 18" nylon parachute, one elastic shock cord and mount, ...

• LOC/Precision Viper IV By Andy Miller

  Brief: The Viper IV is similar to the LOC Viper III which has several reviews here, but has four 24mm motors tubes instead of 3. Construction: The kit includes one body tube, four motor tubes, two centering rings, four fins, and a nose cone. I received it in pieces, with no instructions and the main body tube and nose cone were gone so I replaced the tubes with standard LOC ...

• LOC/Precision Vulcanite H76 By Rick VanVoorhis

  After some consideration of a smaller kit for general purpose flying I chose the LOC Precision Vulcanite kit. Since I was going to be flying it on higher powered motors also I ordered it with one extra centering ring for the motor mount. After getting the kit I opened the package and inventoried the parts, all were there and in good order. I had decided to make some changes to the design for ...

• LOC/Precision Vulcanite H76 By Curt Hillier

  LOC Vulcanite H76 is a 2.2" diameter high power rocket kit.  It is a sleek rocket capable of flights well over one mile in altitude and supports 38mm diameter motors (29mm can be used with an adapter).   Components Most components are of high quality.  Airframe tubing is thick and robust.  Fins are aircraft quality plywood.  Nose cone - ogive, very ...

• LOC/Precision Warlock By Nathaniel Gilbert

  A short fat rocket capable of flying on H through J engines. All components were standard LOC components. 1 Huge plastic nose cone 1 7.67 inch. diameter paper bodytube 1 38mm paper motor mount tube 2 7.5-1.5 inch plywood centering rings 4 1/4 inch Plywood fins 1 54 inch nylon parachute 1 Eyebolt assembly 1 1/4 inch paper launch lug 1 9/16 tubular nylon shock ...

• LOC/Precision Warlock By Joe Cacciatore

    Single 38 mm engine rocket almost 8" in diameter and 4.4' high with chute, plywood fins, cardboard tube and plastic nosecone. High quality cardboard tube, engine mount tube, three plywood fins, two plywood centering rings, eyebolt, quick link, 60" ripstop nylon chute, and 22' x 1/2" shock cord. It comes with no previsions for motor retention. I have bu ...

• LOC/Precision Weasel-29 By Steve Graham

  Single stage, 14" parachute recovery at apogee using motor ejection. Two airframe BT's (27", 13"), 1.6" LOC nose cone, 3-plywood fins, 2- paper centering rings, LOC-type 29mm motor mount tube (8"long), 1 coupler, bulkhead, and eye screw. You also receive a length of 1/4" elastic for a shock cord. No decals. Instructions are straight forward. I always expect good things from Barry. The ...

• LOC/Precision Weasel-29 By Lance Alligood

  Brief: The LOC/Precision Weasel is a simple, near minimum diameter 3FNC MPR that can fly as little as an E or absolutely tear a hole in the time-space continuum on a high thrust H. The Weasel is a basic kit with a minimal number of parts. The kit includes: 1 1.63"d ogive plastic nose cone 1 38mm x 11.5" payload tube 1 38mm x 27" body tube (premarked for fins and launch lug) 1 ...

• Loc8tor Ltd. Loc8tor Tracker By Jim

  I've been using the Loc8tor tracker for a few months now to help recover my rockets. Summary The Loc8tor is an all-in-one tracking system intended for locating lost keys, remotes, etc. While its range is vastly less than the Beeline or other rocket trackers, the Loc8tor is cheaper, lighter, and easier to use. Pros: * Light weight * Small, easy-to-use receiver * Tags have ...

• Logix Explorer By Bill Eichelberger

  Back in 1977, one of the Christmas gifts that I most looked forward to opening was the Science Fair SFX-4000 Aeronautical Lab Kit from Radio Shack.  I'd been flying for all of six months at the time and the idea of digging deeper into the science of aeronautics was oddly appealing to a kid who dreaded the idea of a science fair when he was in grade school.  Understandably the ...

• Loki Research 38mm Reload System By Douglas Gardei

  Brief: Loki's line of 38mm reloadable motors. Cheapest of the 38mm reloadable options for both hardware and reloads. Currently, only the H144, I405, and J528 loads (Loki White propellant) are available for these motors, but more formulas and motor designations are coming out soon. Construction: Currently available is the Loki 240, 480, and 740 motor. Each motor comes with a quality ...

• Loki Research 38mm Reload System By Lance Alligood

  Brief: The Loki Research 38/480 motor casing and I405 reloads are perhaps the highest performance to lowest cost ratio of commercial 4-grain 38mm motors available on the market. If you are looking for colored flame reloads, then Loki Research motors may not be for you. Jeff Taylor of Loki makes no excuses about his products delivering nothing but the highest performance and motor effects be ...

• M2L2 - Mini Marz Lander Launcher (Modification) By Dick Stafford

  For this 2-stager, an Estes Mini Marz Lander serves as both the nosecone and second stage. The main rocket has a 29mm motor mount, while the Lander flies on 13mm motors. This review will focus on the method of adapting the Lander to the booster rocket. One Estes Mini Marz Lander One booster made from a 2" diameter mailing tube. The booster includes a 29mm motor mount, fins made from ...

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• Mach 1 Rocketry Patriot Missile BT50 By Derek Ford

• Mach 1 Rocketry Patriot Missile BT50 By Derek Ford

• Mach-1 Industries Hawaiian Sling (Plan) By Keith Smith

  This is a single stage rocket with unusual deployment. 1/8" ID tubes conduit the ejection charge from the sealed main BT to three pods on the end of 3" fins where there is a 12" chute in each pod. The nose cone does not come off. (click picture to enlarge) The biggest problem with this model is buying the 4" length, 1/8"id tubes to build the 'deployment' system. I ended up getting the three ...

• Mad Science Skyblazer By Matt Gillard

  I found this rocket on ebay, its by a company called Mad Science, and they produce science toys/activities. They only have one rocket in their range. It is a basic rocket, very suitable for a first build for a young rocketeer. Parts are; 4 plastic fins engine mount engine hook engine mount tube body tube - silver engine block (missing!) adapter ring sticker ...

• Madcow Rocketry AIM-54C Phoenix (4) By Tim Probert

  Brief: I have been fortunate enough to be given this sport scale version of the AIM-54C Phoenix long range air-to-air missile by Mike Stoop as a beta for construction and testing. This review looks at the components, construction and ultimately the maiden flight of this 4" mid power rocket. Construction: Parts list: 1 Nose Cone and eye bolt 1 Pre-slotted body ...

• Madcow Rocketry AQM-37 Jayhawk By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  Brief: The Madcow Rocketry AQM-37 Jayhawk is a high quality mid-powered kit that is a close scale to the US Navy’s target drone. Construction: The parts list: 2.6” heavy wall body tube Aircraft plywood fins and centering rings Shock cord, chute, and even a Nomex ® heat shield Balsa nose cone with unusual ballast compartment High quality ...

• Madcow Rocketry AQM-37 Jayhawk By Dick Stafford

  Brief: This is a nice scale model of the Navy's AQM-37 Jayhawk. It features high quality components and flies on 29mm motors. The kit has been upgraded with a plastic nose cone since the prior review. Construction: The parts list: Plastic nose cone and screw eye Balsa tail cone Pre-slotted 2.6" body tube One plywood centering ring 29mm motor tube ...

• Madcow Rocketry Arcas (Fiberglass) By Peter Lam

  This is a single stage 1:1.7 scale all G10 fiberglass kit with a 29mm motor mount. The kit can be purchased either with or without a recovery system. The kit is composed of: body tube, fins, centering rings, nosecone bulkhead, which are all G10 fiberglass. 2 eye bolts, 2 nuts, 2 washers, 2 1/4" launch lugs and about 10 feet of 1/2" tubular nylon. The ...

• Madcow Rocketry Arcas (Fiberglass) By Ken Tsai

  Brief: This is the fiberglass Arcas HV from Madcow. I bought it because they were giving away CTI Pro29 3g motors with purchase, so it becomes close to a no brainer if you're in the market for the case (I was) and a fiberglass kit. Construction: Aside from it being fiberglass, this kit is almost as simple as a rocket can be. Sure, it's sport-scale, but it really is just ...

• Madcow Rocketry Army Hawk By Bill Eichelberger

  The Madcow Army Hawk is a mid-powered 1:5.4 scale version of the actual surface-to-air guided missile. The Hawk features a balsa boat tail, Nomex chute protector, vinyl decal, Kevlar shock cord, and 30" nylon parachute recovery. Skill level wasn't mentioned, but I'd place this at a skill level 2 for its size and the need for epoxy in construction. The parts list: Balsa nose cone ...

• Madcow Rocketry Batray By Donald Besaw Jr

  The Madcow Rocketry Batray is a new 2.2 inch diameter MPR kit with bat wing shaped fins. It can be flown on a wide variety of motors, both BP and AP (composite) 24mm and 29mm. It will fly on anything from an Estes D12 up through SU and RMS F class motors. Each flight returns safely with an 18 inch nylon chute. This kit came neatly packaged in a thick plastic bag and included the following ...

• Madcow Rocketry Batray By Chris Flanigan

  Brief The Batray is a Madcow rocket that is 2.2" wide and 26" long.   It has unique bat wing type fins.  The kit weighs about 8oz built and is of good quality.   Features Unique Bat Fins Cut Vinyl Decal Flameproof Chute Protector Laser Cut Plywood Parts Kevlar/Nylon Shock Cord Heavy Duty Body Tube   Specifications Length: 26" ...

• Madcow Rocketry Black Brant II By Jon Preston

• Madcow Rocketry Black Brant By Jeff Lane

  Large, all glass single stage high-power scale model of the Black Brant. The kit came from Apogee, and it arrived quickly and free from any defects or damage. 2 4-inch fiberglass body tubes, one fiberglass tube coupler, fiberglass and steel hardware for an avionics bay (dual deploy ready). Fiberglass 54mm mount with fiberglass centering rings and fiberglass fins. Tubular nylon shock cord ...

• Madcow Rocketry Bomarc By Ken Lord

  I built this kit several months ago. It was a challenging, but fun, kit with a lot of pride when completed. I have not launched it yet but plan on soon with the G77R-7 . /h2 Pro: Very challenging and a lot of balsa carving, however with patience looks great Con: The white strip decals for the forward section are several small pieces with a few long. It's hard to make the ...

• Madcow Rocketry Cowabunga By Geoffrey Kerbel

  Brief: This is a nice entry level mid/high power kit. Large tube, lots of room for recovery gear, simple build, and a great flier. Construction: The main components consist of high quality parts and is a very complete kit! 4" nose cone 4" body tube 3 1/4" ply precut fins 2 3/16" centering rings 8" length of 38 MM motor tube ...

• Madcow Rocketry Discovery By Mike McCarty

  Madcow describes the Discovery as a great first entry into mid & high powered rocketry.  I would agree partially as my thoughts are below. Components List of Materials (1) Molded nose cone (1) Pre-slotted body tube (1) Forward section body tube (2) Centering rings (1) Bulkhead (1) Eyebolt, nut & washer (1) 29mm motor tube (3) laser-cut ...

• Madcow Rocketry DX3 By Mike Caplinger

  Brief: The DX3 is a fairly simple 2.6" diameter 3FNC mid-power rocket with a large payload section. Construction: The kit is complete, with a pre-slotted body tube, a payload tube, plastic nose cone, 3 laser-cut 1/8" plywood fins, 29mm 8" cardboard MMT, plywood centering rings, a cardboard coupler with plywood bulkhead, a Nomex ® chute protector, a Kevlar ...

• Madcow Rocketry Fiberglass Frenzy XL (54mm) By Devon Edwards

• Madcow Rocketry Hawk MIM-23B By Patrick Bissonnette

  Brief: The U.S. Army MIM-23B Hawk is another beautiful model from Madcow Rocketry. It can be purchased in either 29mm or 38mm motors options. My brother chose the 29mm because those motors would fit his budget better. This review was followed by me as my brother built most of it. Construction: The kit includes: 1 Plastic cone with eye bolt 1 Balsa tail cone 1 ...

• Madcow Rocketry Hawk MIM-23B By Mike McFadden

  Picture courtesy of Madcow Rocketry      Brief: Modified for dual deploy. 24" Drogue and a 36" main. A 38mm and 1/4" plywood fins were also added. Construction: 15.5" and 10.5" body tubes, 4 1/4" plywood fins, 1 1/8" centering ring, 1 balsa tail cone, plastic nose cone, 36" chute, chute protector, Kevlar ® ...

• Madcow Rocketry HoJo 31 By Lance Alligood

  Brief: Madcow Rocketry's Honest John Basic Style 31 is a premium priced mid power rocket kit. If you are looking for an excellent scale Honest John kit at any price, then look no further. Construction: Madcow obviously lives by the "you get what you pay for" saying because from the moment the box arrived, it shows that they want to produce some seriously high quality ...

• Madcow Rocketry HoJo 50 By Keith Hamel

  Brief: The Madcow HOJO M50 mid-power rocket kit is a fun kit to build and fly. The kit comes with precise laser cut parts and all of the extras. If you were talking about a car, you would say it is loaded. Madcow kits tend to be priced on the higher end but well worth it! Construction: Parts list: 1 custom balsa nose cone 1 custom balsa transition 1 custom balsa ...

• Madcow Rocketry Honest John (Fiberglass) By Tim Doll

  The Madcow Rocketry Honest John Style M31 is a mid to high power fiberglass scale model of the 1950's vintage US Army Artillery Rocket. This Honest John uses a 29mm engine mount and a 2.6" diameter main body tube (it's basically the same size/scale as the Estes Maxi-Brute Honest John). I noticed this kit while putting together an order on the Apogee web site. I'd lost an Estes Maxi-Brute Honest ...

• Madcow Rocketry HV Arcas 38mm Dual Deploy FG By Richard Evans

• Madcow Rocketry Jayhawk By Annette

• Madcow Rocketry Lil' Goblin By Larry Brand

• Madcow Rocketry Little John (2.6) By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  Brief: Lightweight 29mm HPR scale of the Little John complete with Nomex ® chute protector and rip stop nylon parachute. Construction: This kit comes with high quality plywood fins, a balsa nose cone and a sturdy motor mount. Full recovery equipment is supplied including a nice parachute and even a Nomex ® chute protector. The kit comes well packed in a heavy bag and ...

• Madcow Rocketry Little John (2.6) By Peter Davidson

  Brief: Madcow Rocketry's Little John is a very nice 1:4.8 scale version of the U.S. Army's old Little John unguided artillery rocket with a number of thoughtful design features--especially the nose cone "ballast box" design. Loaded with top notch components, it is worth every cent one will ever pay. Construction: The Little John's components consist of: 1 ...

• Madcow Rocketry Little John (4.0) By William Carpenter

  The 4" Little John by Madcow rocketry is a high-power rocket available with either a 38mm or a 54mm MMT. I chose a 38mm motor mount and used this rocket to achieve my Junior Level One Certification. It's a great first high-power rocket, both because of its ease of assembly, and good performance on a variety of motors. The kit included... One 4" Nose Cone A Pre-Slotted 4" Airframe ...

• Madcow Rocketry MIM-23B Hawk By Bas Dickson Leach

• Madcow Rocketry Mini DX3 By Mike Caplinger

  (This is a review of the thin-wall fiberglass version of the Mini DX3.  There is also a cardboard version.) The Madcow Mini DX3 is the smallest version (38mm diameter) of the basic DX3 design, which is now available in a size spectrum ranging from this kit all the way up to an 8-inch diameter fiberglass version weighing in at nearly 50 pounds.  My first mid-power rocket as a ...

• Madcow Rocketry Momba By Larry Brand

  Photo Courtesy of Mad Cow      Brief: The Momba by Madcow Rocketry is a new kit for F-G motors. The Momba kit is a conventional 4FNC design deluxe product featuring full through-the-wall fins mounting to motor tube, laser cut fin slots, and what has to be the most complete accessory package in the industry, including a Kevlar ® shock cord, Nomex ® ...

• Madcow Rocketry Mozzie By John Bergsmith

  Brief: The Mozzie is an upscale looking Mosquito so it naturally has a classic familiar look. The Madcow kits that I've built in the passed all have contained top quality materials and the Mozzie was no exception. Construction: The kit includes the following components: Balsa nose cone, ply bulkhead, eye bolt hardware Pre-slotted body tube for TTW fins Liteply ...

• Madcow Rocketry Mozzie By David Sindel

  Brief: This is a 5x upscale of the Estes Mosquito suitable for mid-power motors. It is an excellent first mid-power rocket. Construction: The parts list: 1 2.6" thick-wall body tube, pre-slotted for fins 1 Balsa nose cone 2 1/8" plywood centering rings 1 29mm motor tube 3 1/8" thick laser-cut plywood fins 1 screw eye, nut, and washer ...

• Madcow Rocketry Patriot (4.0) By Russell Garcia

  Brief: After doing my Level 1 certification with a scratch built rocket I decided that my next rocket would be a kit with all the hard parts already thought out for me and all the necessary parts all together in a kit. I also wanted my next rocket to be able to do dual deployment and Level 2 motors. After much online searching and feature and price checking I decided on the Madcow ...

• Madcow Rocketry Patriot By Rodney Earp

• Madcow Rocketry Phoenix (4") By Devon Edwards

  A high power, scale model of the AIM - 54 missle. Components   38 mm motor mount Thru the wall fins. 4" diameter tube 1/4 inch plywood fins and centering rings 36" chute and parachute protector included Rail buttons 9" length nose cone   /h2 Construction is solid and relatively easy. Through the wall fins and heavy duty ...

• Madcow Rocketry Phoenix (4") By Thomas "Tweeks" Weeks

• Madcow Rocketry Scooter By Nick Esselman

  (08/25/08) The Madcow Scooter™ is a classic-looking, stubby rocket with the capability of flying on D12's. From another view, the Scooter™ is a 29mm, mid-powered, solid-construction rocket that can reach 2,260 feet on a G64. Overall, the Scooter™ is an easy rocket to build and other than the balsa nose cone it finishes just as easy. You can do a lot with your paint ...

• Madcow Rocketry Scout By Donald Besaw Jr

  Brief: The Madcow Rocketry Scout is a four fin and a nose cone (4FNC) mid-power rocket with a 29mm motor mount and can fly on a wide variety of single use and RMS motors in the E through G power range. Flights up to 1,700+ feet are possible and each flight recovers with an 18 inch nylon parachute. Construction: My kit came packaged in a plastic bag and included the following: ...

• Madcow Rocketry Screech By

  Brief: This is a minimum diameter Hobby, mid, or high power rocket. It's motor selection is expansive and offers extreme height with the right motor loaded. Picture Courtesy of Madcow Rocketry Construction: (2) Body tubes (1) Balsa wood nose cone (1) Coupler (1) Shock cord anchor (1) 1/4"eyebolt, nut, and ...

• Madcow Rocketry Screech By David Reese

  Brief: Single-stage minimum diameter 38mm model with parachute recovery. Construction: My early production kit included two body tubes, three lite-ply fins, a coupler/baffle/eyebolt assembly, full recovery system with Nomex ® protector and Kevlar ® shock cord leader, 1/4" launch lugs, and a beautiful balsa nose cone. All parts were clearly of high quality with ...

• Madcow Rocketry Sea Wolf By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  The Madcow Rocketry Sea Wolf is a semi scale version of the Royal Navy‘s (that's British if you didn't pay attention in school) anti-ship missile Sea Wolf Missile system. This is a 38mm semi scale kit with cool features like fin plates, fin tips, and staggered fins. Contents: ¼" 5 layer laser cut aircraft plywood Nose Cone and steel eyebolt Pre-slotted airframe ...

• Madcow Rocketry Skipper By Larry Brand

  Brief: Skipper is a 29mm 3FNC rocket of traditional but interesting design that has 3 rather tiny ply fins positioned above a beautiful balsa boat tail. Like the entire Madcow product line, it is a deluxe kit that includes virtually everything but glue and paint--you get sanded balsa cone and boat tail, eye-bolt hardware, nylon chute, Nomex ® chute protector, Kevlar ® ...

• Madcow Rocketry Solar Express By Al Gloer

  Brief: The Solar Express is a retro styled kit reminiscent of the Binder Design Galaxy. It is styled to look like a futuristic (as was envisioned in the 1950's) spaceliner. Construction: The materials include: 2.6" heavy weight body tube Balsa nose cone 29mm MMT Plywood centering rings Laser cut fins Nomex ® parachute protector Nylon ...

• Madcow Rocketry Solar Express By William Carpenter

  Brief: The Solar express from Madcow Rocketry is a mid-power rocket kit that flies on 29mm F and G motors. It's a great addition to an established mid-power fleet, and will fly on a wide range of mid-power motors (or probably even some Hs if you're willing to try it). The quality of the kit is superb, and it's a quick, enjoyable build. Construction: The kit conatins... 1 - ...

• Madcow Rocketry Squat By Howard Smart and Todd Mullin

  Brief: Todd: Mad Cow Rocketry's new Squat is a fun little kit that has been released in conjunction with this year's LDRS theme of "29". As of the writing of this article, they are running a special on it for $29.00. The Squat brings a whole new dimension to the stubby kit. The scale of the kit is very deceiving in photos. The main body tube is 4", but with nothing to compare it to it ...

• Madcow Rocketry Super DX3 By Mike Caplinger

  The Super DX3 is a 4" 38mm version of the Madcow DX3. It's a 3FNC with a large payload section. The kit includes a pre-slotted body tube, a payload tube, plastic nose cone, 3 laser-cut 1/4" plywood fins, 38mm x 18" cardboard MMT, 1/4" plywood centering rings, a cardboard coupler with plywood bulkhead, a Nomex chute protector, a 12-foot tubular nylon shock cord, eye bolts and washers, ...

• Maine 15" Nylon Parachute By Lance Alligood

  ( Contributed - by Lance Alligood - 12/01/03) Brief: Maine Model and High Power Rockets is run by a very young, ambitious, & entrepreneurial (not necessarily in that order, mind you) Neil Thompson. Currently he is only offering parachutes up to 28in in diameter but is certainly "leaving the door open" for other components & even kits in the future. Neil recommended the ...

• Maximum Thrust Rocketry Mach III By Moira Jean Whitlock

  Single-stage parachute recovery, suitable and simple to adapt to a level 3 project. Hosts a 3 or 4 inch motor mount and can fly on M and above class motors. Engineered to employ single event recovery, but can be set up for dual event deployment as well. There is ample room in the payload compartment for several avionic devices. The nose cone is Maximum Thrust Rocketry's own creation, ...

• McCoy's Micro Wonder Works Bomarc (Plan) By Dick Stafford

  This is a scale model of the Bomarc surface-to-air missile. It flies on MMX II motors and uses streamer recovery. If interested, you can learn more about the Bomarc here . Parts List: - Body tube - 10.5mm tube, 6.25" long - Fins - 1/64" birch ply and foam picnic plate - Nose cone - three strips of 1/8" balsa, 2.5" L x ¾" W, and a short piece of 3/16" dowel - Nose weight ...

• MegaBandit (Upscale) By Mark Morris

  The MegaBandit is a scratch built 3X upscale of the Estes Bandit and designed as my first K powered rocket. It's a 4" diameter, 79.5" long fiberglassed rocket with a 54mm motor mount. It was designed for dual deployment with altimeter. Components consisted of Giant Leap 3.9" phenolic body tubes cut to 21", 22" 1.5", and 17" long pieces. These were custom cut by Giant Leap and the 22" body ...

• Mercury Engineering Atomizer By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This is a basic 4 fin minimum diameter 24mm rocket designed for impressive altitude performance. Construction: After ordering online, my kit shipped same day and arrived 2 days later priority mail (very reasonable shipping to boot!) and carefully packed. Parts are all very good quality with a very professional header card and sealed bag. Balsa nose cone ...

• Mercury Engineering Atomizer By Bob Cox

  Brief: The Atomizer is a long, thin single-stage rocket designed for high performance. Its slender minimum-diameter profile allows it to reach great heights on a 24mm motor. Normally I don't go for 3FNC or 4FNC designs. However, I had recently bought some long-burning Apogee Medalist motors and I wanted something that would really take advantage of them. The Atomizer has attractive ...

• Mercury Engineering Grave Danger By Mark Rose

  Brief: A simple mid-power 3 fin, 29mm MMT, stubby rocket. I believe this rocket is meant for those "graduating" from the Estes low power and want the next step up in materials and capabilities. My 9-year old daughter chose this as a birthday present and as her first mid-power rocket. She loves the thing so darned much I cannot get her to fly it a second time! ...

• Mercury Engineering Hijacker By Tom Raneck

  Brief: The Hijacker is a good sized mid-power rocket with a 3” body, 29mm motor mount, 4 light-ply through-the-wall fins, a nice baffle in the coupler and recovery on a 28” rip-stop nylon chute. Construction: The parts list: (2) 3" x 17" body tubes Body tube coupler with ejection baffle set 11" nose cone 29 mm motor tube and engine mount ...

• Mercury Engineering Integrator By George Beever

  Described as "High-Powered Thrills in a Mid-Powered Rocket". This is a single-staged, 3 X 24mm cluster rocket that builds out to 52.5 inches in length with a diameter of 4 inches. A 3FNC for those who like to cluster 24mm motors. The kit, which was packaged in it's shipping box and not bagged, consisted of two 4-inch diameter main body tubes, three 24mm motor mount tubes, fiberboard ...

• Mercury Engineering Integrator By jeff ybarra

  Brief: This is the same model as the 3x24 cluster edition . The difference is a single 29mm mount. If you are looking for a big rocket and big thrills that won't break the bank, your search is over. Construction: Instructions for this model were straight forward, no surprises. I used 5min. epoxy for all joints. I was unsure about the fiberboard shock cord mount.It seemed that ...

• Mercury Engineering Invader By Matt Gillard

  Brief: A low/mid power single staged rocket. Nice and beefy looking. I won this rocket in the 2008 Design this spaceship contest. Mercury Engineering were very generous: not only did they provide a really good kit for EMRR, but they also included a second free parachute, which i think is fantastic service. Construction: The kit comes in a plastic bag, with an art card, ...

• Mercury Engineering Mutant Daddy By Aaron Tyler

  Brief: Single stage, 3" diameter body tube, single 24mm motor mount, standard parachute recovery (although two twin chutes are used). Construction: The parts list: 3" x 14" body tube 11" nose cone with 75mm base in rocket 24 mm motor tube and engine hook sized for standard E engines (or D with included adapter) 3/16" x 2" ...

• Mercury Engineering Mutant Daddy By Mike McFadden

  Brief: This is a larger low power rocket with a 3" body and 24mm motor mount. My first impression was it's a Big Daddy, but the nose cone is longer and the body thus is longer. Twin parachute recovery. Construction: High quality parts. Body Tube: dia=3" lg=14". Nose cone: dia=3" lg=14.5". Motor tube: dia=24mm lg=5". 2 centering rings. 1 engine ...

• Mercury Engineering RDR-1 By John Lee

  Brief: Stubby, MPR, 3FNC, Parachute. The RDR 1 is listed by the manufacturer as a Skill Level 3 rocket. Personally, I think it is much easier than that. It's a stubby thing made for mid power. The components are of good quality but surprising in that the fins are balsa and the shock cord mount is nothing more than a tri-fold. Construction: Construction begins simply enough ...

• Merlin Missile Solutions The Sword By Chan Stevens

  Brief: A very unusual design from a new entrant into the rocketry field, this sword is definitely going to carve a niche for itself. With its sweeping curved fin pattern, the RSO could easily mistake this rocket for an attempt on his life, so brandish this one with care. Construction: The kit arrived a couple days after ordering, carefully packaged in a good sized box. ...

• Micro Classics Andromeda By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  Brief: MicroMaxx sized downscale of the Estes kit, The USS Andromeda. Construction: The kit contains two sizes of tubes, some fin stock, Kevlar ® shock cord, a Mylar streamer and various other components. The kit comes with two pages of instructions and a fin template. Mine was signed and numbered #3. Resisting the urge to save it was difficult, so I had a hard time just ...

• Micro Classics Andromeda By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This is a downscale of the Estes classic design, nicely upgraded since Drake's 2004 review. It holds fairly close to the original design and flies great on those tiny MMX motors. Construction: See Drake's review/photo. There are two upgrades since his review--you now get two sizes of launch lug for the various rod diameters floating around out there, and the kit now ...

• Micro Classics Assortment Pack By Chan Stevens

  Brief: After having thrown out most of my RTF flying micro bricks, I started looking for interesting Micromaxx rockets that are fun to build, attractive designs, and reliable fliers. I couldn't resist the Micro Classics assortment pack, which includes 3 different downscales of Estes classic designs, all for the bargain price of $12. The assortment pack includes a 1/3 scale Alpha, ...

• Micro Classics Interceptor By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Micro Classics kits are a little hard to find, but are worth the effort looking for them. This is an approximate 1/5 scale version of the Estes K-50 Interceptor. Having built a clone of the K-50 a couple years ago, I was intrigued by the opportunity to build a tiny version. Construction: All tubing and fins are plastic with a nose cone that appears to be hardwood. The ...

• Micro Classics S.S. Cassiopeia By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This is a roughly 1/3 scale Estes "classic" (only available from 1981-1982) is a wonderfully detailed kit. When you're tired of all those feeble RTF MicroMaxx rockets that came with your starter set and you want to move up to a somewhat challenging build and beautiful design. Construction: I'd heard good things about Micro Classics but had no idea where or how to ...

• Mile High Rockets Explorer 1 By Bryan Penfold

  This is the second kit available from Mile High Rockets. It is listed as a Skill Level 3 kit and utilizes unique fin rails and a tube fin setup. Components are mostly high quality and include one cardboard body tube, one motor tube, three motor rings, an engine hook, plastic nose cone, 24" Kevlar cord and a 14" Kevlar wrapped shock cord, three cardboard fin tubes, three balsa fins, 9" of ...

• Mile High Rockets Explorer 1 By Layne Pemberton

  Brief: Explorer 1 is a single stage, futuristically styled, sport rocket and is one of two kits available from Mile High Rockets. While rated skill level 3 by Mile High, I would put it at a solid 2. Fin tip tubes and the unique fin rail mounting system, which speeds fin attachment, add a bit of flair. The kit was supplied with: 1 plastic nose cone 1 BT-50 0.097" body tube 1 18mm ...

• Mile High Rockets Falcon By Chan Stevens

  This is, I believe, Mile High Rockets first venture into rocket kits. Packed with quality components and sporting a somewhat unusual design, this kit offers a pleasant diversion from the standard modroc fare. BT-50 body tube, plastic nose cone, 18mm motor mount assembly with hook, 6 balsa fins, balsa fin mounting rail (more on that later), and Mile High's own flame proof recovery system, ...

• Missile Works ASP By Neil Thompson

  Brief: This is a clone of the Missile Works Atmospheric Sounding Projectile, it has a 38mm outer tube. I got all the parts as a custom kit from LOC, but they say they may make a real kit out of it soon! It is about a 1/4 scale (.252) version of the rocket used to probe mushroom clouds, and the sky during a solar eclipse in the IGY. Construction: It has one very small (4 inch) ...

• Missile Works PET2 - Programmable Event Timer By Scott Binder

  The following excerpt is from "Extreme Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Extreme Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the link above. (Extreme ...

• Missile Works RRC2 (Rocket Recovery Controller) By Nick Esselman

  The Missile Works RRC² (Rocket Recovery Controller) was my introduction into electronic deployment. The cost of the unit and the programmability are what drew me to the product. That introduction, though, has been excitingly frustrating due to my own mistakes. However, the product is proving to be a success despite my influence. The RRC² is 5.9" x 1.3" which allows it to fit ...

• Missile Works RRC2 (Rocket Recovery Controller) (Electronics) By Al Casper

  Missile Works - RRC² review is provided courtesy of: Missile Works Rocket Recovery Controller Features, Setup, Operation and Evaluation By: Al Casper The Missile Works RRC2 altimeter is one of the most attractively priced units available to the high power rocket community; my unit was under $100 including shipping. The size (Fig-1), simplicity, features and price contributed to ...

• Missile Works Viking 7 By Nick Esselman

  (07/16/99) As Missile Works just released their rocket kits, I was excited to try my hand at one of their Research Kits, the Viking 7 Sounding Missile. CONSTRUCTION: The Viking 7 is made up of 2.63" diameter "exclusive" Phenolic/Kraft body tubing. I'm not sure what makes it exclusive, but it is 1mm thick, were as PML Phenolic is just under 2mm thick. This gives Missile ...

• Missile Works WRC2 (Wireless Recovery Controller) By Al Casper

  Missile Works - WRC² review is provided courtesy of: Missile Works WRC2 Wireless Recovery Controller Overview, Setup, Operation Test Flights  By: Al Casper The Missile Works WRC² Wireless Recovery Controller is a sophisticated, radio operated, two channel event activation device for high power rocketry. The WRC² is most often used as a backup recovery deployment ...

• Missile Works WRC2 (Wireless Recovery Controller) By Paul C. Smith

  About four years ago I got a WRC2 for a student rocketry contest. I've since flown it six times, most recently just a month ago, and it has worked perfectly each time. It's a real kick to be able to push a button and watch your rocket respond by kicking out the main parachute. Details: The WRC2 receiver (the onboard part) is quite large. I put mine in a 5.5" diameter rocket, and at 3.25" ...

• Mo' Skeeter (Upscale) By Chris Gonnerman

  This is my Mo' Skeeter, a 320% upscale of the classic Estes Mosquito . It's a rear-ejection model, which avoids the visible nose cone line that most Mosquito upscales suffer from. Components This rocket consists of a Baby Bertha cone , 6" of BT-60, 6" of BT-20, two 20-60 centering rings , a thrust ring, engine hook, and retaining ring, a launch lug, and a shock cord consisting ...

• Model Minutes Flying Spider By Nick Esselman

  (04/01/04) The Flying Spider will be my 4th Model Minutes kit (3 purchased + 1 free download). I purchased it to do a comparison article on U.F.O.'s along with the FlisKits' Pheord X150 and an Art Applewhite's 6" Flying Saucer. Model Minutes' rockets are constructed primary with cardstock and foam board. The Flying Spider is no different. The Flying Spider has a story according ...

• Model Minutes G-200 Carrier By Chan Stevens

  This is a monster of a paper rocket, capable of handling 24mm motors and carrying payloads. Paper rockets in general are always a nice break from the routine and this one is certainly a break from the paper rocket norm. I had the pleasure of building a beta version of this as well as the final version. This review is based on the final version. The parts list for this Model Minutes kits is ...

• Model Minutes G-200 Carrier By Dick Stafford

  Brief: The G-200 is a large paper rocket that flies on 24mm motors. The diameter of the lower tube is about 2 3/8" vs the 2" in the specs above the first review--just a skosh too small to fit the Fat Boy cone that was sitting by my computer. It features a clear payload section (one of the few non-paper components) and two build options. The Orbital Launcher option deploys a ...

• Model Minutes G-75 Carrier By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Want a cheap venture into space? Try this paper rocket complete with payload bay. If you've never built a paper rocket though, this is not the kit to start with as there are numerous intricate cuts and folds, 3 shrouds, and a paper nose cone. Construction: Components are--paper! OK, the fins are actually cut from foam board, the engine hook is metal, and there's a bit of ...

• Model Minutes Leduc 22 By Chan Stevens

  Brief: A "paper rocket" made with cardstock and foam board. The kit is designed to fly on either 18 or 24mm engines. A nice cloth parachute is provided for recovery. Construction: This kit basically consists of several sheets of printed cardstock, a wooden dowel, and a sheet of foam board. A cloth parachute, clear windshield material, and a few other items are provided ...

• Model Minutes Leduc 22 By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Based on the 1953 French ramjet attempt to hit Mach 2, this very challenging paper model looks impressive and flies amazingly well. I would recommend it highly to anyone with prior experience with paper rockets. Construction: Drake's review covered the basics, presumably an older version of this kit. My kit was purchased in early 2005 and I'll focus on the differences. ...

• Model Minutes M.O.M. (Multi Operations Missile) By Nick Esselman

  The Multi Operations Missile (M.O.M.) kit is my second kit from Model Minutes and includes two rockets (note: the Minute in Model Minutes is not pronounced "min'it" like the time unit, but rather "mie nuet" like something small). Both rockets are the same with the exception of the color pattern. One is colorful with red, blue, yellow and white, while the other is a camouflage finish in various ...

• Model Minutes M.O.M. (Multi Operations Missile) By Kathy Kippen

  ( Contributed - by Kathy Miller - 03/15/09) Brief: This is a skill level 1 kit with pre-printed full-color body parts printed on sturdy paper. Each kit comes with instruction sheets done up in a three dimensional effect with 3-D glasses for viewing the color photos. I made the 'glasses' but could not use them so I just followed the photos best I could. Construction: The ...

• Model Minutes Space Racer By Chan Stevens

  (02/01/03) I picked up a link to Model Minutes off of RMR some time ago and thought the rockets they had were unique looking, but that was only half of it. The other unique characteristic of the Model Minutes' rockets is that they are paper. Maybe they can say it better: " Model Minutes is a company specializing in the creation and manufacturing of paper and cardboard models. We are ...

• Model Minutes Space Racer By Clive Davis

  This is the CD version of the Model Minutes Space Racer paper rocket. The "kit" arrives on a CD with motor hook (0.76 mm piano wire) and cellophane to make one pair of 3D glasses. The rocket has a cool rear ejection system with a parachute, which must be supplied by the builder. If constructed properly, there should be no need for wadding. Because this version of the Space Racer is on CD, ...

• Model Minutes Tricarrow (Plan) By Nick Esselman

  My second "paper build" from one of the free rockets downloaded from Internet was the Model Minutes Tricarrow ( See my "Free" Paper-Rocket Comparison Page ). This one has two PDF's to downloaded and print. I printed it on 110lb Card Stock (Georgia Pacific brand purchased from WalMart). The instructions are not downloadable and are only on the web. They also do not appear to be finished as the ...

• Model Minutes Tricarrow (Plan) By Daniel Kirk

  This rocket is a free download in .PDF format. You just have to print on cardstock and build. (Some additional parts required.) This rocket prints on two pages. It has a hexagonal body tube and nose. Its 3 fins are cut from two layers of cardstock and glued together. Fins include attachment tabs that make it easier to glue them to the body tube. The directions recommend 110 lb cardstock. ...

• Model Minutes XFLR-7 (Plan) By Dick Stafford

    The XFLR-7 is a paper/foamboard kit patterned after the Tintin rocket from the Destination Moon comic. This is a cool design and should be considered a classic. Although the kit is now OOP, existing stock may be around for a while, so I decided to submit a review anyway. I hope that my observations will help in the construction of other paper/foamboard rockets whether they are ...

• Model Minutes XFLR-7 By Chan Stevens

  Model Minutes specializes in paper rockets and this is one wild looking futuristic design. It clearly draws a lot of looks at the pad and no one will believe it is made of paper. The parts list is pretty simple for this kit, just pre-printed cardstock patterns. Lots of them. There are also a few other items like foamboard for fins, some clay for nose weight, a motor hook, and a parachute ...

• Model Rocket Design and Construction (Book by Tim Van Milligan) (Book) By Nick Esselman

  The third edition of Timothy S. Van Millian's (Apogee Components owner) "Model Rocket Design and Construction" book has been released. I dare venture to say that this edition should be considered the new primary reference and teaching publication for rocketry. I know that most will point to the "Handbook of Model Rocketry" which was written by one of the founders of model rocketry, G. Harry ...

• Model Rocket Design and Construction (Book by Tim Van Milligan) (Book) By Dick Stafford

  Summary: The 3rd edition of Timothy Van Milligan’s Model Rocket Design and Construction contains 328 pages of rocketry goodness covering everything from planning and design through recovery. This edition is twice the size of the previous and includes an impressive array of facts, techniques and concepts about all facets of the hobby. Much of the material Tim has added in this edition ...

• Model Rocket Design and Construction (Book by Tim Van Milligan) (Book) By Clive Davis

  Review: A soft cover book details how to design and construct model rockets. It is fiiled with numerous illustrative drawings and photos. 20 chapters plus an appendix. Price: $23.95 (as of January, 2003). 160 pages. The book includes a demo version of RockSim on CD-ROM. Book covers such topics as construction techniques, repair techniques, painting, designing gliders, helicopters, scale ...

• Modeler's Notebook Model Design & Blueprinting By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 05/04/08) Brief: When this book was discussed on The Rocketry Forum, I knew I wanted a copy. The book is written by Charles Adams and is published by Modeler's Notebook . Adams has 20 years of drawing experience and is the founder of starshipbuilder.com . Here is the summary from his web site: "In the MODEL DESIGN & BLUEPRINTING ...

• ModelRockets.us Boostar-C By Revell Walker

  Brief: An affordable and easy way to add 2 stage capability for the Centauri, Super Centauri, Toob-oh, and Super Toob-oh model rocket.us kits and other BT-50 based rockets. Sister to the ring-finned Boostoh staging kit. Availalble also in RTF form. Construction: The kit consists of: a laser cut booster section of their special .988 dia BT-50 sized body tube, laser cut ...

• ModelRockets.us Cee-Yah By Stu Valenton

  A simple rocket, competitively priced with excellent materials, far superior to comparable Estes kits. Components The body has markings for the fins and lug - very handy.  The fins are thick and laser cut, very nice.  The streamer has a eye-hole so it doesn't get wrapped around the cord.  The cord is a two part: kevlar + elastic.  Very nice.  No burned ...

• ModelRockets.us Toob'oh By John Lee

  Brief: Ready to fly, Tube Fin, Minimum Diameter, 18mm Motor, Streamer Recovery When placing a recent order at Discount Rockets, I noticed a line of LPR rockets that I had never heard of. They were inexpensive and I wanted to see what they were like. One of them, the Toob'oh, was ready to fly needing nothing. It is a tube finned, minimum diameter, 18mm rocket with streamer ...

• Modification 1/48 F-18 Hornet Blue Angel (Plastic Model Conversion) By Kyle James Yawn

  This is a plastic model conversion of the Revell 1/48 scale model of the F-18 Hornet Blue Angel . This was the first plastic model conversion I had ever attempted and would not have done so if it were not for the EMRR 2006 Challenge. It was a lot of fun putting this rocket together. Modifications: To begin construction, I glued the engine blocks inside the motor mount tubes using a spent ...

• Modification 12V Electron Beam Launcher (Modification) By Robert Vaughan

  Estes Electron Beam controller mod for 12 volts and 2 motors What you need: 2-Estes Electron Beam launch controllers A Dremel or equivalent rotary tool CA glue Wire cutters Phillips head screwdriver Soldering iron/gun and solder   Just reading this might not allow you to know what the heck I'm talking about, so I recommend having a launch controller in ...

• Modification 24mm Fat Boy (Modification) By Morgan Hendry

  This project began when I read several posts from rec.model.rockets on placing a 24mm motor mount in a Fat Boy, normally a 18mm kit. I first looked at the instructions and made a list of what I needed to do. Replace the 18mm motor tube with a 24mm one Make bigger motor mount with modified centering rings (higher strength) and an engine block Remove some of the "through the wall tab" ...

• Modification 4-29SS (Modification) By Michael Stevens

  I wanted to make it taller with a huge payload section. Modifications: Well I built it following the instructions carefully. Then I sliced the BT in half. The lower section stayed on the booster but the upper was shot so I replace it with a packing tube. This is where I got the extra height. I couldn't order a bulkhead coupler assembly so I just sliced the one off the nose cone (leave at ...

• Modification Ahtreb (Modification) By Dennis McClain-Furmanski

  Brief: Big Bertha modified for rear ejection. Modifications: This is a Big Bertha modified so that the motor tube extends nearly the length of the body, and acts as a piston upon ejection. Recovery is nose first, making the rocket appear to be coming in upside down. I call it Ahtreb, which is Bertha backwards. Essentially the motor mount assembly is not glued into the body tube, but it is ...

• Modification Aura (Auracle) (Modification) By Larry Brand

  I have modified the LOC Aura to a tube-fin design. Modifications: Tube fins described above were fastened to the main body tube in the time-honored, self-jigging manner for tube-fin rockets. Opposite tube fins glued on first with main tube on a flat surface to insure alignment; next pair added to the top of this array; last pair added to the bottom of this arrangement after the first 4 are ...

• Modification Aura (L1) (Modification) By Larry Rudd

  The LOC Aura kit was modified for an L1 attempt with an H engine and an altimeter bay added. Modifications: Nose cone and electronics bay modifications : I cut 1" off the body tube to create the small electronics bay for the Pico-P1 altimeter. I then cut the sleeve on the nose cone and glued the 1" cut section of body tube to create an extended nose cone with a compartment for the small ...

• Modification Bad Dad (Modification) By Larry Brand

  Brief: I modified the Big Daddy kit to replace the stock nose cone with a fixed nose cone made from a PET soft drink bottle; parachute deployment is from an open "mortar" mounted on the bottle opening. Rationale? I swiped the nose cone from a family member's Big Daddy kit to use in a building project, and had to figure out a way to replace it, or be a "Bad Dad". Modifications: The bottom 4" ...

• Modification Baffled-Boat-Tailed-Bigger-Baby-Bertha (Modification) By Mike Goss

  It all started one day after I opened a Baby Bertha kit and found that the motor mount had the wrong size adaptor rings. The rings were for a BT-50 and not a BT-20. I thought about replacing the rings with a correct set, but then the creative juices started to flow, what could I do with this kit? I had always wanted to build a Big Bertha but had never purchased the kit. With the parts in the ...

• Modification Beg Bertha By Darren Longhorn

  Beg Birtha Anyone remember Rocket Services? No? How about "Pitfield" motors? Ah, thought some of you might. Well, we don't see them around so much as in years gone by, but there are still a few around. In fact, I stumbled across a cache of them recently and thought I should build something to fly them in. I'd never actually flown a Pitfield motor before. Watching other ...

• Modification Big Bad V-2 Daddy (Modification) By Michael Bade

  How to Make a V-2 out of an Estes Big Daddy Frustrated with the lack of availability of an affordable V-2 kit, I started thinking of ways to come up with a cheap and easy kit-bash from an existing in production kit that wouldn’t involve a lot of money or time. I also wanted to make a model as big as I could that would still fly on Estes "D" engines, again for cost reasons. I first ...

• Modification Big Bertha Payloader (Modification) By Karl Upton

  How To Convert An Estes Big Bertha Into A Payload Rocket Purpose and Design I need a series of payload rockets to carry experimental flight recorders/dataloggers into the Troposphere. The BBPC is something I came up with after a scratch-build payload rocket project that was enjoyable, but I don't always have the time for such a grand project. The BBPC solves that problem. I am a big ...

• Modification Big Daddy (29mm) (Modification) By Sascha Grant

  I've always liked the Estes Big Daddy, but even flying on an E just wasn't good enough. So I went about building this to fly on a H - the H128 specifically. Components Out of the box, the kit includes: Nose Cone Centering Rings Pre-Slotted Body Tube Motor Mount Fins Launch Lug Parachute Shock Cord Decals With this, I only used the body tube ...

• Modification Big Daddy (29mm) (Modification) By Stephen Morrow

  Brief: Modified Estes Big Daddy to fly on 29mm motors. Modifications: I started this project with a regular Estes Big Daddy. When I bought the kit I knew I wanted to mod it to a 29mm so I bought a motor tube and cut it to a length that would allow it to come up and touch the base of the nose cone. I had heard some rumors that the nose cone with the added weight would cause the body tube to ...

• Modification Big Daddy (3) By Mike Goss

  A modification to the Estes Big Daddy to use much less wadding. Modifications: The Estes Big Daddy is a short, fat rocket. With this being the case, there is a large volume in the interior of the rocket that needs to be filled with wadding to protect the parachute. I am always looking for ways that I can reduce or eliminate the use of wadding. I had heard of a similar modification being ...

• Modification Big Daddy (CDI Upgrade) (Modification) By Andrew Hansom

  After seeing a Big Daddy upgrade kit by Commonwealth Displays for sale on EBay, I bought it and built the Big Daddy that I had on the shelf in the garage. The upgrade kit comes with plywood fins, plywood centering rings, 29mm motor mount, upgraded shock cord, spark arrester, motor retainer and a 36" nylon parachute Modifications: All bonding was done with 30 min. epoxy. To make roomm for the ...

• Modification Big Dawg (Modification) By Orion Samoiloff

  Upgraded 18mm motor mount to 24mm motor mount. Changed parachute to 7-foot streamer. The Big Dawg is a fun kit to build and fly as a stock kit. With theses few modifications, the rocket is incredible. It's a very simple conversion. Added 24mm motor mount tube using 2 BT55 - BT50 centering rings. I had to modify where the fins attached to the motor mount (shortened tabs). Replaced the ...

• Modification Big Dipper Daddy (Modification) By Dick Stafford

  I bought this Big Daddy (on sale, of course) as a test-bed for a Micro-Hybrid motor. This required an extension of the motor mount, and the capability to house electronics in the nose cone. Before flying it on a Micro-Hybrid, I'll probably try it on a conventional motor with motor ejection (1st flight) and with electronics (2nd flight). Modifications: Since there are already several articles ...

• Modification Big Wild Daddy (Modification) By Tony Turley

  The Estes Big Daddy first caught my eye hanging on the rack at WV Hobbies in the fall of 1998. It looked to me to be a good candidate for conversion to 29mm power, so I put it on my Christmas list. My request was granted, and away I went. My first decision was to evaluate the kit parts to see what I would need for the conversion. I ended up keeping only the fins, body tube, nose cone, and ...

• Modification BioHazard (Modification) By Dwayne Shmel

  This is a kit bash of a Baby Bertha that transforms a mild mannered rocket into mean, green, flying machine--the BioHazard. Modifications: One challenge was the tight fit of three 18mm motor mount tubes inside the BT-60 body tube. The 3 tubes were glued together and the inside "hole" was filled with a dollop of epoxy with a little paper wad as a backer. The 3 motor tube assembly fit inside ...

• Modification BLU-97B Cluster Bomb (24mm) (Modification) By Dick Stafford

  This kit is a semi-scale version of an actual Combined Effects Munition (CEM). As I was applying the decals, I noticed that they identify the model as a GBU-87, whereas the package calls it a BLU-97B. If you look at this website , it looks like the overall bomb unit is the CBU-87, and the individual bomblets are BLU-97s. This is a brief description of how I upgraded my Cluster Bomb with a 24mm ...

• Modification Cherokee D (Cloned from a CC Express Kit) (Modification) By Ronald West

  My clone of the very popular Este's K-47 Cherokee-D that was available from 1971 until 1983. Its 3FNC design and D power really packs a wollop off the launch pad. My review is very similar to the other Cherokee-D with the exception I used a E engine hook to allow either a E or with a spacer, a D engine. Components I constructed this kit from the CC Express that is still readily ...

• Modification Commander (x3) (Modification) By John Thro

  Brief: I purchased three Quest Commander kits on clearance at Hobby Lobby, for a total of about $8.50. Since I had three of everything, I decided to use all three body tubes to build one long Commander. Also, I changed the fin configuration from 3FNC to, as it turned out, 8FNC. Modifications: I assembled the motor mount according to the kit instructions, using white glue. Since ...

• Modification Der Max Squared (Modification) By Jim Bassham

  This is my twin-engine modification of Estes' Der Red Max kit for the EMRR "Twice the Thrust" Challenge Modifications: Construction started with the two motor tubes. I cut a slit 1/4" from one end of the tubes for the hook, held it in place with masking tape and glued the engine block in place above the clip. With the clips on opposite sides, I glued the tubes to each other using epoxy. While ...

• Modification Der Red Max (Screamin Mimi) (Modification) By Frank Casey

    This is a kit conversion from an Estes Screamin' Mimi to an Estes Der Big Red Max based on Der Big Red Max instructions provided by JimZ #1977. The only change I made to the JimZ plan was to use the 24mm mount setup that came with the Screamin' Mimi kit rather than the suggested 18mm mount described in the Der Big Red Max instructions found on the JimZ site. Screamin' Mimi ...

• Modification Der Red Max Army Patriot (Modification) By Howard Smart

  Stage bash of two Estes kits, Der Red Max (0651) and U.S. Army Patriot (2056). A two stage rocket is produced with gap staging, allowing both booster and sustainer to have engine hooks. The upper stage looks enough like the standard Patriot to be mistaken for a stock model, enough to use the Patriot decals for the sustainer and the Red Max decals for the booster. This brings a few laughs at the ...

• Modification Deuce-4 Heavy Payloader (Modification) By Mark Schrader

  The following article was a submission to the FlisKits, Inc Deuce-Bash Contest and is archived with permission from FlisKits. Some of these designs are not actually kitbashes, however, all come from the basic motor design feature of the FlisKits Deuce's Wild. Attached is my Deuce Bash entry. Please let me know if you need any other information. The inspiration for this design came ...

• Modification Dig Baddy (Modification) By Yitah Wu

  What is it about the Fat Boy, Onyx, Minie Magg, etc, that makes grown men's knees weak? I don't know, but the Big Daddy has it - and lots of it. I swung by Commonwealth Displays a couple of times, but they were out of the kit. The second time I was beat out by a telephone order by an hour or so. I was ordering a few things from A to Z hobbies, and they had them in stock, so.....Two days later ...

• Modification Dorothy (Modification) By Verna DeArman

  My favorite movie has always been The Wizard of Oz . With that in mind I decided to build a rocket that could carry several passengers over the rainbow. The nice thing about building Dorothy from the Estes Loadstar kits is that you already have most of the materials and you will have spare fins and chutes left over. While there are many steps to assembling the Loadstars individually, there ...

• Modification Estes Quasar from Estes Metalizer (Modification) By Bill Eichelberger

  I created an upscale Estes Quasar from the currently available Estes Metalizer kit. Components Estes Metalizer kit (Hobby Lobby) BT-56 body tube (Red Arrow) Mylar tape QUASAR decal (HP Inkjet) /h2 The Metalizer is an E2X kit that I normally wouldn't bother with except that a) it was on clearance, and b) I was bored and needed a project.  The Hobby ...

• Modification Estes Vampire from Estes Jynx (Modification) By Bill Eichelberger

  My first Estes catalog was the 1977 version, which I got in mid-July and read to tatters by the time school started back.  Much of my cloning has centered around this catalog and the rockets therein, mostly those I never saw or couldn't afford.  I never saw an Estes Vampire, and if I did, I probably couldn't have afforded it.  These days I could afford a Vampire, but ...

• Modification Exoskell Extreme (Modification) By Stefan Jones

  Brief: Estes Exoskell modified for 24mm motor power. Modifications: I usually don't go for Estes "novelty" kits, but when I saw an "Exoskell" on clearance for a few dollars, I snapped it up. I figured I could do something unusual with it, such as turning it into a cluster kit, or enhancing the pre-printed decor with more slimy details. Several months later, I had a go at it. I started ...

• Modification Fat Boy - 24mm (Modification) By Colin Westgarth-Taylor

  An Estes Fat Boy modified with a 24mm MMT for D and E motors. External dimensions are stock. These modifications change one of Estes best packaged kits into a true performer. Modifications: Construction sequence was pretty normal for a MPR capable rocket: forward CR epoxied to the MMT, shock cord mount epoxied to the MMT (two 1/32" holes were drilled in the front CR to tie the Kevlar cord ...

• Modification Fat Boy - 24mm By Morgan Hendry

  This project begun when I read several posts from rec.model.rockets on placing a 24mm motor mount in a Fat Boy, normally a 18mm kit. I first looked at the instructions and made a list of what I needed to do. Replace the 18mm motor tube with a 24mm one Make bigger motor mount with modified centering rings (higher strength) and an engine block Remove some of the "through the wall tab" ...

• Modification Fat Boy - 29mm (Modification) By Scott McLeod

    An Estes FatBoy modified with a glassed body tube, 29mm MMT and G10 fins for F, G, and H motors. External dimensions are stock. Best "bang-for-buck" rocket that I ever built. Modifications: When glassing the tube, I used a long section of PML 2.6" coupler tube wrapped in greaseproof paper to provide some support as the Estes tube is very thin. The greaseproof paper released nicely ...

• Modification Fat Boy to Schnoz (Modification) By Larry Brand

    The problem with overpowering a "stubby" design like the C-powered Estes Fat Boy with heavier engines is the CG dilemma -- the more power, the more nose weight is needed to keep the CG in limits, negating the Oomph you thought you were adding. I have modified Fat Boy for F-power with a nose cone extension to counter-ballast this with minimal added weight. Modifications: The only ...

• Modification Gravity Rider 224 (Modification) By Les Bradshaw

  After reading Chan Stephens' review, I decided to modify the design to boost the power. I changed from a single 18mm mount to dual 24mm mounts. I also made the ejection charge to vent into the top center tube and eject from the very top. Modifications: After deciding to upgrade the engines, I looked through my parts pile and found appropriate 24mm motor tubes, centering rings, and engine ...

• Modification Hermes A-1 (Modification) By Dick Stafford

  This review explains how I converted a sport scale Semroc V-2 xKit to a Hermes A-1. Components The following parts are required: One Semroc V-2 xKit, using the scale fin option 3/32” balsa stock Thin Kevlar twine Motor hook Mylar sheath to hold the motor hook (optional) Lead shot I’ll start by saying that the quality of the cone and tail ...

• Modification Hybrid Mirage By Douglas Gardei

  Hybrid motors have always fascinated me. The extra complexity of a fuel and oxidizer in different states and trying to get them to combust makes adds a new challenge to rocketry. Also, since the fuel is inert, there are no permits required for storage, and ideally (except for Aerotech) require no haz-mat fee for shipping. Until recently, the only hybrid motors on the market are in the Level 2 ...

• Modification Irhydavi (Modification) By Geof Givens

  Mostly seen at air shows and museums today, many rocket ship fans can still remember when the tri-engine Irhydavi played a significant role in history. Before the catastrophic defeat of the India-Paskistani Free States by China in the second Asian War (February 20-22, 2366), the Irhydavi was the premier fighter-rocket of the IPFS. It proved no match for the superior weaponry of the Lao Hu ...

• Modification Jayhawk (Modification) By Eric Speckman

    Brief:   The 24mm motor tube was removed, and a 29mm mount was added. Modifications:   The reason I made this mod was because the rocket landed in water, and the motor mount tube was damaged when I tried removing the motor.  I carefully cut the boattail along the wing , and removed the top half.  I trimmed the old tube to an inch or so (I can't remember ...

• Modification Klingon Star Dart (Modification) By Les Bradshaw

  Brief: This is the Estes Super Neon that I modified to become the Klingon Star Dart. I added 3 fins and moved the tube fins out to the ends of these new fins. Modifications: The motor mount was built stock. I cut out my new fins from 3/32" balsa. They were sized 3 1/2" at the root and tip with a span of 1 3/4". The slant length is 2 1/2" long. I glued the tubes together in pairs (I ...

• Modification Longspear 3 (Modification) By John Lee

  B rief: The Longspear is the recycled body tube and fin can of the Sky Longmarch 3. It still uses an 18mm motor but is now a longneck rocket. Modifications: Earlier this year, I bought Sky's Longmarch 3 from Apogee. The rocket was a simple build with a distinctive look to it and, while it would not win any contests, I was quite happy with it. It did, however, have a few problems. One was the ...

• Modification Magnum Cineroc (Modification) By Jeff Lane

  The Estes Magnum is a two-stage payload workhorse [now oop]. The Magnum is a simple, BT-60 based rocket. It has three fins on each stage which the modeler cuts from printed balsa stock. Materials include booster and sustainer body tubes, two engine tubes, one engine block, centering rings, fin balsa, coupler, plastic nose cone, clear payload section, nose block, shock ...

• Modification Mean Machine (29mm) (Modification) By Michael Boucher

  It's Estes Mean Machine. It's a single staged rocket originally it is a 24mm rocket made to take D motors but I modified it with a home made 29mm motor mount. Modifications: Since I was planning to use an F-50 motor I thought it would be a very good idea to fiberglass it. I fiberglassed it twice with some 1.5oz fiberglass. I also fiberglassed the fins (not on to the rocket). Now for the motor ...

• Modification Mean Machine(2) (Modification) By John Coker

  The Estes Mean Machine(TM) kit was one I remember wanting, but not being able to afford the first time in this hobby. So now, as a B.A.R., I can have it easily. (Also, the kit cover picture is priceless.)  I decided to high-power it by adapting it for 29mm motors so its name is now the "Meaner Machine." Adding a 29mm motor mount, fiberglassed tubes and fins and altimeter dual deployment ...

• Modification Mean Machine(3) (Modification) By Morgan Hendry

  I got the Mean Machine for my birthday and have just finished it. There were a few requirements for the finished rocket: It must break into sections for easy transport. Center break recovery. Baffle system to eliminate recovery wadding. I began construction as in the stock kit, except I used 30 min Epoxy instead of white glue. When I got to the step about the tube couplers, ...

• Modification Meanie w/Quick Change Motor Mount (Modification) By Nick Esselman

  I had the idea one day to make a switchable motor mount so that I could fly a rocket on various motor sizes and configurations. I searched the web and found I wasn't the first to have that idea (no surprise there). Then I connected with Mark over at True Modeler Rocket Kits . He is selling his "Quick Change Motor Mount" which is designed for any rocket with a diameter of 2.6" or larger. Because ...

• Modification Mini Marz Lander (Modification) By Robert Geer

  A Modified Mini Marz Lander with a lengthened motor tube to accept Apogee's C6, 13mm x 83mm, motor. Modifications: Parts needed are (1) 13mm Airframe Tube 3.25", (1) 13mm x 18mm x 0.25" centering ring, (1) 13mm x 0.25" Engine block. The first thing I did was to enlarge the holes on either end of the lower section using 220 grit sandpaper rolled inside out on my hobby knife. This also ...

• Modification Monarch 24mm (Modification) By Jeffrey Spidle

  Converted an Estes Monarch to a 24mm x 95mm motor mount. Modifications: The need for SPEED: Leave out the motor tube, aft CR, and engine hook. Use an old E9 engine to set the remaining CR 3.7 inches from the back of the body tube. This CR is now the motor mount. You may want to use thin CA to harden the aft part of the body tube so it can deal with the abuse of having to have engines ...

• Modification Mongoose (Modification) By Shawn Bradley

  Modification from a 2-stage model to however many stages you want. Modifications: Put together exactly as the instructions indicate, then get extra booster assemblies and put them together. At the launch field, butt all the motors you need together, then slide into all the booster assemblies, and put the factory-supplied booster assembly at the bottom (you might want to fit this for a ...

• Modification MonoGoose (Modification) By Larry Brand

  I have re-designed the Estes Mongoose as a single-stage 24mm, minimum diameter rocket I call the MonoGoose. It utilizes the kit's two plastic fin assemblies to create a strong, diamond airfoil fin can. MonoGoose can be flown on D12's, the new Estes E9's, E15's or any 24/40 reload. Components: To the packaged components of an Estes Mongoose all that is required to build a MonoGoose is two ...

• Modification More G-Force DD (Modification) By Frank Hermes

  See prior article describing what basically was a MMT modification to the G-Force kit --I kept that modified booster section onl y, and added scratch components to turn it into a dual-deployment version. I added a fully redundant dual-deployment mid-section e-bay for the flight computers and the two-CD3 CO2 ejection systems. I also added an upper-section e-bay for a GPS telemetry systems and a ...

• Modification More G-Force (Modification) By Frank Hermes

  Brief: I changed the motor mount (MMT) to a 38mm from stock 29mm and used a GROOVE-LOK from Giant Leap Rocketry to anchor fins to the MMT. I used 0.187 plywood bulkheads and centering rings throughout. I added an electronics/payload bay to the sustainer section. Changed out the chute for a larger one and added a Aero Pac Quick-Change motor retainer. Modifications: I had to reduce the tang on ...

• Modification Nike Smoker (Modification) By Dick Stafford

  This article describes how I went about making a 'functional' Nike Smoke nose cone from Quest components. 'Functional' is probably a poor choice of words, but describes my goal. Background: The purpose of the Nike Smoke system was to visually test upper atmospheric winds. Its nose cone was filled with various chemicals (titanium tetrachloride in the final operational version), which would ...

• Modification Patriot Missile (38mm) By Jeff Lane

  Brief: This is a Quasar Patriot kit with 38mm motor mount instead of 3 x 24mm, through the wall Microlite fins instead of surface mount balsa, lightweight tape-together clamshell electronics bay for dual deployment recovery, shortened nose cone shoulder, and deleted large metal eye bolt for weight savings. Positive motor retention added. Modifications: The Quasar Patriot kit, motor, and most ...

• Modification Patriot to Little John (Modification) By Jim Bassham

  This is a modification of the Estes Patriot kit into a semi-scale model of the Little John tactical nuclear missile The motor mount was built and installed in the shortened body tube as per the instructions (LJ01). The yellow tube was modified into a payload section by use of a balsa nose block from Balsa machining. I formed a "eye hook" from a paperclip and ran it through the balsa ...

• Modification Pipsnitch (Modification) By Chan Stevens

  What do you get when you rummage through the build pile 2 nights before a 2009 challenge deadline trying to come up with stage bash ideas? The answer is the decidedly low-labour Pipsnitch, a saucer-based screamer. It made use of one of the many clearance-sale Snitch's I'd picked up at about $3 apiece, and a quick-to-build Quest Pipsqueak. Ingredients: 1 Estes Snitch (RTF, stock kit) ...

• Modification Powered FLICS (Modification) By Hans "Chris" Michielssen

  I received a few Flic rockets as "freebies" in Quest orders. My younger daughter has played with them, launching them with the provided rubber band stick. On the powered Flic attempt, I mounted an Alien-X Decor Flic on a Quest MMX-2 body tube. This body tube didn't extend over the top of the cardstock Flic. I flew it with a MMX engine to the BIG altitude of 25 feet. The second ...

• Modification Powered FLICS (Modification) By Dick Stafford

  When I read that Hans "Chris" Michielssen had converted a Quest FLICS rubber band powered rocket to MicroMaxx power, I immediately gave it a try. I too have had a stash of these freebies with no plans for what to do with them. I wasn't going to review this...er...rocket but, when I saw his review of a 13mm version, I thought, "why not?" I've also built a 13mm version but haven't had a chance ...

• Modification Powered FLICS (Modification) By Dick Stafford

  The Lucky 13 is a copycat of Hans "Chris" Michielssen’s Powered FLICS . Mine uses the FLICS body and the remnants of a damaged 13mm 4FNC rocket that was missing its nose. Modifications: I didn’t have any 13mm tubing so I dug through my box-o-dead rockets and found a suitable 13mm one. After I removed two of the fins, I held it up to the assembled FLICS body and liked what I saw. ...

• Modification Prowler (Cluster Modification) (Modification) By Bill Eichelberger

  I picked up an Estes Prowler after seeing how well a very badly built example performed at my son's space camp over the summer. Despite being indifferently built with plastic model glue, having the wiggly fins stabilized with masking tape, and flown unpainted, the Prowler impressed the crowd with an excellent flight (and miracle recovery considering the poor construction. The recovery system and ...

• Modification S.W.A.T. Satellite Interceptor (Modification) By Bill Eichelberger

  1) Replaced the stock 24mm motor mount with a 3 x 18mm cluster. 2) Replaced the S.W.A.T. decals (!?) with upscaled Satellite Interceptor decals. 3) Two piece body tubes replaced by single length of BT-60 Modifications: The cluster was built the old fashioned way: no motor retention clips. I glued three pieces of BT-20J together (with a heavy line of wood glue to seal the hole left in ...

• Modification Saturn V (29mm) (Modification) By Tim Doll

  Brief: The Estes EST 2157 1/100th Scale Saturn V is quite a nice rocket kit. Oh sure, its scale accuracy is not all that great, but it is readily available (at least as of this writing), reasonably priced at under $100 (with significant discounts available), large enough to be impressive, nicely detailed, and not terribly difficult to build. But it has one major shortcoming - it is woefully ...

• Modification Saturn V (Modification) By Glenn Roth

  After my Saturn crashed, I've made what I call critical changes which may be helpful in other models. 1) baffle ejection 2) wider, heavier "parachute tube" 3) created a separation in middle of that tube for faster chute deployment 4) 1-2% increase in "clear auxilary fins," made from any plastic retail case, glued to original fins w/epoxy. (shows original fins, and gives better ...

• Modification Screamin Mimi to Citation Patriot (Modification) By Tim Bennett

  I wanted to build a replacement Citation Patriot for a long time. When I first ran up on the Screamin' Mimi, I found exactly what I needed. The Mimi uses the same 18" BT-60 and PNC-60AH nose cone as the Patriot, Omega and Red Max. I bought several Mimi kits in order to clone all of these rockets. Armed with plans and templates from JimZ, I set out to build my Patriot. Modifications: ...

• Modification Silver Bullpup (Modification) By Larry Brand

  For completion of her NARTREK Sliver cluster flight requirement, I suggested to my wife that we rebuild the stock 18mm engine Estes Bullpup with a cluster of four 13mm A3-4T motors. She had already built one Big Bertha and didn't feel like building another 3-motor version (Astron Ranger) that NAR recommends for this task. So we tried this. The stock Estes Bullpup kit was built according to ...

• Modification Silver Comet XL (Modification) By Stefan Jones

  Silver Comet XL - My Silver Comet kitbash project began with someone else having a bad bit of luck. An unknown party at a DARS launch (de Anza College, Cupertino CA) in early 1998 launched a Silver Comet with an Aerotech E motor. Maybe the motor had too long a delay. Maybe the parachute was packed too tight. In any case, the model took a nose dive into the unforgiving DARS' "AsphaltDrome." I ...

• Modification Sky Goon (Modification) By Stan McKiernan

  This is a Goonie of one my favorite classic boost gliders, the Sky Dart. The Sky Goon starts as a Baby Bertha and adds wings, stabilizer and engine pod. Modifications: The rear of the nose cone is removed, leaving about 1/2" of shoulder which is glued to the body. The engine mount is built as usual with the aft centering ring positioned 1" from the end. The other two rings are glued ...

• Modification Solar Warrior (Modification) By Ken Johnson

  Upsized to 18mm motor. Simplest modification I've ever performed; just never installed the 13mm mount. CP and CG were still perfect. Modifications: Primered, sanded, primered, sanded, ad infinitum, until body tube was perfect. No paint, just clear-coated the primer. The streamer was given much better visibility by adding 3" of silver mylar at the end. Motor mount was simple: friction fit, ...

• Modification Star Wars R2-D2 (Modification) By Ken Johnson

  An engineering exercise to test the flight characteristics and durability of the Estes R2D2 rocket by upgrading to a 24mm motor mount. Modifications: The only tools required are ones that every modeler has: an Xacto knife or similar, a ruler (in my case metric, because I don't understand that English feet, pounds, ounces stuff), and a LOT of 30 minute epoxy. Our club requires that anything ...

• Modification Stretched Blue Ninja (Modification) By Jarrett Gorin

  This is a stretched version of the Estes "Blue Ninja" (kit #1300). Modifications: The thrust ring that comes in the Blue Ninja kit need to be cut shorter to allow the engine mount to accommodate E engines. To get the correct measurement, we just placed the thrust ring on top of a D engine, stuck and E engine next to it, and marked the ring at the correct distance. This gave us a perfect ...

• Modification Super Baby Bertha (Modification) By Kevin Johnson

  Took a Fat Boy kit and added Big Bertha like fins to make a Super Baby Bertha. Modifications: NARHAMS held a Fat Boy theme sport launch this month, and I was looking for something different to do with my last Fat Boy kit. I had just finished repairing my Super Big Bertha when inspiration struck. I have a Big Bertha, Super Big Bertha and a Baby Bertha, why not a Super Baby Bertha? Build the ...

• Modification Terrier-Orion SS1 (Modification) By Brian Ray

  This was a kit bash to turn the Quest Terrier-Orion into a two-stage model. The modification was really simple: I simply added a motor mount to the upper section of the model. The extra 18mm motor mount was taken from the remnants of an Estes SS1 kit that had experienced some problems and was not going to be built normally. Modifications: The actual construction was straightforward and ...

• Modification The 'Big Daddy' Educator By Joy Sills

  The Educator is a modified Big Daddy. The modifications include adding a 12" payload section and using basswood for fins and centering rings. Modifications: The first modifications were adding basswood fins and centering rings. The second modification was adding a payload section. This was accomplished by using an additional 12" section of body tubing. A MDF coupler was then epoxied into ...

• Modification The Demon (Modification) By Jon Revelle

  Single-staged payloader kit bash of 3 different Estes kits. The DEMON is named after one of my favorite roller coasters at Six Flags Great America near Chicago. The DEMON is a combination of three different rocket kits: Estes Bull Pup (body tube and motor mount) Estes CC Express (fins) Estes Echostar Payloader (transition, payload tube, nose cone). To build this, you will ...

• Modification Triatomic (Modification) By Bob Cox

  Overview: Since I had so many problems with the parachute cup jamming in my EAT Triatomic (see my review ), it has not seen much flight time. I've been kicking around ideas for how to make it more reliable for quite some time, and last month I finally put something together. It seems to work really well. The basic concept is to insert an inner BT-55 tube inside the main BT-60 tube of the ...

• Modification Triton MicroMaxx Cluster By Clive Davis

  This rocket combines the Fliskits 3 Micromaxx motor cluster and the Semroc Triton rocket. The cluster component fits the BT-20 body tube of the Triton perfectly. The Triton was built so that it could recover with the use of a streamer. In order to build this rocket, you need the FlisKits EMK3-6-30 Engine Mount Kit and a Semroc Triton kit. The Fliskits cluster mount comes with: 3 ...

• Modification Two-Stage Fat Boy (Modification) By Kevin Johnson

  Kit bashed two Fat Boys into one two-stage rocket. Modifications: After building the sustainer per the instructions, I started the booster by building the motor mount/center rings. Using the completed mount as a guide, I marked the aft end of the second BT and cut it down just in front of the fin slots. I then glued the motor mount in place and attached the fins just like on the ...

• Modification U.S. Army Patriot M-104 Cluster (Modification) By Ray King

  This is part 2 of the EMRR Challenge #7 as outlined I built this rocket as I wanted, making my own modifications. I like the look of the rocket so I didn’t modify that at all – I focused on adding more power. “Tim the Tool Man Taylor would be proud” – if you don’t understand this comment go watch some reruns for Tool Time. This rocket is a Semi-Scale version ...

• Modification V2 Bumper WAC (Modification) By Bob Morstadt

  Brief: This is a modified Estes 4-inch V-2 converted into a Bumper Wac. I started out with the Estes 4-inch diameter V-2, which is just crying out to be converted into the Bumper Wac. The V-2 is built according to the Estes instruction and only the nose cone needs to be modified. I did replace the original parachute with homemade parachutes made of mylar. The V-2 body had a 40-inch diameter ...

• Modification V2 (Modification) By Andy Hobbs

  This is a power-up of the discontinued Estes 2.6 V2 and of course I can't help it. I couldn't leave it stock, so I transformed the stock 24mm into a 29mm performer. Modifications: I started by using a 29mm phenolic MMT. I made custom rings from 1/8" aircraft ply. The fins are also 1/8" aircraft ply. Another ply ring is installed at the fore end of the MMT. Between this ring and the second ...

• Modification X-Ray (Modification) By Karl Houghton

  This was made from a original Estes X-Ray, and a 18mm engine tube (hook, engine block etc.) Modifications: Make the 18mm engine tube like normal. Then the engine block should fit snug around the spare space of body tube below the fin-can. This isn't tight enough to with stand the power of the ejection. So epoxy it in using Z-Poxy , Araldite etc. Warning : This rocket will go ...

• Modification Yellow Jacket By Jim Bassham

  The Yellow Jacket is a two-stage rocket constructed solely from the parts of two Estes 1:10 scale Patriot kits. The rocket uses direct coupling of the motors with an engine block above and below the motors to aid in pulling the lower stage off cleanly as described in "The Handbook of Model Rocketry". The two kits contain: 4 White (BT60) body tubes, 6-5/8" Long 2 Yellow (BT60) body ...

• Modified Excelsior Rocketry Gooneydent (Modification) By Matt Gillard

  Only a small amount of modification was made to the original goodydent. The vent tubes were situated higher on the bottom bodytube. The recovery system was changed slightly. Components A steel fishing leader was added to the middle nosecone as an anchor for the shock cord. The shock cord was lengthened to 4 foot and a snap swivel was added to the parachute attachment. The mosquito ...

• More Rockets Andromeda By John Eric Thompson

  The MoreRockets.com products are great reproductions of some classic model rockets that I enjoy building.  They bring back great memories of when I was first introduced to the Hobby of Model rocketry in 1976 at a Cub Scouts Space-O-Rama event at the Johnson Space Center in Clearlake Texas. The first kit that was the USS Andromeda, the Alien Explorer,  the Super Colonial Viper ...

• Mountainside Hobbies V2 By Neil Thompson

  Brief: This is an excellent mid and high power (only high power for me, it weighs too much because I used too much epoxy. DOH!) kit. It is extraordinarily hard to build, as I had to assemble the fins from sticks of wood and then put a frame over them. I then had to do a trillion inside and outside fillets all while keeping epoxy out of two little screw holes. A very challenging build. ...

• MPC ASP-1 By Fred Nardei

  ( Contributed - by Fred Nardei Jr.) Reviews copied, with permission from Sky High Hobbies - Your Vintage Rocket Source. Brief: The ASP-1 kit from MPC is one of their Miniroc series of kits that use the smaller 13mm minijet type rocket engines. It's a 1:11 scale replica of a US sounding rocket. The real sounding rocket was originally designed in 1955 by Horning-Cooper, Inc. under ...

• MPC Delta-Katt By Fred Nardei

  ( Contributed - by Fred Nardei Jr.) Reviews copied, with permission from Sky High Hobbies - Your Vintage Rocket Source. Brief: The Delta Katt is another MPC Miniroc that blasts aloft on 13mm engines. It is technically a front engined canard Boost Glider. It was designed by G. Harry Stine for the MPC Miniroc series. A small booster rocket attaches to a delta winged front canard ...

• MPC Flair Patriot By Wallace Jones

  Vintage rocket kit from MPC. Components This kit comes packaged more like a plastic model than the traditional model rocket "plastic bag and header".  Since MPC also made plastic models, I suppose it made sense for them to package their rockets this way. I really liked the vintage look of the shirtboard box with the lithographed artwork on the front. The box also ...

• MPC Lunar Patrol By Fred Nardei

  ( Contributed - by Fred Nardei Jr.) Reviews copied, with permission from Sky High Hobbies - Your Vintage Rocket Source. Brief: The Lunar Patrol rocket from MPC is one of the most unique and interesting rockets I've ever built. It's one of the Mach 10 series of kits. In addition to having two 7inch gliders the booster uses two tubes and two modified delta wings instead of c ...

• MPC Microsonde 3 Payloader By Fred Nardei

  ( Contributed - by Fred Nardei Jr.) Reviews copied, with permission from Sky High Hobbies - Your Vintage Rocket Source. Brief: The MPC Microsonde 3, is a 3 stage rocket capable of attaining heights of more than 2000feet. It's one of the Mach 10 series of MPC rockets. It has a clear plastic payload bay for carrying electronics or experiments aloft. The first and second stages of ...

• MPC Pioneer 1 By James Harechmak

  ( Contributed - by Jim Harechmak) Brief: Fun to build and fly. Construction: The kit comes with: A very thick for it's size BT20 for the air frame Plastic fincan with the launch lug molded in 2 piece nosecone 18" orange and white streamer 1/16" round elastic shock cord Card stock shock cord mount BT20 motor mount Motor rention clip Nice w ...

• MPC Super Star By Jeff Lane

  Brief: This is a simple, high-performance, great looking rocket from the 70s. Construction: The kit includes engine tube, engine block, paper shock cord mount, launch lug, shock cord, streamer, screw eye, nose cone, 14mm inside diameter body tube, decals, and 3 die-cut fins. Plans are available online from Ye Olde Rocket Plans PROs: Build is as easy as it gets for a ...

• MPC Taurus 1 By John Lee

  ( Contributed - by Fred Nardei Jr.) Reviews copied, with permission from Sky High Hobbies - Your Vintage Rocket Source. Brief: The Taurus-1 model rocket kit is one of the MPC Miniroc series of rockets. It uses the smaller 13mm Minijet type rocket engines. It was designed as both a sport rocket and a high performance competition rocket. Which type it classifies as is dependant on ...

• MPC Taurus 1 By John Lee

  Brief: This is a 4FNC OOP rocket that flies on 13mm motors and uses parachute recovery. While waiting for various things to happen on other current projects, I decided to start one that would be quick. I have several old MPC kits that would seem to be fast, straightforward builds and the Taurus-1 was sitting on top. It seemed to be just the ticket. Construction: The first ...

• MPC Tomahawk By Steve White

  Brief: This is an OOP rocket from MPC who was selling model rockets back in the 1960s and 70s. I won it on eBay for under $13.00 with shipping. I saw there were some reviews of the MPC kits and thought it would be interesting to some to see this model reviewed! I was launching rockets back then but never know there was a company other than Estes and Centuri selling them till I saw ...

• MPC Vostok/Sputnik By Jeff Lane

  Brief: An OOP plastic scale model from the late 1960s and early 1970s which can be built for flight or display, either as Vostok or Sputnik. Construction: Materials for flight: 19mm paper inner body tube, 18mm engine tube, engine block, engine hook, clear plastic fins, shock cord, and 20 inch mylar parachute. There are approximately 30 styrene plastic parts for the static and ...

• MPC Zenith 2 Payloader By Fred Nardei

  Review copied, with permission, from Sky High Hobbies . Brief: The Zenith 2 Payloader is a high flying 2 stage rocket with a clear plastic payload bay. It still lives on today as a slightly larger Zenith 2 Payloader rocket from QUEST Rockets. This was one of the molds that Quest bought from MPC when they went out of business. It's a fairly straight forward design with 3 slightly larger ...

• MPC/Round 2 G.T.S. 1 By Bill Eichelberger

    Having previously seen some of the MPC/Round 2 kits at NARAM 55, I determined that they'd have to be on sale at a pretty deep discount before I was tempted to buy one.  That actually happened over the following build season when the G.T.S. 1 showed up on Ebay for a $5.99 "Buy It Now" price with only a $1.99 postage and handling charge.  Components ...

• MRC Firefighter By Bill Eichelberger

  Back in the early days of my BAR-dom, I discovered the wonders of Ebay, which allowed me to pick up two MRC kits, the Firefighter and XR-20, on the cheap one night.  I was pretty pumped at getting two OOP kits for the price, but when they arrived, the bulk of my enthusiasm disappeared quickly.  The XR-20 had body tubes that felt like they were made out of typing paper and ...

• MRC Standard ARM By Nick Hills

  The MRC Standard ARM is a kit that has been out of production for a few years. The kit is very nice, it has a baffle unit, 3 different interchangeable motor mounts and a 18 inch red nylon chute! The instructions are good, very informative with good diagrams for every step. The tools needed for construction are: yellow glue, CA, ruler, pencil, hobby knife and spray paint. Most of the parts fit ...

• MRC Wildfire By John Lee

  Brief: The Wildfire is one of MRC's old line of easy rockets. It is about on par with and EX2 kit. It features a plastic fin can and nose cone. It can be configured as a payload carrier. Construction: The first step on the instruction is to assemble the nosecone. It comes in 2 pieces and is made of red plastic. The two pieces were joined with tube type plastic cement. The ...

• MRC XR-20 By Bill Eichelberger

  MRC, or Model Rectifier Corporation, was a comparitively short-lived low-power company from the late 80's.  Several years ago a number of their kits were available on Ebay, and being a new BAR, I picked an XR-20 and a Firefighter since anything old and OOP was good, right?  I was underwhelmed when they arrived, enough so that it took ten years before I went ahead with ...

• Nano Rocketry Cougar By Nick Esselman

  (09/03/01) At NARAM-43 I decided to purchase a couple of Nano Rockets to build up and use with our Quest MicroMaxx system to give us a bit of variation. One of the kits I bought was the Cougar. This is a tube-fin with fin rocket that has an "interstellar space" story behind it. I'll let you read that in the instructions or on Nano's website. In the meantime, let me tell you how ...

• Nano Rocketry Interdimensional Transfer Ship By Nick Esselman

  At NARAM-43 I purchased a couple of Nano Rockets. Along with the Cougar , I purchased the Interdimensional Transfer Starship (ITS). My kit was apparently updated when compared the earlier submitted review below. My ITS was also, in my opinion, a later-than-Cougar-addition to the Nano fleet as the instructions were improved and there were other nice build features which I will describe below. I ...

• Nano Rocketry Interdimensional Transfer Ship By Carl Tulanko

  Brief: Nano Rocketry's Interdimensional Transfer Ship, designated ITS, is one in a series of their "fantasy" models made for the MicroMaxx motors. This is a slick ship, with a really cool and complex fin pattern and, as with all Nano kits, is designed both light and fast. The kit came in a envelope which described the contents and displayed a picture of the final product. This was another kit ...

• Nano Rocketry Interdimensional Transfer Ship By Daniel Kirk

  Nano Rocketry has produced a line of model rocket kits to take advantage of Quest's Micro-Maxx engines. The Quest Micro-Maxx rockets are all RTF and don't really fly all that well. They claim a maximum altitude of 200 feet, but with such heavy plastic rockets, the best I could get was less than 20 feet. My kit arrived in a 6x9 envelope with a picture of the completed model on the back. ...

• Nano Rocketry IQSY Tomahawk By Carl Tulanko

  (by Carl Tulanko - 10/10/01) Brief: Nano Rocketry is one of only a few exclusive manufacturers that produce the 6mm micro series of rockets and the only one so far I know of that produces micro rocket kits. The Nano IQSY Tomahawk is an actual true miniature representation of the full scale rocket, which has been modeled by many companies and tends to be one of the more popular scale ...

• Nano Rocketry Nike Smoke By Carl Tulanko

  (by Carl Tulanko) Brief: Nano Rocketry is one of only a few exclusive manufacturers that produce the 6mm micro series of rockets. The Nano Nike Smoke is an actual true miniature representation of the full scale rocket, which has been modeled by many companies and tends to be one of the more popular scale rockets found at the field. Construction: The kit came in a colorful envelope ...

• Nano Rocketry Star Booster By Carl Tulanko

  (by Carl Tulanko) Brief: Nano Rocketry is a manufacturer that produce 6mm micro series rockets. The Nano Star Booster is one of their "Fantasy" series of rockets and is quoted as being one of their highest performance models. Construction: The kit came in a envelope which described the contents and displayed a picture of the final product. Nano rocketry is the only company ...

• National Association of Rocketry Jet Freak (Plan) By Bill Eichelberger

  http://www.oldrocketplans.com/narcomp/Jet-Freak.pdf I found the NAR Jet Freak plan several years ago, but my history with gliders made me more than a little hesitant about attempting a build.  But when a boost glide event came up in one of our club contests, I pulled it out and gave it a more serious look.  The event never happened due to rain, so when I got a decent looking ...

• National Geographic Rocket Science (Book) By Duane Boldt

  ( Contributed - by Duane Boldt - 06/22/10) This is Rocket Science by Gloria Skurzynski is a nice overview of rocketry from Chinese black powder and fire arrows up through modern rockets like those built by SpaceX. This was a pretty short read with lots of nice pictures of the hostorical rockets mentioned. In about 80 pages, it briefly covers different aspects of the development of rocketry over ...

• Neubauer Rockets D-Region Tomahawk By Chan Stevens

  Brief: If you're looking for an entry level scale kit (Nartrek silver or local NAR meet), this would be a great starting point. It's easy to build, flies great, and doesn't require extraordinary skills or patience to complete. Construction: Parts list includes: Plastic nose cone 1.6" body tube Balsa fins/gussets 18mm motor tube kit with fiber centering rings ...

• Neubauer Rockets Gemini Titan (1/100th) By David Fergus

  Brief Description: 1/100 scale, single stage, parachute recovery, model of the Gemini Titan. It has a clear fin assembly attachable for flight and a nozzle assembly attachable for display. This kit is a good addition to the fleet of 1/100 scale NASA vehicles provided by various manufacturers. It is a little pricy for the materials provided, but you are paying for the scale model as much ...

• Neubauer Rockets Gemini Titan (1/30th) By Kurt Walchyshyn

  Brief: This is a historic, near-scale replica of the NASA Gemini-Titan space capsule and man-rated booster. It is a cardboard and plywood 29mm MPR, single engine, single booster with single parachute recovery design. It comes with removable engine bells for display, and a slide-on-and-clamp fin set. Construction: The kit part list is small for the overall size of the finished ...

• Neubauer Rockets MegaDagger By Todd Mullin

  Brief: Neubauer Rockets MegaDagger is loosely based on one of the kits that got me hooked on rocketry, the Estes Sky Dart. This kit is much more though... About 40% more that is! The glider is a 24mm upscale of Neubauer's SkyDagger kit. After boost, the rocket's power pod rear ejects and returns via parachute while the glider gently loops back! Construction: I got my MegaDagger ...

• Neubauer Rockets Mercury Atlas (1/100th) By Thomas Beach

  The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the two links above. ...

• Neubauer Rockets Mercury Redstone (1/100th) By Mike Goss

  - by Mike Goss The Neubauer Rockets Mercury Redstone is a sport scale model of the famous rocket that launched Alan Shepherd and Gus Grissom in a Sub-orbital ballistic path into space and then the Atlantic Ocean from Cape Canaveral. The completed kit stands 9.75" tall, weighs 1.5 oz. and is approx 1/100 scale. Construction Rating: 3 out of 5 The Mercury Redstone kit ...

• Neubauer Rockets Mercury Redstone (1/17.5th) By Kurt Walchyshyn

  Brief: This 1/17.5 scale kit celebrates NASA's 1961 Mercury Redstone 3 manned mission that placed Alan Shepard and his Freedom 7 capsule into space aboard a modified Redstone booster (MR7). While the kit is a single stage, single motor and single parachute model (just under 3.3 lbs or 52.8 oz) design using a molded polyurethane resin capsule with cardboard and plywood booster ...

• Neubauer Rockets Mercury Redstone (1/27th) By Thomas Beach

  The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the two links above. (Sport Rocketry - Jul/Aug ...

• Neubauer Rockets Micro Juno 1 (1/100th) By Frank

  (Extracted from R.M.R. - by Frank)  I just saw these at Discount Rocketry on Monday, and so decided to try the online ordering, which worked great, and I had the kit on Friday. I have all of the other micro kits, from when they were Boyce Aerospace, and knew this would make a great addition.  The kit is 8.5" long, and 18mm diameter, and uses 13mm motors. It h ...

• Neubauer Rockets Micro Nike Smoke By Kyle Cornelius

  Brief: This is a very realistic micro scale model of the famous Nike Smoke kit used in the 1950s and 1960s. Construction: Here is the list of components that it comes with: solid plastic nose cone BT-20 body tube BT-5 motor mount tube 2 13mm-18mm centering rings 4 plywood fins (yes, plywood) eyelet 18" long Kevlar ® like white shock cord ...

• Neubauer Rockets Micro Saturn V (1/396th) By Shelly Hattan

  ( Contributed - by Shelly Hattan - 11/25/00) Picture courtesy of Discount Hobbies Brief: Tiny and awfully cute (1/396) scale Saturn V for mini-motors. Parachute recovery. Construction: The kit is actually fairly simple to construct despite its appearance. The kit basically consists of a short length of 24mm tube, one giant epoxy-cast nose-cone and four epoxy-cast fins-shrouds. The ...

• Neubauer Rockets Nike Smoke By Andrew Bronfein

  ( Contributed - by Andrew Bronfein) Brief: A pretty heavy duty plastic 8" chute comes with this model. Construction: The packaging was well done, a ziploc type bag holding the parts, directions, and insert. The instructions were clear and concise, and I was VERY surprised to see laser cut ply fins on a model this small. The main problem I had with this kit is that it didn't ...

• Neubauer Rockets Super Tube By Nick Esselman

  (07/26/03) Remember the old Estes Broadsword? Remember how "big" it was to fly on the mighty "D" motor? Remember how slow and majestic the flights where? Add 11" more inches of height, give it a unique, never-been-seen-before nose cone, and swap out those four big balsa fins for 6 tube-fins and you now have the Neubauer Super Tube! I bought this 47" long, ...

• New Way Space Models 4 Square By Kerry Quinn

  Brief: Square tube rocket with square tube fins and parachute recovery. Construction: Square body tube, 4 square tube fins, solid pyramidal nose "cone", and square tube launch lug. Basswood centering "rings" with metal motor clip, Kevlar ® shock cord, and water slide decals. In addition kit includes: fishing swivel for chute attachment, assortment ...

• New Way Space Models 4 Square By John Bergsmith

  Brief: Inspired by the classic Estes kits of the late 70's and early 80's, this sleek explorer is the flagship kit from New Way Space Models. Basically the main thing that separates this rocket from the rest is the square body and nose cone. It's different, and it certainly gets the attention on the pad. Construction: The kit arrived in perfect shape, and it's a quality ...

• New Way Space Models Check-It By Bill Eichelberger

  Back in the infancy of my BARdom, I found a square tube that a component for a printer I used came in.  At the time, every tube I came in contact with was fair game for potential rocket designs, and I thought up a doozy for the square tube.  Several attempts with balsa blocks and sandpaper didn't turn out a product that looked anything like a potential nose cone, and in ...

• New Way Space Models Lune R-4 By Michael Bertrand

  Basic, level one difficulty kit.  It's a clone of a Semroc Lune R-1, but square. Components Comes with pre-cut balsa fins and a balsa nose cone.  The body tube is thick,square and comes in two parts, joined by a balsa connector. Fins are installed through the wall in pre-cut slits.  The motor mount assembly is similar to Quest rockets, with the nose cone cord ...

• New Way Space Models SkySpike By Steve Lindeman

  I ordered the SkySpike for $15.00 on a Monday evening on eBay from "bluegrassrocket" and a priority mail box was sitting on my porch Thursday afternoon when I came home from the store. Very fast service and the kit arrived undamaged. I was surprised when I opened it up to discover that it came with a bonus kit, the "Square in the Air," which lists for $ 5.00 in their enclosed catalog. ...

• New Way Space Models SquareOne By John Bergsmith

  Brief: Inspired by the classic Estes kits of the late 70's and early 80's, this sleek explorer is the flagship kit from New Way Space Models. Basically the main thing that separates this rocket from the rest is the square body and nose cone. It's different, and it certainly gets the attention on the pad. Construction: The kit arrived in perfect shape, and it's a quality ...

• Newton's 3rd Rocketry Lil' Johnny By James Harechmak

  Brief: It's a flying porta-potty! What more can I say? Construction: This kit included all parts except epoxy. Parts List: A plastic porta-potty body shell (vacuum formed) Porta-potty roof (nosecone) 2 wood porta-potty skids 2 plywood centering rings and 1 bulkhead 29 mm mmt 2 rail buttons, Tubular nylon shock cord A very large ripstop nylon streamer 2 ...

• NHP Clear-n-Simple Epoxy Finishing Resin (Other Product) By Ric Testagrossa

  Since I've gotten many great tips for rocket construction from this site, I thought I'd give something back. I wanted to review a finishing epoxy to suggest to other rocketeers for reinforcing body tubes with fiberglass, instead I have some negative comments on this stuff and would suggest everyone stay away from it. The product is NHP "Clear-n-Simple Epoxy Finishing Resin". First, a ...

• Nordic Rocketry Ascender By Nick Esselman

  (01/01/99) The Ascender ™ is the second Nordic Rocketry kit that I have assembled, the first being the Meanie ™ . It is a 43" tall, 2.2" diameter with a 1.6" payload section that weighs about 16 ounces. The kit comes with a 24" long, 1/16" thick body tube which by means of a 3" balsa transition connects to a 12" long payload section which is ...

• Nordic Rocketry Delta-X By Tom Bell

  The Nordic Rocketry Incorporated DELTA-X was my first rocket from this company, and I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of it. This is a good rocket if you're ready to jump from regular black powder motors to D composite power. INSTRUCTIONS: The instructions were clearly numbered, illustrated and easy to follow. This is not a regular model rocket, you need epoxy or a similar glue ...

• Nordic Rocketry Meanie By Nick Esselman

  Weighing in at 7.5 ounces with a reach of 23 1/8" and sporting a 2.6" thick body with punching power from a 24mm motor, the Meanie is a contender! Nordic Rocketry packages this "stout, tough and extremely cool" rocket with the taunting message not to take their word for it but to get one and "warn your friends to keep their wimpy rockets at a safe distance, ‘cause this one’s mean." ...

• Nordic Rocketry Phaze By Nick Esselman

  (12/31/99) We haven't heard much from Nordic Rocketry in a while and they have stopped advertising in Sport Rocketry Magazine, however, they are still preparing to release some new kits. I was fortunate to get my hands on one of them called the Phaze. This bird is an entry level kit designed to fly on 18mm motors with a projection of 300 feet on a B6-4 motor. It is 17.25" long, 1.22" in ...

• Nordic Rocketry Velocity By Mark Fisher

    Those of us who have seen the large increase in the number of rocket manufacturers this year are waiting for what many think is the inevitable shake-out. No doubt, room has been made by Quest's and Estes' emphasis on RTF models, Apogee's shift in focus, and other nere-do-well start-ups, but most of us are afraid that many of the new companies that have formed to fill that void are ...

• Nordic Rocketry Warhorse-AGM By Greg Elder

  The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article.Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the two links above. (Sport ...

• Noris Raketen Ariane By Dale E. Miller

  Very nice looking scale rocket. Components Two body tubes, four cardboard fins and plastic fin pods, plastic nose cone, 1/16 cloth braided round elastic shock cord, 3D self-adhesive decals. /h2 Pros - Very nice scale rocket. Pleasure to build. Cons - Instructions very vague. Were translated from German to English. Must have good rocket building skills. Use your ...

• North Coast Rocketry Big Brute By Dick Stafford

  This is a review of the pre-Estes version of the popular stubby mid-power rocket. It included a standard 29mm motor tube and flush-mount plywood fins. Parts list: NC-39 (Ace-type) nose cone BT-39/17 airframe tube SC-2 shock cord (elastic) PC-2 parachute (24" single piece rip stop nylon) MT-1 motor tube CR-39-11 plywood centering rings (2) TR-11 thrust ring LL-1 ...

• North Coast Rocketry Big Brute By Nick Esselman

  My third 4" "stubby" rocket this year became the NCR Big Brute which was built after the BSD Diablo and Yank Bullet . The Big Brute is much closer in size to the Diablo being 33.3" in length and 4" in diameter. See my 4" Stubby Rocket Comparison Page The Big Brute is a nice looking rocket with it's decals, black nose cone (as pictured in the catalog), four fins, and stubby design. Then the ...

• North Coast Rocketry Big Brute By Nick Hills

  (by Nick Hills)   Specifications: Length: 33" Diameter: 4" Motor Mount: 29MM  The instructions for the Big Brute were fairly easy to follow. But one of the diagrams are wrong! The diagram for putting the launch lugs on, DO NOT use the diagram for this step. Do what it says in the instructions! The tools needed for the construction of this rocket are: 5 minute ...

• North Coast Rocketry Bomarc By Jeff Brundt

  I bought this rocket this past summer as a birthday gift to myself. I finally got around to building it last month. I knew what I was in for when I got it. I had read all the reviews and comments posted on the newsgroup as well as here on Essence. The first thing I did away with was the vacuum formed skins. I prefer not to work with this if at all possible. The nacelles would be hard enough but ...

• North Coast Rocketry Cluster Duck By Toby Vanderbeek

  Seven motor cluster by NCR. Great rocket if you can get all seven motors lit. Components Single 2.6" body tube. 6 fins. Central 24mm motor surrounded by 6x 18mm motors. White plastic nose cone. NCR Gorilla shock cord system consists of a cable looped through the upper centering ring and tied to a Kevlar line. All wood is high-quality laser cut. Nice stickers are included. ...

• North Coast Rocketry Eliminator (Mod) By Gary Sinclair

  Kevlar sock reinforcement, payload bay created, fully slotted body tube for external fin can assembly. Modified to take Aerotech 29mm reloads up to an I200.   Modifications: The list of modifications for this kit included: (1) Created an 11.8" payload bay out of the original long body tube. (2) Airframe has been reinforced using a Giant Leap Kevlar Sock with West Systems ...

• North Coast Rocketry Eliminator By Nick Hills

  (by Paul Gray - 07/01/02) Background The Eliminator is NCR's highest flying rocket. It gains a lot of altitude for its size, making it one of the most popular mid power rockets in the model rocketry world. The rocket itself has been made by North Coast Rocketry for many years. However, the design was improved and new features were added when North Coast Rocketry was bought by Estes. ...

• North Coast Rocketry Eliminator By Nick Hills

  Brief: This is a simple 3 fin and a nose cone rocket. It is straight forward and easy to build. It would make a fairly good first mid-power rocket. Construction: Upon opening the box everything looked to be in good shape, but when I laid the plywood fins down on a table, I noticed that they were warped. So they were put under a few hundred pounds of pellet bags for a few days and they ...

• North Coast Rocketry Hobgoblin By John Carey

  Upscale version of the Estes Goblin.  2.6" Diameter 33" tall 4FNC Components Good quality components: Nose cone 2 cardboard tubes w/coupler.  The lower tube is pre-slotted 4 1/8" plywood fins plywood motor spacers with vertical spacers/braces 29mm cardboard motor tube 3 piece shock cord mount.  1 part is a steel cable which mounts to the ...

• North Coast Rocketry Interceptor G By Jim Stuckman

  The Interceptor G is futuristic manned space vehicle that looks very impressive in the catalog, on the box, and built. I found out recently that Jim Stuckman was going to fly his one weekend after me, so we decided to do this joint review.  The kit is deemed by Estes in the instructions as a "carefully designed and tested" kit to be "realistic, challenging, and extremely high flying". ...

• North Coast Rocketry Lance Beta By Todd Harrison

  This is a scale-like rocket. The Lance Beta uses 8 fins instead of the normal 3 or 4. It is single staged and recovers with a red nylon parachute. This was my first high powered rocket and the instructions were easy to follow. There were several diagrams to aid me as I built the rocket. This is a very sturdy rocket and can be flown many times. The only problem was the upper set of fins need ...

• North Coast Rocketry Patriot By Nick Hills

  by Tom Bell  The old 1/4 scale North Coast Patriot may have been a good kit, but I wouldn't recommend the new Estes North Coast Patriot kit for several reasons. Instructions: The instructions were not complete, as TWO separate addendum sheets were included. If you didn't see these two small slips of paper, you'd have trouble building the rocket. Ease of Build: This rocket should ...

• North Coast Rocketry Patriot By Nick Hills

  Brief: This is one of the biggest North Coast Rocket rockets made and is fairly challenging to build. This is not a beginner rocket in any way. Construction: All parts were in the box in good shape upon inspection of them. One thing you need to make sure to do is get a length of LOC 29mm motor tubing to replace the 28.5mm NCR tubing. This way you can use Aerotech motors and Kosdon ...

• North Coast Rocketry Phantom 4000 By Dave Reynolds

  The Phantom 4000 is one of the kits that North Coast Rocketry has had out for years. But, now that Estes has taken over North Coast Rocketry, the Phantom 4000 is now only available in this starter set. However, there have been many improvements made on the kit. One is the thick plastic centering rings. They are slotted so that the fins lock into them, adding strength to the fins and good ...

• North Coast Rocketry Phantom 4000 By Mike Rangitsch

  The Phantom is the first large rocket that I have ever built. The 4" diameter and 50 inch length are a lot bigger than anything else I have ever built. I got this rocket back in July when our Hobby Lobby was having their 4th of July sale. I picked up the starter kit (rocket, pad and launch controller) for $60. At the same time I picked up a bunch of other kits (50% off) to practice building ...

• North Coast Rocketry SA-14 Archer XL By Kevin Drayson

  Brief This is a big, fantasy-scale Surface to Air Missile kit, designed mainly for F and G motors. Construction This is an impressive-looking kit! Big box, big, heavy tubes and nose, thick, solid plywood fins. Looking into the box (which was solid as well!) for the first time, I was impressed by how solid everything looked. A quick inventory confirmed that all the parts were present, and ...

• North Coast Rocketry SR-99 HyperSwift By Robert A. Morstadt

  The SR-99 is a futuristic vision of a high altitude manned air-breathing and rocket vehicle.  It is a single stage rocket that uses either 29 mm F or G motors with parachute recovery.  This is a North Coast Rocketry kit designed by Matt Steele.  I have built this kit stock with just one modification using a parachute protector.  Some builders on the internet have ...

• North Coast Rocketry Star Wars X-Wing Fighter By Thomas Beach

      The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the two links above. (Sport ...

• Nova Hobbies ASP By Mike Goss

  - by Mike Goss The Nova Hobbies ASP is a 1/12 scale model of the Atmospheric Sounding Projectile (ASP) that was used to carry instruments through the mushroom clouds of nuclear test explosions. The completed kit produces a rocket that is 12.25" long and .544" in diameter. Construction Rating: 4 out of 5 The kit comes in the standard clear plastic bag. All of the ...

• Novus Aerospace Astron Triple Eagle By Brian Coyle

  Brief: An upscaled boost-glider from AstronMike. Construction: Mike Kochel (aka "AstronMike") surprised me at a recent launch by handing over a plastic grocery sack of parts and large sheet of foamboard saying, "Here, go build this!" I've always been in awe of Mike's gliders, not just the sheer size, but also how well they fly. I welcomed the opportunity to ...

• Novus Aerospace Maxi Marauder By Todd Williams

  Novus Aerospace - Maxi-Marauder ( Contributed - by Todd Williams) Brief A "D" engine powered pop-pod boost glider constructed primarily out of foam-core. Construction Packaging was sparse - several of the parts were loose in the shipping box with foam peanuts. The instructions are also sparse, but complete enough to use. The pre-cut foam-core parts already had the edge ...

• Novus Aerospace Novus By Todd Williams

  Novus Aerospace - Novus ( Contributed - by Todd Williams) Brief Delta winged pop-pod boost glider made of "Art-cor". Construction The materials came packed in the shipping box along with foam peanuts - the "minimalist" packaging approach I guess. Some small parts were loose in the box and could have been overlooked. The instructions were complete ...

• Novus Aerospace Saucer Tripak By Alan Rognlie

  Novus Aerospace - Saucer Tripack ( Contributed - by Jeff Gortatowsky) For value in boost gliders you'll be hard pressed to beat AstronMike 's saucer tripak. The tripak comes with three sizes of saucer style boost gliders. These sport boost gliders are unique in that that work by ejecting weight other than the an engine pod. The key is the payload section (PS) which, via a tube coupler, ...

• Odd'l Rockets Adeptor (Other Product) By Tom Markel

  The "Adeptor" is an "Adapter" that allows you easily and firmly stick a 1/8" or 3/16" launch rod on a standard camera tripod. It doesn't get much simpler than this.  You get a metal adapter that, on one end, fits a standard camera tripod bolt.   Flip the lid of your camera tripod, screw this puppy on, and it's fixed and tight.  The other end of the adapter is ...

• Odd'l Rockets Birdie By Dick Stafford

  Brief: This is Odd'l's take on what is possibly the original oddroc - the flying Badminton Birdie. Birdie + 13mm Mini Motors = quick and easy flying fun. The kit included the shuttlecock, a BT-5 motor tube, a dummy motor, a wooden disk/plug, one centering ring and a launch lug. It is rated skill level 2 because it requires epoxy. YMMV, but I consider it almost an 'ARF' (almost ready to ...

• Odd'l Rockets Blast By Chan Stevens

  When I first saw Oddl Rockets' blast deflector on jonrocket.com's site, I was intrigued, and had figured I'd try one the next time I needed to pick up a few more of the grinding disks combined with spent motor casings I've been using. I was pleasantly surprised, though, to find one packed in with the free Break-Away kit Chris had sent me in exchange for posting a review. Components ...

• Odd'l Rockets Break Away By Chan Stevens

  Odd'l Rockets is a company recently started by Chris Michielsen, specializing in somewhat unusual designs and specialty gear generally not found elsewhere. I had looked over their line when Jonrocket.com first started carrying them and had planned on adding a few goodies to my Christmas wish list, but was pleasantly surprised when a small care package arrived of Odd'l goodies to review. ...

• Odd'l Rockets CorkScrew By Tom Markel

  As opposed to typical 3FNC (Three Fins and a Nose Cone) this is 1FNC (One Fin and a Nose Cone) mini-engine sport rocket. Components Overall great components with one exception. BT-5 Body Tube-- Fairly tight tube spirals, I used two coats of primer to fill BT-5 Plastic Nose Ogive Nose Cone (two piece) BT-80 Ring Fin--- Also fairly tight tube spirals, filled with ...

• Odd'l Rockets Cyclone By Lonnie Buchanon

  Already Published.   Photographs by Odd'l Rockets I saw the Cyclone demonstrated at a TTRA launch a few months ago and was really astounded by its performance. The Cyclone is a very small rocket that utilizes a novel combination of helicopter and breakaway recovery. The Cyclone has no parachute or shock cord; at ejection it separates into two halves with its two smaller fins ...

• Odd'l Rockets Cyclone By Lonnie Buchanon

  Images Courtesy of Odd'l Rockets              Overview I saw the Cyclone demonstrated at a TTRA launch a few months ago and was really astounded by its performance. The Cyclone is a very small rocket that utilizes a novel combination of helicopter and breakaway recovery. The Cyclone has no parachute or shock cord; at ejection it separates into two ...

• Odd'l Rockets FinTool (Other) By Lonnie Buchanon

• Odd'l Rockets Pipeline By Tom Markel

  The Pipeline is a standard engine sport flyer with three canted tube fines.  The canted fins induce a spin or roll on ascent. Components   I was really impressed with what you get with the kit. The nose cone is well-shaped and made of good-quality balsa. The body tubes have tight spirals.   I found three coats of primer adequate to hide them to ...

• Odd'l Rockets Raise (Other Product) By Chan Stevens

  The "Raise" is one of those indispensable little do-dads you never knew you needed, and once you've tried one out, you'll never want to launch without one. It slides down an 1/8" rod and acts as an adjustable standoff. You get a single component--a spring with a short brass arm welded on. You will need to at least look at the instructions to figure out the best way to mount and use ...

• Odd'l Rockets Raise (Other Product) By Dick Stafford

  The Odd'l Raise is an adjustable standoff for 1/8" rods. One of them apparently dropped into the box when my Wedgie kit was shipped so I thought I'd add a short review. You can now put your clothes pins back on the line :) The Raise is a merely a coil spring with a short piece if brass tubing attached to the top. The lowest coil of the spring is bent outward to keep tension on the rod. It ...

• Odd'l Rockets Sputnik By Chan Stevens

• Odd'l Rockets Squatty Body By Matt Gillard

  A squat three finned 18mm motor rocket, from a relatively new rocket company called Odd’l Rockets. Recovers via a streamer. Kit consists of: Plastic nose cone, Body tube, 1 ¾ inch, Engine mount tube, 4 ¼ inch, Centering rings, (2), Engine block, Engine hook, Laser cut balsa fins, Launch lug, 1/8 inch by 1.5 inch, Kevlar, 17 inch, 1 foot ...

• Odd'l Rockets UP! Cup By Chan Stevens

  If you're tired of fins or sanding/filling balsa, consider this simple odd roc from Odd'l Rockets. Consider it an extreme downscale of the Fliskits Espresso, it's a flying single foam cup. Not only is it capable of entertaining flights, but it can hold about 16 ounces of your favorite beverage as well, though you might notice a slight aftertaste of black powder  . Components ...

• Odd'l Rockets Wedgie By Chan Stevens

  A flying pyramid odd-roc with plenty of skin/decorating options... Components I'll take the easy road and just post a concurring/second opinion to Dick's thorough review. I purchased my kit in the fall of 2011, and the components have not changed. /h2 This is definitely not your simple 3-fin model, so reading the fairly good instructions is a must. I would ...

• Odd'l Rockets Wedgie By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 05/16/10) Brief: The Wedgie is a tetrahedron (3-sided pyramid) that flies on 18mm motors and recovers via a rear-eject streamer. I want to thank Chris for letting me test out this cool oddroc kit. Mine is s/n #2! Construction: The Wedgie comes professionally packaged in a plastic bag with the cover of the instructions visible. The small parts ...

• Orbital Engineering Ltd VMX-12 By Matt Gillard

  Brief: A friend of mine had the VMX-2, which was designed for B and C plugged motors. On a B its flights were near perfect. It would hang in the air, and when it eventually came down it always slowly bellied down perfectly. Unfortunately the VMX-2 flew off on a C6 after hanging in the air for what seemed like hours (but was probably 3 or 4 minutes), we lost sight out it as it slowly ...

• Orbital Engineering Ltd VMX-2 By Matt Taylor

  Picture courtesy of Orbital Engineering Ltd     Brief: This is a 18mm boosted glider constructed almost entirely of high grade balsa for strength and reduced weight. Construction: Kit includes: (1) 18mm Estes type tube with plastic ogive nose cone (3) sheets of pre-cut balsa for wings and elevons (1) blast deflector/air-brake (optional) (1) ...

• Orbital Engineering Ltd VMX-2 By Darren Longhorn

  ( Contributed - by Darren J Longhorn - 04/01/04) Brief: The VMX-2 Spaceplane is a new rocket glider kit by the equally new UK rocketry company, Orbital Engineering. You may have seen the pre-production prototype of this kit flying at various rocketry events in 2002, including the IRW and K-Lob. On opening the sturdy corrugated cardboard box, first impressions are very good. Three ...

• Oregon Scientific ATC-1000 Action Camera By Dr. Thomas Rackers

  ( Contributed - by Dr. Thomas Rackers - 04/25/06) Brief: In the process of researching digital video cameras intending to try mounting one in the payload section of a rocket, I ran across the ATC-1000 Action Camera manufactured by Oregon Scientific. This is a digital video recorder built into a cylindrical casing intended for sports applications such as mounting on helmets, h ...

• Oregon Scientific ATC-2K Digital Camera By Greg Lane

  (by Greg Lane - 06/24/07) Brief: The Oregon Scientific Action Camera is intended for outside sports enthusiast such as mountain bikers. It comes with attachments for helmets and handlebars. I was encouraged by Pete Barrent of the UK that had several on-board videos on YouTube. He used the straps to attach it to body tube of his rockets so I decided to give it a ...

• Outlaw Rockets E-Force By Greg Deeter

  Brief: This is a single stage high performance rocket by a new rocket company in central Illinois. It uses unusual materials which result in a light weight rocket which is designed to be fully maintained as the motor mount is removable resulting in full access to all parts of the rocket for post-flight inspections. I found this E-Force on an eBay store. It was advertised as "Be ...

• Outlaw Rockets Ouranos LV-34 X By Greg Deeter

  Brief: This is a single stage three foot tall high performance rocket by a new rocket company in Central Illinois. It uses unusual materials which result in a lightweight rocket which is designed to be fully maintained as the motor mount is removable resulting in full access to all parts of the rocket for post-flight inspections. Ouranos means "Heavenward". I ordered ...

• Paper 1/144 Scale N-1 (Plan) By Jason Lenentine

  BRIEF: Conversion of a Currell Graphics 1/144 scale Soviet N-1 paper model to fly on 24 mm motors. The plans are available at the Currell Graphics website. The N-1 rocket was the Soviet answer to the American Saturn V moon rocket of the 1960's. The Soviet plans to beat the United States to the moon depended on the enormous N-1 booster. The N-1 was more complex than the Saturn V in that it ...

• Paper Kit American Navy Interceptor By Eric Truax

  ( Contributed - by Eric Truax - 08/20/04) Brief: This is a card model of a 1950's American Navy Interceptor aircraft that with the addition of a paperclip (I glued a smallpiece of paper over the paper clip, just for reinforcement) and a little modeling clay in the nose, makes a perfect parasite glider! Fiddler's Green offers it free of charge. All you have to do is go to w ...

• Paper Kit Friede By Clive Davis

  ( Contributed - by Clive Davis - 05/03/05) Brief: This is a modification of the free paper model from Currell of the Moon Rocket "Friede" featured in the Fritz Lang film Frau im Mond . I decided to build the rocket with an 18mm motor mount. Modifications: I built the paper rocket mostly stock, except for the fact that I cut out four centering rings out of foamboard to ...

• Paper Kit Little Joe I By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 08/01/06) Brief: This rocket is based on a paper model of the Little Joe I, unit LJ-1, by Cards in Space. I converted it to fly on 13mm mini motors. Modifications: The main things you have to do is: cut holes in the bulkplates to accommodate a motor ejection tube, build a shoulder to mate the capsule to the body, add a piece of elastic to keep the ...

• Paper Matchhead XL-5 (Plan) By Dick Stafford

  This is a paper model of the Fireball XL-5 that I converted to fly on MicroMaxx motors. The plans come in a .pdf file that you can find here [Editor's note: the link no longer works]. One sheet of white cardstock BT-5 tube BT-5 coupler 6 mm tube ¼" piece of a spent MMX casing Hand-cut cardstock centering rings Section of BiC pen's ink tube Lead shot nose ...

• Paper Ranger Ray's Rocket (Plan) By Clive Davis

  This rocket is based on plans from http://www.lansbergen.net . Philippus Lansbergen has some really cool paper model plans of scale model rockets, fantasy rockets, gliders, and UFOs. They are not flight-worthy rockets, but with a little modification they can be made to fly off a launch rod. I was attracted to the Ranger Ray's rocket because it was so clumsy and campy. I thought it would be a ...

• Paper Resuable Rocket Vehicle (RVT-9) (Plan) By Clive Davis

  The following website offers free plans of card models to construct: http://www.currell.net/models/index.htm I thought it would be fun to build the Single Stage to Orbit Rocket RVT-9, a prototype Japanese rocket that has had limited success in field tests. I followed most of the instructions for the card model but ended up adding a 13 mm motor mount to the interior, drilling holes for the ...

• Paper Sirian Space Racer 5 [SSR-5] (Plan) By Clive Davis

  B rief: The Sirian Space Racer 5, affectionately called SSR-5, is one of the many paper rockets I have designed over the years. It is a simple sport flyer featuring a single 18 mm motor mount, but also features a wing-fin set with attached tube fins. Remember, if you are looking for a spaceship to fly through distant galaxies, the SSR-5 may be the vehicle for you. According to the brief ...

• Paper Zvesda-Proton (Plan) By Jason Lenentine

  Brief: This rocket was based on plans for a paper Proton launch vehicle and were available at the Classic Paper Space Models website. Unfortunately, it appears this particular website no longer exists and the plans are unavailable. I was generously provided the plans by dtomko of The Rocketry Forum. In my opinion, rocket manufacturers have overlooked Russian launch vehicles and I thought a ...

• PD Rocketry A-20 Demon By Bill Eichelberger

  Pimp Daddy's A-20 Demon is a dead ringer for the original Estes kit with all of the appropriate decals, the 24mm power, and the payload section that you'll remember from the original. While it is only a simple 4FNC project, you wind up with a rocket that's as long on looks as it is on performance. The kit is a dead stock clone of the original and comes packaged in a traditional bag with hang ...

• PD Rocketry Alien Explorer By David Montgomery

  Brief: PDRocketry's Alien Explorer is a replica of the Estes classic that appeared in the Estes 1981-1982 catalogs. The model is a Skill Level 3 of an incredible alien starship. It has spectacular liftoffs, exotic decals, and alien fin design. From the Estes 1981 catalog: "Incredible alien starship believed to be from a distant galaxy. Is it friend or foe? Its size and ...

• PD Rocketry Alien Invader By Geof Givens

  Brief: The PDR Alien Invader is a reproduction of an old Estes kit that went out of production in 1981. It has an 18mm motor mount in a 24mm body with exotic futuristic wings. Construction: The first construction step is to cut out the wings and all the accompanying fins. The parts are traced onto stock balsa using fin templates provided in the kit. Unfortunately, the ...

• PD Rocketry Gemini Titan By David Montgomery

  Brief: PDRocketry's 1/54 semi-scale Gemini Titan 3 is basically a clone of the classic Estes kit from the mid to late 1960's through the 1970's before it went OOP. It's almost an exact reproduction with some minor differences. PDRocketry's kit consists of all body tubes made with white kraft paper cut to correct length, Alps water slide decals, 24" pre-assembled mylar ...

• PD Rocketry S.S. Cassiopeia By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: The SS Cassiopeia is a straight up clone of the original Estes kit that was available briefly in the 1981-82 model years. This was the first kit I have ordered from PD Rocketry. I was shocked at how close the whole process was to what I remember about building Estes kits in the late 70's. I'm kind of torn on this kit because of the lack of an up to date recovery system, ...

• PD Rocketry Solar Sailer By Sam Barone

  Brief: A clone kit of the early '80s era Estes Solar Sailer, model #1297. This is a fantasy space vehicle and a nice builders kit. It is a single stage, 3FNC with some extra balsa structure and a nice set of decals to dress it up. The finished model looks good and flies better. Construction: A very nice bag of parts includes: 2 BT-50 (24mm) body tubes, 18" and 6 ...

• PD Rocketry Space Station Aquarius By Bill Eichelberger

  This PDR kit is a reproduction of the Estes Space Station Aquarius, a kit that had a relatively short two year run in the 1983-84 Estes catalogs. A sharp looking futuristic bird, like a lot of the futuristic/sci-fi based kits in the 80's catalogs, it deserved better. PNC-55AO nose cone PTA-5055 tube adapter 6 - 2.75" lengths BT-20J pod tubes 2.75" length BT-20J motor tube ...

• PD Rocketry Thor Agena-B By Robert Koenn

  Brief: The Thor Agena B by PD Rocketry is another kit by the company that specializes in out-of-production Estes kits from the '60s and '70s. There is apparently a resurgence of interest in these early kits from the hobby and I have to admit to being one of these old rocketeers who has been bitten by the bug. I purchased this kit along with a Gemini-Titan and a Goblin a couple of ...

• PD Rocketry USS Atlantis By Frank Casey

  Brief: This is a skill level 3 kit. It's a faithful recreation of the old Estes kit that I had as a child. The instructions are clear and in good order. The only thing I would like to have seen is a couple of pictures of the finished bird with all decals applied. There are a lot of water slide decals with this kit and I had to do some searching online to get some pictures that I ...

• Peck-Polymers Rocketboy By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand - 01/24/04) Brief: I have converted the Peck Polymers Jetex-powered Rocketboy rocket glider to an Estes-powered boost glider. One of the tricks in designing boost gliders is assuring good flying qualities both under rocket boost and while gliding after ejection of the boost motor. Since the Rocketboy is also designed to be launched by rubber band catapult ...

• Pemberton Technologies 3FNC By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  Brief: This kit looks very retro. I'm expecting Bugs Bunny and Marvin the Martian to come crawling out of the hatch at any moment. It is the first kit from a brand new company called Pemberton Technologies. Although it's called 3FNC, it's not your ordinary 3 fins and a nose cone rocket. Construction: I don't usually list the components of a kit in a review, but there are so ...

• Pemberton Technologies 3FNC By William Carpenter

  Brief: The 3FNC is the absolute bare minimum of what a rocket can be and still fly... but that's what makes it so cool! It's a great performer on a variety of mid-power motors, but can also handle a small H if you're feeling particularly insane. It utilizes a unique "reward blow-by" ejection system to miraculously fit all of the nesessary hardware into the rocket, and is ...

• Pemberton Technologies Bucky Jones Space Cadet By James Gartrell

  Brief: Layne Pemberton contacted me, after a recommendation from Don Magness of Squirrel Works Model Rockets, to beta test his "Bucky" rocket. Well, what could I say but, "Heck yeah!" This is the first release of three very nice looking rockets upcoming in the growing fleet of rockets available from PemTech. If you're looking for something a little different, forget ...

• Pemberton Technologies HMAS Bonestell By John Lee

  Brief: I was fortunate to place in a monthly rocket contest on TRF in which the prize was any of Pemberton Technology's LPR kits. The dilemma was that I already had all his kits. Layne Pemberton came through like a champ though and offered me the opportunity to try out a preproduction model of his upcoming HMAS Bonestell, influenced by the artwork of Chesley Bonestell. It feels like ...

• Pemberton Technologies King Kraken By John Lee

  Brief: This is a rocket that flies on mid and high power motors, has tube fins, and uses parachute recovery. Construction: The first step in the construction of this beast is to begin the finishing process. Spirals are to be filled in and the tubes sanded down. This latter step is so that the adhesives may grip better. I did sand down the tubes but did nothing about the ...

• Pemberton Technologies Kraken By Les Bradshaw

  Brief: Probably no legendary sea monster was as horrifying as the Kraken. According to stories, this huge, many armed creature could reach as high as the top of a sailing ship's main mast. Well, this rocket may not have many arms, but it will fly higher than a ship's main mast! This is my first kit from Pemberton Technologies, but it won't be my last. They even supplied RockSim ...

• Pemberton Technologies Kraken By Jeff Boldig

  Construction and Finishing: The package was shipped with no damage. Packaging was excellent. The instructions were clear throughout and were injected with a lot of humor. This was a good thing for me because it fits right in with my sense of humor and added to my enjoyment of the kit. Your mileage may vary. The instructions start out with a complete parts list including the fin ...

• Pemberton Technologies Little Bucky Jones By Jonah Dahncke

  Brief: This rocket is a downscale of the Bucky Jones by Pemberton Technologies and is a great kit through and through. The humorous "destructions" alone are reason to get this kit. It is also a great flier and is always impressive. Construction: The parts of this kit are packaged very well and this is a builder's rocket. 1 BT-60 sized tube is supplied and ...

• Pemberton Technologies Little Bucky Jones By John Lee

  Brief: The Little Bucky Jones is a downscale of Pemberton Technologies' Bucky Jones. Layne makes some other stuff too but it is the retro science fiction look that he practically owns. This rocket is not exception. It hearkens back to a day when Flash Gordon and Buck Rodgers ruled the serials. I miss those days. Construction: I normally don't worry about the spirals in my tubes ...

• Pemberton Technologies M2 Mars Challenger By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  Brief: The M2 is another kit from the '50s retro line at Pemberton Technologies. This HPR kit comes with lots of parts and a great instruction book. Keeping with the humorous style, the instructions take you step-by-step through the unusual and challenging build. Construction: There are lots of high quality parts in this kit. From the PML tail cone to the parachute, all the ...

• Pemberton Technologies M2 Mars Challenger By James Gartrell

  Brief: Wow! This is a great kit. Layne has done another superb job of capturing the magic of Sci-Fi in this 2.5" diameter 29mm rocket. Colonel Carruthers would be as proud to see this rocket as he would the rescue ship. I was a little worried about the dowels hanging off the back, but following Layne's instructions for installation results in a solid fin unit that can take ...

• Pemberton Technologies Screamin Green Meanie By Bart Butler

  Brief: This is a Big Daddy-style rocket. It has a short, fat, mean look with tubes on the end of the fins. I love the tubes. Parachute is plastic with Kevlar ® shroud lines. Laser cut tubes and fins that made this a very easy kit to build Construction: Parts list: 1 Plastic nose cone BT-80 Ogive 1 24mm motor mount tubing (BT-50) 1 BT-80 (the instructions ...

• Pemberton Technologies Screamin Green Meanie By Matt Gillard

  Brief: I won this rocket from the March best rocket competition on TRF. I got the rocket sent super fast from the states to the UK. Thanks to Layne at Pemberton Technology for such a great prize. It's a hybrid of a 3FNC and a tube fin rocket. Construction: The kit comes in a plastic bag and has some of the best instructions I've ever seen in a kit, with step by step guidance, ...

• Pemberton Technologies Screamin Green Meanie By Claude Maina and Katy Maina

  Brief: This is a skill level 1, 24mm engine rocket that has a great look and some unique features. It is easy to assemble and flies very well. The instructions are very clear and detailed with very good illustrations. The kit was a prize offered by Pemberton Technologies for the July 2009 Best Rocket Competition on The Rocketry Forum and won by one of us (Katy). The build and fly ...

• Pemberton Technologies Space Ark Jr By Todd Mullin

  Brief: The Space Ark Jr. is a half-scale low power version of Pemberton Technologies' (Pem-Tech) mid power Space Ark. It is a single stage, parachute recovery model of the rocket seen in the sci-fi classic "When Worlds Collide". I got my Space Ark Jr. as a matched signed/numbered edition (#8) at the time Pem-Tech released their new low power line of products with their ...

• Pemberton Technologies Space Ark Jr By Geof Givens

  Brief: The Space Ark Jr. is a downscale of Pemberton Technology's midpower rocket. Layne Pemberton offers a lot of really cool retro-futuristic designs. He's also a nice guy whose instruction booklets are well known for their humorous off-beat writing style. Construction: The package arrived with all necessary parts in good condition, except that the balsa nose cone had a ...

• Pemberton Technologies Space Ark By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  Brief: The Space Ark was the spaceship that took the lucky few people to a new world in the 1951 classic movie When Worlds Collide . This perfect replica kit fits well in to your collection of "retro" kits or anti-3FNC kits. This kit flies on G and H motors and comes with a nice nylon (oversized) chute. Construction: This kit looks deceptively simple to build. There ...

• Pemberton Technologies Space Ark By Lester Anderson

  Bought this kit based on it's looks. I have a weakness for space ships, real or Sci-Fi inspired. Overall Rating: 4

• PerfectFlite miniAlt/WD By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  The PerfectFlight Mini ALT/WD is a peak reporting and recording dual deployment barometric altimeter. It measures 3.0" L x 0.9"W x 0.7"H, and weighs 0.7 oz without the required 9V alkaline battery. Main deployment is selectable with deployment from 300' to 1,700' in 200' increments. The peak altitude on this model is 25,000 feet MSL. The altimeter reports peak altitude after each ...

• Performance Rocketry 1/3 Scale 5.5" Nike Smoke By Gary Tortora

  Brief This is Performance Rocketry's 1/3 Scale 5.5" Nike Smoke. The kit stands 77" tall and is made in either G10 or G12. For my kit I wanted a few things different from the standard 54mm single deploy version, I had mine made with a 75mm MM and dual deploy. My finished build weight with everything but the motor came in at 16lbs. Components The kits parts were all ...

• Performance Rocketry Carbon Fiber Tubing By Justin Farrand

  Brief: I want to share my experiences with Performance Rocketry's 54mm (2.250” OD) carbon fiber tubing. Last winter I wanted to construct a high performance minimum diameter 54mm rocket, and I did not want to hand lay the tubes. I wanted this rocket to be as light as possible, high performance, swallow a 28” 54mm motor, and utilize dual deployment. Construction: I ...

• Performance Rocketry Competitor 4 By Jason Vennard

  This is an all fiberglass, high performance sport rocket. It is a basic kit for the experienced rocketeer as it is short any recovery hardware, harnesses, and/or parachutes, all of which you'll have to provide yourself. The kit includes a nice 4" fiberglass nosecone, two fiberglass body tubes, fiberglass motor tube, 3 fiberglass centering rings, a fiberglass coupler, a fiberglass sled for ...

• Performance Rocketry Competitor 4 By Kyle Cornelius

  Brief: This review is for an all fiberglass high performance rocket made by Performance Rocketry. It stands almost 8' tall and 4" in diameter. I tend to overbuild so mine came out a little heavier than most, 15lbs without motor. Dual deployment is a must with this rocket. Construction: This kit comes with the following parts: 4' fiberglass body tube with fin slots ...

• Performance Rocketry G3 By Mike Caplinger

  Brief: The G3 is a bare-bones 3FNC dual-deploy kit with high-quality G10 fiberglass parts. Construction: The kit comes with a gel coated 3:1 ogive fiberglass nose cone, two sections of 3" G10 airframe tube (22" long payload and 44" long booster), 3 clipped-delta fins, a 12" long 54mm MMT, two centering rings, five bulk plates, and a 6" coup ...

• Performance Rocketry GIZMO XL By Gary Tortora

  Brief The GIZMO XL from Performance Rocketry is the all new 8" upscaled version of their smaller 5" Gizmo. This baby is one beast of rocket and is sure to turn some heads at any launch.   Components Coming from Performance Rocketry you can rest assured this is one quality kit. Over 52 Inches Tall Built Weight Just Over 19 Lbs CNC Precision Cut ...

• Performance Rocketry Gizmo By Howard Druckerman

  Brief: This Performance Rocketry Econoline kit is short (33 inch) and fat (5 inch diameter) and made from all fiberglass. It is similar to a Fat Boy on steroids with a pointy nose cone. The kit is designed with the experienced builder in mind as there are no instructions included. Additionally, the only parts included are the basic airframe parts. The builder needs to add motor ...

• Performance Rocketry Intimidator 3 By Gene Wolski

• Performance Rocketry Intimidator 3 By Don Bitz

  Brief: Level 2 all fiberglass 3" bare bones kit with 54mm motor mount. Construction: No instructions are provided, but it's a fairly standard build. Lets face it, by the time you are ready for this you've made a few. I wouldn't even call it a kit, simply a convenient combination of major 3FNC + MM (motor mount) from which to begin assembling a nice scratch rocket. ...

• Performance Rocketry IQSY Tomahawk (1/3rd) By Justin Farrand

  Brief: Towards the end of 2007, Performance Rocketry released a 1/3 scale I.Q.S.Y Tomahawk. The 3.125" (OD) all fiberglass scale rocket comes standard with a 54mm motor mount. The stock Tomahawk comes with a one piece 48" fiberglass airframe. I always find myself improving upon classic designs. 48" of fiberglass airframe would easily allow me to add dual-deployment ...

• Performance Rocketry Little Dog By Justin Farrand

  Brief: The Little Dog is another great all fiberglass kit from Performance Rocketry. MSRP of $79.00 for the dual deploy version and $59.00 for the single deploy. I opted for the dual deployment version of the kit. The LD is a single stage, 2.25” (outside diameter) kit with a 38mm motor mount. The rocket can be adapted down to 29mm and fly on anything from an F motor or you can ...

• Performance Rocketry Little John (4) By Philip Levanda

  Brief: The best and worst part of this kit is that it is minimalist. When you get the box, there are not a lot of parts. I have it together now and it is probably my favorite rocket in my fleet. This thing is a tank and it looks great. It is the only rocket I have that might survive coming in ballistic. That is why I used it on my L2 test. Construction: The parts list 1 ...

• Performance Rocketry Mad Dog 4 Dual Deploy By Scott Weihe

  The Mad Dog Dual Deploy is a 4 inch all fiberglass kit with classic swept fins and a 54mm motor mount that when finished, stands just shy of 8 foot tall. Its a versatile rocket, you can stuff some big motors in this bird and fly it dual deploy, or you can remove the payload bay section and fly it with motor ejection if you want. The kit looks and performs great both ways. ...

• Performance Rocketry Mad Dog 4 Dual Deploy By Justin Farrand

  Brief: After little to no convincing, I wanted to take part in the Midwest Power IV drag race. Tim Lehr of Wildman Rocketry teamed up with Performance Rocketry to bring forth the dual deploy version 4" Mad Dog rocket for $99.00. The MSRP on this kit when NOT involved with this drag race would run you $169.00. I never intended to get a Mad Dog, but in the months prior to MWP IV ...

• Performance Rocketry Nike Apache 1/4 Scale (4) By Al Gloer

  This is an all composite, very high performance kit. This is a sport scale model of the Thiokol Nike Apache that could be modified for two stage operation. This is not an all inclusive kit as it does not contain any recovery hardware. While the low part count and fin can construction would almost place this rocket in the E2X class, don't be fooled. Flying this kit deserves a big motor and as ...

• Performance Rocketry Nike Smoke 1/3 Scale (5.5) By Jack Caynon

  This kit is the 1/3 scale model of NASA's Nike Smoke.  The tubing is 5.5 inch diameter G-10 fiberglass.  The Nike Smoke was a rocket that NASA would use to determine windspeed at high altitudes before they would launch the Saturn V moon rockets. Components This review covers the "old" kit, not the new one.  The old kit had a prefab fiberglass fin can rather than ...

• Peter Alway Arcas By Clive Davis

  A 4.6:1 scale model of the famous Arcas research rocket. This kit is an excellent introduction to scale model rocketry. Not only does the builder gain skills in the construction of the Arcas, but one ends of with a great flying model rocket that is very inexpensive as well. The parts list: engine tube engine block ring adapter rings pattern sheet for boat tail body tube ...

• Peter Alway Astrobee 1500 By Robert Koenn

  Brief: I have been a fan of the Astrobee 1500 for years. My first cut at one was a large scratch built bird for a NARAM many years ago. That bird was about 40" tall and flew on a composite engine. So when I saw an actual kit of this vehicle I knew I had to have it. The kit is produced from a Peter Alway design by Balsa Machining Service. The actual Astrobee is a conglomeration ...

• Peter Alway Astrobee 1500 By Chan Stevens

  Robert Koenn has already submitted an excellent review for this, so I'll just add a few stray second opinions. This is a great reproduction of the NASA/Aerojet research rocket and should appeal to both scale aficionados and NAR scale competitors. At $30, it is a real bargain in the scale world. The kit is produced by BMS based upon the work of scale guru Peter Alway. As Robert noted, the ...

• Peter Alway Saturn V By Chan Stevens

  This kit is brought to you by the Peter Alway, the author of Rockets of the World . It not surprisingly packs in a lot of intricate scale details into a very affordable and flyable kit. See my comparison review for other Saturn V options. This one stacks up favorably in terms of price and detailing. It is approximately 1:195 scale of the mammoth Saturn V. The kit is produced by Balsa ...

• Peter Alway Zenit By Marty Wiggins

  The Zenit is a 1/17 scale model of the Swiss-German sounding rocket. Even though it is small, it can be challenging build. The parts list: balsa nose cone 3 light ply fins body tube motor tube 2 centering ring motor hook 1/8" launch lug 20" shock cord screw eye I purchased the Peter Always Zenit for my NARTREK Silver scale model. The cost was low at ...

• Peter Alway Zvezdotchka ACM (Plan) By Kevin Johnson

  Single stage model that looks like a rabbit. Peter Alway provides plenty of parts in a list on the plan but most of them can be found in a Baby Bertha kit. (Is there anything you cannot do with a Baby Bertha?) You will have to supply some 3/32" or 1/8" balsa for the legs and tail. You will also need some cardstock for the ears. You could use the kit card from the Baby Bertha for that. ...

• Phoenix Rocketry Mighty Kat By Nick Esselman

  (10/01/02) Phoenix Rocketry is the new company from the former owner/partner of North Coast Rocketry. Some may remember North Coast Rocketry before they were known as Estes North Coast Rocket. Well, now it is Phoenix Rocketry and in a thread on RMR, Matt Steele, President of North Coast Rocketry, said: "NCR was never formally purchased by Estes and exists to this day as a separate ...

• Physics of Flight Raptor By Martin Sweeney

  ( Contributed - by Martin Sweeney - 01/14/03) Brief: An interesting looking kit - single stage 29 or 24mm motors with single stage parachute recovery using a floating piston. Modifications: Recovery system, and motor mount, as described below. Construction: One of Missiles for Peacefull Purposes' creations - the Raptor is a truly cool looking kit. I had seen various videos ...

• Physics of Flight Raptor By Kevin Timmins

  ( Contributed - by Kevin Timmins) Brief: Twin Finned design by Zigi. Made by Physics of Flight. Supplied with 29mm Mount and a 24mm adaptor for lower powered flights. The fin design of this kit is superb!. The upswept lower fins just look cool! The kit is designed for both Piston & Nomes heatshield ejection (no wadding needed). Construction: Kit Contents: Resin Nose ...

• Physics of Flight Wikinger By Niall Oswald

  Brief: model, 3fnc, parachute Construction: The kit comes with: Body tube came in two sections, one about 5" long, the other 15" or so long 1 piece of tube coupler 3 cardstock "fins" 3 cardstock centering rings motor hook MMT (about 1.5" longer than an Estes D) approx 2 ft of round elastic shock cord plastic nose cone comes in two ...

• PICO Altimeter PICO-P1 Altimeter By Lance Alligood

  Brief: The PicoAlt PICO-P1 altimeter is what I would consider to be the "thong bikini" of rocketry altimeters. I say that because it's micro-mini small and it barely covers the necessities. Don't sneeze with it laying around or drop it because you might never see it again--especially at the field! Seriously though, the PICO-P1 is a barometric peak reporting altimeter (no ...

• Pitsco Synergy By Bill Eichelberger

      Everyone has seen this kit at one time or another, and maybe even considered buying one.  I actually pulled the trigger.  Pitsco is an educational supplier that produces two different solid fuel rocket kits, this one, and another that is a more complicated build that involves making your own body tube.  What I got was an unimpressive collection of pieces ...

• Plan Cyclone Maple Seed Rocket By Wayne Hill

  I was getting into my car and several maple seeds fluttered down from my neighbor's maple trees onto the windshield. I picked one up and said to myself "Nature's perfect monocopter". I love flying helicopter recovery rockets. If you are with me at a launch I will always send up at least one. As I stood holding the maple seed, I remembered something I read online. I had seen references to ...

• Plan Diamant B French Sounding Rocket (Plan) By Clive Davis

  This is a 1:144 paper scale model of the French rocket, Diamant B, first launched in 1970. Although Lansbergen's website is in Dutch, the instruction for the model are in English. The plans are for a static model, but with a few alterations, it can be made to fly using Micromaxx motors. My version separates at the shoulder, uses nose weight, and has a 6 mm motor mount installed. A list of ...

• Plan M.A.G.P.I.E. (Plan) By Dick Stafford

  The M.A.G.P.I.E. (Mining Android Geological Prospecting Ion Engine) is a simple cardstock UFO-style rocket that was designed to commemorate NSL 2008. It flies on A10-PT motors and is available for download until June 15th on The Rocketry Blog . While there, make sure you check out the back story so you know exactly what you are flying. All that is needed is one sheet of 110lb cardstock. (I ...

• Plan M.A.G.P.I.E. (Plan) By John Lee

  This is a paper 13mm, NSL 2008 Commemorative rocket. Some months ago, I found the link to the plans of Eric Truax's M.A.G.P.I.E.s in PDF form and downloaded them. A lull in my ability to get to my Main Rocket Lab has prompted me to try and build a couple of these interesting looking rockets. There are 2 color schemes of the same plan. Both feature artwork in commemoration of the 2008 National ...

• Plastic Kit 1/144 Scale Saturn V By Darren Longhorn

  ( Contributed - by Darren J Longhorn - 04/01/04) Brief: I wanted to make something to fly in the scale contest at the IRW 2003, and I only had a week to do it in. I was very intrigued by the recent 10...9...8... article detailing a Plastic Model Conversion (PMC) by Steven Rogers. Lastly, there were two Airfix 1/144th scale Saturn V kits peering out of a bag in the corner of the ...

• Plastic Kit 1/35 V2 (18mm) By Matt Gillard

  Brief: My first attempt at a plastic model conversion (PMC). It is a 1/35 scale V2 rocket by Dragon that was easy to build and flies well. Construction: The plastic kit comes with three sprues, detailed instructions and decals (except my kit didn't contain the decals). Since I wanted to fly this kit and not have it sit on a shelf, I was not too worried about the missing decals. ...

• Plastic Kit 1/35 V2 (24mm) By Matt Gillard

  ( Contributed - by Matt Gillard - 08/25/07) Brief: I built the V2 rocket as part of the 2006 EMRR Challenge last year. It was an interesting rocket but was rather heavy for a 18mm mount. This is the same kit but built to take a 24mm motor. I also changed a few things with the recovery-–it splits in two lower down the length of the rocket. Construction: The plastic kit ...

• Plastic Kit 1/48 Jupiter C By Dennis McClain-Furmanski

  (by Dennis McClain-Furmanski - 09/05/04) Brief: Conversion to 18mm flight for Hawk (#552-130; circa 1958) and Glencoe (#05103; circa 1990) 1/48th scale Jupiter C (Redstone/Explorer) plastic models. Modifications: If ever a scale model called out for conversion it's the Hawk and/or Glencoe Jupiter C. This conversion covers both because Glencoe bought and used the molds from Hawk. ...

• Plastic Kit 1/48 Jupiter C By Frank Casey

  ( Contributed - by Frank Casey - 11/09/07) Brief: I purchased this plastic model kit on eBay for $16 including shipping. This is a great kit to convert to a flying model rocket using an 18mm mount. Modifications: This kit lends itself to a conversion fairly well. In fact this was my first conversion and I found it to be a very easy build. Anyone who has been building model ...

• Plastic Kit 1/72 F-104 Starfighter By Todd Mullin

  (by Todd Mullin - 01/21/07) Brief: This is a plastic model conversion from a Revell kit of the trainer version of the F-104 Starfighter. I originally took on this project for the 2006 EMRR Challenge, but was unable to complete the kit in time. This is the first plastic model that I've worked on in many years. Revell rated the original kit as a skill level 3 (out of 5) with t ...

• Plastic Kit Condor V-2 By Ken Johnson

  (by Kenneth R. Johnson) Brief: A plastic model conversion from a Czech-made Condor V-2 rocket model for 13mm motors. Construction: This plastic model conversion was made from the static model made by a Czech company named Condor. As such, it is made from the typical styrene plastic used in most static models. The quality of components wasn't as good as, say, Revell or Monogram, ...

• Plastic Kit Heller - 1/130 X-15 By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 03/22/03) Brief: This is a plastic model conversion (PMC) of the Heller 1/130 X-15, using MicroMaxx motors. I got the kit on-line from Model Expo . Model Expo provided email confirmations of the purchase and of shipment, and their service was prompt. Modifications: The instructions provided with this kit consisted of step-by-step diagrams. ...

• Plastic Kit The Pogo By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 06/14/08) Brief: The Pogo was an experimental tail-sitting VTOL aircraft from the 1950s. It actually flew but never made it into production. I had a model of it as a little kid and always liked its unique look. I recently found they are once again available. I got mine from Historic Aviation but have since seen that my local hobby shop has ...

• Plastic Model Conversion 21st Century Toys - F-104 Starfighter (Modification) By Dick Stafford

  B rief: I bought this huge 1:18 scale F-104C kit from Sheri's Hot Rockets . It is almost 39" long (including the nose antenna), comes pre-built with only a few snap together sections, and is highly detailed. Moreover, they come pre-painted so I was pretty sure mine would look nice. They come in classic USAF silver, Vietnam-era camo, and Canadian tiger stripes. I'm plenty patriotic, but I love ...

• Plastic Model Conversion Convair ISX-SSC (Plastic Model Conversion) By Geoffrey Kerbel

  This is a plastic model conversion of the Revell Authentic Kit of the Convair ISX-SSC model. This was an eBay buy from earlier in the year and is the 1996 issue of the kit. This comes up on eBay quite often and can usually be won for a small, reasonable price. The original came out in 1959. Those are going for some outrageous amounts and you would not like to mess up that kit with this ...

• Point 39 Productions LDRS-XIX Video (Other Product) By John Eric Thompson

  The Point 39 Productions video tapes of the LDRS events are the best by far.  I had every VHS tape he ever produced and is well worth the time to search for them.  You can get them converted from VHS to DVD if necessary but it is well worth doing.  

• Point 39 Productions LDRS-XIX Video By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford) Click to Enlarge Brief: Ever since leaving LDRS 19 (held July 1-4, 2000 near Orangeburg, SC), I had been awaiting Point 39 Production's video with breathless anticipation. LDRS 19 was my first national launch and was the venue for my Tripoli Level 2 Certification. As word leaked out that the video would also contain coverage of the SmallBALLS e ...

• Point 39 Productions LDRS-XVIII Video By Nick Esselman

  Winter is much harder where I live now and flying throughout is surely a formula for getting frost bite, so I decided to have some rocketry fun by purchasing a video. I decided to go with Point 39 Production's LDRS-XVIII. Two hours of highpowered rocketry fun with a variety of activity to help you feel part of the LDRS event. The video starts out with some historical footage to ...

• Polecat Aerospace 3" Goblin By Alexandra Eicher

  This adaptable high power rocket is great for NAR Level One and Two Certifications. Its motor mount can support E motors to 6-grain J reloads. The kit comes with a fiberglass nose cone, a pre-fiber glassed and slotted body tube, a 38mm motor mount, and Baltic Birch fins and centering rings. I qualified for my NAR L1 Cert with this rocket. My certification flight was equipped with a 36" ...

• Polecat Aerospace 7.5" Nike Smoke By Aris Simsarian

• Polecat Aerospace Bull Pup (10") By Mike Luna

  ( Contributed - by Mike Luna - 02/21/04) Note: This is a slightly condensed version of all the information that Mike has produced for his Level 3 project. Visit his site to read the additional information and enjoy additional pictures (and video). Brief: The Polecat (formerly Skunk Works) 10" Bull Pup utilized for my Level 3 Certification. Parts List (Kit - 10" Polecat ...

• Polecat Aerospace Nike Smoke (4") By Max Praglin

  Brief: This hard-to-resist scale sounding rocket is a sturdy 4.0" replica of the classic Nike Smoke. Polecat Aerospace sets the stage for a memorable build by including the following historical information in their instructions: The Nike Smoke was developed in 1959 as a vehicle for observing high altitude wind patterns generally in preparation for launching another rocket. ...

• Polecat Aerospace Nike Smoke (5.5") By

  Brief: This is a 1/3 scale replica of the famous sounding rocket from the 1950s and 1960s. You can download their assembly instructions from this page . Construction: It comes with:- 34" long 54mm motor mount two centering rings pre-cut, beveled TTW fins fibreglass nose cone pre-fibreglassed main body tube. but like all the Polecat kits, no ...

• Polecat Aerospace Nike Smoke (5.5") By Connor Deason

  This rocket is a single staged high power rocket. I have flown it on 2 different I motors and it flew both times straight as an arrow. It has a 60" parachute. It was a simple build. This rocket came with a 44 inch long body tube and a 29" fiberglass nosecone. The body tube came pre-glassed, which saved me a lot of work. Also, the fiberglassing was done very professionally. It came with 4 ...

• Polecat Aerospace Nike Smoke (5.5\") By Jordan Raice

  Brief: This is a nice kit, lightly glassed with pre-cut fin slots. The fiberglass was very easy to sand and prime. Great scale kit!!! Construction: I bought the dual deploy version with a glassed coupler. A small upper payload section, lower BT and a large fiberglass NC. Total length of 76". My cone was a little weak but I added more glass and it is fine now. Great ...

• Polecat Aerospace Nike Smoke (5.5\\\") By Taylor Jessee

  Brief: At the end of last year, I decided I needed a 54mm rocket. I looked through a lot, and this rocket seemed the best as far as getting "more bang for your buck". Having had a Nike Smoke from Quest in the past and liking military kits, it appealed to me a lot. It is the standard dual deploy rocket, but all the recovery goes in the nose. Photo courtesy of Polecat ...

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• Polecat Aerospace Skeeter (5.5") By Cliff Sojourner

  Brief: This is a 5.5" upscale of the classic BT-5 Estes Mosquito, about a 10x upscale. The Estes is tumble recovery, this one calls for a parachute. Construction: This kit includes: 5.5” airframe tube 54mm MMT Precut rings and fins Nose cone U-bolts, nuts, washers 12’ of 9/16 tubular nylon for shock cord Two 1/2” ID x 2” long brass ...

• Polecat Aerospace Spike By Nick Esselman

  (11/21/03) Polecat Aerospace (formerly Skunk Works Rocketry) was another company I just learned about this year. I don't know how long they've been around, but as I've talked to others they seem to have some following. Polecat sells BIG rockets. Big rockets carry a big price, so some of their kits may be out of reach for many fliers. They do, however, have one kit with " Level ...

• Polecat Aerospace Thumper (10") By Andrew Hansom

  Brief: The 10" Thumper is a single stage high power rocket capable of dual deployment. Construction: The kit comes in a enormous box containing: 48" fiberglassed body tube pre slotted for the fins 14" long body tube, coupler and end plates for the electronics bay Four 3/8" Baltic Birch plywood fins with beveled leading edge Two 3/8 Baltic ...

• Polecat Aerospace V2 (7.5") By Dave Way

  This V2 kit is a single deployment, parachute recovery kit with a 54mm mount. The rocket has a built in electronics bay accessed by a side hatch. The kit came with everything you need to complete except epoxy and a chute. It includes a 7.5" diameter body tube already glassed, a very nice fiber glass nose cone, slotted tail cone, four 1/4" plywood fins with beveled leading edge, fiberglass ...

• Pratt Hobbies D-Region Tomahawk (18mm) By Josh Joung

  A simple, cheap, and relatively good looking kit for beginners. The kit came with: 1 Nose cone 1 Nose cone shoulder 1 Body tube 4 Precut balsa fins 1 Long Kevlar shock cord 1 Nomex protector 1 Streamer 1 Motor block 1 Launch lug 1 Sheet of ...

• Pratt Hobbies D-Region Tomahawk By Howard Bernstein

  - by Mike Goss Introduction: The Pratt Hobbies D region Tomahawk is a sport scale model of the NASA sounding rocket. It gets it's name from the D-Region of the ionosphere, which is about 75 to 95 km above the earth. This rocket is still in use by NASA to send instrument payloads into that region for scientific study. The finished rocket is just over 26 inches tall and has the distinction ...

• Pratt Hobbies D-Region Tomahawk By Howard Bernstein

    I purchased this kit because of the wide variety of motors it can handle (A-F, 18mm, 24mm and 29 mm), and because it had a streamer recovery.  I fly from smaller fields and want my rockets to come down rather straight.  The D-Region Tomahawk is a 7.2:1 scale model of a NASA sounding rocket (whatever that is). I like the way it looks. Construction I thought the ...

• Pratt Hobbies EIGHTPACK (Electronics) By Duane Boldt

  ( Contributed - by Duane Boldt - 05/29/10) Pratt Hobbies makes a real nice multiple pad launch controller for a reasonable price. They sell the SIXPACK regularly on their site. My kids' school needed a controller for their classroom and rocketry club launches. We had build two 4 pad racks and wanted an 8 pad controller. Doug at Pratt Hobbies came through, even while he was busy getting ready ...

• Pratt Hobbies GO Box By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 10/20/01) Brief: This is a simple, sturdy launch controller that is powered by your car's battery. (Which you conveniently charged on the way to the launch!) Construction: After a slight glitch with my home brewed launch controller, I found myself in the market for a replacement. I had seen a prototype of Doug's GO Box at a launch and decided that it ...

• Pratt Hobbies Heatshield (Other Product) By Duane Wilkey

  The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the two links above. (Sport Rocketry - Jul/Aug 1998 ...

• Pratt Hobbies Longfellow By Roy Lappalainen

  Brief: The Longfellow is Pratt Hobbies' newest kit and is 50+ inches long. Like its smaller sibling the Super-6, it is a beginner's streamer recovery model for Super-Roc Duration competition. Construction: The kit includes: Two 19mm x 25in body tubes, one 18mm x 8in body tube connector, one 18mm body tube for use as a motor mount, one 18mm engine block, three (3) pre-cut balsa ...

• Pratt Hobbies Micro Beacon (Electronics) By Scott Simka

  Brief: A most basic, sonic beacon that sounds and blinks for hours! The Pratt Micro-Beacon came with clear instructions and is very easy to use. Looks? What does my wife know, she said it looked like a turd! You don't buy this for looks, you buy it so you won't have to keep looking. Get it?? Summary: On the pro side: It's small, light weight, interesting. On the con side: It's not ...

• Pratt Hobbies Pioneer By Dave Stout

  Brief: The Pioneer is a single-staged model rocket aimed at educational groups. Construction: The Pratt Pioneer Kit Contains:- 1 nice white glassine coated body tube 3 pre-cut hard balsa fins 1 plastic nose cone. This is very well-made with minimal molding flash. 1 motor mount tube 1 paper thrust ring 2 paper centering rings 1 launch lug 1 square of ...

• Pratt Hobbies Polaris By Nick Esselman

  (07/01/99) I purchased the Pratt Polaris, along with some Kevlar ® cord, just to give one of their kits a try. I had no idea how many events were to occur involving this little kit. CONSTRUCTION: The Polaris is an entry level kit with very easy construction. It is made up of a single, 24" long, slightly-larger than 18mm diameter body tub. It has a hollow, thin plastic nose ...

• Pratt Hobbies Positron By Michael Rangitsch

    The Pratt Hobbies Positron is a small rocket designed to be a 'recoverable' Mosquito (well actually an Astron Streak, the 18mm version of the Mosquito). To achieve this it uses an ejectable motor holder and Nomex ® streamer, tied to the rocket body by a Kevlar ® line. The kit is complete, and actually comes two to the package. The fins are precut balsa and attach easily to ...

• Pratt Hobbies Power Pack By Tim Wood

  ( Contributed - Reviewed by Tim Wood )  How many times have you hit the launch button, only to wait for what seems to be an eternity as an old battery tries to crank enough juice through an igniter to launch the rocket?  The Pratt Hobbies Power Pack 12-volt ignition power supply can put an end to such experiences. It also can fire virtually any igniter you might care to ...

• Pratt Hobbies RTLS Module 1 By Todd Moore

  ( Contributed - by Todd Moore - 04/16/04) I just got my new Pratt Hobbies Remote Tanking and Launching System (RTLS-M1), and have been looking it over. I have seen and used them countless times before, but I have never looked them over in great detail. Now that I have my own, I wanted to give Doug some credit he deserves for a very professional product. (Picture courtesy of Pratt Hobbies) ...

• Pratt Hobbies Shock Cord Protector By Bob Thompson

  The following article is from "High Power Rocketry" magazine. This information represents only a small portion of the contents of "High Power Rocketry". We strongly suggest that you subscribe to "High Power Rocketry". By doing so you will find many color pictures, articles, launch reports and projects primarily associated with High Power Rocketry ...

• Pratt Hobbies Super Six By Daniel Kirk

  Brief: Beginner's streamer recovery model. Small and light enough for competition. Construction: The kit includes: One (1) 18mm x 12 in body tube, three (3) pre-cut plastic fins, one (1) CMR-style nose cone, one (1) Kevlar ® shock cord, and one (1) Nomex ® parachute protector. NOTE: This review is focused on the Simple Six which has been updated to the Super Six. The ...

• Pratt Hobbies Super Six By steve veerhoff

  Brief: Single Stage sport model rocket with streamer recovery. The parts list: 1 white body tube, 12" by .8" OD 3 laser cut 1/8" balsa fins 1 plastic nose cone, approximately 1 3/4", Parabolic shape 1 cardboard shoulder tube, goes into nose cone. 1 cardboard "thrust ring" 1 motor mount tube 1 Kevlar shock cord (not elastic, approximately 48"), three ply Kevlar cord ...

• Pratt Hobbies SureFire 12 By Dean Roth

  Pratt Hobbies SureFire 12 Launch Controller review is provided courtesy of RocketryPlanet: The Pratt SureFire 12 is a relay-based launch controller. The SureFire 12 has been recently replaced by a new version, the Sure Fire II. However, most characteristics of the new system are the same as the original system. The reviewed SureFire 12 has been used for over a year, and has been used to ...

• Protective Coating PC-11 Marine Grade Epoxy Paste By James Harechmak

  ( Contributed - by James Harechmak - 10/31/04) Brief: Two part epoxy paste similar to Fix-It but for only 1/3 the cost. Construction: PROs: Only costs $3.99 for 2oz., water clean up, performs as well as more expensive products, and if needed it can cure under water. CONs: 24 hour curing time, must use denatured alcohol to smooth out, and it won't bond to polyethylene. ...

• Public Enemy Bull Pup (4) By Chip Jenkins

  ( Contributed - by Chip Jenkins) Brief: Scale HPR parachute recovery rocket. Construction: Components include: 2 4" diameter body tubes 29mm motor tube thick fiber centering rings plastic nose cone and boat tail 1/4" plywood fins 36" nylon chute bungee shock cord 1/2" brass launch lugs I like the way this went together. First off, ...

• Public Enemy Bull Pup (4) By Chad Ellis

  Construction: This was a kit...all parts were standard to the kit. The instructions were basic but that is in line with a 38mm high power kit. (not for beginners). The kit went together great with all of the slots pre-cut by the manufacturer. Good quality in all of the parts. The kit is very strong after assembly and worked out great for my Level 2 Certification flight on a J350. ...

• Public Enemy Extreme Performer By Johnnie Paul

  ( Contributed - by Johnnie S. Paul Jr.) Brief This kit was designed to go high on I, J, &k motors. This particular kit was designed for dual deployment, which is an option from Public Enemy. Construction All the parts came in a bag. All parts were present, no warps, or broken parts. The parts were as follows: three paper body tubes: 36" booster, 8" mid or drogue tube, ...

• Public Enemy FatBoy (4) By Justin Cartisano

  Brief: The Public Enemy 4" Fatboy is a single stage high power rocket with 38mm motor mount and parachute recovery. Construction: Here's what you get: 1 pre-slotted 4" airframe, already marked for the lug and everything. It also has a glassine covering to make it smooth. 1 hefty V2-ish nosecone with a thick molded loop for attachment. The finish is a little ...

• Public Enemy Gladiator (3) By Todd Mullin

  Brief: Public Enemy Rockets has produced their Gladiator kit in two different sizes. The full size 4" version and the "baby" 3" version. The 3" Gladiator flies on 29mm motors and Public Enemy claims will fly in the F-H motor classes. Construction: With the Peter Graves line from Airplane! , "So, Joey, do you like gladiator movies?" ringing in ...

• Public Enemy Honest John By John Coker

    I wanted to try out Public Enemy's rocket kits after I got their catalog at a ROC launch. I like sport-scale rockets so I ordered the Honest John and SA-14 Archer kits. Public Enemy makes larger versions of both rockets, but I wanted the smaller ones so I could launch them at LUNAR ("H" motor maximum). Both kits use 38mm motor mounts.  The rocket flew for the first time at ...

• Public Enemy Honest John By Dave Way

  Brief: THe Honest John is a 38mm motor high power rocket single stage scale kit with parachute recovery. Kit arrived in good shape from Rocket Garden. Kit had a very impressive two-piece nose cone, one large body tube, a shorter body tube (electronics bay), four pre-shaped large fins, two stout wooden centering rings, and a very adequate harness supplies. I chose to upgrade the ...

• Public Enemy Patriot (3) By Rocky Firth

  Brief: This is a sport scale replica of the Patriot M-104 ground to air missile. It is a single stage, 29mm rocket with a 30 inch parachute for recovery. The components came carefully packaged and in good shape for PEL (Public Enemy). This is a relatively simple rocket, well within the capabilities of most rocket enthusiasts. Construction: The rocket comes with two 3 inch body ...

• Public Enemy Performer By Bert Garrison

  ( Contributed - by Bert Garrison)  I am quite fortunate to live in the High Desert of California.  Only 90 miles from the Lucerne dry lake, home of ROC , Rocketry Organization of California. While at one of my first group launches I met Roy Weid of Public Enemy Rockets .  He always shows up with his trailer of bargain priced rocket kits.  I picked up the 3" ...

• Public Enemy Performer By Aaron Stanley

  Brief: This is your basic high power rocket. It would be great for L1 or L2 certification attempts. It came with a 36 inch body tube and an 18 inch payload bay, the fins are 1/8" Baltic birch, the centering rings are fiberboard but once you have a layer of 15 minute epoxy on there good and strong, the motor tube was a 38mm and the parachute is an orange 36 inch parachute. The way the ...

• Public Enemy Predator By Marty Wiggins

  ( Contributed - by Marty Wiggins) Brief: The Predator is a nice looking large rocket. It is an upscale of the old Estes Rampage. It came with a single 38mm motor mount, but a 3 motor cluster is available. Construction: All of the parts were in good order. It came with long 38mm motor mount, 4" body tube and payload section. The fins are 1/4" plywood and the centering rings ...

• Public Enemy Psycho (4) By David Urbanek

    The Psycho is no longer in production. It was a great kit from Public Enemy. It's the same size as the Public Enemy Patriot, so I'm sure the flight characteristics of each are similar. The instructions are spare to say the least. It would be best if you had either built high power rockets before or had a coach who had. The airframe is paper tube with Public Enemy's signature yellow ...

• Public Enemy SS-Arrow (4) By John Coker

  ( Contributed - by John Coker)  Note: For more SA-14 Archer pictures, visit John's site. I wanted to try out Public Enemy's rocket kits after I got their catalog at a ROC launch. I like sport-scale rockets so I ordered the Honest John and the SA-14 Archer kits. Public Enemy makes larger versions of both rockets, but I wanted the smaller ones so I could launch them at LUNAR ...

• Public Enemy Ultra FatBoy (3) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 10/15/00) Brief: The 3" Ultra Fatboy was my first high power rocket and was purchased for my TRA Level-I certification. I picked this kit primarily because of its sleek design and capability to fly on mid-power motors (adapter not included). There are quite a few rockets fitting the latter requirement so looks were the major factor. This kit ...

• Public Enemy Ultra Performer By John Cohen

  Brief: The Ultra Performer is a large, clustered HPR rocket. Construction: The tubes are flexible phenolic with a fiberglass nose cone. The kit came with one parachute but I added a second for a drogue. The main is a little smaller than I'd like . . . it is 70" and I think 80+" would be better. The shoulder on the nose cone is a little smaller than I'd like, too, but isn't a ...

• Public Enemy Vengeance V-2 (4) By Eric Jackson

  ( Contributed - by Eric Jackson - 06/01/02) Brief: A really nice looking and very popular rocket by Public Enemy. Flies on H-J motors, and has excellent construction styles. Construction: The construction was very simple and straight forward with a design that allows for repairs to be made; such as a crimped body. The fin and motor can is one piece, the body is another, and the nose ...

• Public Missiles AGM256 Pit Bull By Dan Bihary

  "True Air Force-like styling is sure to command attention on the flight line! The Pit Bull is 35" tall and 2.6" in diameter. The Pit Bull weighs in at 29 ozs., and comes with a 30" chute. This kit is designed to fly on high impulse F and G motors for Pre-Cert flights and most H and I motors for Cert 1 flights. Comes standard with a 38mm motor mount." This kit employs PML qauntum ...

• Public Missiles AMRAAM (2.1") By Brett Keller

  This scale model uses a 29mm motor mount for midpower to high power motors, and uses a parachute and PML's piston for recovery. The construction of the AMRAAM was much easier than I had predicted. The packaging was neat and informative. All of the parts were in the kit and in perfect shape. The kit is made of a PML 54mm phenolic tube, 8 G10 fins, a 29mm phenolic tube for the motor mount, 2 ...

• Public Missiles AMRAAM (3") By Alex Seltsikas

  The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry".The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit.We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the two links above. (Sport ...

• Public Missiles AMRAAM (4") By Carl Tulanko

  The PML Amraam 4 is a half-scale version of the AMRAAM/AIM-120 used by both the U.S. Navy and Air Force as a medium range air to air missile. The kit is semi-scale due to the fact it is 1/2" larger in diameter and 6" longer than a true 1/2 scale representation. Components: My kit was custom ordered from Magnum Rockets as a CPR3000 ready kit, which means the lower tube was pre-cut at the ...

• Public Missiles AMRAAM-3 By Robert Barkley

  Very pleased with the components, fairly comprehensive instructions. Components I ordered the kit with the fiberglass fins (as the military version has sleek wings/fins). Components were ready for assembly with very little prep.  /h2 My first high power build, a few lessons learned. But, overall it was a great kit to learn on. This kit has a piston ...

• Public Missiles Andromeda By Ken Bracey

  Picture courtesy of Public Missiles, Ltd       Brief: The Andromeda is a new kit in the Hybrid Ready series from Public Missiles, Ltd. (PML). "Hybrid ready" means that the motor mount is extended to accept the longer hybrid motors. It also has a new style of electronics bay specifically designed for hybrid rockets called the ERM (Electronics ...

• Public Missiles Ariel By Nick Esselman

  (06/30/08) I have to admit that I have some sort of "connection" with PML kits. It was 10 years ago when I opened my first PML kit, the Callisto , and I still remember the "Wow" affect that I received back then as this was my first mid/high power rocket. The Callisto is a simple 3-fin and a nose cone design, but it just had a classic look for me. At ...

• Public Missiles Ariel By Michael Mangieri

  Brief: Single stage HPR sport rocket with parachute recovery. Construction: The components are all top-notch. The kit contains two Quantum Polymer (QT) body tubes: a main airframe and a 9" long payload section. The main airframe is slotted, always a nice touch, and the payload section is large enough for most electronics. If you've never used QT before, you must give it ...

• Public Missiles Black Brant Vb By Kevin Drayson

  ( Contributed - by Kevin Drayson - 10/15/00) Brief: This is a semi-scale model of the Canadian sounding rocket, manufactured by Bristol Aerospace. According to PML, it is designed to fly on G-I motors. Construction: The kit comes with three (3) pre-cut G10 fins, a pre-slotted QT airframe (or an optional phenolic one), a 4:1 ogive plastic nose cone, plywood centering rings, a 30 inch ...

• Public Missiles Black Brant Vb By Stephen Corban

  (by Stephen Corban - 02/01/03) Brief: This is a sport scale rocket that features PML's new Quantum tube. This rocket makes a good choice for the mid power to high power transition. Construction: This rocket has one section of PML Quantum Tube, with no payload section. There are 2 centering rings made of sturdy plywood, and 3 G10 fins. There is a plastic nosecone, but the only ...

• Public Missiles Black Brant X (BBX) By Casey Smith

  This is the Big Black Brandt X(10) that PML offers. It is a scale high power kit that takes 29mm I200's to 54mm J800T as a stock kit. The larger 54mm extended Kwik-Switch must be purchased to run the 54mm "Mega System" which will fit the 1706 and the 54mm/2560 K700W motor. I did not purchase this and built the kit close to stock. The kit came from RocketSilo all boxed up, and it is so ...

• Public Missiles Bull Puppy (2.1") By Gary Singer

  ( Contributed - by Gary Singer - 05/01/02) Picture courtesy of PML Brief: The Bull Puppy 2.1 is a single stage, Quantum tube rocket with piston ejection. Construction: Kit comes with a pre-slotted main airframe, a pre-slotted boat tail and a plastic nosecone. It has 4 fiberglass canard fins, and 4 fiberglass main fins. The piston ejection kit comes with a piston body, piston ...

• Public Missiles Bull Puppy By Casey Smith

  Photo courtesty of PML Scale-like rocket of the big brother PML Bulldog. Excellent military styling, good experience here with boat-tails. The new Bull Puppy comes with the nice Quantum Tubing (pre slotted for TTW fin attachment), a PML nosecone, G-10 fiberglass main and canard fins, and piston ejection system. It comes with 2 centering rings, one that goes in the main 3" tube and ...

• Public Missiles Bull Puppy By Lucas Kalathas

  Presented with written permission from RocketyPlanet: Product Review by Lucas Kalathas Thursday, November 15, 2007 Contents of the PML Bull Puppy kit. There are some companies that blend in with their competition, to stock their items on the shelf in hopes of selling to undemanding customers. Others try to provide the cheapest ...

• Public Missiles Bulldog By John Coker

  ( Contributed - by John Coker)  Note: For more Bull Dog pictures, visit John's site. The Public Missiles Limited Bull Dog kit is the first high-power kit I built. This is a not a scale model of the famous "Bullpup" U.S. air-to-surface missile, but is reminiscent of it.  Here's what I said when I started it (in February 1998):  "I'm already getting ...

• Public Missiles Bumble Bee By Kathy Kippen

  Brief A new offering from Public Missiles, LTD, the Bumble Bee is a short stubby mid-powered rocket. It’s a straightforward build with a few new features that include a recovery tube and a new style nosecone with the strap imbedded in the nosecone tip as well as new construction methods. Components 1 pre-slotted main airframe 1 recovery tube 1 nose cone 3 fins ...

• Public Missiles Callisto By Nick Esselman

  (04/01/98) Wow! That was what I first thought as I surveyed the contents of my Public Missiles' Callisto. Why? Well, as I have said in my introduction page I am getting back into rocketry and am moving toward mid-power models. Of course, I have experience building many Estes' kits, most of which weigh less than 2 ounces and are less than 24" long, however, the Callisto is 25 ounces ...

• Public Missiles Cirrus By David Fergus

  ( Contributed - by David W. Fergus) Brief: This is a rocket designed to fly to extreme altitude if desired. It has a 1.6" diameter and is 44" tall with a payload bay and solid resin nose cone. It can be flown with 38mm motors; or 29mm motors with an adapter. Everything that normally comes with a PML phenolic kit is provided including a piston ejection system, parachute, and ...

• Public Missiles Cirrus By Greg Briden

  ( Contributed - by Greg Briden - 11/01/02) Brief: Minimum diameter, high altitude rocket. Construction: Two main phenolic body tubes, piston ejection, solid resin nose cone. This was my first HP rocket, which I used for my L1 cert. I do not recommend this rocket for any first time HP builders, and it is a less favorable cert. Let me explain; For one, its hard to find motor ...

• Public Missiles Co-Pilot 2.0 By Don Bitz

  ( Contributed - by Don Bitz - 03/26/09) Brief: I have been flying the Co-Pilot 2.0 for about six months now with no failures. I've been flying high-powered rockets for about the same length of time. Having also used several other brands of altimeters, some of which I have actually flown and others I have actually returned. For simple deployment (single or dual), I doubt there is a ...

• Public Missiles Co-Pilot 2.0 By Bob Morstadt

  I had the original PML Co-Pilot and flew it for several years until it went bad.  I thought that I would simply replace the original Co-Pilot, but found that it had been superseded by the Co-Pilot version 2.0.   One of the things that attracted me to the Co-Pilot version 2.0 is that the attachment holes on the electronics board are at the same location as the original.  I ...

• Public Missiles CPR 3000 By Michael Wilkins

  ( Contributed - by Michael Wilkins - 01/14/04) Brief: The CPR3000 (Close Proximity Recovery) is a dual deployment system from Public Missiles, Ltd. (PML). The CPR system comes with all necessary parts to convert a rocket to dual deployment. Electronics are not included. This system can be purchased for most PML kits and should be purchased before your kit is built. Construction: ...

• Public Missiles D-Region Tomahawk By Fred Frey

  ( Contributed - by Fred Frey - 10/21/00) Photo courtesy of PML Brief: Single-staged HPR using PML's Quantum Tubing. Used for my Level 1 certification Construction: I purchased the kit from Al's Hobbies, in Elmhurst, IL, for about $85. Everything was in good condition: 4 fins, body tube, payload section, bulkhead, 2 3/8" brass lugs, plastic nose cone, 47" chute, tubular ...

• Public Missiles Eclipse A By Gary Singer

  Comes with drogue and main parachutes, the CPR 3000 system, and the Kwik-Switch 2000. CoPilot altimeter not included. Has a pre-slotted airframe, a 33" fore-recovery airframe, a 17" aft-recovery airframe, and a nose cone. Uses (4) G-10 fins, (4) centering rings, (2) pistons, and a bulk plate. The CPR 3000 comes with mounts, cannisters, couplers, o-rings and an aluminum threaded coupler and ...

• Public Missiles Endeavour By Gene Wolski

  4" Quantum tube version of the PML Endeavour configured for dual deployment. Components PML Endeavour Kit (Quantum Tube version) Add-ons PML 54mm motor tube (17") PML centering ring (4" to 54mm) PML 4" bulkhead plates and coupler bulkhead plates (2 each) LOC stiffy tube coupler Rail buttons 1/4" All-thread (two 12" pieces) G-10 altimeter sled Misc ...

• Public Missiles Endeavour By Dave Hanson

  Single-stage scale-like High Power rocket kit. This was my second kit from PML, and my biggest rocket yet. The parts were typical of PML kits: sturdy, paper-phenolic airframe, heavy-duty plastic nose cone, G-10 fiberglass fins, and assemblies for the "Kwik-Switch" mount and ejection piston. All parts were present and in good shape. I found the instructions easy to follow and well laid-out, ...

• Public Missiles Explorer By Scott Sager

  ( Contributed - by Scott Sager) Brief: This beginner friendly kit provides a nice introduction to High Power Rocketry and level 1 certification. The PML Explorer is one of several kits in PML's VHA (Very High Altitude) kit line. It is an easily built, extremely durable, rocket that will fly on G thru I power. This kit is nearly the same as the PML “Small Endeavor" except for ...

• Public Missiles Gotta Go - Gotta Go By Michael Wilkins

  ( Contributed - by Michael Wilkins (Keebler) - 09/20/03) Brief: Gotta Go - Gotta Go is a heavily modified PML Endeavor kit built to handle the upper K class 54mm motors. Recovery is made possible by a dual deployment system controlled by a MissileWorks altimeter and Skyangle Cert3 chutes. Locating the rocket after flight is a breeze with a home made audible locating system. When this ...

• Public Missiles Hydra By Neil and Mike Thompson

  Picture courtesy of Public Missiles     Brief: This is a single staged, 6 fin HPR rocket that my dad launched on Labor Day 2003 on an H242 for his L1. I wrote the review since he is always busy and I saw every step he took on that rocket. Plus I did a bit of work for him too. (Inside fillets in a boat tail! What a pain in the butt!). Construction: It did not ...

• Public Missiles Intruder By Ted and Robyn Phipps

  ( Contributed - by Ted and Robyn Phipps) Brief: We ordered the Public Missiles Intruder for several reasons. The body is Quantum Tube, and the five asymmetrical G-10 fins contribute to it’s sleek lines and good looks. Never having used anything beyond cardboard and plywood, we looked forward to the chance to work with these new materials. Construction: Arriving in a plastic ...

• Public Missiles IO By Patrick Ryan

  ( Contributed - by Patrick Ryan) Brief: Single stage 29mm with parachute recovery and piston ejection system. Construction: Three (3) G-10 fins, pre-slotted "Quantum Tube" body. Motor Mount is plywood and heavy cardboard type. Monster heavy duty shock cords (one mounts to motor mount and gets a little crusty, but great overall). 20" nylon 2 color parachute with ...

• Public Missiles IO By John Hattan

  Brief: PML's smallest and simplest kit, this is a simple tried-n-true 3FNC rocket, suitable for F to H motors. Construction: Rocket consists of a single body tube, plywood centering rings, and a piece of woven nylon that's epoxied to the motor tube. The piston is attached to the other end of the nylon. The fins are G10, which sands very nicely and is really tough. Includes a fairly ...

• Public Missiles Little Lunar Express By Gary Sinclair

  PML's Little Lunar Express is a well known HPR kit which has a 50's SciFi look. Recovery is via parachute which is ejected from the airframe using a PML piston. This kit comes with the following components: (1) 4" OD Ogive nosecone (a good one too) which has NO bottom (i.e. the bottom of the shoulder is missing allowing access to the inside of the nosecone). (1) 4" OD , 5.5" long ...

• Public Missiles Little Lunar Express By Bob Morstadt

  Brief The Lunar Express Jr. is a model based on the 1950s Sci-Fi concept of a single stage rocket that could go to the moon and back. The model is capable of taking a 38mm motor, but has an adapter to accommodate a 29mm motor. Construction The kit has high quality like all the PML kits and the completed rocket is capable of taking a beating without damage. There are some tricky steps in the ...

• Public Missiles Lunar Express By John Coker

  Of the new P.M.L. kits for late 1998, one really stood out: the Lunar Express. This rocket is a forward-to-the-past type of rocket, a real 1950s design for a futuristic rocket. Well, I just had to build it!   As an aside, I get tired of all the kits looking basically the same. The standard 3FNC (three fins and nose cone) look gets old pretty quickly. P.M.L. did a nice job of ...

• Public Missiles Matrix By Doyle Tatum

  (by Doyle Tatum - 10/15/00) Brief: The parachute is a standard PML Nylon 'chute with a spill hole and the decent is a little too fast. I plan to add an altimeter to the payload to deploy an additional chute at 300'. Construction: There is a Quantum (plastic) tube for the body and one for the payload. Both are pre-slotted for the fins. It has three G-10 fiberglass fins. The ...

• Public Missiles Matrix By Carl Tulanko

  (by Carl Tulanko) Brief: The PML Matrix is a sport rocket advertised as a meteor defense weapon with a futuristic look about it. The kit is a 3” diameter model made for H and I high-power motors and uses a 3 fin configuration, although there are twelve fins total for the model. Construction: The kit came in a bag and included all the necessary parts; 3” diamete ...

• Public Missiles Mini Black Brant X (BBX) By Brian Sutton courtesy of WildRocketry.Com

  (by Brian Sutton courtesy of WildRocketry.Com) I must admit, I am becoming a real fan of PML kits. Normally I like to scratch build, but when I feel the need to put something together in a hurry, PML is definitely the way to go for high quality, durable kits. The Mini BBX is a new released by PML. What caught my attention was the news that the Mini BBX is going to have a Terrier Booster ...

• Public Missiles Miranda By Mark Weitemeyer

  The PML Miranda is probably intended to be a second HPR kit, but this was my first HPR kit. (Picture is courtesy of Public Missiles) The PML Miranda is a single stage 3" rocket with a 12" payload section. This kit comes with PML's Kwik Switch system allowing you to use up to 54mm motors and spend more money than you really should. Not that this will stop you. The instructions were easy ...

• Public Missiles MR-1 By Al Gloer

  Brief: A real short mid to high power sport flier styled after an anti-tank weapon. It's basically a big nose cone with just enough body to hold the fins. Available in both 29mm and 38mm, this review reflects a 38mm build. Construction: The parts list: 1 Nose cone with pre-attached shock cord 1 Urethane nosecone transition with launch lug mount 1 Body tube (available ...

• Public Missiles MR-1 By John Lee

  The MR-1 is something that looks like it comes out of an ordnance inventory. Opening the bag, that impression is confirmed as one looks at the parts. The Quantum tubing and glass fins make this a heavy and substantial rocket. The NC makes it even more so. I am hoping to get a chance to do some HPR flying in May at the West Texas Thunder event so I started looking through some of the bigger ...

• Public Missiles Nimbus By Tyndall Epps

  The Nimbus is a 54mm minimum diameter rocket from PML that is designed for extremely high altitudes. PML claims that this rocket has reached over 13,000 on a K motor. It consists of a phenolic airframe, PML's CPR 3000 dual recovery system , G10 fiberglass fins , and a plastic nosecone. It has a 36" nylon main chute and a 144" nylon streamer for a drouge. PML recommends that this kit be ...

• Public Missiles Patriot (1/2 Scale) By Mike Doyle

  (by Mike Doyle - 12/20/02) Note: This is a slightly condensed version of all the information that Mike has produced for his Level 3 project. Visit his homepage to read the additional information and enjoy additional pictures. Introduction: This certification flight is scheduled to take place at the first available opportunity after an AeroTech M1315 reload motor can be obtained; ...

• Public Missiles Patriot (1/2 Scale) By Brian Wheeler

  ( Contributed - by Brian Wheeler) Brief: Single stage, scale, high power rocket with parachute recovery. Construction: One 48" phenolic body tube, a 22" phenolic payload bay, four (4) G10 fins, three (3) plywood centering rings, a 54 mm motor mount, a fiberglass nose cone, PML's piston ejection system, two (2) 3/8" launch lugs, two (2) PML parachute's (a 60" and a ...

• Public Missiles Patriot (1/4 Scale) By Glen Nardin

  ( Contributed - by Glen Nardin) • How were the instructions? First of all, this was not only my first 4-inch rocket, but also my first to use phenolic tubes. I would recommend [it] highly as anyone's first High Power rocket, but if you've never worked with epoxy, you may want to stop and learn a few things about it. I suggest you use the longest setting epoxy you can find in order to ...

• Public Missiles Phantom / X-Caliber By Nick Esselman

  BRIEF: I first saw the Public Missiles Phantom in a little brochure sent to my home. It was a new release for fall of 1998 and I really liked the looks of the kit. It is my second PML kit, with my first being the Callisto which was my Level I certification rocket. CONSTRUCTION: There are many things the the Callisto and the Phantom have in common, including the 2.1" diameter, p ...

• Public Missiles Phantom / X-Caliber By Joseph G. Fischer

  Brief Single stage high-power model rocket with a 30" parachute recovery. Construction The PML Phantom was my first HP rocket. Construction was straight-forward with through-the-wall fins. The instruction sheet, although very brief, was concise and clear. The Phantom is a six-finned rocket. On my kit, one of the slots on the body tube was slightly off about 0.1" so the ...

• Public Missiles Phobos By Brian Kain

  ( Contributed - by Brian Kain - 10/15/00) Brief: I shortened the span of the fins to 2.25". Used 1/4" graphite tubing for launch lugs. Modifications: I took the three (3) fins and put them in my flat jaw vice, making sure to keep them all straight and lined up. Then with my dremel tool and a carbon cutting wheel, I cut all 3 fins at once. Then kept them in the vice ...

• Public Missiles Phobos By Michael Veno

  Picture courtesy of Public Missiles Brief: The PML Phobos is a 2.15" HPR with payload section. I selected it because PML website indicated that is was capable of flying with a J350. This would allow me to use it for both for a TRA Level 1 certification as well as Level 2. Construction: The PML Phobos is a 2.15", 57” long HPR with payload section using the PML ...

• Public Missiles Phobos By Lance Alligood

  Brief: The PML Phobos is an easy to build single stage, single motor 3FNC MPR/HPR kit. It could be used for Level 1 certifications but I don't know if I would recommend it for that. You have a choice of either Quantum or phenolic tubing and 29mm or 38mm motor mount. I bought the kit direct from PML with the Quantum tubing (QT) and 38mm motor mount. My goal in picking the Phobos was that it ...

• Public Missiles Phobos By Aaron Stanley

  The Public Missiles, Ltd. Phobos is one of the great, easy to build mid and high power rockets out there you can buy. This rocket can be launched on any where from a F40 all the way up to a J570 if you get it with the 38mm motor mount. This is probably the best rocket to use for your Level 1 cert attempt, which I used it for. The only down side to this kit is you have to clean out the main ...

• Public Missiles Pterodactyl, Jr. By Kerry Garrison

  (by Kerry Garrison courtesy of WildRocketry.Com) Kerry's Ptery From the first time I saw a Pterodactyl Jr. kit, I knew I wanted to build one. My local hobby store owner told me there was a shipment of new PML kits coming in and I wanted to see the kits up close before I bought one. The shipment day arrived and I ran down to the store only to find a fellow member of our rocketry ...

• Public Missiles Pterodactyl, Jr. By John Meckley

  (by John Meckley)  This is a fairly simple kit to put together -- basic through-the-wall fin mounting and single body tube/nose cone construction. This kit has a "piston"-type ejection system and since the body tube is relatively short in relation to the forward end of the tapered fins, there's really no opportunity to use the "zipperless design" that I favor. ...

• Public Missiles Pterodactyl By Frank DeBrouwer

  (by Frank De Brouwer - 12/20/02) Note: This is a slightly condensed version of all the information that Frank has produced for his Level 3 project. Visit the Tripoli Netherlands site (look under Projecten) to read the additional information and enjoy additional pictures. I decided to fly a Level 3 rocket at ALRS 1 in Switzerland on the 24th and 25th of March 2000. After contact ...

• Public Missiles Pterodactyl By Joel Simon

  Brief: Single-staged HPR rocket, built for Level 2 certification. Piston-deployed parachute recovery. No payload capability in kit form. Construction: The parts were all there and in excellent condition. The Pterodactyl is actually a fairly basic HPR kit, except for the fins. So the parts consisted of main airframe, six G10 fin components, motor tube, 3 centering rings, nose cone, and ...

• Public Missiles Quantum Leap (Stretch) By Mike Murphy

  Brief: This is a custom manufacturer modification of the two stage Quantum Leap 3000 with Public Missiles Close Proximity Recovery (CPR) two stage drogue to main recovery system. Modifications included adding ten inches to both the booster and sustainer in order to accommodate longer motors. I also had the kit shipped with PML's fiberglass tubes. Construction: The much awaited ...

• Public Missiles Quasar By Moira Jean Whitlock

  - by Moira Jean Whitlock Brief: Single stage, all phenolic construction rocket for 54mm, 38mm and 29mm motors. Recovers with bright blue and orange 34 inch parachute. Uses piston recovery system too. Construction: All parts are there, and there are many. My first impression was that the kit is definite quality. Everything is strong and precision machined. The fins are G10 phenolic. ...

• Public Missiles Quasar By Ron Johnson courtesy of WildRocketry.Com

  (by Ron Johnson courtesy of WildRocketry.Com) In selecting my first High Power Rocket and being a new to HPR, with little knowledge of materials and techniques, I wanted something that was easy to build yet robust enough for my Level 1 certification. I selected the PML Quasar. The finished Quasar is 56” long, weighs about 2 ½ pounds without motor. The kit comes with all ...

• Public Missiles Small Endeavour By Al Casper

  Public Missiles - Endeavour review is provided courtesy of: PML's Small Endeavor, featuring the Quantum Tube Assembly, Quantum Tube Tests, Finishing, Launch By: Al Casper Public Missiles is now offering the new Quantum body tubes in several of their kits. The tubes are gray in color and made from a special blended polymer. PML claims you can drop it, squeeze it, even throw it, ...

• Public Missiles Small Endeavour By Brian Sutton courtesy of WildRocketry.Com

  (by Brian Sutton courtesy of WildRocketry.Com) A couple of months ago, Charlie, the owner of HobbyTown USA in Brea, CA told me he was bringing in PML kits I started getting excited. I told him to hold on to a Pterodactyl Jr. for me (See Kerry's review of the kit ). When they came in, I opened the shipping box for Charlie and pulled out the Pterry (sorry Kerry). I found the kit easy to ...

• Public Missiles Striker By Kathy Kippen

  A new offering from Public Missiles, LTD, the Striker is a military missile style mid-powered rocket. It’s a straightforward build with a few new features that include a recovery tube and a new style nosecone with the strap imbedded in the nosecone tip as well as new construction methods. Components Parts list: 1 pre-slotted main airframe 1 recovery tube 1 ...

• Public Missiles Sudden Rush By Jay Ward

    Electronics only recovery using the new Close Proximity Recovery System. Apogee drogue with main parachute at user selected altitude. PML Quantum tubing with G10 glass fins make this three fin boatailed beauty darned near indestructible. This is a fairly sophisticated kit consisting of over 50 parts. Three sections of Quantum tubing, one slotted for fins, one main chute and one ...

• Public Missiles Sudden Rush By Barry Lynch

  Public Missiles - Sudden Rush review is provided courtesy of: PML’s Sudden Rush with CPR 2000 Assembly, CPR 2000 Information, Kwik-Switch 2000 Information   PML's Close Proximity Recovery (CPR) 2000 parts with altimeter My first attempt at dual deployment came in the form of Public Missiles' Sudden Rush kit featuring the new Quantum Tube airframe. I had ...

• Public Missiles Tethys By Kevin Drayson

  Photo Courtesy of PML The Tethys is a basic 3FNC kit, capable of flying on G motors or bigger. The Tethys came with a single length of airframe tubing (phenolic, per my request), 3 pre-cut G10 fins (the thickest fiberglass fins I've used to date), a 4:1 ogive plastic nose cone, a thick nylon strap, a length of tubular nylon, piston kit, a 48" parachute, two brass launch lugs, and the 54mm ...

• Public Missiles Tethys By Greg Gardner

  Mostly stock rocket for my Level One certification. This is my first rocket higher than an Estes kit. First Flight on this rocket was my L1 attempt as built weight was too heavy for a "G" test flight. The kit includes: 1 36" x 4" PML Quantum body tube Piston ejection system 3 G-10 .093" fins 2 1/4" plywood centering rings 54mm Kwik-Switch motor mount with 38mm & 29mm ...

• Public Missiles Tethys By Scott Weihe

  This is a big beautiful stock PML kit with 3 fins, parachute recovery, and would be perfect for level 1 attempts. The kit came with a 36" x 4" PML Quantum body tube, G10 fins, plywood centering rings, PML's 54/38/29 Kwik-Switch motor mounts, a tough plastic nose cone, PML's piston ejection system, 12 feet tubular nylon shock cord, a 48 inch chute, 2 brass lugs, and some very good ins ...

• Public Missiles Thunder -N- Lightning By David Kneble

  (by David Kneble - 05/01/02) Brief: This is a high performance 38mm two stage rocket. It features PML's CPR3000 system and the inter-stage coupler unit. Construction: I believe that when I originally counted the components there were over 125 pieces. Basically there were two sets of G10 fins, two 38mm motor mounts, the inter-stage assembly, a tailcone, the airframe for the booster, ...

• Public Missiles Thunder -N- Lightning By Kathy Kippen

  Brief: This is the PML two-stage Thunder & Lightning kit. It comes with the CPR3000 electronics bay and the interstage coupler to house the timer. Construction: Quantum tubing airframes – one for the booster and three for the sustainer. The fin can sections came pre-slotted. Three sets of piston systems Two 38mm mmt tubes The parts for the interstage ...

• Public Missiles Tiny Pterodactyl By Nick Esselman

  When I saw the new release of the Tiny Pterodactyl I had to get one...so I did. It arrived 1 week before a planned trip to Michigan where I was going to be flying at 3 Oaks. So I had a short period of time to build it. But that was all I needed with the ease of this kit. This was my third PML kit, but only my first using Quantum Tube. I have been very pleased with my Callisto (Level 1 Cert ...

• Public Missiles Ultimate Endeavor By Brett Noake

  ( Contributed - by Brett Noake) Brief: The kit is designed to use a piston ejection system (motor) ejection to deploy the parachutes. The booster section uses a 60" parachute and the payload section uses a 48" chute. Construction: 1 6"x4' Airframe Tube (booster) 1 6"x3' Airframe Tube 6" Nose cone (fiberglass) 6 G10 fins 1 54mm Motor tube ...

• Pyramid Rockets 3 Inch Flying Pyramid By Mal McClenaghan

  Brief: I was looking for something different to fly with the kids when I saw this kit from Pyramid Rocketry. It suited the task perfectly. Construction: The first thing you notice about this kit is the packaging. The kit and instructions are in a heavy plastic zip-lock bag. It was good to see some packaging I can actually use for something later, instead of having to throw it in ...

• Pyramid Rockets 9 Inch Flying Pyramid By Greg Lane

  Brief: A pyramid shaped rocket with a rear deployed parachute Construction: The kit comes with a poster board sheet that is pre-cut. When folded and glued, it forms the shell for the pyramid. There are eight laser cut balsa triangles that are paired, glued together, and placed inside the poster board shell to form the four sides of the pyramid. The instructions are well done. ...

• Qmodeling Andromeda By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  Brief: The Mrs. Andromeda is a 1.65:1 upscale of the classic Estes Andromeda, kit #1273. This kit was first introduced in 1975, and remained in production until 1982. Q-Modeling has taken the original design, upscaled it, and modernized its construction. Construction: Scale: 1.65:1 Height: 72.25" Weight: 14.0 oz (with recovery system) Fin Span: 19.68" ...

• Qmodeling Andromeda By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This is probably going to be considered the flagship bird of Qmodeling's upscale/mega retro series. It's a 1.65 upscale of the Estes classic Andromeda. As noted in the other fine reviews, this is a magnificently engineered design and a sheer pleasure to build and fly. While I will cover some construction detail and pictures, I'd also highly recommend Bob Cox's construction ...

• Qmodeling Andromeda By Geof Givens

  Brief: The Qmodeling Retro Mega Series Andromeda is one of the most formidable mid-power kits available. This beautiful kit is a 1.65:1 upscale of the Estes Andromeda. QModeling's BT-60 version stands nearly 6 feet tall. The 24mm motor mount is designed for high-thrust APCP motors such as F24-4 or F21-6. Construction: There are over 80 parts and also more than 80 construction ...

• Qmodeling Bullpup By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This is a 2x upscale (OK, 1.96 to be exact) of the original 1970s edition of the Estes Bullpup, with highly engineered features and upgrades. I've been avoiding a few of the relatively pricey QModeling upscales lately, but the boat tail on this sucked me in and I found this a real pleasure to build and fly. Construction: You might be a bit surprised when your $73 box ...

• Qmodeling Hawkeye By Geof Givens

  Brief: QModeling's Mega-Retro Series (MRS) Hawkeye is a kit for building a 4.78x upscale of the classic Estes Hawkeye. Standing over 43in tall, this BT-80 monster is huge compared to the 1/2A original. Our finished kit weighed 16 ounces. Many of QModeling's MRS kits would probably appeal to 24mm enthusiasts who want to fly big, lightweight rockets low and slow. This kit is also ...

• Qmodeling NIKEX By Chan Stevens

  Brief: QModeling has aimed for bigger and better upscales, this time picking the Estes classic Nike-X, offered from 1975-1984. This version is nearly a full 2:1 upscale of the original. Top quality components and instructions make this about a skill level 3 on construction. Construction: Following the trend of some of the other niche players, the first 100 kits of each model are ...

• Qmodeling Rogue By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: The Estes Rogue on steroids! Same great looks but little chance that you can fly this one from your local athletic field. I won this for participating in an EMRR contest and started building it immediately. This is my third Rogue, the first being a BT-55 upscale and the second a 1:1 clone. Construction: The parts list: Nose cone Nose cone plug Eye hook ...

• Qmodeling Rogue By Chan Stevens

  Brief: A great 2.2x upscale of the 1970's Estes classic that is capable of flying to nearly 1000 feet on 24mm motors. Construction: Parts were tightly packed in a plastic bag with a header card showing handwritten production number. Despite tight packing, there was no problem at all with component quality. Parts list includes: Cast resin nose cone BT-60 body tube 4 ...

• Qmodeling SNOOPER By Geof Givens

  QModeling makes their upscale replica rockets big with long satisfying builds using a huge number of parts (roughly 80 parts in this kit). The Mega Snooper is no exception. This is a great kit. This kit is rated skill level 4. Having recently finished the daunting QModeling Andromeda, it actually seemed a bit easier. On the other hand, the instructions list among the additional needed items: ...

• Qmodeling SNOOPER By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Another "retro" kit re-introduced bigger and better than the original. QModeling has put together a beautiful kit that's fun to build and draws lots of WOWs at the pad. Construction: The components come tightly packed in a triangular Priority Mail tube. In my kit, they might have been packed a bit too snugly, as a couple small balsa brace sections were broken. ...

• Qmodeling Stiletto By Dick Stafford

  Brief: This is one of QModeling's Mega Retro Series (MRS) kits. It's a 1.68:1 upscale of the classic Estes kit and flies on 24mm motors. It is a great looking kit and the parts are exceptional quality. Construction: The kit came nicely packaged with most small components in their own bags (e.g. all motor mount components bagged together). It appears that some of the components ...

• Qmodeling Stiletto By Chan Stevens

  Brief: If a rocket can be sexy, this one is it. A long, sleek upscale of the Estes kit, this is a beautiful single stage 24mm rocket that flies as well as it looks. Construction: I had purchased this kit through pre-order, which took several weeks but normal purchases will arrive quickly and carefully packaged in a Priority Mail tube. The kit is packed in a sealed plastic bag ...

• Qmodeling VEGA By Jeff Drongowski

    QModeling of Temecula, CA has put together a great looking upscale remake of the old Estes Vega rocket. The kit has always been one of the more interesting looking "retro" rockets put in to flight and QModeling has done a fine job with this kit. She is a single stage, single motor, parachute recovered (with real spring loaded landing pods as part of the fins) model made of paper tubes, ...

• Qmodeling VEGA By Darren Longhorn

  ( Contributed - by Darren J Longhorn) Brief: The MRS-Vega is part of Q Modeling's Mega Retro Series. The series comprises upscale semi-clones of some classic designs, that also includes the Mars Snooper, NikeX & WACC. I say semi-clones, because the kits have been rescaled and designed from scratch using new parts and the latest techniques. The Vega is described as an upscale of ...

• Qmodeling VEGA By Stu Young

  Brief: Upscale of an Estes vintage exotic kit. Construction: 2 17" cardboard body tubes, 3 cardboard tubes for landing leg pods, steel springs for the shock-absorbing landing legs, high-quality, laser-cut balsa fins and motor mount "exoskeleton," reflective, heat-resistant coating inside 24 mm motor mount, steel engine retaining hook (long enough for a BP ...

• Qmodeling VEGA By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This kit is a beautiful upscale and upgrade to the Estes classic Starship Vega. Magnificently engineered and loaded with top-quality components and features, this rocket would be a great addition to any BAR's fleet. From what I can tell, upgrades to the original design include nose cones on the wing pods/landing gear, a fully functional set of shock absorbers in the landing gear, ...

• Qmodeling VIPER By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This fantastic upscale of the Estes EAC Viper is the first of Q-Modeling's "QBAR" projects. Through collaboration with a born again rocketeer (Bob Cox) and a rigorous beta testing process, they hope to release flawless and innovative designs. In this case, I believe they have succeeded. Construction: I was fortunate enough to have won this beauty on EMRR's ...

• Qmodeling WACC By Fred Talasco

  (by Fred Talasco - 06/10/04) Brief: Mid power scale model upscaled from the Estes WAC Corporal. Construction: The model is based on the BT-60 and has a 24mm 'E' length engine mount which makes the kit over 28 inches tall. The nose cone is injection molded of a soft plastic with a laser cut wooden plug that also serves as a screw eye mount. The fins, TTW fin mount braces, and fuel ...

• Qmodeling WACC By Bob Cox

  ( Contributed - by Bob Cox - 07/25/04) Overview The MRS-WAC Corporal is part of QModeling’s Mega-Retro Series, up-scaled versions of Estes classics built with very high quality components. Kit Specifications (from the QModeling web site)  Height: 28.0"  Weight: 5.8 oz  (with recovery system)  Fin Span Diameter: 6.88"  Main ...

• Qmodeling WACC By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Relatively tiny for the "Mega" line of Estes upscales, this WAC is a fine looking scale kit and great flyer. An excellent kit in every way even though at $50 list, scale builders on a budget might consider the ASP 24mm version (listing for $20). Construction: I ordered this kit online (actually won it on eBay) and the kit arrived Priority Mail 3 days later. ...

• Qmodeling XP Raptor By Chan Stevens

  Brief: With the Raptor, QModeling has ventured away from the mode of upscaling Estes classics and introduced their own design. This one is BT-60 based, tapering to BT-55 with some miltary-style guns/antennae included as well. Construction: I ordered this during their Christmas sale, scoring #25. The kit arrived in 3 days, not too bad during the pre-holiday rush. Parts were ...

• Qmodeling XP Raptor By Dave Brunsting

  Brief: The XP Raptor is a single staged 24mm sport flying semi-scale rocket. I won this rocket in EMRR's recent rocket video contest where I placed 5th. I thought it only fitting that I try to get it built and a review submitted as soon as possible especially since it is on the EMRR hit list. Construction: The parts list: Parachute Compartment C-Ring 3x Primary Fins ...

• QRC Easyslider II By Glenn Roth

• Qualified Competition Rockets Easy Slide 1/4A (Bumble Bee) By Clive Davis

  This is QCR's 1/4A Sliding Wing competition rocket glider. I built this kit during my club's (ASTRE, NAR #407) winter build session in February 2004. I flew it in our local chapter NAR competition this summer, placing third. Not too shabby for an inexperienced competitor like myself. The R/G functions by having the wings tied as far back as they can during boost. Once the ejection charge ...

• Qualified Competition Rockets Easy Slide I 1/2 By Clive Davis

  Brief: Easy Slide I 1/2 (1/2A and A motors) is a slide wing rocket glider using a 13mm engine mount. Construction: This kit, the Easy Slide I 1/2 (catalog no. 18), is a rocket glider using the sliding wing concept for glide recovery. The kit comes in a clear plastic bag with a header card. Parts include: balsa nose cone 13mm body tube balsa for wings, stabilizer, and ...

• Qualified Competition Rockets Easy Slide III By Ray King

  Brief: The Easy Slide III is C motor sliding wing rocket glider sold by QCR (Qualified Competition Rockets). It uses an 18mm motor mount and rubber band loaded wing that slides forward after the ejection charge burns the thread holding the wing in place. Construction: This kit is supplied with: 1 Nose Cone 1 Body Tube 3/16” Thick Balsa Wing 3/32” ...

• Qualified Competition Rockets High Rotor II Helicopter By Tim Burger

  A helicopter recovery kit designed specifically for NAR competition events. This kit is a 13mm diameter rocket rated for 1/2A, and A impulse motors. Apogee micro motors can be used with an adapter. We can only hope that Apogee returns these wonderful little motors to the market again soon. Forward: My NAR section will be hosting a 1/2A helicopter duration event this Fall and the only ...

• Qualified Competition Rockets Micro Maxx Rotaroc Helicopter By Clive Davis

  This is the MMX version of QCR's 1/4A Rotaroc helicopter. It features 3 balsa blades, 3 fins, a minimum diameter body tube, balsa nose cone, and the necessary gear for helicopter recovery: hinges, piano wire, and mini-rubber bands. I paid $7 for the kit. I think it is a good price considering the quality of parts one gets, despite my opinion that the instructions are not very good. The QCR ...

• Qualified Competition Rockets Straight Up By Clive Davis

  Brief: This is Qualified Competition Rocket's 13 mm minimum diameter streamer/parachute duration model for NAR competition. The kit I purchased came supplied with a streamer. I attended an ASTRE building session in February 2003 where I learned about streamer duration models. Construction: Kit arrived in a plastic bag, Estes-style, with 12" BT-5 cardboard tube, thrust ...

• Qualified Competition Rockets Ultimate I (helicopter) By Chan Stevens

  Brief: A definitely competition worthy helicopter recovery model. On small motors it can also be sport flown on a small field. Construction: Parts were reasonably good quality and included: BT-5 body tube Balsa nose cone Balsa fin stock Balsa blade stock Mylar tape 3 Klett-style hinges Balsa rotor stops TT-5 rotor tube 2 centering rings Assorted ...

• Qualified Competition Rockets Ultimate II (helicopter) By Jose Andrade-Cora

  Brief: This is a single-stage model rocket for 18mm engines. Recovery is by helicopter, of the spinning hub variety. This means that the rocket airframe is intended to stay still, while the rotors spin. As with most QCR models, it is designed for competitive use. Construction: The kit comes packaged in a heavy gauge plastic bag with a blue QCR header strip labeled with the model ...

• Quasar One Bio Hazard II By Jeff Lane

  Brief: The Bio Hazard looks like a two-stage but it's single stage rocket. It's kind of a transition kit. It has a high power body tube and nose cone but clusters three 24mm motors and has surface mount balsa fins. It's intended for people who want a no-pain try at mid and high power in a great looking kit. Construction: Parts include an extra-long 34" full length ...

• Quasar One DEFCON 1 By Rich DeAngelis

  The DEFCON 1 is a 24mm, mid-size rocket kit from the late Quasar One company. The design is a good performer, the styling is beautiful and easy to achieve with the decals, and the short fins will resist damage on a hard landing.  It is powered with C,D,E and possibly F engines (although using an F makes this a one-time-use rocket, you'll likely never see it again as it reaches almost ...

• Quasar One Iced Up By Jeff Lane

  Brief: 3FNC parachute recovery sport rocket with fin tip tubes and large full-color decals. Construction: 1 BT-50, elliptical plastic nose cone, BT-20 motor mount with fiber centering rings, metal motor hook, and thrust ring. Balsa fins, launch lugs for each fin tip, large sheet of self-adhesive decals. 1/8" launch lug, 12" heavy-duty parachute with reinforcement ...

• Quasar One Storm Chaser By Jeff Lane

  Brief: BT-50 storm research style sport rocket with 3 main fins and 3 canards, plastic nose cone, plastic parachute, and extreme waterslide decal coverage. Construction: BT-50, plastic nose cone, 6 surface mount balsa fins, thick fiber board centering rings, BT-20 motor tube, steel clip, engine block, full wraparound clip retainer, two sheets of waterslide decals, plastic ...

• Quasar One U.S. Army Patriot Missile By Jeff Lane

  Brief: The Patriot is Quasar kit that's transitional. It has a high power body tube and nose cone but clusters three 24mm motors and has surface mount balsa fins. I got the kit from Apogee and they say it's one of their best-selling Quasar products. It's a great looking kit. Construction: Parts: a 34" full length high-power body tube, plastic nose cone, steel eye bolt, ...

• Quest Aerobee Hi By Dave Stout

  Brief: The Quest Aerobee Hi is a single stage, parachute recovery sport scale model. When I was a kid, one of the things that said "science" and "speed" to me was the Aerobee Hi sounding rocket. Pictures of them seemed to be everywhere! I was delighted to win one of EMRR's random drawings and receive this kit as part of the prize! Construction: Inside the ...

• Quest Aerospace High-Q By James Hamilton

  From Quest:  High-Q is a great looking and performing mid-size rocket. Over 30 inches tall, the kit features blowmolded plastic nose cone, laser-cut balsa fins and a rugged 29mm diameter motor mount. Flights with an Aerotech F32-6W will go to almost 3,000 feet. Then your High-Q will recover gently on the big 18" fabric parachute. Includes big, easy-to-apply self adhesive decals. ...

• Quest Aerospace One By Lester Anderson

  Brief Basically a sci-fi space age version of the USAF Air Force 1 presidential transport Components Good components in the kit. The main body tube looks like it's sized at Estes BT-55, but is actually a little bigger. . Construction This kit went together fairly easily. I got a little impatient when it came time to bevel the angle at the root of the main wings ...

• Quest America By Joseph Olexa

  This is a four balsa fin, plastic nose cone rocket.  The rocket, when completed, is 14 inches (35.6 cm) long and has a diameter of 1.18" (30mm).  It uses the usual 1/8" launch lug for a rocket of this size and uses a 14" plastic parachute for recovery.  The suggested paint scheme is all white with blue fins and the recommended motors/engines are A6-4, A8-3, B6-4, C6-3, ...

• Quest Apex By Mal McClenaghan

  Brief: The Quest Apex is an OOP Quick Kit for 18mm motors. Motor retention is by plastic bayonet ring similar to some Estes RTF models. The rocket breaks in the middle with an upper payload section, which is long albeit still quite narrow. At 59cm (23.2 inches) complete, it is a good sized model. Recovery is by 35.6cm (14 inch) parachute. Total weight without motor or recovery ...

• Quest Apollo By Dave Stout

  The Apollo is a scale-look sport payloader. The Apollo comes with three of Quest's nice white glassine body tubes, a motor mount assembly, some Kevlar thread, and an assortment of plastic pieces- nose cone, two transitions, four fins, and two special rings that mount the fins OUTSIDE the body tube. I was not pleased to see that there was no elastic shock cord material... more on that later. ...

• Quest Area 51 Saucer (RTF) By Chris Taylor Jr.

  This is another complete ready to go rocket with pad etc. . . again pad [stunk] but I got another one of those launchers. About the pad; take an Estes' Pad and make it look like the picture. Okay, now remove the screw in launch rod mount . . . it just sits in there. No secured angle adjustment either. It is by a measly leg swivel that props up one leg like sticking a rock under a leg. Now, ...

• Quest Area 51 Saucer By Nick Esselman

  I purchased the Area 51 Saucer to add to my 18mm U.F.O. comparison article . It is labeled as a Ready-to-Fly model from Quest made from plastic. CONSTRUCTION: The instructions are printed on the front and back of a single 8½ x11 page of paper. They include illustrations for attaching the legs and for flying. Attaching the legs is done by sliding a plastic holder into a slot on ...

• Quest Area 51 Saucer By Bill Eichelberger

  My Quest Area 51 Saucer came as a throw in with a rocketry lot I bought off of Ebay, much of which proved to be cleverly disguised junk. But, I paid more in shipping than I did on the auction.  I initially threw the saucer aside as it was covered with dust and spider webs and missing two of the three landing legs.  After my initial disappointment, I gave the saucer a second look. ...

• Quest Area 51 SPEV Saucer By Manuel Mejia, Jr.

  Brief: Back in the fall of 2008, Quest Aerospace found a stack of 10 year old saucer tops for their 1998 vintage fly saucer RTF rocket. The top plates were the only pieces left from the kit. Rather than discarding them, Bill Stine added an 18 mm motor mount tube, a motor block, a plastic straw, and 3 specially cut black fiberboard supports/fins. One section of the fiberboard ...

• Quest Area 51 SPEV Saucer By Dick Stafford

  Brief: Although this resembles Quest's original Area-51 saucer , it varies slightly from the original. This is a SPEV (spare parts elimination vehicle) kit based on a crate of saucer tops that Quest found lying around. The bottom section is redesigned since the original parts were missing. Thus, although really simple to build, it is not RTF. It also doesn't have the wire 'legs' and ...

• Quest Area 51 SPEV Saucer By Hans "Chris" Michielssen

  This is a re-issue of an out of production Quest(ARF) Saucer Odd-Roc. I ordered two sets of these from Quest during their recent 40% off Christmas sale. One saucer kit and three C6-0 engines were part of the combo deal for $9.00. Quite a good price, a fun rocket for a little more than the price of the three engines. As the Quest website explains a supply of saucer tops was found in a ...

• Quest Aries By Dennis McClain-Furmanski

  Brief: Single stage, 14" chute realistic scale-like easy to build LPR kit Construction: The kit includes: 3 tubes 4 plastic snap in fins 2 piece fin can 1 launch lug 1 chute kit with elastic shock cord 2 plastic transitions 1 plastic nose While looking for an old MPC Nike Smoke, I was told that Quest had bought the molds and re-released it. During my ...

• Quest AS-1 Fighter Escort By Lester Anderson

  Brief This kit looks to be a downscale of the Shrox designed Firefox-SHX sold by Apogee rockets ( http://www.dynastar-rockets.com/Firefox.html ), with different paint sceme and decals. Still a very involved little kit. It flies on 18mm Estes or equivelent engines, and just looks cool. I built 2 of them in tandem to go along with the Quest AerospaceOne rocket that they fly with. Kinda like ...

• Quest Astra 1 By Joe Warnock

  The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. (Sport Rocketry - Mar/Apr 1995 - page 25 - by Joe Warnock)  "The ...

• Quest Aurora By Larry Zeilmann

  ( Contributed - by Larry Zeilmann) Brief: This is a Booster glider Level 3 construction. The booster returns by parachute. Construction: Booster: 12" BT50 tube with a 4-fin plastic fin case (1 fin is removed during construction) and plastic nose cone. Two cardboard centering rings are used on the 18mm engine tube. One metal engine hook is used for engine retention. Combination ...

• Quest Big Betty By Clive Davis

  Background: This spring I ran a build session for faculty kids at the school where I teach. I ended up using the Quest Bright Hawk for the 7-9 year olds and the Quest Big Betty for the 10-12 year olds. After the build session, I began thinking about the types of rockets that would make great first builds for a budding rocketeer. I wanted to select rockets to compare that had the ...

• Quest Big Betty By Bill Eichelberger

  While nearly identical to the Estes Big Bertha, the Quest Big Betty has still managed to carve out a niche in the entry level market with her upgraded recovery system and lower price. While she is a pretty close copy, she does feature three fins instead of the Bertha's four, making construction marginally simpler while keeping performance right in line with her sister kit. The parts list: ...

• Quest Big Betty By Dan Priven

  Big Betty is a fairly large 3FNC model rocket, using B and C motors. It is straightforward to construct and a snap to prepare for flight. With its enormous fins and blunt, rounded nose cone, Big Betty has a peculiar look. It looks either dated or classic, depending on whether you're a BAR or not. Estes' Big Bertha, Big Betty's obvious inspiration, is about 35 years old. For the Freudians among ...

• Quest Big Rage By Stefan Jones

  ( Contributed - by Stefan Jones) Brief: I obtained the Big Rage along with a batch of other Quest kits in an on-line auction. My original intention was to use these as gifts and give-aways. However, the Big Rage kit was damaged a bit in shipping -- the main body tube was crushed -- and I didn't feel right giving it as a gift! I decided to repair and build it. I tried to get a replacement ...

• Quest Big Rage By John A

  The Quest Big Rage is designed to be a quick-to-assemble, no paint required rocket that can be assembled in a couple of hours by first time builders.  The kit consists of a three-piece plastic nose cone and plastic fin unit in a faded bland pink, two colored main tubes, a motor mount tube, plastic motor mount rings, a tube coupler, shock cord and a parachute.  The launch lugs are ...

• Quest Bright Hawk By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: Quest's Bright Hawk is a good example of a Skill Level .5 rocket. (It's listed as a Skill Level 1, but its plastic fin can makes that a bit of a stretch.) Big and sturdy with a brightly colored plastic fin can and nose cone, it might be one of the better rockets currently available to gradually step up with if your previous experience has all been with RTF rockets. ...

• Quest Bright Hawk By Alan Tuskes

  Brief: Single stage, parachute recovery, skill level 1 kit that featuring a plastic nose cone and fin can, making assembley virtually foolproof. Construction: Bought the Bright Hawk kit at a Hobby Lobby 40% off sale in order to have something extremely simple that I could build with my 4 year old daughter without having to worry about anything getting messed up. This kit appeared ...

• Quest Bright Hawk By Clive Davis

  Brief: 4FNC skill level 1 easy build kit with plastic fin can. Construction: The kit comes in plastic bag with: bright orange nose cone large, wide white body tube yellow plastic fin can motor mount, motor block, engine hook, and centering rings parachute kit Kevlar ® & shock cord decal stickers I selected this kit for a rocket build I was ...

• Quest Cobalt By Kirk Mona

  This is a small size rocket that 18 mm full engines. It is basically a knock-off of the Estes Fat Boy (though with 4 fins). If you want to build a Fat Boy which is OOP then this may be a choice. Not a good choice but a choice none the less.  Components The components are a mixed bag. As per usual for Quest they include a kevlar cord which is nice and I prefer their shock ...

• Quest Commander By Chris Guidry

  Brief: The Quest Commander is a fairly simple 3FNC, near minimum diameter model rocket for 18mm motors. Its fin arrangement is what sets it apart from its relatives in the same size category. Instead of three identical fins, this model includes one smaller and two larger fins. To add to the uniqueness of the arrangement, the design calls for the smaller fin to be attached in the more ...

• Quest Countdown Controller By Joe Talento

  The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the two links above. (Sport Rocketry - Jul/Aug 1998 ...

• Quest Courier By Jerry Nishihira

  Brief: I upgraded the motor mount to a 24mm, 1/8" balsa fins, epoxy glue joints, Aerotech 24" rip stop parachute for payload and 18" for booster. Construction: The new motor mount is exactly the same design except that I used bigger centering rings and a bigger body tube. PROs: great idea and flight concepts easy to follow instructions great Kevlar ...

• Quest Courier By Bill Eichelberger

  Picked up at Hobby Lobby during the Quest clearance "just because."   The Courier would become my first competition egglofter by default.  (It was the only one I had that met the single engine criteria.)  Despite a lack of enthusiasm for the project at first that wound up causing the construction time to be measured with a multi-year calendar, I must admit to a ...

• Quest Courier By Andy Hobbs

  The Quest Courier kit is a single stage egg-lofter with the egg housing/nose cone as a slip together unit. Overall, a good looking and effective egg-lofting rocket. The kit comes with a 18mm motor mount assembly that's glued into a Quest-T-35 (1.378 diameter) tube, a set of pre-cut fins, and two 14" 'chutes. The 'chutes were pre-cut and very brightly colored. A piece of 18" Kevlar thread ...

• Quest D5 (Motor) By Dick Stafford

  This motor is a 20mm, long burn, plugged D that is suitable for rocket gliders, saucers, monocopter, and light conventional rockets. You may see its designation listed as D5-0P. The motors packaging is marked -0 even though they are plugged. I guess something was lost in translation. These were reportedly mainly produced for FAI competiton. Because it is a non-standard diameter, you'll either ...

• Quest DC-Y Space Clipper By Jim Moncher

  Brief Paper shroud construction and dual chute recovery. Construction This was the first Quest kit I have built and was pleased with almost all aspects. The kit came in the common bag; no parts were missing or broken. This kit is a finless, Skill Level 3 features paper shroud construction and dual 12-inch parachute recovery. More on the 'chutes later. The instructions were easy to follow ...

• Quest DC-Y Space Clipper By Matt Gillard

  An OOP rocket of the Space Clipper from Quest. A scale rocket, it has no fins and is a lifting body. Stability is achieved by placing a ton of mass up in the nose cone. Recovers via two parachutes. Parts list: Motor clip Blue thrust ring Yellow motor mount tube 2 Centering rings Black die cut parts sheet 8.5-inch black body tube black plastic nose cone 8.5-inch ...

• Quest DC-Y Space Clipper By Hans "Chris" Michielssen

  I won this on eBay for $10.00. This is the entire, unopened Quest starter kit with launcher, launch controller, kit and 3 C6-3 engines. It was packaged in the mid-1990s. I didn't expect the engines to be included, but they were sent. I'd always liked the simplicity of the Quest PVC Tripod launcher. The older hand-held controller was very comfortable and ergonomic. I might use this for my ...

• Quest Enterprise E By Chris Taylor Jr.

  ( Contributed - by Chris Taylor)  I saw this Kit at Allied Hobbies RTF ready to Fly Minus Parachute as a Kit with Pad and engines etc..  Notes on Quest Products: The Parachutes [are terrible]  The Launch Pads [are terrible]  The Launch Controller is ... Ok ... and actually pretty cool The KITS are AWESOME! This kit is a Styrofoam model of the ...

• Quest Evader Cruise Missile By Matthew Bond

  My first true "Born Again Rocketeer" experience happened in the late 1990s when my son expressed an interest in the "real" rockets at the hobby shop. We built and flew many of the skill level one rockets around at the time, but I was somewhat disappointed in the lack of imagination that I saw in the mass market kits. (I guess the 1980's Estes catalogs are as good as it gets.) One company that ...

• Quest Evader Cruise Missile By Chris Gonnerman

• Quest Evader Cruise Missile By Chris Gonnerman

  Single stage missile-like rocket with an unusual compound nose cone. I picked this one up while passing through St. Louis; I had never seen one like it.  Not surprising, I later learned, as I was able to find it in the early Quest catalogs on Ninfinger's site, but not on the current Quest website. When I discovered that it was both OOP and not reviewed on rocketreviews.com, I ...

• Quest Falcon By Armando Flores

  I received this kit from Hobbylinc a couple of weeks ago. Since I have experience with the smaller Lightning version, I decided to make some modifications to this one.   The kit is fairly easy to build and the instructions are excellent.   I did make the following changes. I made a motor mount tube from an ESTES BT20 tube. The original is too thin and cheap. The original is too thin ...

• Quest Falcon By Liam Fitzgerald

  The Falcon is a great rocket for beginners. No painting required! Decals and fantastic altitudes. It was packed well but instructions weren't that clear. Very easy construction. It really is the engine parts, body, and nose cone. Very simple. Basic tools needed. Finishing: Decals were good. A good idea is to sand the engine mount to make an easier fit. Construction Rating: 4 out of 5 ...

• Quest Falcon By John A

  Owned a couple of these kits when I was a kid and loved flying them. The Falcon was always our first flight "test" rocket.  We would put it up on a B6-4 to test winds and get us flying for the day. I can't begin to count the number of flights but we put that rocket through everything we could think of. When I saw one pop up for sale a couple of months back I had to have it. I ...

• Quest Flat Cat By Chris Taylor Jr.

  Packaging:  Plastic bag with cardboard display picture.   The Parts: Lots of very nice, high-quality, thick balsa wood. No skimpy stuff here. This is going to be one tough glider!  Standard Pop-pod Glider. Basically a short, finless rocket that attaches the nose of the glider with a one-way hook, I. e. go up and it hooks, go back and it falls off. The motor's ejection ...

• Quest Flat Cat By Mitch Marchi

  Brief: Low power rocket booster with streamer recovery and glider flight recovery. Construction: Rocket booster is basically an 18mm minimum diameter rocket with a balsa "hook" assembly on it instead of fins. Glider is comprised completely of balsa. Wings and stabilizer are 1/8", fuselage is 1/4" x 1/2". The instructions were good, except that ...

• Quest Flat Cat By Matt Gillard

  Brief: A pop pod glider for B and C motors. The design is tried and tested and there are two levels of finish: one simple one that is a quick glue together without any airfoils, which is where the flat part of its name comes from, and a second where there is a great deal of sanding involved. Quest puts this rocket at a skill level three which is about right for the airfoil version ...

• Quest Flat Cat By Hank Helmen

  Brief: This is a boost glider rocket with streamer recovery for the booster. Construction: The Quest Flat Cat boost glider includes an 18mm body tube for the booster as well as an engine mount kit. There are die cut balsa wings and fins. Also included in the kit is a 24" plastic recovery streamer, shock cord, plastic nose cone and decals. The instructions were easy to ...

• Quest Flat Cat By Jim Bassham and Edie Parkhouse

  Brief: The Flat Cat is a classic boost glider with a streamer-recovery pod. Construction: Parts List: Launch lug 18mm motor tube 8.5 inch body tube Thrust Ring Plastic nose cone and base 24inch streamer and gripper tab Balsa fuselage Balsa pylon Three sheets of die-cut parts Motor mount Trim clay Elastic shock cord Kevlar ® ...

• Quest Flics By Geoffrey Kerbel

  Brief: I just want everyone to know that the only reason I am doing this review is not because I am desperate to get one in or because I need the points for the on going contest! Maybe! It just so happens that I received this kit with a Quest QEZ at the same time. These were graciously donated by Matt Constable from Quest at a SSS club meeting here in Phoenix for a build session at our ...

• Quest Force 5 By Frank Casey

  Brief: The Force-5 Kit No. 3010 is a skill level 3 kit by Quest. It flies to 700 feet and uses a 14" parachute. It comes with laser cut balsa fins. This was my first Quest kit and I was very impressed by the quality of parts and originality of design. This isn't your typical 3 or 4 fin rocket kit. Construction: Parts include: 1 main body tube 2 smaller diameter ...

• Quest Full Moon By Chan Stevens

  For those that have followed the site for a while, you know that I enjoy "stubby" rockets (rockets with 10:1 length:width ration or less). I have built and flown a lot of "stubby" rockets. Here is a comparison of 2.6" versions , and 3" versions , and 4" versions . The Quest Full Moon™ is also a "stubby" rocket standing ...

• Quest Full Moon By Bill Eichelberger

  Picked up as an afterthought back in the days when Quest products were still available in local retail outlets, the Full Moon languished in my kit storage cabinet for several years before catching my eye one cold winter night when I was in the mood to build something quick.  The Full Moon seems to me to be the Quest version of the Baby Bertha, a kit that I've got a long and loving ...

• Quest Full Moon By Stan Horowitz

  This is a fine sport flier! It has a nice size body tube that lets you load up the parachute with ease! Every thing in the kit was in good condition in the package. The die-cut balsa fins are of good quality and a fine grain. The plastic nose cone is like most Quest/Estes types & takes paint well. I like the Quest way of mounting the shock cord with Kevlar string to the motor mount (better ...

• Quest Full Moon By Chan Stevens

  A miniaturized version of the Big Betty, this little guy is a quick, easy build and reliable flyer. The parts list includes: Plastic nose cone BT-60 (equiv.) body tube 3 Laser-cut balsa fins Centering rings 18mm motor tube Metal motor hook Thrust ring 14" plastic chute Kevlar ® /elastic shock cords 1/8" launch lug Peel n stick decal This was ...

• Quest Future Launch Vehicle Cluster By Dale Marshall

  ( Contributed - by Dale Marshall - 07/21/10) Brief: This is Quest's highly detailed sport scale model of NASA's next big-payload launch vehicle. The kit features beautifully detailed and pre-printed body wraps. Modifications: When building the first kit, I was thinking of ways to modify it, and immediately wanted to put engines in the boosters and make them fall away and recover ...

• Quest Future Launch Vehicle By John Bishop and Ray King

  This is a single-stage sport-scale model of a conceptual heavy lifting NASA vehicle. It features beautiful, highly-detailed wraps and is quite striking when completed. Parts List: 18” White Body Tube Blue Thrust Ring Motor Clip Yellow Motor Mount Tube Die-Cut Centering Ring Launch Lug ½ oz clay (Nose Cone Weight) 3 - 6” White Booster Tubes 3 ...

• Quest Future Launch Vehicle By Dale Marshall

  Brief: This is Quest's highly detailed sport scale model of NASA's next big-payload launch vehicle. The kit features beautifully detailed and pre-printed body wraps. 18” White Body Tube Blue Thrust Ring Motor Clip Yellow Motor Mount Tube Die-Cut Centering Ring Launch Lug ½ oz clay (Nose Cone Weight) 3 - 6” White Booster Tubes 3 - Booster ...

• Quest Gamma Ray By Rich DeAngelis

  The Quest Gamma Ray is a small payload rocket designed to fly on 18mm (A,B,C) motors. It does fly well.  It's main unique feature is a payload section made with translucent red plastic. The payload section's diameter is larger than the rest of the rocket, so it uses a transition section between the two tubes. It's small size makes it capable of travelling to very high altitudes.  ...

• Quest Gamma-Ray Payloader By Mike Goss

  The Gamma-Ray is a small sport rocket with a translucent red payload section. The Gamma-Ray is packaged in the standard clear plastic bag with a nice kit card with a color photograph of the completed rocket. All of the parts were in the kit and were in good shape. The kit includes a motor mount tube, motor retainer clip, body tube that is slightly larger than the motor mount tube, plastic ...

• Quest Genesis (RTF) By James Hunt

  Brief: This is a RTF (Ready To Fly) rocket that comes with a complete Quest launch kit. It is one is a series of the millennium range of RTF rockets with the other two being Vertigo (purple) and Ruthless (Red). It includes a plastic Quest Launch Pad with adjustment for launch angle, two piece launch rod, a nice hand grip controller powered by a 9 Volt battery, wadding, Q2 ignitors, ...

• Quest HarGoon By Rick Lindsey

  (by Rick Lindsey - 03/29/07) Brief: Kit bash of a Quest Harpoon AGM into a short, squat 2-stage rocket. Modifications: First I cut the body tube, I used a "TLAR" approach for the sustainer, and cut the body tube to about +/- 2.25" (I don't remember exactly how long it is, oops!) An Estes tube marking guide was used to mark the tubes and then a careful hand with ...

• Quest Harpoon By Clive Davis

  Brief: Pseudo-Scale model of an Air-to-Ground Harpoon missile. This kit features 12 fins, large BT-60 body tube, new-and-improved plastic parachute, and adhesive decals. Kit is flown as a single stage. The kit includes:- Die-cut balsa fins Kevlar cord and shock cord materials 18" BT-60 body tube PNC-60 (Big Bertha style) Quest type engine hook 2 cardboard centering rings ...

• Quest Harpoon By Chan Stevens

  This is a semi-scale kit (inspired by the Navy anti-ship missile) that looks pretty cool with very nice waterslide decals and all the fins you could possibly want. I picked up this kit at a half-off special at a chain store and found the contents survived the multiple shipments through distribution centers and stock handlers just fine. Parts were of average quality and included: Plastic ...

• Quest High-Q By Charlie Moss

• Quest HL-20 Lifting Body By Dave Sutter

  The Quest X-30 Aerospace plane caught my eye, and it was on sale at Magnum for $4. 50, but I was a little wary of the paper shroud construction.   Well, the Quest HL-20 uses paper shroud construction, too, and it was also on sale, for $2. 50, and it's supposed to be easier. I figured I'd try the HL-20 as an introduction to paper shroud construction. (I got two of each just in case. ) ...

• Quest HL-20 Lifting Body By Chris Taylor Jr.

  Packaging and quality average; not spectacular but not bad either. I would have to say 4 out of 5 though because the Aeroshroud looks really nice and saves a lot of finish work. The package came as a bag with cardboard picture. The aeroshroud, tube, nose cone, and centering rings were inside with the directions. The directions were thorough and easy to follow (well written). The only part in ...

• Quest HL-20 Lifting Body By Eric Miller

  This rocket was a bargain. My wife got it for me on he clearance rack for $.99. I was disappointed, at first, since the entire rocket is made of painted construction paper except for the nose cone and engine mount. This kit included a paper shroud body, plastic nose cone and cockpit. Fins are paper also. There is a streamer include in kit and it is used to recover the ejecting engine. ...

• Quest HL-20 Lifting Body By Alan Rognlie

  I had a Centuri MF-24 Bug years ago and the Quest HL-20 reminded me a lot of that kit.   This lifting-body boost glider is based on Aeroshroud technology. Translated, that's a printed paper wrapper. ;-) It looks to me like this model was strongly "inspired" by the old Centuri MF-24 Bug - with some "improvements". The only significant(?) differences I see between the two are:  ...

• Quest Icarus By Nick Esselman

  (05/01/98) The Icarus ™ was the first Quest kit that I have ever built and quite frankly I think I got it by accident when I transposed some numbers on an order. But I put it together. It's a level 2 kit with large payload section and dual-parachute recovery. And like all Quest kits, it uses 18mm motors (A-C). The kit was packaged fine in a long plastic bag with a colorful picture of ...

• Quest Icarus By Tai Fu

  Quest - Icarus ( Contributed - by Tai Fu) Brief: Used 24mm motor mount, reinforced fin joint w/fiberglass. Modifications: Seeing that Quest Icarus uses 18mm motor mount, and has a payload section, I think a A/B/C motor would not have enough power to give this an impressive flight if a payload were used, so I decided to give this rocket a little boost. I added a 24mm tube instead ...

• Quest Intruder By John Lee

  I purchased the Intruder™ purely for looks. The "futuristic, interplanetary voyager" caught my eye and looked like a fun kit to build. It has been an interesting experience as you will see. It's a level 3 kit with parachute recovery and flies on 18mm motors (A-C). The kit came packaged in a long plastic bag with a detailed picture of the kit on the front cover including ...

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• Quest Lightning By Scott Pearson

  ( Contributed - by Scott Pearson - 06/01/02) Brief: Quest Lightning Kit, Skill Level 1, 14” parachute recovery, plastic fin unit, Length 18.5 Weight 3 oz, Max Altitude 1200’, motor list A6-4, B6-4, C6-5, C6-7 Construction: I was looking for an easy and cheap kit to start my nephews on. I wanted a Level 1 kit with a plastic fin can to make the building as easy as possible. ...

• Quest Lil Grunt By John Bergsmith

  Brief: The Quest 'Lil Grunt is 17 inches tall, the kit features a plastic nose cone, laser-cut balsa fins and a rugged 24mm diameter motor mount. Flights with a D12-5 will go to almost 1,600 feet. The 'Lil Grunt is designed to recover on a big 3"x36" fabric streamer. Includes self adhesive decals. Construction: The kit arrives is a very nice box that should protect from ...

• Quest M2Q2 Lifting Body By Nick Esselman

  I purchased the new 2003 Quest M2Q2 Lifting Body rocket after I enjoyed building their DC-Y Space Clipper. The M2Q2 is another "Aeroshroud" rocket. In other words, a rocket whose outer body is made from a paper shroud rather than a paper tube. Quest's shrouds are pre-finished. The M2Q2 is designed to look like a NASA Lifting Body rocket. They say, " Incredibly detailed, preprinted aeroshroud ...

• Quest Magnum Sport Loader By John Bishop

  Brief: This is a dual 18mm parallel cluster rocket. It has a large payload bay, capable of holding two eggs. It recovers with twin parachutes. Quest has deemed is a skill level 3 rocket. Construction: 2 Thrust Rings 2 Motor Clips 2 Yellow MMT tubes 4 Half Moon Cluster Ring 2 Body Tubes Shoulder Ring Tube Coupler PNC-355egg Nose Launch Lug 2 ...

• Quest Micro Maxx - Alien UFO By John Lee

  Brief: The Alien UFO is a ready to fly MicroMaxx rocket from Quest. It is saucer shaped, uses a 6mm motor, and recovers by aerobraking. [Editor Note: see also Quest MicroMaxx Series ] Construction: The rocket is RTF. It is made of plastic and stickers are already in place. It has a plastic motor retainer ring that is a bit delicate. I have been wanting to try a ...

• Quest Micro Maxx - Alien UFO By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 08/31/09) Brief: This is a conversion for a MicroMaxx Alien UFO for 18mm power. Since I have two, I thought I'd cut and grind one of them up. Modifications: I basically just cut and ground out the center of the saucer and glued in the 18mm tube. Construction: Parts used: One Quest Alien UFO 1-1/2" of BT-20 1/8" lug ...

• Quest Micro Maxx - Critical Mass By Kyle Cornelius

  This is a very small rocket meant to fly on MicroMaxx rocket engines. The rocket comes pre-assembled. It has all colored parts and a red fin canister. PROs: no need to build or paint anything. just simply pop in the motor and go! CONs: It is so small to work with. Finishing: PROs: No painting or anything about finishing required. CONs: None. Construction Rating: 5 out of 5 ...

• Quest Micro Maxx - Little Joe II By John Lee

  Brief: Since my other MMX plans for the day did not work out, I pulled out a couple of the Quest Ready to Fly rockets I had, paying attention to the ones that had never flown. The Little Joe II was up first. There's not much to say about this one except that its an itty bitty plastic version of the Little Joe II. Construction: The rocket came with its own "Silo" ...

• Quest Micro Maxx - NASA Blackbird By John Lee

  Brief: Micromaxx, ready to fly, semi-scale of SR-71. Construction: The only component to this rocket is the rocket itself. It comes ready to fly. Finishing: No finishing is needed either. Construction Rating: 4 out of 5 Flight: Having had many problems with trying to get MMX motors ignited in the past, I tried a different approach that I have had some ...

• Quest Micro Maxx - Raw Fusion & Vector I By Gary King

  Brief Ready to fly packaged with two rockets, launcher, and 8 motors. Construction The Quest Micro Maxx product adds a new dimension to the hobby. With these new 6mm motors the ability to construct micro scale models is now possible. The starter kit (all that is available to date) comes packaged with two ready to fly rockets, 8 motors, and a laucher. No construction required. The only ...

• Quest Micro Maxx - Space Shuttle By John Lee

  Brief: This rocket is a semi-scale version of the Space Shuttle orbiter. It comes ready to fly and needs no assembly. It uses a small streamer which is ejected by the MMX motor. Construction: This rocket came packaged with another rocket. The only component is the rocket itself. Finishing: No finishing is needed either. Construction Rating: 4 out of 5 Flight: ...

• Quest Micro Maxx - Tomahawk By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford) Brief: I can't believe it. I actually bought a Micro Maxx starter set and a bunch of engines. I guess the desire to launch more than once a month (twice at best), and without traveling 45 minutes or more, got the better of me! Construction: I got my set, with a single Tomahawk Cruise Missile, at Wal-Mart for $9.99 + tax, as I remember. They only had ...

• Quest Micro Maxx Series By Chris Taylor Jr.

  ( Contributed - by Chris Taylor) Brief: These are the new Quest Micro Maxx Micro Mini (super tiny), adorably-cute, plastic RTF rockets. Here is a list of the 10 (I have flown all 10) MMaxx Rockets: Space Shuttle, SR-71, Saturn V, Tomahawk Cruise Missile, Space Fighter, U.F.O., and four other 3-Fin-&-Nose-Cone rockets. Also included is the Quest Silo Launch system with In-Pad ...

• Quest Micro Maxx Super Value Starter Set (Other Product) By Fred Shecter

  10 single stage RTF models. 50 MicroMaxx II-1 motors and QMX igniters with the thin, easy to heat wire). Full sized launch pad with Micro rod adapter and QMX igniter adapter. Regular 9V electronic Quest launch controller. 10 rockets, various designs, all streamer recovery (except saucer). Nothing to build. You do have to assemble the new igniter holder, but that is simple since it's 2 ...

• Quest Micro Maxx Super Value Starter Set (Other Product) By Jesse

  This kit is complete and ready to go with 9 rockets, one flying saucer, a launch pad, motors, igniters, and a 9V launch controller. The controller beeps and lights up when the key is inserted and ready to go. No real components here, just install the battery in the controller, set the launch rod in the stand, and you are ready to go, PROs: No building at all. Everything is ready to go. ...

• Quest Mirage By John Thro

  Brief: The Mirage is an almost ready to fly payloader in the Quest Quick-Kit line with pre-colored purple body tubes, nose cone, and plastic fins. The main body tube and the payload section recover under separate 12" plastic parachutes. Construction: The kit includes: 1 paper body tube covered with nice purple paper 1 paper payload section covered with nice purple paper ...

• Quest MLAS By Dick Stafford

  Brief: This is semi-scale sport model based on NASA's Max Launch Abort System (MLAS). It is quite stubby, being 3.5" in diameter and a mere 9" long. It has only one recommended motor, the B6, and recovers in two parts on three parachutes. NOTE: Two RockSims were submitted. One is the stock build and one has added nose weight. You should assess the stability of your own ...

• Quest MLAS By Jim Fields

  My son and I were on our most recent trek up to Stevensville to see Dave at Red Arrow Hobbies ( http://www.redarrowhobbies.com/ ) to pick up some kits he had ordered up for us for a Cub Scout build event. My son was cruising through the inventory, and yes it is nice to have a ‘real’ rocket/hobby shop to actually physically walk into, checking out all the different kits and ...

• Quest Navaho AGM By Tai Fu

  Navaho is a 2 staged rocket made by Quest. I bought this in Hobby Lobby because I thought I'd give a 2- stage another chance (the first one failed me by coming down in flames after stage separated). The rocket comes in a clear plastic bag just like most Estes rockets. No broken parts. I kinda liked the tab mounting of parachutes because it's easier to put on, however, it's not as strong as ...

• Quest Navaho AGM By Jim Bassham

  Brief: Two-stage scale rocket. Construction: Paper tubes, die-cut balsa fins, plastic nose cone, Kevlar ® /elastic shock cord. Motor retaining clips. This was a really straightforward kit that went together easily. The instructions were well written and clear. The assembly went smoothly. This kit is designed like other Quest kits with their Kevlar ® shock cord ...

• Quest Navaho AGM By Jason Orosco

  Brief: Quest Navaho AGM is a 2-stage rocket with a 14" parachute. It's rated as a level III model kit. This is my first Quest rocket I've built. I decided to try a different 2-stage rocket kit. Construction: I was very impressed with the quality of the parts. The parts list: 1 14" White Body Tube 1 3" White Body Tube 2 Motor Clips 2 Blue ...

• Quest Nike Smoke By Yitah Wu

  ( Contributed - by Yitah Wu)  In general, this kit is high quality, well thought out, and very easy / quick to build. The fin unit is a single molded piece, but without the cheap feel and look of the Estes ones. Overall, construction was less than an hour, and would have been closer to 30 minutes had I not made different launch lugs. Instead of the large molded launch lug, I used ...

• Quest Nike Smoke By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 10/01/02) Brief: When it comes to flight profiles, I almost always prefer a ‘low and slow’ flight. You see more of the smoke, and hear more of the noise. You see the whole flight, including ejection. Moreover, you maximize the odds of finding your rocket! However, it seems that I always have to have one ‘disposable’ 29mm rocket in ...

• Quest Nike-K By Geoffrey Kerbel

  Construction: My Nike-K is actually very old, having been built in 1992, but I feel this reflects the the overall quality of the design. I have bought a new kit to compare the two, and it is pretty much identical to the early one. Quest packages their parts separately so it is easy to find parts for subassembly. This kit has standard paper tubes for the body, payload section, and ...

• Quest Nike-K By Geoffrey Kerbel

  Brief: The Nike-K is a sport scale rocket based on the Nike booster. This is a review of the older, out-of-production version that uses the one piece fin can. Construction/Finishing: The Nike-K was packaged in the usual clear plastic bag with a full color picture of the completed rocket on the cover. All of the parts were accounted for and undamaged. This kit contains: Two body ...

• Quest Nike-K By Geoffrey Kerbel

  Brief: This is a very easy to build "quick kit" that lives up to the promise of ready to launch in 15-45 minutes. It's a decent looking design with fin can and transition to a payload bay and even comes with a plastic display stand. This particular kit was given to me as a prize at NARAM-47 and was packaged in a nice plastic box to prevent tube dents. Construction: The ...

• Quest Nike-K By Geoffrey Kerbel

  Brief: This is a skill level 2 kit from Quest with pseudo-military looks using the Nike name and lower fin shape. It is a single stage rocket with mid-body separation. The upper section could be used for payload. Construction: The basic components consist of the following: Main body tube 8.5" long smaller dia. upper body tube 9" long plastic fin can plastic ...

• Quest Payloader One By Steve Carr

  Brief: This is a single stage, payload type rocket. A basic skill level one 3 fins and a nosecone kit. Construction: Parts list: White body tube with fin slots Motor clip Blue thrust ring Yellow motor mount tube Red centering rings(2) Plastic nose cone Clear plastic payload tube (mine was red) Tube coupler Launch lug 21 inch white elastic shock cord ...

• Quest Payloader One By Howard Smart

  Brief: This is a skill level 1 single-stage rocket with a see through payload section. It is a basic three-fin/nose cone design with the addition of a plastic bulkhead and a plastic forward payload bay. Through-the-wall fin attachment makes this kit unique among kits this size. Construction: The parts list: 1 White body tube with three slots 1 Translucent red ...

• Quest Penetrator By Joe Policy

  Brief: The Penetrator is a Quest "Quick Kit" that is designed to be easy and fun to build and fly. It has both a large and small Payload bay and even sports a dual recovery system! It also looks good on the pad. Construction: The kit contains: Nose Cone - 20308 Small Payload Tube - 11416 Plastic Transition - 21071 Transition Base - 20216 Large Payload ...

• Quest Pip Squeak By Norbert Lis

  ( Contributed - by Norbert Lis) Brief: Light weight is perfect for high-altitude flights and dependable streamer recovery returns your rocket for one exciting flight after another! Construction: The kit contains: 1 body tube 1 motor mount tube 3 fins die-cut for easy assembly Plastic nose cone 2 foot recovery streamer Kevlar ® shock cord The instructions ...

• Quest Pip Squeak By Matt Gillard

  Brief: A three fin 18mm rocket with streamer recovery. Minimum diameter with swept back fins. A small rocket designed for speed. Construction: Kit consists of: Motor clip Blue thrust ring Yellow motor mount tube Body tube 3 balsa fins Plastic launch lug Plastic nose cone in two parts 24 inch elastic shock cord 21 inch Kevlar ® shock cord 2 ...

• Quest Proteus By Scott Pearson

  Brief: The Proteus is a Quest Skill Level 2 rocket kit it features; Cool sounding rocket design features two simulated strap-on boosters and flights to 700 feet. It is 18.5 inches in length with a 1.37inch diameter and should weigh less then 2 oz when finished. The usual stuff included, plastic nose cones, die cut balsa fins and a plastic parachute. Recommended Motors: A6-4, B6-4, C6-5 ...

• Quest Pulsar By Nick Esselman

  (10/20/02) I like to try different kinds of kits and therefore when Quest came out with their new line of Quick-Kit™, I wanted to give one a try. I purchased the Pulsar because of its futuristic looks. The Quick-Kit™ concept is that the rocket is "ready to launch in 15 to 45 minutes". The Pulsar was about 20 minutes for me. The kit was packaged in a plastic box with ...

• Quest Q E-Z Boost Glider By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: The Quest E-Z Boost Glider is pretty much your standard boost glider kit with one major exception: the glider works right out of the package. Quest has taken advantage of the technology that allows laser cutting of balsa parts, and the resulting kit takes a lot of the guesswork out of building a kit like this. This can be a huge help for someone who has little or no experience ...

• Quest Q E-Z Boost Glider By Chan Stevens

  Brief: If you're just getting started on boost gliders (especially pursuing NARTREK), this quick and easy kit is a good introduction. It can be built in under an hour and eliminates some of the more complex glider construction techniques like airfoiling and decollage. Construction: Parts were good quality and include: TT-20 body tube BT-20 motor tube Plastic nose cone ...

• Quest Q E-Z Payloader By Matt Gillard

  Brief: A three finned 18mm rocket that has a quick assembly of the fin unit, has a payload area, and recovers via two 12 inch parachutes. I bought mine in a job lot from a shop that closed down a few years ago. I probably would not have bothered building it, but it was on the EMRR Hit List... Construction: Kit consists of: motor clip blue thrust ring yellow motor ...

• Quest Raptor By Jewel B. Butler Jr.

  Brief: This is a rocket that I actually couldn't wait for it to hit the market it is a beautiful looking bird (rocket) to me because I am a fool for some tube-finned or combinations of. This is futuristic looking rocket with upswept fins pods and winglets on all four fins. It is 18mm I love this design so I have already done one clone 24mm and working on another one and a 29mm ...

• Quest ReTracer By John Chapman

  (by John Chapman - 04/09/06) Brief: When a Quest Tracer hangs in a tree for a year, the fin can is all that's left. This mod uses the Nemesis nose cone with the Tracer fin can to produce a stable X-15 looking standard rocket. Modifications: The first and most important step is to gently "age" the Tracer in a tree for one year, teaching your son the important lessons of ...

• Quest Space Shuttle Intrepid By Andy Hobbs

  Quest's new Shuttle Intrepid is a booster glider combination. The booster is based on a T40 tube. The glider rides "piggy back" on the top of the booster. At ejection the Booster deploys a 14" parachute and the glider is released into a slowly spiraling decent. Modifications: Minor assembly sequence changes and a relocated launch lug. The components consist of: 1)motor mount clip ...

• Quest Space Shuttle Intrepid By Bill Michaels

  Brief: Rocket releases small glider. Construction: Booster has large balsa wing-like fins with smaller fins on the wingtips. NC is plastic. Shock cord is the typical Quest Kevlar ® string attached to the motor mount that transitions to an elastic cord. A 14 inch parachute is used. Laser cutting on the fins is excellent. The parts are precisely cut and fit well. ...

• Quest Spin Fin By Mike Goss

  ( Contributed - by Mike Goss - 05/10/02) Intro The Spin Fin is a 3 fin sport rocket from Quest with a unique twist. Construction Rating : 4 out of 5 As this was my first model rocket from Quest I was curious to see how Quest compares to the other rocket manufactures that are on the sport rocketry market. I was favorably impressed with the kit, it’s instructions and ...

• Quest Sport (QK) By Kyle Cornelius

  Pictures courtesty of Quest         Brief: This is a real quick building modroc. Construction: All of the parts are pre-colored to make finishing much easier. The fins lock into a fin canister that is mounted into the back of the rocket. The fins and canister are both plastic. The parachute is much better than the Estes parachute. I love the ...

• Quest Sprint By Ken Kirkland

  ( Contributed - by Ken Kirkland) Brief: A nice 3-finned, single-stage, streamer recovery rocket. Construction: This is an average low-power kit, with the Quest standard components. (Kevlar ® /Elastic shock cord, plastic recovery mounting tab, lightweight motor retainer.) I thought the Kevlar ® portion of the shock cord was a nice addition. The measurements given on the ...

• Quest Sprint By Mike Salter

  (by Mike Salter - 01/14/03) Brief: A sleek, single stage rocket that is ideal for beginners. Construction: The kit came pre-cut fins, motor tube, motor hook, cardboard body tube, plastic nose cone, length of Kevlar ® , round elastic and streamer material. I found that this rocket went together easily and quickly. The instructions were good and this was the first kit I had ...

• Quest Star Trek Enterprise (RTF) By Matt Gillard

  Brief: a RTF foam model of the enterprise. OOP for a while now. I bought more for its looks than its ability to fly. Construction: The rocket is ready to fly with the exception of the parachute that needs to be added. As it's a Quest parachute, get rid of it and replace with a better parachute. Use an Estes at least. The nose cone has a mass of over 2oz. That's half the mass ...

• Quest StarBright By Peter Stanley

  ( Contributed - by Peter Stanley - 07/28/09) Brief: The StarBright is a kit-bash of two single stage kits into one 2-stage rocket. The kits used were the Quest StarHawk and Quest BrightHawk. The Starhawk was used for the booster and Brighthawk for the sustainer. The booster uses tumble recovery and the sustainer has a parachute. Modifications: I built the Brighthawk mostly ...

• Quest Starhawk By Ken Johnson

  An education-series rocket that can only be purchased in bulk. Perfect for a group of scouts, a school project, church groups, or someone who just wants a ton of the same rocket, for whatever reason. The individual kits come in a clear plastic bag, and contain a plastic nose cone molded in orange, a plastic fin assembly of the same color, a mylar launch lug, a length of Kevlar ® shock ...

• Quest StarHawk By E. Kociba

  This is an easy-to-build rocket intended for groups.  I'm comparing it to an Estes Generic E2x in this review.     Components The name of the game is "simple-to-fly" with this rocket.  Plastic fins, a launch lug that is already molded into the fin can, and a simple streamer recovery make this the most foolproof rocket I'll ever assemble.  ...

• Quest StarHawk By steve veerhoff

• Quest Starhawk By Matt Gillard

  Brief: A 4FNC rocket designed for speed. I bought three of them on eBay. They came in a plastic bag without the usual card insert, so I have no idea what its color scheme is suppose to be. After visiting the Quest website, it seems that this rocket is from the education section and not intended for general sale. Construction: The parts list: motor clip blue thrust ring ...

• Quest Striker AGM By Andy Berger

  The new Striker AGM from Quest Aerospace is an impressive scale-like missile standing over 27 inches tall. This kit features a unique molded boat tail and 10 degree plastic nose cone. The laser-cut balsa fins make assembly easy and there's a big waterslide decal sheet with lots of visual details. Low cost + great performance makes it a great value to any rocketeer. 18mm single stage with ...

• Quest Striker AGM By Andrew B

  Nice kit, pretty easy to build. Components Good quality parts. /h2 I like everything except for the nose cone part. Construction Score: 4 Flight Used some B motors. It flew well. Nice, straight flight. Recovery Parachute held up well, nice recovery.   Flight Rating: 5 Summary Pretty easy to assemble, nice high flying ...

• Quest Striker AGM By Rich DeAngelis

  The Quest Striker AGM is a fictional Air-to-ground missile.  Since it is decorated with 'US Army' decals, I assume it is to be launched from a helicopter, as the US Army doesn't have planes, jets, blimps or other such aircraft. If you forget about the 'AGM' part of the name, it looks more like a surface launched tactical-range missile or SAM.  Either way, I recommend this kit if ...

• Quest Strobe (RTF) By Greg Deeter

  Brief: This is an OOP (Out Of Production) RTF (Ready To Fly) rocket that came with a complete Quest launch kit a few years ago. It included a Quest Launch Pad very similar to an Estes three-footed pad, a nice hand grip controller powered by a 9 Volt battery, wadding, ignitors and 3 Quest B6-4 motors. The motors were so old that the glossy outside paper wrap had come off, so I discarded ...

• Quest Super Cruiser By DeWain Feller

  Brief: The Quest Super Cruiser is a small skill level 2 fantasy rocket with 14" parachute, plastic nosecone, and die-cut balsa fins. This rocket has sharp, distinctive styling and it is easy to build. This is not a boost-glider but rather it is a standard parachute recovery rocket that is styled to look like a futuristic high-altitude supersonic cruise airliner or since ...

• Quest Super Eagle By Douglas Gardei

  ( Contributed - by Douglas Gardei) Brief: The Super Eagle Kit is designed to take the higher impulse 18mm D size motors by Aerotech. Modifications: This is the second Quest Quick Kit I have built. From the first one I know that the motor mount construction is a bit flimsy. The only thing that is preventing the motor from shooting up inside the rocket is two plastic tabs. My concern ...

• Quest Super Eagle By John Lee

  Brief: QuickKit, 4FNC, 18mm motors, Parachute Recovery While being bummed out about having various projects under construction or repair and still being unable to work on anything in my available time due to drying glue, paint, etc, I decided that one more wouldn't hurt and looked for an easy one near the top of the stack. The Quest Super Eagle was the "winner". The Super Eagle is a Quick ...

• Quest Superbird By Paul Gray

  ( Contributed - by Paul M Gray - 10/15/00) Brief: A single-stage payload rocket. Easy to assemble. Nice looking bird. Has dual-parachute recovery with one 'chute for payload section and one for the main body section. Construction: Two (2) body tubes. One for main section and one for payload. Three (3) fin design. Two 12 inch parachutes. A plastic nose cone and Kevlar ® cord ...

• Quest Superbird By Michael Doherty

  ( Contributed - by Michael Doherty - 11/01/00) Brief: The Superbird is a payload rocket which features separate payload & body recovery on 14" chutes. Construction: Upon opening the package, all parts were present. The body tubes seemed to be of good quality, as were most parts. My only gripes were the amount of flashing still on the plastic nose cone, and one of the ...

• Quest Terrier-Orion By Todd Mullin

  Brief: The Quest Terrier-Orion is a single stage, parachute recovery, sport scale version of the two stage sounding rocket. Quest rates this as a level 2 kit. Construction: All of the components for the kit came in a sealed plastic bag with a hang tab and full color face card. All the components were present and in good condition. In the bag were: 1 10-7/8" T35 ...

• Quest Terrier-Orion By Matt Gillard

  Brief: This is a rocket with a double set of four fins and 18mm motor. I got it as a free rocket from EMRR’s rocket video competition. It came in a clear bag with the usual art card. Construction: Kit consists of: 1 launch lug 1 length elastic shock cord 1 length of Kevlar ® cord 14 inch parachute. Nose cone Plastic transition 2 Body ...

• Quest Terrier-Orion By Brian Ray

  Brief: Scale model of the Terrier-Orion, a two-stage payload carrying rocket. This kit features 8 fins, BT-55 and BT-50 body tubes, plastic parachute, and adhesive decals. The kit is flown as a single stage. Construction: Die-cut balsa fins Kevlar ® cord and shock cord materials 11” BT-55 body tube 16” BT-50 body tube PNC-50 nose cone ...

• Quest The Flash By Mark Patoka

  This rocket uses the typical plastic streamer tied to the shock cord. This is a very typical 3FNC rocket that is good for the beginner. All parts were in the bag and instructions were easy to follow. Assembly followed a logical order. This was the first rocket we built that uses Kevlar thread tied to the engine block. The shock cord is then tied to the Kevlar thread. You must cut a small ...

• Quest The Incredible Shrunken Rage By Donald Besaw Jr

  ( Contributed - by Donald Besaw Jr - 01/26/05) Brief: The Incredible Shrunken Rage began it's life as a full length Quest Big Rage. Unfortunately, the booster suffered a recovery mishap that really crumpled the body tube above the fin can. So rather than fixing the booster, I just took the fin can/motor mount assembly and nose cone and mounted them onto the black payload tube and ...

• Quest Thunder (RTF) By Tom Winterbottom

  (by Tom Winterbottom)  This is one of the new Quest RTF (ready to fly) models that are out. I got mine on clearance at Target for about $9.00. This rocket is a basic design. One piece plastic fin unit, plastic nose cone, and a 18" plastic parachute. It is 15" long and has a 33mm o.d . Anyone know the BT size? I think Quest has their own sizes and are different than Estes. ...

• Quest Tomahawk SLCM By Kris Henderson

  Single stage, 18mm mount, parachute recovery, scale model of NAVY SLCM Tomahawk cruise missile. Water transfer decals included. Kit includes 1 body tube, 6 die-cut balsa fins, paper shrouds around tail and for the belly scoop, typical Quest recovery system that connects to motor mount with Kevlar and elastic lines, plastic nose cone, and water transfer decals. The instructions in this ...

• Quest Tomahawk SLCM By Rich DeAngelis

  This is a standard, 18mm powered scale-like model of the US's cruise missle, in service since 1983 or '84 and used by the US Navy as well as the British Royal Navy.  SLCM stands for Surface Launched Cruise Missle.  The actual missle launches from a ship or even a torpedo tube of a submarine with a solid-propellant rocket motor, then the air scoop opens up, the wings depl ...

• Quest Tomahawk SLCM By Joe Talento

  The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the two links above. (Sport Rocketry - Jan/Feb 1999 ...

• Quest Totally Tubular By Dave Stout

  Single stage, tube finned sport rocket. The Totally Tubular kit includes six glossy blue tube fins, a glossy yellow main BT, a yellow plastic nose cone, and color coded motor mount parts. It also has a bright pink 24" streamer and the typical Quest Kevlar/elastic shock cord mount. This bird is very easy to build with clear, concise instructions. It went together in about an hour. However, ...

• Quest Tracer By Mark Fisher

  ( Contributed - by Mark Fisher - 01/14/03) Brief: In an effort to mimic the success of Estes' E2X® line, Quest has developed the Quick-Kit line that is similar in build. One of their venerable kits, the Tracer, has undergone a transformation to this new format. Comparisons to Estes' Mach 12 are unavoidable. Construction: In addition to the new lower section, the kit is ...

• Quest Triton-X (QK) By John Lee

  Brief: Almost ready to Fly, twin parachute, missile-esque 4FNC. After working on some projects that are taking a bit of time, I decided I wanted some quick gratification and pulled this rocket out of my "build bin". It went together quickly and gave me an excuse to try the Future acrylic tip I had read about. Besides, I kind of like the picture on the package. ...

• Quest Triton-X (QK) By David Montgomery

  Brief: The Triton-X is one of ten kits Quest Aerospace (currently) has in their line of Quest Quick-Kits, models that do not require painting or finishing beyond the application of decals and can often be completed in 15 to 45 minutes. The Quick-Kits are the perfect solution to the "fears" of first timers. These kits are designed to be "goof-proof." The molded ...

• Quest Vertigo (RTF) By Nick Esselman

  I have a tendency to purchase a new starter set every couple of years or so and some time ago I found this Quest Vertigo Starter Set on a clearance sale for $9.99. I decided I couldn't beat that. I put it away until I was ready for a new launch pad and rod. There is already a review on the Quest Controller as well as a review on another of Quest's Millennium series of RTF ...

• Quest Whiplash (RTF) By Joe Talento

  The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the two links above. ...

• Quest X-15 By Chan Stevens

  Single stage futuristic plane design, one of the more cool looking introductions by Quest. The kit includes: 18mm motor mount assembly with metal hook 1.4" body tube Plastic nose cone/canopy molded in Laser cut balsa fins, strakes, and rudders 1/8" launch lug Kevlar/elastic shock cord 12" plastic chute Waterslide decals The body tube had some of the ...

• Quest X-30 National Aerospace Plane By Mark Fisher

  Building the Quest X-30   In my first incarnation, I had built the Centuri Vulcan, a body-wrap design of marginal performance. I had liked the looks of that exotic, so when I ran across a Quest X-30 in my local hobby shop's "buy this stuff or we'll throw it away" bin, I snapped it up. The reduced price of $10.99 over their original asking of $16.99 didn't hurt either. (Discount ...

• Quest Zenith II By Kris Henderson

  Brief: Two stage rocket with 14" parachute recovery. 22" tall with the payload section and booster section on. The package says it's a level three (advanced) rocket but really it's more like a level 2. The only reason I can see that it's considered a level three is because you have to line up the fins on the body tube along with the booster's fins. Construction: The kit ...

• Quest Zenith II By Glenn Roth

  Brief: This is a two-staged payload rocket. I highly recommend streamer recovery in 2-stage configuration. Flies on A-C engines. Construction: The parts include: 1 bodytube, 1 red plastic payload section. 3 fins per stage, 18mm engine mounts, with hook. Kevlar ® shock cord attaches to engine mount up through the body and is attached to an elastic shock cord then to the ...

• Quest Zenith II By Paul Gray

  This is a two-stage payload rocket. Kit says dual parachute in some advertising but is only a single chute recovery. Flies on A through C engines. One (1) body tube, One (1) plastic payload section which is red. Three (3) fins per stage both stages use a 18mm engine mount with a hook. Kevlar shock cord attaches to engine mount and pulls up through the body which then attaches to an elastic ...

• Quest Zenith II By Alan Tiessen

  A nice looking two-stage payload rocket. /h2 I modified it by skipping the see-through plastic payload bay and just going with a standard tube payload bay of the same size.  Easy to build.  Finishing Construction Score: 4 Flight Recovery Like most everyone else, I recommend streamer recovery if you're going for altitude.  I used a ...

• Quest-Estes Bertha Moon By Kathy Kippen

  ( Contributed - by Kathy Miller - 04/19/09) Brief: For this bird I used the parts from an Estes Baby Bertha and a Quest Full Moon to come up with something just a bit different. Construction: For this build I used the Baby Bertha's airframe as is out of the package but used the Full Moon's three fins. For the booster, I cut the Full Moon's airframe to the same length as the ...

• Quest-Estes Cosmic Thunder By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand - 12/01/02) Brief: I designed the "Cosmic Thunder" as essentially an ARF 2-stager to entice my wife into completing her NARTREK Bronze. It merges the Quest Thunder ARF as the sustainer stage with the 2-piece glue-together fin can of the Estes Cosmic Cobra to yield a nifty and cool looking 2 stage model that is ready to fly as shown in the photo in ...

• Quest-Estes Eagleator By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand - 01/28/05) Brief: This is really a very simple modification involving two kits: the Estes Eliminator and the Quest Super Eagle. What I did was to swap the nose cone of the Eliminator with the payload section of the Super Eagle. I did this to mainly to create "Eagleator", a 24mm payload rocket suitable for altimeter calibration using C-F ...

• Quest-Estes Quest-4-Estes (Q4E) By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand - 01/14/03) Brief: I originally designed Q4E as a simple, sturdy test bed for the new PerfectFlite MicroAlt 4600 I bought to use in my NARTREK Gold projects. Q4E consists of a Quest Falcon modified to fly as a payload compartment in place of the nose cone on the Estes Eliminator. Construction: By stacking one kit atop another, a nifty "Sparrow" ...

• Quest-FlisKits OverDue Tomahawk By Ray King

  ( Contributed - by Ray King - 11/28/09) Brief: I designed and built this rocket for #3 Challange of the 2009 EMRR Challenge – Kit bash 2 kits and build a multi-stage rocket. I chose to kit bash Flis’ Long OverDue and Quest’s Tomahawk SLCM Cruise Missile. I really liked the look of the Long Over Due so I decided to keep the basic design and use the component from the ...

• QuickBurst - Fat Boy, Slim Gem, and Hot Shot Ignitors (Other Product) By Dick Stafford

  I recently had the opportunity to evaluate igniters from QuickBurst, a company offering both igniter and launch control products. They have an igniter product for most every rocketry application, including black powder motors, electronically fired ejection charges, and both mid-power and high-power composite motors. I received a ‘Six Pack’ sampler, which included two each of their ...

• QuickBurst - Fat Boy, Slim Gem, and Hot Shot Ignitors By Nick Esselman

  Whether you call them igniters or ignitors...these work. I don't have a lot to add after the above reviews, however, I would like to comment on each briefly: Fat Boy igniters: You're dealing with an igniter that is 5.5mm in diameter and 25mm long. The diameter will dictate which motors it can be used in. I used one in an I161 successfully. It ignited the motor instantly. No chuffs, no ...

• QuickBurst - Hot Shot Ignitors (Other Product) By David Montgomery

  The Hot Shot igniters are low current igniters. Used on the ground for black powder clusters or any other black powder applications. It has 12" leads that will reliably ignite clusters of black powder motors using the output of your launch control. The entire Hot Shot has been redesigned. They now have smaller lead wire and a smaller head. This means they will easily fit into the 13mm, 18mm, ...

• QuickBurst - Hot Shot Ignitors (Other Product) By David Urbanek

  I had the opportunity to use the Quick Burst igniters recently. I have tons of praise and one complaint. I'm not sure what the after market opportunity will be for igniters at present since Aerotech now makes and supplies a reliably igniter with each motor. For experimenters, folks with NAR certified Kosdon motors, Ellis Mountain, RATT Works, etc, these are very nice igniters. Fat Boy ...

• QuickBurst - Twiggy Ignitors (Other Product) By Art Upton

  ( Contributed - by Art Upton - 08/28/04) This ignitor is designed for the small composite single use Aerotech and Ellis Mountain motors. The ignitors come in a 10 pack for $10. They are oval in cross section shape which is what is unique about them. As in the photo, they fit perfect in the AeroTech 24mm F21. They are a perfect fit in the Ellis Mountain 24mm G37 as well. The only CON I ...

• QuickBurst Cosmos By Lance Alligood

  Brief: Quickburst Cosmos are excellent ematches for use with electronics for dual deployment recovery in larger rockets. Construction: The Cosmos ematches come in a sturdy box. You can order them in quantities of 10 (I ordered 20) and I bet in upwards of 50 would fit in a single box. They are individually wound, include a sliding protective sheath for the head, and have 36" ...

• QuickBurst EZ Large Ejection Canisters By Jon Hatch

  Product arrived well packaged with all of the appropriate warning labels attached via US Mail. They are packed 4 to a package. I received 2 packages which turned out to be a good thing as detailed later.   Each EZ ejection canister is basically an ematch cemented into a thick, sturdy cardboard tube. I went with the large even though I was only using 1.5-2oz of propellant as I had ...

• QuickBurst Nova Launch System By Dave Stout

  The Nova is a modular, self-contained 12V launch system. This test is a result of my being asked to beta-test one of Quickburst's early production units by its owner. I got to torture the controller without thought of its survival, and if it survived got to keep it. Of course, I agreed to the test. The system consists of a main control box built on a 2"X4"X6" ABS plastic project box. The ...

• QuickBurst RK1338 By Sam Barone

  Brief: A single stage 3FNC kit that has top quality components and includes absolutely everything needed to build a sturdy high power capable rocket. Construction: I was looking for a kit for my Level 1 qualification attempt. Naturally, I used the many great reports on EMRR in my research. Many builders described substituting various components of available kits for stronger ...

• QuickBurst Rocket Rack (18") By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 07/15/04) Brief: This is a brief review of QuickBurst's 18" rocket rack. Construction: This is a simple product and there isn't much to add to QuickBurst's own description: " The 18-inch Rocket Rack is made of lightweight, strong, durable 1/2 inch Sch 40 PVC pipe with 3/8-inch thick foam insulation at key areas for padded protection. ...

• RailButtons.com Case Covers (Other Product) By Justin Treptow

  LDPE plastic sleeves that stretch over motor hardware. Components The sleeves come in different diameters and lengths.  Order a size larger than what you need and then trim down to the correct size.  Overall Rating: 5

• RailButtons.com Matt's Rail Buttons (Other Product) By Dick Stafford

  Brief: I have been using a BlackSky Standard Rail for some time, mostly for mid-powered rockets. Although I used rail buttons them on a couple of modrocs, I quickly decided that they were overkill and just too costly for that application. Well, around a month ago I saw a post on r.m.r. from a fellow named Matt Stum. To promote the use of rails, he is producing, on a limited basis, nylon rail ...

• Randy Ashley RGV High Power Launch Pad (Other Product) By Alex Mericas

  The RGV pad from Randy Ashley is a High Power pad designed for use with BlackSky's Launch Rail. Late in December 1999 I was putting the finishing touches on my Level 2 rocket. The NASA/Houston Rocket Club was planning a High Power launch for January 1 at Bomber Field near Houston and I wanted to do my certification flight there. The Austin Area Rocketry Group received a Blacksky Launch ...

• RC Kit WattAge F-22 Raptor By Carl Tulanko

  (by Carl Tulanko - 06/10/02) Brief: The F-22 Raptor is a Radio Controlled Electric Jet Kit made by Wattage and normally flies on an electric motor with an 8-cell pack and speed controller. Being a BIG R/C enthusiast, I purchased the kit for flying, but decided to convert it to a R/C rocket glider for the field. I own two WattAge kits to date and they both fly well. The manufacturer has ...

• Rebel Rocketry RapTor 4.0 By Jack Caynon

  54mm HPR rocket with a bad attitude. The kit comes with very nice PML parts. I replaced most of them though with Hawk Mountain fiberglass airframe components. You have a short motor tube section of airframe which joins with another tube to allow you to set up the two sets of fins. Then you have a very long (48") main chute body tube. You get four sets of thick plywood centering rings and ...

• Rebel Rocketry Wolf 2.1 By Jack Caynon

  Brief: Mid to High Power rocket with inverted fins that leads to plenty of ribbing from your fellow rocketeers until they see how well it flies! Construction: The Wolf 2.1 is a kit from European high power rocket vendor Rebel Rocketry. Although English is a second language for the vendor, the instructions are well-written, easy to follow, and included many photographs to help ...

• Recovery Technologies Nylon Parachute By Jeff Lane

  ( Contributed - by Jeff Lane - 05/27/08) Brief: Recovery Technologies econo parachutes are attractive, inexpensive recovery devices for your rocket. Construction: We had one TARC team that went to finals in May 08 and one of the reasons they were able to finish 5th is because of the consistency of the Recovery Technologies nylon parachutes. Quite simply, these are the best ...

• Red Arrow Hobbies Black Brant II By Kathy Kippen

  Brief: This Black Brant II is a 2.6" X 58" tall rocket made using Red Arrow's phenolic tubing and their custom made nose cone and tail cone. It comes with a 38mm MMT although it can fly on a wide range of 29mm and 38mm motors depending how far you wish to walk. With some modifications it could be set up for dual deployment. Construction: The parts came very well ...

• Red Arrow Hobbies Phlexible Phenolic By Thomas Beach

  The following article is from "High Power Rocketry" magazine. This information represents only a small portion of the contents of "High Power Rocketry". We strongly suggest that you subscribe to "High Power Rocketry". By doing so you will find many color pictures, articles, launch reports and projects primarily associated with High Power Rocketry ...

• Red River Rocketry Delta Syx By James Gartrell

  ( Contributed - by James Gartrell - 05/10/07) Brief: The Delta Syx is a very nice single stage payloader that looks fantastic and flies great! It flies on 18mm motors and recovers by parachute. I got my kit from John as a beta test kit. The rocket would normally be slightly longer than 23" tall, but mine is only 22 1/2" long since I modified the fins. While the Delta Syx ...

• Red River Rocketry Diamond Ring By Jewel B. Butler Jr.

  Brief: Single stage tube fin 18mm rocket with parachute recovery. Construction: The kit includes: 1 BT-55-17 body tube BNC-55-CT Balsa Nose Cone 3 BT-55-1A for tube fin 3 BT-55-01 for tube fin MM20-55 motor mount kit LL5 1/8 inch launch lug Screw eye (substituted a home depot 1/4 inch for the added nose cone weight with the screw eye that came with ...

• Red River Rocketry Free-B By James Gartrell

  Brief: I was provided with my Free-B for beta testing. It is a limited edition, serial numbered model that John is providing as a free kit for a limited time with the purchase of $50 or more. This is not a cheap, no frills kit. It is a BT-50 based rocket complete with a nice sheet of waterslide decals, balsa nose cone, and flies on 18mm motors. The rocket is almost 15 inches tall, ...

• Red River Rocketry Lepton By John Lee

  Brief: I was working on repairs and keeping an eye open towards specific commitments but found myself again with a day off with not enough to do. I decided to try and build the Lepton from Red River Rocketry. It is a two stage job that should not be too hard and which I am very much looking forward to feeding when the A8-0s come out again. Construction: Construction begins ...

• Red River Rocketry Merlin By James Gartrell

  Brief: John provided me with the kit to do a beta test. Woohoo! This is a fantastic rocket that includes a large payload section and a baffle to reduce the need for recovery wadding. It flies on 29mm motors and recovers by parachute. The rocket is 42 inches tall and has a payload diameter of 2.56 inches with a 2.25-inch booster. This is a great rocket for transition into ...

• Red River Rocketry P-Chuter Xtreme By James Gartrell

  Brief: John provided me with the kit to do a beta test. This is a fantastic rocket that includes a number of engineering marvels. It flies on 29mm motors and recovers by parachute. The rocket is 41 inches tall and has a diameter of 1.84 inches. If you've flown the smaller P-Chuter, you know it is one fast rocket. That hasn't been lost on its big brother. The package art will look ...

• Red River Rocketry P-Chuter By Chan Stevens

  Brief: While this is a basic 3-fin and nose cone design, the rounded fins and cool trim make it visually appealing. It also boogies up to pretty impressive altitudes on 18mm motors. Construction: The parts list: Balsa nose cone BT-50 body tube (17") 50/20 centering rings BT-20 motor tube 20/5 thrust ring metal clip laser-cut balsa fins ...

• Red River Rocketry P-Chuter By James Gartrell

  Brief: The P-Chuter is a very easy to build single stage rocket that looks fantastic and flies great! I got my kit from John as a beta test kit. The rocket stands a little over 20" tall, flies on 18mm motors, and recovers by parachute. In my opinion, the rocket actually looks a lot better than it does on the web page. John has appropriately classed this rocket as a &quo ...

• Red River Rocketry Payload-R By James Gartrell

  Brief: The Payload-R is a very nice single stage payloader with the traditional lines that really looks and flies great! It flies on 18mm motors and recovers by parachute. I got my kit from John as a beta test kit. The rocket is slightly longer than 2 feet tall. The rocket will grab some serious altitude even on a B motor. Construction: The lower body tube is a BT-55 with a ...

• Red River Rocketry Predator By Chan Stevens

  Brief: 8 fins, futuristic styling, menacing looks--what's not to like? I saw one of these on display at NARAM and just had to grab one. Construction: My kit came in a sealed bag, with cover art, nice and professional. The parts were very good quality and consisted of: Balsa nose cone (BNC55) BT-55 body tube BT-5 trim tubes (2) Laser cut balsa fins (8) ...

• Red River Rocketry Predator By David Tallon

  Brief: Futuristic rockets are my favorite and this one does not disappoint. "Unique fighter spacecraft design" is how Red River Rocketry describes this 8 finned, futuristic rocket. A single 18mm motor mount will lift the Predator on flights up to 1500ft. It has a nice "Sci-Fi" appearance when dressed in it's full color decals. Construction: The kit contains: ...

• Red River Rocketry Prometheus By John Lee

  ( Contributed - by John Lee - 11/15/09) Brief: The USS Prometheus is a futuristic freighter designed to work on 18mm motors. I would call it a skill level 2 kit. There is some cutting of tubes and some alignment issues but the fins are die cut. It also uses a combination or white/yellow glue and epoxy with a few methods that are not seen in many simple kits. Construction: ...

• Red River Rocketry Prometheus By James Gartrell

  Brief: The Prometheus is a relatively easy to build single stage rocket with a futuristic look. I got my kit from John as a beta test kit. The rocket is 21" in length, flies on 18mm motors, and recovers by parachute. The unique design and fantastic set of decals results in a model that looks fantastic on the launch pad. Another “not your normal” rocket from John! ...

• Red River Rocketry Red Strike By James Gartrell

    I built the Red Strike as a beta test for Red River Rocketry prior to the actual kit production. It is a BT-50-based rocket that features a boat tail, flies on 13mm motors and recovers on a 12” mylar parachute. The Red Strike is an excellent model for flying on small fields and the design is outstanding. Not your typical three fins and a nose cone. Parts included: BNC-50 ...

• Red River Rocketry Redstar By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This is slick looking futuristic design featuring a large tail ring and lots of transitions, resulting in something a far cry from the ordinary. Construction: Parts were good quality, and working from nose to tail include the following: Balsa nose cone BT-55 upper body tube BT-50 main body tube BT-55 lower body tube BT-101 ring fin Laser-cut balsa ...

• Red River Rocketry Redstar By Jewel B. Butler Jr.

  Brief: This is another beautiful ring fin rocket designed by Red River Rocketry. I had to have it. It is a single stage ring fin with a few transitions to add a lot of style to the rocket. I also used a pink parachute in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I also think this kit is a skill level three for an experienced rocketeer. Construction: The parts list: 1 ...

• Red River Rocketry Scortch By James Gartrell

  Brief: This is a BT-55 kit that flies on a 24mm motor and utilizes streamer recovery. The rocket looks spectacular against the background of the kit art and doesn't lose a thing on the pad. Parts quality is excellent too, and John has even included the spacer to allow the rocket to fly on D or E motors. Nice touch! Construction: The parts list: 1 BT-55 kraft main body ...

• Red River Rocketry SlipStream By William Carpenter

  The SlipStream from Red River Rocketry is a nice 3FNC rocket. I like the look of it, and it was an enjoyable build. This was my first low power rocket in a while, and it was nice to build something small and simple again. The SlipStream would be a good first rocket and makes for nice flights at the local soccer field or park. Reaching almost 800' on an Estes C6, or only 150' on an A8, this ...

• Red River Rocketry SlipStream By James Gartrell

  Brief: I was provided with my SlipStream for beta testing. It is reminiscent of the Cherokee-D, only shorter and with different fins. Oh, and it uses 18mm motors, not 24mm. Uh, maybe it really isn't that similar! Well, the nose cone and body diameter is the same. It is a BT-55 based rocket complete with a nice sheet of waterslide decals, balsa nose cone and flies on 18mm motors. The ...

• Red River Rocketry Starliner DST By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: The Starliner DST is an interesting looking futuristic passenger liner design that employs a fairly unique method of achieving stability using a tail cone/shroud and fins. The result is a profile unlike anything else that you might see at the pads and the finished bird makes for a truly sharp looking addition to any low-power fleet. Construction: The kit includes: ...

• Red River Rocketry Stratos By James Gartrell

  Brief: I think this newest release may outdo Red River's flagship, the Predator. The Stratos is a BT-50 kit that uses an 18mm motor and parachute recovery, but its looks are a lot more. Our local club was having a Classic Kit contest with an Open category for all other rockets. I had just finished the Stratos, so I thought I'd enter it just for grins. Not only did it win the Open ...

• Red River Rocketry Zip By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Aptly named, this 13mm 3FNC does zip off the pad. In fact, if it weren't for the bright orange streamer, this would probably be a single-use rocket, vanishing from sight within half a second of ignition. Construction: Parts were good quality, and I was especially impressed with basswood fins in such a small/simple kit: Balsa nose cone BT-5 body tube ...

• Red River Rocketry Zip By James Gartrell

  Brief: I built the Zip quite a while back as a beta test for Red River Rocketry prior to the actual kit production. It flies on 13mm motors and uses streamer recovery. The Zip is a beautiful model that is excellent for flying on small fields. Construction: Not much to it! You get a small BT-5, nose cone and motor block, plus launch lug, Kevlar ® cord, mylar streamer and ...

• Redstone Rockets Gyro By George Beever

  Redstone Rockets is apparently out of North Carolina [that's only a guess] that sells it's products on e-bay. I have seen two kits, of which the Gyro is the smaller of the two offered. I have also seen some other rocketry related items such as a 2.1"/54mm Electronics Bay for HPR. I've always had an attraction for small manufacturers, so I picked up the Gyro kit on e-bay in the fall of 2008. It's ...

• Retro Rocket Works Spitfire By Moira Jean Whitlock

  Brief description: Single staged, 29mm motor rocket in all wood construction and retro looking design, much like the stout sci fi rocketships with huge swept back fins, seen in old movies. Construction and finishing: All the parts arrived securely wrapped in liberal amounts of bubble wrap. Nothing was broken or missing. The actual number of parts was few, as the rocket is very simple to make. ...

• Retro Rocketry Mini Red Max By John Rowan-Stern

  Retro Rocketry's "Mini Der Red Max" is a downscaled version (1:2.33 scale) of the original popular Estes kit which use streamer recovery and a 13mm motor mount. My numbered kit (#27) was very well packaged and comes with a double sided color card sheet. On the reverse side of the card is a convenient NSL safety code chart and motor selection field chart. The model comes with one sheet ...

• Retro Rocketry Mini Red Max By Bill Eichelberger

  Like most BAR's I've done my share of cloning the classics, including upscales, but for some reason I've done very little in the area of downscaling. That said, the Mini Red Max from Retro Rocketry may be the kit that markedly changes my personal cloning habits. The Mini Red Max is a faithfully downscaled reproduction of one of the most recognizable rockets ever to fill the skies, Estes Der ...

• Revell 1/32 Bell X1 (Plastic Model Conversion) By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  This my first attempt at PMC and the first plastic model I've built in 25 years. As such, I chose one that looked like it would be both an easy model and an easy conversion. Here is what I used: Revell 1:32 Bell X1 Model Kit #KIT4565 BT-20 to BT-50 rings BT-50 to BT-60 CR 4" of BT-20 MMT 6.5" of BT-50 for chute compartment BT-50 coupler Launch lug Main Body ...

• Revell F-16C (1/48) Plastic Model Conversion (Plastic Model Conversion) By Larry Brand

    This is a plastic model conversion (PMC) I did of the Revell 1/48 scale F-16C for the "Advanced" NARTREK program. It was fast and easy to do. It is also a great first PMC to try because the kit comes already painted in USAF "Thunderbirds" colors. Because of this, it has less emotional investment in the event of "plastic death", as some call this part of our hobby. It flies extremely ...

• Roachwerks Custom Turnings 2.6 Poplar Nosecone By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford) Brief: This is a custom-turned and finished poplar nosecone that was made for me by Gordon (Gordy) Agnello, a.k.a. sandman on The Rocketry Forum . I know a cone is not normally a part that would warrant its own review, but I really wanted to highlight Gordy’s work. He does great custom work, but doesn’t have much of a web presence as far ...

• Roachwerks Custom Turnings Deuce's Wild Nosecones By Jason Toft

  (by Jason Toft - 09/20/03) Brief: This is a review of the three balsa nosecones turned to my specifications by Roachwerks Rockets, run by Gordon Agnello. Construction: 1: 24mm Upscale Deuce's Wild Nosecone: This was my first request to Roachwerks for a custom nosecone. I had acquired several two-inch diameter tubes and I needed a project. I chose the 24mm DW and all the pieces were ...

• Roachwerks Custom Turnings Little Joe II (1:38.5) By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Based on the George Gassaway/Tom Beach drawings originally published in Sport Rocketry , this highly detailed scaled kit is a great project for the craftsman. It's also a versatile flyer, handling from 1 to 7 motors. This review is a combination of construction notes plus some notes from my experience flying this as my giant sport scale entry for NARAM47. Since Roachwerks ...

• Roachwerks Custom Turnings Nike-Hercules (1/12th) By Chan Stevens

  Brief: The Nike-Hercules was an early defense missile, designed to counter the threat of Soviet bombers. It was a substantial improvement over the Nike-Ajax in terms of distance, accuracy and power. With sites deployed throughout the United States, it is one of the most recognizable military missiles in the US aresenal. The 1/12 scale Roachwerks rendering is meticulously ...

• Roachwerks Custom Turnings Saturn 1b By Martin Vrstal

  (by Martin Vrstal) [Editor's Note: Martin's Saturn 1B is the all-tube version that Roachworks produced, verses the paper wrap-around version] Brief: This review is on the Roachwerks 1/130th Saturn 1b. After building a cloned version of the Estes 1/70 kit a few years ago, I knew I had to have one of these also. This kit was a limited run by Gordon Agnello of Roachwerks Custom ...

• Roachwerks Custom Turnings Saturn 1b By John Rowan-Stern

  [Editor's Note: John's Saturn 1B is the paper wrap-around version that Roachworks produced, verses the all-tube version] Brief: This a semi-scale Saturn 1B based on a BT-60 airframe and 18mm motor mount. It uses standard parachute recovery. Construction: The kit comprised of a number of parts including: Body tube Upper LM tube Printed body wraps and shrouds Custom ...

• Roachwerks Custom Turnings Soyuz TM By Chan Stevens

  Brief: 1/64 scale model of the workhorse of the Soviet space program, single stage kit that can be built to fly on either a single 24mm motor or with an additional four 18mm motors. The kit was offered as a limited edition run several years ago and has long since sold out, although if you ask Sandman (his handle on various online forums) nicely, you might be able to talk him into ...

• Roachwerks Custom Turnings Upscale Astron Constellation By Carl Tulanko

  (by Carl Tulanko) Brief: This is a review of a limited production upscale kit that was produced by my friend Gordon Agnello. This 24mm upscale of the Estes Astron Constellation Model Rocket is very accurate and I was lucky enough to acquire one of the two 'hardwood' versions from the production line. Gordon has produced some very cool kits in the past and this one is no different. Kudo's ...

• Roachwerks Custom Turnings X-20 Dyna-Soar Nose Cone (BT60) (Other Product) By Dick Stafford

  This is a review of Gordon's Dyna-Soar nosecone kit. He describes it as 'goof' scale. Nevertheless, the cone looks awesome and I don't worry about scale points. Although he provides some application ideas, using this is on a stable model is up to the builder. This is a simple kit as you'd expect. It consists of the Dyna-Soar body, 2 wings, 2 stabilizers, a transition from the body to a BT-60 ...

• Robert Galejs Magnetic Apogee Detection Sensor (Plan) By Yitah Wu

  ( Contributed - by Yitah Wu) Built 11/99 Editor's Note: This is the actual building experience from the Scratch Magnetic Apogee Detection Sensor . One of the key benefits to being an NAR member is that you get a subscription to Sport Rocketry. Lots of issues are filled with vaguely interesting articles, rocket related of course, but the one thing that caught my eye immediately ...

• Robert Zubrin's The Case for Mars (Book) By Robert A. Morstadt

  After reading this book I can understand why there should be a strong emphasis for the manned exploration of Mars and why Mars should be the focus of our attention. By comparison manned exploration of the moon is really not that important. The moon does not have resources that can easily be exploited. It does not have an atmosphere, oxygen is not easily extractable from the lunar rocks, and ...

• Rocket Development Corporation V-Max Clone (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

      Brief   I spent many years working third shift, which occasionally allowed me to cash in on some really cool late night "Buy It Now" deals on eBay.  In this case it was a used nose cone lot, the star of which was an RDC-625 nose cone, or a reasonable facsimile thereof.  Once in hand the decision about what to build around it came down to the V-Max or the ...

• Rocket Dynamic Systems North Star By John Coker

  ( Contributed - by John Coker)  Note: For more North Star pictures, visit John's site. I have been wanting to build a multi-stage rocket for a while since I haven't even built an Estes Comanche. There are several kits available, several from Public Missiles Limited and another I found from Rocket Dyne Systems .  After the fragility of the phenolic tubing was so ...

• Rocket Dynamic Systems Quasar By Dennis Cotton

  Brief: High power single stage rocket with motor ejection based recovery. Construction: The kit contains 3 body tubes, 2 couplers, 4 pre-beveled birch plywood fins, 2 centering rings, PML nosecone, launch lugs, 1 plywood bulkhead, nylon strap, 2 attachments for strap, 2 quick links, motor retainer, motor tube. I added the optional baffle system and Aero Pack motor retainer and ...

• Rocket Dynamic Systems Quasar By Johnnie Paul

  ( Contributed - by Johnnie Paul - 11/25/04) Brief: This kit originally came with a 54mm motor mount, which I swapped for a 76mm motor mount for use with both commercial and experimental J, K, and L motors. The airframe was laminated with fiberglass reinforcement and the fins were mounted to the motor mount with Kevlar ® reinforcements. Due to the weight gain, the 54" Rocket ...

• Rocket in a Box Viper-28 By Les Bradshaw

  Brief: Rocket in a Box has a unique concept. They indicate that most rockets sustain more damage transporting the rocket to and from the field than actually flying the rocket. Of course, this has to exclude any rocket eating trees! Their rockets have a 3" tube that then transitions to a 2" tube half way up. You separate the rocket and slide the 2" section into the ...

• Rocket Pad Frede By Ron Shuber

  Brief: Frede Kit #1005 is a 1/300 scale model of the 1929 sci-fi movie rocket ship featured in Fritz Lang's film, Frau im Mond . Construction: Included in the kit: balsa and basswood for fins light plywood centering rings engine hook, motor mount and motor block Kevlar ® and shock cord BT-80 body tube and Fat Boy type plastic nose cone mylar parachute ...

• Rocket Pad Frede By Ron Shuber

  Brief: This is a single stage skill level 3 kit. This kit is inspired by a rocket in a 1929 sci-fi movie. I built a Frede sometime back in early 2004 and lost it on a windy day so I got another one in September 2005. It uses an 18" mylar parachute. I enjoyed the first one, so that's why I got a second one. Construction: The kit comes with a 2.6" Estes type body tube. It ...

• Rocket Pad HELLFIRE AGM-114A By Berni Davidson

  Brief: This is a single stage scale mid-power model rocket kit of the US Army's air launched anti-armor missilem--the ones they use to blast bad guys in the Middle East! The Rocket Pad version flys 24mm Estes type C11, D, and E motors. They give include a spacer for the shorter Estes C11 and D motors. The kit uses a bright silver mylar type parachute for recovery. The kit is packed in a ...

• Rocket Pad Lacross XM4 By Aron Sanford

  Brief: This is a scale model of an old 1950's Army ground-to-ground missile used for troop support. It was in service for a short time. The rocket kit flies with 24mm motors and uses a bright mylar parachute for recovery, is rated a skill level 3 kit, and is a single stage rocket with 8 balsa fins. The kit come in a plastic bag pretty much like a lot of other kits. I won the kit on ...

• Rocket Pad Lark CTV-N-9 By Al Gloer

  I ran across the LARK on eBay a while back and was intrigued by the awkward looking fin design. This surface to air missile was designed in the mid 1940's to be a point defense weapon for the U.S. Navy against Kamikaze pilots. The designation was CTV-N-8. I'm personally a typical 3FNC flier and the concept of 8FNC kind of tickled me. The kit was advertised as a 2 x 18mm cluster scale kit. So I ...

• Rocket Pad Mega Cobra By Berni Davidson

  This is a single stage cluster model rocket kit. It is an upscale clone of the old Estes Astron Cobra that uses a 3 motor cluster of 24mm motors where the original one from back in the 1960's used a 3 motor cluster of 18mm motors. The original one was 22.250" tall with a diameter of 1.6". They are both "payload" rockets and the big one gives you a 1.6" payload section where the original was ...

• Rocket Pad Mega Drifter By Aron Sanford

  Brief: This is an upscaled version of an old Estes kit. Also, it has a new unique decal that makes it really stand out! I have built other Rocket Pad kits and they seem to get better with each one. This is a single stage rocket using 24mm C11 and D motors. It uses an 18" parachute, balsa fins, plastic nose cone, and a machine turned balsa boat tail--not paper--in the rear. The ...

• Rocket Pad Mega Hawkeye By Steve White

  Brief: This is an Up-Scale clone of an old Estes kit that used the small 13mm engines. I have an original Hawkeye kit that I got when I returned to rocketry. The original one was 8.5" in length and this one is 24.75" in length to give you an idea how much larger this one is. The Mega Hawkeye is a single stage rocket using 24mm motors. It uses an 18" mylar parachute ...

• Rocket Pad Mega Pee Wee By Nick Esselman

  (08/30/05) RocketPad must be doing something right in their kit designs, because, for some reason, I keep going back to them to pick up a kit here and there. This is my third kit and I have a couple more in the queue. I am not a huge fan of purchasing clones, however, when I saw an upscale of the 1960's Estes Pee Wee, I was compelled to purchase it. The upscaled two-stager really caught my ...

• Rocket Pad Nitewing By Berni Davidson

  This is a single stage 24mm motor powered model rocket kit that is rated skill level 2. It uses a 12" parachute for recovery, features a needle point looking plastic nose cone, and pre-cut balsa fins. Having built a few Rocketpad kits, I was drawn to this one because of the large wing span (19.5"). It also looks mean in all black (and even comes with a black parachute!). The kit uses ...

• Rocket Pad PAC-3 By Berni Davidson

  Brief: This is a scale model of the new US anti-missile missile, essentially it's an update of the older Patriot missile used in desert storm in the 1990s. The new missile has 108 small rocket motors to push it into an incoming missile when it is close--COOL! This kit is a single-stage kit that uses one long BT-60 body tube and flies on 24mm D and E size motors. It uses an 18" ...

• Rocket Pad Shooting Star By Nick Esselman

  (10/10/04) This is my second Rocket Pads kit. My first, USSC Shark , received mixed reviews, but I had interest in trying out another one. So, I purchased the Shooting Star off of eBay (hate this). Rocket Pad is currently undergoing ownership change, however, regardless of that, Stan has been the primary interface through eBay, TRF and EMRR (see Opinions on some of the Rocket Pad ...

• Rocket Pad Star Watch 1 By Robert Horton

  Brief: This is a single stage model rocket kit. It is a futuristic booster for a satellite. The kit uses a 12" parachute and has a payload section. It also has a cool looking plastic nose cone, which I guess is the satellite! I was attracted to this kit because of its cool, different looks and because it uses 24mm motors. Construction: I got the kit on eBay and it came in ...

• Rocket Pad Sunseeker By Steve White

  Brief: This is a single stage model rocket kit using a 24mm motor mount and uses parachute recovery. It's a rather different looking model rocket in that it features a large wing in the rear of the body tube. On my assembled kit, the wing span was 20.1". It sure gets looks when you go and launch it as it's not your standard 3FNC kit! Construction: The kit features an ...

• Rocket Pad USSC Shark By Nick Esselman

  (08/01/04) There started to be some chatter about a "new" rocket kit manufacturer called Rocket Pad, but the online community only saw kits listed on eBay. The auctions would be one kit and then you might see another kit later on. One thing that caught my attention was the variety of kits. There are those controversial "clone" kits of old Estes and Centuri models, which I ...

• Rocket Pad USSC Terastar II By Steve White

  Brief: This is a Skill level 3 single stage 24mm motor model rocket kit. It has a main wingspan of 12" wingtip to wing tip on my kit. Rocketpad calls it a "futuristic attack-troop transport of the U.S. Space Command". It is a sleek looking kit and uses an 18" mylar parachute for recovery. There are two large wings and four smaller fins. Their kits are different than ...

• Rocket R&D ASP (4") By Ed Sewall

  A scale high power model (@ 67% scale) of the ASP (Atmospheric Sounding Projectile) rocket. This rocket was used in operation Redwing in the pacific ocean during atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll. First flights were at White sands test range in 1955. Was launched through the atomic mushroom cloud to send back radiation data.   Two sections of Loc type 3.9" diameter airframe, 4 ...

• Rocket R&D HV ARCAS By Nick Hills

  (by Nick Hills)  Specifications: Length: 95" Diameter: 4" Motor Mount: 54MM  The instructions for the HV ARCAS are ok. They have made improvements/changes in the kit but have not fixed the directions, so they leave you to figure out how to put some things together. They give you diagrams for nearly all of the steps on the kit. The tools needed are: 30 and 5 minute ...

• Rocket R&D Jayhawk (4") By Matt Bugera

    Brief: High power rocket modeled after an army target drone, 38 mm. motor mount and parachute recovery.Takes a lot of time and patience to build, for the serious model builder.  Construction: Excellent instructions included with the kit.They go through each stage of construction in detail. A lot of attention to the small details since there is quite a bit of fooling ...

• Rocket R&D Peacock By Chip Jenkins

  ( Contributed - by Chip Jenkins) Brief: A six-finned, mid-body rocket with a 28" diameter parachute. Construction: The packaging was in a bag (standard), all of the parts were included, no broken or missing pieces. The kit included body tubes made from heavy cardboard, a plastic nose cone, and six high quality plywood fins. The body tube was pre marked and easy to slot with a ...

• Rocket R&D Sandhawk (2.6") By Valere Vanderschaegen

  Brief: The R & D 2.6 Sandhawk is a Mid to High Power kit with a 30in. Parachute for recovery and a 38mm motor mount. Construction: When I picked up my kit from Kevin Funk (he runs Discount Rocketry) I took a look and all the parts were intact and in good condition. The instructions were well illustrated with lots of pictures and a page listing the parts. I like the construction ...

• Rocket Vision Chariot By R. J. Talley

  The Chariot is a single stage, payload rocket. It is one of Rocket Vision's line of Rugged Rockets and is specifically designed for mid-range power (E-G). The body tube and payload tubes are of heavy duty phenolic. The nose cones (there are faux strap-on boosters) and transition are poly-vinyl. The BP section 8 inches long and has an interior dia. of 1.86", plenty of room for eggs, altimeters, ...

• Rocket Vision Check-Six By Bart Hackemack

  (by Bart Hackemack) Okay, My daughter and I have flown the Check-Six on two occasions and thought it about time to give a launch report. She asked for and of course received this kit for her 9th birthday in January. (Yep, she picked it out and helped build it too...) Last Month: We flew it once with a standard Estes D12-5. Nice flight, the weight of the rocket gave it a real nice ...

• Rocket Vision Custom Design Service By Frank Ross

  ( Contributed - by Frank Ross) Brief: Design service let's you choose tube length, payload section, choice of 3 fin designs, nylon chute recovery system with Kevlar ® lines & shock cord & Nomex ® chute protector. Construction: The Rocket Vision starter-level design service lets you choose from several options of components to build your own "Rugged Ro ...

• Rocket Vision Grymm By Kevin Johnson

  (01/20/01) Well, as I write my third review in this series of "stubby" rockets, I am a bit disheartened since just before I flew this bird, RocketVision closed their doors to business. Once the Grymm was announced I immediately ordered one anticipating "Rugged Rocket" in a design that I very much enjoy . . . "stubby". This is the smallest in dia ...

• Rocket Vision Grymm By Kevin Johnson

  Brief: Short and fat Rugged Rocket. Construction: Component List: 1 2.88 inc ABS nose cone 1 2.88 inch phenolic body tube 11.75 inches long 1 1.2 inch phenolic motor tube 5.5 inches long 2 1/8 inch G10 centering rings 4 1/16 inch G10 fins 1 1/4 inch plastic launch lug 3 inches long 1 24 inch rip stop nylon parachute 1 10 inch square Nomex ® chute ...

• Rocket Vision Mach Buster By Moira Jean Whitlock

  This is a small, phenolic toughly made rocket designed to break the sound barrier and is able to do so on 24 mm engines, namely Aerotech's F72 and G55. All the parts were there, and were strong. My only difficulty was the tight fit of the nose cone to the body tube. I sanded the nose cone to loosen the fit, as I was unsure that the engine could build sufficient pressure to pop it. The ...

• Rocket Vision Mach Buster By David Urbanek

  Introduction This model usually causes a lot of buzz, and why not? When you pop a 24mm G55-10 into it, most of the rocket is motor. It's really awesome. The line is called Rugged Rockets and for good reason. The pre-slotted airframe is a fabric phenolic with no spiral line at all. The fins are made of G-10 fiberglass and are pre-cut. The nose cone is a thick hard polystyrene. The shock ...

• Rocket Vision Mach Buster By Greg Dunham

  Brief The Machbuster is a great looking kit that is straightforward to build, has outstanding performance and is inexpensive to purchase. It uses 24mm motors from D12's through G55's with parachute recovery. With F and G motors the rocket will break the sound barrier and reach 900 miles an hour with the G55's. Construction The kit arrived the day after I ordered it. (Ok I only live about ...

• Rocket Vision Mach Buster By Terry Moore-Read

  Single stage rocket capable of exceeding the speed of sound on 24 mm F & G motors. The overall quality of the kit was excellent. The instructions were clear and easy to understand (there are also further instructions on the rocketvision website if you need them) Very little preparation of parts was required - sanding to round the leading / trailing edges of the fins and to make them ...

• Rocket Vision QuadPod By David Urbanek

  ( Contributed - by David Urbanek) Brief: It is possible to be involved in high power rocketry without your own pad. Usually you fly with a club and can use the club's pads. Still there are plenty of times when a good high power pad is a necessity. Many high power launches ask folks to bring their own pads. I'll be proud to bring my QuadPod to any launch. For the past year, I've looked ...

• Rocket Vision Six-Pack By R. J. Talley

  (06/02/01) I purchased another Rugged-Rocket, the Rocket Vision Six-Pack, to have built and fly on a vacation in Arizona . . . right after which it was announced that Rocket Vision was going out of business. Oh, well, I'll go ahead and give it a quick review and add it to my newest comparison page on Tube-Fin rockets. See my Tube-Fin Rocket Comparison Page I never had a Tube-Finned ...

• Rocket Vision Six-Pack By R. J. Talley

  I just finished building the Six-Pack by Rocket Vision. For those who aren't familiar with it, it uses the same body tube/nose cone/recovery system as their Mach Buster . The difference is in the six tubular fins that provide guidance. I ordered one of these for two reasons: One, because like all of the other rockets in their fleet, it is really hard-core rugged. I expect to be able ...

• Rocket Vision Solar Venture By Nick Esselman

  This rocket was another "wow" in my hobby experience because I didn't expect what I found. One formulates an idea about what makes a "rugged rocket", but in my case I missed the boat. Rocket Vision's own words, "Unlike kits from other manufacturers, Rugged-Rockets can give you hundreds of flights for years enjoyment. The quality phenolic and fiberglass construction is water resistant and ...

• Rocket Vision Star-Fire By R. J. Talley

  ( Contributed - by R J Talley) I just finished building my Star-Fire. Rocket Vision rates it at as a challenging kit and I would agree. The challenge is not in the assembly, as with all Rocket Vision kits, any one with a little experience will find that things go together very easily. No, the challenge is in the finish of the engine nacelles. These very small fiberglass parts must ...

• Rocketarium 18mm Model Rocket Motor Retainer By Gene Wolski

  This review covers both the 24mm motor retainer and 18/24mm motor adaptor. Components The 24mm motor retainer is a two piece anodized aluminum assembly consisting of a base and a screw on cap.  The motor adaptor includes two pieces as well - the adaptor body and a retainer ring. /h2 I decided to retrofit the 24mm retainer on two of my rockets with 24mm motor ...

• Rocketarium Hexagon By Donald Besaw Jr

  The Rocketarium Hexagon is a 24mm six-sided flying saucer type oddroc. It can be flown from small launch sites on a wide variety of Estes black powder or Aerotech single-use and RMS composite motors. Components The Hexagon kit complete with the following components 6 card stock side panels & rectangles 3 light ply base pieces 3 light ply internal support pieces ...

• Rocketarium Kilter By Michael Freedman

  Great looking rocket with eight fins and a boat tail.  It also has a unique cable tunnel balsa piece that attaches to the body tube. Components The kit comes with two (3?) pieces of 1/8" balsa wood.  The wood is sturdy though soft.  Also included are several templates: fins (4 large forward fins, and  4 smaller aft fins), a fin guide for fin placement on the ...

• Rocketarium Mega Vortico By Donald Besaw Jr

  The Rocketarium Mega Vortico is a 24mm oddroc that is a bit different than a typical oddroc - saucer, pyramid, etc.  This one resembles the rotor blades of a helicopter and spins very rapidly during ascent and descent. Components   This kit includes seven light ply components that make up the blade assembly as well as the motor mount tube and launch lug. No decals ...

• Rocketarium Retro Rebel By Richard Holmes

  I bought the Retro Rebel kit for our club's annual Odd-Rocs theme launch. It's certainly odd. There is a 24 mm body tube with an 18 mm motor mount. Instead of a nose cone fitting into the body tube there's another short length of 24 mm tube with a coupler. Each 24 mm tube is surrounded by an "exoskeleton" made of 1/8 plywood, consisting of four vertical pieces and several horizontal ...

• Rocketarium Sandia Sandhawk By Jack Hydrazine

  I've been wanting a Sandia Sandhawk model to build and fly for some time and found one at Rocketarium.  Kit # RK-1030.  Current price as of this write up is $26.95. Components After I opened the kit I checked it to ensure that all the parts were there. /h2 The only things I changed on this rocket were 1) scratch-build and install an ejection ...

• Rocketarium Viking 7 By Leo Dominguez

• Rocketarium VK-7 Sounding Rocket (Viking 7) By Martin's Funkworks

  This was my first cluster rocket. In a attempt to mimic the real Viking 7, a few details are included, which likely increase its drag, and maybe that's part of the reason it uses two motors. But then, to compensate for the additional motor weight, it runs long at over 29". All in all, it makes for a surprisingly beautiful kit with a very unusual colour scheme. Components ...

• Rocketarium WitchCraft By Kathy Kippen

  This is a skill level 2 kit from Rocketarium. The unusual fins are shaped like a witch riding her broom. The other unique item of interest is this kit does not have a traditional nose cone. Components Parts List: 15.25” BT 50 body tube 2.75” BT 50 body tube BT-50 coupler 2.75” 18mm motor tube 18mm motor block centering rings motor hook ...

• RocketChutes 12" and 18" Parachute (Other Product) By Dick Stafford

  I bought 12" and 18" rip-stop nylon parachutes in both the new 'Toucan/American Eagle' tie-dye and camo patterns. I received them just in time for NARAM-50. Far out, man! You can get them in many solid colors also and can even have them embroidered. Other sizes include 24, 30, 36, 42 and 48 inches. These are well built little chutes. They have 6 braided nylon shroud lines (actually three ...

• RocketChutes 12" and 18" Parachute (Other Product) By Nick Esselman

  This is just a brief review to add to Dick's review. Click to Enlarge Received some RocketChutes.com Parachutes and even though they may be like (or at least similar) other rip-stop nylon 'chutes, these caught my attention: Here's what they say: High quality model rocket parachutes A wide selection of ripstop nylon colors ...

• RocketChutes 18" Drogue By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford) Picture courtesy of RocketChutes 48 Red/Sun Yellow, 2 18 inch drogues, 37 Royal Blue Brief: Not long ago, I discovered the ROCKETCHUTES brand of parachutes. These chutes are made in Delaware and have been available at Maryland/Delaware Rocket Association (MDRA) launches for some time. They are extremely sturdy and an excellent bargains, offering a lot ...

• Rocketflite Magnelite By Darrell Mobley

  RocketFlite - Magnelite Ignitor Kit review is provided courtesy of: Making Igniters The Rocketflite Way I learned about the Rocketflite name years ago when those super sparky motors were all the rage. Greg Dyben has been a household name around the hobby rocketry arena for years producing great products like the Silver Streak motors and his Magnelite igniters. Recently, Greg began ...

• Rocketflite Magnelite (Other Product) By Dick Stafford

    I won a Magnelite kit from the EMRR 'Boink' Rocket contest . I received the 2-part pyrogen kit, and 12 each of the 12" (E-G), 24" (H-J) and 48" (K-M) igniter wires. Here's what I think of it. The pyrogen in my kit came in plastic bottle, sealed with wax, and packed in some sort of sand. The oxidizer powder was just in a plastic bottle. The kit included a set of instructions and a ...

• Rocketflite Magnelite By Darwin May

  (by Darwin May - 09/19/04) Brief: Magnelite is an igniter making kit by Rocketflite and appears to use magnesium and acetone for some HOT burning igniters. Construction: The Magnelite kit comes with a bottle of oxidizer and the magnesium/acetone solution. It also comes with a sheet of instructions, a paper cup for a funnel, and a nail for stirring. To start, you stir the liquid ...

• Rocketflite Magnelite By Tim Burger

  ( Contributed - by Tim Burger - 08/21/06) Brief: I've been flying model rockets for a long time now, some 30 years I guess, but high power rockets are still a new and novel thing to me. In truth, I'm still not certified level two yet. However, I have noticed some problems with certain igniters and was planning to get an igniter making kit to dip my own for those stubborn to ...

• Rocketflite Magnelite By Darwin May

  (08/21/99) The Magnelite kit simply consists of two containers. The oxidizer and the pyrogen. The oxidizer must be combined with the Pyrogen in order to make the igniters. You will also need some RocketFlite ignitor wires which come in a variety of lengths (16", 32", 48", 64"). CONSTRUCTION: The instructions are on a single sheet and straight forward. These ignitors ...

• RocketHead Rockets Battle Axe By Lance Alligood

  The Rockethead Rockets (RR) Battle Axe is a near minimum diameter single stage rocket that flies on 18mm motors & when held near the nose, indeed resembles a battle axe. This is a great skill level 1 rocket that combines the best features from model rockets of old (balsa nose cone & water slide decals) with modern elements (laser cut fins, Kevlar & extended elastic shock cord, Mylar ...

• RocketHead Rockets Battle Axe By Chan Stevens

  Definitely not your typical 3-fin and nose cone rocket, the Battle Axe is an interesting design that's fun to build and a surprisingly good flyer. Parts arrived in good shape packed in a sealed plastic bag. The list includes: Basswood fins (precut, a huge plus given their curved design) Balsa nose cone BT-50 body tube 18mm motor mount kit Mylar chute (with Kevlar shroud ...

• RocketHead Rockets Battle Axe By Bob Cox

  OVERVIEW: A single-stage rocket 4FNC rocket with fins shaped like axe blades. Kit Specifications (from the cover art) 18 1/4" Tall 5 3/4" Fin Span 1.8 oz Laser cut 1/16" ply fins Balsa nose cone Kevlar ® shock cord mount 12" Mylar parachute Water slide decals This kit was my prize for placing second in EMRR Virtual Contest #4. ...

• RocketHead Rockets Blink Family By Bill Eichelberger

  The Blink Family is a trio of skill level one rockets that are similar in design but gradually differ in size. For the sake of comparison, Baby Blink favors the Estes Quark while Mama and Papa are stretched and super stretched versions of their offspring. The kit includes: 3 hand turned balsa nose cones 3 BT-5 body tubes 1/16" fin stock 2 lengths Kevlar shock cord 2 ...

• RocketHead Rockets Gamma III Optimized By Philip Handley

  Brief: A unique three motor parallel staged rocket. Construction: The Gamma III came in the usual clear plastic bag packaging with five smaller packages in addition to the tubes, nose cones, and fin stock. The four body tubes were the brown Estes type, but the three nose cones were rather thin plastic, which made for rather weak points to screw in a screw eye (the kit now comes ...

• RocketHead Rockets Lightning Strike By Donald Besaw Jr

  Brief: The Lightning Strike is a 5 foot tall clustered 3x18mm rocket with lightning bolts for fins. According to the manufacturer, 1,000 foot flights are possible with three C6-5 motors. Construction: The kit came packaged in a plastic bag with a very professional looking header card and included the following: 3 BT-60 body tubes 3 upper fins 3 lower fins 2 tube ...

• RocketHead Rockets Mylar Parachute (12in) By Dick Stafford

  Brief: This a review of Rockethead Rockets' pre-assembled 12" Mylar parachute. Rockethead currently offers 10", 12", 15", and 18" chutes and will soon offer their first kit. You can find new product announcements on The Rocketry Forum's vendors forum. Construction: The chute came packaged in a small bag and included a card with instructions and ...

• RocketHead Rockets RHR 2003 By Chan Stevens

  An unusual upside-down looking rocket that's a great flyer, and fairly easy to build. Rockethead's offerings are definitely not your run of the mill 3FNC designs. My kit took a couple of weeks to arrive, as the kits are essentially made in small batches as orders come in. When it did arrive, everything was in good shape. Parts were good quality and included 3 body tubes (BT-55-5, BT50-6, ...

• RocketHead Rockets RHR 2003 By Bob Cox

  Overview A single-stage rocket with attractive styling. The body features three different diameter tubes that get progressively smaller toward the rear. The most eye-catching features are the fins, with a large set in the middle and a small set at the rear. Kit Specifications (from the cover art) "The RHR 2003 is a great rocket for those who would like to add a couple new ...

• Rocketman BALLS 10/SPACESHOT 2000 By Tim Quigg

  The following excerpt is from "Extreme Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Extreme Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the link above. (Extreme ...

• Rocketman BALLS08 and LDRS17 By Darrell Mobley

  Rocketman - BALLS 08 and LDRS17 Video review is provided courtesy of: Rocketman's High Thrust BALLS 08 and LDRS17 Video! I just got through watching Ky and Jodi Michaelson's newest High Thrust Video release, and it was quite an enjoyable experience. Having gone to LDRS myself, but missing BALLS, it was a great way to see what happened at Black Rock this past summer in addition to ...

• Rocketman Big Bad Rockets By Kerry Garrison

  (by Kerry Garrison courtesy of WildRocketry.Com) Ky handed me this tape and said "You'll love this one" and man was he right! Not only do I like watching big rockets, I will admit to my evil side of watching things goes wrong sometimes too. There is usually more to be learned by a failure than a success. This video also demonstrates that failures still happen ...

• Rocketman Big Kahuna By John Coker

  ( Contributed - by John Coker)  Note: This is a slightly shortened, edited version of John's review and fewer pictures. Visit John's site for the full review or enjoy the bulk of it here. The Rocketman Enterprises Big Kahuna kit was the "over the top" rocket I just had to build. (There is actually a long story behind this.)  This kit marks my entry into "level ...

• Rocketman Dr. Hero By Lew Garrow

  Rocketman - D.R. Hero ( Contributed - by Lew Garrow ) Height=108" Width=3" Weight=90 ounces Brief Modified for CPR (Close Proximity Recovery) and Hybrid Motor. Modifications First modification was for Hybrid (Aerotech 54mm hybrid) motor. I discarded the original motor mount and replaced it with a 36" motor mount tube. I then added a PML CPR2000 retrofit ...

• Rocketman Drogue Parachute By Bob Thompson

  The following article is from "High Power Rocketry" magazine. This information represents only a small portion of the contents of "High Power Rocketry". We strongly suggest that you subscribe to "High Power Rocketry". By doing so you will find many color pictures, articles, launch reports and projects primarily associated with High Power Rocketry ...

• Rocketman Enterprises Explorer 7 - Freedom to Fly By Randy Ashley

  (by Randy Ashley courtesy of WildRocketry.Com) The Rocketman Explorer-7 came packaged in a very secure box. Upon opening there was a checklist of parts and they were all there. The instructions were clear and I encountered NO "What" type moments. First step for me is always to build up my motor mount and fin can. On the Explorer the shock cord is glued to the side of the motor ...

• Rocketman Enterprises Firefly By Wayne Ellis

  Nice Kit. Well put together kit with Rocketman Cute. This Kit was kit bashed and will probably be, when finished, modified severely from the original kit. Components Phenolic 54mm tubing. Strong!     /h2 The Firefly can with good instructions. Most pictures were a generic picture describing the process. Finishing I covered mine with ...

• Rocketman LDRS18 Video By Kerry Garrison

  (by Kerry Garrison courtesy of WildRocketry.Com) I got a chance to watch Ky Michelson's video of LDRS 18 that took place August 2-5, 1999 in Argonia, Kansas. The video itself is plenty long and has a ton of fantastic flights on it. I really enjoyed a lot of the interviews with some of the flyers to find out the background story of their projects. The videography is very nice, I wish my ...

• Rocketman Level 3 Parachutes By Al Casper

  Rocketman Enterprises - R18C R3C Level-3 Parachutes review is provided courtesy of: Quality Recovery Components Level three projects pose a multitude of challenges. The airframe, motor and retention, shock cords and related hardware, CP and CG, electronics, and at the top of the list, the parachutes. In the early stages of my planning, I ordered a large surplus fifteen-foot ...

• Rocketman Machfever By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Having gotten hooked on Cesaroni Pro38 motors, I started looking around for 38mm kits. This one immediately caught my eye. While I didn't get it anywhere near breaking Mach 1, I did find this rocket performs well on a range of motors and is a beautiful looking design. With its two sets of fins, it will really draw a few stares and possibly even some drool at the pad. ...

• Rocketman ProXP Parachute By Darrell Mobley

  Rocketman - ProXP Parachute review is provided courtesy of: Field testing the ProXP experimental chute! "Never worry about another high speed parachute deployment again!" That's what Ky Michaelson of Rocketman Enterprises says about his new ProXP Experimental Recovery Chutes. And after flying one recently, I tend to believe him.  Ky recently sent me two of his R9C ...

• Rocketman Rocketboy By Brian Wheeler

  ( Contributed - by Brian Wheeler) Brief: Single stage high power rocket kit, parachute recovery, spun aluminum nozzle. Construction: Kit contains, one PML phenolic main body tube, one 21" payload section, three fiberglass fins, three plywood centering rings, one strap, a plastic nose cone, a 38mm motor tube, a motor retention system, and a Rocketman R7 parachute. Great ...

• Rocketman Space Hawk By Todd Harrison

  Rocketman - Space Hawk review is provided courtesy of: As I was browsing on the internet I found an awesome looking rocket, the Rocketman Space Hawk. About a week after ordering, the box containing my kit came packed well and without any damage. Upon opening the box I realized this was one quality kit. It contains PML body tubes, Rocketman R4C chute, G-10 fiberglass fins, and heavy-duty ...

• Rocketman ThunderChicken By Randy Ashley

    My Level 1 rocket, single stage, single deployment, altimeter deployed parachute.   Building was very basic. The instructions that were included were not for this rocket. Ky had just released this kit and did not have a set of instructions for it at the time I purchased the kit. However even though this was my first high power kit I had no problems with construction. ...

• Rocketry Warehouse Flying Pumpkin By Gary Tortora

  Brief The Flying Pumpkin from Rocketry Warehouse is one of the newest kits in the "Fly Naked" Series. What that means is that all the parts are already colored! They are NOT painted, rather the G12 and G10 fiberglass is colored all the way through. Over 28 Inches Tall BuiltWeight Just Over 4 Lbs CNC Precision Cut Parts CNC Precision Slotted Flies on everything from H to ...

• Rocketry Warehouse FORMULA 54 By Gary Tortora

  The FORMULA 54 by Rocketry Warehouse is an all fiberglass kit, A perfect starter kit for the 1st time builder of an all fibergass rocket. Components Kit includes: 54mm Fiberglass 5:1 Von Karman Nosecone 54mm G12 Fiberglass Airframe 21 inches 29mm Motor Mount G12 Fiberglass 7 Inches 3 G10 Fiberglass  1/16" Thick Fins G10 Fiberglass ...

• Rocketry Warehouse FORMULA 75 By Gary Tortora

            The FORMULA 75 is the latest kit from Rocketry Warehouse . It's the big brother of the already popular Formula 54. The FORMULA 75 is a 3" All fiberglass kit with a 38mm Motor mount, The kit is also one of "Fly Naked" series rockets which means that NO painting is required, All the kits parts come pre-colored, The fins, nose cone and ...

• Rocketry Warehouse X-Celerator By Gary Tortora

  Brief The X-Celerator is a 4" all G12 fiberglass kit from Rocketry Warehouse. This kit Features Router beveled fin edges Precision routed fin slots Flies on anything from an I to an L Weight 9 Lbs Almost 7 Foot Tal Components Although the kit is a Rocketry Warehouse kit it is manufactured by Performance Rocketry, That being said you can rest ...

• Rogue Aerospace AGM-3500 Peregrine By Mike Gross

  Intro: The AGM-3500 Peregrine is a pseudo-scale model of a hypothetical air to ground missile (AGM) for the US Military. It is 14.4 inches long, just under 1" in diameter, and uses standard 13mm motors.   Construction Rating: 4 out of 5 The kit arrived from Rogue in a US postal service hard express mail box. I was rather impressed with the speed in which it arrived. Inside the ...

• Rogue Aerospace AGM-3500 Peregrine By Eric Miller

  I received the AGM-3500 Peregrine from Rogue in a well packaged box via the USPS. The kit itself was in a plastic bag with a cardboard picture of the rocket. All the parts were included along with instructions. The instructions rely more on writing than pictures. The quality of the parts impressed me, Kevlar shock cord, nylon parachute, perma-wadding(TM), and balsa nose cone and fins. I haven't ...

• Rogue Aerospace Crossfire By Moira Jean Whitlock

  (06/01/98) Rogue Aerospace's Crossfire ™ is a unique two-stage kit that uses B and C motors. It's another eye-catcher for it's unique booster design. It is rated as a Skill Level 2 and is 20" long, 1" wide and weighs in at 1. 4 ounces (my completed model weighs 2 ounces). The kit comes with a single sustainer body tube and a short booster body tube. The motor mounts come ...

• Rogue Aerospace Deep Surface Probe By Greg Elder

  I always try to look for something a little unique in rockets and that is what the Deep Surface Probe by Rogue is. Rogue says it this way, " Modelled upon a real NASA planetary probe, the Deep Surface Probe (DSP) is sure to attract attention at your next launch! The "real" probe is intended to be dropped to a planet from orbit, slamming into the planet's crust at hypersonic speeds, burying ...

• Rogue Aerospace Gnat By Nick Esselman

  (02/28/98) I thought it would be fun to have another mini from a non-Estes company for a comparison to my newly build Estes Quark ™ . I found that Rogue Aerospace was ready to help out with their mini-rocket, the Gnat ™ . This kit comes in a package smaller than a credit card and only as thick as the body tube. There are only 4 parts in the kit, along with thorough instructions. ...

• Rogue Aerospace Hex Courier By Nick Esselman

  (04/01/98) Apprehensive that it was not a Estes' kit, skepticism was in the back of my mind, but it dissolved quickly as I examined the components to the Rogue Aerospace Hex Courier ™ . What I found first was a Nylon Parachute.You mean I don't have to cut one out of a plastic sheet and attach shroud lines? Next a piece of Kevlar ® Shock Cord. Next six tube Fins that had alignment ...

• Rogue Aerospace Interdictor By Nick Esselman

  The Rogue Interdictor was the second of three kits that I built as part of a rocket "ship" series. Rogue demonstrated some imagination regarding the description of their Interdictor: " The Interdictor is our concept model of a planetary fighter of the future. It's capable of flying within an atmosphere using its twin turbojet engines, or of conducting sub-orbital or orbital maneuvers through the ...

• Rogue Aerospace Interdictor By Darren Longhorn

  Described as a 'futuristic fighter craft' the Interdictor is not your typical 3fnc kit. With six fins/wings two 'air intakes', under wing pods and wing tip laser cannon, this is a cool looking model. The finished kit is approximately 20" long, with a wingspan of approximately 10". The kit has an 18mm engine mount and the recommended engines include A8-3, B4-4, B6-4 & C6-5. The kit ...

• Rogue Aerospace Space Needle By Keith Smith

  ( Contributed - by Keith Smith) Brief: The space needle is a single stage two piece rocket that stands 10 feet(!) tall. At deployment it separates into a 3 foot and a 6 foot section. Each section has an 18" parachute. Construction: Rogue Aerospace is a quality manufacture of rocket kits. The Space Needle is no exception. The kit requires a special handling charge due to three 3' ...

• Rogue Aerospace Standard ARM 45 By G. A. Dean

  Brief: The Standard ARM kit from Rogue is a single-stage sport-scale replica of the Navy's AGM-78 "Standard" missile. It's loads of fun to build, and flies very nicely on 24mm, D12-5 motors. Rogue lists the kit as a "Level 2", which I believe is accurate. Some modeling experience will help, but the kit poses no special problems or challenges. What it does offer is ...

• Rogue Aerospace Tsetse By Eric Miller

  I received the Tsetse (the Gnat's BIG brother) from Rogue in a well packaged box via the USPS. The kit itself was in a plastic bag with a cardboard picture of the rocket. All the parts were included along with instructions. I was really looking forward to receiving the Tsetse because it would be my first rear engine ejected streamer kit I ever built. An added bonus is that it is a 9.1 inch ...

• Rokitflite Fake Wulf By Craig Zicafoose

  Brief: This is a boost glider featuring a rear ejected pop-pod. Propulsion is handled by 18mm motors. Pod returns safely on a parachute, while the German themed plane glides on towards its secret mission. Manufacturer rates this at a skill level 3. Construction: This kit has a bunch of parts. Quality is top notch. The list of parts is as follows: 1 Instruction CD ...

• Rokitflite USS Odyssey By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: The Odyssey is the result of one man's journey to create his ultimate "Deep Space" rocket. Scott Branche (Rokitflite on The Rocketry Forum and Ye Olde Rocket Forum,) took it upon himself to fill a what he saw as a void in the market, and based on the beta test kit I built and flew, I think he nailed it. Hard. With lines and details that hearken back to what I c ...

• Rokitflite USS Odyssey By Charlaine Cadence Nordin

  Brief: Classic science fiction-based low powered design. Highly detailed and fully customizable. A rocket that allow the builder's imagination soar long after the build is complete. Construction: Looking at the parts, you first are overwhelmed and worried about the build. instruction CD for use with computer 11 tubes 6 centering rings 1 motor block and ...

• Rokitflite USS Odyssey By Jim Filler

  Brief: Deep Space Fantasy Model. It has the flavor of an early 70's transport sci-fi ship. Construction: The model has numerous parts starting out with 4 main sections of body tube going from BT-50 to BT-20 to BT-5. Balsa fins have plastic overlays to add texture and are connected to the main tube and scalloped to also attach to a piece of BT-80 that gives the appearance of a ...

• Rokitflite USS Odyssey By Bob Harrington

  Brief: This is a Deep Space Fantasy rocket that brings back memories of the Andromeda, USS Atlantis, Solar Sailer, etc. It uses standard 18mm motors with parachute recovery. Construction: This is a builders kit and the number of components is extensive. 2 BT-20 tubes 7 BT-50 tubes 2 BT-5 tubes 1 BT-80 tube 1 BT-20 coupler 6 20-50 centering rings 1 Kevlar ...

• Rowes Retainers Retainer (24mm Cone) (Other Product) By Nick Esselman

  It seems to be popular to "trick out" cars to make them look meaner, faster, cooler. Even though a car that is truly "tricked out" is meaner and faster with performance enhancing equipment, however, "tricked out on a budget" is to make a car look meaner and faster, instead. Rowes Cone Retainers could be considered a way to "trick out" a rocket to make it look meaner, faster, and definitely ...

• Rowes Retainers Retainer (38mm Cone) By Scott Simka

  (by Scott Simka - 12/01/03) Brief: 38mm, Black Anodized Finish, Motor Casing Retainer. Perfect for Pro38's. Construction: Nicely machined motor retainer. Very easy to install. Definitely increases the "WOW" factor of any rocket! After purchasing a BSD Diablo, and finding a review utilizing a "Rowe's Retainer" on that rocket, I said "I gotta have it!!" ...

• Saturn Press Retro Rockets: Experimental Rockets 1926-1941 By Kerry Garrison

  (by Kerry Garrison courtesy of WildRocketry.Com) If you are interested in the history of early rocketry or would like to try building a scale model of some of these history making rockets, then this book is a must read. Covering Domestic and foreign rocketry development from 1926 - 1941, Retro Rockets goes through the early attempts of building a liquid fuel design.  I ...

• Saturn Press Retro Rockets: Experimental Rockets 1926-1941 By Jim Kerns

  ( Contributed - by Jim Kerns)  A very handsome 8 1/2 x 11 hard cover book that will look good on your coffee table as well as provide a wealth of data on some of the space flight pioneers and their rockets.  As soon as I opened the wrapper, I was impressed with the silver colored binding with the red and black text, and a black and white photograph of Dr. Goddard and his ...

• Saturn Press Rockets of the World By Dave Triano

  ( Contributed - by Dave Triano) What Saturn Press says: Rockets of the World, Third Edition - A book about space boosters and sounding rockets compiled with the modeler in mind. Over 200 versions of 137 rockets from 14 nations Detailed dimensioned drawings Historical summaries Color-keyed drawings for accurate painting Durable Smyth-sewn hardcover binding 384 pages (8 ...

• Saturn Press Scale Bash (Other Product) By Eric J. Rabalais

  What Saturn Press Says: A plan book for building flying scale models of real rockets from non-scale commercial kits. 78 model plans of 29 rockets. Plans, patterns, shrouds, kit & parts listings, and masters for photocopied decals. Includes previously upublished scale data. 32 page plastic-bound booklet lies flat for work and photocopying patterns, shrouds, and decal masters. What a Reader ...

• SBR High Powered Model Rockets L3 Fusion By Jason Vennard

  Brief This is a 5.5" by 90" cardboard and plywood rocket kit. 3FNC.   It is advertised as a one-stop level 3 rocket kit with everything needed included to get your level 3 certification.  Recommended M motors are the M1297, M1315, and M1350DMS. Components For the most part the components are good quality paper/cardboard body tubes and couplers, plywood fins and ...

• Scale Bash Black Brant Vb (Plan) By Frank Ross

  Brief: 18mm Sport-scale model of Canadian research rocket. Construction: BT-55, 15.25" TC-55 PNC-55, 4:1 ogive 18mm MMT 12" chute Kevlar ® Elastic shock cords LL-1/8 x 1" (2) Basswood for fins Pete Alway's book "Scale Bash" provides several scale rocket plans that can be built starting with a 4:1 ogive nose cone, ...

• Scale Bash Little John (Plan) By Frank Ross

  Brief: 18mm Sport-scale model of U.S. Army's Little John missile. Construction: BT-55, 10.5" PNC-55, 4:1 ogive G10 fins (4) 3/16" LL, 2" 18mm MMT (18mm motor tube, 2 carboard C.R.s) Kevlar ® shock cord Mylar streamer clay nose weight Another simple plan from Pete Alway's " Scale Bash ". For this rocket I wanted a durable, ...

• Scale Kits Alarm By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  Brief: 29mm military style mid power kit with parachute recovery. Construction: The kit includes: Super thick, "heavy duty" airframe tubing Beautiful 5-ply 1/8" fins Thick, 26" rip-stop nylon chute Thick round bungee cord type shock cord Solid balsa tail cone Laser cut centering rings The kit went together fast. The instructions are ...

• Scale Kits Bull Pup By Michael Scopone

  Brief: Scale 4FNC model that is single stage rocket with parachute recovery. Construction: After being out of the hobby for nearly 20 years, and being a BAR for the last 3, I have slowly gotten into high and mid power rocketry. While attending the Michigan Space Modeling Championships in Jackson, Michigan on June 26-27 put on by HUVARS section #463 of the NAR, I purchased a Bull ...

• Scale Kits Guideline By Aaron Head

  Scale rocket of the Russian SA-2 SAM Guideline. Lots of fins and detail. Very easy build for anyone who has built a Scale Kits rocket before. The kit comes with 2 very thick body tubes, a balsa nose cone and transition, laser cut plywood centering rings, basswood for all 16 fins, popular conduits, very nice nylon parachute, nose weight, and sturdy shock cord. The only thing missing would ...

• Schoolyard Rockets Honest John By Mike Goss

    The Honest John was a short range ballistic missile that was used for many years in a peace keeping role armed with a nuclear warhead. It’s distinctive bulbous nose cone and delta fins make this a very distinctive rocket. School Yard Rocketry is a new rocket company that I found through a web search. They have two rockets at this time, the Honest John and the Patriot Missile, and ...

• Schoolyard Rockets Honest John By Bob Ellis

  ( Contributed - by Bob Ellis - 01/14/03) Brief: I won this kit in the DesconX contest and decided to try something that I hadn't done since '67, building a kit per the instructions, exactly per the instructions, no changes or improvements at all. I normally wouldn't consider a rash act like this, but while trial fitting the parts, I was very surprised to find that all the parts fit on ...

• Scientific Explorer Meteor By Matt Kuhn

  ( Contributed - by Matt Kuhn) Brief: The Meteor is 1.5 liter bottle with three fins and a nose cone. It launched with vinegar and baking powder to a hundred feet. It is meant for little kids who want rockets with out explosives. Construction: The rocket is made form a 1.5 liter bottle, a sheet of balsa wood, silver shiny tape, foam tape, a transparent red paper and a plastic nose ...

• Scientific Explorer Meteor By David Fergus

  Photo courtesy of Scientific Explorer This kit is made by Scientific Explorer, Inc. It is a carbon dioxide gas powered rocket. The gas is generated from the chemical reaction of vinegar and baking soda. The fueling module provides a safe and easy separation/mixing chamber controlled by the rocketeer. The kit was purchased from an Edmund Scientific catalog, and is available from other ...

• Scratch #2 (Scratch) By Andrew Hansom

  ( Contributed - by Andy Hansom - 11/22/08) Brief: I gave the rocket the name #2 because it was my level 2 rocket. #2 is my first scratch built high power rocket and my first duel deploy rocket. Except for the booster being zipperles the rocket was built using the INFO central articles about duel deployment and anti zipper boosters for reference. #2 uses two altimeters for flight ...

• Scratch 'Scuse Me (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

    This is a minimum-diameter, 38 mm, all fiberglass rocket. It is a very simple, basic design but is very rugged and high performance. ...'Scuse me, while I kiss the sky'...-Jimi Hendrix The following is a list of the components. The major items were all bought from Giant Leap Rocketry ScotGlas conical nosecone, 8.5 inches long Giant Leap filament wound airframe, 36" Acme fin ...

• Scratch (S)HOT DOG! (Scratch) By Hans "Chris" Michielssen

  Brief: A single-stage flying HOT DOG! The initial drawings were done in late May 2008. I decided to use the "Centuri" ST style tubing with thicker body tube walls. A parts list was made, then an order was placed (online) to Semroc on June 13, 2008. I received the parts by mail on June 16, 2008. Very fast delivery and great customer service, as usual. Parts list:  2 "Bun" Nose ...

• Scratch 1.6X Praetor Upscale (Scratch) By John McClure

  (by John McClure - 11/13/05) Brief: Single stage, parachute recovery, 29mm MMT 1.6X Upscale of the FlisKits Praetor. Construction: The lower main body tube is a BT-80H tube ("H" for heavy wall). The upper body tube is a standard wall thickness BT-70 tube. The original Praetor model rocket design breaks at the transition, but on my mid power version, the nose cone ...

• Scratch 1.8x Space Twins (Scratch) By Bill Eichelberger

  ( Contributed - by Bill Eichelberger - 04/15/09) Brief: A 1.8x upscale of the Space Twins rocket from Estes Industries Rocket Plan #41 . Back in my 70's days, I was quite a glider freak thanks to the purchase of an Estes Condor as my second rocket. Twenty plus years later when I rediscovered the hobby, the Space Twins caught my eye when I was working my way through the JimZ archives. ...

• Scratch 1/2 Ounce Timer (Electronics) By Jonny Dyer

    This page describes the how to build a very small (1.5"x1.5", ~1 oz.) rocket ejection timer. I have tired to give as complete of instructions as possible, but you still might encounter problems. While it is possible to build this timer without printing a custom circuit board, I don't recomend it. In the past I have used the pre-printed circuit boards that mimic the layout of a ...

• Scratch 1/20 Bell X-1 Glamorous Glennis (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  I have built a 1/20 model of the Yeager Bell X-1, "Glamorous Glennis" as a prototype for scale competition. Although it needs more work in the details department, it is dimensionally spot-on exact 1/20 scale. It flies very well on Aerotech E30 motors. It was simply constructed by using the parts from the Estes "Canadian Arrow" kit (a modified V-2), and the basic concept could be used to make ...

• Scratch 12-Pack (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 08/01/10) Brief: Just your basic 3" rocket with twelve 18mm motor mounts. Made with mailing tube and an Aqua-Pod water bottle as a nose cone. Construction: The basic components are six 'stiffy' 18mm tubes from Uncle Mike's , a 3" mailing tube with telescoping inner tube from the Container Store, an Aqua-Pod water bottle from Safeway, ...

• Scratch 12V Relay Launcher (Scratch) By Michael Moncur

  ( Contributed - by Michael Moncur) AUTHOR'S DISCLAIMER: This document describes the launcher I built (and use.) I do not recommend building a similar launcher unless you are experienced with electronics. (Hint: if the schematics below don't make sense, don't try to build it.) This is a high-current device; in addition, high voltages may be momentarily present due to relay coil ...

• Scratch 13mm Deuces Wild (Scratch) By Joe Policy

  ( Contributed - by Joe Policy - 11/06/05) Brief: When you get bored with your 18mm Deuce from FlisKits, step down to the 13mm version. With downscale (and upscale) parts available from FlisKits, it is quite easy to shrink (or enlarge) your Deuce! Construction: The parts list: 1 NCB-55DW, Balsa Nose Cone for BT-55 1 BT-55-18, 18" BT-55 Body Tube 1 EMK2-13-55c, ...

• Scratch 13mm Whirlygig (Scratch) By Matthew McFarland

  ( Contributed - by Matthew McFarland - 07/25/05) Brief: This is a free paper rocket that spins on its way up and down, creating unique smoke trails. Construction: All that is needed is to print the pattern on to 90# cardstock and then cut and glue. You will need a pair of scissors, an X-Acto knife, a ballpoint pen, a 13mm motor casing (preferably a spent one), and white glue. ...

• Scratch 18mm Spool Rocket (Scratch) By Alex Rothchild

  ( Contributed - by Alex Rothchild - 06/27/05) Brief: It all started on my birthday in 2004. I received two Estes Fat Boys, and I planned on building them as a two stage rocket, however, one of the body tubes was completly ripped down the middle because the nose cone was shoved halfway down inside it. That left me with two Fat Boy kits but only one body tube. I built the sustainer ...

• Scratch 19 Cubic Inch Cargo Bay Rocket (Scratch) By Karl Upton

  ( Contributed - by Karl Upton - 04/02/09) How To Build A 19 Cubic Inch Cargo Bay Rocket Design and Purpose Needing a payload rocket to carry experimental flight computers/dataloggers (see article on GPS Datalogging ), I envisioned a flexible design that could be launched on any number of motors up to a combination of five with a payload capacity of 19 cubic inches. This is ...

• Scratch 2-Stage EMRR Challenger (Scratch) By Eldred Pickett

  ( Contributed - by Eldred Pickett - 09/01/09) Brief: For the EMRR Staging Challenge, I decided to build a two-stage rocket with composite motors. Since I had done a 2-stage before, I figured it would be easy. WRONG... I decided to do a 3-inch bird with dual deploy and a 19-inch booster with motor deployment. Construction: This time I decided to use alignment rods in the stage ...

• Scratch 24mm Deuce's Wild (Scratch) By Jason Toft

  (by Jason Toft - 06/15/03) Brief: This is an UPSCALE of the famous Fliskits Deuce's Wild . Dual 24mm motor mounts, 22in 'chute. Construction: For the components, I used a 2 inch mailing tube, cut to a length of 23 inches. I had a beautiful custom Nose Cone turned for me by Gordon Agnello, and all I can say is WOW! I used standard Estes-style tubing for the motor mounts. My friend, ...

• Scratch 24mm Fruit Fly (Scratch) By Scott Turnbull

  ( Contributed - by Scott Turnbull - 07/20/06) Brief: This is a scratch build Mosquito-esque rocket using a Fat Boy body and nose cone and plywood fins. It has a 24mm motor mount. It basically was a practice run in using high power rocket building techniques on a smaller scale. Construction: The body tube and nose cone are stock Fat Boy items. The three fins and two centering ...

• Scratch 24mm Sprint (Scratch) By Tim Burger

  ( Contributed - by Tim Burger - 06/15/03) Brief: Two Sprints: A sport version and a competition version This is an upscale of the venerable Estes Sprint streamer competition model.. My NAR section recently selected E impulse streamer duration for one of the events for our Spring meet. An upscale of this classic kit to BT-60 size and sporting a 24mm motor ...

• Scratch 29mm Priority Stealth (Scratch) By Art Applewhite

  ( Contributed - by Art Applewhite - 05/29/06) Brief: This 29mm odd roc is entirely constructed from a corrugated cardboard box. Plans can be downloaded from the Art Applewhite Rockets web site for free. It is very inexpensive and easy to build, requiring only white glue, a sharp craft knife, a ruler, ball-point pen, and packing tape to complete. Construction: All you need is a ...

• Scratch 2BZ (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand) Brief: 2BZ is an exact 1.67 x scale-up of the Custom Rockets Razor tube fin, except that it flies on a cluster of three C6-7s. The model was an effort to build a "quickie" rocket using only standard Estes tubing -- no wood fins, no centering rings: just tubes and glue. Construction: The Components: (2) 18" BT60 tubes, one cut into 6 x ...

• Scratch 2X Astron Sprite (Scratch) By Howard Smart

  Brief: 2X upscale of the original Estes Astron Sprite. Construction: 1 Big Bertha nose cone 1 BT-60 body tube 5 7/8 inches 1 Ring fin - 4 inch LOC tube 1.45 inches longh 1 1/8 inch balsa sheet 1 BT-20 motor mount tube 2.75 inch 2 CR-20/60 centering rings 1 18mm thrust ring 1 Motor hook 1 1/8 inch launch lug 2 inches 1 Kevlar ® string 24 ...

• Scratch 2x Big Bertha (Upscale) By David Fergus

  This is a scratch 2X upscale of a popular Estes kit. It features a 3 inch diameter body and PML components (except the nose cone, which was turned on a lathe out of solid pine). It weighs 3.5 pounds and is 45 inches tall. A 36" long, 3" diameter quantum body tube was ordered with fin slots custom cut for .062" G-10 fins. The G-10 fins were ordered custom from PML and cost $8.50 each. They ...

• Scratch 2X Mars Lander (Upscale) By Jeff Brundt

  The original Estes Mars Lander was always one of my all time favorite kits. I remember when I was 11 years old and seeing one at a local hobby shop. I had to have it but at that time $9.95 was a lot of money to spend. I finally got a job doing yard work for a neighbor and saved to buy it. I was so excited when I got that kit and built it. I had it for many years but time and Mom’s weekly ...

• Scratch 2X Nike Arrow (Scratch) By David Fergus

  2X Nike Arrow ( Contributed - by David Fergus) Description: This is an approximate 2X scale-up replica of the Estes Nike Arrow , with coloring and dimensions approximating the model kit rather than the real rocket. The model has a 24mm engine mount, but can fly on as small an engine as a B6-4 with a removable engine adapter. The parachute comes out the ...

• Scratch 38mm Deuce's Wild (Scratch) By Giacomo Bosso

  ( Contributed by: by Giacomo Bosso) Introduction Since first FlisKits' Deuce's Wilds have been reviewed on EMRR I've been willing to get one of them but as soon as Carl upscaled 'em it suddenly became a necessity for me to build a similar HPR clustered model that would to be flown on Aerotech reloads in the 38 mm range. The first inspiration suddenly turned out to be a ...

• Scratch 3D Mega Daddy (3D MD) (Modification) By Steve Lindeman

  I was playing around with my Estes 'Big Daddy' one day when I discovered that its NC would fit the tube that my Aerotech Initiator came packed in. The decision was then made to acquire another Big Daddy and build the 3D Mega Daddy (3D MD).   Components Only 3 components were used from the Big Daddy:  Nose Cone  Main Body Tube  Motor Retention ...

• Scratch 3F 3M NC (Scratch) By Jason Toft

  (by Jason Toft - 10/10/02) Brief: Three fins, Three motors, and a Nose Cone. A very simple design Construction: (1) Estes BT-60 19 inche (1) PNC-60AH Nose Cone (3) Swept clipped delta fins from 1/8 inch balsa (1) 12 to 16 inch parachute (1) 10 inch length of bt-20 tubing (3) thrust rings (1) BT-60 centering ring (1) 2 inch length of 1/8 launch lug (1) 3-4 ...

• Scratch 3x Rock-A-Chute Mark II (Upscale) By Dennis McClain-Furmanski

  (by Dennis McClain-Furmanski - 06/04/05) 3x upscale of Rock-A-Chute Mark II, the first model rocket. The parts include: 3" PML phenolic airframe Custom turned hardwood nose 1/8" basswood fins glassed with Aerosleeve fiberglass sleeve 1/4" ply centering rings 38mm PML phenolic motor tube ACME conformal 1/4" launch lugs 8 feet of 5/16" tubular nylon shock cord ...

• Scratch 4H (Scratch) By Moira Jean Whitlock

  ( Contributed - by Moira Jean Whitlock) Brief: This rocket was inspired first by my LOC 4 29SS flights with 4 G40's. I often wondered how to hold a rocket together under higher power. Then I bought a AAA Model Aviation Fuels Quadra G which had a strong interlocking fin design and then I had my answer. I'd use that concept and scale it up. I'd also use Apogee's Rocksim 4.0 to ...

• Scratch 4x Orbital Transport (Scratch) By Bob Morstadt

  ( Contributed - by Bob Morstadt - 10/03/09) Brief: After buying a scroll saw to make centering rings, I thought that the 4X upscale Estes Orbital Transport would be an excellent opportunity to put the scroll saw to extended use. I knew that the 4X scale Estes Orbital Transport was doable from Jason Ware's website and the article that he wrote for Sport Rocketry March/April 1999. ...

• Scratch 58mm JATO (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 04/25/05) Brief: The 58mm JATO is a 29mm-powered rocket that resembles a rifle cartridge. The lower section is 3" in diameter and it transitions to 54mm. I bounced around between names and settled on this one, which is a take off on ammunition nomenclature such as 5.56mm NATO. Construction: The following are the major components used: ...

• Scratch 6-C Cluster Altitude Rocket (Scratch) By Bob Hvarven

  ( Contributed - by Bob Hvarven) Brief: A 6 "C" engine cluster altitude rocket from the May/June Issue of Sport Rocketry Magazine. Found on page 26, titled "6-C Cluster Altitude (Competition Rocketry)" By Dan Wolf. Construction: This is a very easy rocket to build from scratch. The alignment of the side tubes is best accomplished using a line drawn on body tube for a ...

• Scratch A Glider (Scratch) By Geof Givens

  Brief: This glider is a scratch semi-reproduction of the Holverson Designs Silver Hawk v1.0. The glider has a wingspan of 13in and the boost pod is 20.5in. The boost pod has a 18mm motor mount and weighs 1 1/8oz. The featherweight glider is 0.5oz. The plans for this rocket (both version 1 and 2) can be found at http://plans.rocketshoppe.com/hdi/hdi2002/hdi2002.htm. I also used the plans ...

• Scratch A Salt Vehicle (Scratch) By Geof Givens

  ( Contributed - by Geof Givens - 10/28/07) Brief: The "A Salt Vehicle" was built for the EMRR Challenge 2007, to be a rocket made entirely from trash and finished in a unique style. This rocket is a tiny saucer, 1.5in tall, 3in diameter, and weighing 0.5oz. It was made from a standard container of salt and was finished by covering all surfaces in salt. Construction: ...

• Scratch Absolut Rocket (Scratch) By Todd Harrison

    Introduction I was riding my bike down the street thinking of what to build for Descon 7. Aha! In front of my lay two small Absolut Vodka bottles. I picked them up and started planning right away... Parts List 1 Small Absolut Vodka Bottle 1 Sheet of Newspaper 1 Square Foot 6oz Cloth Laminating Epoxy 3" 13mm motor tubing and 1 Paper Centering Ring (1.5" with 13mm hole) 1 Tube Bondo Spot ...

• Scratch ACME Rocket (Scratch) By Sascha Grant

    ACME "Wile E. Coyote" styled rocket. Single Stage, parachute recovery. Single body tube (60mm x 25mm postage tube) with a cardstock nosecone (80mm x 85mm). Single stick for stability. 3mm Plywood centering rings, 1/4" launch lugs (one at center point of motor, one near end of stick). 14" parachute. It was a piece of cake to build--I glued the stick to the body tube, glued in the ...

• Scratch AdVenture (Modification) By Ken Johnson

    Took an already good Custom Venture and added a 3" payload section, making it a rocket I call AdVenture. Modifications: About the only real hard part was to make the coupler. If you don't have a lathe, you could just cut down a 24mm composite motor casing and add some attachment hardware. I made mine balsa, though. I simply added a section of scrap 24mm tubing, glued the balsa ...

• Scratch AGM-65A-X Maverick (Scratch) By Carl Tulanko

  (by Carl Tulanko) Brief: Maverick AGM-65A-X White Version True 33% Scale Length: 32" Diameter: 4" Fin Span: 14" Fin Height: 3" Est Weight: 5-6 lbs Dry Motors: "I-J" class For the longest time, I have always had a passion for Military Missiles; the power, their ability to maneuver and target and the unique looks of these warbirds defending our skies have left ...

• Scratch AGM-84 Harpoon (Scratch) By Carl Tulanko

  (by Carl Tulanko - 05/01/02) Brief: For a long time now, my favorite rockets have been military missiles. I have built many in the past and wanted to build a HPR version of the Harpoon AGM-84. I decided to scratch build, since there were no kits to fit the bill, and designed a 4" 33% Scale Harpoon AGM-84. The rocket has a 38mm motor mount, 54" PML parachute, Nomex ® ...

• Scratch AIM-9P Sidewinder (Scratch) By Michael Nipper

  Brief: This is a 1/3 scale model of Air Force AIM-9P-3 Sidewinder Air-to-Air missile that uses D or E engines. The AIM-P differed from the current AIM-9L/M in that the P had a longer, more tapered nose and "double-delta" canards. Also, the warhead was directly behind the guidance unit, followed by the target detector and rocket motor. The AIM-9L/M have the warhead and target detector in the ...

• Scratch Air Pressure Rocket (Other Product) By Matt Gillard

  There are several air pressure rockets on the market that either use an air chamber that you pressurize by a hand or foot pump and the rocket fires by a release mechanism or allows pressure to build up until it overcomes the friction holding the rocket on the launcher. This one is a variation on this idea. A foot pump builds the pressure inside some copper tubes and is then released via a ball ...

• Scratch Alabama Skeeter (Scratch) By Bob Hvarven

  Alabama "Skeeter"   ( Contributed - by Bob Hvarven)  Note: This is a slightly shortened, edited version of Bob's article with fewer pictures.  Visit Bob's site for all the pictures and to write him for the fin template and comments. The following is the result of a scratch built "Stretched" Mosquito project. The idea came from the Holiday, 1996 ...

• Scratch Alien Invader (Upscale) (Scratch) By Jeff Brundt

  ( Contributed - by Jeff Brundt) Brief: Another classic Estes rocket form the 70's that I upscaled 168%. I had the original plans from when I built this kit over 25 years ago but not the fin patterns. I downloaded those from JimZ's web site and started scaling. Construction: The model is built pretty much like any other large model rocket. All the body tubes are Estes BT-60 size with ...

• Scratch Aluminum Launch Pad (Other Product) By Stephen Morrow

  This is an article on how to convert an aluminum Army cot into a launch pad capable of handling a rail or launch rods. It is meant to be simple enough that no measuring has to be done and the only tools needed is a wrench, drill, and pop rivet gun. The conversion consists of one used aluminum army cot, various nuts, bolts, and washers, a blast shield of your choice, drill chuck, and a 2" ...

• Scratch AMRAAM (Full Scale) (Scratch) By Carl Tulanko

  Note: This is a condensed version of the information that Carl produced for his Level 3 project. Visit his homepage to read the additional information and enjoy additional pictures. The Project: Since I was young, I have always been fascinated with the military. Movies portraying our men in uniform, battling it out in far away places using the best "tools" that America could offer ...

• Scratch AMRAAM AIM-120 (Scratch) By Marlin Meyer

  ( Contributed - by Marlin Meyer - 07/01/10) Brief: Based on Estes design, a single stage, 18mm motors, parachute recovery, scale-like missile. Construction: Here are the parts from Semroc: BNC-55 nose cone SE-2 screw eye BT-55 body tubes (2) each 11" JT-55C tube coupler BT-20 motor tube RA-2055 centering rings (2) EH-28 engine hook LL-110 launch ...

• Scratch Andromeda (Upscale) (Scratch) By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  Scratch - 4.16X Upscale Andromeda ( Contributed - by Drake Damerau - 05/20/02) Brief: This is an upscale of the classic Estes kit, the USS Andromeda. Construction: 4" Tubes: LOC Kraft 3" Tubes: PML Phenolic "Conduit Dowels": 74" 1/2" Oak Dowels "Conduit Stand-Offs": 3/8" 7 ply bud Nosen Main Fins: 1/2" 12 ply ...

• Scratch Andromeda By Bill Eichelberger

  While the Estes Condor was without a doubt my favorite regularly flown rocket as a kid, the kit that headed up the list of great unflown rockets of my fleet was the Estes Andromeda. Received as a 15th birthday present, the Andromeda had the misfortune to be on the building table when my flying buddies decided that they had better use for their time than model rockets. While I occasionally ...

• Scratch Annulus (Scratch) By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  ( Design this Spaceship Submission - by Drake Damerau - 09/17/06) The Annulus Parts: 4” x 8” long tube for fwd section 7.5” 4 ¼” long tube for large middle ring 2.6” x 6” long tube for center ring 4” x 10” long tube for aft ring 5 sheets 3/32 x 18” balsa 3 sheets 1/16 x 18” Balsa 4” 24mm motor tube ...

• Scratch Apollo/Saturn 1b (Scratch) By Jeff Brundt

  Apollo/Saturn 1b 1/50th Scale   ( Contributed - by Jeff Brundt)  Note: This is the full text report with fewer pictures.  Visit Jeff's site for all the pictures. Admittedly I was inspired by Andrew Waddell’s big Saturn V construction article on RocketryOnline. While the Saturn V is impressive, I am much more interested in the smaller Saturn 1b. In the past both ...

• Scratch Aqua-Lander (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  This is a "lander" style rocket built from an Aquapod water bottle. Aquapods are stubby, bulbous bottles whose shape is self-described as orbastic . The first known use in rocketry is an incarnation of the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch . When I saw one at a launch, I just had to get a package of them (they come in packs of 8 and are stashed amongst the large cases of regular shaped and sized ...

• Scratch Aqua-Orion (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 07/11/06) Brief: This is my second rocket based on an Aquapod water bottle . It was inspired by the once-proposed Orion nuclear spacecraft, however, it only fits into a not-even-close-to-scale category. Construction: Materials included: 1 Aquapod bottle 1 24mm tube 1 24mm-54mm Birch centering ring 1 6mm (MicroMaxx) tubing ...

• Scratch AquaBottleBat (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 08/20/06) Brief: This is a basic "el cheapo" tube fin rocket inspired by BottleBat 3.0 by EMRR's latest featured reviewer, Larry Brand. Like the original, this one is made from a mailing tube and uses a bottle for the nose cone (an Aquapod, what else?) Mine has a 29mm mount but I plan to fly it on a 24mm F39 for its maiden flight. ...

• Scratch Aquafina (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand - 03/01/04) Brief: Aquafina is a tube-fin 24mm cluster rocket utilizing a fixed nose cone with a nose-mounted parachute mortar for recovery. The rocket was constructed at zero cost from an empty gift wrapping paper tube and the upper half of a bottled water ("Aquafina") PET plastic bottle. I wanted a good-flying yet "expendable" ...

• Scratch Arakska - 1 (Scratch) By David Hoffmeier

  ( Design this Spaceship Submission - by David Hoffmeier - 09/27/06) Brief: This model was built to enter the EMRR Spaceship Design Contest. Using a BT-60, an 18mm engine mount, and four BT-5s for the outboard nacelles the only obstacles left was the rounded aft section and the small cones on the nacelles. Crayola’s Model Magic turned out to be just what was needed. Char ...

• Scratch ARC IRIS (1/2 Scale) (Scratch) By Scott A. McCluskey

  (by Scott McCluskey - 12/20/02) Note: This is a slightly condensed version of all the information that Scott has produced for his Level 3 project. Visit his site to read the additional information and enjoy additional pictures. Brief: My Level 3 project was a: Scratch-Built Atlantic Research Corporation 1/2 scale IRIS 6" in diameter by 10' tall Launched on a Aerotech M1315. ...

• Scratch Ares I (1:54) (Scratch) By Scott Ripplinger

  ( Contributed - by Scott Ripplinger - 06/02/08) Brief: A single stage scale of NASA's upcoming Ares I launch vehicle. The rocket separates in the center for recovery. A 38mm motor mount allows flights on H, I, and J motors. Construction: The lower body tube is a 2.56" phenolic tube and the upper section is a 3.9" phenolic tube. The nose cone and reducer sections are ...

• Scratch Arming Switch (for under 2 bucks) (Scratch) By David Lang

  Construction: When building my level1 rocket, I wanted to use a simple, reliable arming switch to turn on my altimeter. My first thoughts were to use an interior switch which could be accessed through a hole in the avionics bay, but decided that it would be difficult to turn on and off especially once on the launch pad. I nixed the pull-pin type some people construct with a micro switch since ...

• Scratch ASP-1 (Scratch) By William Beggs

  ( Contributed - by William Beggs- 02/17/08) Brief: My upscale project is the ASP sounding rocket. Modeled after the Model Products Corporation (MPC) ASP-1, which has a body diameter of 0.591" and is offered by FlisKits. My project has a diameter of 1.315" which makes it a 2.225 upscale version of the MPC kit. My version is approximately 1/5 scale of the original. The ...

• Scratch Astron Drifter (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  I would have eventually built an Astron Drifter just because I like the history and tradition of the K-kits, but a late night Ebay "Buy It Now" spree netted me an Estes lot that included a lot of vintage nose cones, parachutes, parts and etcetera.  One of the nose cones in the group was a painted and obviously used BNC-50K.  I'd already built Cobra and Alpha clones ...

• Scratch Astron Invader (downscale) (Scratch) By David Sindel

  ( Contributed - by David Sindel - 10/22/08) Brief: This is my semi-downscale of the old (1965-67) K-19 Astron Invader. The wings and fins are 2/3 of the original, but I kept the 18mm motor mount. It's a very unique glider with unusual flights and a fairly easy build. Construction: I built this from scratch. I used a PNC-20 (2.85" long) and 2" of BT-20 from an Estes ...

• Scratch Astron Spaceman 5x (Scratch) By Herb Estus

  ( Contributed - by Herb Estus - 04/15/03) Brief: This is a 5x upscale of the Estes Astron Spaceman. You can read that review here . Throughout, I will reference WE because this was a project that was done my myself, the kids and their grandfather. Construction: These are the parts we used: 1/4" ply 7.5"x 13.75" outer tube 4" x 13.75 inner tube ...

• Scratch Astrox Icarus (Scratch) By Duane Boldt

  ( Contributed - by Duane Boldt - 10/27/09) Rocket Name: Astrox Icarus Rocket Height: 24 1/8 inches and Width: 9 inches and Weight: 7.1 ounces (10.2 with motors) Motor Mount: 1st Stage: 24mm   2nd Stage: 24mm Recovery System: 1st Stage: Tumble   2nd Stage: 18” Nylon Parachute Scratch built, staged, 24mm, tumble, parachute Motors: Single Stage: D12-3 ...

• Scratch Atari Joystick (Scratch) By Sascha Grant

  Brief: 1:1 scale model of the original Atari 2600 joystick. Designed for looks and laughs--and of course, flying! Construction and Finishing: Work started with a 6" length of BT-20 body tube, some scraps of balsa cut into 4" strips to form the handle and a box made from mounting board (the stuff that framers use around photographs). Six strips of balsa are glued to the top of the body ...

• Scratch Atlas AC-14 (Scratch) By Mark Bundick

  Atlas, AC-14 (by Mark B. Bundick)  I'd like to outline the construction and flight of my NARAM Sport Scale bird, AC-14, the Surveyor 6 launch of November 6, 1967.  I'm frankly surprised at all the discussion the flight has generated here, but appreciate the patience of the SIG members as I recover from NARAM while simultaneously being buffeted by the winds of merger ...

• Scratch Auracle 54 (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand - 12/01/02) Brief: This design is actually a scaled-up version of my tube-fin modification of the LOC Aura (which I called Auracle ), previously submitted to EMRR. I liked how easy to build and sturdy the original was, and how well it flew in wind. I built the larger version (using a 54mm tube as the airframe) as my Level One ship, thinking to fly it on an ...

• Scratch Aurora (Scratch) By Gary Sinclair

  ( Contributed - by Gary Sinclair, photos were taken by Bob Arnott - 10/20/02) Brief: My son Guy’s (age 11) level 1 rocket. A scratch built 3FNC rocket using G10, PML Phenolic and Carbon Fibre tape. Construction: PML 32" long (3.125OD) Phenolic body tube PML 38mm x 12" long motor mount PML Ogive nosecone Birch centering rings 1/4" thick PML Phenolic ...

• Scratch Avenger GT-12 Spaceracer (Scratch) By Will Newman

  ( Contributed - by Will Newman - 07/06/08) EMRR Box O'Parts Entry: Avenger GT-12 Spaceracer Box came with old monogram car decals.....so I decided to build a rocket racer. 3 bt-20 tubes, 6' long, glued parallel, became trimount for motor[s]. 1/4' slices of old motor casing was used for motor thrust blocks, motor[s] are friction fit. 1/2' protrudes. This assembly ...

• Scratch Avenger (Scratch) By William Beggs

  Brief: This is my attempt at designing and building a retro Spaceship that closely resembles one of the displays that CoolRockets has. The one I decided to replicate was the “Streamliner”. Since this is my first time attempting this I figured this design was fairly basic. The name I have given mine is the Avenger. The materials include: 1/16” Balsa for fin set, ...

• Scratch Baby Jones Cadet Wannabe (Scratch) By Jon Chrisman

  ( Contributed - by Jon Chrisman - 04/20/08) Brief: While I was cleaning up my work table after building a Pemberton Technologies Bucky Jones Jr Space Cadet, I happened to notice that the scrap balsa had the shape of fins...and the idea just popped into my mind to make a downscale of the Bucky Jones Jr--which in itself is a down scale of Pemberton's Bucky Jones rocket. A downscale of ...

• Scratch Baby Phoenix (Scratch) By Ray King

  ( Contributed - by Ray King - 08/23/08) Brief: This is my submission for the 2008 EMRR Challenge #6 - Downscale "Real" Rocket. I have all ways liked the look of the AIM-54A Phoenix guided missile. I decided I would start with the Estes Phoenix kit as a guide along with the scale data and pictures I could find on the internet. This is roughly a 63% reduction from the Estes ...

• Scratch Back-Up Box (18V launch controller) (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand - 05/16/05) Brief: The Back-Up Box is a simple, low-cost launch controller anyone can build. I built it as part of a NARTREK Advanced project. It can fire any kind of igniter and is entirely self-contained, operating on 18V instead of the usual 12V. It is lightweight, compact, and is intended to be carried in your vehicle at all times as a backup to ...

• Scratch Bad Medicine (Scratch) By Ted Phipps

  ( Contributed - by Ted Phipps) This is a scratch-built tube-finned design built mainly from scavenged materials. Someone at work had salvaged some cardboard tubing that was 2.25" diameter, and left it on my desk (I encourage that sort of behavior at work). It was very thick (1/8" walls!) and heavy, and not particularly suitable for rocketry, so it sat around in my basement for ...

• Scratch Bad to the Bone (Scratch) By Ray King

  ( Contributed - by Ray King - 07/06/08) Brief: Bad to the Bone is my submission to the “Box of Stuff” contest. This rocket flies on a 24mm engine. Upon ejection the rocket separates into 4 components: main body, upper body, escape pod, and internal payload. The main and upper body sections deploy parachutes, the escape pod is a glider and the internal payload is helicopter ...

• Scratch Ballistic Chicken (Scratch) By Sascha Grant

  I guess this is your run-of-the-mill 3 fin and a beak parachute recovered rocket. 1 x 18" BT-50 body tube, 18mm motor mount, engine hook, 3 balsa fins, and head "beak cone". This is a straight forward build, however, due to the size of the chicken's neck, the launch lug is mounted about 1/4" out from the body. Flight and Recovery: The Ballistic Chicken was flown on a B6-4. Nice ...

• Scratch Barenaked Lady (Scratch) By Ted Phipps

  ( Contributed - by Ted Phipps) This rocket was named for my daughter Rachael's favorite rock group. The plan was to paint it completely white, but in mid-build we had the idea to leave it unpainted, making the rocket even more ‘barenaked'. It's an original design, coming from a doodle I made one day while talking on the phone. Designed for 24mm RMS motors, this rocket is light ...

• Scratch Baron Von Gofast (Scratch) By Mitch Marchi

  ( Contributed - by Mitch Marchi II - 12/14/07) Brief: For my entry to the Essence Model Rocketry "Design This Spaceship" contest, I chose the Cool Rockets "Racer" model. I thought this was a great design, and it really appealed to me. I started by printing out the picture, and I also got 2 other views of the rocket off of the Cool Rockets web site. I then ...

• Scratch BATMAN2 (Scratch) By Kevin McQuown

  My inspiration came from my two grandsons.  The older one had a Batman themed birthday a couple of years ago and he gave me his deflated balloon.  While coloring with my youngest grandson in his Batman coloring book, I saw two different shaped wings.  The rest is history. Components Items I used, all of which I had lying around. Body Tube, yellow (crayon ...

• Scratch Big Bad Bertha (Scratch) By Bob Fortune

    Big Bad Bertha Premise: Find out how bad Bertha can actually be. Fun Facts Just because your jaws are wired shut doesn't mean milkshakes aren't part of the food pyramid. That's not a stool she's sitting on. Starting point: Estes Big Bertha Rocket kit # 1948 Additional parts needed: LOC 38 mm motor tube, 18" LOC 38 mm coupler ...

• Scratch Big Blue Vulc (Upscale) By John Lee

  BT70 Upscale of Centuri Vulcan with 7x18mm Motor Mount Construction began with the building of the 7x18mm motor mount from Fliskits meant for the BT70 tube. This was interesting in that normally, 7x18mm mounts will not fit in this tube without some deformation. Fliskits came up with an ingenious solution. At the end of each of the BT20 motor tubes, a coupler tube is inserted. These ...

• Scratch Big Daddy Purple Popper (Scratch) By Jay Morgan

  ( Contributed - by Jay Morgan - 04/20/02) Brief: This is a midnight, I can't sleep, lets build a rocket. Noticeable feature is that the engine is above the fins, uses a flyaway launch lug, or shoots from a tube. It has flown on e9-6. Construction: 1- Nose cone is from a Super Big Bertha. 1- small plastic baby juice bottle. 1- 6 inch BT80 Tube. 1- 12" 1/4 x 1/8 ...

• Scratch Big Head Pete's Oscar (Scratch) By Pete Lilja

  ( Contributed - by Pete Lilja - 01/24/04) Brief: Being the kind of guy that likes unusual rockets I decided to scratch build a bird the likes of which have only been seen once before. During the Summer of 2002 I watched the LDRS XX videotape from Extreme Rocketry . In the video is a segment of Bruce O'Brien's ' Homer ' all plastic rocket made from a post cover sleeve much like you see ...

• Scratch Big Head Pete's Spool Rocket (Scratch) By Pete Lilja

  ( Contributed - by Pete Lilja - 11/15/02) Brief: 15" Spool Rocket with 29 mm MMT and parachute recovery. Construction: 3/16" Aircraft Plywood Disks - 12" diameter 2.6" Body Tube 2.6" Coupler Tube Parachute 10' TN Shock Cord Eye Bolts Quick Links Motor Retainer This is a spool rocket was built with standard rocket parts and recovery. The body ...

• Scratch Big Jenny (Upscale) By Frank Ross

  2X upscale of the Flying Jenny, Estes MRN #21 Parts Needed: BT-60 6" PNC60 (BB style) BT-50 3-3/4" (mmt) CR5060 centering rings (2) EB50 engine block LOC 1/4" LL 5-1/2" Lots of basswood I previously built the Flying Jenny per the MRN plans from JimZ website and enjoyed flying this particular glider so much I thought it might be a fun project to upscale. I happened ...

• Scratch Big Red (Scratch) By Kevin McLaughlin

  ( Contributed - by Kevin Mclaughlin - 12/20/02) Brief Description: This rocket came to being after deciding not to buy the Aerotech G Force kit. After studying the plans for the G Force, I decided that I could make a scratch build that met my basic criteria for liking G Force. I wanted a tall rocket with a 4" airframe that would perform well on G64 and higher 29mm RMS hardware. ...

• Scratch Big Ugly Bug II (Scratch) By John Nordlie

  ( Contributed - by John Nordlie - 12/19/03) Brief: Big Ugly Bug II (BUB2) is my third scratch-built model rocket, and my second high-power model. After the Big Ugly Bug splattered itself all over the NDRA launch site at Ulland Park, I was a bit discouraged. I stuck with Estes model rocket kits and a few flights with a composite 24mm motor for a while. Eventually I got the bug again, and ...

• Scratch Big Ugly Bug (Scratch) By John Nordlie

  ( Contributed - by John Nordlie - 12/19/03) Brief: This project was my second attempt to scratch-build a model rocket with available materials. I decided early in the project that I would try not to use any materials made expressly for building rockets. This was to keep costs down and give me some bragging rights among the other rocket club members. After the success of the Ugly Bug , ...

• Scratch Billy Bob Joe (Scratch) By Dave Brunsting

  ( Contributed - by Dave Brunsting - 11/25/07) Brief: I wanted to create a split-fin design rocket on a mid-power scale with out actual split fins. While there may appear to be 6 separate fins there are actually only 3 separate fins with a notch cut out. I also wanted to try to get the fins to whistle like bigger rockets sometimes do. It is a simple design similar in size and weight ...

• Scratch Bio-Hazard (Scratch) By Jon Chrisman

  ( Contributed - by Jon Chrisman - 06/29/08) What a cool concept! People from all over the country(world) send in parts to a central location where one lucky individual opens, piles and then redistributes the parts to participants! The following is write up on my build in this contest. A rocket I have called Bio-Hazard ! The Parts When I received my box of parts I eagerly opened ...

• Scratch Birdhouse, Version 1 (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  A while back, I saw a couple of oddrocs made from wooden birdhouses from Michael's Crafts. I was inspired and bought a couple, one hexagonal and one round, at a 2-for-1 sale. This article will describe the hexagonal version, which will fly on 29mm G motors. The parts list: One hexagonal birdhouse 29mm motor mount Spent 29mm casing Two 6-32 bolts with nuts and washers 3/16 ...

• Scratch Birdhouse, Version 2 (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  This is my second type of birdhouse rocket. The fins are attached the end of a thick dowel and six 24mm motor tubes are mounted in the body around the dowel. The original rocket had canted mounts. However, the original rocket had a recovery failure and turned itself into toothpicks. When I rebuilt it, I had trouble drilling the canted mounts so I settled for parallel ones. This review covers ...

• Scratch Birdie Rocket / Shuttlecock Rocket (Scratch) By E. Kociba

  I had heard about these and even seen descriptions - in particular, on bsarocketry.com, but none of them really described the flight of them.  Hence my two cents in this review.  We all know we can make a rocket out of a badminton shuttlecock or "birdie rocket", here on rocketreviews there's a few articles on an old Estes Kit for them, and Odd'l Rockets still makes one. ...

• Scratch Black and Blue (Scratch) By Paul Morris

  ( Contributed - by Paul Morris - 07/02/08) I'm (Matt Gillard) writing this review for my brother (Paul Morris) as he has recently suffer a stroke, and is finding writing difficult. Paul is new to rocketry and this was his first scratch rocket. He wanted it to be big and to be clustered. The first thing he did was to work out what sort of fit he could get with his tubes etc. ...

• Scratch Black Death (Scratch) By John Partridge

  ( Contributed - by John Partridge - 07/06/08) Since there was not a lot of fin material in my box and since there were a lot of large body tubes, I immediately thought of building a tube fin or ring fin rocket. At the same time, I had plenty of smaller BT sizes and a few smaller nose cones so I wondered about using smaller BT's in the center of the large BT's and making them appear to ...

• Scratch Black Dragon (Scratch) By Lance Alligood

  ( Contributed - by Lance Alligood - 09/27/04) Brief: Black Dragon is a funnel fin rocket designed for use with most (but preferably long burning) H, I, & J class motors. The rocket benefits from lightweight parts like most rockets but a funnel creates abnormally high drag allowing for lower altitude flights. I enjoy building saucers, spools, and high drag (low altitude) designs ...

• Scratch Black Magic (Scratch) By Kevin McLaughlin

  ( Contributed - by Kevin McLaughlin) Brief Description: This was my first attempt at a dual deployment rocket designed for 29mm H/P RMS. The deployment of 'chutes is performed by a Blacksky dual channel timer. Component Description: Body tube material is 3.1" phenolic material. Nose cone is made from LOC 3.1". Fin material is 1/8" PVC plastic. Used 2 plywood ...

• Scratch Blast! (Scratch) By Todd Mullin

  ( Contributed - by Todd Mullin - 12/15/07) This is the story of two different rockets that are the same. That may sound contradictory, but let me explain. About a year ago, I got a sneak peak at the 2007 EMRR Challenge, including the Design This Rocket portion of the contest. I had suggested after the 2006 contest that more 1950’s "retro" style rockets might make a ...

• Scratch Blue Baby Five (Scratch) By Matt Gillard

  ( Contributed - by Matt Gillard - 12/14/07) Brief: My first attempt at building a rocket to match a picture. Originally I was going to chose one of the more complicated rockets, but procrastination took hold of me and a few weeks before the deadline I decided to go for the easy one mainly because I had the parts and the swept back fins gave it a chance of being stable. The name ...

• Scratch Blue Bird Zero (Upscale) (Scratch) By Fred Talasco

  (by Fred Talasco) Brief: A BT-60 based upscale of the classic ESTES Blue Bird Zero, designed for 24mm, D, E, and F motors. Construction: Parts are very basic and are available from Balsa Machine Services. Balsa cone and fins, paper BT-60 body tube and motor mount, and letramax centering rings. Once you have the measurements, this is a straightforward build. You can download the ...

• Scratch Blue Bird Zero (Upscale) By Joseph Michel

  Estes Blue Bird Zero upscale; uses 24-inch parachute recovery.. The Estes Blue Bird Zero was my first model rocket. Naturally, when I became a BAR, I wanted to clone one. A quick check of Jim Z’s site revealed that there were no plans available. Not one to be deterred, I searched on. To make a long story short, I found someone through the internet who would provide me the plans and fin ...

• Scratch Blue Hawk (Scratch) By Ray King

  This is my second submission for the EMRR Spaceship Design Competition. The rocket is designed to use an 24mm engine, rear engine ejection and 18” parachute recovery.   The name Blue Hawk was chosen by my family a dinner one night – kids said it looks like a hawk and well the blue is pretty obvious. Components 1 - BT-50 White Body Tube (8” Long) ...

• Scratch BoatTail Fat Boy (Modification) By David Fergus

  Brief: Modified BoatTail FatBoy with a D engine mount, sturdier construction throughout, and better fly-ability with a boat tail. The basic dimensions of a stock Fat Boy were maintained for both body length and fin shape and size. Modifications: Body Tube: Cut the main body tube 5 1/8 inch long. Engine Mount: Glue an engine block in flush with the front of the engine mount. Use both large ...

• Scratch Bobcat Special (Scratch) By Gene Wolski

  2.6" high power rocket with a payload section.  I originally intended this project to be a clone of BSD Rocketry's 38 Special, but I decided to use a stock PML fin design rather than make custom fins.  I liked the clean lines and size of the 38 Special, and I wanted a fairly conventional design so I could hone my basic rocket construction skills. Components Parts: ...

• Scratch Bomarc (Upscale) By Jim Senecal

  This is a scratchbuilt upscaled semi-scale version of the Estes Bomarc kit.  The rocket actually began life as an Estes "Screamin Mimi" which I had built but never launched.  I was never very excited by the rocket and decided to try something else with it.  I had extended the body tube length by 5 1/4" which improved the "Screamin Mimi" somewhat, but not enough, the rocket ...

• Scratch Bon Bon (Scratch) By Zoe Balkwell

    Being new at model rocketry, I didn’t choose a very extravagant style of rocket, but I tried! :) Using My Box Of Parts, I found a nose cone and a body tube that fitted together, and I was on my way. My aim was to make a simple but pretty design, so i look at what was in my box and ended up with the design I finally used. 6mm radius tube Ply Wood to make my fins ...

• Scratch Boot Hill (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  This is a Halloween-themed oddroc based on a toy coffin. It features a 24mm mount and patented 'Coffin Lid Ejection'. The parts list: One pine (basswood?) coffin from Michael's Three wooden headstones, also from Michael's LOC 24mm tubing One spent 24mm casing Scrap plywood for internal baffle One screw eye Elastic and thin Kevlar ® 3/16" launch lug I ...

• Scratch Boot Hill (Scratch) By Claude Maina

  As soon as I saw Dick Stafford's 'Boot Hill' rocket, I had to build one. It is a fun rocket, and I want to give all due acknowledgments to Dick! That said, I made one modification to Boot Hill that employs rubber bands to pull open the coffin lid, instead of using ejection gases to push it open. The ejection charge gases are now used to burn through a thread that is holding the coffin lid ...

• Scratch BottleBat 3.0 (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand - 05/23/06) Brief: I have scaled down the "BottleBat" tubefin rocket I presented a few of months ago in Sport Rocketry magazine from 4" diameter to 3" diameter. This allows it to be constructed from the more available 3" postal mailing tubes. Cost is well under 10 dollars for a L1 capable sport rocket that goes together in a ...

• Scratch Bowling Pin (Scratch) By Taylor Jessee

  ( Contributed - by Taylor Jessee - 07/26/09) Brief: I needed a new rocket to fly on AT 24mm reloads that wasn't a 29mm rocket. When I saw this in my grandpa's garage, I knew this was it. After much searching, I found that it was sold as a "bowling pin sipper cup". Construction: The parts list: 1 Plastic 10" plastic bowling pin sipper cup 1 7" ...

• Scratch Britney-Spears-Mania (Scratch) By Mike Walsh, Jr.

  Britney-Spears-Mania (by Mike Walsh Jr) Brief: Parachute recovery, Blacksky Rail usage Construction: Three BT-60 tubes were required and one BT-60 nose cone. It is basically an Mean Machine (Estes), but... there are three 6" sections of BT-50 tubing glued between the fins, they also contained nose cones and thrust rings. Flight: I used an ...

• Scratch C6-5 2.6 Upscale (Scratch) By Sascha Grant

  2.6x upscale of the ever classic Estes C6-5 motor. Three fins and a noseflat with parachute recovery. Body is 9.5 inch of 60mm postage tube. Three balsa fins with a noseflat made with a 60mm diameter disk of 3mm plywood weighted with 1oz of polyurethane resin with a paper clip embedded for shock cord and parachute attachment. Standard 18mm motor mount with custom cut centering rings (using ...

• Scratch Captain Electric's Saturn Screamer (Scratch) By Geof Givens

  ( Contributed - by Geof Givens - 11/17/07) Brief: Thirty years ago I used to build rockets and pinewood derby racing cars with my Dad. I remember the excitement of shaping space-age designs from a block of fresh-scented pine and sneaking in to the kitchen to melt lead ballast on Mom's stove when she wasn't looking. Somehow thirty years later I'm now the "Dad" and Dad ...

• Scratch carded-Eclipse (Scratch) By Eric Truax

  ( Contributed - by Eric Truax - 09/12/04) Brief: This is a semi-clone of the OOP Estes Eclipse made from cardstock, an elastic shock cord, and a flag tape streamer. Creating a model rocket made from paper isn't too much different from what you're used to with standard materials. You still have fins, a body, engine mount, and nosecone, along with a recovery system. What does differ ...

• Scratch Cardinator (Scratch) By Blake Eric DeMarcy

  ( Contributed - by Blake Eric DeMarcy - 07/31/08) Brief: A small Micromaxx rocket made from nothing but a single sheet of 8.5 by 11 inch 110 pound cardstock. Construction: All you need is one sheet of 8.5 by 11 inch 110 pound cardstock, a spent Micromaxx motor casing (for insertion of thrust ring and nose cone shoulder), 1/4 inch dowel (to roll tube), tape, Elmer's white ...

• Scratch Cascade (Scratch) By Geof Givens

  ( Contributed - by Geof Givens - 05/07/06) Brief: Cascade is a breakaway parallel-staged rocket standing 33.75" tall, 2.6" diameter, and weighing 17.5oz. Two breakaway semi-cylindrical boosters are intended for 18mm B6-0 or C6-0 motors with a central 24mm motor in the main tube, originally intended for a E9-4. If everything goes according to plan, the launch should feature ...

• Scratch Caution: Rocket (Scratch) By Jason Toft

  ( Contributed - by Jason Toft - 07/01/02) Brief: Small two motor cluster rocket with streamer recovery Construction: (1) 9.5 inch length of BT-56 tubing (1) 3 inch by 9 inch piece of 1/8 inch balsa (1) 10 inch length of BT-5 tubing (1) 2 1/2 foot length of 3-inch wide Caution Tape (1) BT-56 Nose. Cone shape (2) BT-56 to BT-20 centering rings cut to apporpriate shape Shock Cord of your ...

• Scratch Centuri Israeli Gabriel Upscale (Scratch) By Brian Ray

  ( Contributed - by Brian Ray - 07/21/08) Brief: For an entry into this contest I hearkened back to the early days of my latest "rein-BAR-nation" several years ago. As I was devouring the wealth of information about rocketry, especially catalogs and plans of rockets of yesteryear, I came across a Centuri catalog from the late '70s. The page of military rockets caught my ...

• Scratch Centuri Magnum D Hornet (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  The Centuri Magnum D Hornet was one of a handful of new kits produced under the Centuri name during the post-merger period of 1980-83. While few of these kits are as interesting or as highly regarded as the pre-1980 Centuri product line, they do have one big advantage over the "classics": Of the twenty or so kits introduced over this period, eleven of them were kitted using existing Estes ...

• Scratch Cheap 12V Launch Controller (Other Product) By James Harechmak

    The cheapest 12V sealed lead acid battery I've ever seen!! Parts list: 1 Tyco XFO ($10 from Dollar General) bullet connectors epoxy I had this built in under 1/2 hour with basic hand tools. Remove XFO from its packaging. Remove 6 Philips screws from XFO charging station then remove front cover. Locate and drill holes for female ends of the bullet ...

• Scratch Cheap Dumb Rocket (CDR) (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand) Brief: Cheap Dumb Rocket (CDR) is a 40% scale version of the 8 1/2" tall, 7.5" diameter, tube-fin Big Dumb Rocket (BDR) built as a club project by the SSS rocketry club of Arizona. As a fan of tube-fin rockets, the huge, twin J570-powered BDR is the biggest tube-fin design I’ve seen, so I made plans to fly one like it for my Level 2 shot. ...

• Scratch Cheap Tracking Transmitter (Scratch) By Terry Bendell

  Cheap Tracking Transmitter ( Contributed - by Terry Bendell) I thought I would share with you a neat way of locating your rocket if it blows off course. I was in Radio Shack a few months back and I noticed they had a sale on the FM wireless Microphone (Part# 280-4030) this little transmitter can be tuned between 90-98 Mhz, thus letting you use a standard portable FM Radio/Walkman to hear ...

• Scratch Cheaper Than a Girlfriend (Scratch) By Brett Keller

  Photos by John and Brett Keller Project Overview The Cheaper Than a Girlfriend (C.T.A.G. for short, pronounced See-Tag) was my consuming obsession for about 2 months. It is 4 inches in diameter, 50 inches long, and 36.5 ounces in weight. It flies on Aerotech Single-Use G80-4T motors. All the details of the original ideas, building, and the first launch, are include in this article. ...

• Scratch Cheese Wheel (Scratch) By Matt Wedel

  ( Contributed - by Matt Wedel - 05/01/07) Brief: This is a blatant rip-off of Art Applewhite's Serve-N-Store Saucer using a cardboard cheese container. Construction: Here's a list of the materials you will need to build and fly the Cheese Wheel: One round cardboard cheese container. I use the Laughing Cow brand, which comes in a 4 3/8" diameter box that is ...

• Scratch Chicken Hawk (Scratch) By Peter Stanley

  ( Contributed - by Peter Stanley - 05/27/09) Brief: My entry for the 2009 Design this Spaceship Contest is spaceship #4. I named it the Chicken Hawk because of the overall shape, and that it could probably kill a chicken if it lawn-darted. The Chicken Hawk has eight rear fins and 3 forward fins. The forward fins are made of 1/16” basswood. Rear fins are made from 3/32” ...

• Scratch Chopped Goblin 4.0 (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand - 10/03/05) Brief: I built a 4" diameter upscale of the old Estes Goblin that is very similar to the "3x Goblin" Dave Hanson reported on this website a few years ago. I used it for my L1 flight. I decided to repair some minor zipper damage by cutting the main body tube down from 27" to 22", and in the process, I found that the ...

• Scratch Cicada Killer (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 10/01/02) Brief: This review describes my second-generation Micro-Maxx monocopter. The improvements over my original include a lighter wing, a smaller motor pod, and a carbon rod balance beam. It has undergone numerous minor tweaks and one major revision. The maximum altitude obtained to date is about 9 feet. Construction: Materials ...

• Scratch Circle Jerk (Scratch) By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  ( Contributed - by Drake Damerau - 05/10/02) Brief: A simple LPR single stage, motor deployed chute recovered tube fin rocket. Construction: 1 - 24" x 3" BT, 1 24" x 3" BT for fins, 1 chute, 29mm MMT and 2 CR's, a nose cone, shock cord and a launch lug. I was asked to write a review on my scratch built Circle Jerk. I hadn't documented any of the construction, so I ...

• Scratch Citation Patriot (Scratch) By Dave Hanson

  ( Contributed - by Dave Hanson) Citation Patriot Upscale Project Scale Factor: 2.5x Diameter: 4" Length: 60" Parts List PML 4"Quantum Tubing, 1-36", 1-9" PML tube coupler LOC 38mm motor mount 3 - 3.9"x38mm LOC centering rings PML 4" Nose Cone 1 - U-bolt 2 - 6/32 t-nuts 3 - quick-links 1/8" aircraft ...

• Scratch Cluster Boink (Scratch) By Scott Turnbull

  ( Design this Spaceship Submission - by Scott Turnbull - 10/15/06) Building the CLUSTER BOINK Overview: This entry describes the construction of The Cluster Boink, a foam rocket with clustered engines. It features four engine pods mounted at the tips of support struts that extend outfrom the main airframe. The off center engines are required to light as opposing pairs to provide ...

• Scratch Clustered Booster Insanity (Scratch) By Matthew Bond

  ( Contributed - by Matthew Bond - 08/31/09) Brief: Clustered Booster Insanity (CBI) was originally conceived as an entry for EMRR's "Elevate Eleven" contest, which would also meet the criteria for challenge #6 in the 2009 EMRR Challenge. A two stage rocket which uses central 24mm motor mounts in the booster and sustainer, and 9 additional 13mm motor mounts on the booster. ...

• Scratch Cobra II (Scratch) By Tom Benson

  ( Contributed - by Tom Benson - 07/06/08) Brief: The Cobra 11 is an 11th hour entry into the EMRR Box 'o Parts contest. Special thanks to Todd Mullin (punkrocketscience on The Rocketry Forum) for all the work he did sorting and reshipping the materials! Tubes and more tubes! The box-o-parts came with so many tubes that I immediately thought of tube fins and clustered motor ...

• Scratch Cohete (Scratch) By David Sindel

  ( Contributed - by David Sindel - 01/16/09) Brief: This one odd oddroc. It's a stick-finned, 13mm model made from a few scrap parts. Construction: The parts list: Nose cone from an Estes Space Hauler 1" of 1/2" wood dowel 1/2 butter pat of clay 2" of 1" diameter wood dowel Forward fin unit from an unknown rocket 1/4" by ...

• Scratch Colonial Viper 2x (Scratch) By Susan DeBerg

  ( Contributed - by Susan DeBerg - 12/06/06) Brief: A slightly modified mid to high power ~193% upscale of the Estes OOP kit using a single 10" long 29mm mount. Construction and Finishing: The parts list: 1 Aerotech 1.9" body tube for airframe, 18,5" long 3 Aerotech 1.9" body tube for turbos, each 7.75" long 1 Aerotech 1.9" nose cone 1 ...

• Scratch Comanche Chief (Upscale) By Robert Gustin

  Brief:     The Comanche-3 CHIEF is a 136% upscale of the Estes Comanche-3. BT-55 body tube and three 24mm motors. Parachute recovery and an altimeter bay. Construction: Parts include: 2 BT-55 Main body tubes 2 BT-55 Booster body tubes 1 ESTES BT-55 nose cone (long) 9 Upscale fins - 1/8 balsa 6 55-50 centering rings 3 C55 couplers Building is ...

• Scratch Compensation Issues (Scratch) By Jeff Lane

  ( Contributed - by Jeff Lane - 11/29/06) Brief: Parallel cluster booster with sliding tail glider recovery, vented gap staging, 2 D- or 2 E-engine cluster and 5 foot tall sustainer. Construction: Sustainer final 5-foot tall configuration: Ninja BT-60s, BT-50 with plastic nose cone and 3/32 inch balsa fins. ¼inch launch lugs, 24mm engine mount with foam core centering rings, ...

• Scratch Competition Payloader (Scratch) By Chan Stevens

  ( Contributed - by Chan Stevens - 12/04/05) Brief: For an R&D project I was doing for NARAM-47, I needed to fly at least 12 flights and record altitude for each flight using a Perfectflite Alt15kWD altimeter. The rocket needed to be rugged, handle the altimeter payload, and support being quickly prepped and flown so that I could get all the flights in as quickly as possible. It ...

• Scratch Cone-glomeration (Scratch) By Eldred Pickett

  ( Contributed - by Eldred Pickett - 11/1/09) I actually *forgot* about this contest, so I had to throw something together at the last minute. I decided to build the third one in the list. For the cones on the ship I ended up using 2 3.5" funnels. Stupid, I know...but it was all I had available. I cut a 2.5" section of 4" LOC tube for the center band. I cut a ...

• Scratch Convertible (Scratch) By John Chapman

  (by John W. Chapman - 11/21/05) Brief: This rocket is easily convertible from a 29mm Mach buster with a silly altitude capability to a 250 foot schoolyard rocket. The heart of the concept is the full length removable "stuffer tube" assembly held in place with a small piece of tape. Construction: The 15 inch long PML phenolic body tube is topped with the solid urethane ...

• Scratch Coors Flight (Scratch) By Scott Turnbull

  ( Contributed - by Scott Turnbull - 07/03/08) Brief: This odd rocket is a super-sized beer bottle bank, converted to a 29mm powered medium power rocket. It features Lexan fins so it looks like just a bottle on the pad and in flight. Construction: Parts list: 1 beer bottle bank (mine came filled with popcorn) 1 postal mailing tube 1 29mm motor tube 2 ...

• Scratch Core Sample Sally (Scratch) By Jim Ballard

  ( Contributed - by Jim Ballard - 11/03/04) Brief: A 4" x 67" 3FNC rocket designed as my first attempt at dual deployment. This rocket was also designed to be capable for a future L2 attempt. Construction: The parts list: 3 sections of LOC 4" body tubes (18", 16", and 21" long) 3 4" x 38mm LOC centering rings 2 7 1/4" long ...

• Scratch CORONary (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand - 04/01/04) Brief: I built CORONAry from a plastic cigar tube once occupied by a Garcia-Vega English Corona (hence, "CORONAry"). It is a tumble recovery tube fin design for 13mm motors. It utilizes a somewhat different method for inducing "tumble" after motor ejection, in view of the inherent stability of tube fin rockets -- CG aft of Cp ...

• Scratch Cosmic Chicken (Scratch) By Chan Stevens

  ( Contributed - by Chan Stevens - 07/18/09) Brief: I have to admit, a key motivator for my entry in the Box O' Parts contest this year was simply an excuse to get rid of some stray rocketry junk, some of which was leftover from last year's contest. I gleefully tossed some interesting doodads and a fair amount of stuff that I'd accumulated over the years with simply no hope of ever ...

• Scratch CoStar (Scratch) By Peter Clay

  ( Contributed - by Peter W. Clay) CoStar HPR capable midpower rocket The CoStar should probably have been called "Understudy." My other rocket this size, G-whiz , has replaceable fins, and since I wasn't completely sure the concept would work, I built a backup booster section with fixed fins. G-whiz also has some internal details that move the payload area forward into the ...

• Scratch CrackPipe (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand - 09/07/05) Brief: CrackPipe is the fourth of my experiments in using PVC plumbing conduit for rocket construction. It is basically similar to the " Pipecleaner " I presented in this site earlier, but is shorter, lighter, and has very austere 3FNC construction. It is a 29mm design best flown on AT F23-7 or F20-7 motors, or 24mm F21-8 using an ...

• Scratch CraterMaker (Scratch) By Geof Givens

    Weighing in at 6lb 10oz, 5ft 4in height, 3in diameter, the CraterMaker is by far the most ambitious scratch project I have ever attempted. It is also my first rocket designed for I and J motors. I planned super-sleek fins, which didn't make the project any easier because it pushed the CP forward. I also wanted to try a zipperless baffle design. With no electronics, motor ejection ...

• Scratch Crayon Rocket (Scratch) By Eldred Pickett

  Brief: I build Crayon rockets. Seriously. I get the big Crayon coin banks from Toys R Us, and turn them into high-power rockets. I have a 38mm, 54mm tube-fin, 38mm 2-stage, and 38mm cluster version. I also have a 54mm 3FNC version that's under repair. So that's the family. I had someone who knew of my crayon fleet give me a purple bank to use. I decided to build a rocket for a proposed drag ...

• Scratch Crayon Rocket (Scratch) By Chris Pine

  I have seen many different versions of this idea on the Internet and decided to do one of my own. I purchased the large crayon bank from Toys-R-Us for around $6 or $7. I chose red. The tube is roughly 3 3/4 inches inner diameter and a little less than 3 ft long. I have sent for plans from a gentleman on Internet who has built several and has put together tip sheet and a large drawing. Looks good ...

• Scratch Crayon V2 (Scratch) By Scott Turnbull

  ( Contributed - by Scott Turnbull - 09/12/06) Brief: This scratch built rocket is a V2 inspired design built up from pieces of 4 inch diameter crayon banks. It features a 29mm motor mount and through the wall fins in the plastic boattail. Construction: The Bill of Materials for the C-V2 Consists of- Two crayon bank conical tips One 7 inch section of 4 inch crayon bank body ...

• Scratch CrayShipOne (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 07/14/05) Brief: This crayon bank rocket was obviously motivated by the SpaceShipOne , but is not anywhere close to scale. It is also my MonsterROC entry and flies on 38mm H motors. Construction: The major components/materials include: 4" diameter bank (now produced by Fantazia Marketing) 3/16" Luan plywood 1/4" ...

• Scratch Crazy Train (Scratch) By Peter Stanley

  ( Design this Spaceship Submission - by Peter Stanley - 09/03/06) Click for Larger Pic Crazy Train parts list 1  8" BT-80 body tube 1  .75" BT-80 coupler 1 .25" BT-80 coupler 1 2.59" diameter bulkhead 1  PNC-80BB nosecone 4  5.75" BT-20 body tubes 4  .75" BT-20 couplers 4  9" ...

• Scratch Cup of Joe Upscale (Scratch) By Glenn Roth

  ( Contributed - by Glenn Roth - 03/07/10) Brief: This is an upscale 2+ x's, of the "Cup of Joe" saucer, for the 2010 EMRR challenge. (I realize this is scratch built) Construction: 1 - Empty Cool Whip container 1 - 4" BT20 1 - Soda straw 1 - Spent motor 1/4" foam board Option: florist wire or landscape flag wire, etc. This was a ...

• Scratch Cymech Armageddonator (Scratch) By Jeff Lane

  ( Contributed - by Jeff Lane - 01/21/08) Brief: The Cymech Armageddonator is a 1/24 scale model of the existing classified stealth reconnaissance aircraft. The full sized craft is powered by two regenerative air-turboramjet (RATR) engines and carries a crew of two. It uses a synthetic aperture radar with real-time datalink for reconnaissance. Weaponry includes a small particle ...

• Scratch D-Fusion Bomb (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 09/07/09) Brief: Denny's serves(-ed) kid's drinks in this cool retro-styled rocket cup. I whined until our waitress gave me one. I originally wanted to make this fly on 29mm motors without added fins. The dimensions of the base made me change to 24mm. I then designed a RockSim model without added fins and it looked like it would be stable. It ...

• Scratch Da Bomb (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  Originally, I built Da Bomb to only test a way of preventing tubefin flutter in HPR tubefins (Yes, Virginia, there is tubefin flutter). The experiment worked great, and the byproduct is a neat, cheap, and very small sport rocket for 38mm motors good for F-I power. It would make a good scratchbuilt L1 cert rocket for a younger flier on a budget (and who isn't these days?) Da Bomb is also one ...

• Scratch Dark Knight (Scratch) By Ray King

  ( Contributed - by Ray King - 08/31/09) Brief: The Dark Knight is a 2-stage 18mm rocket with 12" chute recovery. The Dark Knight name came from the shadow produced from the fin profile when the rocket was sitting on the launch pad. It looked similar to the Dark Knight shadow shown on the clouds in the movie. Construction: The parts list: 29.5" BT-20 Body Tube - ...

• Scratch Dark Matter Driftship (Scratch) By Geof Givens

  ( Contributed - by Geof Givens - 08/28/05) Brief: This is a transgalactic driftship employing unique dual dark matter ramjets for high-speed travel to the edges of the charted universe. The ship carries a scientific crew of up to 74 humans. Its primary mission is exploration and astrobiologic sample collection. This is my first scratch rocket. It is a single stage, minimum diameter ...

• Scratch Dart (Scratch) By Kyle James Yawn

  ( Contributed - by Kyle Yawn - 10/31/06) Brief: This is a minimum diameter rocket at its core with two parallel staged boosters which attach at the front end of the rocket rather than the aft end. It was made for the duration requirements for the NARTREK Bronze and Gemini levels and for the parallel staged requirement of the 2006 EMRR Challenge. Construction: The core rocket is ...

• Scratch Darth Tater (Scratch) By Moe Bertrand

• Scratch DC-20 Digital Camera Rocket (large) (Scratch) By Morgan Hendry

  When I got back into rocketry after a couple years off, I saw Internet sites describing rocket cameras. I already had the Astrocam, but I wanted more. Specifically, I wanted as many pictures I could get per flight. And so the quest began... Amazingly, my brother had an Opus 35 camera. Many people had modified this for airborne use, so I tried that. It almost worked, but I think I broke the ...

• Scratch DC-20 Digital Camera Rocket (light) (Scratch) By Morgan Hendry

  DC-20 Digital Camera Rocket (light) ( Contributed - by Morgan Hendry)  This project was an extension of my original DC20 camera rocket. I has underestimated the finished weight of the Initiator rocket camera , thinking it could be lofted on an E to 500'. Big mistake. The finished weight was 2.2 lbs. An F engine would be needed to reach the same altitude. I read a thread on ...

• Scratch Deanston Marauder (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  This is a ducted, stubby, 24mm-powered rocket that sports replaceable foamcore fins. It flew nicely, but recovery was less than optimal. The name Deanston came from the source of the larger tube--a bottle of single malt scotch. The rocket used a central BT-60 centered in a larger tube. The larger tube was 3 11/16 OD and 10.375" long. I found that the difference between the BT-60's OD and the ...

• Scratch DEEP-SHT (Scratch) By Layne Pemberton

  ( Contributed - by Robert Pemberton - 06/26/05) DEEP-SHT stands for: D eep E arth E xplosive P enetration - S ubterranean H armonic T echnology. OK, I know that is a lame excuse but you have to admit the acronym makes a great name! DEEP-SHT is a military styled, single stage, sport flyer patterned after Air to Surface missiles from around the world. She is equipped with a 29mm ...

• Scratch Delta II (Modification) By Bob Harrington

  Conversion of Lansbergen Delta II to fly on 18mm motors. The particular Delta II that I chose to model was Delta 7920-8 247, launcher of the solar observation satellite ACE. The plans are available on the Caltech web site . Modifications: The model is a 10 page PDF file. I printed the 3 pages of instructions on regular paper, the 3 sheets of boosters was printed on 65lb cardstock, ...

• Scratch Der Mega Red Max (Scratch) By Geoffrey Kerbel

  ( Contributed - by Geoffrey Kerbel - 11/23/05) Brief: Der Mega Max is a BT-80 upscale (158%) of the big Red Max. It is my flying test bed for my new interchangeable motor mount system for BT-80 tube rockets. This will allow single engine or cluster flights with the same rocket. With the addition of a centering ring and the all thread tie downs to another BT-80 tube, the same engine ...

• Scratch Der Red Bird Max Zero (Scratch) By Brian Ray

  A scratch, goonified homage to both the Der Red Max and Blue Bird Zero. My primary components were: PNC-60 (Big Bertha NC) 18” Aluminum foil tube – it was a virtually perfect BT-60 BT-50 – 3” for motor mount Cardstock centering rings 4 balsa BBZ fins, drawn and cut by hand. Elastic shock cord. Hartle Engineering parachute This was a ...

• Scratch Der Red Max (KC-2) (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  Cloning was the thing that brought me back to rocketry in 2001.  For weeks after the discovery of JimZs plan site,  http://www.spacemodeling.org/JimZ/index.htm  I pored over old plans, making a list of cloning projects I wanted to tackle ASAP.  The Max was at the top of that list.  Nothing difficult about the project until it came to the decals, but I figured out a ...

• Scratch Der Red Max (Upscale) (Scratch) By Joseph Michel

  ( Contributed - by Joseph Michel - 12/10/02) Brief: HPR Der Red Max, 2.458X upscale. 48" parachute recovery. Construction: All materials are PML. I used 4" Quantum tubing, cut and slotted for me by PML. The body tube was cut to 20.8 inches, while the fin slots were 4.6 inches long, 3/8" from the end of the tube. The fins and centering rings were made from 3/16" ply. ...

• Scratch Der Viper Max III (Scratch) By Brian Ray

  This rocket is part of my entry in the Family Photo contest. My “family” is homages to the venerable Der Red Max. This variant is an unholy combination of the Der Red Max and the LOC/Precision Viper III. My primary components were: BT-60 about 16" – This is from another rocket that suffered a devastating crash. PNC-60. 3 BT-20 about 5" for motor mounts. ...

• Scratch Deuce Jr. (Downscale) By Matthew McFarland

  The following article was a submission to the FlisKits, Inc Deuce-Bash Contest and is archived with permission from FlisKits. EMRR hopes that these kitbashes inspire our guests to get creative and share your kitbashes, on FlisKits rockets or any other manufacturers, with EMRR. I logged on to the website today for some shocking news! After I made my scaled down Deuce the hard way ...

• Scratch Deuce's Wild 38 Special (Scratch) By Carl Tulanko

  (by Carl Tulanko - 06/15/03) Brief: For some time now, I have been a customer of a newer manufacturer, FlisKits, Inc, and have written a few reviews for EMRR on some of the models this company markets. The Deuces Wild! is by far one of my favorite kits from this manufacturer and the canted cluster 18mm model is a great flier! However, when Jim Flis approached me and asked about an ...

• Scratch Deuce's Wild Payloader (Scratch) By Allan Lovering

  The following article was a submission to the FlisKits, Inc Deuce-Bash Contest and is archived with permission from FlisKits. Some of these designs are not actually kitbashes, however, all come from the basic motor design feature of the FlisKits Deuce's Wild.   Parts list: 1 BT-60 body tube, 17.5" long 1 BT-55 body tube, 8.5" long 1 FlisKits TAB5560-01 transition ...

• Scratch Devil Ray Glider (Scratch) By Todd Mullin

  (by Todd Mullin - 04/30/07) Brief: I love gliders! What I hate is pop-pods, ejecting motor pods, burn threads, and motor casings being spit out all over the launch field! I'd thought a lot about how to make a rocket glider design that deals with the things that I hate. Edmonds Aerospace came up with a great piston design for their Ecee models, but the plunger tends to gunk up ...

• Scratch Diablo (Scratch) By Aris Simsarian

  The scratch build is a 4-inch diameter rocket. The nose cone is provided by What's Up Hobbies and is fiberglass. The body tubes I purchased through Giant Leap Rocketry. Originally, I planned to purchase a 48" long Dyna-Wind body tube cut into two sections, where one was 26" long and the other was 22". However, due to what they had available, the order was changed to two 36" ...

• Scratch Disaster 17-B Valkyrie 2X (Scratch) By Robert Koenn

    Back in the mid-70s I was looking for an interesting D engine boost glider to build. During those years I was building rockets constantly so new and unique projects were always on my agenda. I had read something about a Bruce Blackistone design for a canard glider with a planform similar to the Air Force XB-70 bomber. His original design was sized for A through C engines although he ...

• Scratch DIY Launch Pad (Other Product) By Geof Givens

  This is a brief report on a do-it-yourself rail and rod launch pad I built. There are some good plans and information at EMRR and TRF, but I still had some questions and doubts when I began the project because I'm not very mechanically inclined. The first photo shows the final result, which I am quite happy with. On the rail is my Binder Design Thug (in progress) and on the adjacent Estes rod is ...

• Scratch Dos Kraken (Scratch) By Andrew Hansom

  Dos Kraken is a combination and upscale of two unique rockets. The design is from Pemtech's Kraken with the sculpted tube fins and the canted twin motor tubes design was borrowed from FlisKit's Deuce's Wild. Dos Kraken will fly on a pair of 38mm x 480 AT motors with the total output of a J sized motor. Dual deployment will be handled by a Perfect Flight MAWD and a Missile Works RRC2. Recovery ...

• Scratch Double Barrel (Scratch) By Dale Marshall

  ( Contributed - by Dale Marshall - 08/23/10) Brief: This rocket was designed because I wanted to play around with several different things – cluster, 24mm engines, and rear ejection. When the EMRR challenge came around, this one was a perfect fit for the “Twice the Thrust” part of the challenge. I ended up not doing the rear ejection because of all of the fins and pods ...

• Scratch DoubleTree Pen-Roc (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 10/10/01) Brief: This is a total rip-off of the cool Bic Arcas from DesCon7 . The rocket was named after the hotel chain that "donated" the pen. Construction: Parts: one Bic pen clear packaging plastic thin Kevlar ® twine one small paper clip Mylar streamer stock As noted in the introduction, this is ...

• Scratch Douglas X3 Stiletto (Plastic Model Conversion) By Geof Givens

  This review describes a plastic model conversion for Lindberg's 1/48 scale Douglas X3 Stiletto . I attempted this project for the 2006 EMRR Challenge and saved it until nearly last because I thought it would be an especially difficult project, however, it turned out to be a cinch even though it's a cluster! My finished rocket is 15.5" long and weighs 2.5oz empty. Modifications: Cut two 1 ...

• Scratch Downsized Astron Orbital Transport (Modification) By Scott Turnbull

  This downsized homage to the classic Estes Astron Orbital Transport was done as a kit bash of parts from FlisKits' USS Grissom kit. It's built around a 13mm motor mount and retains the key feature of the parasitic glider that releases when the booster puts on the brakes. Modifications: I've always liked the look of my vintage Astron Orbital Transport. While this downsized kit bash isn't ...

• Scratch Dragon's Claw (Scratch) By Joe Policy

  ( Contributed - by Joe Policy - 05/11/05) Brief: This rocket was based on a submission for Virtual Contest #4 in the low stress category. It is easy to build and it is a great flyer. Construction: The parts list EST 3168 - PNC-80B nose cone EST 3090 - BT 80 body tube, 14.25" 1 set of laser cut 3/32" birch plywood fins by BMS 3 engine tubes, 4" long ...

• Scratch Dragonfly Jr. (Scratch) By Geof Givens

  ( Contributed - by Geof Givens - 11/11/06) Brief: The Dragonfly Jr is an approximate 50% downscale of the stylish Binder Design Dragonfly . This project was conceived as a way to explore the long-burn 24mm RMS motors with a design I have always admired. I added a few of my own touches as well, including a bit extra length to squeeze in a baffle and nylon chute, and a unique ...

• Scratch Dunk R' Licker (Scratch) By Patrick Bissonnette

  ( Contributed - by Patrick Bissonnette - 04/26/07) Brief: This is an odd-roc that is made from a lollipop/noise maker. It is a high drag design that flies well in small fields. Construction: Here is what you need: 1 Dunk R' Licker lollipop/noise maker Estes yellow 18mm spacer tube 13mm motor tube with block Balsa for fins 1/8in launch lug Small streamer ...

• Scratch Dwarf King 4.0 (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  Brief: This is a lighter, more affordable 4" version of of the 5.5" Dwarf King Mk.7 (7-tube tubefin) I presented earlier in EMRR. This design has the lowest drag coefficient of any tubefin I've built to date, Cd=0.68-0.70; it also differs from my big 5.5" Dwarf Kings in that this rocket is a much better performer than the 6-tube version, the Tea-Bird 4.0 I presented ...

• Scratch Dwarf King (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand - 08/15/09) Brief: 5.5" Dwarf King is a simpler, cut-down version of the huge and fat K445-powered tubefin I presented in ROCKETS Magazine . It has the option of being built with either 6 tube fins (Mk. 6) or seven tube fins (Mk. 7). Both versions can fly on up to Cesaroni K445 or K500R power or on as little as an I212SS. The lighter Mk. 7 version ...

• Scratch e-Cluster (Scratch) By Zak Orion

  e-Cluster I designed this rocket with 2 purposes in mind. One was to build a mid power cluster that was capable of E and F engines without having it go out of sight(smaller launch fields). And number 2 was to build it as strong as I could using easy to find materials(namely cardboard tube and wood fins). Here is the design I came up with: I decided on a LOC 54MM motor mount tube(thick ...

• Scratch E-Qualizer (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand - 11/10/04) Brief: I built the E-Qualizer as one of four experimental designs used for my NARTREK Gold project. Only one survived the required 6 test flights and E-Qualizer wasn't the one. E-Qualizer was an exercise to create a model optimized for the long-burning, heavy, low initial thrust Estes E9-8 motor. It combines narrow diameter and light weight ...

• Scratch EAC Hyperion (Scratch) By Chan Stevens

  ( Contributed - by Chan Stevens - 09/20/08) Brief: 1:8.15 scale of the Environmental Aeroscience Corporation's sounding rocket. Construction: This "scale bash" project can easily be built from common parts available in commercial kits. The attached RockSim file can be used for a shopping list, but the basic parts include: PNC-20 Plastic nose cone (4:1 Ogive) ...

• Scratch EconoExpress (Scratch) By Brian Mardirosain

  Scratch-built introduction to mid-power rocketry using Aerotech Econojet motors.     Introduction: After getting back into rocketry via 3x18mm and 3x24mm Estes-que scratch-built rockets, I figured it was time to move on up and try composite motors. Econojets were the best bet for the short-term, since I wasn't ready to invest in a reload casing, and they have a ...

• Scratch ED ain't no fool Spool (Scratch) By Matt Gillard

  A spool rocket made entirely out of household rubbish built for the EMRR 2007 Challenge. Performs well on any Estes 24mm motors, both Ds and Es. Spools are always interesting because they look like the least aerodynamic rocket at any launch. Called it ED as it takes E and D motors. The parts list: 1 tube from the center of a cling film roll Two CD-ROMs Glue. I used Bostik, ...

• Scratch Eiffel's Nightmare (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  Brief: I'm always looking for rocket parts, and couldn't pass up this daiquiri glass from the Paris Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas . It'll fly on 24mm motors. Parts list: One jumbo sized plastic daiquiri glass One BT-60 tube One 24mm motor mount for BT-60 Kevlar twine, 1/8" tubular Kevlar, and an elastic shock cord Plexiglas stock for fins 10.5mm tubing Construction ...

• Scratch El Cheapo Launch Pad (Scratch) By Mike Goss

  ( Contributed - by Mike Goss - 03/20/05) Brief: This is the culmination of several years of trying to come up with a cheap, easy to transport Launch pad that can hold the launch rods to keep them from being bent while you are getting to your launch sight. This is your basic three legged launch pad with a tilt head, robust blast deflector, and launch rod storage all in one convenient ...

• Scratch El Cheapo Pyramid (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 06/09/08) Brief: This is a simple mid-powered pyramid that flies on either one 29mm motor and/or three 24mm motors. The finishing matches the construction materials--'el cheapo'. Construction: The parts list: four carrugated cardboard triangles, 12" base and 13.75" sides plywoods square, 4" x 4" one ...

• Scratch El Tubo Loco (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  This is another simple, "el cheapo" tube fin rocket based on my tube can concept. A tube can is a fin can with tube fins of course, built using the telescoping inside tube from a Container Store mailing tube. 'Real' rocket coupler tubes can also be used. The parts list: 4" mailing tube (~13.25) and liner (~26") one 4" nose cone (in this case recycled from a grounded HPR bird) ...

• Scratch ElCheapoCerto (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand - 07/10/09) Brief: I designed this odd, little 5-tube tubefin with one purpose in mind: as an ultra low-cost, quick-building L1 certification for 14 year old rocketeers under the new NAR junior cert program. After spending so much effort figuring out how to make tubefin rockets more efficient, I "retro-engineered" this one (I think that's the ...

• Scratch Elevate 11 (Scratch) By Hans "Chris" Michielssen

  A few years back I was put in charge of finding entertainers for the new Key West area at Sea World in Orlando, Florida. When the word got out, I was getting calls from (too) many entertainers wanting work. One street entertainer drove all the way from Key West for a one-on-one audition. He introduced himself as "Mr. 21." His entire act was based on numerology found on a one dollar bill. He went ...

• Scratch Eliminator of Eliminators (Scratch) By Bob Patterson

  ( Contributed - by Bob Patterson - 07/18/02) Brief: Two rocket assemblies designed to be flown as one single stage rocket, or flown as 2 independent rockets. Parachute/streamer for recovery selected on a whim depending on wind conditions. Construction: All components are from an Estes Designer Special kit from some years ago. Fin shape (balsa) selected by 7 year old son, with ...

• Scratch Empress (Scratch) By Ted Phipps

  Empress ( Contributed - by Ted Phipps) I had a pack of BT-56 tubes, and no idea of what to do with them. I didn't even have a nosecone to fit. One day while looking at them, trying to figure out how I could get rid of the things, I started playing with the idea of building a Mean Machine clone. Well, one thing led to another, and instead I decided to do a long tube finned rocket. Since ...

• Scratch ESS Raven (Downscale) By Bob Harrington

  This is a mini engine powered downscale of the Centuri ESS Raven contructed out of cardstock, featuring streamer recovery. This was one of my favorite designs of my younger days that I never got a chance to build. The two plan sheets give you all the parts needed and then can be assembled using the plan set from Jim Z: http://www.dars.org/jimz/cen5312.htm       Components ...

• Scratch Estes Astron Star Blazer (Upscale) (Scratch) By Moe Bertrand

  ( Contributed - by Moe Bertrand - 04/29/07) Brief: 180% upscale of the classic Estes Astron Star Blazer (K-31) using BT-55 (1.325") and parts from the spare parts box. Construction: The parts list: BT-55 11 5/8" long BT-55 4" long PNC-55 (5 3/8" long) balsa sheet 1/8" x 4" x 36" strip basswood 1/8" x 3/16" ...

• Scratch Estes Condor 1.38X (Scratch) By Bill Eichelberger

  ( Contributed - by Bill Eichelberger - 10/28/05) Brief: The first rocket that I cloned after finding JimZ's site was an Estes Condor, a rocket that I had a ton of fond memories of in its original 13mm guise. After completing construction of the Condor, I was struck by the difference in the size of the rocket relative to how I remembered it. I was shocked to find that it's finished ...

• Scratch Estes Courier Upscale (Scratch) By Ron Wirth

  ( Contributed - by Ron Wirth - 08/11/08) Brief: I have become a big fan of upscale rockets lately. There are some great kits available from Semroc and QModeling. I have built upscale kits from both companies and highly recommend them but wanted to complete an upscale from scratch. After looking at numerous plans and catalogs, I decided to stay simple and decided on the OOP Estes ...

• Scratch Estes Interceptor (Downscale) (Scratch) By Kevin Johnson

  ( Contributed - by Kevin Johnson - 09/13/04) Brief: Slightly smaller version of the K-50 Interceptor using the PNC-50SP cone (from the Venom, Argosy, Starhawk, etc.). Modifications: I modified the patterns and decals by using PhotoShop to reduce the size of the files to 74%. I printed out the decals on my inkjet printer and then took them to Kinkos to copy onto clear decal ...

• Scratch Estes Raven Clone (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  This is a story of reclamation.  At some point in the past decade I became enamored with the Estes National Aerospace Plane and decided that I needed to clone one.  To that end I began scouring Ebay for one of the kits that shared the unique nose cone with the NASP, namely the Estes Sentinel, Magnum, Firehawk, and the Raven.  I won a Firehawk kit, but liked it so much ...

• Scratch Estes S.W.A.T. 1.38X (Scratch) By Jeff Lane

  ( Contributed - by Jeff Lane - 07/18/07) Brief: 138% upscale of the Estes S.W.A.T. The S.W.A.T. is a low orbit interceptor-style kit Estes produced in the early 1990s. When kids see my original S.W.A.T., they actually scream with delight, always asking “how high?" The original kit was designed with an 18mm motor mount, but I converted it to 24. It’s a beautiful kit ...

• Scratch Estes Streamer 4.8x (Scratch) By Chan Stevens

  ( Contributed - by Chan Stevens - 12/13/05) Brief: If you're ired of trying to track your 13mm stock Screamer, consider upscaling to this biggie-sized BT-80 version. It no longer screams off the pad quite as quickly, but is still a fun to fly rocket and certainly an easy upscale cloning project. Modifications: Assuming you've ever built a 3FNC kit, and can handle a motor mount ...

• Scratch EXB (Scratch) By Michael Wilkins

  ( Contributed - by Michael Wilkins - 09/27/04) Brief: The EXB was my L3 project. Materials used to build this rocket were those in the form of Carbon Fiber, S-Glass, Composite fin material and phenolic tubing. The main technique in construction of the air frames was vacuum bagging. Along with the rocket I built a custom launch pad to make my L3 project complete. For those that ask ...

• Scratch Explorer 1 (Scratch) By Ray King

  ( Contributed - by Ray King - 12/07/08) Brief: I chose to model the Explore 1 satellite as part of EMRR Challenge 2008 – Simulation Challenge. Explorer 1 (officially titled at NASA as satellite 1958 Alpha) was the first Earth satellite of the United States, launched on February 1, 1958. Since this was my first real experience with RockSim, I thought it was fitting to model the ...

• Scratch Explorer (Scratch) By John Partridge

  ( Contributed - by John Partridge - 12/15/08) Build this rocket contest (Spaceship Design), Design entry F4. Name: Explorer (EMRR Experimental) This is not much of a write-up but the rocket that I built did not have much of a design. Last year I took special care to print out the photo of the rocket that I intended to build, measured everything and created scale drawings ...

• Scratch Express Mail (Scratch) By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  ( Contributed - by Drake Damerau - 03/30/05) Brief: Mid power rocket made with free Priority mail boxes, parachute recovery. Construction: To build this rocket, you will need two triangle priority mail tubes, packing tape, wood glue, and a hobby knife. The first step is to make the body. Cut the end flaps off of one of the tubes (picture below-left). Peel the self stick ...

• Scratch Extreme Paralyzer (Scratch) By Rick Dunseith

  (by Rick Dunseith) Note: This is a slightly condensed version of all the information that Rick has produced for his Level 3 project. Project Overview: The Extreme Paralyzer is a tube-finned rocket upscaled from a smaller rocket of the author’s own design. The author obtained his TRA Level 1 certification with his Paralyzer, an original-design tube-finned rocket. His Level 2 ...

• Scratch Extreme Test Vehicle (ETV) (Scratch) By Jack Caynon

  ( Contributed - by Jack Caynon - 05/24/08) Brief: Rocket designed to handle the most powerful 3-inch motors, commercial and research, notwithstanding. Construction: The Extreme Test Vehicle (ETV) is a scratch design that won't shred while flying any 3-inch commercial or research motor. To accomplish this mission parameter, this rocket is equipped with the aluminum fin can ...

• Scratch EyeSoar (Scratch) By Greg Ordy

  ( Contributed - by Greg Ordy - 09/30/04) Introduction Flying a Solid-State Video Camera - The EyeSoar The phrase solid-state in the title of this page might create the impression that I am talking about a solid-state image sensor, as opposed to an old-fashioned vidicon tube. That's not what solid-state means - in this context. By solid-state I mean that the video data is stored ...

• Scratch EZI-1 (Scratch) By Tai Fu

  ( Contributed - by Tai Fu) Brief: This is a downscale of EZI-65. I just think it might be interesting to make a downscale of my certification rocket.... I used a scale ratio of 1:3.2 Construction: I used a BT-55 that is glassed with a 4 oz S-glass bought from US Composites, who have the cheapest price for S-glass. The fin is basically 1/16 inch balsa wood covered with 5.7 oz carbon ...

• Scratch F-32 Avenger 1.85X (Scratch) By Les Bradshaw

  ( Contributed - by Les Bradshaw - 08/31/08) Brief: 1.85x upscale of the Starlight F-32 Avenger, including upgrading the motor from 18mm to 24mm. Modifications: I have the Starlight kit, so I decided to build both in parallel. I traced the wing fins, tail fin, and canard fins onto paper. I also made 5 registration marks 1" apart. I then brought the drawing to a copy machine ...

• Scratch Fahrenheit 62/5 (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand - 11/13/04) Brief: Fahrenheit 62/5 is a tube fin rocket built simply from PVC plumbing conduit and designed for durability and good performance on the entire spectrum of APCP motors having less than 62.5 grams of propellant. It won't fly on any motors with more propellant than this, or on any Estes BP motors. No, I am not trying to make a political ...

• Scratch Fahrenheit XL (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  Fahrenheit XL is a scaled-up 38mm version of my PVC tubefin rocket, Fahrenheit 62/5 . It is designed to fly on any H-I motor and has flown extremely well on CTI J330 power, so its suitable for L1 and L2 attempts. Like all tubefin designs, it is stable, wind resistant, and very quick and easy to build. Since this time (for a change) I used all primo grade rocketry hobby materials to build ...

• Scratch Falling with Style (FWS) (Scratch) By Ray King

  ( Contributed - by Ray King - 12/14/08) Brief: This is my entry for the EMRR “Spaceship Design Contest – 2008”. I was very glad that EMRR offered this contest again this year. My plan was to build 2 or 3 of these, but as many things go I was only able to finish one of them. Without further delay here is the story (and building instructions) of the FWS. Again, this year ...

• Scratch Fat Boink (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford) Summary The FAT BOI-NK is a scale version of a popular fat rocket. The body is made from foam rubber and the fins from foam poster board. I wanted to build something out of a noodle for a long time, and this contest finally inspired me to do so. Although this review may not qualify for the contest, I just couldn't resist submitting it anyway. At least it ...

• Scratch Fat Boy (7 x 18mm Motor Eater) (Modification) By Dick Stafford

  This Fat Boy flies on seven 18mm motors. Modifications: Here is what I changed: The base of the cone was cut off The stock centering rings were not used Additional 18mm motor tubes were added Parts list: Estes Fat Boy kit 18mm tubing for the 6 additional motor tubes ~3’ of ¼" elastic ~5 “ of ¼" tubular Kevlar First Fire igniter ...

• Scratch Fat Man Do (Scratch) By Dave Rose

  ( Contributed - by Dave Rose - 10/20/01) For reasons unknown, over the last two or three years I have grown very infatuated with short, fat rockets. Having built many three and four inch diameter rockets that fall into my favorite category, I'm always looking for another design that fits the "stubby" look. One of the most popular model rocket kits available is the Estes Fat ...

• Scratch Fat-Ass-Tron Sprint (Scratch) By Jim Sekol

    Fat-Ass-Tron  Sprint The Fat-Ass-Tron Sprint: The F-A-T Sprint is a combination of the Estes Fat Boy, and the Astron Sprint. It was originally created to address one of the Fat Boy's inherent design flaws, that being it's inability to contain a 38/720 motor casing. While flying the Fat Boy on 'I' motors is somewhat ...

• Scratch Federated Transport and Delivery (Scratch) By Geoffrey Kerbel

  ( Design this Spaceship Submission - by Geoffrey Kerbel - 09/24/06) Federated Transport and Delivery Click on ANY picture to enlarge! This rocket was conceived from a picture that was part of a contest that Nick of EMRR came up with in mid 2006. There was a group of six pictures he found on the net and decided to give us a chance to design, build and fly one of the rockets in the ...

• Scratch Feersum Endjinn (Scratch) By Kevin Johnson

  ( Contributed - by Kevin Johnson - 07/06/08) Brief: This is my EMRR Box-o-Parts contest rocket. It features 6 fins, 4 18mm motor mounts, and a unique nosecone arrangement. Construction: The parts from my box that I used in the rocket are: Big Daddy nose cone BT-100 tube, 12" long BT-80 tube, 4" long BT-20 tube, 4 sections 2.75" long ...

• Scratch FGM-148 Javelin (Scratch) By Todd Mullin

  (by Todd Mullin - 04/16/08) Brief: In search of a subject for the unkitted scale model portion of the 2008 EMRR Challenge, I stopped by my favorite missile scale data web site . There is a HUGE arsenal of missiles there to choose from but I settled on a design that I've been eyeing for several years, the Javelin. For more background information on this missile, check out this ...

• Scratch Fins are for Fish (Scratch) By Paul Lavin

  ( Contributed - by Paul Lavin - 07/10/03) Fins are for Fish INTRODUCTION It was a yin and yang thing, really, that got me started on flying tetrahedrons. My daughter Genni and I built a long and lithe "normal" rocket called Back2Mars that was a comprehensively bashed version of the faithful Loc/Precision Lil Nuke kit. After a picture perfect flight on a G at the Canterbury ...

• Scratch Fireball XL5 (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  This is a fantasy-scale model of the Fireball XL5 spacecraft, which was the subject of an old TV show. I have seen a photo of a high power Fireball model, however, my motivation came from a thread in the ‘Rocketry Forum’. Inspired by a model being developed by Steve Rogers, I began thinking about the pile of parts that I got from LOC as my Descon 9 prize and decided to give it a ...

• Scratch FireRay (Modification) By David Porterfield

    I wanted to make the Fireflash shorter and less fragile. As this in itself would have resulted in a rather nondescript rocket, I used parts from the X-Ray to add a payload section. This resulted in a rocket I called the FireRay. Modifications: Like the two rockets it's derived from, this was a very easy rocket to build. First I assembled the engine mount and inserted it into the fin ...

• Scratch First Scratch (Scratch) By Neil Thompson

  ( Contributed - by Neil Thompson (age 12) - 09/10/03) Brief: This was my first ever scratch built rocket and that is the ONLY reason I am submitting it. It has flown about 3 dozen times to date and is an 18MM minimum diameter using a full length of Estes 18mm tubing, but it gets a few inches shorter every half a year or so because of a tangled streamer. I really have to find a better ...

• Scratch FISH (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand - 06/01/04) Brief: I built FISH (Fiesta Island Special Hotrod) as an experiment with 4 objectives in mind: Creation of a truly saltwater-proof rocket; reflecting the island launch site the San Diego DART club uses Exploring the potential of PVC sprinkler conduit as low-cost rocket-building material Creating a very low-cost, "minimal" ...

• Scratch Fishhead Rocketry - Phantom Cruiser (Scratch) By Bill Eichelberger

  ( Contributed - by Bill Eichelberger - 12/03/05) Brief: I actually built a larger version of this as my first scratchbuild back in 1977 using cardstock for the fins, so when I needed a paper rocket for the EMRR Challenge, this design naturally came to mind. Heavily influenced by the Estes Condor which was my favorite rocket back in 1977, the original Phantom Cruiser met its demise ...

• Scratch Fishhead Rocketry - Warlord (Scratch) By Bill Eichelberger

  ( Contributed - by Bill Eichelberger - 12/03/05) Brief: Sometimes good things happen when you least expect it, or so I'm told. In this case something good happened when I screwed up another project and found myself with a partially completed, irretrievably screwed up rocket. Construction: The parts list: BT-50 main body tube PNC-50Y nose cone 15 BT-20J ram tubes ...

• Scratch Flaming Mayhem (Scratch) By Tim Burger

    A 4-inch upscale of the venerable Alpha.   “Flaming Mayhem’s Revenge!” During 2002, the local NAR chapter had broken into High Power Rocketry. Some of the core members of the group already had quite a lot of expertise, and the necessary ground support equipment to handle the bigger rockets. Then one of the members was able to ...

• Scratch Flatblack (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand - 11/18/04) Brief: I designed Flatblack for the 2004 BRS contest. It is a tubefin rocket that introduces epoxy-laminated, high-aspect ratio tube fins (wider than they are long) to take advantage of an aerodymanic trick to power a short, light airframe with heavy motors. This feature allows the small (18' long, 75 gram) to fly well on any B-C-D-E-F motors ...

• Scratch Fly Ball (Scratch) By Moira Jean Whitlock

  Fly Ball ( Contributed - by Moira Jean Whitlock) Height=47.5" Weight=31" Width=3" Motor=29mm Recovery=parachute Brief This is a sport rocket in two senses. It's for fun and also is done up to celebrate baseball. Arizona's new team, the Diamondbacks, inspired this rocket and it's done up in the team colors of teal, purple, ...

• Scratch Flying Carrot (Scratch) By Bob Patterson

  ( Contributed - by Bob Patterson - 07/01/02) Brief: Home brewed rocket named after a 1st Grader's book of the same title. Said 1st grader built a Lego model, and dear old dad attempted to copy. Painted orange and green to resemble a carrot, with hand drawn black lines to mimic cracks found in a carrot. Construction: Tubing, main nosecone, and D engine mount are from Estes Designer's ...

• Scratch Flying Frog 3 (Scratch) By Gene Wolski

  The Flying Frog 3 is a scratch built 3" diameter dual deploy rocket.  I used double tube construction for extra strength - the airframe is reinforced internally with tube couplers.  Components Parts: LOC 3.0" tube couplers (for reinforcement of payload and booster sections) Payload section: LOC 3.0" airframe, 21" long LOC 3.0" electronics bay Booster ...

• Scratch Franken Goblin (Scratch) By Hans "Chris" Michielssen

  ( Contributed - by Hans "Chris" Michielssen - 03/16/09) Brief: My original Goblin clone (BT-55 based) was one of the first I built after really getting back into the hobby. My 1.7X upscale was finished late last year. And four months ago, the "baby" was born. It's a MMX powered, carded model. It has a hand rolled ½" diameter body tube and triple ...

• Scratch FSI Viking II (Upscale) By Bill Eichelberger

  Upscale of the FSI Viking 2 based on Estes BT-60 parts.  The original Viking 2 was based on an FSI tube that was close in size to an Estes BT-50, so this is a 1.8x upscale. Components 26.25" BT-60 main body tube (BMS) 3 - 10" BT-60 tube fins (BMS) 5" BT-50 engine tube AR-2050 engine block (Semroc) EH-38 engine hook (Semroc) BNC-60K nose cone (Semroc) 2 ...

• Scratch Funnel Vision (Scratch) By Larry Brand

    Funnel Vision was designed as part of an effort to create a cluster rocket giving fully stable flight in the event of partial ignition failure. It was built as a finless design inspired by David Roy's "Drag Demon" as described in his July 2001 Sport Rocketry article. The rest of the rocket is identical to the 2BZ  cluster design that I presented on this website last year. ...

• Scratch FunnelVision 3.0 (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  FunnelVision 3.0 is a simple but robust high-power finless rocket constructed from a 3" x 36" postal mailing tube (they are actually 37" long), an 8" plastic automotive funnel and a 3" LOC nose cone. To be more accurate, it is a "skirt-fin" rocket. This is a 2x upscale of the original Funnel Vision design I have built. FunnelVision 3.0 is built exclusively for the 38mm 2-grain Cesaroni motors ...

• Scratch Funny Funnel (Scratch) By Jeff Boldig

  ( Contributed - by Jeffrey Boldig - 04/26/08) Brief: Oil funnel with a 4 x 18mm cluster and a central tube that works as a launch lug. The motors are canted at 10° to induce spin which begins before leaving the rod. The base drag is insufficient to stabilize the rocket so it is spin stabilized. Construction: The body is an oil funnel available at Wal-Mart stores. A small ...

• Scratch G-Pod (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand - 07/07/09) Brief: G-Pod is a downward extension of my "Pod" series (see " H-Pod " in EMRR). It is a stubby tubefin design for 29mm F-G power that is about the size of an Estes FatBoy. Actually, it started life as an experiment to try 7 tubefins instead of the usual 6 on my "Auracle 54" design presented some years ago on ...

• Scratch G.B.R. (gold, black, red) (Scratch) By Robert Davis

  ( Contributed - by Robert Davis - 12/28/04) Here is my rocket design submission. Thank you. This rocket has a 24mm motor mount and weighs in around 2.75 ounces (empty), so she's a high flier on D12 motors. It can also be flown on C6 motors. I employed TTW fin attachment, so I'm sure it would do great on E15 or E30 SU motors. That is why I built the motor mount for "E" motors ...

• Scratch G125 (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 07/18/02) Brief: Basically, this is G125 motor with fins and a nosecone. Would your RSO let it fly? Construction: I guess I'll fess-up now - this was not my idea, nor is it a ‘live' G125. A year or so ago I ran across a picture of a rocket, whose body was a spent motor casing. Being a wise-#@!, I thought it would be fun to build one to get ...

• Scratch G60 (Scratch) By Gary Sinclair

  Scratch built 38mm, apogee only recovery, through the wall G10 fins with a 3" OD phenolic airframe specifically built to take Pro38 G motors. 1 - 20" long by 3" OD phenolic body tube 3 - G10 fins with fin tabs 1 - 3"OD x 12" PML nosecone 2 - 5mm plywood centering rings 1 - eyehook with nuts 1 - 38mm slimline motor retainer 1 - 3" bulkplate with eyehook for forward ...

• Scratch Gabriel Upscale (Upscale) By Marlin Meyer

  Single stage, mid power rocket that uses two body tube diameters. Recovery via parachute Two body tubes (BT-60 and BT-55) 8 fins and 4 body strakes All part numbers are from Semroc unless otherwise noted: BNC-60AH nose cone BT-60 main body tube BT-55 lower body tube RA-5560 centering ring (2) JT-55C tube coupler BT-50 engine tube RA-5055 centering ring (2) ...

• Scratch Galadriel (Scratch) By Jack Caynon

  ( Contributed - by Jack Caynon - 05/12/06) Brief: Galadriel is my TRA Level 3 Certification Rocket and is named for the elf queen in the Lord of the Rings . The goals of the Galadriel project include: A successful L3 Certification Flight on a 75mm M impulse motor, The use of a novel fin design for stability and aesthetic purposes, and The construction of an airframe ...

• Scratch Gargantuan Galaxy Guppy (Upscale) By Bill Eichelberger

  The GGG is a 24mm powered, 1.59x upscale of the Estes Goonybird Galaxy Guppy. Components 8" length of BT-80 2.75" BT-50J AR-2050 engine block 2 CR-5080 centering rings PNC-80BB 36" length Kevlar shock cord 36" length 1/4" sewing elastic shock cord 3/32" balsa stock large snap swivel 12" nylon parachute /h2 Goonys are notoriously ...

• Scratch Gaylord (Scratch) By David Chance

  ( Contributed - by David Chance - 07/31/09) Brief: A longish rocket with purple and yellow, consisting of 6 fins, 3 tubes, and a head lamp with a comic super hero embedded. This rocket was designed to be able to be flown on the D12-5 or the E9-6 engines. Construction: Surprise items: 3 ping pong balls Something from a gum ball machine–-a light with a comic ...

• Scratch Gemini-Titan (5in) (Scratch) By Bob Morstadt

  ( Contributed - by Bob Morstadt - 09/01/10) Figure 1. Overall Construction of the Gemini-Titan Scratch Built 5-Inch Dia. Gemini-Titan This is a description of a scratch built 5-inch diameter Gemini-Titan based on a tube from US Plastic Corp, Lima, OH as described in the Sport Rocketry Magazine May/June 2001 issue, &q ...

• Scratch Generic Rocket (Scratch) By John Coker

  (by John Coker - 12/20/02) Note: This is a slightly condensed version of all the information that John has produced for his Level 3 project. Visit his site to read the additional information and enjoy additional pictures. For my next trick, a rocket which will actually be used for my certification! I've been in this hobby almost a year and it seems time to start building my leve ...

• Scratch GI Joe (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford) Brief: This is a scratch rocket built with parts from an Estes "Designer's Special". It features a BT-55 to BT-50 transition and a rear "nozzle". Construction: This rocket was built around the mid 80's and there is nothing unique in its construction. The nose cone is plastic and the transition and nozzle are paper wraps. These ...

• Scratch Giant Mosquito (Scratch) By Donald Besaw Jr

  Brief: This is basically an upscaled Estes Mosquito. I'm sure this is not a totally correct size 2.6x upscale but it suited my need for a Mosquito that I can launch and recover more than once. I built it with a 24mm motor mount and it uses parachute recovery unlike it's baby counterpart. Construction: It has been a few years since I built this model but I used the following ...

• Scratch Give 'Em The Finger (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  Brief This is made from a 'Finger Blaster' foam rocket and was the 4th-place winner in the Boink rocket contest. Construction Initially, I decided that I was not going to buy a foam rocket to enter the Boink rocket contest. However, at only 99 cents, I just couldn't resist picking up a 'Finger Blaster' (by Kidpower, Inc). This foam rocket has a built-in rubber band and is launched, at the ...

• Scratch Goblin 3x (Scratch) By Dave Hanson

  Goblin 3x Upscale ( Contributed - by Dave Hanson) Parts List: Airframe: LOC BT-3.90 Motor Mount: LOC MMT-1.14 (29mm) Centering Rings: 3 LOC CR-3.90-1.14 Nose: THOY ACE PNC-3.9 Fins: 3/32" aircraft plywood Recovery: 36" Topflight round parachute various hardware: u-bolt, t-nuts, quick-links, eye bolt, 12 feet of 3/8" elastic for shock cord I ...

• Scratch Goblin-MMX (Scratch) By Gene Wolski

  Brief: This rocket is my tribute to the Goblin which is one of my all time favorite rockets. I was inspired to build this rocket after stumbling over plans for a diminutive paper Goblin on the internet and realizing that I had a Quark nose cone and BT-5 tube in my supplies box. How convenient! From my supplies box: PNC-5A nose cone (from Estes Quark) BT-5 body tube, 3.75" 1/16" ...

• Scratch Golden Acorn (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand - 04/15/10) Brief: Golden Acorn is a modification of the 3" "H-Pod XXL" I mentioned in my March-April 2010 SPORT ROCKETRY article. It is a long-skinny version of the 7-tube tubefin "H-Pod" described in an earlier EMRR construction article, differing only in being "non-stubby" (45 in. long) and having a 54mm motor ...

• Scratch Gone Batty (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 10/17/04) Brief: I finally got around to building a Halloween themed rocket. This one flies on two 24mm motors and is night-launch capable. Construction: The parts list: 1 ~6.5" diameter hollow pumpkin from Michael's craft store Foamboard 2" clear mailing tube from ( The Container Store ) 2" cardboard mailing tube ...

• Scratch Good Ship Manatee (Scratch) By Charles Delaney

  I like several types of rockets. High performing ones, odd/fun/uncommon designs, and classic 50's sci-fi types. "The Good Ship Manatee" has a bit of all of them in it. The rocket can be flown clustered since the fins' pods will hold 3-18mm motors. As a safety redundancy the motors are canted towards the CG (as in the Duece and Tres cluster kits) if there is a failure to ignite all motors. The ...

• Scratch Goof Proof Patch Antenna (Scratch) By Scott Turnbull

    This review is for a home built patch antenna for use in receiving downlinked video signals. It's a piece of ground support equipment that extends the effective range of an onboard camera's signal. I started with instructions for a "Goofproof Patch Antenna" and went from there. I have used it with great success coupled to a BoosterVision Minicam receiver. The core of this antenna is ...

• Scratch Gooney Sky Devil (Scratch) By Brian Ray

  ( Contributed - by Brian Ray - 11/13/09) Brief: After a disastrous failure destroyed the business end of a 4x18mm rocket, I cut away what survived and tucked it away for future use. I did a build with a Boy Scout troop and ended up with a set of fins copied from the Centuri Sky Devil. One thing led to another and the fins were attached to the surviving portion of the other rocket. ...

• Scratch Gooney Zero (Scratch) By Glenn Roth

  ( Contributed - by Glenn Roth - 09/14/09) Brief: This is a scratchbuilt anti-zipper design with interchangeable MMT/fin assemblies. Construction: Main BT with payload and 3 fin design. It is anti-zipper and can change from a single motor to a 3-motor cluster in only a minute! Uses a center ring to separate payload from chute compartment. I needed to add extra weight in payload ...

• Scratch GPS Datalogging (Scratch) By Karl Upton

  ( Contributed - by Karl Upton - 03/08/09) Brief: I have been dreaming of building a flight computer that will not only control the flight sequence, but also log data aboard a model rocket. However, I do need to walk before I can run, so I started with a simple GPS data logger (GPSDL) that is just a "piece" of my future flight computer idea. This GPSDL will sit in a payload ...

• Scratch Gravity Kills (Scratch) By Donald Ball

  Brief: Building a Level 3 rocket on a budget. The parts list: 1/4" Luan board 3/4" plywood 2 60"sections of Yazoo Mills 6" tubing 6" PML nosecone 2 48" sections of PML 6" coupler West Systems epoxy Krylon paint My L3 project started with very little funds, so I needed to do this thing on a shoe string budget. With a little help from my friends, I discovered ways ...

• Scratch Great Googly Moogly (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford) Brief: The Great Googly Moogly is a 8" x 75" scratch built rocket that I used for my TRA Level 2 certification at LDRS 19 in Orangeburg, SC. However, I began building it almost a year earlier, before even getting my Level-1 cert. Many of the building techniques used were new to me, and a few were unconventional. However, the results have been ...

• Scratch Grizzly Behr Monocopter (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 05/17/08) Brief: In preparation for a line of monocopter kits, Art Applewhite published the plans for a monocopter made from Popsicle sticks . I didn't have enough Popsicle sticks, but I did have a few paint stirrers. They advertised Behr paints, hence the name. The Grizzly Behr flies on 18mm motors. Construction: The parts list: ...

• Scratch Groove Tube 1.76X By Bill Eichelberger

  Inspired by Jay Goemmer's review of his mildly upscaled, Estes-based Groove Tube, I started thinking about a larger upscale for this classic Centuri bird. When I started back in the hobby in 2001, I bought quite a bit of BT-55 and BT-56 tubing, along with every like-sized nose cone I could get my hand on. I built several upscales based on these tube and cone combinations, but when that phase ...

• Scratch Groovy Katt (Scratch) By Geof Givens

  ( Contributed - by Geof Givens - 04/09/06) Brief: This is a 2.9x semi-scale replication of the MPC Delta Katt . I got the original plans from JimZ's website . The finished bird consists of a 45 3/8" long BT-60 booster with 24mm motor mount and a 31 7/8" long canard glider with a rear delta wing having wingspan 16 1/2" from tip to tip. The booster and the glider ...

• Scratch Gunslinger (Scratch) By Jeff Lane

  ( Contributed - by Jeff Lane - 06/14/05) Brief: Tall scratch mid power rocket. Construction: Materials: Magnum nose cone, 3 BT-60 tubes, 2 couplers, 3/32" birch plywood, 29mm engine tube, 36" quarter-inch elastic shock cord, 21" mylar parachute. Sometime ago I found a 2-pack of Aerotech F23-7 Econojet single use motors for $12.95 on clearance at Hobby Lobby so ...

• Scratch H-Pod (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand - 07/03/08) Brief: H-Pod is an extension (downward) of the I-Pod/J-Pod/K-Pod series of HPR tubefin designs I presented in the March 2008 issues of Sport Rocketry and Rockets . Like its big brothers, H-Pod uses 7 tubefins instead of the customary 6. Being 3 inches smaller than the popular 29mm mid-power LOC Onyx, H-Pod is one of (if not the) small ...

• Scratch Half-Spool Jack-o-Lantern (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  As the name suggests, this is a half-spool (top plate only) rocket merged with a plastic jack-o-lantern. I stumbled across these little plastic jack-o-lanterns that I had stashed in the plastic parts drawer. So, I made a quick Halloween-themed rocket to fly on the Quest D5-0/P . The parts list: One plastic jack-o-lantern Cardstock Clear spacer from a blank CD pack 24mm to BT-60 ...

• Scratch Hareus Humongous (Scratch) By Bill Eichelberger

  ( Contributed - by Bill Eichelberger - 02/04/08) Brief: The Bunny and I go back a long way. Back in the day, the Cloudhopper was the only original Goony that I owned, that one being a $0.79 close-out table rescue back in 1977. That rocket had an unfortunate solitary flight into the underside of the eaves of our house. (I had a heck of a time painting over the "Rocket Red" ...

• Scratch Hawkeye (BT-50) (Upscale) By Geoffrey Kerbel

  This Hawkeye is a 1.79x upscale of the Estes original which was based on a BT-5 tube. It is a single stage larger version of the "mini" rocket that used a 13mm engine. Due to the size, a parachute is used for recovery. The components used were: Estes instructions for the original Hawkeye (used to see where and how all the parts go together) from JimZ's site BT-50 body tube x ...

• Scratch HazMat (Scratch) By Moira Jean Whitlock

  ( Contributed - by Moira Jean Whitlock) Brief: Single-staged 2 or 4 x 38mm cluster rocket. Designed for the Aerotech J350 and 570, and also suitable for the upcoming Redline equivalents. The rocket can recover perfectly using long motor delays or with an altimeter in the payload bay. Dual deployment is also possible. This rocket is inspired by the Quadra G , by AAA Model Aviation ...

• Scratch Hefty? Serve 'n Store? Flying Saucer (Scratch) By Art Applewhite

  (by Art Applewhite - 01/26/06) Brief: A well known trash bag and paper plate maker has taken model rocket construction to a whole new level of simplicity and low cost. This may not be what the folks at Pactiv Corporation had in mind when they designed their Hefty ® Serve 'n Store ® Everyday plates with interlocking rims but once a "true" rocketeer sees them in ...

• Scratch Hell Bent (Scratch) By Lance Alligood

  ( Contributed - by Lance Alligood - 05/19/05) Brief: Hell Bent is a versatile 3FNC SPEV (spare parts equipment vehicle) that can fly on a wide range of motors: anything from a high thrust E or break Mach (according to simulations) on a 38mm high thrust I or J motor. Construction: I used the following components to build this rocket: 1 LOC/Precision 2.6" plastic nose cone ...

• Scratch Hell Fire (Scratch) By James Harechmak

  ( Contributed - by Jim Harechmak - 07/07/05) Brief: Single stage fiberglass mortar tube conversion. Construction: This is a very simple 3FNC rocket, but the source of the componants is from a Great Grizzly Hell Fire mortar set. The body tube is a fiberglass mortar tube and the nose cone and boat tail are fuse covers from the 5 Break Festival Balls. Add the 24mm MMT, 2 centering ...

• Scratch Hellfire 1.6 (Scratch) By Peter Stanley

  ( Contributed - by Peter Stanley - 04/03/06) Brief: This is a 1.6" diameter scratch built Hellfire. The design is based on measurements I took of an inert Hellfire training missile at an air show in October 2005. It has a 24mm motor mount and uses a parachute for recovery. Construction: Here's a parts list: 1 Estes PNC-60MS nose cone 1 Body tube, BT-60 x 12 ...

• Scratch Hellion (Scratch) By Peter Stanley

  ( Contributed - by Peter Stanley - 06/03/09) Brief: The Hellion is a 'Goonified', squashed down version of the Hellfire anti-tank missile. It is almost nine inches long and flies on a recessed cluster of four 13mm motors. Recovery is via 9" parachute. Construction: The components include: 1 6" x 1.6" body tube 1 1.6" elliptical nose cone 4 ...

• Scratch Hermes A-3A Missile (Scratch) By William Beggs

  ( Contributed - by William Beggs - 03/10/08) Brief: My "Scale" project is going to be the Hermes A-3A Missile. Most people have never seen this rocket which makes it a perfect candidate for this particular contest. The original Hermes A-3 project called for a liquid-fueled rocket-powered surface-to-surface missile that could carry a 1000lb warhead to 150 miles with an ...

• Scratch High Priority (Scratch) By Mitch Marchi

  ( Contributed - by Mitch Marchi II - 12/09/07) Brief: Built for the "Recycle" portion of the EMRR 2007 Challenge contest, this rocket is scratch built entirely from recycled trash. With squared-off fins and a blunt nose cone, it has an air-to-air missile look to it. It derives its name from the priority mail shipping tube which comprised its airframe. It is a single stage, ...

• Scratch Higher Calling (Scratch) By Ted Phipps

  ( Contributed - by Ted Phipps - 05/20/03) Brief: The idea for this rocket was to create a minimum diameter gap-stager designed for speed and altitude, while still flying on economical Estes D12-0 and D12-7 motors. Parts Sustainer 1 Estes PNC-50 nosecone 28" BT-50 or equivalent (mine came from Totally Tubular, if you use Estes tube, you'll need to add a coupler for the ...

• Scratch Home-Brew Launch Controller (Other Product) By Ed Bertschy

  AUTHOR'S DISCLAIMER: This page shows how I made a launch controller out of parts readily available from any store which sells electronic parts. It is not intended that you should make one too. This is for your information only. If you try to build one like this, and end up getting hurt, or blowing up a battery, don't come crying to me. I make no claims that this actually works, or that all of ...

• Scratch Home-Brew Launch Pad (Scratch) By Ed Bertschy

    I bought everything needed to build this pad from Payless Cashways for $14.67. If you can scrounge a piece of chain link endpost and some 1/2" electrical conduit, you can built it for less than $8. One of the real advantages of this pad is that the launch rods and legs store inside the main tube for shipment. This makes it very portable, as well as protects your launch rods during ...

• Scratch Homemade Screw Switch (Scratch) By Matt V

  A simple and reliable screw switch that's easy to make. This is my design for a screw switch. Materials: Scrap of double-sided PCB, about 1" by 1/4". I got mine from a Radioshack PCB Etching Kit ( part# 276-1576 ), but you don't need the kit for this project. Part# 276-1499 is just the board. Digikey part# PC41-ND or similar will also work. 3 machine screws. Two long enough to ...

• Scratch Hydro-1L (Other Product) By Dick Stafford

  At one point, I had decided that I'd start building water rockets. I built a couple of very simple ones but then my interest waned. Someday I may yet move up to more complex ones.   This design was taken from Jimmy Yawn's site (who woulda thunk it?). Jimmy's site has detailed descriptions and photos of the basic construction process. However, I deviated slightly from his t ...

• Scratch Imperial Lambda Shuttle (24mm) (Scratch) By Nick Esselman

  ( Contributed - by EMRR - 03/22/03) Almost 1 year to the date, I determined that I was going to build a 29mm scratch Star Wars Imperial Lambda-Class Shuttle. But that isn't what this article is about, you can read about it here . While building the 29mm version, I decided that I ought to build an 18mm version to test out the flight characteristics and concept. It turned out so well ...

• Scratch Inexpensive Rail Launch Pad (Other Product) By David Logan

  An inexpensive solution for a rail pad using the 80/20 rail. Made of a combination of PVC and metal pipe, using nothing but a hack saw, a drill, and a Dremel. This pad should be able to handle any Level 1 flight. Parts list: Three 5ft lengths of SCH40 PVC pipe (one 10ft and one 5ft would be cheaper). Two 1 1/4" PVC Tees Two 1 1/4" to 1" PVC Bushings One 1 1/4" PVC Cross Four ...

• Scratch Instructables Frisbee Saucer (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  Brief: This is a simple cardstock saucer with a unique 7-sided design. I got the basic pattern and instructions from Instructables.com (with a hat tip to Kiteman) Construction: This project required 2 sheets of cardstock and a short 1 1/8" piece of BT-50. If you are a purist, you could roll your own motor mount with the leftover cardstock. 1. I downloaded the ...

• Scratch Interceptor L (Scratch) By William Beggs

  ( Contributed - by William Beggs - 11/24/08) Brief: What do you get when you combine an Aveeno lotion bottle and an Estes Interceptor rocket kit? Well, you get my entry for the "Design this Spaceship" contest. The name I am giving my design is "Interceptor L" with the "L" being for lotion. Construction: The materials include: Aveeno 18 ...

• Scratch Interceptor-like (Scratch) By George Pike

  Technically, this isn't a clone because it's not an exact match of the classic Estes Interceptor, but who's counting? I had a leftover 18 inch length of BT-50 body tube and a "Nemesis"-style PNC50 nose cone (the kind with the cockpit and canards) and no idea what to do with them. Scouting around JimZ's Plans I came across the Interceptor, which was a favorite of my younger flying days (e.g. the ...

• Scratch Interstellar Cruise Liner (Scratch) By Les Bradshaw

  ( Contributed - by Les Bradshaw - 09/30/08) Brief: The Intersteller Cruise Liner consists of three segments. At the top, furthest away from the engines, is the cabin for the passengers with a set of canard fins. Next is the cargo section and finally the hyper-atomic engines. The liner has the ability to land on a planets surface with it telescoping legs (similar to those golden years ...

• Scratch Iridium Flare (Scratch) By Jeff Lane

  ( Contributed - by Jeff Lane - 01/11/06) Brief: A 16FNC rocket for C6-10s with parachute recovery and an ornamental tube fin. Construction: 18-inch BT-5,.04 by .25 extruded styrene (manufactured by Raboesch and purchased at Hobby Town), plastic Estes nose cone, prepared acetate, engine block, old engine casing, Kevlar ® /elastic shock cord, 12 inch Estes chute, and nose ...

• Scratch ISS Pluto (Scratch) By Chan Stevens

  ( Design this Spaceship Submission - by Chan Stevens - 09/29/06) The ISS Pluto Click on Pics to Enlarge       Well, Pluto may no longer be a planet, but the name will live on forever as the first Interplanetary Space Shuttle. The final version is not scheduled for completion until 2012 (and has not yet received funding), but a reasonable prototype can be ...

• Scratch IT (Scratch) By David Sindel

  ( Contributed - by David Sindel - 01/15/09) Brief: This is a MicroMaxx saucer made from scrap plastic parts. It's a great backyard flier. IT is short for Intra-Terrestrial, a play on ET. Construction: For the saucer-shaped part, most any roughly conical plastic parts will do. I used 2 cuttings from kits: the discarded large end of the tail cone from Space Ship One (the large ...

• Scratch Jon's Wacky Spool Rocket (Scratch) By Jon Revelle

  ( Contributed - by Jon Revelle - 03/12/06) Brief: This is a spool rocket that I built from an old Estes Alpha motor mount and an old Radio Shack copper wire spool. Construction: All you need to build this rocket is: A empty black Radio Shack Audio Cable spool with a hole in the middle large enough for an Estes BT-20 body tube BT-20 Body tube Green engine stopper ...

• Scratch Juliana's Javelin (Scratch) By Michael Jenkins

  ( Contributed - by Michael Jenkins - 01/29/07) Brief: This is a really tall rocket. The idea was to make a rocket long and thin with a minimum amount of effort. A really easy but impressive scratch built project. Construction: The rocket uses 2 stock BT-70 tubes as its core. You'll also need a BT-70 nosecone and a BT-70 tube coupler. For the motor mount, I used a 13 inch ...

• Scratch Jumpin' Dunkin (Scratch) By Scott Turnbull

  ( Contributed - by Scott Turnbull - 07/04/08) Brief: This is 13mm variation on my other saucer builds. It's made from the lid from a Dunkin Donuts coffee cup. Construction: Bill of materials: 1 coffee lid 2 foam board disks 1 13mm motor mount 1 launch lug These low power saucers go together very easy. I use Gorilla Glue for its ability to stick to ...

• Scratch Junkyard Transport (Scratch) By Jim Myers

  The following is the HTML interpretation of Jim's PDF submission. Please see the full PDF HERE (34M) INCLUDING TEMPLATES I opened up my box-o-parts with much anticipation. Here is a picture of the contents. Wow! Lots of stuff, now what to do with it. Looking through it further, There sure are a lot of tubes, and not a whole lot of balsa. This is begging to be a tube intensive rocket. ...

• Scratch Jupiter II (Scratch) By Glenn Roth

  ( Contributed - by Glenn Roth - 03/21/09) Brief: 11 "Finned" rocket that can be launched on a single "E" or staged (D12-0, D12-3) with a parachute recovery. Prototype: I built a protoype of my choice of rockets for the EMRR "Rockets of the Future." I choose to to do an 18mm version first. I gathered some cardboard, posterboard, and second hand parts, ...

• Scratch K'nex Rocket (Scratch) By Kyle Cornelius

  ( Contributed - by Kyle Cornelius - 07/13/05) Brief: This is what happens when you are too bored. Construction: Here is the list of components that I used: 1 7 inch long 18mm tube (body tube) 1 2 inch long 13mm tube (ejection cannon) 1 dime (to plug the 18mm tube) 1 1/2" by 1" peice of cardstock (to direct the parachute away from the body tube) 1 2 foot ...

• Scratch K.J. Express (Scratch) By Moira Jean Whitlock

  K.J. Express ( Contributed - by Moira Jean Whitlock) Height:  43.5" Width:  2.14" Weight:  18 oz Motor:  29mm Recovery:  Parachute Brief: This is a single-staged, three-finned 29mm engine rocket serving as a tribute to the Phoenix Suns and fans. It's also a wish that the lockout will end soon! It is meant for the NCR F62 and the G40. The fins ...

• Scratch Killer Bee (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 07/24/04) Brief: The Killer Bee is a 3" diameter rocket that I built around a set of Aerospace Composite fins from Giant Leap Rocketry. It sports a 29mm motor mount and zipperless construction. Construction: The following are the major components used: 1 LOC 3" plastic cone 1 3" tube, 14" long 1 3" tube, ...

• Scratch Klingon Special Forces Unit Transport (Scratch) By John Thompson

  ( Design this Spaceship Submission - by John Thompson - 07/17/06) Klingon Special Forces Unit Transport (Dedicate to Steve, a fellow employee, who passed away suddenly during the build of this rocket) Assembly Instructions Parts List: Type Count Size Dimensions Nosecone 1 NC 55 2 7/8 " long ...

• Scratch Klingon Targ (Scratch) By Clive Davis

  ( Contributed - by Clive Davis - 11/13/05) Brief: Loosely based on the Star Trek inspired Klingon Bird of Prey, the Klingon Targ was supposed to be a civilian ship designed for training pilots. It features two large wings, small fins and two tube fins, a thin neck, and a large forward compartment housing the parachute. Construction: Components consist of: BT-5 tubing ...

• Scratch Landshark 2.0 (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 07/14/08) Brief: My original Landshark flew on 38mm Js and sported some cool shark fin-shaped fins from Giant Leap. Since there was little hope it would ever fly again, I decided to reuse the fins on a much smaller and lighter model. The new version is 3" in diameter and flies on 29mm power. Construction: The parts list: ...

• Scratch Last Point (Scratch) By Duane Boldt

  ( Contributed - by Duane Boldt - 12/15/09) Brief: The "Last Point" is my last rocket for the 2009 EMRR Challenge. It is a scratch built, staged rocket using 13mm motors. Construction:   Parts List: 1 - 15 3/4" BT55 Body Tube (Sustainer) 1 - 2 3/16" BT55 Body Tube (Booster) 1 - 2" BT5 tube for Motor Mount (Sustainer) 1 - 2 ...

• Scratch Launch Controller (Scratch) By Matthew Hewson

  Model Rocket Launch Controller Description: Most commercial rocket controllers available to buy are either expensive or do not have many features. After a lot of searching I found nothing that met my needs. I wanted a controller that could work multiple pads, as well as being easy to set up and pack away, so I designed my own. It has the ability to control up to 8 pads through a 6 core ...

• Scratch Leif Erickson (Scratch) By John Thompson

  ( Contributed - by John Thompson - 11/09/08) Brief: My entry for the EMRR 2008 Design this Spaceship contest. I would rate this as a skill level three model. It is not a complicated build, but the modeler must use CA and epoxy to adhere different materials to each other. The modeler must form shrouds from cardstock, and this build requires using a power drill which a beginning ...

• Scratch Liddle V2 (Scratch) By Sean R Liddle

  ( Contributed - by Sean R. Liddle - 12/01/01) Brief: Scratch designed and built V2 using LOC nosecones and Estes body tube. Construction: One Estes BT-80 body tube, four fins (1/8" plywood), plywood centering ring (1), LOC MM2 motor mount kit, 1 inch elastic shock cord and 1/8 inch nylon cord shock cord mount, small eyebolts for mounting cord, two LOC 2.56 nosecones for nose and ...

• Scratch Lil Spike (Scratch) By Michael Mangieri

  ( Contributed - by Michael J. Mangieri - 12/12/05) Brief: A simple but nice looking 3FNC paper rocket. Construction: The majority of the rocket, except for the shock cord and streamer, is made of 110# cardstock paper. The fin cores are cut from presentation board. The template and instuctions can be downloaded here . Starting with the airframe, mark the reverse side of the ...

• Scratch Lil' Ivan Upscale (Scratch) By John Bergsmith

  The Lil' Ivan was originally a kit from Centuri, but now produced by Semroc. For whatever reason it's been a favorite of mine and I wanted a larger version. This version upscales to a BT-80 for a scaling factor of 1.61 for a design using a 24mm motor mount. Parts List: Main BT-80H Motor Tube BT50H (1) CR5080F (1) CR5080 lite ply Nose BNC-80HL Fins 1/8" Basswood 3/16" ...

• Scratch Little Brute (Scratch) By Matt Gillard

  Brief: This is my first attempt of a scale change. The Big Brute is a rocket that I built a few years back but have never flown. With the 2008 challenge calling for a scale change on a rocket, I thought I’d might as well get something from the original Big Brute. Looking through my collection of nose cones, the only one with the same profile as the Big Brute was a 13mm diameter nose ...

• Scratch Little Cluster FF (Scratch) By Preston Hoover

  ( Contributed - by Preston Hoover - 04/20/10) Brief: The Little Cluster FF was inspired by the Estes Big Bertha Kit. I used an eighteen inch BT-60 tube a paper nose cone made form a 4”x6" index card. The fins are the same as the Big Bertha’s. The engine mount is a double 18 mm mount for a BT-60 tube. I also included a homemade baffle. The Recovery system consists of an ...

• Scratch Little Guy (Scratch) By Brian Mardirosain

  ( Contributed - by Brian Mardirosian) Introduction: Up until Little Guy, all of my mid-power rockets have flown to less than 2000', well below what I used to obtain with my Comanche-3 over a decade ago (lost a stage on the second all-out flight). It was time to change that. Nose Cone: Pilfered from the old Estes supply in the good ol' range kit, BT55 Recovery System: Usual ...

• Scratch Little Joe 6 (Scratch) By Jeff Lane

  ( Contributed - by Jeff Lane - 05/31/05) Brief: Free paper scale model of 1959 Little Joe. Construction: Materials include 5 sheets of Canson Vellum Bristol 2 ply 8.5" x 11" (14" x 17" cut in half to go through a letter size printer), one 8.5" x 11" sheet of 1/4" foamboard. 1 sheet of Grafix silver metallic film (from grafixarts.com), Minwax ...

• Scratch Little Joe I (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 08/01/06) Brief: This is a very stand-off scale model of the Little Joe I. It is 2.6" in diameter, has a 29mm mount, and is based on a custom-turned Mercury capsule that was donated by an anonymous guest for the Nekkid Rocket Photo Contest . On the real Little Joe I, the body is larger in diameter than the capsule. In mine, the capsule fits ...

• Scratch Little John 1:12.8 (Scratch) By Chan Stevens

  ( Contributed - by Chan Stevens - 08/30/08) Brief: The Emerson Electric XM47, aka Little John (Honest John's baby brother), was the smallest nuclear-tipped missile in the Army's arsenal from the '60s. It had a fairly limited range of only about 11 miles and was retired from service in 1969. I was looking for a quick and easy scale project to knock off one of the EMRR 2008 ...

• Scratch Little Lil (Scratch) By Matt Gillard

    A short rocket with three clustered outboard motors, I called her Little Lil because she is little and lil ac in color. Made for the box o' parts 2009 competition, I sent myself the following items as I didn't have a design in mind and just put some stuff in a box. The parts list: Balsa sheets: 3/16", three sections 1/8", two sections ¼ two sections ...

• Scratch Little Meanie (Downscale) By Nick Esselman

  I have expressed and continue to express how much I enjoy flying my Nordic Rocketry Meanie kit. This kit has now logged 20 flights (as of 7/99) and is my traditional first flight at each launch. Well, liking this kit so much I first decided to build a 2x upscale. That venture was fun and very much a learning activity as my Meanie x2 crashed on it's first flight. I am nearly finished with the ...

• Scratch Little Red Max (Scratch) By Brian Ray

  ( Contributed - by Brian Ray - 11/03/09) Brief: This rocket was a leftover from a build I did for a family reunion launch. I threw together a pile of scratch rockets and let each of the kids pick one. This one wasn’t chosen by any of the kids so I worked into a variant of the Der Red Max. I call it the Little Red Max. Construction: My primary components were: ...

• Scratch Little Red Speedo (Scratch) By Ray King

  This is my submission for the EMRR Spaceship Design Competition as well as the EMRR Challenge #4. The rocket is designed to use an 18mm engine and 18” parachute recovery.   OK – the name – My Little Red Speedo – Hey the rocket is red, it is small, it is fast, what better name to create a little attention.   Components 1 - BT-50 White Body Tube ...

• Scratch Little-Big Rocket (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand - 07/28/05) Brief: Little-Big Rocket is a fantasy rocket design--my fantasy being that Estes and LOC would someday collaborate on a product that could be a sort of a transitional training rocket that could be built and flown by a father and child and using both Estes motors and E-F Aerotech motors. Not that beefing up and overpowering Estes kits with ...

• Scratch Live Wire Spool (Scratch) By Lance Alligood

  ( Contributed - by Lance Alligood - 07/01/04) Brief: This is a spool very much in the vein of those like Scott's Spool Rocket and Dick Stafford's Lobbin' Bobbin except it has a 24mm motor mount. Construction: Recently I was in the electrical department of my local home improvement store where I inquired as to what they did with their empty wire spools. Believe it or not, ...

• Scratch Lobbin' Bobbin (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 10/01/02) Brief: I've been reading about spool rockets on r.m.r for a long time, and had a big plastic spool stashed for several years. A recent set of posts renewed my interest, and I went ahead and built one. Someone had built a similarly sized spool with a 29mm mount, which only reached an altitude of about 100 ft. I decided I wanted a bit mor ...

• Scratch Longsword Starfighter (Scratch) By Todd Mullin

  (by Todd Mullin - 07/06/08) Brief: The concept was deceptively easy. Have as many of your online rocketry acquaintances as you can talk into it send you a small box of parts. The parts would then be randomized and sent back. Then everyone's scratch building skills would kick in and some of the coolest rockets ever seen would emerge! I was more than happy when EMRR liked my suggestion ...

• Scratch Lord of the Rings (Scratch) By Jim Zamecnik

  A 3-stage scratch built. Clustered 1st stage, gap-staged: 3xC6-0 > D12-0 > D12-7. Ring fin on each stage. Payload bay for Magnetic Apogee Detector ejection. motor ejection charge is baffled (Kaplow-type baffle) See RockSim file for specs. All parts are standard items from Totally Tubular or Estes, with the exception of the 4" diam. ring fins, which were cut from a "Swiss Miss" hot ...

• Scratch Los Alamos Chicken (Scratch) By Jeff Lane

  ( Contributed - by Jeff Lane - 04/19/08) Brief: A large plastic Easter egg with nuclear waste-colored legs bustin' out. Since it's from Los Alamos, it's a mutant with three legs. Construction: The parts include: 1 8" diameter Easter egg ($1 post-Easter sale at Hobby Town). 1 2" diameter Christmas wrapping paper tube 1 29mm thin-wall Apogee motor tube ...

• Scratch Love Boat AKA. Lifeboat (Scratch) By Ray King

  Brief: This is my second entry for the EMRR “Spaceship Design Contest – 2009”. The name I had previously used and planned to submit was the “The Lifeboat” because of the intended use of the X-38, but during the launches today my cousin’s kids started calling it “The Love Boat”. So I decide to change the name to: THE LOVE BOAT. Plans : ...

• Scratch Lucky 13 (Scratch) By Layne Pemberton

  ( Contributed - by Layne Pemberton - 07/05/05) Brief: Over the last few months I have built several paper rockets, including a V2, Friede, and N-1 downloaded from Ralph Currell's website . I thoroughly enjoyed the experience, too, so the next most feasible step was to build and fly a paper rocket. Thus was born Lucky #13. You will find out about the name later. It is patterned after ...

• Scratch Lucky 13 (Scratch) By Tommy Owens

  ( Contributed - by Tommy Owens - 08/01/09) Brief: When putting together my box of parts I had no idea what to expect and so crammed as much of my rocket "junk" into the box as possible. After starting the contest, however, I realized that I did not have the experience or engine power to cram everything onto one rocket. Because I had no idea what to build I did what ...

• Scratch Lump-O-Lead (Scratch) By Matt Gillard

  ( Contributed - by Matt Gillard - 12/14/07) Brief: I was full of good ideas for the glider that I was going to make. None of these came to be and instead I made a pop pod glider. I foolishly went for a large (ish) glider as I did not want to simply replicate a glider that I already had. The result was a glider that needs at least a D to lift it, but will also shred on a D. ...

• Scratch LUNA III (Scratch) By Chiel Klijn

  (by Chiel Klijn - 12/20/02) Note: This is a slightly condensed version of all the information that Chiel has produced for his Level 3 project. Visit the Tripoli Netherlands site (look under Projecten) to read the additional information and enjoy additional pictures. General The Luna III is a high power rocket in its design, weight and performance. The construction is only of high ...

• Scratch Maceys Meat Department (Scratch) By Ken Adams

  This was a scratch built design using leftover paper tubes from the local meat department. Only part that wasn't scratch was the Shockwave nosecone. The original Rocksim file is "The Shockwave" before I decided it would be a theme rocket to hang in my meat department for the 4th of July. Components Airframe tubing was left over tubes from freezer paper. Coupler ...

• Scratch Mach 10+ (Upscale) By Bill Eichelberger

  B rief: I began building upscale versions of classic kits more out of necessity than for a desire for bigger rockets. I found early on that while a lot of the nose cones for the old kits that I wanted to recreate were no longer available in the 1:1 size, they were occasionally available in larger sizes. (They weren't always exact replicas, but close enough for me.) The Estes Rogue and Satellite ...

• Scratch Mach 10+ (Scratch) By Bob Hvarven

  ( Contributed - by Bob Hvarven) Brief: An Approx. 2X upscale of the Centuri MACH 10 (Mig 15 Jet looking) Boost Glider made around 1972. Recovery is glide with jettisoned nose cone using streamer or small parachute. Construction: This rocket is easy to build and should be no problem to anyone who has scratch built before. There are no items that need special attention as construction ...

• Scratch Mach 1 (Scratch) By Jason Vennard

  (by Jason Vennard - 02/02/06) Brief: As I've progressed through the hobby, I've been achieving higher altitudes and faster speeds. I finally decided I wanted to attempt a Mach busting rocket, however, I wanted to make it tougher to do and chose to build one that utilized no composites. This paper tube 3FNC bird was designed to be 3" diameter x 60" long, weighed in at 61oz, ...

• Scratch Mach Buster 1 (Scratch) By Neil Thompson

  ( Contributed - by Neil Thompson (age 12) - 09/10/03) Brief: This is a single staged HPR capable rocket. It can use anything from a big E to a J570. It can easily break Mach 1 on an H, and can reach Mach 2 on a J. Construction: The Mach Buster 1 uses a fiberglassed phenolic airframe, PML solid urethane nose, Acme fin can and launch lugs, Kevlar ® heat shield and shock ...

• Scratch Mach Madness (Scratch) By Jeff Lane

  ( Contributed - by Jeff Lane - 04/03/05) Brief: "Mach 1-2-3" Virtual Rocket Contest entry built as a single-stage flyer. Construction: The rocket consists of 1 Estes Mosquito nose cone, 1 BT-5 tube, 3/32" balsa fin stock (used for 15 fins), 1 balsa 5-20 transition, 1 BT20 tube, 1 Estes 20-55 centering ring, 1 custom bristol transition, 1 custom bristol body tube ...

• Scratch Mach my Words (Scratch) By Moira Jean Whitlock

  Mach My Words ( Contributed - by Moira Jean Whitlock) Height:  20.5" Width:  1.14" Weight:  7 oz Motor:  29mm Recovery:  Parachute Brief:   This is a three-finned, single-staged machbreaker inspired by Impulse Aerospace's Machbuster, but made of lighter materials and greater diameter to allow use of standard 29mm motors. Construction: ...

• Scratch Magnetic Apogee Detection Sensor (Electronics) By Robert Galejs

  Introduction: Nearly everyone is familiar with the horizontal component of the Earth’s magnetic field. It is this component that allows compasses to point north. Over most of the Earth, this horizontal field is only a small component of the total field. Figure 1 shows a simplified representation of the Earth’s dipole field, it resembles the field due to a bar magnet. The field lines ...

• Scratch Marauder (Scratch) By Bill Eichelberger

  ( Contributed - by Bill Eichelberger - 08/10/02) Brief: The Marauder was my re-introduction to scratch building after getting back into the hobby in early 2001. In my early days in rocketry 20+ years ago I had enjoyed scratch building to the point that no paper tube in the house was safe from my “creative” eye. (Luckily no pictures exist of any of these early creations, although ...

• Scratch Margin of Error (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  (by Dick Stafford - 6/22/05) Background I really love the 5" Quaker Oats bins (and I like the contents too - tastes good, helps your cholesterol, and even is relatively low carb). My previous rocket was made out of three bins (four if you count the one I cut up for couplers) and used a clear plastic Easter egg for the nose cone. I made the fins out of 1 1/8" (or thereabouts) ...

• Scratch Mark II (Upscale) (Scratch) By Dennis McClain-Furmanski

  (by Dennis McClain-Furmanski - 09/06/04) Brief: Upscale of Orville Carlisle's original model rocket kit, the Rock-A-Chute Mk II with appropriate mods for mid-power flight. Construction: The parts list: 12.25" of BT-70 body tube "E" size 24mm motor mount (two 50/70 centering rings, 4" of 24mm/BT50 tube, 3.75" engine hook, and 20/50 centering ring for ...

• Scratch Mark III (Scratch) By Darren Longhorn

  Mark III ( Contributed - by Darren Longhorn) I thought I had made a mistake with this one, I could never add enough nose weight to make it stable during a spin test. I was trying to make a really small diameter tube, by wrapping paper around a wooden spoon handle. There wasn't going to be a recovery system, the engine was going to eject, and the rocket would tumble back. Since then I've ...

• Scratch Mark II (Scratch) By Darren Longhorn

  Mark II ( Contributed - by Darren Longhorn) The body was made from an aluminium foil core, a tube approximately 25mm in diameter and 300mm long. It had balsa fins, right angled triangles about 50mm long on the opposite and adjacent sides. The fins passed through the body tube and formed spacers onto which the engine mount would fit. The engine mount was made from floppy disk labels ...

• Scratch Mark IV (Scratch) By Darren Longhorn

    This was my most ambitious rocket to date. By now I had found a shop in Leeds ( The Model Shop, 88 Cross Gates Road, Leeds, LS15 7NL Tel 0113 2646117) which had a reasonable selection of engines, even Ds, so I had to build a rocket which could fly one. I got a larger core from a roll of aluminium foil for the main body, and used the same sized tube as the MkII for the upper section. ...

• Scratch Mark VI (Scratch) By Darren Longhorn

  Mark VI ( Contributed - by Darren Longhorn) The success of the MkV made me start to think a bout the bigger tubes I had stacked in the corner. If I could cluster four engines, why not six? Why not use D engines? I had a tube that would hold seven 24mm mounts, but it wasn't really long enough. So I decided to built a rocket reminiscent of the MkIV, with a transition, and forward fins. ...

• Scratch Mark V (Scratch) By Darren Longhorn

    The MkV was my first cluster design. It's made from a 55mm cardboard postal tube with 1mm thick balsa fins and a balsa nose cone. It's powered by four 18mm engines. They have to be C's . . . really! After consulting with the guys on r.m.r I've made a new ignition system. It's based around two 6v lead-acid batteries ( wired in series to give 12v), so I shouldn't have any problems ...

• Scratch Martian Madness (Scratch) By Bob Hart

  Note: This is a slightly condensed version of all the information that Bob has produced for his Level 3 project. Introduction This project has consumed more time than I ever imagined, but it looks like I'm finally ready. I chose the name "Martian Madness" because several of us in the club are "Marvin the Martian" fans and I thought it would make for an interesting paint job. (This picture is ...

• Scratch Massive Gassive (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  This is a cluster rocket based on a Crayon bank, which will help eat up my stash of D12-0s. It has one central 24mm motor mount surrounded by a ring of six motor mounts. On three sides, there is an additional 24mm mount, for a total of 10. The name of this rocket just popped into my head one day. I hadn't heard or thought of this phrase for years. My thanks to The Greaseman ! The center seven ...

• Scratch Max-Q-Tip (Scratch) By Moira Jean Whitlock

    This is a daring single stage rocket designed to go supersonic and yet hold together. It also will go quite high, so do check your waiver! It's quite easy to build. The fin set is a 38mm Acme fin canister obtained through Northern Hobbies on ROL auctions. The body tube is a standard 36 inch length of 38mm flexible phenolic tubing. The fin canister is epoxied onto one end of this ...

• Scratch Maxi Scamp (Scratch) By J Stuart Powley

  ( Contributed - by J. Stuart Powley - 04/17/07) Brief: I've always been a fan of the mid-'70s Estes fleet. I cloned a Goblin a couple of years ago and I was looking to do something that would compliment it well. Upon looking through my '77 Estes catalog I settled on the Scamp. However, the spare parts I had weren't quite right. What could I do with a BT-60 body tube and plastic nose ...

• Scratch Maxi-Wizard (Upscale) By Bill Eichelberger

  BT-80, E-powered 3.5x upscale of the Estes Wizard, one of my favorite rockets of the 70's.  As you might imagine, this was a fairly simple build, but that didn't stop me from finding a way to make a "gotcha" of my very own.   I started the build back in 2002 after attending NARAM 43 with my brother-in-law.  Tony had brought an Estes Phoenix to NARAM, and while we ...

• Scratch Mega Blast (Scratch) By Douglas Gardei

  ( Contributed - by Douglas Gardei) The MegaBlast is my first High Power rocket of my own design. This is the "journal" of its construction. Hold your mouse over the photo to read the description. Click on the photos to view the larger picture. The MegaBlast is constructed out of LOC 4" tubing, and uses a single 38mm H motor. Original, my plans called for ...

• Scratch Mega Missile Toe (Scratch) By Bill Eichelberger

  ( Contributed - by Bill Eichelberger - 01/26/10) Brief: BT-80 based, 24mm powered upscale of the Estes Goonybird Missile Toe. (Think Fat Boy with added personality.) Construction: The parts list: PNC-80BB nose cone 8" BT-80 main body tube 4-3/8" BT-60 First Aid tube BT-50J motor tube 24mm engine block 2 CR-5080 18mm engine hook 36" length ...

• Scratch Mercury Transport 18mm (Scratch) By Shane Tunkin

  ( Contributed - by Shane Tunkin) Brief: After reading about the unique fin design of the Mercury Transport in an Apogee Components newsletter, I thought this would be a great project and something to get my teeth into, to become a better rocket builder. Using the original EMRR design brief I worked out that I could find or build all the parts needed. My previous rocket projects had ...

• Scratch Mercury Transport 18mm (Scratch) By Nick Esselman

  ( Contributed - by EMRR - 05/10/02) The Mercury Transport is a new design from Essence Aerospace Technologies (EAT). Its main purpose is to transport 4 passengers the 91.8 Million Kilometers to the planet Mercury for observation, study and experimentation in a high temperature, zero gravity, high sun-radiation environment. The Mercury Transport has fins that are suspended over the inner ...

• Scratch Mercury Transport 29mm (Scratch) By Nick Esselman

    Feeling a little bit like Rocky (you know, "I did it Adrian, I did it!"), I completed my 29mm Mercury Transport. I originally planned on building this rocket, but built an 18mm version first just to test out the design. It worked and so did this 29mm version. I actually built this almost two years ago, but there hasn't been an appropriate Descon to enter it into, so ta-da.... The ...

• Scratch Micro Darmok (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  I ran across some teardrop-shaped plastic Christmas ornaments that I intended to use as wing-tip pods. However, I quickly saw the similarity to Rocket Team Vatsaas' Darmok and Jilad at Tenagra . I love their bulbous rocket designs, so I just had to build one. Plastic ornament 6mm tube 1/64” ply Thin Kevlar Lead shot Section of a spent Estes motor spacing tube ...

• Scratch Micro Slam Dunk (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 11/20/01) Brief: The Micro Slam Dunk is a Sputnik style Micro-Maxx rocket. Its major components include a basketball-shaped shoe deodorizer and four bamboo skewers. Construction: While cleaning up the basement, I ran across an old shoe deodorizer that looked like a basketball. I stuffed it away in my junk box thinking "nose cone" ...

• Scratch Micro Sputnik (Scratch) By Ken Johnson

  Brief: A lilliputian scale-down of one of my favorite rockets, the Spudnik. Or, in other words, I've too much time on my hands. The materials were all scrap, destined for the dustbin. So, one rainy Saturday night with nothing to do, I decided to build a replacement for my son's crippled space traveller, the Spudnik. All I used was a 1 inch styrofoam ball left over from a Christmas decoration ...

• Scratch Micro Titan III-C MOL (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 10/01/01) Brief: This Micro Maxx rocket is a semi-scale model of the Titan III C Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) mock-up, which included a stretched version of the Titan III C topped with a Gemini capsule. Although the actual MOL never was built, the mock-up did fly on November 3, 1966. For more info, see "Rockets of the World", by Peter Alway. ...

• Scratch Micro Viking (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 10/01/01) Brief: An easy to build, semi-scale model of the Viking sounding rocket for MMX-II motors. Construction: While waiting for my Nano Rocketry kits and tubes, I decided to rummage around my junk pile to see what I could use to make my own nano-sized rocket. I quickly found one of the tubes that the Aerotech First Fire igniters come in. ...

• Scratch MicroFoam DARockeT (Scratch) By Scott Turnbull

  ( Contributed - by Scott Turnbull) Brief: Converted a Generic Foam Dart to MicroMaxx Power. I hereby dub thee a MicroFoam DARockeT. Modifications: A length of barrel was cut from a round pen to form a motor mount tube. Two 1/8" wide centering rings were cut from the "A" casing. The tube was wrapped in masking tape until the rings were a snug fit. The centering rings ...

• Scratch MicroMaxx Mega Pad (Scratch) By Carl Tulanko

  I have been flying MicroMaxx rockets with my kids for a long time now, and through our endeavors, we have made many improvements in certain areas pertaining to the MMX line. One of the first changes we made was to the launch pad/controller; the controller with a 9V battery was barely adequate for launching anything consistently, so we switched to using my homemade HPR single launcher and ...

• Scratch Micromaxx Spool Rocket (Scratch) By Mark Kulka

  ( Contributed - by Mark Kulka - 12/01/08) Brief: To a 3-year old with a hammer, everything looks like a nail. And to the rocketry-obsessed at any age, everything eventually looks like a rocket. A chance trip to a craft store yielded the ideal material for a small spool rocket. Construction: Parts included: 7/8" hardwood mini-spool, "old-fashioned" style - ...

• Scratch MicroSoar Ellipse (Scratch) By Peter Clay

  ( Contributed - by Peter W. Clay) As soon as I got my hands on some Quest Micro-Maxx motors, my first thought was to build a glider. The first, Flit, had only a 3" wingspan, pudgy, thick wings, and balsa body stick. The second, Flake, may be seen elsewhere in EMRR because it was an entry in DesCon V. In both cases I was thrilled with a 35-foot boost and six-second glide, but I ...

• Scratch Midi Brute (Scratch) By Paul Morris

  ( Contributed - by Paul Morris - 03/26/08) Brief: A down scale version of a Big Brute. My brother had done a down scale of this rocket so I thought I’d do a medium scaled one, this time a 25% reduction. Based around a two-piece NC-50 nose cone from a Gemini DC kit. Construction: BT-50 body tube two-piece NC-50 nose cone 2 50-20 centering rings 18mm motor ...

• Scratch Mighty Moe (L3) (Scratch) By Moe Bertrand

  ( Contributed - by Moe Bertrand - 10/28/08) Brief: In early 2008 I decided I'd build a large version of the Estes Mighty Moe for my Level 3 certification attempt. My self-imposed timetable meant I had about 9 months to plan and build the rocket so I could make my L3 attempt at the annual Superstition Spacemodeling Society "G. Harry Stine Memorial Launch" to be held at ...

• Scratch MIM 23X Superhawk (Scratch) By Andrew Bronfein

  This is quite an easy project compared to some of the rockets I have designed which will all be posted here.  It will be a nice start for the novice who wants to get into mid-power rocketry. Click  above image for full size pic.  Parts List:  1 2.6" Body Tube (I use Vaughn Brothers BT 2.6)  2 Estes BT80a Nose Cones (Phoenix Style)  1 10" section of BT-50 Body ...

• Scratch Mini Aimers (Scratch) By Royce Clay, Jr.

  ( Contributed - by Royce Clay, Jr.) Brief: Single Stage, streamer recovery. Construction: Body Tube: One Estes BT-5 4.5 inches long. NoseCone: PNC-5. Fins: 3, 1/16 Basswood. One Motor Block: Cardboard. Shock Cord: 10 inch of 70lb. Kevlar ® Steamer: Red Mylar 1.5 X 15 inch. This took about an hour to build. The painting took a little longer, 2 colors ...

• Scratch Mini Armageddon (Scratch) By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  ( Contributed - by Drake Damerau - 06/01/02) Brief: I liked my DG&A Armageddon so much that I wanted to build a smaller version that I could fly with my kids up at the school. I started with some Estes BT-60 body tubes that I had leftover from another build. The original Armageddon has a 4" body tube so that makes the BT-60 a 0.4 scale or 2.5 times smaller. Bill of Materials: ...

• Scratch Mini Classics (Scratch) By Ted Phipps

  ( Contributed - by Ted Phipps - 05/20/03) Here’s a rocket project perfect for a weekend too windy or rainy to fly rockets. All you need is a package of Estes BT-5 tubing and a pack (or two) of PNC-5 nosecones. From these simple beginnings, plus balsa stock and various odds and ends you probably already have around, you can build downscales of the following all-time greats: ...

• Scratch Mini Mars (Scratch) By Ian Cinnamon

  ( Contributed - by Ian Cinnamon - 12/02/07) Brief: This rocket is for the Design this Spaceship contest! This is an entry for design #1. This rocket is made out of around-the-house parts - no special parts required! Construction: Parts Required: - BT-55 Ogive Nose Cone (must be balsa) - BT-55 Tubing (about 3") - BT-20 MMT (about 3") - Cardstock ...

• Scratch Mini Phoenix (Downscale) By Eric Christensen

  Brief: This is a Phoenix built from 4x downscaling the original Estes kit. It is much less expensive to fly as it uses 18mm motors and 1 sheet of wadding or less, compared to the original using 24mm motors and 14 sheets of wadding. Nose Cone - Reliant/Viking BT-20 (filled with modelling clay) Custom 7" parachute made from a shopping bag Custom 7" shock cord made from 2 rubber ...

• Scratch Mini Space Racer (Scratch) By Clive Davis

  ( Contributed - by Clive Davis - 03/30/05) Brief: This rocket is a downscale of the Model Minutes Space Racer. Since I have the "kit" on CD-ROM, all I had to do was print up the files on the computer. Since I was interested in created a MicroMaxx rocket, I reduced the rocket to 25% of the original size and also selected the non-colored version of the rocket so that I could ...

• Scratch Mini V2 (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 11/01/00) Brief: My Mini-V2 is a semi-scale model based on BT-50 tubing. I was motivated to build this V2 after seeing plans for a BT-20 version that appeared in the January 1989 issue of American Spacemodeling. The Mini-V2 is a simple model and was constructed using "scrap" materials laying around from other projects. Construction: ...

• Scratch Mini-Patriot (Scratch) By Steve Carr

  ( Contributed - by Steve Carr - 10/10/05) Brief: This is a minimum diameter 13mm downscale of the Estes Enduring Freedom Patriot Missile. It could also be considered a downscale of the Estes OOPs Mini Patriot. Plus there are a couple of other of versions that I'm aware of. This is the latest version of this paint job that I have done. I have done the upscale and downscale of this ...

• Scratch Mini-Toobah (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 06/02/08) Brief: Last year, I received samples of the new Hartle Engineering solid resin nose cones from JonRocket . I've been remiss in submitting a review. Thanks, and my apologies John!. Hartle offers three styles of BT-5 cones and one BT-20 cone. You can see all of them on JonRocket's nose cone page . This review will describe the cones and ...

• Scratch Mirror Image (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed by Dick Stafford 08/26/06) Brief: I couldn't believe it when my wife spotted the Guillow's foam Shuttles on clearance at Michael's Crafts. I am finally getting her fully trained to spot rocket components. Anyway, I bought two more of them. I found the review of the Twin Shuttle and decided to build something similar. Mine uses a similar but different design to hold ...

• Scratch MMX AGM-12B Bullpup (Scratch) By John Partridge

  Brief: The basis for this model was John McCoy's MMX plan sheet found on the MMX Yahoo group. I made a few modifications to John's plans because I didn't know where to find all of the parts and I don't have the tools to make my own. I can't turn nosecones so I went shopping and found one that looked darn close from FlisKits. I also did not have a tail cone and could not find anything co ...

• Scratch MMX Club Launch Rack (Scratch) By John Lee

  ( Contributed - by John Lee - 02/23/10) Brief: In checking my club's flight cards for the last 2.5 years, I find that there have been 8 MMX launches. All of them were done by me. I have tried to see if there was any interest in an informal MMX contest of some type on several occasions and there was not. In delving a bit deeper, I learned that MMX was not disdained because of ...

• Scratch MMX Sputnik (Scratch) By Clive Davis

  ( Contributed - by Clive Davis - 06/25/06) Brief: This is a Micromaxx version of the old Sputnik model rocket that used dowels and a styrofoam ball. Construction: My MMX Sputnik requires: 1 styrofoam ball (approx. 1" in diameter) 3 toothpicks 1 piece of fiberboard (for the foot pods) 1 small piece of T2+ body tube 1 small piece of MMX style launch lug ...

• Scratch Model Rocket Locator (Electronics) By Jerry Baumeister

  The following circuits are very simple to make. For the first circuit, use a small piece of perfboard to mount the components. The locator will blink the LEDs alternately and sound a loud beeping tone....very effective for locating anything lost in the weeds or in the dark. The second locator uses a small piece of circuit board. Etch a small grove down the middle on the foil side of the ...

• Scratch Moldy Crow (Scratch) By Peter Smith

  ( Contributed - by Peter Valenteen - 10/20/03) Brief: A 29mm minimum diameter rocket. Construction: one 30" length of PML 29mm tubing one 29mm PML conical nosecone one "Econo-Jet spacer" for motor block a small sheet of 1/32 inch G10 fiberglass 7' of small tubular Kevlar ® from Pratt one 40" by 2" Mylar streamer one 6" square ...

• Scratch Monolith (Scratch) By Geoffrey Kerbel

  (by Geoffrey Kerbel - 11/23/05) Brief: The Monolith is a single stage, mini motor all paper rocket.The Monolith started out as one of those "lets see if this works" projects. After many starts and stops, I was about to give up on the project when I found out about the EMRR Challenge and saw some of the paper rockets that had been built already. After seeing what really ...

• Scratch Moonship (Scratch) By Geof Givens

  ( Contributed - by Geof Givens - 12/12/05) Brief: Imagine steering your own Moonship beyond Earth's atmosphere while you chart a course to the moon and your sweetie is in the galley fixing up some chow. When you reach the moon, you'll meet your pals for a fun-filled afternoon before returning home to finish your schoolwork. Yes, it's 1955 and the age of space exploration is here at ...

• Scratch Morbidly Obese Boy (Scratch) By Jeff Lane

  ( Contributed - by Jeff Lane - 07/24/05) Brief: This is a fatter Fat Boy. It has the same body tube length but 42% more diameter. Construction: The nose cone is a resin covered Styrofoam egg from Hobby Lobby. The body tubes are Bristol paper printed with an ink jet printer and then rolled to shape. The fins are 3/32" balsa. Finally, there is a 1/4 inch elastic shock cord ...

• Scratch Mosquito 301 (Scratch) By Matthew Gillard

  ( Contributed - by Matt Gillard - 03/23/10) Brief: This year’s 2010 challenge included an upscale of 2+ which was very fortunate for me as I was in the process of doing a series of upscales on the Estes Mosquito. This upscale is a 301% based around a big bertha nose cone. Construction: The components for the kit consist of: A Big Bertha nose cone. 6.02 inches ...

• Scratch Mosquito 3X (Upscale) By Moe Bertrand

  Brief: I built this great little performer during 2007 and I’ve flown it a number of times since then. I like the Mosquito design and I have an original I built in 1992. As “cheap” as they are to clone, I don’t want to lose my original so I built a bigger version that is much easier to track in flight and find once back on the ground. Since the original is BT-5, my BT-60 ...

• Scratch Multi-Launch Controller (Other Product) By Eric Miller

  I was cruising the B.A.R. and Rocketry Web rings a few month's ago and became inspired by some homemade launch systems I found in Cyber Space. I was dissatisfied with the performance of my Estes Launch Control (a wimpy 9 volts of power) but what could I do? It was a constant source of embarrassment when I would launch with friends and family and after countdown...N-O-T-H-I-N-G!!! I grinned with ...

• Scratch Mustang Jr. (Scratch) By Michael Mangieri

  ( Contributed - by Michael J. Mangieri - 11/27/05) Brief: The Mustang Jr. is a half-scale version of the single stage mid-power Mustang from AeroTech. I've always thought the Mustang was a great kit--slender rocket, good looks, and great performer. I always wanted to fly here at home in my front yard, but that was out of the question with the tree lines all around. So, I decided to ...

• Scratch My Little Cupcake (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 10/01/01) Brief: This is a very simple "flying saucer" style rocket for Micro Maxx motors. Its main component is a 2 ½" paper baking cup. Construction: The materials used include: one 2 ½"paper baking cup, one Styrofoam picnic plate, one piece of note paper, masking tape, and a 2 ½" long Estes launch lug. ...

• Scratch My Mind's Eye (Scratch) By Douglas Gerrard

  (by Douglas R Gerrard - 12/20/02) Note: This is a slightly modified version of all the information that Doug has produced for his Level 3 project. Visit his site to read the additional information and enjoy additional pictures. Introduction I entered high power rocketry in 1988 for the sole purpose to fly camera rockets. I have been flying model rockets since 1973 but the class C ...

• Scratch Mystery Rocket (Scratch) By Dave Sutter

    I wanted to build something. Something different. Something very different. But what? I had been reading G. Harry Stine's Handbook of Model Rocketry , and was thinking about stability. You need the weight up front, and the fin area out back. The motor is definitely the heaviest part, so it made sense to have that up front. But, you can't just stuff it way up inside the body tube ...

• Scratch NASA Pegasus (Upscale) By Bob Harrington

  This is an upscale of the OOP Estes Industries NASA Pegasus. The plans are available from Ye Olde Rocket Shoppe . It's a futuristic spaceplane type model, which happens to be a style that I particularly like. I built a standard sized clone which was reviewed previously. I used the dimensions to make the upscale version. The design has four fins with 2 wings and 2 rudders. Two long body ...

• Scratch Naughty or Nice Santa Rocket (Scratch) By Keith Stewart

  ( Contributed - by Keith M. Stewart - 12/08/05) Brief: The Naughty or Nice Santa Rocket was made for the December 2004 club launch of SEARS572 which had a Christmas theme. All the parts are basic "Estes" type with the fins and finishing being the only creative aspects of this rocket. Construction: To build the Naught or Nice Santa Rocket you need the following: 1 - ...

• Scratch Neutron (Scratch) By Ray King

  Brief: This is my entry for the EMRR “Retro Spaceship” rocket design. When this contest was first introduced I was very excited that I finally had a good excuse to build a vacuum former so I picked “Cool Rockets Space Bucket”. My daughter who helped throughout build said it looks like a rocket that Jimmy Neutron would build so we have named it “The Neutron.” ...

• Scratch New Centurion (Scratch) By Chris Gonnerman

    This is my upgrade/semi-clone of the classic Centuri Centurion. It incorporates an offset-tube baffle, breaks at the midline (at the baffle) and features three interchangeable engine mounts: 1x18mm, 2x18mm, and 1x24mm D/E. Cygnus 1x24mm E Engine Mount Kit Cygnus 2x18mm Engine Mount Kit Cygnus 1x18mm Engine Mount Kit (4) BT-60 Tube Couplers from Uncle Mike's Rocket ...

• Scratch Night Hawk (Scratch) By Donald Besaw Jr

  ( Contributed - by Donald Besaw Jr - 08/01/01) Brief: This is a rocket that I designed for small fields. It is single staged, flies on Estes A10-3T motors to about 200 feet and uses a streamer for recovery. Construction: Materials required: 2 Estes BT-20 body tubes 2 Estes NC-20 nose cones (Yankee Style) 1 Estes NC-20 nose cone (Viking Style) 1 Estes Mini Motor Mount Kit ...

• Scratch Night Stalker (Scratch) By Bill Eichelberger

  While shopping for snap swivels in my local Wal Mart sporting goods department, I noticed a couple of different light up bobbers that looked like they'd be suitable for nose cones for night launches.  Sold under the name Night Bobby, there were two styles, a conical shaped one and a round one, both available in red or yellow.  The base looked like it might fit in a BT-50 without ...

• Scratch Nike Phoenix (Scratch) By Philip Wentz

  After the second launch of my Estes Firestorm, the rocket became tangled in a tree upon descent. Because the tree was on the edge of a clearing and was hanging from a small branch, I attempted to get it back. This spanned a few weeks and involved everything from trying to snag it with an extendable lightbulb-installing pole to attempting to hook it with a fishing rod. Eventually the shock ...

• Scratch No Fins Required (Scratch) By Mark Schrader

  Spin stabilized finless rocket. This is an unusual rocket that uses two 13mm canted motors to induce a spin. Clay ballast is packed around the lower portion of the nose cone to improve gyro stability. It is a four engine cluster consisting of two 18mm motor mounts and two canted 13 mm motor mounts. The 13mm motor mounts are capped so at ejection the motors themselves are ejected. Since ...

• Scratch No Name (Scratch) By Paul Lane

  ( Contributed - by Paul Lane - 07/06/08) First off thank you for the humongous box of parts. The only thing was/is that with that many parts to use, I would still be building. I just used my inspiration and picked the best parts that would build a rocket that could fly on a single use AeroTech F or G motor. I ended up selecting (naturally) the strongest "huskiest" tubes. I ...

• Scratch Nomad (Scratch) By Bob Athanasidy

  ( Contributed - by Bob Athanasidy - 08/30/06) Brief: Single stage Centuri Classic circa '73 - '81. Upscaled for 24mm motor C & D. Construction: Stats Original Upscale: Length 18 in 23.4 in Diameter (Inside) 1 in 1.3 Fin Root L 2 7/16 3 1/8 Fin Topline Length 2.25 3 in (close enough) Fin Trailing Length 2 in 2 19/32nd Vane Width 3/8 in ½ in Vane ...

• Scratch Noodle Toober (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 05/22/06) Brief: When I saw a pool noodle with a 2.5" hole down the middle, I immediately saw a rocket. A tube finned rocket. Boink recovery. What a way to start the Spring! I named the rocket Noodle Toober to pay homage to MDRA member Dave Webber's Toober , which has logged 200 high power flights. Construction: The components/materials ...

• Scratch Nova SS (Scratch) By Bill Eichelberger

  This project, like a lot of good ones before it, happened by accident.  I'd bought two TA-6070 transitions from Semroc with the idea of restoring my badly flightworn upscale of the Centuri Taurus, but as it had turned out, I was able to use the transitions from the original project.  This left me with two beautiful balsa transitions without a home, and one night as I was ...

• Scratch Now That's What I Call a Funnel (Scratch) By Sascha Grant

  Huge plastic funnel. 29mm motor mount. Tumble recovery. Parts include: 11.25" x 14.5" Big red plastic funnel 9" x 29mm motor mount tube 2 x 3mm ply centering rings (one about 4.5" and the other about 2.5") .25" launch lug I saw this huge funnel in a local 'rubber & plastic' retail store a couple of weeks ago and 'rocket' was the first thing that came to mind. The ...

• Scratch Obelisk (Scratch) By Ken Johnson

  A two-stage rectangular rocket, made from a couple of toothpaste boxes, that resembles the Washington Monument. I was brushing my teeth one day, and looked down at the empty toothpaste box, and thought "Why not?" So, the plan for Obelisk was born. I took 1/8" balsa and formed the nose, which is hollow, and the fins, which are solidly mounted to the body with ordinary white glue. I ...

• Scratch OBXLFP1 (Homer) (Scratch) By Bruce O'Brien

  (by Bruce O'Brien - 12/20/02) Note: This is a slightly condensed version of all the information that Bruce has produced for his Level 3 project. Introduction: Early this year, I decided I would build my Level 3 project this summer. After contemplating a clustered Pterodactyl, and a large Nike Smoke, I looked around my shop and decided I would scratch build from polyethylene. This ...

• Scratch OctoPod (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  OctoPod was created to test how well an 8-tube HPR tubefin would perform compared to the 5-tube, 6-tube and 7-tube tubefin rockets I have described previously on EMRR. Everybody at the field kept telling me "so if you say in your articles that 6 is better than 5, and 7 is better than 6, why haven't you tested an 8-tuber?". OK, I finally did. The results were mixed - and disappointing. ...

• Scratch Ol' Dependable (Scratch) By Jonah Dahncke

  Brief: This is my entry into the Design this spaceship contest. I did the Streamliner, and the rocket itself looks great, it is just my mediocre paint skills that did this rocket injustice. Parts list: 1 BT 60 9in tube 1 Plastic Big Bertha Style NC. 1 Cygnus rocketry 18 to 60 motor mount 1/8 balsa stock 3/16 launch lug,( 1/8 would be better.) Recovery of your choice: 12in ...

• Scratch One Shot (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  Brief: After losing my RocketVision Machbuster on a G55, I decided that I wanted to build a similar rocket that would fly on 29mm motors. I scrounged through my parts bin and, being a 'glass-half-full' type, named the result 'One Shot'. Parts List: 29mm phenolic tube, 9.25" (Giant Leap) 0.047" G-10 stock for the 3 fins (Giant leap) 1/8" aluminum tubing for launch lug one NC, ...

• Scratch Orange Concentrate (Scratch) By Eric Ripp

  ( Contributed - by Eric Ripp - 04/20/05) Brief: I started off by trying to build a rocket without spending any money. So I had my son look around the house to find things that look like rocket parts. We finally settled on an ultra large orange juice concentrate container, a foam Easter egg, and tongue depressors. I decided to stick to single stage since coupling the two stages ...

• Scratch Orange Thing (Scratch) By Kyle Cornelius

  ( Contributed - by Kyle Cornelius - 07/13/05) Brief: This is a scratch built model that I built for an Aerotech 24/40 reload case. Construction: I got most of the components from an Estes Patriot model. I used two 7 inch long body tubes, a 4:1 ogive nose cone, and balsa stock to cut my fins. I made my own plywood centering rings for a 24mm motor mount. I started by cutting ...

• Scratch Ori Striker (Scratch) By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  ( Contributed - by Drake Damerau - 09/18/05) Brief: The Ori Striker is a scratchbuilt rocket resembling a space fighter. She goes up on a 24mm engine and comes down on a 24" parachute. The finished weight is 4.9oz. Construction: The parts list: Midwest balsa 3/32" x 4" x 36" (Which is plenty left over in case of a screw up) BT-5 -- two 5 1/8" ...

• Scratch Orion ATB (Scratch) By Dan Bihary

  ( Contributed - by Dan Bihary - 04/04/09) Brief: Many parts of the new NASA Constellation program has already been modeled. In today's market, it is difficult to find a manned space subject that is not already been produced. After research, I was not able to find a current model of the new Orion ATB. If you think it looks like a Little Joe, you're right! This rocket will be used ...

• Scratch Orion (Scratch) By Bert Koerts

  (by Bert Koerts - 12/20/02) Note: This is a slightly condensed version of all the information that Bert has produced for his Level 3 project. Visit the Tripoli Netherlands site (look under Projecten) to read the additional information and enjoy additional pictures. Introduction In 1998 Wilfred van Bergen, who launched HPR rockets with the NERO, an experimental rocketry group in ...

• Scratch Outland'ish (Scratch) By Brad Shea

  When I opened my box of parts, I was overwhelmed. I saw a number of people crying over their relatively lackluster boxes - but my box seemed like a cornucopia of great parts. I was bowled over and amazed at the sheer number of ideas that were possible to build using these parts. I literally must have done 100 RockSIM designs and variations trying to hone in on a design that I liked ...

• Scratch P.H.I.T.S. (Scratch) By Dennis McClain-Furmanski

  (by Dennis McClain-Furmanski - 09/09/04) Brief: P.H.I.T.S. (Punching Holes In The Sky) is a 29mm single stage minimum diameter Mach buster with chute or streamer recovery. Construction: The parts list: 34" 29mm heavy wall motor/body tube from Balsa Machining Service PML conical urethane nose cone with screw eye 3 fins, 1/8" basswood, each with 1/8" square ...

• Scratch Pad Stik (Launch Pad) (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand - 05/11/05) Brief: Some years ago, I saw an article mentioning a rocket launch pad made from a surf-fishing rod holder, which is a short length of PVC tube cut to a sharp bevel for sticking into beach sand to hold the fishing pole and freeing the fisherman's hands to hold more important things (like a cigarette and a beer) while waiting for a fish to ...

• Scratch Paper Bullet (Scratch) By Jeff Mohler

  ( Contributed - by Jeff Mohler - 04/20/02) Brief: Built from a bit of this and a little of that.... Construction: Body tub consists of a piece of card stock rolled around two 18mm engine tubes and glued a-la-paper-tiger. 3 fins patterned off fins from a lost "twister" from Estes. NC-2 nose cone from local hobby shop and 1/8" launch lug. 24" of "happy b ...

• Scratch Patriot (Upscale) (Scratch) By Steve Carr

  ( Contributed - by Steve Carr - 09/16/04) Brief: I liked the Estes Pac-2 so much that I bought 2 and made one 24mm. Then for my Level 1 certification project, I bought the PML 1/4 Scale Patriot and painted it the same way. Must be the paint job. Nobody makes a midpower version, so with a little math I came up with my own version. A 2.6" 29mm Patriot capable of flying on E, F, and ...

• Scratch PCR (Scratch) By Peter Stanley

  ( Contributed - by Peter Stanley - 09/16/06) Brief: The PCR is a scratch built parallel cluster rocket. It flies with a 24mm core motor, and 2 outboard 18mm motors in the attached boosters. The boosters pop off at burnout, while the central core motor continues to burn. Construction: Parts list: 1 18" BT-60 body tube 1 4" BT-60 body tube 1 4" BT-60 ...

• Scratch PeaCH Electronics Mount (Scratch) By Bob Fortune

  ( Contributed - by Bob Fortune) For other interesting techniques and "gizmo's", visit Bob's page .

• Scratch PencilPushr (Modification) By Larry Brand

  I cut up an Estes No. 2 Sky Writer and used the components to build a altitude-seeking model with an altimeter bay. PencilPushr was built specifically for the NARTREK Advanced task of achieving at least one-half of the Class "C" NAR altitude record for E-motors of 1128 meters set by James Bosler on 6/26/04. So the goal was 564 meters or more (1861 feet). This was not that hard to do, but you ...

• Scratch Pershing 1A (Scratch) By Jim Senecal

  This model was my attempt to recreate the Estes "Maxi Brute" Pershing 1A.  I owned one of the Estes kits when I was a kid but never finished it, and I can't even recall whatever became of it.  I have always been disappointed that Estes has never reissued this kit.  In any case, I was snacking on some Planter's peanuts one day when I realized the can's diameter appeared to be ...

• Scratch Phantom Rocket Plane (Scratch) By Owen Kelly

  ( Contributed - by Owen Kelly - 05/19/05) Brief: Single stage boost glider that uses a modified Guillow's Folding Wing balsa glider. Construction: The following parts list is for the 13mm powered version: 1 Guillow's Folding Wing balsa glider 1 2.5" BT-5 tube (engine mount) 2 BT-5 to BT-20 centering rings 1 engine hook 1 13mm engine block 1 6" long ...

• Scratch Phasar (Scratch) By Alan Davis

  (by Alan Davis - 12/20/02) Note: This is a slightly condensed version of all the information that Alan has produced for his Level 3 project. Visit his site to read the additional information and enjoy additional pictures. Objectives I realize this may not be a requirement for my L3 project but I believe it is an extremely integral part of any complex project. I am also a PADI ...

• Scratch Phoenix BT-60 (Scratch) By Marlin Meyer

  ( Contributed - by Marlin Meyer - 06/04/10) Brief: Single stage BT-60 version of Launch Pad's Phoenix missile. Recovery via parachute. Construction: These are all Semroc numbers: BNC-60V balsa nose cone SE-3 screw eye BT-60 body tube - 13.2 in long RA-2060 centering ring used as a parachute shelf 2 LL-423 launch lugs - 1/4 x 2.25 BT-20 engine tube - 3 in ...

• Scratch Phoenix Dark (Scratch) By Brian Ray

  ( Contributed - by Brian Ray - 08/31/09) Brief: The Phoenix Dark is a two-stage BT-55 downscale of the Estes Phoenix. It is named such for two reasons: 1) it is an homage to the movie Mystery Men , which I saw for the first time recently, and 2) I wanted to paint it a dark color instead of white in order to maximize my chances of getting it back. Construction: My primary components ...

• Scratch Phoenix Downscale (Scratch) By Chris Halinaty

  ( Contributed - by Chris Halinaty - 08/31/08) Brief: This is a 40% Phoenix downscale based on Estes kit #1380. Construction: The parts list: ST10 body tube (9") BC1032 nose cone #7 to #10 engine mount 3/32" fin stock Kevlar ® shock cord (30") Copper coated steel BBs for nose weight 14" parachute All the parts I used for this project were ordered from Semroc. I chose ...

• Scratch Pi R Feared (In Crust we Thrust) (Scratch) By Scott Turnbull

  ( Contributed - by Scott Turnbull - 08/03/06) Brief: This rocket is a modification of a plastic pie plate into a 24mm powered saucer. Construction: The Bill of Materials for Pi-R-Feared is extremely short: 1 bottom of store bought pie packaging 1 3" long 24mm Motor Tube 1 2.25" Centering Ring 1 3.75" Centering Ring 1 piece of body tube slightly larger ...

• Scratch PipeCleaner (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand - 09/01/04) Brief: PipeCleaner is the conventional 4FNC version of my scratch built tube-fin rocket, F.I.S.H. . PipeCleaner is also constructed from 30mm ID PVC plumbing conduit, which I chose for its waterproof properties since it is possible for water landings at our beautiful island launch site. The only differences between it and F.I.S.H. are: it ...

• Scratch Pokeman 3 (Scratch) By Stuart Lenz

  Pokeman 3 Modeled by: Stuart Lenz DESCON 13 This design is an evolution of the Pokeman series of rockets that uses a square plastic tube that welding rods are sometimes shipped in. This one has a 29mm engine tube and an offset ring fin. The first 2 Pokeman rockets had 24mm engine tubes that were underpowered on Estes D and E engines and fly well on Aerotech F21s. This series of ...

• Scratch Polaris (Scratch) By Jan-Hein Ramakers

  (by Jan-Hein Ramakers - 12/20/02) Note: This is a slightly condensed version of all the information that Jan-Hein has produced for his Level 3 project. Visit his site to read the additional information and enjoy additional pictures. Introduction After the successful flight last year of my level 1 project I started thinking of a bigger rocket, not just a little bit bigger but a ...

• Scratch Polistes/Vespa (Scratch) By Greg Deeter

  ( Contributed - by Greg Deeter - 02/24/05) Brief: This is a single staged LMR (large model rocket) and HPR allowing it to be flown at fields with a G motor limit as well as on high power motors such as H and above. This rocket was built in two evenings for an upcoming event and was designed to replace my DG&A Wasp which was nearly destroyed the previous weekend due to the CATO ...

• Scratch Popsicle Monocopter (Scratch) By Art Applewhite

  ( Contributed - by Art Applewhite - 04/13/08) Brief: This is a 13mm monocopter made from popsicle sticks and index cards. Construction: Parts consist of: 6 popsicle sticks (2) 3x5 index cards 18" of nylon cord Construction takes about 2 hours. A craft knife, electric drill and 1/8" bit are needed. White glue (Elmer's Glue-All®) is the only ...

• Scratch Postal Tube Mk II (Scratch) By Brad Shea

  (by Brad Shea - 08/14/06) Brief: Postal Tube Mk II is a tube-fin, single stage, HPR rocket suitable for level 1 certification. It uses simple construction techniques and is a reliable flyer. Construction: The parts list: 2 Standard 36" x 3" postal tubes (~$3.50 / tube at UPS Store) 1 LOC 38mm x 15" motor mount tube. (Length is not critical) 2 Birch ...

• Scratch Power Play (Scratch) By Moira Jean Whitlock

  ( Contributed - by Moira Jean Whitlock) Brief: This rocket is named for the local hockey team and is decorated in Coyotes colors. It is single staged, but can fly on 1, 3, 4, 6, or 7 29mm motors. It has 3 fins, but if 6 were used, then flights on 2 and 5 motors are theoretically possible. This is based on the notion of symmetrically placing motors and fins. Thus far it has been flown ...

• Scratch Pringles Flyer (Scratch) By Mark Van Luvender

  ( Contributed - by Mark Van Luvender - 12/21/07) Brief: The Pringles Flyer is a single staged scratch built rocket built entirely from recycled materials. It contains a single 24mm motor mount, and a parachute recovery Construction: Household parts needed: 3 Pringles cans, top and bottom bands (metal parts) cut out. 1 sheet VERY THICK card stock from the back of ...

• Scratch Pringles Recycled Rocket Project (PRRP) (Scratch) By William Beggs

  I have wanted to build a rocket out of a Pringles can for a long time now and I finally got the opportunity with this recycle contest. Materials: Pringles can for body tube Pringles lid and snow cone paper cup for nose cone Garcia & Vega plastic cigar case for the body tube A slice of a used Estes C motor casing for a motor block USPS Priority Mail box for fins and ...

• Scratch Procrastinator (Scratch) By Matt Gillard

  ( Contributed - by Matt Gillard - 07/02/08) I entered the box of parts competition because it looked like fun, I had mentioned it to a few of my friends in my rocket club, and before I knew five of them entered it as well. So off went a large box with the parts for 6 entrants, and a few weeks later another box returned -it was like Christmas going through the box. Next was the task of ...

• Scratch Proton-Zond (Scratch) By Drew Tomko

  (by Drew Tomko - 04/17/05) Brief: An approximately 1/120 sport scale model of the Soviet Proton-Zond, which sent an unmanned capsule around the moon in 1968. I based it on a free paper model of the Proton rocket available from Classic Paper Space Models (which now has a version of the Zond launcher available). It is a single stage, 18mm powered rocket, and recovers with an 18" ...

• Scratch Pumpkin Head (Scratch) By Herb Estus

  A Rocket I made for the Oct NEPRA launch. In the spirit of Halloween. 29mm tube have flown it only with 24mm with an adaptor. 29mm Loc motor tube Halloween PumpkinHead man bank for the nose cone 6 little plastic Skullhead candy baskets 1/8" balsa for fins 1/8" Estes launch lug 2' streamer The first thing that I did was to make four bat-shaped fins. I did this ...

• Scratch Purple Crayon Rocket (Scratch) By Eldred Pickett

  Brief: There is a great source of cheap HPR kits that's probably close to your home. Where, you might ask? Toys R Us! I'm sure many of you are shaking your head thinking you never seen any rockets there, let alone HPR. Look in the younger kids' section. There are coin banks that look like big crayons. That gives you almost everything you need to build a high-power rocket for $6.99. You have the ...

• Scratch Push Me Pull You (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 11/01/02) Brief: This is two-motor, two-winged helicopter model that employs MicroMaxx motors. Thus, it's a bi-copter as opposed to monocopter. The Push Me Pull You uses cardstock construction and is based on a design concept developed by Art Applewhite for his Mark 4 monocopter. You can see his Mark 4 in the files section of the MicroMaxRockets ...

• Scratch Pushing the Envelope (Scratch) By Brian Kain

  ( Contributed - by Brian Kain) Download RockSim file here ! Brief: My scratch built level 2 rocket. Made for the J-350 but can fly on small 29mm H motors also. Used old phenolic but glassed with 6oz fiberglass and 30 min epoxy. ACME 3/8" lugs, LOC nose cone, G-10 FR4 (fire and heat resistant fiberglass). Radio shack personal body alarm for corn field recoveries. Custom aluminum ...

• Scratch Pushing the Envelope (Scratch) By Brian Kain

  Pushing The Envelope 38 ( Contributed - by Brian Kain) Download RockSim file here ! Brief: A down scale of my level 2 rocket. TTW to a 29mm MMT. Can fly the I-200 load. If you were crazy you could cert 1 on this rocket with a 29mm H motor. 9400' on the H-90. Construction: 3 38mm body tubes Phenolic 3 1/16" G-10 fins 5 1/8" birch CR's 12" of 29mm ...

• Scratch Pushing the Envelope (Scratch) By Brian Kain

    I wanted to build a rocket with the smallest fins I could get away with.....So I came up with this. I used Rocsim, VCP and WRASP to get my optimal size fin. Oddly enough, most of the programs agreed with my rocket. This is a single stage rocket, with an interchangeable MMT. Anything from 54mm down to 24mm motors will push this little guy. It uses a PML 30" chute with the shroud ...

• Scratch PVC Launch Pad (Other Product) By Alex Jordan

  At my last launch, someone stepped on my Estes Porta-Pad and snapped the legs right off of it. I needed a new pad and one that would hold up because I wasn't in the mood to go buy a new pad for $40. I decided to build my own out of PVC pipe from Home Depot. It was built for about $10 and can hold model and mid power rockets with a 1/8", 3/16", or 1/4" launch lug. This is was a very simple ...

• Scratch Quadrophenia (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 06/18/06) Brief: My latest saucer-like contraption is inspired by Armadillo Aerospace's Quad lander and is named after the groundbreaking The Who album from 1973. I took numerous liberties with Armadillo's concept--some to make it more robust (in my application), some because there is no reason to detail it until it has successfully flown, and some ...

• Scratch Quasar (Upscale) (Scratch) By Steven Rogers

  ( Contributed - by Steven Rogers - 04/01/02) Note: For additional and larger pictures visit Steven's site. The Quasar was among my favorite rockets in terms of style. Its simple and elegant 50's style is quite appealing. I also like the "jet" look of the pods. The jet cones and tails in the original kit were my first encounter with vaccuform. The original Quasar had an ejection ...

• Scratch RAAM (Scratch) By Carl Tulanko

  (by Carl Tulanko - 12/01/01) Brief: The RAAM, otherwise known as the "Radical All American Missile", is a semi-scratch built 2" HPR model that is dual-sized and can fly on a range of motors from an F40W with the short version to a H180W on the long version of the model. It was built with left over parts from a recently demised PML AMRAAM 2, but has only the lower fins, hence ...

• Scratch Racer X (Scratch) By Steve Carr

  ( Contributed - by Steve Carr - 09/22/05) Brief: This is a paper rocket that I designed for the EMRR Challenge. I designed the rocket based on the old toilet paper roll rockets I used to build when I was a kid. My son did the artwork based on a Playstation game of his. It didn't look like the Mark V from Speed Racer, but it did remind me of his brother Racer X. Since I knew it would ...

• Scratch Rail Conversion (Scratch) By Tim Burger

  ( Contributed - by Tim Burger - 12/10/02) Brief: A method for adding a rail to ground support equipment. Forward: The NAR section I’m a member of has been launching much larger rockets and a lot of the members have been breaking into high power for a little more than a year now. Because of this, and the nature of the larger motors and the heavier rockets we’ve been flying, a ...

• Scratch Rail Launcher (for under $40) (Scratch) By F.W. Dick

  ( Contributed - by F. Dick - 12/01/01) The Under $40 Rail Launcher Brief: After seeing an article on the world's simplest launcher in the February 2001 issue of High Power Rocketry and finding Matt's D.I.Y. Rail at www.railbuttons.com , I decided to combine the two budget ideas for "The Under $40 Rail Launcher." Unfortunately, the flying season in the Colorado mountains ...

• Scratch Rama (Scratch) By David Sindel

  ( Contributed - by David Sindel - 11/02/08) Brief: This is a rough scale model of Rama from Arthur C. Clarke's Rendezvous With Rama . It's made from a piece of 3-inch mailing tube and scrap materials. The fictional Rama is 54km long, making mine roughly 1:270000. Construction: Parts list: 7.5" of 3" mailing tube 1 end cap 6" or so of BT-20 ...

• Scratch Rascal 1.59x (Upscale) By Bill Eichelberger

  I picked up a poorly started attempt at an Estes Rascal via Ebay several years back, then took eight years to finally clone the rocket using the only parts I could salvage, the nose cone and decal sheet.  I really liked the finished product, and like all rockets with the Goony profile, I decided that it needed to be upscaled to BT-80 size.  I wound up building the upscale twice ...

• Scratch RastroCam (Scratch) By Sven Knudson

  Note: click on the mini-photos or hypertext links to get the full sized photo with caption. Several people have asked me how I built my Rastrocam (rearward looking Astrocam). I pretty much followed the ideas put forth in Advanced Model Rocketry , Second Edition, compiled by Michael A. Banks. This book is published by Kalmbach Books and includes information about high power rocketry, scale, ...

• Scratch Raygun Gothic Birdhouse (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  When I found these rocket-themed birdhouses at Michael's , I couldn't resist. In fact, they were on sale so I couldn't resist three of them. They are about 10" high, 4.25" in diameter that the widest point, and the base is about 3.125". This review is of a sci-fi themed rocket inspired by, and named for, the Raygun Gothic Rocketship that appeared at Burning Man 2009 . This one flies on high ...

• Scratch Raygun Gothic HoJo (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 11/16/09) Brief: This was the second rocket I built around the wooden birdhouses I found at Michael's. I decided the body of the birdhouse reminded me of a squatty version of the Honest John cone. This rocket is based on 3" tubing and flies on a cluster of four 24mm motors. Its name is also based on the Raygun Gothic Rocketship from ...

• Scratch Rectangulator (Scratch) By Clive Davis

  ( Contributed - by Clive Davis - 04/19/05) Brief: This is another paper rocket design of mine for exploring different shapes. This rocket consists of rectangular boxes for the body tube, nose cone, and launch lugs. Standard shapes are used for the fins. Construction: The entire rocket is made out of paper except for the shock cord. All necessary parts of the rocket fit on to an ...

• Scratch Recycled Pepsi Concept Rocket (Scratch) By John Partridge

  Brief: When I considered the idea of building a rocket from recycled household trash, I immediately thought of building one entirely out of Pepsi products. Pepsi bottles look rocket-like so I began to consider how to build it. First I collected raw materials for the project (there is no shortage of raw materials in our house). The stuffer tube and engine block were made from cardboard from ...

• Scratch Red Bolt (Scratch) By Andrew Skinner

  ( Design this Spaceship Submission - by Andrew Skinner - 10/1/06) EMRR Spaceship Design Contest Entry "The Red Bolt" Material’s needed 3 Silly Putty Container Eggs 1 27.2 cm BT-50 body tube 1 BT-20 Engine Mount Tube 1 Engine Hook Note: This hook has each tip bent back so as to serve as an Engine Block 1 Weird nose cone we salvaged from an old kit. ...

• Scratch Red Dog (Scratch) By Nick Esselman

  I saw a two-motor cluster in "Model Rocket Design and Construction" by Timothy S. Van Milligan that I liked the looks of and decided to build a model with that motor configuration. The rocket uses a 24mm tube as the main body tube and two 18mm tubes for the motor mounts, one 18mm balsa nose cone and one 24mm balsa nose cone. In addition, you'll need two 18mm motor blocks. (1) 19 1/2" - ...

• Scratch Red Fin (Scratch) By David Urbanek

  ( Contributed - by David Urbanek) View/Print a Plan here ! Brief: A dual 18mm cluster rocket. Simple to build and fly. Construction: Body tubes are BT-60. The front one is 9" long and the back on is 9.875". Originally it was a egglofter, but when the egg capsule separated and broke, I made a front payload section. The nose cone is from the Estes BT-60 nose cone set. ...

• Scratch Red Hot Wax (Scratch) By Scott Turnbull

  Brief: This crayon rocket was my Level 1 Certification project and features tube fin stabilization. The construction techniques allow individual tube fins to be removed and reinstalled. The major components in the Red Hot Wax rocket are as follows: 2 Crayon banks 1 38mm motor mount tube 3 5-ply Plywood centering rings 1 Plywood bulkhead for nose cone 1 Carriage bolt and nut ...

• Scratch Remote Guardian Probe Jinx 1.2 (Scratch) By Les Bradshaw

  ( Contributed - by Les Bradshaw - 07/06/08) Brief: This is for the Box of Parts contest Well, this rocket for me has had multiple problems, hence the “jinx” name. Part of the issues was good old procrastination. But, excessive work schedules (a few weeks where I was averaging 70 hours a week), stuck tubes, a crashing computer that lost my files, and crashing rockets (more ...

• Scratch Removable Fin Rocket (Scratch) By Brian Kain

  ( Contributed - by Brian Kain) Brief: My rocket with removeable/replaceable fins. 3 fin roc. I wanted to test different fin material so I came up with this. I can change fins in a few seconds, type or design. You are limited to 1/8" fin stock unless you used a 1/32" spacer on the side of each fin, then you could use 1/16" fins. Gasket material, G-10 or ply can be used for a ...

• Scratch Renegade (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: Until they soiled the once proud name by using it on a supposedly computer generated white elephant in 2004 , the Renegade name belonged to a large D-powered rocket that was a staple of the Estes catalogs of my younger years. Produced from 1975 to 1980, the Renegade was one of the "big" rockets that I always wanted to build as a kid, but didn't for economic reasons. (As I believe I've ...

• Scratch Ring Thing (Scratch) By Hans "Chris" Michielssen

  Brief: This model was designed and flown for the 2009 EMRR Challenge. I rarely build or fly two-stage rockets. My best success with staging incorporated the old Centuri Pass-Port design. The holes in the coupler gave the booster engine that extra split second to ignite the upper stage. I didn't want to go with a standard two-stage design, fins above fins. I decided on a ring ...

• Scratch Ringer (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 08/20/06) Brief: This is a ring-fin design that flies on 29mm motors. It uses several unique components: a poured foam, yarn wrapped cone and an engine bell built from Aquapod water bottles. The body is a 3" window tint tube. This is reportedly the same material as PML's Quantum Tubing. Construction: Nose cone parts: Aquapod bottle ...

• Scratch Robert's Tiny Timer (Electronics) By Robert Galejs

  Robert's Tiny Timer ( Contributed - by Robert Galejs)  DISCLAIMER: This timer has not been thoroughly tested and thus, should be considered experimental. Use of this design is entirely at the risk of the user.  Why I did it  It appears the many people have had problems with ejection charge delays ("bonus" delays, need a -5.5 and not -4 or -7, etc.) This made me wonder how ...

• Scratch Rocket Development Corporation Starflite (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  Another of my late night cruises through old catalogs, the RDC Starflite actually gave me the choice of two different designs to pick from, the Starflite and Starflite II.  The difference was the fin pattern, and I chose to go with the early version.  What caught my eye was the mention of the name Enerjet and the potential for 3000 to 4000 foot flights. Components ...

• Scratch Rumble Bee (Scratch) By Jack Anderson

  (by Jack Anderson - 12/20/02) Note: This is a slightly condensed version of all the information that Jack has produced for his Level 3 project. Visit his site to read the additional information and enjoy additional pictures. Parts The picture to the left is most of the parts that I have purchased for this project. The two big airframe tubes came from Eagle Hardware in the c ...

• Scratch S.S. Gulliver (Scratch) By Clive Davis

  ( Contributed - by Clive Davis - 11/28/06) Brief: This project started with a mailing cardboard tube that was not standard "rocket" size. I ended up having to create my own balsa nose cone (accomplished in a rather amateur fashion on my electric drill). I also used up some old 10.5 mm body tubes. The S.S. Gulliver uses 18 mm motors and features a mylar parachute. ...

• Scratch SA-14 Archer (Scratch) By Johnnie Paul

  ( Contributed - by Johnnie S. Paul, Jr. - 11/01/00) Brief: NCR's SA-14 Archer was my favorite and my 1st 4" rocket. I needed a new rocket to build and I wanted to try a scratch design using some 3" mailing tube found at Office Depot. My obvious choice was to downscale my Archer. This particular design was designed to fly on 29mm H motors. A special note about the original NCR ...

• Scratch SA-2 Guideline (Scratch) By Niall Oswald

  SA-2 Guideline SAM By Naill Oswald Brief A 2-stage sport scale model of the ubiquitous SA-2 ‘Guideline' Surface to Air missile, designed to fly on 24mm BP motors. Introduction Shortly after I became interested in rocketry, I paid a visit to a local transport museum, and among the exhibits was an SA-2 SAM and its associated transporter. The SA-2 is pretty much the archetypal ...

• Scratch SA-5 Gammon (24mm) (Scratch) By Todd Mullin

  (by Todd Mullin - 02/25/08) Brief: For the Upscale/Downscale task for the EMRR 2008 Challenge, I found myself stumped for ideas. I didn't want to do a large upscale, so I had to look for a rocket that was fairly large to start with. Lots of companies are putting out large sounding rockets, but these are all fairly plain and too simple. After spending some time surfing through ...

• Scratch SA-5 Gammon (Scratch) By Kevin McLaughlin

  ( Contributed - by Kevin McLaughlin - 06/20/02) Brief: This is a scaled down 2.56" x 29mm version of the Blackhawk R&D 3.9" x 38mm kit version coming out in the summer of 2002. Construction: Main body tube is 2.56" with four 1.14" booster tubes mounted at 90 degree intervals. Total fin count is 12 made from 1/16" styrene plastic. I used two 2.56 x 29mm ply ...

• Scratch Saboteur (Scratch) By Jeff Lane

  ( Contributed - by Jeff Lane - 01/26/08) Brief: The Saboteur is a payload rocket designed to launch from a 6" tube instead of a launch rod. It has through the wall fin mounts for its five fins, a 29mm motor mount and parachute recovery. The motor tube is open inside, and it uses a rear bulkhead technique so any length 29mm motor can be used. The choice to use five fins was ...

• Scratch Salvage 1 (Scratch) By Dan Bihary

  ( Contributed - by Dan Bihary - 07/06/08) Salvage I So how do you approach the design of a rocket with a limited amount of parts? I found inspiration in various TV shows and movies such as Flight of the Albatross and Mc Giver. Then I remember a long lost favorite ABC series from the late1970’s. I had my answer, SALVAGE 1! Here’s the short story….. ...

• Scratch Salvage 90 (Scratch) By Bill Cooke

  (by Bill Cooke - 07/05/08) Entry for the EMRR Box O' parts contest - this is simple version. Please link to full documentation Brief: I admit to some trepidation when I signed up for the EMRR Box O’ Parts contest - I’m very lacking in creative talent, being a mathematical sort. That trepidation only grew as I read forum postings describing the “parts” many ...

• Scratch Sapphire Queen (Scratch) By Geof Givens

  ( Contributed - by Geof Givens - 11/07/05) Brief: The Sapphire Queen luxury cruise ship is the most elegant way to explore the wonders of our galaxy. Enjoy memorable accommodations and service in the aft ring, or pamper yourself with every imaginable comfort in the elite first class cabins on the front ring. Enjoy a bottle of wine from our cellar as you and your companion relax in ...

• Scratch Sardo XXL (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand - 09/05/09) Brief: This is a simple research rocket used as a reference "typical" tubefin design in an upcoming article on tubefin aerodynamics. The body is just a 3" postal mailing tube. Because its very easy and inexpensive to build and Level One capable, a nicer version will also be launched as a kit by a local manufacturer--and with a ...

• Scratch Satellite Interceptor 1.36X (Upscale) By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: When I discovered JimZ's plan page in early 2001, one of the first old rockets that I looked for with hopes of somehow recreating it was the Estes Satellite Interceptor. An original S.I. had been one of my favorites from my early fleet but had been one of the rockets that I never managed to fly due to lack of a flying partner. Unfortunately a 2001 sweep of the local toy and hobby shops ...

• Scratch Saturn-Komarov (Scratch) By Jeff Lane

  ( Contributed - by Jeff Lane - 04/01/07) Brief: It's the year 2015. Hillarycare has caused the economy to go belly up, IRS computers have become self-aware, the United Nations is in charge of sub-dermal implants for our identity system, and NASA has been absorbed by the Russian space program. Here flies the first triumph of that blessed union. Timed for the release of a major ...

• Scratch Scary Fast (Scratch) By Matt Gillard

  ( Contributed - by Matt Gillard - 09/16/09) Brief: A scratch built rocket using Sunward's 4 canted motor mount. Construction and Finishing: To build this rocket I used: BT-70 tube BT-70 nosecone balsa Balsa fins launch lugs Sunward's quad tilted motor mount 3 eye screws Kevlar ® cord Elastic cord 15inch parachute Lead mass Whilst ...

• Scratch School Rocket (Scratch) By Neil Thompson

  ( Contributed - by Neil Thompson (age 12) - 09/10/03) Brief: This is a single staged (while in the demo!) rocket, which I used to teach a small class of 4 students the basics of model rocketry. We knew the teacher, a very old friend of my parents. This rocket worked very well for the students, who all built their rockets well enough to fly well, even though they had never built a ...

• Scratch Scott's Spool Rocket (Scratch) By Scott Pearson

  ( Contributed - by Scott Pearson - 06/01/03) I have seen numerous references of spool rockets on RMR the first time I saw a mpeg of one fly I was really surprised that it could fly. So the other day when I finished off a spool of cable at work I knew exactly where that spool was going. I started looking around for articles on how to build them and verify stability. I did not find ...

• Scratch Scrap Jet (Scratch) By Ian Cinnamon

  ( Contributed - by Ian Cinnamon - 11/21/07) Brief: This quick trash made rocket only requires a couple plastic cups, one paper one, and some stranded wiring! Construction: There are 2 plastic cups, which make up the top and bottom halves of the rocket. There is 1 paper cup, which acts as the centering rings and fins. There is 1 sheet of paper, which is rolled into a motor ...

• Scratch Scrap-Rocket 2 (SR2) (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford) Brief: The SR-2 was built in the late 80's by my son (~7 years old at the time). I am providing this review as an example of using scrap materials and to document an approach to parachute deployment that does not require wadding. Construction: Parts list (items A-L shown on diagram ): L'Eggs pantyhose egg (large portion) 2 ¾" ...

• Scratch Scraps is a Boy Dog (Scratch) By Ron Wirth

  ( Contributed - by Ron Wirth - 08/06/07) Brief: As we all know, not all rocket flights go as planned. As a result of some of those flight failures, I found my parts boxes with an abundant supply of material to build a recycled rocket for one of the requirements in the 2007 EMRR Challenge. This recycled rocket consists of scraps from an Estes Fireflash, an Estes Echostar, an Estes ...

• Scratch Scratch and Dent Racer (Scratch) By John Partridge

  ( Contributed - by John Partridge - 12/15/07) I chose to build the Racer because it was cool looking, had higher difficulty bonuses and because it was different than your average 3FNC rocket. First I printed the picture out as large as I could on a single sheet of paper and measured out as many dimensions as I could. I then found a pilot head I could use and scaled the rest of the ...

• Scratch Screaming Yellow Zonkers (Scratch) By David Sindel

    I took a Totally Tubular and added an extension to the body tube, spin fins, and a new theme. Modifications: Originally I modified it to become a spin-stabilized two-stager, but that didn't work, so this'll describe how to convert a regular kit to a 'Screaming Yellow Zonker!'. Assemble the top end--nose cone, shock cord, and streamer--as normal or put in whatever recovery system ...

• Scratch See You Next Tuesday (Scratch) By Scott Simka

  (by Scott Simka) Brief: My very basic design to make the most out of AeroTech's G55-10 motor. Construction: Use 1 piece of 24mm LOC Motor Mount Tube, 20 inches long. It is cut 2 inches above the forward end of the inserted G55. Use a spent Estes "D" motor, hollowed out, epoxied as a thrust ring / shockcord mount. The remaining body tube is epoxied onto the ...

• Scratch Semi Three (Scratch) By Dennis McClain-Furmanski

  (by Dennis McClain-Furmanski - 09/05/04) Brief: This LPR model breaks into three pieces at ejection, each section descending as a "maple leaf" recovery monocopter. Construction: The parts list: 3 BT-20 tubes, 3.5" long each 1 BT-20 balsa nose cone 3 piece of basswood stock of 18" x 3/8" x 1/8", which is cut into 9", 6", and ...

• Scratch Senior Prank (Scratch) By Ray King

  The Senior Prank was a brainstorm while I was in my favorite room of the house trying to come up with a cleaver submission to the Odd-Rocket Contest. I began focusing on the toilet paper sitting next to me on the wall for a couple of reason, but I won't go into that. I realized that although I had seen a number of rockets made from the toilet paper tube, I had never seen one with the toilet ...

• Scratch Sentinel Downscale (Scratch) By Brian Ray

  Contributed - by Brian Ray - 11/05/09) Brief: I was going through some loose parts in my supply in an effort to come up with a new scratch project. I had at the time an overabundance of BT-50 tubes and cones and decided I’d use them to downscale a rocket. I looked through some old catalogs and settled on the Estes Sentinel, a quality military-esque rocket originally in BT-60. ...

• Scratch Sephydra (Scratch) By Geof Givens

  ( Contributed - by Geof Givens - 03/02/08) Brief: Sephydra is a scratch futuristic fighter with a beveled profile and a 7-motor cluster. This all began when I found a used 3.05-inch mailing tube at work. What could I build, especially since there was no ready-made nose cone to fit? For inspiration, I browsed through the archives of Craig McGraw's BARCLONE site . Although my design ...

• Scratch Shai-Hulud (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  (by Dick Stafford - 09/20/03) Brief: I recently ran across the description of 'desert squids' on Tripoli-Pittsburg's Website (look under 'ARCHIVES/ROCKET CLASSES'). These are rockets that use dowel rods in place of fins. They look cool and since I had some BT-80 tubes and rings, I decided I'd build one pretty much like the model described on the website. My model features a BEAUTIFUL ...

• Scratch Shockwave (15x cluster) (Scratch) By Moira Jean Whitlock

  ( Contributed - by Moira Jean Whitlock) Brief: Single-staged 15 x 29mm cluster rocket. Thus far, simultaneous ground ignition of (15) G35-7 motors was attempted. Total thrust ends up in the low K range if all the ports are used, and with Econojet G motors. Rocket can be flown on just one motor in the central mount, and two at a time can be added symmetrically for other possible motor ...

• Scratch Shockwave (BRS Contest) (Scratch) By Jon Revelle

  ( Contributed - by Jon Revelle - 10/17/04) Brief: I made Shockwave out of some spare parts I had laying around. It is named after my favorite roller coaster that was just torn down and features a long payload tube, multiple fins, and side-pods. Construction: To make this rocket you need: BT-50 (12" long) body tubes, nose cone, and tail cones from an Estes SR-71 kit ...

• Scratch Shockwave (Scratch) By Joseph Michel

  ( Contributed - by Joseph Michel - 04/01/04) Description: Shockwave is a scratch-built high power rocket built for the purpose of obtaining Level 2 certification. It is 4" in diameter, 90" long, weighs 153oz loaded without motor, and has a 54mm motor mount. Components: Like my Level 1 rocket, I used mostly PML components for this build. This included the body tubes, ...

• Scratch Shoebox Lander (Scratch) By Heather Myers

  ( Contributed - by Heather Myers - 07/06/08) The following is the HTML interpretation of Heather's PDF submission. Please see the full PDF HERE (16M) INSTRUCTIONS This is my box of parts! To build my design, you will also need: Wood Glue Super Glue XActo Knife Razor Saw Scotch Tape Clay for noseweight Scissors Pencil Find the wood ...

• Scratch Silver Streak II (Scratch) By Eric Maglio

  ( Contributed - by Eric Maglio - 12/19/04) Brief: The Silver Streak 2 is a 2- stage rocket built with Estes parts. It is a high performance kit, capable of reaching high altitudes with very small engines. Parts: Nose cone Estes - Estes - BNC-50K Material: Polystyrene PS Nose shape: Hollow Ogive, Len: 2.750 In., Dia: 0.976 In. Wall thickness: 0.125 In. Body tube ...

• Scratch Silver Streak (Scratch) By Moira Jean Whitlock

  ( Contributed - by Moira Jean Whitlock) Brief: Simple, high power rocket designed for up to "H" class motors. An "I" can possibly be used, but there is the risk of not seeing it again. Nose weight may also have to be added as well for "I" motors. Basically, it's single stage, 38mm mount, parachute recovery, and features a 54mm Acme fin canister for ruggedness. ...

• Scratch SilverBelle (Scratch) By John Thompson

  ( Contributed - by John Thompson - 11/16/07) Brief: Built for the Design This Spaceship Contest. This is a single staged, dual 18mm clustered rocket built from an Estes Baby Bertha kit. Parts List Part Part Number Quantity Length Nose Cone   1   ...

• Scratch Single Jet S4R Transport (Scratch) By Matt Gillard

  ( Contributed - by Matt Gillard - 12/14/08) Brief: With the extension to the deadline for the 2009 design this spaceship competition, I thought I'd have a go at another one of the spaceships, this time I went for the simplest of the six. It was a very rushed build. Construction: The main body of the rocket had to come from a bottle and after a trawl through cupboards at home, ...

• Scratch Six Appeal (Scratch) By Dave Rose

  ( Contributed - by Dave Rose - 10/20/01) While attending our first LDRS this year, my son Chris, my wife Kathy, and I, witnessed the most impressive display of large rockets we had ever seen. The launch site in Orangeburg, South Carolina was unlike anything we have access to in Pennsylvania. The wide open, flat, grassy launch site was almost too good to be true. Couple that with a 10,000 ...

• Scratch Skylark (Scratch) By Matt Gillard

  ( Contributed - by Matt Gillard - 09/29/08) Brief: A downscale of a British Skylark sounding rocket, designed on SpaceCad version three. A very high flyer as it’s a minimum diameter MMX motor rocket. Built for the EMRR 2008 challenge. Construction: Parts used were: Handmade balsa cone Polymorph nose cone Body tubes BT 2.5 Three cardboard fins Kevlar ...

• Scratch SkyScreamer (Scratch) By Jon Revelle

  Brief: The SkyScreamer is a scratchbuilt rocket made from an Estes Phoenix motor mount. The name comes from an amusement ride that operated at Six Flags Astroworld in Houston, Texas. The rocket is basically a downscale Estes Der Red Max with full-sized Der Red Max fins. SkyScreamer actually started life as a motor mount for my Estes Phoenix. It is a combination of scrap from my spare parts ...

• Scratch SkyShot (Scratch) By Dan Schneider

  SkyShot ( Contributed - by Daniel Schneider) Height=51" Width=2.6" Weight=4.3oz Motor=24mm Brief This rocket looks like a NASA/Saturn style rocket. It is very stable. On D12's, flies low and slow, but on E15's goes like a banshee! Construction Relatively easy to build. You have to make sure your home made transitions are good and straight. I used 3/16 balsa for ...

• Scratch SLAT/s (Upscale) (Scratch) By Nick Esselman

  by EMRR Two years ago I bought a Seattle Rocket Works SLAT/s and really enjoyed building and flying the rocket. I thought it would be a neat upscale so I set off to do it. My father has an Aerotech Mustang that I gave him to build for NARAM-40 and he donated it to me. Also my Quest Icarus was on its last leg and since I needed that size of body tube, it was retired. These two kits ...

• Scratch SLS Vector V (Scratch) By Bill Eichelberger

  ( Contributed - by Bill Eichelberger - 02/01/06) Brief: This is an upscaled version of the Centuri Vector V made entirely with Semroc parts, hence the SLS designation. While not an official Semroc release, it would seem to fit in well with the current trend toward upscales of Centuri classics (the SLS Laser X being a perfect example). Construction: The parts list: LT-22580 ...

• Scratch Snap Dragon (Scratch) By Jimmy Yawn

  ( Contributed - by Jimmy Yawn) Jimmy gave permission to reproduce his Snap Dragon webpages on EMRR. Thank you, Jimmy. Snap Dragon Scratch-Built Model Rocket Part 1: Intro and Overview It delights me that one can buy such a vast array of rocket parts nowdays. So many suppliers, so much good stuff, so little time. Nose cones, G10, phenolic tube that fits standard ...

• Scratch Solar Flare (Scratch) By David Hoffmeier

  ( Design this Spaceship Submission - by David Hoffmeier - 10/12/06) Brief: This is the third rocket I built to enter the EMRR Spaceship Design Contest. This looks to be a simple 3FNC rocket with one heck of a span and some interesting engine pods. Characteristics: Height: 24 inches Fin Length: 6.8 inches Weight (without engine): 5.9 oz Motor Mount: 18mm (single) Recovery: ...

• Scratch Solar Rail (Scratch) By David Hoffmeier

  ( Design this Spaceship Submission - by David Hoffmeier - 10/12/06) Brief: This is the second rocket I built to enter the EMRR Spaceship Design Contest. Having never built or flown a ring fin rocket this challenge proved to be exciting. I chose various materials for its construction including balsa wood, aircraft plywood, and dowel rods just to name a few. Characteristics: ...

• Scratch Solar Warrior (24mm) (Scratch) By Jewel B. Butler Jr.

  ( Contributed - by Jewel Barton Butler Jr. - 02/06/09) Brief: This is a single stage rocket with two outer tube-fins attached via pylons.There are two standard fins to give it a Lear jet like look.I couldn't resist building it. This is one of Estes better designs. Construction: I decided to go 24mm. Most of the parts are available through Semroc I started with a one BNC-55AO ...

• Scratch Solar Warrior (Upscale) (Scratch) By Tony Fragge

  (by Tony Fragge - 04/01/02) Brief: Using a BT-55 created a 1.8 upscale of the Estes Solar Warrior. Construction: In order to build the upscale Solar Warrior I used: 2 BT-55 tubes. One for the body tube and the other was cut to create the two pods as the end of the wings. 1 BT-20 for the motor mount. 1 sheet of 3/32" balsa 1 PNC-55 1/8" launch lug 18 inches ...

• Scratch Soviet SS-6 Sapwood (Plastic Model Conversion) By Clive Davis

  This is a plastic model conversion of the Soviet SS-6 Sapwood Heavy Strategic Missile manufactured by the Russian company, Maquette. The scale is 1:144. I picked this model up at War & Pieces in West Hartford, CT. This store carries a lot of Eastern European kits, and I really liked the looks of the rocket. I had no idea if I could convert it to fly until I got it home and was able to ...

• Scratch SP2050 Freightliner Space Truck (Scratch) By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  ( Design this Spaceship Submission - by Drake Damerau - 10/01/06) Click on Pics to Enlarge       This is the model SP2050 Freightliner Space Truck To me, this looked like a series of cargo containers inside a truss framework. The cargo containers are slid into the framework. Once they are in place, the inertial dampeners and shields are activated. Life ...

• Scratch Space Ship Tobler-One (Scratch) By Richard Irwin

    A 10-pound Toblerone converted to a single-staged, 29mm mid-power rocket (minus the chocolate). No, it isn't a joke. They actually make 10-pound Toblerones. Where? Who knows. It was a gift. But I pictured it with fins the moment I first opened it up! The pats list: Cardboard packing box as airframe 29mm motor tube, 24" long 3 G10 fins, very thin 2 triangular 1/8" ...

• Scratch Spaceglider (Scratch) By Matt Gillard

  ( Contributed - by Matt Gillard - 10/31/09) Brief: A two-staged cone and fin rocket built for the 2009 design this spaceship competition. Construction: 1x launch lug for 3 mm rod 1 x 12 inch Estes parachute. 2-foot streamer 3-foot length of elastic Snap swivels 18mm engine block Body tube BT20 8.5 inches in length 3/16th balsa sheet BT 20 nose cone ...

• Scratch SpaceShipTwo (Scratch) By Craig Zicafoose

  Semi Scale Model- SpaceShipTwo I received my box of parts and was surprised at how much stuff was sent back in comparison to the amount I submitted for the contest. Some of it should have been thrown out ages ago, some of it was good, but there was clearly enough to build a rocket or two for the contest. I had my heart set on building a boost glider before seeing the box of parts, and was a ...

• Scratch SpaceShipY (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 06/22/08) Brief: This is a sci-fi-style model inspired by the Star Wars Y-Wing Fighter. When I converted an Estes SpaceShipOne into the SpaceShipSqrt(-1) , I had the fin set left over. Mix these fins with a pill bottle from Target, and you have the SpaceShipY. This model has a 24mm mount and is night launch ready. Construction: The parts ...

• Scratch Speranza (Scratch) By Clive Davis

  ( Design this Spaceship Submission - by Clive Davis - 10/01/06)   Click on Any Picture to Enlarge Brief: This is my entry for the 2006 EMRR Spaceship Design Contest. I originally started designing a rocket for different plans but then settled on spaceship15 as my inspiration. I did not try to come up with an exact replica, but something inspired ...

• Scratch Spike (Scratch) By Chris Taylor Jr.

  Spike ( Contributed - by Chris Taylor)   I was in a rocket building mood one night and has some scrap parts lying around and decided to stick them together into a rocket. The result was the Spike (just seem to fit) It will take any 18mm engines. I would stay small for its performance will likely be similar to that of the Mosquito, hence, playing a vanishing act off of the ...

• Scratch Spikor (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 08/15/10) Brief: This was a quick build featuring a mailing tube, recycled 29mm motor mount and fins, and a long plastic garden spike. Construction: When I spotted the yellow plastic garden spikes at Home Depot, I couldn’t resist getting one of each size. The spike on the bigger one, which was used here, is 15” long and the base ...

• Scratch Spin Fin (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  While not a rocket to be counted as exotic, the Estes Spin Fin always intrigued me because of the canted fins and the flight path that was supposed to result from them.  Even still, it was very unlikely that I'd have cloned a Spin Fin had an original decal and nose cone not been included as part of seperate Ebay lots purchased a few years apart.  I can read the ...

• Scratch Spirogryo (Scratch) By Brock Freeman

  Spirogyro is a tubefin rocket that is a little different. The tube fins are arranged in a triangle instead of a circle as usual. This gives it some interesting flying properties. It oscillates rapidly and leaves a fine corkscrew smoke trail. The rocket is made entirely out of interlocked tubing, so it is very strong and easy to build. I designed Spirogyro for the BRS design contest as a 3 x 18mm ...

• Scratch Spool Bell (Scratch) By Art Applewhite

  ( Contributed - by Art Applewhite - 10/10/03) Brief: This rocket is named for its principle parts: a 22 pound wire spool and a bell shaped Christmas ornament. I have seen other spool rockets reviewed on EMRR and their simplicity and lack of fins really appealed to me. When a friend gave me a one piece all plastic spool I knew I just had to give it a try. Construction: 22 lb ...

• Scratch Sprike (Scratch) By Greg Deeter

  Brief: This is a simple 3" single staged rocket which I scratch built over the period of a few days. The rocket I used for my Tripoli L1 Certification was the BSD Canadian Sprint (38mm motor version of their 3" Sprint), which is a large upscale of the Estes Astron Sprint circa late 60's and early 70's. Ever since I have retired that rocket due to it's sentimental value, I have always missed ...

• Scratch Sprint ABM (Scratch) By Matt Gillard

  ( Contributed - by Matt Gillard - 10/01/08) Brief: This sprint is a 4.15 downscale of the Shadow Composites Sprint ABM. Or it’s a 1:48 down scale of a real sprint. The paper shroud was obtained from a paper rocket website . Construction: To make the sprint downscale you will need: Shroud from website (paper) 13mm Engine mount tube Centering ring ...

• Scratch Sprint Magnum (Scratch) By Tim Burger

  ( Contributed - by Tim Burger) Brief: Sprint Magnum - a scratch made upscale of a popular Estes kit of the '70s. Parts required: 1 - Balsa Nosecone, Balsa Machining Service 2.6" x 8 1/16" ogive with spherical tip; BNC50X in 2.6 inch size 1 - 2.6" x 25 1/2" Body Tube, Totally Tubular (cut from stock) 1 - 29mm x 18 5/8" Motor Tube, Totally Tubular (cut ...

• Scratch Sputnik-24 (Scratch) By Scott Turnbull

  ( Contributed - by Scott Turnbull - 08/31/08) Brief: This is an upscale of The Sputnik Too, by Estes: a spherical rocket. This version features a 24mm motor mount, mid-body separation for deployment, and replaceable antenna legs. Construction: The main body is a chromed plastic oversized Christmas ornament. The four antenna legs are made from hardwood dowels. Kevlar ® ...

• Scratch SR-71 Blackbird (Plastic Model Conversion) By Scott Turnbull

  This describes a semi-successful plastic model conversion of a small Revell SR-71 Blackbird kit. A 13mm motor mount was added to the kit. Modifications: This was undertaken as part of the EMRR 2006 Rocketry Challenge. It represents my first attempt at PMC. I chose the kit for its classic styling, potential for stable rocket powered flight, and apparent ease of conversion. Various ...

• Scratch SR-72 (Scratch) By Jim Bassham

    The SR-72 is a parachute recovery mothership with a parasite glider. Box o' Parts Contest Entry: Constructing the SR-72. The idea of the Box O' Parts contest is to construct a rocket from a random collection of parts that fit into a Priority Mail tube. The only other items you can add are the bonus items selected by EMRR. My bonus items were: Two ping-pong balls A ...

• Scratch Stage Tree (Scratch) By Moira Jean Whitlock

  Stage Tree ( Contributed - by Moira Jean Whitlock) Height: 51 inches Weight: 13 ounces unloaded Width: 1 3/8 inches Motor Mount: 29mm Recovery System: 24 inch thin nylon chute Brief description: This is a review of my scratchbuilt Stage Tree, an all wood rocket made from Retro Rocket Works parts. It's named for Larry Niven's stage tree, an alien plant that was genetically bred ...

• Scratch Standard AGM-78 (Scratch) By Marlin Meyer

  ( Contributed - by Marlin Meyer - 06/14/10) Brief: I saw this missile at the Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH and decided I had to build it. A single stage, mid-power (24mm) missile that retrieves on a large 24 inch parachute. This is based on the Launch Pad rocket kit. Construction: Parts from Apogee Components: 20080 nose cone (2) 10198 (BT-80) body tubes 13045 tube ...

• Scratch Standard Cray-ARM (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 11/20/01) Brief: Whenever I looked for Ralphco crayon banks at the local toy stores, they always were out of stock. Recently, however, I stumbled across them while on an unrelated "mission". I kicked around several ideas on what to build, and finally decided to build a model that roughly resembled an actual rocket (a form of "fa ...

• Scratch Star Fury (Scratch) By William Carney

  Star Fury ( Contributed - by William Carney )  Recently I just finished a rocket I call Star Fury. As to credits to "Babylon 5", I did not think of the series in anyway when I named this rocket and in no way is it meant to associate in anyway anything on that fine sci-fi series. It's sort of like a futuristic space fighter with "Star ...

• Scratch Star Wars Y-Wing Fighter (Scratch) By Todd Mullin

  (by Todd Mullin - 01/28/07) Brief: "The Koensayr BTL-S3 Y-Wing Attack Starfighter is an older craft, past it's prime by the Battle of Yavin but still an important part of the Rebel Alliance. Though large and slow, it's extremely rugged and packs a heavy punch. This craft is seen in all three Star Wars movies, starting with the first unsuccessful attack on the first Deat ...

• Scratch Starburst (Scratch) By Ray King

  ( Contributed - by Ray King - 11/01/09) Brief: This is my first entry for the EMRR “Spaceship Design Contest – 2009”. This year I planned to build 3 of the rockets choices, but only finished 2 of them. This is the first of them. Again this year my daughter named the rocket and it comes from the view of the rocket from the top and the fact that is looks like a star ...

• Scratch Starchaser (Scratch) By Glenn Roth

  ( Contributed - by Glenn Roth - 04/16/10) Brief: Scaled down "scratch" built version of original estes model, which was a representation of the Starchaser Industries entry in the Ansari X-PRIZE competition, the Thunderstar. I opted to go with 13mm 2-engine cluster. Construction: Rocket consisted of a BT-55 body tube for main airframe, dual 13mm motor mount consisting of ...

• Scratch StarFinder (Scratch) By Dan Bihary

    Starfinder Assembly Description Parts Body Tube LOC/Precision BT-2.56 Nose Cone LOC/Precision PNC-2.56 Motor tube LOC/Precision MMT 1.14 Coupler Material LOC/Precision TC-2.56 Fin Material 3/16" Aircraft Plywood Fin Structure Plastruct 3/16"x 1/2" Truss Landing Pegs 1/8" Brass Tubing Fasteners (6) Wood Insert Nut and Socket Head Screws See rocket dimensions and stations ...

• Scratch Starlight Model Rocketry - Flash 24 (Modification) By Andrew B

  I modified the rocket kit to fly it on a Ellis Mountain Motor Works G37-10. It flew to about 4,000 ft. This is a very cool kit. But I don't think they make them any more. :( All in all, a very fun rocket. Since I modified it, I was able to make two rockets!!! Components Very easy build. High quality parts! /h2 Easy Easy Easy Fun Fun Fun Fun!!!!!!! ...

• Scratch StarScraper (Scratch) By Brian Mardirosain

  ( Contributed - by Brian Mardirosian) Introduction: Always wanted a Mean Machine when I was a kid, but never got around to getting one. When I raided the house recycling bin in January, I discovered five identical wrapping paper tubes. Being on the flimsy side, figured it would be a test to reinforce them enough to fly on a G motor in the form of a super roc. Nose Cone: Shaped out ...

• Scratch Stiletto (Scratch) By Jim Senecal

  This is an upscaled clone of the Estes Stiletto.  This is one of my favorite rocket designs, it looks fast even standing still.  This version uses BT-55 body tubes rather than the BT-50 of the original and is approximately 29" tall.   Components The parts list for this rocket includes an 18" Estes BT-55 body tube, an additional 6" section of BT-55, and a tube ...

• Scratch Stink Bomb (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 09/07/09) Brief: This was an experiment in making a paper mache rocket using a latex mold. I built a mold from a Toypedo pool toy using 2-part latex. I had originally planned to make fiberglass shells. However, my first attempt turned out poorly. Soon, my mind wandered and I got the harebrained idea of making a pair of shells from paper mache. ...

• Scratch Strap On Boosters (Other Product) By Morgan Hendry

  Otherwise known as parallel staging, this technique allows a higher lift-off power while being able to discard useless weight after it is no longer needed. The space shuttle employs solid rocket boosters which do the same thing. The application in rocketry would be a lower cost payload boost because you could use lower power engines. The problem, as I discovered, occurs when you have a large ...

• Scratch Stratosphere (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

    Stratosphere We recently took our daughter to Las Vegas for her 21st birthday. I soon noted that every casino seemed to have souvenir daquiri glasses reflecting their theme. I managed to resist them, including the cool Eiffel Tower shaped glasses from Paris . After all, drinks are free while you are throwing your money away! Well, we ended up going to an inexpensive daytime ...

• Scratch Streamliner (Scratch) By Mark Van Luvender

  I chose to build the Streamliner for this contest as it truly spoke to me as something I could do--that doesn't happen often. This rocket started out as an Estes Baby Bertha kit. In order to create the "Streamliner", I cut a wedge shaped section out of the body tube starting just below where the nose cone shoulder ends. Once the cut was made, the edges were glued together to create the sleek ...

• Scratch Strickly Bizness (Scratch) By Dennis McClain-Furmanski

  (by Dennis McClain-Furmanski - 06/05/05) Brief: This is a Carbon/Kevlar composite laminated on Kraft paper tube, high performance, almost minimum diameter scratch built rocket. Construction: Parts used: Two 34" BT-60 body tubes Two 4" C60 couplers 6' carbon/Kevlar ® composite hybrid sleeve PML 1.5" urethane conical nose ACME 38mm fin can ...

• Scratch Sunday Morning Press (Scratch) By Ray King

  Brief: What better use of the Sunday newspaper? When I started this project I thought it would be very easy to roll a tube from newspaper, after all it is really easy to do at the kitchen table. I found as with many things it is never as easy as I thought. Parts list: 3-5 full pages of Sunday newspaper (Actually any day will do) Old “D” Engine casing Soda 12 pack ...

• Scratch Super Ranger (Scratch) By Tim Burger

  Scratch-built four (4) 24mm motor cluster rocket resembling the Super Big Bertha This project began as an extension of a pair of rockets already in my fleet. I’ve had a regular size Big Bertha for over 10 years that flies great. When working on NARTREK Silver I chose to build a Ranger - a classic Estes kit that predates the Big Bertha - to fulfill the cluster flight requirement. I ...

• Scratch Super Sky Shriek (Upscale) By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: 1.59X upscale of one of the original Estes Goonybirds, the Super Sky Shriek is for the most part an E-powered Estes Fat Boy with cool fins and an even cooler paint scheme. The parts list: BT-80 main body tube 8.0" Estes PNC-80BB nose cone 2 centering rings 48" Kevlar shock cord 48" sewing elastic shock cord (1/8") Technically there were no instructions for the ...

• Scratch SuperFly (Scratch) By Dave Brunsting

  This is my first foray into the world of APCP from 3 years ago. In 2005 I went to scratch build one of my most reliable and awesome rockets to date. It is an awesome F and G burner and has yet to let me down. 34" 2.6" phenolic tube 2.6" Nose cone - Purchased from RAH - not sure what brand it was anymore (2) 29mm centering rings 29mm tubing 8" of 1/4" all-thread 10" of ...

• Scratch Superscale Ninja (Scratch) By Eric Speckman

  Superscale Ninja ( Contributed - by Eric Speckman)   For someone who is used to Estes kits, this thing is huge. For people in HPR, this isn't so big. This rocket stands 4' 9.4" tall, and is 4" in diameter. As of now, I don't know what the exact weight is, but I it is around 3 1/5 lbs (Loaded weight was 4.5 lbs). A lot of the weight is in the payload section. The ...

• Scratch Superscale Sprite (Scratch) By Dave Rose

  Superscale Sprite ( Contributed - by Dave Rose - 07/16/99) Brief: Upscale version of the Estes Astron Sprite. Parachute recovery unlike the original tumble recovery due to weight. Construction: Designed using RockSim 4.0 except for fin caps. The fin caps were added by hand with the RockSim plan being modified to account for the additional weight. Built using an 18" length of ...

• Scratch Swarm By Chris Taylor Jr.

  Welcome to the SWARM !!! The Swarm Consists of a small fleet of different scale Flying Saucers (4 Total) This Entry is just for the High Powered Specimen :-) Mega saucer This is the Ultimate saucer ! 2 Foot in diameter and made to be lofted on H55 engines and if built carefully on an H128. It has a Monster Smoke vacuum effect ...

• Scratch Sweat-Stained Clifton Tracking Station Hat of Death (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  Brief: This is a 29mm UFO-type rocket made from an old hat. The hat is removable in case I forget a ball cap - wouldn't want to sunburn the top of my head, ya' know. This is really a minimalist rocket. I decided to make the core out of a solid piece of 2" pink foam. I started by tracing the outline of the hat and roughing out a chunk with a sharp knife. I did just a tad of trimming to make ...

• Scratch Swiss Army (Scratch) By Chan Stevens

    Box of Parts Contest Entry My first thought when looking over the box of parts was "Wow! I could build 10 rockets out of this stuff." Then, reality started to settle in- I was fat dumb and happy on body tubes, but not so endowed with balsa and nose cones were also limited in variety. I had already decided before getting the box that I was going to go for broke and ...

• Scratch SynerJet (Scratch) By Kathy Kippen

  ( Contributed - by Kathy Miller - 06/21/09) Brief: This a scratch built spaceship rocket designed for the 2009 Design-A-Spaceship contest. It is constructed of 110lb cardstock and presentation board. Construction: The parts include: BT-50 for the internal tube/motor mount screw eye presentation board for centering rings, fins, and bulkhead ¼" elastic ...

• Scratch Talk Radio (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 08/18/04) Brief: This rocket is made from a sports water bottle that was donated by a local talk radio station, hence the name. It has a 24mm mount, recovers by parachute, and uses 'plate fins'. 'High tech' features of this 'low tech' rocket include a Kevlar cord and positive motor retention. Construction: A partial construction list consists ...

• Scratch Talos (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  Brief: This is a almost-kinda-semi-scale model of the Talos missile. When I converted my 21st Century Toys F-104 for flight, I had the jet engine turbine component left over. I found it fit a 2.125" mailing tube perfectly and realized it (almost) resembled the Talos nose cone. The real Talos is 2-stage, but mine combines both stages in a single stage 29mm model. Since this is made from ...

• Scratch Tardis (Scratch) By Jamie Halpin

  ( Contributed - by Jamie Halpin - 12/19/09) Brief: Scale model of Doctor Who's TARDIS Construction: 1 cardboard box shaped body 4 1/8 plexiglass fins 2 cardboard centering squares 70 mm cardboard tubing from a roll of aluminum foil 3 ft Chinese underwear elastic 1 custom nose cone - see below When I first saw the Estes Port-a-Pot Shot I laughed so hard ...

• Scratch Tarkus II (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 06/14/08) Brief: The motivation for this 29mm, sci-fi-inspired rocket began with a container from a bottle of Highland Park single-malt scotch. The truncated oval tube screamed spaceship. From there, the rocket design proceeded in ‘real-time’. The name arose part way through the build and came from Emerson, Lake and Palmer's 1971 album. ...

• Scratch Tarnation Flaming Breakfast of Doom (Scratch) By Jeff Lane

  ( Contributed - by Jeff Lane - 11/14/07) Brief: Rocket made entirely from recycled household trash materials. Construction: External body is a stack of ten paper-walled Carnation Instant Breakfast cans. Parachute tube (inner) is a 48mm diameter Christmas paper core. Motor mount tube (inner) is a 30mm diameter Christmas paper core. Upper six inches of the motor tube is glued ...

• Scratch Taurus 1.65x Upscale (Scratch) By Bill Eichelberger

  ( Contributed - by Bill Eichelberger - 02/09/06) This project was started with the intent of putting the legendary Centuri Taurus more in line with the way I had imagined/remembered it back in the late '70s. While cloning the Taurus recently, one thing I was surprised about was the rocket's size relative to the Centuri Super Kits. In short, I had expected the Taurus to be quite a bit ...

• Scratch TCC Special (Scratch) By Ross Ohmen

  Futuristic 8-finned, stubby, rocket based on a picture in Tripoli Central California's (TCC) web site. Parts List: 1 - BT80 Nose Cone - Fat Boy Style 1 - BT80 Body Tube - Approx 10" 1 - BT50 Motor Tube -3" 2 - CR 5080 Centering Rings 1 - 18" of Kevlar shock cord. 1 - 36" shock cord 1 - 8" x 8" Nomex cloth for parachute protection 1 - 18" Parachute 1 - BT50 ...

• Scratch Tea-Bird 4.0 (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand - 02/24/09) Brief: Tea-Bird 4.0 is the 4" upscale version of the tubefin "Tea-Bird" model (made from Crystal-Lite(tm) ice tea containers) I presented earlier on EMRR. I originally designed it as "Tea-Bird 38", but after a few test flights, I decided it could handle much more power, so I extended it by 2", and installed a 54mm ...

• Scratch Tea-Bird (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  An all-plastic tubefin for 29mm motors. This tiny (15" tall) and extreme-stubby tubefin was inspired by a plastic container of Crystal Light instant iced tea packets I was looking at one day. Sitting next to it on the pantry was a 2.6" Estes Executioner my kids gave me for Fathers Day last year. I kept looking back and forth at that 2.6" Estes nose cone and the plastic Crystal Light container. ...

• Scratch Tea-Bird (Scratch) By Jewel B. Butler Jr.

  Brief: This rocket is a replic of the great rocketeer Larry Brand designed called the Tea Bird. Got the idea off the EMRR web site. The rocket is a tube-fin stubby that flies really nice and is relatively cheap to build. I started with three container that my Sugar-Free KoolAid comes in, a Bt-80 nose cone fits perfectly as Mr Brand stated in the Tea Bird article. Got the balsa nose cone from ...

• Scratch Temporary Insanity (Scratch) By Cliff Oliver

  ( Contributed - by Cliff Oliver - 03/24/08) Note: This is a slightly edited version of all the information that Cliff has produced for his Level 3 project. Download his MS-WORD document here (29M) to see a few more pictures and details. Introduction Temporary Insanity is a single staged three finned rocket. The design is an upscale loosely based on the Aerotech Mustang mid-power ...

• Scratch Terrapin (Scratch) By Clive Davis

  ( Contributed - by Clive Davis - 06/23/06) Brief: This is a paper model of the University of Maryland Terrapin research rocket. It can actually be configured to fly as a two-stage design, but I have only flown it as a single stage. I designed the rocket using various sources on the Terrapin. I would say it is more sport scale than scale. Scale is 1:15.5. Construction: The plans ...

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• Scratch The Albatross (Scratch) By Geof Givens

  ( Contributed - by Geof Givens - 08/25/07) Brief: The Albatross is my biggest and most ambitious boost glider project to date. It took nearly 10 months to complete. With a wingspan just shy of 4 feet and weighing exactly 1 pound, this glider casts a huge shadow over the earth below. An 11oz BT-70 boost pod for 29mm motors carries the bird skyward. Construction: The glider was ...

• Scratch The Amazing Underperforming Mono-Nano-Copter (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 10/10/02) Brief: This prototype was my first attempt at building a monocopter. It is powered by Micro-Maxx motors and is truly underpowered. The MMX motors have too short of a burn to be a good choice for a monocopter, even if it is "nano" sized. Not too impressive by most standards. Well, one man's curiosity is another man's triumph (or ...

• Scratch The Avenger (Scratch) By Douglas Gardei

  ( Contributed - by Douglas Gardei - 06/28/08) Diary of a Contest Rocketeer: 3-24-08: Got my box of parts . Will post pics later. 3-26-08: Here are my parts. Not much for large nose cones, but looks like I can make something up if need be. (Click to Enlarge) 3-27-08: There was about three sheets of paper inserted in the box when I got it. Now I can't seem to f ...

• Scratch The Demon (Scratch) By Kyle James Yawn

  ( Contributed - by Kyle James Yawn - 03/18/06) Brief: This is a three 24mm motor cluster rocket with large payload section. It is made for E9-4s but may be flown on D12s or some 24mm Fs. The payload bay is 12 inches long after the coupler and nose cone shoulder are accounted for. It has through the wall fin configuration and gives it a rock solid fin can. It's a real solid mid power ...

• Scratch The Deplaquenator (Scratch) By Layne Pemberton

  ( Contributed - by Layne Pemberton - 08/18/05) Brief: Sometime other than now in a galaxy somewhere else, all life forms with teeth live under the constant threat of the Periodontalites, these free roaming bands of malcontents bring the bane of Halitosis and Gingivitis to all they encounter. Created during an accident involving a two dental technicians, a cyclotron and a paperclip, ...

• Scratch The Emporer's New Rocket (Scratch) By Lance Alligood

  Brief: I'd been reading about spool rockets & decided to build one for myself. After my Estes Stormcaster lawndarted itself into destruction, I decided to salvage what I could. I'd forgotten that there was a rather long MMT tube in there & it proved to be a perfect fit for what I had in mind... A spool rocket looks like such an incomplete rocket that I had to give it an unusual name. ...

• Scratch The ERINT Cluster (Scratch) By Steve Carr

  ( Contributed - by Steve Carr - 10/06/05) Brief: The ERINT Cluster is a scratchbuilt off scale of one of the Patriot family of surface to air missiles. ERINT means Extended Range INTerceptor. The cluster means it uses a 13mm Deuce type motor mount for propulsion. Construction: Parts list: 1 FlisKits EMK2-13-55c motor mount. 1 FlisKits NCB-55DW (This is a substitute. The ...

• Scratch The Flamingo (Scratch) By Geof Givens

  ( Contributed - by Geof Givens - 10/27/07) Brief: The Flamingo rose from the ashes of the Albatross , which was my huge boost glider built as part of EMRR Challenge 2007 and was destroyed near the end of its first flight when it glided into a freak crosswind gust. After that setback, I decided to return to a much more stable glider design with a superior glide ratio aided by a ...

• Scratch The Flying Didgeridoo (Scratch) By Karl Kalbaugh

  ( Contributed - by Karl Kalbaugh - 02/24/07) Brief: This model was my first scratch build since being a teenager (30+ years ago). It is meant to be LPR using household or easily obtainable items. Nearly anyone should be able to duplicate this idea with good results. Construction: A single body tube was created from two paper towel tubes coupled together with a smaller diameter ...

• Scratch The Gension (Scratch) By Scott Turnbull

  ( Design this Spaceship Submission - by Scott Turnbull - 10/15/06) Building The Gension (rhymes with tension) Overview: This article describes the construction of The Gension, a scale model of an Ion Powered Generation Starship. It features a 24mm motor mount, ring fin, squared off airframe, and a bulbous nosecone tipped with a clear plastic dome. The Gension is a hy ...

• Scratch The Gnat (Scratch) By Geof Givens

  ( Contributed - by Geof Givens - 03/17/07) Brief: The Gnat is a 5" diameter stubby rocket for 29mm motors that I built mainly out of leftover household items and a few rocket scraps. It is 17.5in tall and weighs 29oz. It is my latest creation in my ongoing love affair/obsession with the original Estes Fat Boy and other stubby rockets. A RockSim file is provided. This uses a ...

• Scratch The Lamp (Scratch) By Dennis McClain-Furmanski

  (by Dennis McClain-Furmanski - 09/06/04) Brief: It's a lamp. It's a rocket. It's both--and with wood paneling Construction: The parts list: 1 BT-70 tube, 18" long 1 "Bertha" style balsa nose cone 4 fins cut from 1/8" balsa sheet Launch lug constructed from 1/4" wide slats of 1/8" balsa 18" strips of 1/16" balsa sheet of ...

• Scratch The Lord of the Rings (Scratch) By Dave Rose

  Long before I was building rockets, a very small, tumble recovery rocket was introduced by Estes. It was the 1/2A powered Astron Sprite. To those not familiar with this rocket, I would like to explain a very unique characteristic of this design. When scaled up enough to be powered by a high impulse motor, the air flowing past the fin ring creates a high-pitched whistle when launched. This is ...

• Scratch The MicroGlia (Scratch) By Kathy Kippen

  ( Design this Spaceship Submission - by Kathy Miller - 07/08/06)   The MicroGlia Assembly photos by Kathy Miller Static and Flight photos by Buzz Nau. Click for Kathy Miller's Word DOC Submission Parts List 1 Estes PNC20 nosecone 10" Estes PNC20 airframe 18mm engine stop 3/32" balsa for fins 3 Styrofoam eggs 1 ...

• Scratch The Shiv (Scratch) By Geof Givens

  ( Contributed - by Geof Givens - 03/17/07) Brief: The Shiv is a 55" futuristic long neck two-stage parallel cluster scratch design capable of flights over 2000 feet with its maximal motor configuration. The design is completely my own, imagined as a highly challenging low-power project to distract me from a number of bigger rockets. The booster section of this rocket is p ...

• Scratch The Walrus (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand - 12/07/09) Brief: "The Walrus" is an extreme stubby version of my 7-tube tube fin "Dwarf King Mk. 7" presented earlier on EMRR. Being lighter and stubbier, it uses a LOC 5.5" cone and can be flown on G-motors at smaller non-HPR fields, or on 300+ Newton I motors. I built it to test some more ideas on tube fin aer ...

• Scratch The Whole Enchilada By Dick Stafford

  The Whole Enchilada "The rocket that is the meal!"   The idea for The Whole Enchilada came into being one Sunday afternoon while cleaning out the frig. We had leftover tortillas that had been in the freezer way too long. Then the idea to use the stale tortillas hit me..... Ingredients Three stale flour tortillas, ~12" in diameter, for body tube and fins. (sure ...

• Scratch The Zorch (Scratch) By Bill Eichelberger

  The Zorch is my personal version of the Estes S.P.E.V., having come to be as a result of a trip through the junk pile in my shop.  It uses parts from one previously flown and damaged classic, from a never completed scale project, a damaged piece of tubing, and an orphaned nose cone.  The only new parts in this bird are the Kevlar and the centering ring that I used to mount ...

• Scratch This End Up (Scratch) By Geoffrey Kerbel

  (by Geoffrey Kerbel - 07/10/05) Brief: This End Up turned out to be a fairly high performance 24mm bird. With an Estes E9-6 engine, it has gone out of sight on the two launches with this engine. Rocksim shows 1600' or more at my Phoenix, AZ launch site on a 90 degree day with ~10% humidity. It has flown on engines as small as C6-5 with excellent height and perfect recovery as well. ...

• Scratch Thorn (Scratch) By Geof Givens

  ( Contributed - by Geof Givens - 05/07/06) Brief: The Thorn is a complex futuristic single-stage rocket intended for RMS 18mm D motors. It is 30" tall with BT-70 (2.2in) maximum diameter and weighs 5 3/8 oz unloaded. My design of Thorn was motivated by two factors. I sought a design where nearly the whole rocket had the boat tail effect of slimming toward the aft end. ...

• Scratch Thunder'ceptor (Scratch) By March Briner

  (by March Briner) Brief: Long and skinny, single stage, high-power rocket [though it appears to be multi-stage]. Over 12 feet tall. Recovers under 44" chute. Construction: This project started in my mind's eye in 1991, though construction never started until late 1992. In all, there was 80 inches of 3.1" LOC airframe, 60 inches of 2.26" LOC airframe [not counting a 30 ...

• Scratch Thunderbolt (Scratch) By George Pike

  ( Contributed - by George Pike - 11/21/03) Brief: Until now I've been strictly a low power BAR. In the year or so since returning to rocketry (courtesy of my kids, their favorite PBS show "Zoom", and an Alpha kit from the local hobby store), I've had fun building progressively more interesting model rockets including a few two and three engine clusters and multi-stage rockets, ...

• Scratch Thundercloud (Scratch) By Roger Lipke

  Thundercloud ( Contributed - by Roger Lipke) Note: This is a slightly edited version of Roger's information with fewer pictures. Visit Roger's site for many more pictures and flight data graphs. "Thundercloud" is a 7.67" diameter High Power Rocket. It stands about 10-1/2 feet tall and weighs approximately 30 lbs empty. The airframe is Public ...

• Scratch Thunderscreech (Scratch) By Joseph Pscolka Jr

  ( Contributed - by Joseph C. Pscolka, Jr. - 08/16/05) Brief: Ever since my cousin purchased his Estes Screamin' Mimi, I've toyed with the idea of doing an upscale version. I've grown tired of building 3FNC and 4FNC rockets, so I decided a high power upscale of this unique rocket would be a nice challenge. Also since I have a lot of spare parts like BT-3.0 body tube cutoffs, BT-55 ...

• Scratch Tiger Shark (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford) Brief This is a scratch rocket built with parts from an Estes "Designer's Special". It includes a BT-20 main tube and a BT-50 payload. Construction: This rocket was built around the mid 80's and there is nothing unique in its construction. The nose cone is plastic and the transition is balsa. The fin pattern was also provided in the Designer ...

• Scratch Tigerstrike Missile (Scratch) By Casey Smith

  ( Contributed - by Casey Smith) Brief: This rocket is a 2 Stage appearance workhorse that I put together from some left over 29mm, 38mm, and 54mm motor mount tubing. It has a very long motor mount tube so it can take a G35 to an I 200. It will probably take an F, but I never have any. Construction: There is the 29mm mount inside of the 38mm tube mounted into the 54mm main body tube. ...

• Scratch Titan Interceptor (Scratch) By Geof Givens

  ( Contributed - by Geof Givens - 10/31/05) Brief: This is a 1/21 scale model of the infamous Titan Interceptor, which shot down more Terran fighters than any other ship during the second Saturnian war of 2716-2721. Although clumsy by today's standards, this ship fascinated Earthbound scientists and the general public when Lt. Molly Kanoshita managed to lash a damaged TI to her ship ...

• Scratch TOGinator (Scratch) By Boris Katan

    Late 2006 I bought and built a FlisKits US TOG. Futuristic and very cool looking, it flies on D12-5 engines very nicely to somewhere around 500ft. I knew that I had to build an upscale one day. Now that it is winter in New England, it's rocket building season. The 1, 1.3, and 1.6 inch tubes used in the original, when multiplied by 1.6 come very close to LOC 1.6, 2.2, and 2.6 inch ...

• Scratch TOW 2A 1/3-Scale Antitank Missile (Scratch) By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand - 05/01/04) Brief: Scale modeling of the TOW antitank missile is a challenging rocketry project; I don't see that it has been attempted before. It is an "8FNNC" configuration, 8 Fins No Nose Cone, with a blunt end that can't be good for aerodynamics and that has to be custom crafted. Add to this a very far forward CP requiring lots of nose ...

• Scratch Trace (Scratch) By Marlin Meyer

  ( Contributed - by Marlin Meyer - 04/04/10) Brief: Easy TTW single-stage rocket designed to be flown on D-F motors. The fins and strakes take a little time if you want the rocket to look great. Construction: Two standard diameter body tubes with TTW fin design. List of Parts (all Semroc numbers) BNC-60X nosecone BT-60DS body tube BT-60BB body tube JT-60C ...

• Scratch Transglobal Interceptor (Scratch) By Gordon Agnello

  Brief: This was an idea knocked about in the chat room on The Rocketry Forum one night and this is what I came up with the next day. Essentially, this is a military version of the Estes Orbital Transport. Boost is a normal vertical take-off with a glide recovery for the Orbiter and a parachute recovery for the Booster.   This is no 3FNC model! These are all Estes parts except ...

• Scratch Transkelion (Scratch) By Glenn Roth

  ( Contributed - by Glenn Roth - 04/19/09) Brief: This is my box o' parts entry. Single stage rocket with small cargo bay and parachute recovery. (Parts were sent to me, all but DVD and medicine bottle, which were "bonus parts.)" Construction: Because I was working with miscellaneous pieces, I used 2 BT30s and a medicine bottle as a payload section. Bottom was ...

• Scratch Transonic (Scratch) By John Chapman

  ( Contributed - by John Chapman - 08/24/05) Brief: This is a maximum strength midpower rocket that still incorporates wood and plastic construction. It will handle any 24mm motor, as well as most dunkings in water. Construction: This rocket uses 1.1 in. phenolic airframe tubing topped by the PML Urethane nose cone - the only commercially produced cone that fits this tubing. ...

• Scratch Triactive (Scratch) By Peter Clay

  Cluster model for A3-4T and A10-3T motors A cluster of three 13mm tubes, compressed slightly, fits in the 29mm HPR motor mount tube. This in turn requires a little packing to fit neatly in a BT-55 or BT-56. To accomplish this, I cut strips of Kraft paper (like grocery bags), applied glue to one side, and wrapped it like tape until it fit neatly. ...

• Scratch TriBar (Scratch) By Brian Mardirosian

  Introduction: This is the rocket that started it all, my first scratch-build of my BAR career. I wanted to use BP motors, but also felt the desire to build something more than just a 3FNC rocket. Clustering seemed the perfect way to go. Nose Cone: An old friend of mine who is now on the opposite coast somehow left an Estes payload section and nose cone in my range box over 10 ...

• Scratch Trion (Scratch) By Geof Givens

  The Trion is a retro-futuristic scratch build designed around the FlisKits Tres motor mount. The construction will be very difficult for builders without a high or expert experience level. Here is a list of parts, with part numbers referring to parts from Balsa Machining Service, Fliskits, etc.: 2 Nose cones, BMS CENV2NC 2 Boat tails, BMS CENV2BT Tube, BMS BT60 T60-34 8.5 ...

• Scratch Tsuru (Scratch) By Geof Givens

  ( Contributed - by Geof Givens - 02/27/06) Brief: The Tsuru marks the apex of 23rd century Japanese fighter craft. It was named after the peaceful and auspicious white crane, although the sight of this bird on your tail is enough to strike fear into the hearts of most adversaries. This is a scratch-built fighter craft with a futuristic look and featuring rear ejection from a ...

• Scratch Tu-Be or Not Tu-Be (prototype) (Scratch) By Scott Simka

  (by Scott Simka - 05/10/03) Brief: Single Staged, tube finned rocket, to be fired from a 6-foot section of 6-inch diameter PVC Pipe which is anchored to the ground. Construction: Constructed of 2-inch diameter sturdy kraft type poster tubes, two 20-inch sections with six 4-inch long tube fins cut from the same tube. The nose cone is constructed from an Edge shaving cream cover with ...

• Scratch Tu-Be or Not Tu-Be (Scratch) By Scott Simka

  (by Scott Simka - 06/15/03) Brief: My level 1 project evolved from a working prototype design that was inspired by a series of ROL posts. The project was to fire a rocket (centered with sabots, shown at right) from within a vertical tube which was anchored to the ground. The sabots would need to fall away from the rocket upon its exit from the launch tube. Design Specs: ...

• Scratch Tube and Ring 2-Stage Rocket (Scratch) By Howard Smart

  ( Contributed - by Howard Smart - 03/28/09) Brief: This is a custom 2-stage rocket with no traditional fins. The booster has a large ring fin, and the sustainer has tube fins. Construction: The body components for this rocket came from an old Quest Zenith staged rocket kit. The fin tubes are from Apogee. The inspiration came from seeing Todd Mullin launch an all-tube-fin ...

• Scratch Tube Lifter (Scratch) By Peter Stanley

  ( Contributed - by Peter Stanley - 08/16/09) Brief: The Tube Lifter is a two-stage fin, tube, and ring tail rocket. Sustainer is recovered with a 14" parachute, and booster via tumble recovery. It has a clear payload bay. Construction: The parts list: PNC-55AC Nose cone 5" Clear - BT-55 tube, from Semroc 20.0" BT-55 tube 1.28" x 1.0" Balsa ...

• Scratch Tube-a-licious (Scratch) By Lance Alligood

  ( Contributed - by Lance Alligood - 07/05/04) Brief: Tube-a-licious is a scratchbuilt tube fin rocket built with 2.6" paper tubes. Other items of interest include tubes for the fins were cut at a 30 degree angle, a 29mm motor mount with foamboard centering rings, and zipperless airframe design. Construction: I had been wanting to build an HPR with tube fins for quite a ...

• Scratch Tubular Crayon (Scratch) By Greg Lane

  ( Contributed - by Greg Lane - 09/17/05) Brief: My Tubular Crayon is a single stage HPR rocket using parachute recovery. It is based on the RalphCo type Crayon Bank 4 inches in diameter and 35 inches long. I found the banks on sale at Toys R Us for $5.99. I decided to use tube fins instead of the usual clear fins. Construction: The six tube fins are made from two extra crayons. ...

• Scratch Turd Burd (Scratch) By Matt Wedel

  ( Contributed - by Matt Wedel - 08/24/06) Brief: This is an 18mm tube-finned garbage rocket with streamer recovery. I built it to take a break from a serious rocket project that I'd been working on for a month. I wanted something that I could build quickly from stuff laying around the house, but I also wanted it to fly well. It succeeded on both counts. Construction: Components ...

• Scratch Twice Removed From Yesterday (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 08/01/04) Brief: Twice Removed from Yesterday is a 4" diameter, 38mm rocket that features two LOC plastic transitions. Although these transitions largely define its external looks, the main thing that is different about its construction (at least in my fleet) is the motor mount. The motor mount includes a LOC baffle and a homemade retainer made ...

• Scratch Twin Jet TR5 Fighter (Scratch) By Matt Gillard

  This is my second attempt at building a rocket to match a picture. This time for the 2008 EMRR Challenge and my first cluster where the motors are significantly apart from each other. Parts include: 1 launch lug for 3mm (1/8 inch) rod 2 parachutes (Estes 12 inch) 2 3-foot lengths of knicker elastic 2 Snap swivels 2 18mm engine block Kevlarthread 2 Body tube 8.5 inches ...

• Scratch Twin Shuttle (Scratch) By Mark Fisher

  ( Contributed - by Mark Fisher - 05/10/02) Brief: Parachute-recovered core, two large gliders Construction: This twin uses the Space Shuttle foam gliders originally from Comet, but now distributed by Guillows. I replaced the thin (0.088") foam rudders with 3/16" balsa and the plastic insert used for rubber band launching with 1/8" dowel mounted to a 3/32" balsa ...

• Scratch Two Stage Fiddle Faddle (Scratch) By Kathy Kippen

  This is a staged version of one of my favorite rockets called "Fiddle Faddle" adapted from plans I found on the internet years ago. I have modeled this design in RockSim, and while the 3D image doesn't look like the actual model as per the box fin, it does give reasonable approximations for altitude. The parts list: 2 3" sections of BT-20 1/16" and 1/8" balsa for fins Estes ...

• Scratch Two Stage Red Max (Scratch) By Brian Ray

  ( Contributed - by Brian Ray - 01/14/09) Brief: This is a two-staged downscale of the venerable Estes classic Der Red Max. Construction: Sustainer Parts List: 1 BT-55, 8.5" 1 PNC-56 1 BT-20, 2.75" 1 Engine Block, 18mm 2 Cardboard Centering Rings 1 Elastic Shock Cord, 30" 1 Streamer 1 Launch Lug 1 Set Der Red Max Fins scaled ...

• Scratch Two-Stage Spool Rocket (Scratch) By Matt Gillard

  ( Contributed - by Matt Gillard - 03/07/09) Brief: I built my first spool rocket out of two CD-ROMs and a tube from a roll of silver foil. I have always found the aerodynamics of spools interesting and wondered if they could be staged. This rocket is the result of that pondering. Construction: The parts list: Two BT-50, 6 and 8 inches in length Two 24mm engine ...

• Scratch U.F.P.O. (Unidentified Flying Paper Object) (Scratch) By Joe Policy

  ( Contributed - by Joe Policy - 11/20/05) Brief: My first paper rocket design--and it actually worked the first time! Construction: All that's needed is one 8 1/2" X 11" Sheet of 120# cardstock and white glue. I started by taking a CD-ROM and using it as a template for the upper portion of the saucer. I traced both the outside of the CD as well as the spindle hole ...

• Scratch U.S.S. Fred G Sanford (Scratch) By David Mackiernan

  ( Contributed - by David Mackiernan - 07/06/08) The following is the HTML interpretation of David's PDF submission. Please see the full PDF HERE (0.4M) Constructing the For the EMRR BOX-O-Parts Contest Muddle through the Mess I started by separating body tubes in to groups that could be used as airframes and tubes that where crinkled,dinged, or dented. This gave me ...

• Scratch Ugly Bug (Scratch) By John Nordlie

  ( Contributed - by John Nordlie - 12/19/03) Brief: My first true 'scratch-built' model rocket was the Ugly Bug . It is based on the Estes Mosquito, but built for an Estes 'D' (24mm) motor rather than the standard mini-motor. This is actually not the first time I've built a scaled-up Mosquito, but I don't really count the first time as a rocket. Back in grad school a fellow student who ...

• Scratch UNF Pangaea (Scratch) By Les Bradshaw

  ( Contributed - by Les Bradshaw - 12/14/08) Brief: Earth has recently developed Faster Than Light space travel. The United Nations Federation ship, the Pangaea was built to bring United Nations delegates and ambassadors on an important diplomatic mission to meet with representatives from the three main galactic empires. This build is an attempt for the "Design This ...

• Scratch UPS Express (Scratch) By David Kneble

  Brief: This is a single stage high power rocket created from a UPS shipping box. It flies on 38mm motors (I211W-J350W) and features parachute deployment. The parts for this rocket are all pretty simple and in my case I had everything, but some hardware and the mailing tubes, lying around the house. After the destruction of a section of one of my other rockets, I ordered the necessary ...

• Scratch Upscale Astron Streak (Scratch) By Bruce Shepherd

  ( Contributed - by Bruce Shepherd - 01/14/04) Brief: A single stage upscale of the Astron Streak using a Fat Boy nosecone, parachute, and engine mount components, as well as a spare BT-80 tube and balsa fin stock. Construction: We used a BT-80 body tube I had from an assortment of body tubes I got on eBay a while ago, cut to 10-1/2 inch length. The motor mount was stock from a ...

• Scratch Upscale Big Brute (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford) Brief: My first mid-powered rocket was the North Coast Big Brute (pre-Estes). I love stubby rockets and when it came time to decide how to use some of the 5.38" tubing that I won from LOC, an upscale Big Brute was the natural decision. I decided to incorporate several features I'd been wanting to try, including: air starts, electronics mounted in the ...

• Scratch Upscale Black Shadow (Scratch) By Matthew Bond

  Contributed - by Matthew Bond - 02/24/10) Brief: Inspiration is a funny thing sometimes. Late one night, with all thoughts of sleep far removed, I found myself perusing the online catalogue of Semroc Astronautics Corporation, particularly the large and exciting selection of balsa nose cones. For those of you who have not yet indulged in this exercise I highly recommend it, ...

• Scratch Upscale BLU-97B Cluster Bomb (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 04/01/04) Brief: This is a description of my upscale of the Estes BLU-97B Cluster Bomb . With the success of my last Quaker Oats rocket, the Fat Oat Cholesterol Buster, I decided that a semi-scale version based on two 5" bins would provide a nice flight on Gs. Construction: The nose cone tip was turned from 2" pink Styrofoam using a ...

• Scratch Upscale Blue Bird Zero (Scratch) By Geoffrey Kerbel

  ( Contributed - by Geoffrey Kerbel - 11/25/05) Brief: This Blue Bird Zero is a 125% upscale of the original which makes the main body tube a BT-60. I have wanted this rocket since I became a BAR but the Ebay prices were too high. I then found Fred at Excelsior and while ordering some Goony decals, I added the upscale Zero decals as well. After building various other rockets, I liked ...

• Scratch Upscale BSD THOR (Scratch) By Jason Vennard

  (by Jason Vennard - 01/24/06) Brief: In March 2005, I decided I wanted a big rocket. Something for low flights on Ks that would also handle L flights. When I researched prices and saw how expensive it was going to be, I decided I might as well make it M capable and go for my Level 3 certification. After checking the TRA website and getting a list of TAP's I enlisted Bruce Lee and ...

• Scratch Upscale Corkscrew (Scratch) By Taylor Jessee

  This is a single-staged mid- to high-power rocket that is an upscale of a kit I got 5 years ago for Christmas from my dad when I was 6 years old. I loved that original rocket because it made the curly smoke trail. The parts list: 1 36" PML Quantum Tubing made into a 25" main tube and 11" payload bay with coupler 3 1/8" thick plywood fins 2 1/4" thick plywood centering rings ...

• Scratch Upscale Der Red Max - 159% (Scratch) By John Bergsmith

  ( Contributed - by John Bergsmith - 02/24/09) Brief: This is a 159% upscale of the popular Estes kit Der Red Max. This is a simple to build rocket that performs very well on the 24mm reloads available today. All the parts are readily available as well including the decals. Construction: High quality balsa nose cone, plywood ring, and eye bolt were supplied by Sandman. Estes ...

• Scratch Upscale Grasshopper (Scratch) By Jeff Lane

  ( Contributed - by Jeff Lane - 09/22/08) Brief: This is a 3x upscale of the Sunward Grasshopper. It is a single-stage 29mm motor mount, 3-inch body, parachute recovery rocket. Construction: One 12.5 inch long 3" airframe tube, One Mercury Engineering blow-molded nose cone, three 1/4" plywood fins, 1 thin-wall Apogee motor mount tube, 2 foam core centering rings, ...

• Scratch Upscale Mars Snooper (Scratch) By Douglas Gerrard

  (by Douglas R Gerrard - 07/01/03) INTRODUCTION This project started because I wanted to do something different. I had been doing camera rockets exclusively for over 12 years and wanted a different challenge. When I considered an upscale of a model rocket, I knew the only choice for me was the Mars Snooper II (Photo 1). It was first released by Estes in 1975 and ran through 1980. ...

• Scratch Upscale No. 2 Estes Sky Writer (Scratch) By John Partridge

  ( Contributed - by John Partridge - 12/14/08) Brief: One of my boys has an Estes Skywriter that despite its simplicity flies really well. Actually it almost flies too well, that's why he's on his second rocket since we watched the first fly over the trees at our launch site when he decided to try a C motor. Anyway, since he likes it so much I have thought that it would be neat if I ...

• Scratch Upscale Semi-Sonic (Scratch) By Marlin Meyer

  ( Contributed - by Marlin Meyer - 07/22/10) Brief: Single stage, low power, parachute recovery rocket. I saw the review posted on EMRR of this rocket, used the provided Rocksim file (thank you) and upscaled to BT-55 Construction: Parts are all Semroc: BNC-55PT nose cone SE-2 screw eye BT-55 body tube 15" parachute (Topflight) BT-20 engine tube (2) ...

• Scratch Uranus Explorer 2 (Scratch) By Tom Markel

  Personal Challenge: A working model built from and themed on Toilet Paper Rolls, Rear Ejection (of course!) and fly-able with C engines Components 8 High-Quality Toilet Paper Roll Centers* BT 5 BT 20 Foam Board to make Adapter Rings Masking Tape (lots and lots of Masking Tape) Rubber Bands for Shock Cord Standard 12 inch parachute (*Regarding "High ...

• Scratch USA Gymnastics (Scratch) By Alex Rothchild

  ( Contributed - by Alex Jordan - 01/06/05) Brief: This is a single stage, scratch built rocket with six fins, 24mm motor mount, and 3/16 launch lug. It can hold up to a F21-8. It is painted yellow, orange, and black along with a big USA Gymnastics sticker on it since I built it for my sister, who is a gymnast. Construction: I used all Estes components. The parts list: 1 ...

• Scratch USPS Express (Scratch) By Hans "Chris" Michielssen

  ( Contributed - by Hans "Chris" Michielssen - 06/27/09) Brief: This has been an interesting year for me. I call it "Rocketry On A Budget". A box of parts was donated by Jonathan Stewart from Plano Texas. I thank him for his generosity. I received my box on March 4, 2009. Construction: An inventory of the parts: A) BT-5 12" long B) BT-5 size ...

• Scratch USS Atlantis (Upscale) (Scratch) By Jeff Brundt

  ( Contributed - by Jeff Brundt - 07/10/01) Brief: A 168% upscale of a classic Estes kit from the mid 1970's. The rocket uses traditional LMR construction techniques and is designed to fly on 24mm Estes black powder and some Aerotech RMS motors. I was able to download the fin patterns from JimZ's web site. I already had the instructions for the original kit I built over 25 years ago. ...

• Scratch USS Moebius (Scratch) By Todd Mullin

  Click on Pics to Enlarge         I loved EMRR's new "Spaceship Design Contest", but in the beginning, I wasn't excited by any of the designs. But, over the weeks that followed, I rotated the pictures on my desktop wallpaper and studied each for a few days and finally settled on this design. I thought that the outboard motors would be an interesting ...

• Scratch V-1 Buzz Bomb (Scratch) By Frank Burke

  Well, I just finished one of my more rewarding projects, that being a flying V-1 Buzz Bomb. A friend of mine is into vacu-forming styrene, and made up the body and pulse jet intake on a wood lathe, and molded me some pieces, on the condition I would try to see if I could make it fly. Dry weight was going to be around 11oz. I used a 24mm motor tube (aerotech) and installed a thrust ring, and ...

• Scratch V-32 (Scratch) By Jeff Lane

  ( Contributed - by Jeff Lane - 04/16/05) Brief: 81% Downsize of a 1970 plan. Construction: Handmade nose cone, 4" BT-55, 3.75" BT-50, BT-5 engine tube, mini engine hook, engine block, two 5-50 centering rings, two 50-55 centering rings, one BT-55 coupler, elastic shock cord, 11" parachute, 72" of extruded 0.04" x 1/4" styrene, Bristol ply for tail ...

• Scratch V2 (Scratch) By Brian Kain

  ( Contributed - by Brian Kain) Brief: Scratch 4" V-2. Flies on H through J 38mm motors. The nose has interchangeable weights so the rocket can be properly weighted for any given motor. I use a silk 36" chute I got from AEROCON. Construction: 1- 4" dia LOC body tube 8.5" long. Glassed with 6oz cloth and 30 min epoxy. This rocket has no payload section ...

• Scratch V2 (Scratch) By Kevin McLaughlin

  ( Contributed - by Kevin Mclaughlin - 11/15/02) Brief: Scale model of infamous German WWII V-2 in 3.9" dia x 37" tall scale with 29MM motor mount that can handle up to 29 x 240 hardware. Empty weight of this rocket is 53 oz including nose cone weights for a G64 RMS. VCP is at 12.7" and CG at 16.8" fully loaded with G64 RMS, tubular nylon shock chord and 45" ...

• Scratch V2 (Scratch) By Gary Sinclair

  ( Contributed - by Gary Sinclair - 11/13/05) Brief: Always a nice rocket to build is the V2. For mine I wanted to use 6" tubing so I could build it around two 6"x19" Scotglas nose cones. (The boat tail is a nose cone with the top missing.) My aim was to build a V2 capable of taking an L motor and dual deployment. Construction: The parts list: 2 19" V2 ...

• Scratch Vega 1 (Scratch) By Leonard Loranger

  Rear engine boost glider with high altitude performance. Rugged and built to perform even on windy days.   The Vega 1 is a high performance rear engine boost glider designed for dramatic flights on Estes B6-2, C6-3, and C6-5. With its sweptback wings and long length, Vega 1 will fly straight as an arrow. Introducing a slight spin will also ensure the model will be stable. The balsa ...

• Scratch Viking 6 (Scratch) By Bill Eichelberger

  The Viking 6 is an amalgamation of the FSI Viking line, which in real life stopped after the Viking 5.  During my recent cloning of the Viking 5 and upscale of the Viking 2, I screwed up on the measurements for the first tube fin I cut.  It sat on my desk until the end of the project, at which time I realized that the mitre cuts were nicely done and that it could be a ...

• Scratch Viking IV (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

  The Viking 4 was the last of the original FSI Viking rockets that I cloned.  I built the BMS Clone of the Month Viking 1 several years back, but had no luck creating my own version of the distinctive angled tube fins that the Viking line features.  Once I found a template maker for this step,  http://archive.rocketreviews.com/tool_template_widget.shtml I began cloning the ...

• Scratch Vinyl Pig (Scratch) By Richard Vatsaas

  ( Contributed - by Richard Vatsaas - 12/10/01) The Vinyl Pigskin of Porcine Revenge Excited about entering the EMRR Stomp Rocket Contest, I stopped by my local Walmart to find a likely subject, one that wouldn't bust the budget (Ok, I'm really, reaaaaally cheap).  My eyes lit upon this little number, T he Peyton Manning MicroVortex Howler . This little foam thing ...

• Scratch VTHL (Scratch) By Jim Bassham

  Brief: For the 2009 Design This Spaceship contest, I chose the Rockedyne VTHL concept.  I could find very little information on this spacecraft except that it is a Vertical Take-off, Horizontal Landing Single-Stage-To-Orbit proposal that Rockedyne designed as a ramjet powered vehicle. I imagine it as an unmanned transport (after all – there are no apparent windows) that uses the ...

• Scratch Vulcan 60 (Upscale) By John Lee

  Brief: Since I was a kid, I have always been captivated by the paper shrouded rockets like "The Point". My biggest nemesis, however, was always the Centuri Vulcan. I built lots of them but never got one to behave or even look very good...until I became a BAR and cloned one. It's not the best flier in the world, but it actually works which is more than I can say about any that I built in the ...

• Scratch Wannabe Sputnik (Scratch) By Philip John Lewer

  ( Contributed - by Philip John Lewer - 03/22/03) Brief: THE WANNABE SPUTNIK is a fun and easy rocket to build. No major tools required. Construction: One DENSE styrene foam ball 4 inches in diameter or more 4 spruce dowels 1/16" scrap balsa (if stabilizing fins are desired) To Build: [Remember this is a very SEMI-SCALE rocket.] Drill a hole, ...

• Scratch WASP (1:42 Scale) (Scratch) By Chan Stevens

  ( Contributed - by Chan Stevens - 08/30/09) Brief: This is a clustered 2-stage scale model with all sorts of "stuff" going on that is really not too tough a build and can be a competitive sport scale model. This particular model was small enough to enter in NARAM-51's Peanut Sport Scale event. Construction: OK, I'll admit I approached this project almost completely ...

• Scratch Weaned Speed (Scratch) By Scott Turnbull

  ( Contributed - by Scott Turnbull - 07/04/08) Brief: This odd rocket is a baby bottle bank converted to a 29mm powered rocket with three back swept fins. Construction: Bill of materials: 1 Baby Bottle Bank (from the baby shower section of a party store) 1 Mailing Tube for the interior stuffer 1 29mm Motor Mount Tube 2 Two Centering Rings cut from Clementine ...

• Scratch Which Ways Up (Scratch) By Douglas Gardei

  (by Douglas Gardei - 04/28/05) Brief: It's an upside-down flying rocket! Features "Rear" eject (or should I say "front" eject?) recovery system. This was a BRS Contest Entry Construction: To build the Which Ways Up, you will need the following components. 1 18" length of BT-55 body tube. 1 2.75" length of BT-20 tubing (standard 18mm motor tube ...

• Scratch Whirlygig-24 (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 10/12/05) Brief: When I first saw Matthew McFarland's Whirlygig in FlisKits' Deuce bash Contest , I immediately knew I had to build one. This is a 24mm version of this odd, helicopter design. Since there was little theory to help determine stability (how do you swing test this anyway?), I built mine out of leftovers. As a result, the design is not ...

• Scratch Why Not? (Scratch) By John Chapman

  (by John Chapman - 08/24/05) Brief: This is an 18mm engine altitude rocket with "Hillary Duff" graphics, built with my daughter to interest her in rocketry. Construction: The BT50 based design has elliptical fins for efficiency, giving good altitude for schoolyard launches on smaller engines. Its light construction gives good parachute duration. Finally, the hot pink ...

• Scratch Wild Goose (Scratch) By Jewel B. Butler Jr.

  ( Contributed - by Jewel Butler Jr. - 10/04/09) Brief: I call this rocket The Wild Goose because it kind of looks like a Goose.I got the idea after looking at one of Jim Flis rocket the US TOG. I love ring and tube fin designs so I came up with the Wild Goose it is a single stage 24mm with a transition and parachute recovery.The nose came from a Fliskit rocket betcha can't tell ...

• Scratch X-15 Experimental Aircraft (Plastic Model Conversion) By Peter Stanley

  This is a plastic model conversion of a Revell X-15 kit. Modifications: The first thing I did was use a Dremel to grind out the wheel well in the bottom half of the X-15. This makes room for the nose cone. After removing the wheel well, I epoxied the nose cone/body tube in the lower shell. There were some gaps along the body tube side where the plastic wasn't touching. To reinforce this ...

• Scratch X-Wing Fighter (Scratch) By Eric Maher

  (by Eric Maher - 11/18/05) I started work on the X-Wing shortly after getting level 1 certification. Construction was based on a set of plans I found on a Japanese website for a paper X-Wing model. From these plans, I was able to create templates for the X-Wing's fuselage bulkheads, wings, cockpit and nosecone. Construction began with the purchase of a 38mm motor tube, a sheet of ...

• Scratch Xebec Kaku (Scratch) By Brian Coyle

  ( Contributed - by Brian Coyle - 07/05/08) Backstory In the mid-2100's, Earth's leaders realized the biggest issues facing the world were not the depletion of natural recourses, famine, or even the impending fresh water shortages. The human race itself was in jeopardy and needed to expand into the stars if it were to survive. In a gallant effort of worldwide cooperation, plans were ...

• Scratch XR-71 Green Burd (Scratch) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 07/18/02) Brief: This is a scratch built jet fighter that is roughly patterned after the SR-71 Blackbird. As you can see, I wasn’t terribly creative in the naming department. Construction: This rocket was built around the mid 80’s after I became a BAR. The main body tube is BT-50 and the side tubes are BT-20. The main nose cone is ...

• Scratch YJ-218 (Upscale) By Ted Phipps

  I love the Estes Yellow Jacket. I’ve built 2 originals, and many upscales and downscales. I’ve taken to identifying the YJ’s in my fleet by the number and size of the engines, so my 2.6-inch upscale was the YJ-324, indicating a triple cluster mount of 24mm motors. The name for this rocket means that a cluster of two 18mm mounts are installed. This was my very first cluster ...

• Scratch YJ-324 (Scratch) By Ted Phipps

  YJ-324 ( Contributed - by Ted Phipps) Note: This is a slightly shortened, edited version of Ted's article with fewer pictures.  Visit Ted's site for all the pictures. Backround  The Estes Yellow Jacket is one of my all-time favorite rockets. A great flyer, it will go nearly out of sight on C engines, and is small-field capable on an A. One of the first upscales I ever ...

• Scratch Z7 (Scratch) By Michael Mangieri

  ( Contributed - by Michael J. Mangieri - 11/11/05) Brief: The Z7 is a 24mm dual stage sport rocket with sleek but simple design and a beautiful gold/white color scheme. Features a large payload bay and 18" parachute. Construction: Sustainer parts list: 1 Body Tube BT-60, 18" 1 Body Tube BT-60, 8" 1 Body Tube BT-50, 3.25" 2 Centering Rings, ...

• Scratch Zodiac (Scratch) By Christopher Rhodes

  ( Contributed - by Christopher Rhodes - 07/07/08) Brief: My Box o’Parts build is the first scratch built rocket I’ve made and so upon seeing the random assortment of parts and “junk” I received it looked like quite a daunting challenge. With it being my first scratch built rocket I decided on a relatively standard design so as not to confuse myself too much but then ...

• Scratch Zoomer Broomer (Scratch) By Bill Eichelberger

  ( Contributed - by Bill Eichelberger - 04/14/09) Brief: I built my first big Goony back in 2001 using a Fat Boy as a donor kit. Going on seven years later the Star Snoop is still flying, though looking a bit on the ragged side at this point. Even back then I had plans to build upscales of the rest of the Goony fraternity, but something else more interesting always seemed to pop up. ...

• Screamin' Max (Modification) By J Stuart Powley

    When I was at the local Hobby Lobby, I saw that they were having a 1/2 price sale on all their Estes rockets. I quickly snatched up a Screamin' Mimi and waited for inspiration. A couple of days later I was watching a show on German Stukas. The sirens on the wings reminded me of the whistles on the Mimi and then I had it! Why not combine the Screamin' Mimi with one of the most classic ...

• Semroc Aerobee-Hi By Chan Stevens

  The Aerobee-Hi was the first production model offered my Model Missiles Inc. (MMI), and was introduced just about 50 years ago from the time this review is likely to be posted. The original version featured a maple nose cone, parallel-wound tubes, and sold for $7.95. 50 years later, Semroc has gone with balsa nose cone, upgraded to laser-cut fins and Kevlar shock cord, while keeping the price ...

• Semroc Aerobee-Hi By Christopher Rhodes

  Brief: As my first attempt at constructing a real scale rocket, I chose the Aerobee Hi for my entry in the 2008 EMRR Challenge. The Aerobee Hi rocket is of a simple design and so looked like a mountable challenge. Being the first mass produced rocket kit, it also has some history behind it and would be easy to fly on a small motor. The Aerobee Hi consists of a simple single stage ...

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• Semroc Aphelion By Chan Stevens

  This is #4 of 10 "ready to build" models released by Semroc at NARAM-52. The original Aphelion was Semroc's 4th production kit, introduced in 1968 and included in their version of a starter set (with launch pad, controller, and engines). Parts were excellent quality, and the sealed bag contained: Balsa nose cone Series 10 slotted body tube (1" ID) Series 9 stuffer tube (1" OD) ...

• Semroc April Dancer By Chan Stevens

  Brief: You TV trivia fans will love this one. You might be sharp enough (or old enough) to recall "The Man From U.N.C.L.E" series from 1967. I'm not, but Carl at Semroc is, and he's included a nice biography/history of the rocket design for this kit. The series featured a car that had a rocket launcher built into the gull-wing doors. The "real" rockets on the show ...

• Semroc Arcon-Hi By Glenn Little

  Brief: Semroc has developed (or continues to develop) a line of kits called "Retro Repro". These kits are reproductions of out-of-production models that had some level of significance in the model rocket industry. The kits are generally true to the original except for utilizing modern techniques as well as materials. The Arcon-Hi was a kit first developed by Centuri in ...

• Semroc Arcon By John Lee

  Brief: A semi-scale, 4FNC, 18mm, payload, parachute recovery, retro repro of a Centuri rocket by Semroc. This is another of my retroactive reviews of a rocket that was built before I found EMRR. I am doing it from memory with the instructions in front of me. I received the Arcon as a freebie with a large order from Semroc. Since it is a simple model, I decided to try it before ...

• Semroc Astro-1 By Bill Eichelberger

  With more and more old rocketeers rediscovering the hobby and Estes seemingly intent on remaining a shadow of its former self, it was only a matter of time before other, more BAR friendly companies arrived on the scene to fill the void. One of the more recent of these companies is Semroc. More "experienced" fliers will recognize the Semroc name from their brief stint in the rocketry world 30+ ...

• Semroc Astro-Jr By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This is a downscale of the 1969 Centuri Astro 1, reintroduced by Semroc in 2004 in a 13mm small field version. While it's a decent value at $8.00 retail, it's also offered as a free premium at various times on their website or via coupon included in some of their kits. The swept back fins give this a slightly more interesting look than the typical 3FNC skill level 1 designs. ...

• Semroc Astrobee 350 By Peter Davidson

  Brief: A Semroc retro-repro version (KV-13)of Centuri's 1965 Astrobee 350 (KC-5)and incorporating updated technology like laser-cut fins and Kevlar ® -mounted shock cord. Construction: The parts list is covered in Chan's review so I won't elaborate here. This being my first Semroc build, I found the Astrobee 350 to be a nice and easy skill level one kit to p ...

• Semroc Astrobee 350 By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Another Semroc retro-repro kit, the Semroc Astrobee 350 is a modernized version of the Centuri 1965 kit that also is a quick, easy scale project. Construction: The kit includes: ST-1010 body tube Balsa nose cone 18mm x 2.75 motor tube pack 4 Laser-cut balsa fins 12" plastic chute Waterslide decal Parts are excellent quality, and come in a ...

• Semroc astron By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Semroc is offering up this basic 3FNC as a free gift to new NAR members in 2010, or for a retail price of $11.50 to the rest of us. It's a quick, simple build well suited for beginners. Construction: Parts are excellent quality, and include Balsa nose cone Series 8 body tube (slightly heavier wall than regular body tubing) BT-20 motor tube, ...

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• Semroc BatRok By Joe Policy

  Brief: The BatRok is a Semroc Retro Repro series kit that is an updated version of the Centuri BatRok kit KB-8 from 1967. The original design was inspired by the original Batman television series and also includes a payload bay. Construction: The kit includes: 1 body tube 1 clear plastic tube 1 balsa nose cone 1 balsa tube coupler 1 set laser cut fins 1 thrust ...

• Semroc Booster 16 By Hans "Chris" Michielssen

    This is the new Semroc A10-0T booster unit for the Centurion, Vega, and Goliath rockets. It is meant for existing, single stage rockets using the ST-16 (old Centuri style) body tubes. It will be interesting to stage a 13mm booster to a 18mm sustainer. I've never used a lower powered booster (A10) with a higher powered sustainer (B6 or C6, a A8 is also listed as a sustainer engine). ...

• Semroc Booster 16 By John Lee

  Brief: In anticipation of Estes' announced re-release of A10-0 motors, Semroc has released a CHAD booster stage designed to fit rockets utilizing their series 16 body tubes. One of the named rockets is the Semroc Centurion and I decided to give my Centurion a booster. Construction: The kit consists of a pair of paper shrouds, an engine hook, a motor tube, a body tube, a pair of ...

• Semroc Brighton By John Bergsmith

  Brief: The Brighton is an upscaled version of the Estes Ranger. The kit features four different interchangeable motor mount options: 4x18mm cluster, 3x24mm cluster, single 29mm, or single 24mm using a 29/24 adapter. The Brighton includes a baffle system to protect the recovery parachute from the ejection gases. Construction: Lots of parts with this kit! BNC 80 balsa ...

• Semroc Brighton By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This is essentially an upscale retro/repro of the classic Astron Ranger, but in deference to Vern Estes, Semroc avoided naming this after one of his favorites, instead going with the Brighton. It's a fantastically engineered, incredibly versatile rocket, featuring four different interchangeable motor configuration options: 4x18mm cluster, 3x24mm cluster, single 29mm, or ...

• Semroc BT55 Baffle By Matt Gillard

  ( Contributed - by Matt Gillard - 09/23/07) Brief: This is a baffle for a BT-55 rocket. I purchased it from the model rocket shop for £1. After building it, I went back to buy a few more in different sizes. The Model Rocket Shop and Semroc's web site show different barrel type baffles, so I assume that this baffle is now OOP. Construction: The picture on the web site ...

• Semroc BT60 Baffle (Other Product) By Dick Stafford

  This is Semroc's rendition of the BT-60 baffle. This kit includes three components and a piece of Kevlar twine. All three parts are laser cut from a small sheet of fiberboard. The precision of the cuts are amazing with both small features and some cuts that are merely scored. You'd never be able to cut this with your trusty #11. Assembly is trivial. You fold over the center section into ...

• Semroc cc: SpacePlane By Geof Givens

  Brief: I had been flying my 1967 vintage Astron Spaceplane when a unusually powerful ejection charge broke both elevon stops and blew away 1/3 of the right elevon. I decided to retire it and build a replacement. The cc:Spaceplane is one of the "carbon copy" kits put out by Semroc. Semroc supplies all the parts including laser cut fins and decals, which were not included in the ...

• Semroc cc: SpacePlane By Geof Givens

  Brief: The Semroc cc:SpacePlane glider is an example of an ingenious marketing plan and business strategy. The rocket design is an out-of-production model from another company. Semroc puts the parts together in a kit including nice laser-cut fins and some other upgrades from the original. Yet Semroc doesn't include assembly instructions...you have to download those from an archiving ...

• Semroc cc: SST Shuttle-1 By Drew Tomko

  Brief: A "carbon copy" of a Centuri classic by Semroc. The long booster loaded with "ramjets" releases a very cool looking glider at ejection and returns via 2 12" parachutes. Semroc provides all the parts including beautiful resin ramjet cones, laser cut fins, and decals. Instructions are not included but may be downloaded off the Internet. Construction: ...

• Semroc cc: X-21 By Mike Kordik

  The Semroc cc:X-21 is a boost glider with an elastic cord that pulls the elevons up to shift into glide mode after the motor is ejected. The kit inlcudes 1 body tube with a clear payload section and a balsa nosecone. This is a glider with broad swept wings. There is an elastic cord that pulls the elevons up but you also have a stiff string that is anchored in between the motor mount and ...

• Semroc cc: X-21 By Todd Mullin

  Semroc's cc:X-21 is a rocket glider that is a modernized version of the Centuri X-21. Here is the original description for the 1964 Centuri catalog: "Boost-glide aerospace vehicle! Exciting Performance! Advanced design! Plastic payload compartment! Controllable! Rocket powered flight straight up - hundreds of feet - then glide return for a soft landing. Successor to Centuri's famous Aero-bat, ...

• Semroc Centaur By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: The Centaur is a Retro-Repro kit from Semroc, a reproduction of an original Centuri kit from 1965 updated to 21st century standards with laser cut fins and Kevlar ® shock cord. The Centaur is a two-stage rocket that uses dual lock stage coupling and has dual swept fins, both of which were Centuri trademarks. It can also be flown as a single stage kit. Construction: ...

• Semroc Centuri Marauder By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This is a Retro Repro based upon the 1969 Centuri Marauder. It's a two stage model featuring dual-lock staging (aka Pass-Port Staging). It's a nice looking two-stage payloader (tiny) and a decent value for under $20 retail. Construction: Components are excellent quality and include: Balsa nose cone Series 8 body tubes (booster, main, payload bay) Laser cut ...

• Semroc Centurion By Chan Stevens

  Brief: The original Centurion was introduced in 1970 by Centuri and was one of the first rockets to introduce an ejection baffle system, eliminating the need for recovery wadding. This is good for long, slow flights, and a nice flier. Construction: The parts list: Balsa nose cone 2 ST-16 body tubes 4 Laser-cut balsa fins 18mm motor kit 2 12" plastic ...

• Semroc Centurion By Ron Wirth

  Brief: The Centurion is another nice addition in the Semroc Retro-Repro series of rockets. For being a 4FNC rocket, it has some cool extras, namely the dual chutes, ejection baffle and shape of the laser cut fins that lead me to purchasing this rocket. I really like the curved portion of the fin at the rear of the rocket. Construction: This kit comes with 2 sections of body ...

• Semroc Centurion By John Lee

  Brief: This rocket is a retro-repro, 18mm, standard 4FNC rocket with baffle ejection and dual parachute recovery system. Construction: The balsa sheet was within the instructions and was broken in many places parallel to the grain. One fin was broken into 2 pieces, the other three were broken into three pieces each. Let me hasten to add, I am NOT blaming Semroc for this. This ...

• Semroc Centurion By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: Originally a Centuri kit circa 1971-77, the Centurion was perfectly sized to fit in with the Estes Big Bertha and Semroc Vega. With 18mm power and an ejection baffle that all but eliminated the need for recovery wadding, the Centurion was another choice in the crowded field of skill level one birds that were perfect for flights from smaller fields. The Semroc version also ...

• Semroc Cherokee C By Bill Eichelberger

  The Estes Cherokee D was one of the first vintage kits I tried my hand at cloning when I first picked up the hobby as a BAR.  Even though I'd mistakenly identified the PNC-55BB nose cone as the correct one for the project, I was quite happy with how it turned out, and if not for an unfortunate, (but spectacular,) D12 CATO, I'd likely still be flying it today.  It was a ...

• Semroc Constellation (xKit) By Robert Koenn

  Brief: I picked up a Constellation at the Semroc booth at NARAM 50 this year. I had planned on picking up a couple of Semroc kits while at NARAM but didn.t know for certain which ones I would buy. I didn.t even know they had released this old Estes kit until I noticed it hanging in the display. I also purchased an OOP Centuri Taurus and Carl, being the great guy he is, threw in ...

• Semroc Constellation (xKit) By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Another of the clone/parts kits, this one a replica of the Estes K-35 Constellation. This one features a clear payload tube and cool futuristic fin styling complete with mini pods. Once nice upgrade in this modernized version is the laser-cut fins, saving a bit of hand cutting. Construction: Parts are standard Semroc quality, top notch. Your $13.50 (retail) gets you: ...

• Semroc Cormes Shuttle By Clive Davis

  ( Contributed - by Clive Davis - 11/26/06) Brief: The Cormes Shuttle is a kit bash rocket based on parts from the Semroc SST-Shuttle 1. I got the kit last year during a great Semroc sale along with a bunch of other rockets. After months of not getting around to the kit, I realized it would be perfect for the EMRR 2006 Challenge. Modifications: I have to say the SST-Shuttle is one ...

• Semroc Defender By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This is a reproduction of a Centuri design dating back to 1967 featuring a cluster of three 18mm motors crammed into a stretched BT-60. It takes its inspiration from a smaller brother called the Recruiter and the much larger Saturn 1b. If you like clusters, you’ll love this one in terms of sheer performance and design. Construction: Craig’s earlier review ...

• Semroc Defender By Craig Zicafoose

  Brief: This latest Semroc offering is a Retro-Repro of an old Century classic. I never had a proper introduction to Centuri kits. They were rarely sold in the area I lived as kid. Occasionally, a couple Centuri kits would pop up at the local Hungate's, but for the most part, Estes was king. I'm glad to see some of the Centuri classics brought back to life giving us BARs a chance to ...

• Semroc Earmark By Duane Boldt

  Brief: Humorous rocket poking fun at government earmarks. You should get a good laugh out of the manual. Construction: 1 - Nose Cone (BC-722) 1 - Screw Eye (SE-10) 1 - Kevlar ® Thread (SCK-24) 1 - Body Tube (ST-765) 3 - Fins (FA-19) 1 - Thrust Ring (TR-7) 1 - Launch Lug (LL-122) 1 - Spacing Tube (MC-727) 1 - Humorous Instruction Manual ...

• Semroc Earmark By Chan Stevens

  Brief: While the US senate was trying to wrestle a health care reform agreement to resolution before Christmas 2009, the Semroc team was busily rushing out their own little piece of rocketry "legislation", releasing a bit of a mutated kit called the Earmark. I won't contend that anything "inspired" this, but it does appear to be based upon the Mark kit, which ...

• Semroc Excalibur By Chan Stevens

  This is a retro-repro of the 1972 Centuri model of the same name which was later introduced as a two-stage version called the Excalibur 2. Semroc's version holds close to the original, featuring Centuri-sized tubing, but replaces the plastic nose cone with a balsa one and upgrades the fins to laser-cut precision (fiberboard).  Components Balsa nose cone Series 7 ...

• Semroc Firefly By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Semroc brings back another Centuri classic with this one, hailed as the world's smallest two-stage rocket in it's heyday around 1968. Faithfully reproduced right down to the original tube sizes, this kit will be a fun build for the nostalgia buff, though modern day flights will prove problematic. Construction: The kit for this review was graciously provided by B ...

• Semroc Gee'hod By Chan Stevens

  The latest addition to the Groonies line, this very politically incorrect rocket is packed with humor and bears the chubby little BT-60 based styling of the other grown-up Goonies (Saki, Ruskie). The first Groonies were based upon rejected Estes designs recently made public, but this one is pure Semroc all the way... Parts included are: BNC-60 balsa cone (with clay weight, screw eye) ...

• Semroc Gee'hod By Frank Casey

  This is a Groonie, which I guess is something like a first cousin to the Estes Goonybird. I actually purchased two of these from Semroc, one to build and fly and one to add to the kit collection inventory. It's my first Groony build and I'm glad that I picked this unPC bird to break the ice. This is a very unique looking rocket and it's a lot of fun to build. I won't re-list the c ...

• Semroc Gee'hod By Moe Bertrand

  The Semroc Gee'hod is a single-stage, parachute recovery rocket and is the third release in their line of "Groonies" - grown up Gooney Birds. Where Estes Gooney Birds had 13mm motor mounts, Semroc's Groonies have 18mm mounts and are a bit bigger in diameter. Previous reviewers have covered the basics very well. I love Semroc's components...some of the finest in the business. I followed the ...

• Semroc Gee'hod By Dick Stafford

  This is the latest in Semroc's line of Groonies (Grown-up Goonies). Inspired by the "insanity of 9/11 and its aftermath", the Gee'hod is a parody on fanaticism. It has lots of fin area, lots of decals, and flies on 18mm motors. Mine is production #10. For a small kit, this one has a lot of parts. It has two balsa nose cones: the main elliptical cone and the small one for the 'RPG' mounted ...

• Semroc Golden Scout By Frank Casey

  ( Contributed - by Frank Casey - 03/29/08) Brief: This is a reproduction of the original Scout introduced by Vern Estes back in the 1960s. Back in the day, it sold for a mere 70 cents and introduced millions of people to model rocketry. Construction: Parts list: 1 balsa nose cone (BNC-30DE) 1 body tube (BT-30AP) 1 laser-cut fin set 1 engine catch hook ...

• Semroc Golden Scout By Mike McFadden

  ( Contributed - by Mike McFadden - 06/01/08) Brief: This is Semroc's commemorative release for the 50 years of contributions to rocketry from Vernon and Gleda Estes, the founders of Estes model rockets. This was one of the first kits released by Estes. It is a unique design as it tumbles back to earth after flight. Each kit is assigned a unique number and can be registered at ...

• Semroc Golden Scout By Dick Stafford

  Brief: While buying some parts and supplies, I decided to go ahead and grab a Golden Scout to commemorate the Vern and Gleda's 50 years of contributions to this educational and fun hobby. Without their efforts, sport rocketry might not even exist today. There are already several good reviews here on EMRR, so I'll assume you've read them. There's no reason to repeat everything. ...

• Semroc Golden Scout By Chan Stevens

  Brief: The original Scout was designed by Vern Estes, and was awarded a patent in 1960 for achieving tumble recovery via a shifting CG. The motor slides back via the ejection charge. This became catalog # K-1 and is among the most beloved nostalgic designs. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Model Rocketry, the "rocket doctor" Ken Montanye teamed up with Vern ...

• Semroc Goliath By Lance Alligood

  The Semroc Goliath is a 4FNC LPR that allows you to build it with your choice of 3 different motor mounts: 1 18mm motor, 1 24mm motor, or 3 18mm motor cluster. The Goliath design, as explained in the instructions, is part of Semroc's RetroRepro line and according to the historical information in the instruction manual, was originally inspired by the Estes Ranger. The kit includes the ...

• Semroc Hawk By Hans "Chris" Michielssen

  Brief: I put my order into Semroc during their end of the year Christmas discount. My order was already over $40.00 and the Hawk was a free kit! I added an extra Hawk to my order. One to build, one to hoard. I had an AMROCS catalog in the early 1970s. I remember thinking it was a near twin to the Estes Falcon. With laser cut fins, this kit went together much easier than my ...

• Semroc Hawk By Howard Smart

  Brief: Near reproduction of a boost glider (BG) kit from 1965 made by AMROCS. This is a forward motor BG which changes from boost to glide by ejecting the motor casing, shifting its CG to the rear for gliding flight. Construction: This kit contains: (2) Balsa fin sheets - laser cut Nose cone - Balsa Motor mount 18mm Launch lug Decal Construction was ...

• Semroc Hawk By Jim Bassham

  Brief: This is Semroc's Retro-Repro kit of the 1965 AMROCS Hawk. It is a swept-wing boost-glider that uses motor ejection to change CG at apogee. Construction: The kit consists of a balsa nose cone, an 18mm motor tube, a launch lug, a waterslide decal, and two sheets of laser-cut balsa parts. The instructions in this Semroc kit were well written, logical, and generously ...

• Semroc Hawk By Robert Gustin

  Brief: The Semroc Hawk RetroRepro boost glider is a very simple to build and easy to fly rocket boosted glider. Based on the 1965 AMROCS Hawk, it ejects its motor to establish a stable, balanced glide. Construction: In the well packaged kit you get: 1 Instruction set 2 3/32" balsa part sheets 1 BT-20 motor tube 1 Balsa nose cone 1 1/8" launch lug ...

• Semroc Hawk By Paul Morris

  Brief: A retro boost glider that was purchased for me by my nephew and niece for my birthday. This was the first model rocket that I have built since I had a stroke--and it proved a bit of a challenge. Construction: The kit comes in a bag and contains: motor mount 2 balsa sheets of parts balsa nose cone decal launch lug The balsa was light, ...

• Semroc Hawk By Matt Gillard

  Brief: A Retro-Repro production from 1965. The Hawk is a quick to build boost glider that ejects its motor and glides back down. Flies almost from the building board. Construction: Kit comes in a plastic bag and contains: 1 instruction booklet 2 3/32" balsa part sheets 1 BT-20 motor tube 1 Balsa nose cone 1 1/8" launch lug 1 Hawk decal ...

• Semroc Hawk By Tyler Jones

  Brief: The Hawk is a boost glider that uses a rocket engine to get itself in the air. It is a "Retro-Repro" of an older rocket. Semroc is selling them for $7.50 right now so I decided to pick one up. Construction: When I bought the kit I figured there wouldn't be very many pieces. I got it and found only 5 parts in the whole kit. It comes with: 1 BT-20J ...

• Semroc Hawk By Chan Stevens

  Brief: The Hawk was originally introduced by Advanced Model Rocket Systems (AMROCS) in 1965. Its design is very much like the Estes Falcon. It's technically a boost glider, although it doesn't use a carrier vehicle, instead relying on ejecting the motor to handle the necessary shift in CG/CP relationship. This Semroc "retro repro" faithfully reproduces the original ...

• Semroc Hydra One By Chan Stevens

  This is a 70% downscale of Semroc's popular Hydra VII, which is a 7-motor cluster design. This is a greatly simplified single-motor version, although it still shares most of the design characteristics that make the Hydra VII a fun and challenging build. The good news is this smaller version sells for about $20 less than the Hydra VII. The bad news is that still makes this list for $26, ...

• Semroc Hydra VII By David Hash

  Brief: The Hydra 7 is a currently the "newest" kit by Semroc Astronautics (originally released in 1969 and re-released on January 1st, 2004). The rocket is based around six 18mm motor tubes and is a great clustered, high altitude payloader, and retails for $23. The rocket can fly on anything from 1 C6-3 to 3 C6-5s to 7 C6-7s. With its largest motor setup (7 C6's) it is ...

• Semroc Hydra VII By Frank G. Whitby

  Semroc Hydra-VII is a 7 motor cluster rocket with a futuristic design. The kit included every part that was described in the long list. There is a very nice exploded view of the rocket in the instruction sheet that helps in identifying the wide array of parts, along with 3 sheets of very nice laser-cut balsa fins and a host of tubes and several nosecones. The kit comes with some plastic ...

• Semroc Hydra VII By Nick Esselman

  The Hydra VII is my second Semroc kit. My first one, Lil' Hercules , never got reviewed by me and only saw one flight as it vanished from the pad. My second impression of Semroc, which confirms my first, is that they run a very professional company. From 1969 to 1971, " Semroc produced a full line of rocket kits and engines. At its peak, Semroc had twenty-five full time employees working at ...

• Semroc IQSY Tomahawk By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This is one of Semroc's first offerings in the Deci-Scale line, which represent semi-scale models roughly 1/10th the size of the real thing. The IQSY and D Region Tomahawk's generally represent among the easiest entry level scale models, and this kit is certainly easy to build. But in terms of scale-like accuracy, I'd have to pan it slightly unless the modeler wants to go to ...

• Semroc Iris By Chan Stevens

  Brief: The Iris is one of the first of a new sport scale line by Semroc called the Deci-Scale, each roughly 1/10th the size of the real thing. This model is based upon the Atlantic Research Corporation's sounding rocket. The kit is just for the upper stage, as the real sounding rocket flew off of different booster configurations, never on its own, so this model would not qualify ...

• Semroc Iris By John "MAX" Venable

  Brief: This is another TIGHT repro from Semroc. Very Sleek and FAST.Semroc supplied me with a 24mm mount for free. Construction: The Kit consists of: 1 Balsa Nosecone, 1 Body tube, Motor tube, 4 Balsa fins, 1 screw eye, 1 thrust ring, chute pak, kevlar shock cord, launch lugs, engine hook, a set of decals. The only con about this Rocket is ...

• Semroc Iris By Ron Wirth

  Brief: Semroc has recently started a new line of Deci-ScaleTM rocket kits that are 1/10 semi-scale models of the originals. The IRIS is one of the first in the Deci-ScaleTM line which is a semi-scale model of the real Iris designed by Atlantic Research Corporation in the early 1960s. This model is a 4 fin rocket with some added details that give a true scale appearance to the ...

• Semroc Javelin By Chan Stevens

  The Semroc Javelin is an 18mm minimum diameter kit based on a 1965 Centuri design that is easy to build and flies great. The kit includes: ST-790 body tube Balsa nose cone 4 Balsa laser-cut fins Thrust ring 12" plastic chute Kevlar/elastic shock cord combo Waterslide decals The instructions were well written and easy to follow. This would probably rate about a ...

• Semroc Javelin By Jay Goemmer

  Brief: The single-stage 4FNC Centuri Javelin was my very first model rocket, as seen in this photo of myself from the early 1970's. Estes model rockets were only available by mail order in South-Central Idaho back then, but I could easily buy Centuri model rockets at a drug store in my home town of Jerome and a hobby shop in nearby Twin Falls. After coming back to model rocketry ...

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• Semroc Laser-X By Chan Stevens

  ( Contributed - by Chan Stevens) Brief: Semroc offers a fine line of "retro repro" kits, which introduce modern improvements to classic Estes/Centuri designs. The Laser-X was originally introduced in 1968 and has been faithfully reproduced by Semroc with upgraded Kevlar shock cord and adhering to the original balsa nose cone and tube sizes. Construction: The two body ...

• Semroc Laser-X By Larry Zeilmann

  Brief: As described by Semroc owner Carl McLawhorn; "a retro reproduction of an out-of-production model rocket kit." Otherwise, A.K.A. Centuri's Laser-X. In simpler terms; this is a single stage 18mm futuristic clone of the often coveted Centuri Laser-X kit that recovers on a single 12" plastic chute. Whew! Construction: Carl at Semroc has made a truly impressive ...

• Semroc Launch Missile Plus By Jewel B. Butler Jr.

  ( Contributed - by Jewel Barton Butler Jr. - 07/20/09) Brief: I changed the nose cone with one off of a Semroc Javelin nose cone. I also made it so it can fly on 24mm motors and I added a ring fin and 1/4 inch launch lugs. Modifications: I changed the nose cone first then built the motor mount and added the splines attached the motor tube.Had to relocate the fins to the ...

• Semroc Launch Missile By Chan Stevens

  Brief: When Launch Magazine when on a roughly 6-month "hiatus" towards the end of 2008, as a gesture of appreciation to their subscriber base they teamed up with Semroc to release a kit version of the rocket depicted within their magazine's logo. When the kit release was announced at NARCON 2009, all current subscribers of Launch Magazine got a free special edition of the ...

• Semroc Launch Missile By Dick Stafford

  Brief: Well, it took me so long to fly this rocket that there are already a couple of good reviews. But since I already had started my review, I might as well offer my opinion too. Earlier this year, LAUNCH Magazine commissioned Semroc to produce a kit based on the missile depicted in their logo. The result is the LAUNCH Missile (i.e. The Rocket that Launched a Magazine ...

• Semroc Launch Missile By Jewel B. Butler Jr.

  Brief: This is a single stage rocket basically a BT-55 that transitions to a BT-20 with nose cone and four fins. This was a kit from Semroc, one of the best companies that I have ever bought supplies from. Semroc gave these kits as an incentive prior to NARCON. And the best part about this kit it was made in the United States of America Construction: These are Semroc part ...

• Semroc Launch Missile By Steven Gill

  This is a kit by Semroc. This was the first time I have assembled a rocket like this. Assembled March 2018. Kit was dated February 2, 2009 Components 1 Balsa Nose Cone BC-720 1 Balsa Reducer BR-713 1 Body Tube ST-760 1 Body Tube ST-1380 1 Body Tube ST-730E 1 Ring Set CR-KN-4 4 Laser Cut Fins FN-4 1 Engine Hook EH-28 1 Chute Pak CP-12RY 1 Screw ...

• Semroc Lil' Hercules By Bill Eichelberger

  The Semroc version of the Centuri Lil' Hercules, a "pee-wee" rocket offered by Centuri from 1965 when it was the Lil' Hercules, to 1983, by which time it was the Lil' Herc and had a spiffy new paint job just in time for Centuri's end.  Basically a nose cone with fins, the Semroc version comes without a recovery system, but with a series of washers that are supposed to cause a ...

• Semroc Lil' Hercules By Tim Bennett

  Brief: The Semroc Lil' Hercules is part of Semroc's Retro-Repro line of kits based on the Centuri Lil' Hercules, shortened to Lil' Herc in 1972. Construction: The kit contains a body tube and balsa nose cone, 4 laser cut fins, a launch lug, and 4 washers used to add tail weight for tumble recovery. The instructions are straightforward, and the kit goes together like a ty ...

• Semroc Lil' Hercules By John Arthur

  Picture courtesy of SemRoc             Brief: The Semroc Lil' Hercules is a Semroc "retro-repro" of an earlier model. It is comparable to an Estes Mosquito or Quark. Just a little bit bigger. Construction: Kit contained 1 body tube, 1 balsa nose cone, 4 laser cut fins, 4 metal washers and 1 paper launch lug. ...

• Semroc Lil' Ivan By Peter Davidson

  Brief: This is a nicely detailed Semroc retro-repro clone (KV-49) of Centuri's 1982 Lil' Ivan (#5353) that incorporates modern technological advances like laser-cut fins and Kevlar-mounted shock cord. It reminds me of the Estes Baby Bertha but I feel this Semroc kit to be superior in terms of quality and looks. Construction: The parts list is covered in Chan's review so I won't ...

• Semroc Lil' Ivan By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Semroc has reintroduced the 1982 Centuri Cold War era Lil' Ivan. Sporting cool looking decals, this basic 3-fin design is a quick and easy build that's a reliable flyer. Construction: Semroc kits come in a sealed plastic bag and this one is a numbered edition. (Mine was #19, so I've probably just built a rare collectable.) Parts are very good quality and include laser-cut ...

• Semroc Little Joe II By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This is another excellent addition to Semroc's "Retro-Repro" line of reintroduced classics from the early years of model rocketry. The LJ-II was issued in 1968 as a companion to the 1/70 Saturn 1B, making it almost as old as I am. As with the original Estes kit, this one shares the same command module, which is also available as a very nice separate kit. At $21, it's ...

• Semroc Little Joe II By Dick Stafford

  This 1/70 scale Little Joe II is one of Semroc’s “Retro-Repro” line of kits. It includes a separately bagged Apollo capsule kit and is billed as a Skill Level-4 “Master” kit. The base rocket is probably a ‘3’ but in my book the capsule is a ‘5’. I guess it all averages out. This rocket flies on 18mm motors and recovers on a single ...

• Semroc Long Squire By Matthew Bond

  ( Contributed - by Matthew Bond - 12/01/09) Brief: The Long Squire rocket was designed to meet the requirements of challenge #3 in the 2009 EMRR Challenge. The Long Squire is a “Stage Bash”, a two stage rocket constructed from two single stage rocket kits, in this case, two Semroc Squire kits. The name “FreeBird” comes from the fact that both of the Squire kits I ...

• Semroc Lune R-1 By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This kit was originally produced by Semroc in 1969 as competition to the Centuri Arcon and has been faithfully reproduced today. It's a simple 4-fin construction and with the payload bay, it could be a nice means of venturing out of the basic intro rocket kits. Construction: Ben's review covered the parts fairly well. I'll add that the body tubes are the original ...

• Semroc Lune R-1 By Ben Shetler

  Brief: Single stage 18mm payloader. Single 12" parachute recovery. 6" long payload section. Construction: The kit contains two sections of body tube: one for the booster and one for the payload section, four laser cut balsa fins, balsa nose cone, balsa tube coupler, motor tube, two centering rings, thrust ring, motor retaining hook, launch lug, screw eye, Kevlar ® ...

• Semroc Magnum Hornet By Jeff Lane

  Brief: Chan's build experience exactly fit my own so I'll try not to repeat. The Magnum concept is simple: large motor, small rocket, and it actually makes more sense today than it did when originally marketed. I got my kit from Apogee, and it was damage-free. Construction: It is extremely easy to build and all the components are of high quality. Smooth, perfectly formed nose ...

• Semroc Magnum Hornet By Peter Stanley

  Brief: The Magnum Hornet is a Semroc Retro-Repro of a Centuri model. It is designed for 24mm motors but includes an 18mm adapter. Recovery is via 12" parachute. I ordered my kit from Semroc directly and had it within two days. Construction: The kit includes a balsa nosecone, one BT-55 body tube, a 3/16" launch lug, water slide decals, an elastic shock cord, Kevlar ...

• Semroc Magnum Hornet By Jason Orosco

  Brief: I'll try and repeat what's in the other reviews, the Semroc Magnum Hornet is Retro-Repro of the Centuri Magnum Hornet with a 18mm motor adapter and 12" cute replaces the Streamer and Kevlar ® thread/elastic shock cord replaces the rubber band from the old Magnum Hornet. Construction: The instructions are well written and easy to follow with quality parts, what ...

• Semroc Magnum Hornet By John "MAX" Venable

  Brief: A lightweight, fast flier possibly capable of supersonic speed. Construction: This baby was a fun build. I loved every minute of it. The kit contains high quality parts. A straightforward build, but I tweaked it. This kit was built entirely with epoxy with microballoons for added strength and sandability, so she can fly on AeroTech E-30s. I replaced the balsa fins with ...

• Semroc Magnum Hornet By Matthew Bond

  Centuri Engineering Company was started in the early 60s and was one of the early pioneers in the model rocket industry. Centuri was sold to Damon Corporation in the late 60s and maintained their product line separately from Estes until 1983. The Magnum Hornet was produced by Centuri from 1980-1983 and is unique in that it was one of a handful of Centuri kits comprised entirely of Estes parts. ...

• Semroc Magnum Hornet By Eldred Pickett

  This was my first Semroc kit, so it was all new. It's a reproduction of an old Centuri kit with a few updates. There is an exploded-view diagram so you can see how the pieces go together. It also serves as a parts list showing how many of each part should be there. The parts were well laid out. The fins came on a laser-cut balsa sheet. This rocket also has a balsa nose cone for all your ...

• Semroc Magnum Hornet By Chan Stevens

  Semroc has gone "retro repro" again, bringing out a modern reproduction of one of the last Centuri designs before the Damon Corporation consolidated their product line under the Estes brand. The kit, although a Centuri model, featured Estes parts in its day. The Semroc reproduction features laser-cut fins, a balsa nose cone, and upgraded Kevlar/elastic shock cord, plus includes a chute ...

• Semroc Magnum Sprint By Jeff Lane

  Brief: Simple 4FNC rocket with parachute recovery. Chan's review is complete and my experience was pretty much the same, so I'll just try to add a few comments and photos. For instance, the marketing people at Damon/Estes borrowed the Magnum moniker because it equates with "over powered". That's true with this kit. A D12-7 will easily send it out of sight. Con ...

• Semroc Magnum Sprint By Eldred Pickett

  ( Contributed - by Elred Pickett - 08/01/09) I had previously built the Magnum Hornet, and this kit is a few inches longer. Like the Hornet, this is a reproduction of an old Centuri kit that has slight changes from the original. It has features that I assume come with most(all?) Semroc kits: balsa fins on a laser-cut sheet, balsa nose cone, Kevlar shock cord to tie to the motor mount. ...

• Semroc Magnum Sprint By Chan Stevens

  This is a basic 4-fin and nose cone rocket with a fair amount of nostalgia mixed in for good measure. This is one of Semroc's "retro repro" series, which is a modern reproduction of an out-of-production classic. In this case, the Magnum Sprint is a reproduction of a Centuri design from 1982 just before they were folded in with Estes under the Damon ownership model. According to the header ...

• Semroc Mark II By Alan Tuskes

  The Mark II is a single stage Retro-Repro kit of Orville Carlisle's Rock-A-Chute Mark II model rocket. It is, as noted by the history sheet that came with the kit, not a clone kit, but rather a reproduction of a classic kit updated with the latest technology and building components. Opening the packaging and laying out the contents revealed what would be an easy build, using the high ...

• Semroc Mark II By Bill Eichelberger

  ( Contributed - by Bill Eichelberger - 01/29/06) Brief: The Mark II is the Semroc take on the model rocket that started all this mess, Orville Carlisle's Rock-A-Chute Mark II from 1957. It is a fairly blunt, simple little rocket that's a surprising performer and a definite conversation piece at the pads. Construction: The parts list: Main body tube Balsa nose cone ...

• Semroc Mark II By Dennis McClain-Furmanski

  Brief: A reproduction of the very first model rocket built by Orville Carlisle in 1957. Single stage, parachute recovery. This is a very faithful reproduction of the original which now resides in the Smithsonian along with a few component updates. Construction: The kit includes: 1 main body tube, 1.04" diameter 1 18mm motor tube 1 Balsa nose cone 1 set laser ...

• Semroc Mark By John Thompson

  Brief: I received this kit from Semroc at NARAM 50. Semroc gave the Mark to anyone who purchased a kit from them. The Mark is a reproduction of the Estes kit #K-02 and is part of the Semroc XKits line. The XKits line of rockets are beautifully recreated reproductions of classic Estes, FSI, and Centuri rockets we remember as kids. The Mark is a simple, super light 3FNC rocket ...

• Semroc Mark By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Not being much of a rocketry historian, I was a bit confused when I heard that Semroc was releasing the Mark. After all, I already had stashed away a numbered Mark II kit, as well as a Mark II offered in 2007 at NARCON. Looking over the JimZ archives , I could see very little difference between the Estes Mark and the Estes Mark II. After a bit of research, I learned ...

• Semroc Mars Lander By Chan Stevens

  For those of you old enough to have either nostalgic memories of the Estes K-43 Mars Lander or at least longed for one, this faithfully reproduced offering by Semroc will bring back some great memories. I'm not quite old enough to have been a part of the 1969 introduction, although I can at least relate to what must have been a huge expense at $4.75 back then as I was earning a meager $0.25 ...

• Semroc Micron By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Nice little minimum diameter rocket that zips off the pad in a hurry and at $4 retail, makes for a nice little kit for that Cub Scout or school group. This is also an appealing kit to the nostalgia buff that is based on the 1963 Centuri kit by the same name. Construction: As is the case with almost every Semroc kit, this one came in a professionally bagged package along ...

• Semroc Micron By Mike Mistele

  Brief: This is a very basic 4FNC, minimum-diameter, streamer-recovery rocket suitable for beginners. It's part of Semroc's RetroRepro line and, specifically, the Micron was originally a Centuri model (#KA-5) first released in 1963. The RetroRepro line updates these old models with more current technology--in this case, the upgrades include laser-cut fins and a Kevlar shock-cord. ...

• Semroc Micron By Bill Eichelberger

  The Semroc Micron was part of my first order from Semroc back in 2003.  I built it and the Skyhook side by side, and because of these two became enamored with the Semroc way.  The sleek Skyhook and the sturdy Micron combined the best that was available in the hobby at the time, reproductions of classic kits with updated recovery systems and laser cut fins.  Rocketry ...

• Semroc Mini Explorer By Chan Stevens

  This is one of 10 "ready to build" models released by Semroc at NARAM-52. The Mini Explorer is based upon the Centuri larger scale Explorer, but downscaled to fly on 18mm motors. Parts were excellent quality, and the sealed bag contained: Balsa nose cone Series 10 slotted body tube (1" ID) Series 9 stuffer tube (1" OD) 18mm motor mount (tube, metal hook, centering rings) ...

• Semroc Mini Hustler By Chan Stevens

  This is #8 of 10 "ready to build" models released by Semroc at NARAM-52. The Mini Hustler is based upon the Lee Piester/Centuri large scale series design but downscaled to fly on 18mm motors. This could also be considered the little brother of Semroc's SLS Hustler and Lil' Hustler models. Parts were excellent quality, and the sealed bag contained: Balsa nose cone Series 10 slotted ...

• Semroc My Boid By John Lee

  Brief: I've had My Boid sitting around for a long while but had no real plans on building any time soon. After all, its pretty basic and had nothing to really pique my interest. I changed my mind though during a recent build of another rocket. There I tried using label paper to "seal" the balsa fins. While posting about it on TRF, I got some advice on how to do a better ...

• Semroc Nighthawk (xKit) By Chan Stevens

  This is a reproduction of the 1968 Astron Nighthawk (K-34) boost glider. The canard-style glider, with "M" type dihedral, flies very well and is probably the best performing glider Semroc offers. The xKit concept is basically just a bag of parts, no instructions, though the header card offers a URL where the Jim Z scans are archived. The parts are excellent quality, and include: Pod ...

• Semroc Nighthawk (xKit) By Howard Smart

  Brief: This is a pod-boosted glider. The unique features include a design that is essentially a flying wing, and forward canard fins on the pod which are adjustable to give a vertical boost. Construction: This is a reproduction of an old Estes boost-glider, kit number K-34. It includes all of the parts of the original, with some substantial improvements. All of the balsa parts ...

• Semroc Orbital Transport By John R. Brandon III

  A Retro-Reproduction of Wayne Kellner's 1968 design for Estes. It represents a scramjet carrier aircraft with a piggybacked orbiter. This was my first Semroc kit, and it will definitely not be my last! It came in a plastic bag with four-color header card. The kit included precut body tubes in three diameters and three lengths, three sheets of laser-cut balsa fins, two nice balsa nose ...

• Semroc Orbital Transport By Chan Stevens

  This is a modern reproduction of an Estes classic kit from 1968. It features a futuristic piggyback shuttle, inspired by a NASA scramjet design. While I can't claim to have been into rocketry back in the 60's when this came out, I had just gotten into rocketry earlier this decade when Estes re-released the kit for a limited run, so this kit technically is the first "retro repro" of something ...

• Semroc Oso By Ron Wirth

  Brief: The OSO is another superb Retro-Repro kit from Semroc. This rocket is based on the original Oso kit by Flight Systems, Inc but with several improvements. While the rocket appears not much more that a 3FNC kit, it does contain a payload section and an ejection baffle. At a finished length of just over 30”, the rocket is a nice additional to anyone's fleet. I ordered the ...

• Semroc Oso By Chan Stevens

  Brief: When you buy a Semroc "retro-repro", you're buying a little piece of rocketry nostalgia. According to the introduction included in the instructions, the OSO was originally introduced by FSI in 1967 and listed for $4. The updated Semroc version uses laser-cut balsa fins instead of plywood, an engine hook, and also includes a neat little baffle system that ...

• Semroc Penetrator (xKit) By Chan Stevens

  Semroc "X kits" are reintroduced reproductions of classic kits from Estes, Centuri and FSI but in very affordable format as essentially parts kits. These kits include just the parts and a basic header card, pointing the modeler to detailed instructions available online in the public domain, typically through JimZ's archives. This helps keep the cost down on these to the $10-15 range versus ...

• Semroc Penetrator By Chan Stevens

  Semroc "X kits" are reintroduced reproductions of classic kits from Estes, Centuri and FSI but in very affordable format as essentially parts kits. These kits include just the parts and a basic header card, pointing the modeler to detailed instructions available online in the public domain, typically through JimZ's archives. This helps keep the cost down on these to the $10-15 range versus ...

• Semroc Penetrator By Dale Marshall

  The Semroc "Penetrator" is an X-Kit. This kit is a reproduction of the Flight Systems Inc, kit first released in 1967. Construction The kit consists of: Balsa nose cone. 2 x 9" body tubes (0.921" OD). Tube coupler. Laser cut plywood fins (3). 18mm motor mount kit including block and metal hook. Kevlar+elastic shock cords. Waterslide decal. 12" plastic chute. ...

• Semroc Rawhide By Chan Stevens

  Semroc has reintroduced the 1966 Centuri RDC kit in a slightly modernized and upgraded form. This is an entry level single stage minimum diameter 18mm kit, and at $5 list price, it could be a good kit for "build and fly" projects for scouts and school groups. Semroc uses very good quality components, packed in a plastic bag with unique production number tags in each kit. This kit includes: ...

• Semroc Rawhide By Dennis McClain-Furmanski

  Brief: Clone of historic 1966 single stage, streamer recovery kit for Rocket Development Corporation. RDC was started in 1961 by Irving Wait, an employee of Thiokol. His major contribution to rocketry was the development of high power composite engines, known as Enerjet. These were later sold through Centuri and shaped all of high power rocketry. Construction: The parts list: ...

• Semroc Recruiter By Chan Stevens

  Previously only offered as a free gift to folks who had promoted Semroc products (known as "recruiters"), this was recently released to the general public. It's a retro-repro of the 1967 Centuri kit from the height of the space race era. With its space probe nose cone and 6 Redstone-type fins, this certainly has a distinctive appearance and should help Semroc recruit a few new customers. At ...

• Semroc Recruiter By Dick Stafford

  The Recruiter Space Probe, kit # KV-22, is a 'RetroRepro' version of the original Centuri kit (KC-30, circa 1967). It features a "Gemini-styled" capsule and six "Redstone type" fins. The fins thickness was increased to 3/32", the 'chute was downsized to reduce drift, and the rubber shock cord was replaced with a Kevlar and elastic combo. This limited edition kit was provided as a 'thank you' ...

• Semroc Rocket Rack By Lance Alligood

  ( Contributed - by Lance Alligood - 07/15/04) Brief: The Semroc Rocket Rack is a trick looking and affordable method of displaying all but the largest LPR rockets in your fleet in a way that would rival a museum. Construction: The Rocket Rack arrived intact with the Semroc Goliath that I received from BRS Hobbies . Everything was intact and damage free. The instruction manual ...

• Semroc Ruskie By Craig Zicafoose

  Based on the original Estes Goony Bird, the Zoom Broom. Late last year the original concept sketches for the Goonybirds appeared. Estes used the Goony profiles but changed t he graphics before they were released. Due to the interest generated by the original sketches, Semroc chose to release a new line of Goonies called the Groonies. Carl, the owner and founder of Semroc, refered to these as ...

• Semroc Ruskie By Chan Stevens

  Brief: In 1973, Estes released 6 pretty wild (for Estes) designs loosely resembling the Baby Bertha of today but with relatively zany fin and decal schemes. The were called the "Goonybirds" and after a 2-year run went out of production. They have since survived only through the cloning efforts of die-hards (Bill Eichelberger comes to mind) and through kitbash plan/decal ...

• Semroc Saki By Daniel Draney

  Great little GoonyBird style kit by Semroc. Components Balsa nose cone, fins, and cockpit. Water slide decals. /h2 No problems building the kit. Finishing Was a little difficult to paint the joint under the wings. Construction Score: 5 Flight Great flights, fin config makes it look cool in the air. Recovery I wish I had put ...

• Semroc Saki By Bill Eichelberger

  At first glance the Semroc Saki appears to be an Estes Goonybird Cloud Hopper with different paint and decals, but comparing the two side by side tells a different story.  They share the same basic shape, but little else, as the Saki is not only larger than the BT-60 Estes bird, but also 18mm powered compared to the mini-engine Goony.  According to Estes Industries legend, ...

• Semroc Saki By George Beever

  A single-stage LPR kit, one of the "Groonie" line from SEMROC. Designed to bear a resemblance to the WWII Japanese "Ohka" kamikaze plane. 1 Balsa nose cone, 2 body tubes [one being the motor mount tube], 1 centering ring set, 1 laser-cut balsa fin set, 1 thrust ring, 1 motor hook, 1 Kevlar thread/elastic cord shock cord, clay nose weight, 1 plywood disc, 1 screw eye, 1 12-inch plastic ...

• Semroc Saturn 1B By Chan Stevens

  After teasing the rocketry community for nearly a year, Semroc finally released the reproduction 1/70th scale Saturn 1B just in time for Christmas. Faithfully reproduced based upon the 1967 Estes design (K-29), this kit is a very challenging but rewarding build. This is not for the faint hearted, nor for the rocketeer looking for a weekend project. Standard design calls for the original ...

• Semroc Saturn 1B By Duane and Keith Boldt

  Brief: 1/70 scale, 18mm cluster of 4 motors or single 24mm motor mount Construction: 18 body tubes + Apollo capsule kit 8 laser cut balsa fins or more advanced cardstock over balsa frame Choice of single 24mm motor mount of cluster of four 18mm motors 10 centering rings Various dowels for sanding and building capsule escape tower Many other laser cut parts for ...

• Semroc Saturn 1B By Frank Casey

  Brief: This is a Retro-Repro kit by Semroc. What is a Retro-Repro? As quoted from Semroc Saturn 1B Instruction Manual: "It is a reproduction of an out-of-production model rocket kit. It is a close approximation of a full scale model of an early historically significant model rocket kit from one of the many companies that pioneered the hobby over the past half century. It is not ...

• Semroc Scrambler By Chan Stevens

  This is a Semroc retro-repro of the Estes Scrambler originally designed by Bill Simon in 1968. It's basically a stretched version of the 3x18 clustered Astron Ranger with a clear payload tube to accommodate an egg. The Semroc kit offers a few convenient upgrades--an ejection baffle and laser-cut fins. Components Parts were excellent quality and include: Balsa ...

• Semroc Sky Hook II By Chan Stevens

  This is #2 of 10 "ready to build" models released by Semroc at NARAM-52. The design is an upscale of the classic Bill Simon/Estes design that was introduced in 1963 and sold for more than 20 years. For the collectors out there, I'll also point out that in addition to the standard kit, at NARAM-52 Semroc was giving away a limited number of kits with special header cards depicting Bill Simon, ...

• Semroc Sky Hook By Dennis McClain-Furmanski

  Brief: Reproduction clone of Estes' Astron Sky Hook circa 1963; single stage, parachute recovery Construction: The parts list: 1 body tube 1 balsa nose cone 1 set laser cut fins 1 thrust ring 1 launch lug 1 screw eye 1 elastic cord 1 Kevlar ® thread 1 plastic parachute 1 set tape disks 1 set shroud lines 1 empty casing I bought, ...

• Semroc Sky Hook By Bill Eichelberger

  The Sky Hook was one of the early Estes kits that combined great looks and performance with being nicely suitable as a beginner's rocket.  The original, then known as the Astron Sky Hook, graced the Estes catalogs from 1964 to 1988, and it was a sad day indeed when the Sky Hook disappeared from store shelves.  Luckily for us it was also one of the very early Semroc kits when they ...

• Semroc SLS Aero-Dart By Ron Wirth

  Brief: The SLS Aero-Dart is another Semroc Large Scale Rocketry design based on a classic Centuri kit but with improvements like an ejection baffle, laser cut basswood fins that mount through-the-wall, a removable 24mm engine mount to be swapped with an optional 29mm engine mount, and an 18" rip stop nylon parachute. The rocket is an impressive addition to most any rocket fleet. ...

• Semroc SLS Arcas By Mark H

  A 1/2 scale model of the Atlantic Research Corporation sounding rocket produced in the 1950s and 1960s. The kit contains two BTH-70 sized body tubes, laser cut basswood fins, and balsa nose and tailcones. The motor mount is 29 mm with plywood centering rings. Fin assemblies also include root plates and hex bolt heads that are to be glued to the root plates. A baffle and a 24 inch nylon ...

• Semroc SLS Hustler By Chan Stevens

  Just in time to grace the Arizona skies again at NARAM48, Semroc has brought back another classic Centuri design. This one was originally introduced in 1965. Like most of Semroc's other SLS (Semroc Large Scale) kits, this one is packed with features that make the kit much more of a value than one would think merely looking at the finished rocket and the $53 price tag. Featuring removabl ...

• Semroc SLS Jaguar By Glenn Little

  Brief: This is a relatively easy model 4FNC kit for entering mid-power rockets. The quality of the components was high and instructions were top notch. This kit was my first foray into anything larger than 18mm engines, and it was a perfect start. I was initially a little skeptical of my abilities but found the kit so intuitive I barely needed the instructions. It's listed as a ...

• Semroc SLS Jaguar By Ben Shetler

  Brief: The Semroc SLS Jaguar is a fairly simple 4FNC single stage rocket with 24mm or 29mm motor mount options and parachute recovery. Construction: The kit includes the following components: 1 SLS series body tube 1 balsa nose cone 4 laser cut basswood fins 1 thrust ring 1 3/16" launch lug 1 screw eye 1 elastic shock cord 1 Kevlar ® thread ...

• Semroc SLS Javelin By Jay Goemmer

  Brief: Centuri's original "Large Scale" rockets were called "high power" kits in the late 1960s and early 1970s, which used thicker-walled body tubes along with hard balsa fins and nose cones. Semroc's "SLS" series, which we now call "mid power" rockets, is based around these sturdier parts allowing "much more robust construction designed ...

• Semroc SLS Laser-X By Bob Harrington

  Brief: The Semroc SLS Laser-X us an upscale of the classic Centuri Laser-X, which is also now produced as a Retro-Repro by Semroc. It is a single stage design that can accept a 29mm motor as well as 2 x 24mm or 4 x 18mm clusters utilizing interchangeable motor mounts. Construction: The kit consists of the following parts: Detailed illustrated construction manual Balsa ...

• Semroc SLS Laser-X By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Released just in time for Christmas 2005, this fantastic 1.75x upscale of the original Laser-X lives up to the buzz. It's a great-looking futuristic design, able to handle 29mm motors, and features a quick-change motor mount that converts to 4x18 cluster or 2x24 clusters. Construction: The standard kit features: Balsa nose cone .945" x 16" upper body ...

• Semroc SLS Lil' Hustler By Bill Eichelberger

  Anyone with an appreciation for model rocket history should love this kit, which is a slight upscale of a late 60's/early 70's Centuri payload bird with large engine capability. In updating the kit, Semroc has added through-the-wall fins of laser-cut basswood and a Kevlar shock cord. Everything else remains pretty much the same, as well it should. The parts list: BC-17567 balsa nose ...

• Semroc SLS Lil' Hustler By Chan Stevens

  Depending on how you look at it, this is either a downscale to the upscale SLS Huster or an upscale to the downscaled Centuri KF-8 Lil' Hustler. Either way you're gonna want to look at it, as it's a beautiful mid-sized rocket and at $35, it won't hit you quite as aggressively in the wallet as some of the other SLS series kits. The components for this are top notch quality and include some ...

• Semroc SLS Scorpion By Michael Mangieri

  Brief: The SLS Scorpion is Semroc's Large Scale (SLS) reproduction of the Centuri Scorpion Space Probe from 1965. CONSTRUCTION: ( 5 out of 5) I've only purchased a couple of rockets from Semroc, but I must tell you, I am very impressed with the quality of the kits in general and the way the kits are packaged. Packaging of the Scorpion is typical of most rocket kit man ...

• Semroc SLS Scorpion By Joe Policy

  Brief: Semroc Large Scale (SLS) reproduction of the Centuri Scorpion Space Probe from 1965. Construction: The kit includes: 1 body tube 1 engine tube 1 balsa nose cone 1 set laser cut fins 1 thrust ring 1 launch lug 1 screw eye 1 elastic cord 1 Kevlar ® thread 1 nylon parachute 1 24mm engine mount 1 set decals Semroc kits come with ...

• Semroc SLS Sky Hook By Matt Gillard

  Brief: Semroc's SLS (Semroc large scale) range is one of the best ranges out in model rocketry. This rocket is an upscale of an old Estes rocket. The quality of everything is outstanding. Construction: The kit contains: a body tube, 12.25" long nose cone 3 laser cut basswood fins a 29mm motor tube 3/16" launch lug a thrust ring a screw ...

• Semroc SLS Sky Hook By Dick Stafford

  Brief: This upscale of an old Estes kit is one of Semroc's new Semroc Large-Scale (SLS) line. It flies on 24mm and 29mm motors in the C to F range. The kit features thick walled body tubes, laser cut basswood fins, nylon chutes, a laser slotted tube, and a Kevlar recovery leader. Construction: The kit from BRS Hobbies came nicely packed with a colorful insert, which also holds ...

• Semroc Snipe Hunter By Craig Swinson

  Brief: The Snipe Hunter is a pretty small carrier rocket with the ever fun clear payload section. It's part of the Semroc Retro Repro Series tracing its heritage back to the Centuri Snipe Hunter KIT KB-13 #5043. It's built around the 18mm engines, the ABC/345s, as I like to call them and is reasonable on the As and Bs but flies out of site on the Cs. Retail on this kit is $10.50 ...

• Semroc Space Plane (xKit) By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Semroc had released a series of "cc:" (carbon copy) kits a few years ago that were essentially bags of parts to clone an Estes or Centuri classic, but with no directions, instead pointing the modeler to reference sites that archive the original instructions online. While this was generally a well-received product niche, the cc:'s were discontinued in 2007 due to ...

• Semroc Space Shuttle By Bob Morstadt

  The Semroc Space Shuttle is a faithful reproduction of an old (OOP) Centuri kit that was introduced in 1971. It is a close approximation to the original full-scale model. All fins and rings are precision laser-cut balsa and sturdy fiber. The plastic nose cones are replaced with much lighter balsa reproductions. The instructions are well written and easy to follow with clear drawings for ...

• Semroc Spartan By Chan Stevens

  Brief: The Spartan is a bit of a Centuri orphan. It started out as the Stellar Spartan in 1975 but was later replaced by the Sceaming Eagle, with leftover parts supporting the Flutter-By. Semroc has modernized the reproduction design by supplying laser-cut fins, a true balsa nose cone and Kevlar ® /elastic shock cord. Construction: Parts are top quality and include: ...

• Semroc SPEV By Chan Stevens

  Brief: In 1972, Estes offered a very limited run of this design. Sharing many common parts with the Little Joe II, Mars Lander, and Thor-Agena, it is rumored that the name stands for Spare Parts Elimination Vehicle. Semroc has faithfully reproduced this, although Semroc apparently lacks the excess spare parts inventory and therefore kits this one up from scratch. Personally, I ...

• Semroc SPEV By Frank Casey

  Brief: The SPEV (Space Exploration Vehicle) by SEMROC is a Retro-Repro of an Estes kit made back in 1972 in the Model Rocket News, Volume 12, Number 3. It was a limited run and was discountinued that very same year in November, never having made it to an Estes catalog. Construction: Parts list: 1 Nose Cone BNC-52G 1 Body Tube BT-52S 1 Transition 1 ...

• Semroc Squire By Chan Stevens

  This is another one of Semroc’s "retro-repro" offerings--a modern-day release of a classic style rocket, this single stage kit is a nice project for the slightly experienced builder. 2 ST-809 body tubes Tube coupler 18mm motor mount assembly Balsa nose cone Laser-cut balsa fins 12" plastic chute Kevlar/elastic recovery waterslide decal Before ...

• Semroc SST Shuttle-1 (xKit) By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This is Semroc's retro-repro of the 1971 Centuri KC-17 Shuttle. The Centuri kit was itself a bit of a copy of the Estes Orbital Transport. The shuttle is a parasite glider that separates at ejection, while the main body descends under chute. Construction: This is an xKit, meaning it's basically a bag of parts without instructions though the instructions are archived ...

• Semroc Starfire By John Lee

  I got this rocket just before Christmas. It is a reproduction of the 1966 parachute duration champion. I'll never use it for that purpose, but it seems to be a neat little kit. The parts list: 1 Body Tube ST-880 1 Body Tube ST-730 1 Balsa Nose Cone BC-848 1 Sheet of Laser Cut Fins FV-20 2 Centering Rings CR-78 1 Thrust Ring TR-7 1 Launch Lug LL-122 1 Screw Eye ...

• Semroc Start By Chan Stevens

  This is #1 of 10 "ready to build" models released by Semroc at NARAM-52. The design is a Semroc original, though inspired by a Bill Simon/Estes design intended to introduce new modelers to rocketry with a relatively easy to build kit. Parts were excellent quality, and the sealed bag contained: Balsa nose cone Series 10 slotted body tube (1" ID) Series 9 stuffer tube (1" OD) ...

• Semroc Swift Boost Glider By Chan Stevens

  Brief: With the introduction of the Swift, Semroc has now added a conventional boost glider to their fleet, and one easy enough for even a nove modeler to build and get flying reasinably well. Based upon the 1969 Centuri design, this "retro repro" features laser-cut parts to speed up construction, as well as Kevlar ® /elastic shock cord on the pod to improve the ...

• Semroc Swift Boost Glider By John Lee

  Brief: Retro Repro, Boost Glider, 18mm The Swift BG is one of the new kits released by Semroc for NARAM 51. It is a reproduction of an old Centuri design. Although I have had terrible luck with gliders, something prompted me to get started on this one right away. It might be the one to break the jinx. I ordered mine as soon as it was availible and in typical Semroc Time Warp ...

• Semroc Swift By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Single stage, basic 3-fin/nose cone style that really cooks on B and C motors. If flying on a C, be sure to switch out the chute for a basic streamer or you'll be faced with a really long recovery walk. This is another Semroc Retro-Repro, which is a slight modernization of a Centuri classic. In this case, this is based on the 1968 Semroc kit, which was modeled after the Estes ...

• Semroc Tau Zero By Howard Smart

  Brief: This is a small Sci-Fi looking model with forward swept fins, a ring fin and a bulging nose cone. Construction: The kit contains: Balsa Nose Cone Body tube (also serves as 18mm motor mount) Ring fin (body tube material) Sheet of laser cut 3/32 in. balsa fins - 6 all together, 3 inside and 3 outside ring fin Empty motor casing (spacer) Thrust ring ...

• Semroc Tau Zero By Chan Stevens

  Semroc has released a futuristic kit by guest designer Jay "Centuri Guy" Goemmer. The design was inspired by the Paul Anderson novel of the same name. It features both fin and ring stability, sharp-looking details, and a set of decals in alien language. Parts are the usual excellent Semroc quality: Balsa nose cone ST-7100 body tube (basically a thick-walled 18mm ID tube) ST-1622 ...

• Semroc Tau Zero By Robert Gustin

  Brief: SEMROC's Tau Zero is a futuristic looking, fighter styled, single stage model rocket. Designed by Jay Goemmer, it has a long, bulbous nose cone, a ring tail with 3 forward swept fins capped by laser guns. Construction: In the kit you get: Balsa nose cone Main body tube Ring fin body tube Laser cut fins (3 outer fins, 3 inner fins) Engine hook ...

• Semroc Tau Zero By Jamie Martin

  Brief: This is a futuristic kit with an unusually-shaped nose cone, forward-swept outer fins, and a ring fin. Construction: The kit contains: -Balsa nose cone -body tube -ring fin -laser cut fins -empty casing -thrust ring -engine hook -retaining ring -1/8" launch lug -launch lugs for ion cannons -wooden dowels for ion cannons ...

• Semroc Tau Zero By Tyler Jones

  Brief: This rocket was designed by Jay Goemmer from Twin Falls, Idaho. I live in the same city (and know him) so I decided it would fun to try it out. The Tau Zero is of a really cool design and it has all the quality that Semroc is known for. Construction: The components that this kit came with are: 1 Rolled Balsa Nose Cone 1 Body tube ST-7100 (BT-20) 1 Body ...

• Semroc Tau Zero By Peter Stanley

  Brief: The Tau Zero is a Semroc original kit, which was designed by Jay Goemmer. It has an unusually shaped nosecone and forward swept fins that attach to a tube ring with additional fins underneath. It is designed for 18mm motors and uses streamer recovery. Construction: As with every Semroc kit I've built, the quality of components was excellent. The kit contained laser cut ...

• Semroc Tau Zero By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 03/28/10) Brief: This is third and final kit that I received from the last 2009 Quarterly Rocket Give-Away so, once again, many thanks to Nick! The Tau Zero, as you all know, is a futuristic rocket from Semroc that flies on 18mm motors and recovers via a streamer. As of this writing, there are no less than seven great reviews on this kit. As a ...

• Semroc Tau Zero By Jewel B. Butler Jr.

  Brief: This is a single stage combo ring fin and forward swept fin design. You don't get a lot of altitude, but you get style and stability. Construction: Semroc Parts-basically a BT-20 body tube and a BT-60 ring-fin and three forward swept fins with dowels on the ends of the wings.There is an engine hook that is attached out side the body tube but it is hidden by the ring ...

• Semroc Taurus By Chan Stevens

  Brief: While most Semroc Retro-Repros offer slightly modernized versions of Centuri classic designs, Semroc goes "old school" on Centuri, replacing the "innovative" plastic cones and transitions of the 1972 KB-3 Taurus with good old-fashioned balsa parts. This is a futuristic design very nicely done. Construction: Given that the previous reviewer made his ...

• Semroc Taurus By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: While not an official Semroc product, I consider this a Semroc bird because it uses all their parts, balsa included. The only non-Semroc parts I used were the Kevlar, elastic, and engine hook. The rocket strays a bit from the original by using balsa cones and transitions, but builds nicely into a faithful reproduction of the legendary Centuri kit. Construction: The kit ...

• Semroc Texas Firefly By Geof Givens

  Brief: The Texas Firefly is a gap staged 18mm kit from Semroc. This kit exemplifies everything I love about Semroc: high quality, wide selection, low price, outstanding customer service. The rocket stands 14.3in and 1.34in diameter (ST-13 is slightly larger than BT-55 tubing). The total weight is 2.1oz. Construction: The assembly is so utterly straightforward that it hardly ...

• Semroc Texas Firefly By Peter Davidson

  Brief: The Semroc Texas Firefly is a beautiful 175% upscale of the Semroc Firefly and is a Retro-Repro clone of the original Centuri Firefly 2-stage rocket. Combining elegance with a beautiful simplicity of line, the Texas Firefly flies wonderfully on standard 18mm black powder motors with a unique gap-staging design to enable reliable upper stage motor ignition. Construction: ...

• Semroc Texas Firefly By Lee Berry

  Picture courtesy of Semroc Astronautics        Brief: The Texas Firefly from Semroc is a 2-stage great small flying rocket. It comes with a 12" parachute. Construction: Kit has balsa nose cone and laser cut balsa fins. The instruction were easy to follow. The only thing I did not like was the way they had you to mark the fins on the ...

• Semroc The Point By Chan Stevens

  The 1969 Centuri classic has been brought back to life by Semroc. Introduced at NARAM-48 as a special commemorative edition, you can now only pick up the standard version for a bargain $7.50. This odd-roc design features cone stability (although there are 6 fins used for support), and the shroud serves as its own parachute. Parts list includes: Balsa nose cone Laser-cut balsa fins ...

• Semroc Thunder Hawk (Scratch) By Clifford Campo

• Semroc Thunderbee By Chan Stevens

  Very affordably priced single stage, 13mm minimum diameter kit. Very high performance--it will zip up to incredible altitudes almost instantly. This is actually a Semroc original, not one of their retro/repro Centuri designs. The kit came sealed in a plastic bag with a header card and included a serial number identifying its production number. Components were all very good quality and ...

• Semroc Thunderbee By Craig Swinson

  Brief: This is a very light, quick build kit from Semroc that is essentially a 3FNC but with some head snappin' zip when matched with the right engine! Construction: The parts list: 1 14.7" length of BT-5 1 Balsa sheet of laser cut fins 1 Balsa nose cone 1 Cardboard thrust ring 1 Launch lug 1 Screw eye 1 Elastic cord 1 Kevlar ® thread 1 ...

• Semroc Thunderbee By Philip Handley

  Brief: The Thunderbee is one of the latest kits from Semroc. It's the first and smallest rocket in the "Thunder" family. Each rocket in the family is around 1.5 times larger than the rocket before it! The Thunderbee is a minimum diameter 3FNC rocket. It comes down on an orange crepe streamer. Construction: The Thunderbee comes with the following parts: 1 14.7" ...

• Semroc ThunderChief By Chan Stevens

  Several years ago, Semroc introduced the first of what promised to be a family of Thunder designs, each featuring long sleek profiles, swept fins, and progressing up in size. The first of these was the Thunderbee, one of my favorite 13mm models, but the ensuing bigger brothers never came to light until now. At NARAM-51, Semroc released the upscale Thunderchief, which is about double the length ...

• Semroc ThunderChief By Ron Wirth

  Brief: Semroc describes the ThunderChief as the third largest member of the Thunder kit series that they are producing. This series is essentially the same rocket scaled approximately 1.25 times each step up in body tube size. The series is based from the Centuri Engineering Thunder rockets that included the ThunderHawk, ThunderBird, and ThunderRoc. With Semroc's introduction of this ...

• Semroc ThunderStrike By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Right on the heels of the Thunder Chief release, Semroc rolled out the Thunder Strike at NARAM-51. The Thunder line of kits might seem a little confusing, so I'll offer up this quick tour in ascending order of size. All are basic 3FNC with long, sleek styling, swept fins, and fairly high performance. The smallest is the currently available Thunder Bee at 15". Next in ...

• Semroc Trident By Chan Stevens

  This is a retro-repro (modern day reproduction and enhancement of a classic kit) from Semroc. The original Astron Trident was introduced by Estes in 1968 and was a Gene Street design. It introduced a ducted ejection system that eliminated the need for recovery wadding, and was an instant favorite due to its sleek, futuristic styling. It's been a favorite clone candidate for many years, ...

• Semroc Triton By Andy Turits

  Brief: This is a very basic high performance 4 fin and nose cone model that is part of the RetroRepro series by Semroc. It was designed in 1968 and was the first released Semroc kit. Here it has been updated with laser cut fins and an improved launch lug. Construction: The kit comes with 1 body tube, 1 balsa nose cone, 1 launch lug, 1 sheet of four laser cut fins, 1 specs decal, ...

• Semroc V2 (xKit) By Chan Stevens

  A "bag of parts" clone kit, in this case a reproduction of the K-22 V-2. For many modelers, this was their first introduction to scale model rocketry. The V-2 was a German developed missile, and as WWII drew to a conclusion, it was the most capable rocket in the world. When America brought Werner von Braun and his crew over from Germany, the V-2 knowledge gave us the much needed jump start to ...

• Semroc V2 (xKit) By Dick Stafford

    This is the second Semroc V2 that I’ve built. You can see my earlier review elsewhere on this site along with (at least) one other opinion of this kit. I won’t repeat a bunch of background in this review and instead will focus on what I found and did differently. Most obviously, this build utilized scale fins whereas my previous V2 has the larger semi-scale fins (laser-cut ...

• Semroc V2 (xKit) By Dick Stafford

  The V2 xKit is a reproduction of Estes K-22, which was originally released in 1965. Like the original, it flies on 18mm motors and features balsa nose and tail cones. The xKits don't come with instructions but, since they are classics, copies of the original instructions are available on-line. This was my favorite rocket as a kid, and I couldn't resist grabbing one. The parts list: ...

• Semroc Vector-V By Chan Stevens

  This is a retro-repro of the 1972 Centuri kit. The original featured die-cut fiber fins,which have been upgraded today to laser-cut mat board. Semroc has also supplied a beefier Kevlar/elastic shock cord and a balsa nose cone replacing the Centuri plastic cone. Components Semroc parts are excellent quality, and the kit includes: Balsa nose cone Series 7 ...

• Semroc Vega By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Semroc has reintroduced their 1969 design that takes its design from the Estes Big Bertha. This was also the forerunner to their Goliath. This is a fairly easy 4FNC build with classic styling and flies great. Construction: Semroc's components are excellent quality with virtually spiral free tubes, good balsa, and a Kevlar ® and elastic shock cord. Their kits are always ...

• Semroc Vega By Bill Eichelberger

  The Vega is and was the Semroc answer to the Big Bertha, something that Carl McLawhorn freely admits in the instructions. The Vega's design is closer to the EIRP Big Bertha plan than to the actual kit that was later introduced, but as a result of the "mistake" the Vega has a character of its own and resembles the standard-bearer Big Bertha kit less than the Quest Big Betty. The kit ...

• Semroc VF-261 By Chan Stevens

  This is a Semroc original design, although it is inspired by the 1961 Estes catalog #261 (the VF stands for Vern's Fanttsay), which in turn was inspired by the Luna 3 from "Destination Moon". The futuristic model shares many parts with the V-2 and flies fine. Parts are top quality: Balsa nose cone, screw eye anchor BT-55 body tube Balsa boat tail Laser-cut balsa fins (3) ...

• Semroc VF-261 By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: Recognizable by almost everyone as either the spaceship from the sci-fi classic "Destination Moon" or as the cover model from the 1961 Estes catalog, the Semroc VF-261 is both a quick and challenging build. It's quick because it has relatively few parts but challenging because of a couple of non-traditional steps. Construction: The kit includes: ...

• Semroc VF-261 By Patrick Bissonnette

  Brief: This is a cool retro style rocket that is sure to please everyone with its looks and flying. Construction: If you like quality balsa parts, this kit has it. Here is what the VF-261 comes with: Balsa nose cone BT-55 tube Balsa tail cone 18mm motor tube Laser cut fins Engine block Screw eye Plywood block 4 launch lugs Clay Kevlar ...

• Semroc X-Ray (xKit) By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Another one of the X-kits (parts-only) introduced at NARAM-50, this one is a reproduction of the 1964 kit by Estes, and features a clear plastic payload tube. Semroc even goes old-school on this one, introducing actual rubber shock cords instead of their more modern elastic/Kevlar ® combination. Construction: Parts are typical Semroc and top quality, including: ...

• Semroc XK-23 By Chan Stevens

  This is #3 of 10 "ready to build" models released by Semroc at NARAM-52. The original was one of Semroc's best-selling kits (released in 1970). The original kit introduced an ejection baffle, eliminating the need for wadding and simplifying flight prep. For this kit, the baffle is not included. Parts were excellent quality, and the sealed bag contained: Balsa nose cone Series 10 ...

• SFSM Industries Scott's Special - 1 By Jim Russell

  Picture by Paul Tobias      Brief: The Scott Special One is a 4 inch rocket high power rocket, designed as dual deployment, and is a great sport flier. There are many custom options available. Construction: The kit I received was complete, nicely packaged and in great shape. There is one 4 inch main body tube made of flexible phenolic tubing with the fins ...

• Shadow Composites Advanced Composite Techniques Video By Darrell Mobley

  This review is provided courtesy of: Shadow Composites' composite construction video a must-have! Dave Triano of Shadow Composites showing epoxy application techniques on the video. With the Winter building season in full swing for most rocketeers across North America, this is the time of sawdust, sandpaper and epoxied fingertips. Tucked away in basements, ...

• Shadow Composites Blackbird By Chan Stevens

  For seriously high performance in a sleek, beautiful bird, you'd be hard pressed to beat the Blackbird by ShadowAero Composites. I saw a brief reference to a limited edition run of these on TRF and shot a quick email to Dave Triano, proprietor, hoping he hadn't run out. It had been pulled from his website, but Dave kindly offered to scrounge up the parts for one more kit. This was an ...

• Shadow Composites Raven By Bruce O'Brien

  ( Contributed - by Bruce O'Brien) Picture courtesy of Shadow Composites Brief: The Raven is a minimum diameter, high performance carbon-fiber rocket kit. Construction: I ordered this kit with the dual deployment option, but found the larger parachute unnecessary- I assembled it using only the altimeter bay and main booster section. The tubes and three fins are carbon fiber. A ...

• Shadow Composites Sprint ABM By Brian Best

  (by Brian Best - courtesy of the North Star Rocketry Group - 10/15/00) Built up Under construction The Sprint ABM was supposed to be the worlds fastest missile and got so hot the casing had to be ablative. The acceleration was 100+g. Construction The model from Shadow Composites (kit #21 and the first in the UK according to the ma ...

• Shadow Composites Video Set By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford) Brief: I received Shadow Composites' video set as my DesCon 8 prize. Although I am not the most qualified reviewer in this area, I thought I would share my opinions anyway. The three VHS videos each came packaged in a standard cardboard case and a zip-lock bag for added protection. The first video includes a printed sheet identifying some suppliers. All ...

• Shecter Rockets Tubular Treat By Moira Jean Whitlock

  Description: Single staged, 18mm motor rocket with tubular stabilizers all around instead of fins. Streamer recovery. Construction and finishing: All parts were there, and none defective or damaged. You get all tubes of spiral wound paper, Estes type. The nose cone is unusual, though. Instead of the usual plastic or balsa, you get solid hardwood. A eye-screw is provided to attach the streamer ...

• Sheri's Hot Rockets Little Joe II By Tim Doll

  Sheri's Hot Rockets Little Joe II is a mid power (29mm engine mount), 1/30 scale model of the popular NASA test vehicle that was used during the mid 1960s to test the Apollo Launch Escape System. Sheri keeps a consistent "Buy It Now" presence on eBay or you can order it direct off her website . As of this writing, the list price is $89, although she does have occasional sales where she'll ...

• Sheri's Hot Rockets Little Joe II By Robert Koenn

  I think the Apollo Little Joe 2 is probably my favorite rocket of all time. I am not sure why but I liked the appearance of it back in the late '60s when I purchased my first Estes kit during my high school days. I think it is the Apollo capsule and launch escape system (LES) parked on top of a stubby, brute force rocket of very basic design. The actual vehicle was a conglomeration of solid ...

• Sheri's Hot Rockets Little Joe II By Andrew Connors

  This kit is From Sheri's Hot Rockets, part of CJS aviation. This Little Joe II kit is a 29mm MPR/HPR 1/30th scale kit of the famous LJ2 QTV. It's a single stage 29mm configuration although you could cluster or use a larger MMT if you used thicker centering rings. Single BT made from heavy gauge kraft tubing and all four fins, body wraps, modules and the tower are made from styrene plastic. ...

• Sheri's Hot Rockets Mercury Atlas By Jerry Little

  I don't think anyone would argue that the Saturn V is the Cadillac of rockets. Well, that being the case, then the Mercury Atlas has to be the Corvette. The rocket is a stunning piece of American engineering and a critical piece of American space flight history. The Sheri's Hot Rocket version of the Mercury Atlas is equally stunning a model rocket as the original one. The build through flight ...

• Sheri's HOT Rockets Mercury Redstone By John Lee

  Scale, Midpower, Parachute Recovery Sheri's Mercury Redstone is an impressive looking rocket on her website. It's also fairly impressive when the box shows up on the doorstep. After delaying for a while, I decided to get this one started. The first step in construction is to read through the instructions. They are long, but easy to read and doing so helps one understand steps that will ...

• Sheri's Hot Rockets Saturn 1B By Tim Doll

  Sheri's Hot Rockets Saturn 1B is a mid to high power (38 mm engine mount), 1/48 scale model of the 1960's NASA launch vehicle, best known for launching Apollo capsules into Earth orbit.  The kit that I purchased includes the following parts: 1 main body tube, 5.25" x 24" 1 38mm engine mount tube 3.125" Service Module body tube 8 half round body tubes 2 sheets white ...

• Sheri's Hot Rockets Saturn V By Tim Doll

  Sheri's Hot Rockets Saturn V is a high power (54 mm engine mount), 1/48 scale model of the famous NASA moon rocket (Sheri also offers this Saturn V with dual 29mm engine mounts although I wouldn't recommend it as it needs the bigger motors). Sheri keeps a consistent "Buy It Now" presence on eBay or you can order it directly off her website. As of this writing, the list price is $449, although ...

• Sheri's HOT Rockets Space Shuttle (1/62) By Chan Stevens

  A monster at nearly 3 feet tall, this is perhaps the largest commercially available shuttle kit to grace the market. Features removable clear plastic fins for flight, a fair amount of custom details, and the shuttle is even rigged for R/C glide (optional/not required). Once you pull the trigger on ordering this, you'll probably wait 2-4 weeks for the kit to arrive, as Sheri typically makes ...

• sheris hot rockets saturn 1b By Paul Lunar

• sheris hot rockets saturn 1b By Paul Lunar

• Shockwave Rocketry 3-in. Von Karman Fiberglass 6:1 Nosecone (Other Product) By Ken Adams

  Components For a scratch built project, I purchased a Shockwave fiberglass 3" Von Karman nose cone. I loved that it was all fiberglass and not coated with polyester gelcoat. /h2 Pros: Great price!, quality product, easy to finish. Cons: Maybe it is a con to some, there is no bulkplate included. That was fine by me! I prefer to use a loop of nylon or kevlar to ...

• Shrox Industria Alien 8 By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  ( Contributed - by Drake "Doc" Damerau - 06/01/02) Brief: A futuristic sci-fi model reminiscent of the old Estes Andromeda or Alien Explorer. The front page of the instructions says: "A Lean, mean eater of human spleens, this strange invader will frighten the masses at your next launch". You gotta love that! Uses parachute recovery from 18mm engines. Con ...

• Shrox Industria BolAeroZ (Plan) By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This science fiction/fantasy rocket is a "Global Defense System" missile intended to protect the Earth from alien attack vessels. My son fell in love with the decals (a rather irreverent reference to E.T.), so I downloaded the free plans and built this fairly simple rocket from spare parts in an afternoon. Construction: 24mm nose cone BT-50 tubing 12" ...

• Shrox Industria Dart 67 (Plan) By Chan Stevens

  Brief: From plans in Apogee Ezine issue 92. .Weighing in under a pound with motor, this single-stage rocket will scream off the pad and achieve altitudes over half a mile up on an F motor without having to file an LMR or get a waiver. It's sleek, colorful design is very eye-catching, and having built all 10 of the current Apogee/Shrox plans, this one stands out as one of my favorites. ...

• Shrox Industria DC-Sam (Plan) By Chan Stevens

  Part of the Shrox/Apogee Global Defense Series, this 2-stage missile is designed to protect our nation's capitol from hostile aircraft, missiles, (or alien craft?). It's small, light, and incredibly fast when flying on both stages, though works quite well on a single stage also. Parts List 24mm nose cone BT-50 body tube 9.75" long (sustainer) BT-50 body tube 2.75" long (booster) ...

• Shrox Industria DynaSoarX By Robert Geer

  ( Contributed - by Robert Geeer) Brief: The DynoSoarX is a futuristic space plane rocket with a main body tube and 2 side pods, large wing like fins and flies on D12-5 engines only. Construction: The kit was well packaged and arrived unbroken with all parts accounted for. The 3 body tubes are smooth (no spiral grooves)! The kit uses balsa for the fins that are pre-cut with nice ...

• Shrox Industria Helios/DRSP (Plan) By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Designed as a "deep space explorer", this intriguing design features 9 total fins--6 on the end and 3 slightly forward. It can be down-sized to fly on 24mm motors, but really lives up to the deep space exploration theme flying on an F. Construction: 29mm nose cone 29mm body tubing, 26", rugged enough to double as motor mount 3/32 basswood for fins ...

• Shrox Industria Hyperion By Greg Elder

    The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the two links above. (Sport Rocketry - ...

• Shrox Industria Icarus By Bill Eichelberger

  Brief: Shrox Industria was a mail order only company that sold an impressive line of futuristic model rockets. That said, during it's all too brief stint of availability, the Shrox Icarus was one of the closest things I found to the glory days of model rocketry when both Estes and Centuri (and Canaroc to a smaller, but no less inspired extent) could be counted on to produce ...

• Shrox Industria Javelin (Plan) By Chan Stevens

  ( Contributed - by Chan Stevens - 05/10/03) Brief: A Shrox design from the Apogee newsletter, #85; the Javelin is a fantasy research rocket designed to collect high altitude air samples. It’s a quick, easy build, and good diversion from the basic skill level 1 commercially available kits. It’s a nice first step into the build-it-yourself world rather than assemble kits. ...

• Shrox Industria Oberth (Plan) By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This is a very unique futuristic space-plane design, featuring round (semi-oval) fins and aping-pong ball in the mid section. For a free plan (Ezine #93), this is quite impressive and presents a challenge to most builders. Construction: 24mm nose cone 24mm body tubing 13.5" long 29mm body tubing-2 pieces, each 2" long 18mm motor mount (2) 18-24mm ...

• Shrox Industria Orion Space Plane (Plan) By Chan Stevens

  ( Contributed - by Chan Stevens) Brief: Futuristic design, this single-staged space plane is a nice departure from the basic modroc designs, and offers a good opportunity for the experienced kit builder to step outside of the routine and learn to build from basic plans. Having accumulated a couple of 20+ tube assortments from Red Arrow Hobbies and stocked up on balsa at my local ...

• Shrox Industria Scramcat By Greg Deeter

  Brief: This is an OOP (Out Of Production) kit by Shrox Industria which has not been produced since late 2002. I purchased it directly from Shrox Industria in Eureka, CA in September 2002 right before they ceased shipping of this and several other fine kits. Shrox described this kit as "The Dark Art Of Model Rocketry". The rocket resembles a futuristic ram-jet fighter ...

• Shrox Industria SHX-15 By Dick Stafford

  Brief: Any 'rocket scientist' will immediately recognize the similarity between the SHX-15 and the actual X15 rocket plane. I assume the new name just absolved Shrox from keeping to scale. This cool rocket flies on 24mm motors, and is made from top-notch materials. Modifications: Recovery harness upgraded and Launch lug relocated, as described below. Construction: The kit came ...

• Shrox Industria Snipet (Plan) (Plan) By Chan Stevens

  This is a free plan downloaded from Apogee's newsletter E-zine web site (issue #91). It's a very nice, basic modroc, which I'd rate at about a skill level 2-3. It features two sets of fins, with the larger set mounted Forward of the smaller set for an unusual appearance. Construction: The Parts List comprises: 24mm nose cone 24mm (BT-50) tubing 13.5" 18mm motor mount kit ...

• Shrox Industria Star Shuttle By Chan Stevens

  Brief: A magnificent-looking boost glider, sleek futuristic design, sure to draw some attention at the pad. Flies on 24mm motors. Construction: I was very impressed opening this kit, as the parts were top quality. Parts included: 18-inch BT-55 18-inch BT-60 (2) 4.5-inch BT-55’s (2) 4.5-inch BT50’s 5 nose cones (2) 12-inch ripstop nylon chutes ...

• Shrox Industria Stonebreaker/AX (Plan) By Chan Stevens

  ( Contributed - by Chan Stevens) Brief: When the inevitable asteroid is tracking on a collision course with our planet, this (hopefully) futuristic/fantasy missile is just the ticket. It's designed to intercept and destroy the incoming rock. Single staged, this is a small step up in complexity from your basic modroc, and a nice diversion from the more common, everyday designs stocked ...

• ShurTech Brands Frog Tape By John Lee

  ( Contributed - by John Lee - 05/26/08) Brief: Frog Tape is a masking tape which advertises itself as "leak proof" and removable up to 30 days later. Construction: Each roll of Frog Tape comes in its own "Tupperware" style plastic case. This probably contributes a bit to the relatively high cost. The rolls I bought were $9.00 at the local Home Depot and ...

• Sirius Rocketry Decals for the Estes Outlander By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  ( Contributed - by Drake Damerau - 08/27/05) Brief: This waterslide decal sheet is an 8" x 10" set for the Estes Outlander. It is intended to give it a Mars Lander appearance. Construction: The sheet came in a heavy 8" x 10" envelope with two heavy paper "stiffeners" to keep it flat in shipping. The sheet arrived in perfect condition. This is one ...

• Sirius Rocketry Eradicator By Edward Chess

  Sirius Rocketry's Eradicator, kit number S-0017, is a "Transition Series" rocket capable of flying mid and small high power motors, and could be a Level 1 Certification rocket.  Typical of all Sirius Rocketry's designs, the kit is more than a four fins and a nose cone rocket, sporting a 3.0" diameter upper body tube and nose cone and a 2.25" diameter lower body tube with two 3.0" ...

• Sirius Rocketry Interrogator G By Edward Chess

  The Sirius Rocketry Interrogator G (Kit Number S-0015) is a Transition Series mid/high power rocket kit.  It is described as a Near-Space Fighter, which accurately denotes both its militaristic and futuristic/fantasy detailing.  The finished rocket is 44.125" in length.  The main body tube is 2.245" in diameter, but the aft intake shroud is 3.0" tubing, cut at a bias on the ...

• Sirius Rocketry Interrogator S-011 By Jay Goemmer

  Brief: I had seen Sirius Rocketry's "U.S.S. Atlantis Refit" online and was pretty intimidated by its apparent complexity. However, when I saw the Atlantis in person at NARCON 2006, it was smaller than I expected it to be. What really caught my eye was a new kit that David J. Miller had on display at his booth. Unfortunately, he said his Interrogator wouldn't be available ...

• Sirius Rocketry Refit USS Atlantis By John R, Brandon III

  The Refit USS Atlantis is a classy update-upscale of Estes' old USS Atlantis exotic starship. The old one flew on 19mm motors, this one is set up for 21mm. It's mostly a plywood and cardboard-tube kit with some vacuum-formed plastic parts as decor.  I have to brag on Sirius' customer support. I ordered the Atlantis kit on the first of September and their website reported it shipped ...

• Sirius Rocketry Refit USS Atlantis By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  ( Contributed - by Drake "Doc" Damerau - 03/26/07) Brief: I saw that Chan Stevens, a top-notch builder and reviewer, already reviewed this kit but I wanted to add to it by going a little further into the construction and offer more construction details. It’s not a “second opinion” review, rather one to complement Chan’s review. Construction: Engine ...

• Sirius Rocketry Refit USS Atlantis By John Lee

  Brief: According to my records, my Refit USS Atlantis has been sitting in my build pile for about a year. That jives with my memory. It was one of the first kits I ordered and it has been intimidating me ever since. I really wanted to build it but I wanted it to look good too. Finally, I decided to give it a try, not because I think I can do it justice but because I want it so bad. ...

• Sirius Rocketry Refit USS Atlantis By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Inspired by Star Trek, this futuristic spaceship design will draw a crowd at the pad and flies surprisingly well. At $60, it's a bit on the pricey side, but it is made with quality components and design and is challenging and enjoyable to build. Construction: I ordered my kit via the Sirius Rocketry website with their flagship Saturn V kit. There was a delay of a couple ...

• Sirius Rocketry S.S. Cestris By Tim Blohm

  Brief: From the Sirius website: "Beginning in the late 21st Century, the growing commercialization of space created a great demand for the regular and reliable transportation of cargo and passengers. The Cestris class of interplanetary transport vehicles were the workhorses of the fleet, part of an intermodal transport system that used ”Interplanetainer” modular ...

• Sirius Rocketry Saturn V (1:64) By Boris Katan

  Brief: The Apollo moon missions were one of the greatest accomplishments in human history, and the incredible Saturn V rocket was the ultimate heavy lifter that made it all possible. This Saturn V kit from Sirius Rocketry is a very high quality and finely detailed, 1/64 scale, high power kit that pays fine tribute to greatest rocket ever built. I am building it to fly it hard. ...

• Sky Condor Boost Glider By Mal McClenaghan

  Brief: Sky brand model rockets are made in China and imported into the USA by Apogee Components. They manufacture a number of conventional rockets with plastic fin cans. As far as I can tell, this is the only boost glider made by Sky. The Apogee web site describes the Condor as “a competition style glider”, in reality a standard pop-pod and plane setup. I bought my ...

• Sky CZ-2E By Dwayne Surdu-Miller

  Brief: The Sky CZ-2E is a single-stage scale model rocket with parachute recovery. This is a 1:150 scale model of the CASC Chang-Zheng-2E "Long March" rocket. Apogee Components imported this kit from Shaanxi Zhongtian Rocket Technologies Co., Ltd. (based in central China), translated and re-printed the instructions, designed and printed an English cover card insert, ...

• Sky Dynamo By Bob Francis

  This is a model from Sky and it would be comparable to an E2X kit from Estes, a pretty simple design that can be put together in a few minutes and fly as soon as the glue is dry.  Components The rocket comes with a soft plastic nose cone and a clear payload.  Unlike most payload kits, the payload is not a tube that has a separate cap at the end, but rather it is one ...

• Sky Long March Three By John Lee

  Brief: The Longmarch 3 is a simple to build semi-scale of the Chinese rocket of the same name. It features a plastic fin can, pre-printed body tube and an unusual nosecone. It is supposed to recover under an 18" parachute. I built this rocket before I found EMRR. Recently, I got an email asking me to review it so I am doing this from memory. Construction: The parts ...

• Sky Shenzhou By Chris Halinaty

  Image courtesy of Apogee Components Brief: The Sky Shenzou is labelled a skill level 3 kit but is more likely a 2. It comes pre-finished with a beautiful body tube and can be completed in about an hour. I thought the price was also good for a rocket that gets a lot of interest on the pad and comes with an ...

• Sky Shenzhou By Dwayne Surdu-Miller

  The Sky Shenzhou is a single-stage scale model rocket with parachute recovery. This is a "hobby-scale" model of the CASC CZ-2F "Long March" rocket that has successfully carried Chinese Taikonauts to orbit in the Shenzhou orbital spacecraft on two missions. Apogee Components imported this kit from Shaanxi Zhongtian Rocket Technologies Co., Ltd (based in central China), translated and ...

• Sky Sky Eagle By John Lee

  Brief: The Sky Eagle is a simple 4FNC sold through Apogee Components and manufactured by the Chinese company, Sky Rockets. It is billed as a skill level 1 but that is making it more difficult than it really is. It is on a par with an Estes EX1 kit. Construction: Sky body tubes are somewhat different from what we are used to in the US. They are not spiral wound. Instead, ...

• Skyward Electronics Flight Control System By Michael Warnock courtesy of WildRocketry.Com

  (by Michael Warnock courtesy of WildRocketry.Com) The Skyward Electronics Altimeter available from Space Modeling Solutions , (480) 497-1960, is a full featured, extremely well designed unit at a very attractive price. For $95 (+ shipping) you will receive a very easy to use altimeter that is more flexible in use than other comparable units. I am fortunate to have the d ...

• Smokin' Rockets Chubsy By Dave Rose

  ( Contributed - by Dave Rose - 10/20/01) In keeping with the "stubby" theme that seems to be a common factor in many of my projects, I decided to build a 7.5-inch diameter Fat Boy. This is a kit produced by Bill Rossi at Smokin’ Rockets, which he calls the Chubsy. Standard with the kit is a fiberglass mosquito style nosecone by Scotglas. The airframe is PML 7.5-inch ...

• Smokin' Rockets Mighty Mo By Greg Lane

  (by Greg Lane - 02/10/07) Brief: The Mighty Mo rocket is based on the Mega Nuke kit from Smokin Rockets, which is no longer available. I was able to obtain the airframe, nose cone, motor tube, centering rings, and custom cut fins from Red Arrow Hobbies. Since my Dad loves Theatre Organ Music, I named my Mega Nuke after the Mighty Mo Theatre Organ at Atlanta's Fox Theatre. The ...

• Space Case Rocketry Avenger By Greg Elder

  The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the two links above. (From Sport Rocketry - Sep/Oct ...

• SpaceCAD.com SpaceCAD 2.1 By Nick Esselman

  (12/01/01) SpaceCAD 2.1 was recently announced on ROL so I decided to download it and give it a try (review). SpaceCAD 2.1 is a Model Rocket Design and Simulation software. I later received an evaluation code to test all the features since some (like printing) are turned off in the demo version. The download version installed successfully on my NT system. SpaceCAD has two program files ...

• SpaceCAD.com SpaceCAD 3.0 By Donald Besaw Jr

  ( Contributed - by Donald Besaw Jr) Brief: SpaceCAD 3.0 is a new rocket design and simulation program by SpaceCAD.com replacing the existing SpaceCAD 2.1. The SpaceCAD 3.0 software downloaded without incident onto my Windows ME system. SpaceCAD 3.0 contains a very large component database which includes several commercially available nose cones, body tubes, some transitions, and launch ...

• SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon By Gene Wolski

• Squirrel Works Ajax By Dennis McClain-Furmanski

  Brief: Single stage retro sci-fi rocket with mylar chute. Construction: The kit includes: 1 Paper body tube BT-55 size Balsa nose cone Screw eye 2' of 1/8" shock cord Tri-fold paper shock cord mount Motor mount (centering rings, 18mm tube, 2.75" engine hook) 1/8" launch lug 5 Laser cut balsa fins (two lower stabilizers, two wings, and a ...

• Squirrel Works Astrid By Chan Stevens

  Brief: For anyone looking for a break from the 3FNC standards, try moving up to this 5 finned beauty. With its futuristic style, colorful decals, and funky fins, it qualifies as a fun kit to build and fly. Construction: Parts are of above average quality, and include: 1 BT-55 upper body tube 1 BT-50 lower body tube 1 BT-20 motor tube (with metal hook) 1 Balsa nose ...

• Squirrel Works Astrid By Nick Esselman

  (08/31/05) When I picked up the Squirrel Works Vulture, I grabbed the Astrid as well. This rocket is another from their sci-fi series of rockets. What makes this rocket so neat looking to me are the 5 fins that are elongated up half the body length and into the upper body tube section. It gives the rocket a very unique look. The kit is packaged professionally and includes a 8" long, .976" ...

• Squirrel Works Blackbird Baked in a Pie By Hans "Chris" Michielssen

  ( Contributed - by Hans "Chris" Michielssen - 04/24/09) Brief: I wanted to go a little crazy for this stage of the EMRR 2009 Challenge. I've always been a big fan of "Odd-Rocs" and decided to combine two of them. The rules called for a kit-bashed two-stager combining two available single stage kits. I looked at a few online catalogs and these two won out: ...

• Squirrel Works Cloud Warrior By Chan Stevens

  Brief: A nice-looking and easy to build 2-stage rocket from Squirrel Works. This rocket really screams into the higher altitudes. Construction: I ordered this directly from Squirrel-works.com, and everything arrived just a couple of days later in great shape. The components were of good quality, especially the practically seamless body tube and the water-slide decals. Parts ...

• Squirrel Works Cloud Warrior By James Gartrell

  Excellent 2-stage rocket with tumble recovery for the booster and with the sustainer recovering on a gold mylar streamer; beautiful flights on B/B, B/C or C/C motor combinations. The kit contains: BT-50 sustainer and booster tubes 2 laser cut mated balsa 3 fin sets each for both booster and sustainer 4 CR-2050 cardboard centering rings 2 standard BT-20 motor mount cardboard ...

• Squirrel Works Dogfight By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Squirrel Works has followed up their very popular Red Baron glider with another cool historic-themed glider kit, though this one includes TWO dueling gliders, a Corsair and a Zero. It's a reasonably simple kit to put together and the gliders are minimal effort. So if you're looking for an easy diversion from the basic 3FNC rocket and a serious "wow" factor, grab ...

• Squirrel Works Dogfight By James Gartrell

  Brief: This newest kit from Squirrel Works is simply awesome! It's a BT-55 kit that comes with two fantastically designed parasite gliders fashioned to resemble the Corsair and Zero WWII fighter planes. The booster also bears resemblance to a WWII bomber, uses 18mm motors and recovers with a big 18" mylar chute. The face card in the kit is another true work of art, a signature ...

• Squirrel Works Dragonfire By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This is a basic 3FNC single stager, but the fin design and beautiful graphic decals help it stand out from the crowd. Featuring a 24mm motor mount, it also pushes to more serious altitudes than many other designs of comparable complexity. Construction: Component quality is quite impressive--balsa fins that are strong and finely lasered, body tube with very light ...

• Squirrel Works Dragonfire By James Gartrell

  This newest kit from Squirrel Works looks super! It's a BT-55 kit that should catch some big air on a 24mm motor with 12" parachute recovery. The face card in the kit is a true work of art, a signature of Squirrel Works kits. Parts quality is excellent, too. The decals really set this rocket apart. The parts list: 1 BT-55 kraft main body tube 1 BNC-55 balsa nose cone 1 laser ...

• Squirrel Works Firebird SuperSonic Transport By John Lee

  Brief: The Firebird SST is a beautiful looking kit that has sat in my build pile for a while as I tried to answer the question, "Can I do justice to this?" The answer, as usual, is "not really" but I am close enough to give it a shot. I picked it out as the "next victim" before Easter, opened it up, read the directions and promptly got bogged down with ...

• Squirrel Works Gremlin By David Montgomery

  Brief: Ever since I lost my Estes Goblin many years ago, I've always wanted another one. When I became a BAR over a year ago, and saw the Squirrel Works Gremlin, I knew I had to get one. At the Tex-Regional NAR meet in McGregor, TX, in June 2005, the Squirrel Works had a vendor booth on site, and I purchased the only Gremlin available on the table. The Gremlin is a single staged, ...

• Squirrel Works High 5 By Chan Stevens

  Brief: While this is technically just a basic three-fin/nose cone 18mm model, you have to give Don a thumbs up for cool design on this one. With decals inspired by Lance Link the Secret Chimp, the kids will love this one. Construction: Parts arrived carefully packed in a Priority Mail box and were very good quality. The parts list includes: Balsa nose cone BT-50 body ...

• Squirrel Works Interstellar Probe By James Gartrell

  Brief: An exotic single stage rocket, the [Nick Adams'] Interstellar Probe is reminiscent of the original Estes Mars Snooper, looks fantastic, and flies great! I got my kit from Don as a beta test kit. The rocket stands a little over 24" tall, flies on 18mm motors, and recovers by parachute. The kit is probably fairly rated a Skill Level 3, but Don's instructions are very ...

• Squirrel Works JX-1 By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Squirrel Works is carving a niche for interesting designs, and this futuristic space model is no exception. It flies great on common 18mm motors, and has enough trim and detailing to make for a nice diversion from the typical 3fnc designs. Construction: Parts were all very good quality and include: Balsa nose cone/screw eye BT-50 tube (white/glassine, very light ...

• Squirrel Works JX-1 By James Gartrell

  Brief: This is another excellent Sci-Fi oriented rocket from Squirrel Works. Comes with the customary awesome face card that is a signature for every one of their kits. Construction: BT-50 based rocket with a balsa nose cone and standard 18mm motor mount and engine hook. The four fins are complemented with BT-5 ramjet tubes, and if you align them properly as per the ins ...

• Squirrel Works Mega Baron By Chan Stevens

  ( Contributed - by Chan Stevens - 06/01/08) Brief: The Mega Baron is an upscale of the Squirrel Works Red Baron flying Jenny biplane design. Given the performance of my regular baron, the thought of sending this skyward and possibly off into the horizon on 24mm motors had me leaning towards radio control. Construction: Your $36 buys a lot of balsa, as the kit contains the ...

• Squirrel Works Mega Baron By Peter Davidson

  Brief: The Squirrel Works Mega Baron is a truly glorious 24mm-powered upscale of Squirrel Works's famed Red Baron boost-glider and is surely one of the biggest boost-gliders on the market. Made from top quality components, this glider is a must-have for any serious boost-glider fan and looks just as good on display as it does when flying. Construction: The Mega Baron's ...

• Squirrel Works Metropolitan Police Call Box By James Gartrell

  This newest kit from Squirrel Works is simply awesome! It is a very unusual but fantastic kit that sits atop a BT-55 booster. It doesn't grab a lot of altitude on the recommended 24mm D12-3 motor, but it does it in style. Very impressive! It makes an excellent low-flying park rocket with simply beautiful recovery on two big 24-inch red mylar parachutes. The face card in the kit is another ...

• Squirrel Works Pie In The Sky By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This has got to be one of the neatest "saucer" designs I've seen. It flies good (well, for a saucer), and looks tasty. It's not every day you see a flying pizza. Construction: A quick 2 days after my online order, the nicely packed box arrived with the following parts in the baggie: Plywood disk Motor tube Launch lug Motor block Adhesive ...

• Squirrel Works Pie In The Sky By John Bergsmith

  An easy to build odd-roc that can be built and painted in about 30 minutes. It's a high drag disc design that features tumble recovery. It makes a perfect small fields rocket. It would be extremely difficult to find a more simple rocket to assemble. The design features a grand total of five parts, laser cut lite ply disc, engine tube, engine block, launch lug, and the pizza decal. The Pie ...

• Squirrel Works Pie In The Sky By Bob Allen

  Brief: It's a flying pizza. What else can be said? Construction: The kit contains one engine tube, one thrust ring, one 1/8" launch lug, One large laser cut pie ring, and one large pizza sticker. This was extremely easy to build. Took less than 5 minutes. Glue the thrust ring inside the engine tube. Then draw a line straight down the tube. Glue the launch lug on the ...

• Squirrel Works Pie In The Sky By Donald Besaw Jr

  Brief: Mmmm, fresh oven hot pizza--and an oddroc to boot! That's right, a flying pizza and it also flies on 18mm B6-0 and C6-0 motors and tumbles upon recovery. However, you might not want to build one if you are currently having any pizza cravings. Construction: This kit is extremely simple and only contains six pieces if you count the pizza decal and instruction sheet. In ...

• Squirrel Works Red Baron By James Gartrell

  Brief: Don is such a nice guy. I fouled up the first kit he gave me to beta test years ago, gluing the rudders on backward. Needless to say, I could never get it trimmed for flight. Now that he has redesigned the way the parts fit together, he has once again provided another for me to beta test. Success! The newer design is almost fool proof. He won't admit it, but I think he ...

• Squirrel Works Red Baron By mark hernandez

  Brief: The Red Baron from Squirrel Works is yet another great kit from that company. A unique boost glider that is easy to assemble and a joy to fly. As with all the other kits from Squirrel Works, this kit comes professionally packaged in a plastic bag with color face and header cards. The face card lists all the specifications of the rocket and recommended engines. The face card on ...

• Squirrel Works Space Ranger By Eric Truax

  Brief: Single stage rocket with streamer recovery and the good old fashioned taped in engine. Construction: 1 body tube,1 balsa nose cone, 3 fins of 1/16" balsa, 1 launch lug, 1 tape strip, 1 screw eye, 1 engine block, 1 cockpit, 1 18" shock cord, 1 gold mylar streamer, and 1 decal sheet. These instructions are some of the most thorough I have read. Just follow them ...

• Squirrel Works Space Ranger By John Lee

  Brief: This rocket is a minimum diameter, 18mm, streamer recovery, futuristic space plane. This is a beautiful little kit that I did my best to mess up. It turned out well anyway. Construction: The instruction were the typical high quality one associates with Squirrel Works. They were printed on both sides of a single legal sized piece of paper. They were clear and contained ...

• Squirrel Works Space Ranger By James Gartrell

  Brief: The Space Ranger, SW-005, is another excellent kit from Squirrel Works (SW). Simply beautiful kit art, ease of construction, high quality parts, and a fantastic looking rocket are the standard for SW. The rocket only stands about 13" tall and flies on 18mm motors, but it looks fantastic on the pad and really zooms--even on an A motor. Construction: A single 18mm (BT-20) ...

• Squirrel Works Spacecruiser FFE By Layne Pemberton

  Brief: Right out of the past and into your living room, Squirrel Works has brought to life yet another '50s B-movie blast from the past. Spacecruiser FFE seems fairly reminiscent of the spaceship from the movie Battle in Outer Space with its big chunky fins and nose canards but whatever the origin, Spacecruiser FFE is hoot to build and fly. It is a single stage sport flyer of about ...

• Squirrel Works Stinger By John Lee

  Brief: The Stinger is an easy to build, entry level rocket that actually requires some simple building. The design is simple, as are construction, prep, flight, and recovery. The result is a nice looking but simple rocket that performs well. Construction: The package was beautiful as is to be expected from Squirrel Works. When opened, all components were present and consisted ...

• Squirrel Works Tuber By Dave Bishop

  Brief: 2 stage low power rocket. Sustainer is tube fin design Construction: The parts include: BT-55 sustainer and booster body tubes 6 Balsa fins for booster 6 Beveled tube fins for sustainer Balsa nose Cardboard coupler, centering rings and engine block 2 Mylar streamers This was my first Squirrel Works kit, my first staged rocket, and my first based ...

• Squirrel Works Tuber By John Lee

  Brief: The Tuber is one of my earliest purchases and has been sitting around for long time waiting for attention. It has failed to get the attention because, over time, it migrated to the back of the racks as other rockets were placed on the hooks. A few days ago, I noticed lots of pieces laying on the floor and investigated. The bottom of the Tuber's package had given way and ...

• Squirrel Works Tuber By Dennis McClain-Furmanski

  Brief: Two stage sport model designed for 24mm motors with fins on booster and tube fins on upper stage. Construction: The kit contains: Long upper and shorter lower body tubes (BT-55 size) Balsa nose 6 laser cut tube fins (upper) 6 laser cut balsa fins (booster) Centering rings Tube coupler 2 engine blocks Elastic shock cord Screw eye 2 mylar ...

• Squirrel Works Valkyrie By Charlaine Cadence Nordin

  Brief: This rocket is designed for performance. With the ability to reach altitudes of 1500 feet easily this sport scale rocket is quick to build with nothing but excitment. Construction: The parts include: One body tube Thrust ring (3) laser cut fins Decal Launch lug Nosecone Kevlar ® shock cord mount Shockcord Screweye All ...

• Squirrel Works Vulture By James Gartrell

  Brief: The Vulture is a BT-55 kit that flies on an 18mm motor with parachute recovery. The kit art is the usual high quality graphic that is a signature of Squirrel Works kits. The same goes with the parts quality, which is excellent too. Flights are really spectacular. The rocket is very fast and stable and looks great on the pad. Construction: The parts list: 1 BT-55 ...

• Squirrel Works Vulture By Nick Esselman

  (08/31/05) I have been eyeing them for a while, but I have finally gotten around to buying a couple Squirrel Works kits. This one, Vulture, and the Astrid . Squirrel Works has some exceptionally nice looking graphics associated with their kits that make them jump out at ya and say, "buy me". Most have a sci-fi theme associated with them. So as Squirrel Works states about the ...

• Squirrel Works X-24 By Rob Holdridge

  Construction: The X-24 Bug comes packaged in the traditional clear bag with a header card. The packaging looks very professional and this kit wouldn't look out of place in any hobby shop displayed along side Estes or Quest kits. The kit consists of: 4 launch lugs A nose cone An engine tube A plywood former A block of clay 2 printed sheets of card stock that form ...

• Standard Rockets Assembly Tool By Claude Maina

  ( Contributed - by Claude Maina - 06/02/09) Brief: The Standard Rockets Assembly Tool is a fin alignment and attachment jig for low to mid power rockets. The tool consists of a stainless steel 8" square base, four stainless steel fin plates, three sets of strong magnets, and two 3/8" wood dowels. The device is used with printed templates for different fin thicknesses and ...

• Starburst Cam (Modification) By Solomon Westerman

    Well, at first this started out as a modification to tie my friends LOC Vulcanite H76 for max motor power. When I look back at it, it was a pretty stupid idea. Not only is anything over a H waaaaay too powerful for this, but I have to use an adapter every flight. I also added pencam. Modifications: The pencam mount is simply a coupler with two bulkheads mounted on each end. The ...

• Starflight Industries Motor Retainer (Other Product) By Bob Thompson and Sunny Sisk

  The following article is from "High Power Rocketry" magazine. This information represents only a small portion of the contents of "High Power Rocketry". We strongly suggest that you subscribe to "High Power Rocketry". By doing so you will find many color pictures, articles, launch reports and projects primarily associated with High Power Rocketry activities.  For more information, use ...

• Starlight Rockets Asteroid Probe By Mal McClenaghan

  Retro looking budget kit for 18mm motors. The cover art doesn't do justice to this kit, it looks a lot better in the flesh than the cream example used in the photograph. Apart from finishing, and laminating the fins with printer paper, the kit was built as per the instructions. All parts were present. The instructions weren't a surprise to me as I have built a number of Starlight kits, ...

• Starlight Rockets Derecho By Gerald Wallace

  ( Contributed - by Gerald Wallace - 07/16/08) The kit arrived in good shape. Here are the parts all laid out. This is a review of the first production Derecho kit from Starlight Rocketry. It is a single 18mm powered bird with 6 tube fins. I started by ...

• Starlight Rockets F-32 Avenger By Nick Esselman

  I first saw Starlight Model Rockets advertised in NAR's Sport Rocketry magazine, but was then pleased to see JonRocket.com start to carry them, so I could try one out. The flight vehicle that I tried out is their F-32 Avenger. The winged-aircraft look is what caught my attention. The kit includes one 12" body tube which seems slightly thicker than typical Estes (but when I measured them ...

• Starlight Rockets Hyperon By Daniel Griswold

  Brief: Minimum diameter rocket with a ring tail assembly Construction: The kit contains: balsa nose cone 9" BT-20 Tube 18" Mylar streamer Precut balsa fins Card stock ring fin shock cord, screw eye, launch lug, and engine block decals Motor mount assembly consists of gluing an engine block 2 1/2" into the body tube. No engine clip is ...

• Starlight Rockets Jay Hawk By John Lee

  Brief: As a kid I liked the looks of the Jay Hawk but never had one. When Starlight introduced their kit, I ordered it and it has been sitting around since. I was up to my eyeballs in other projects but again found myself in a situation where valuable rocket time was going to waste because I was waiting for glue or paint to dry, waiting for parts, or just plain tired of sanding. I ...

• Starlight Rockets Micro By Matt Gillard

  Brief: A three finned 18mm rocket with tumble recovery. Minimum diameter with swept back fins. A very small rocket designed for speed and height. I have had a recent fling with tiny rockets and most of them use 13mm motors so when I saw the 18mm rocket of this size, I had to buy 1--or 12 as they were cheaper by the dozen! Construction: The quality of the components are very ...

• Starlight Rockets Micro By Jonah Dahncke

  Brief: This is a small little rocket that uses featherweight recovery. It is a fun little afternoon or class project. It is hard to recover since it's so small. Construction: It is basically a flying engine mount--an 18mm body tube with a balsa nose cone, 3 balsa fins, and an 1/8" launch lug glued to it. The instructions have no need for pictures because this kit is so ...

• Starlight Rockets Nimbus By Glenn Little

  This is a single stage Level I rocket with a fairly basic assembly. Quality of my first kit impressed me and looked great on the pad, but the second kit made me think one of the two was packaged incorrectly and was a completely different rocket. Quality control appears to be an issue. I initially bought this kit because I wanted to add a third rocket to my son's fleet. As well, I wanted to ...

• Starlight Rockets Queez-Bee By John Arthur

  Brief: This is a 4 fins and a nose cone (with a twist) rocket kit rated skill level 1 by Starlight Rockets from Walkerton, Indiana. The twist is each fin has another little fin attached to it that makes it spin, thus the name "Queeze", as in "dizzy" Bee. Construction: The kit included 1 body tube, a balsa nose cone, shock cord, 2 sets of fins, a screw eye, ...

• Starlight Rockets Saber By Andy Turits

  Brief: A nice size payload LPR with an inventive stair step tube fin configuration. Recovery is by 12" mylar parachute. Starlight kits are not categorized by skill level, but I would consider this a skill level 1 kit. Construction: The kit contains: 1 12"x 1" body tube 4 4"x 1" body tube 2 2"x 1" body tube 1 0.976" engine ...

• Starlight Rockets Seieron 3 By John Lee

  Brief: The Seieron 3 is the first kit I have attempted from Starlight Model Rocketry. It is a cluster and probably not too bad a choice for a first cluster. I had built the Semroc Defender before and considered the Seiron about the same level of difficulty. Some things were harder and some were easier but it averaged out. Construction: The packaging of Starlight rockets is ...

• Starlight Rockets Sky Master By Clifford Campo

  This is a straight forward build with good instructions supplied with the kit.  For a 2-stager it is relatively light so it moves off the pad pretty quickly.  I've flown her on two stages four times now.  Each flight was in light winds.  The rocket has always flow straight without any weather-cocking.  I used a B6-0 / A8-5 combo for the engines, good thing too, ...

• Starlight Rockets Sparrow By Todd Mullin

  Brief: The Sparrow is a small flying wing rocket glider that Starlight bills as a "Skill Level 2". I love to launch gliders, so finding one that appeared to be nearly foolproof at such a low cost is a treat! The wingspan of this glider is 11 inches. Construction: The components of the kit came in a poly bag and were in good condition when I opened the kit. The fin ...

• Starlight Rockets Sparrow By Clive Davis

  Brief: The Sparrow by Starlight Model Rocketry is a "skill level 1" tailless flying wing boost glider for A motors. I found this kit in a hobby shop outside Charlotte, NC and had to get it. Retail price for the summer of 2004 was $5.95. The rocket requires the engine to "spit", so it is not eligible for NAR competition. Construction: The kit came with: ...

• Starlight Rockets Spike By Joe Larkin

  Brief: An interesting dowel stabilized Rocket. Small minimum diameter for 18mm engines with streamer recovery. Construction: Simple kit with 18mm tube, balsa nose cone, 3 finlets, 3 dowels, launch lug, silver Mylar streamer and shock cord. Minimum diameter for 18mm engines. Friction motor retention. Uses what I think is the Stine shock cord mounting method -- paper strip with 3 ...

• Stellar Dimension Dartan By Doyle Tatum

  (by Doyle Tatum)  Followed the directions with the following exceptions and comments: The directions are on one page with four drawings (unlike the Estes kits). It is imperative that you read them thoroughly, a couple of times. Fins are formed by sandwiching one basswood fin between two plywood fins. It is not especially clear how some pieces are formed or attached so do a lot of ...

• Stellar Dimension Sparrow By Jim Moncher

  Photo Courtesty of Frank Ross     Brief: An Angular, wooden Airframe, with parachute recovery. Construction: The kit arrived in the standard plastic bag and all parts were in good shape. The instructions were easy to follow, but it is imperative that you read them thoroughly, a couple of times. The parts were laser cut from a plywood. It is not especially ...

• Stellar Dimension Spinnaker By Bruce Markielewski and Bob Kaplow

  The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the two links above. (Sport Rocketry - May/Jun 1996 ...

• Stellar Dimension Vector By Mark Fisher

  The Stellar Dimensions kits looked so interesting that I had to try one. SDI has a lot of other kits like the Vector, and all are pretty reasonably priced; I paid $8 for mine from Discount Rocketry . Essence Ratings Construction 3 Flight 2 Overall 2½ Assembly The kit itself is very different than others I'd built, consisting ...

• Stellar Dimension X-Static By Greg Elder

  The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the two links above. ...

• Stellar Dimension Xanadune By Chris Taylor Jr.

  Highly Unusual Plywood Construction and only $10 The Xanadune is made almost entirely out of plywood including the Body "Tube" of the rocket which in this case is rectangular with 4 sides. It is laser cut for lots of cool detail and ease of assembly. I stained it to enhance the wood construction BUT the stain made the places where there is glue VERY visible. I am very much looking forward ...

• Suborbital Flying Machines The Tube By Nick Esselman

  I purchased the Suborbital Flying Machines (SFM) The Tube from Discount Rocketry because I was looking for something different and I had never built (or seen) a SFM kit before. What makes The Tube unique? Well, it’s sort of a pig-in-the-blanket, errrr, sorry how about a rocket-in-a-tube. It is a simple 3-fin and a nose cone rocket, with simple rectangular fins and a BT55 body tube, ...

• Sunward Aerospace 4-Motor Cluster Cable By Matt Gillard

  This a 4 motor cluster cable or whip for cluster rockets. This cluster whip is my third whip, and out of the three I own, this one is the best. (1 of the whips I made myself, the other was made by a friend.) The whip is fairly light, each clip is either red or black coded. The clips themselves are made from copper and are of the flat grip variety. The joints are coated in heat shrink wrap. ...

• Sunward Aerospace CFX-3 By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This is the little brother of the CFX-Six Footer that I've previously reviewed. This is a nice and easy 4FNC rocket with Sunward's unusual canopied nose cone. It is easy to build and flies great. Construction: Nick's review covered the materials and instructions very thoroughly. I'll confirm that over two years later (and after a change in ownership), the kit still ...

• Sunward Aerospace CFX-3 By Chan Stevens

  This is my second Sunward kit, the first being a more complicated rocket, the Phoenix , and now the CFX-3. This one is not complicated and is Sunward's simple 4 Fins and a Nose Cone (4FNC) entry level rocket. They promote this one for schools by selling it in bulk. This rocket is called the CFX-3. Not sure what it means. But it also says, " the formula for fun ". It uses Sunward's typical ...

• Sunward Aerospace CFX-Six Footer! By Glenn Little

  Brief: I bought this to use up some 24mm engines. Plus, I couldn't resist the idea of a 6' rocket so bought it as a novelty item. I later found out a second review was requested, so here we go... This skill level 2 rocket tops out at around 6 1/2 feet. As mentioned in the previous review, there are some things to consider that aren't necessarily in the instructions. Overall, it's ...

• Sunward Aerospace CFX-Six Footer! By Frank Casey

  ( Contributed - by Frank Casey - 10/24/07) Brief: I purchased this kit from a rocketry vendor on eBay for short money, however, when I received it I found that two of the tubes were partially damaged--not badly but there was some creasing (3 inches and 11 inches, respectively) along the length of two of the tubes. Modifications: What I decided to do was to modify the rocket ...

• Sunward Aerospace CFX-Six Footer! By Chan Stevens

  Brief: A "lite" Mean Machine, towering at about 6-1/2 feet tall, this longneck is likely to be one of the tallest rockets at any launch. It's a fairly simple build and flies fine on a single D12-5. Construction: I was cleaning up a few loose ends and decided to pull my prize from EMRR's Longneck contest out of my build pile. I'm glad I did as this is a pretty nice kit. ...

• Sunward Aerospace Daddy Long Legs By Tom Scherlis

  Brief: This rocket is a skill level 2, and is fairly easy to build despite its unique design. It has three (3) fins and a wood dowel comes down off each, making very long legs. Construction: All of the parts for this rocket came in perfect shape and had no problems. It included: 1 BT50 body tube 1 two (2) part plastic molded nose cone 3 fins/ribs/dowel attachments ...

• Sunward Aerospace Desert Fox By Kelo Waivio

  ( Contributed - by Kelo Waivio) Brief: I received the Desert Fox kit in good condition with all parts accounted for. The kit is nicely packaged with a nice color photo of the finished model in a desert like color scheme. The balsa parts are all nicely laser cut, the tube is equivalent to an Estes BT56, and is glassine coated kraft paper. The centering rings are wound paper and the ...

• Sunward Aerospace Eruption By Peter Stanley

  Brief: The Eruption is 4-motor cluster from Sunward Aerospace. The motors are outwardly canted. Recovery is via an 18" parachute. Construction: The kit includes a balsa nose cone, one BT-70 body tube, two laser cut centering rings, four motor tubes with clips, parachute materials, four laser cut lite-ply fins, and an elastic shock cord. Construction was very s ...

• Sunward Aerospace Eruption By Peter Stanley

  (06/24/08) The Sunward Eruption™ rocket caught my attention recently due to its cluster of four canted motors. Canted motors are not new and in my opinion FlisKits' Deuce's Wild two canted motor configuration made them popular these days. FlisKits also offers the Tres with three canted motors. So now enter Sunward's Eruption™, with the four canted motors. Sunward ...

• Sunward Aerospace Explorer By Chris Morocco

• Sunward Aerospace Flechette By Elliott Bavely

  Brief: This is a BT-50 (24mm) based rocket that uses 18mm engines. The name of the rocket comes from the French word for "dart" and the design is modeled after a military projectile having the form of a small metal dart. A flechette normally has a sharp-pointed tip and a tail with several vanes to stabilize it during flight. These normally don't have propulsion systems and ...

• Sunward Aerospace Flying Umbrella By Marty Wiggins

  Brief: The Sunward Flying Umbrella is a very high drag rocket that looks like, well, an umbrella and flies like one too. The "rocket" uses a parachute for recovery, but that might not really be needed. It does not go very high and it comes down slowly. Construction: The rocket comes with a single body tube, 8 fin struts, 8 umbrella panels, nose cone, parachute, and ...

• Sunward Aerospace Galactic Wave By Donald Besaw Jr

  Brief: The Sunward Aerospace Galactic Wave is a rocket with futuristic spaceship styling, complete with laser cannons. It flies on 18mm motors and is recovered with an 18 inch parachute. Construction: The kit came packaged in a plastic bag with a very professional header card and included the following components: 2 BT-56 size main body tubes 2 BT-50 size side body tubes ...

• Sunward Aerospace Gravity Rider By Preston Hoover

  Brief: The Sunward Aerospace Ltd kit the Gravity Rider is a kit for the future. The duel cluster motor, dovetail design and slanted end tube cuts give the rocket a sleek futuristic look. The kit boasts High Quality Laser Cut Balsa, Safe 18" parachute recovery, HUGE - Length 40" / 101cm , Wingspan 10 1/2" / 26cm , includes metal motor retaining clip , build as a cluster or ...

• Sunward Aerospace Gravity Rider By Chan Stevens

  Brief: Sunward has come up with a very cool multi-tube futuristic design, however, this kit will need minor modifications to be flight worthy. At 6.1 ounces empty, it is more than 50% over the maximum recommended liftoff weight for a C6-3 and trying to fly it on the recommended B4-2 for the first flight would likely be the rocket's last. Construction: Parts arrived in good ...

• Sunward Aerospace Ice Storm By Chan Stevens

  ( Contributed - by Chan Stevens) Brief: Part of Sunward Model Aerospace's Canadian invasion, this sharp-looking fighter plane is a nice addition to your fleet. Requires good modeling skills; accurately rated a skill level 3 kit. Construction: In addition to the basic body tube, plastic nose cone, laser-cut balsa fins (wings) and motor mount, there's a pattern sheet printed on ...

• Sunward Aerospace Ice Storm By Kevin Timmins

  Brief: The Sunward Ice Storm is a Spaceplane designed to fly on 18mm B & C motors. This is a very detailed kit , consisting of very high quality parts. It is not a simple kit to build and takes time. But if you do take the time required, your efforts will be rewarded. In flight this is a beauty, with realistic barrel rolls. Construction: The kit contains:- Set of ...

• Sunward Aerospace Interplanetary Shuttle By Misty Stromme

  This kit caught my eye because of its unique look and spacey design. Components The kit comes with a motor mount assembly, body tube, laser-cut balsa fins, a larger diameter central tube and end rings, a shock cord and parachute (requires assembly), and finally a plastic nose cone and an ample amount of clay for nose weight. /h2 I am a beginning modeler, and I ...

• Sunward Aerospace Interplanetary Shuttle By Nick Esselman

  Photo from Sunward that enticed me to purchase the Interplanetary Shuttle™ The Sunward Interplanetary Shuttle caught my attention despite the unfinished look of the advertisement. I thought the center tube looked really interesting. The overall look was unique with the the fins wrapping around the center tube and extending ...

• Sunward Aerospace Khufu's Pyramid By Matt Gillard

  Brief: Khufu's Pyramid is a high drag pyramid rocket that flys on 24mm motors. It is an unusual rocket that has a solid construction and uses a rear core ejection to recover in two pieces. It comes in a plastic bag with the usual art card. Construction: Kit consists of: 2 launch lugs 1 parachutes (18 inch) 1 2 foot length elastic shock cord 8 balsa triangles ...

• Sunward Aerospace Khufu's Pyramid By Marty Wiggins

  Brief: Khufu's Pyramid is a nice low flying, high drag rocket. It is 6" tall and 5.25" wide. Construction: The kit comes with cardstock for the template and skin of the pyramid. It also has 8 triangle pieces that make up the 4 sides. A 24mm mount is included along with a streamer for recovery of the motor mount. The parachute is a nice and thick. The instructions ...

• Sunward Aerospace King Tut's Pyramid By Rodney Earp

• Sunward Aerospace King Tut's Pyramid By Kathy Kippen

  Brief: An E-G powered pyramid that comes with laser cut balsa and plywood parts. It's rated as a skill level 4, but I would say it's more like a skill level 3. Construction: The parts came very well packaged and include: BT-80 coupler Launch lug Thrust ring 2 plywood centering rings 8 laser cut balsa pyramid sides 1 29mm engine tube 1 parachute ...

• Sunward Aerospace Liberator By Lance Alligood

  Brief: The Liberator is a complex jet fighter-like design single-stage low power rocket that's built (and weighs) like a tank. The manufacturer rates it as skill level 3. Construction: The kit contains: 18in BT-56 body tube (slightly larger than BT-55) Plastic nose cone with canopy bubble Laser cut balsa wood fins "Jet engine intake" wrap-around and fin ...

• Sunward Aerospace Maverick By Ray King

  ( Contributed - by Ray King - 11/24/07) Brief: My entry for the EMRR's Uniquely Designed Finish Contest is the Sunward Maverick. This design was inspired by NASCAR's #9 Kasey Kahne. Kahne is sponsored by Dodge and my son's favorite driver. Construction and Finishing: I modified the design slightly by filling the wing-tube interface to make the rocket look more realistic. The ...

• Sunward Aerospace Maverick By Peter Chestna

  Brief: This kit is a fantasy sport scale plane called The Maverick by Sunward Model Aerospace. It is single stage and uses an 18" parachute for recovery. Construction: The kit came with: 2 sheets of laser-cut balsa fins 1 paper printed with duct pattern and wing reenforcement tabs Body Tube 18" plastic parachute 18mm motor tube w/thrust & centering ...

• Sunward Aerospace Mercury Lander Jr. By Jewel B. Butler Jr.

  Brief: Single engine 18mm rocket with four tube lander legs and a large chute. This allows this rocket to gently touch down on all fours every now and then when conditions are good. Construction: BT-60 body tube, 4 BT-20 for legs, 4 centering rings CR20-55 for the base of the feet, balsa nose cone, 1/8" launch lug, a small screw eye, 24" all rubber shock cord, and a ...

• Sunward Aerospace Mini Moondance By Duane Boldt

  Brief: The Sunward Mini Moondance is an easy to build Level 1 rocket kit. It has four bat wing shaped fins and uses streamer recovery. It flies high and straight. Construction: The kit contains the following: 1 - 8" Body tube 1 - Plastic nose cone 2 - Engine centering rings 1 - Engine thrust ring 1 - Engine tube 1 - Metal Engine hook 1 - Sheet of ...

• Sunward Aerospace Mirage By Donald Besaw Jr

  Brief: The Sunward Mirage is a model rocket with jet fighter styling. This model can be built with either an 18mm or 24mm motor mount and uses an 18 inch parachute. According to the manufacturer, flights to 600 feet are possible. Construction: The kit came in a plastic bag with header card and includes: 1 body tube 1 nose cone 4 launch lugs 2 motor mount kits ...

• Sunward Aerospace Moondance By Bob Cox

  Brief: Single-stage 3FNC with cool bat wings. Length: 24.5" Diameter: 1.3" My daughter won this kit, donated by Sunward, in an EMRR Virtual Contest. Dan Westley has already written a very good review of this kit, so we're just going to cover the areas that were different for us. Construction: Materials: Dan has a comprehensive parts list, so I won't repeat ...

• Sunward Aerospace Moondance By Dan Westley

  Brief: Stylish 3FNC (3 fin and nose cone) rocket from Canadian manufacturers Sunward Model Aerospace. Construction: The Kit comes in a transparent plastic bag, sporting a VERY colorful face card. The kit contains: 1 45cm BT56 Body Tube 1 Plastic Nose cone (the same cone used in all Sunward kits, it seems) 2 Engine Centering Rings 1 Engine Block 1 18mm Engine ...

• Sunward Aerospace Penguin By Duane Boldt

  Brief: The Sunward Penguin is a unique, short stubby kit that flies on C-D 24mm motors. It comes with an 18" parachute. It also has nice plywood centering rings. Modifications: Kevlar was used for shock cord attached to motor mount. Modified paint scheme. Construction: 1 - BT80 x 8" Body Tube 1 - Balsa BT80 nose cone 1 - Small Screw-eye 2 - Engine ...

• Sunward Aerospace Phoenix By Tim Burger

  Brief: Futuristic, military interceptor styled rocket with an 18mm mount and rated for B6-2, C6-3, and C6-5 motors. Construction: This kit is manufactured by a Canadian company and is a little different than most of the kits that I've become familiar with. The motor hook is a complete departure from the long thin spring steel hooks we've been using for over thirty years, there ...

• Sunward Aerospace Phoenix By Bob Cox

  Brief: The Phoenix, like many other kits from Sunward Aerospace, is a conventional single-stage rocket with parachute recovery and is styled to look like a fighter jet. Construction: Parts list: 1 PNC56 Plastic Nose Cone with Canopy 1 18" BT56 Tube 1 Laser-cut balsa fin sheet 1 18" plastic parachute, clear and red 1 18mm motor mount kit 1 ...

• Sunward Aerospace Phoenix By Nick Esselman

  Sunward Aerospace is a Canadian company with a unique line of model rockets, most of which fall under their RocketFighters design. They put together a quality package, including colorful front card, parachute printed with their name and thorough instructions. Each of the their kits use their own canopy-type nose cone as well. I chose the Sunward Phoenix due to its sleek design. I also believe ...

• Sunward Aerospace Quad Tilted 18mm Motor Mount By Matt Gillard

  ( Contributed - by Matt Gillard - 03/16/09) Brief: I thought I'd try something new in the motor mount department. The mount kit comes in a plastic bag, with the parts and instructions, and as a bonus, a marking guide for a BT-70. This comes from the Sunward Eruption kit. Construction: The kit consists of: 2 centering rings 4 thrust rings 4 engine tubes 4 engine ...

• Sunward Aerospace Rocket Glider By Chan Stevens

  Slightly misnamed, this is a boost glider, not strictly a rocket glider. It's a standard boost pod configuration made from laser-cut parts with an easy to build design. Parts were all good quality and the laser-cut work was very good with clean cuts and only small areas needed to be finished off to free the parts. In the surprisingly large bag I found: BT-56 (8") body tube Plastic ...

• Sunward Aerospace Solar Eclipse By Jeff Lane

  Brief: Large BT-80 based two-stage sport rocket. Construction: Two 18-inch BT-80s for main body, one 4-inch BT-80 for booster, two BT-50 sized motor mount tubes, four laser-cut plywood centering rings, balsa nose cone, rubber shock cord, screw eye, 3/16" launch lug, laser-cut balsa fins, 24" nylon parachute, 2 couplers, 2 engine blocks, and a large self-adhesive ...

• Sunward Aerospace Star Watcher By Todd Mullin

  Brief: I won my Sunward Star Watcher kit at the 2005 NSL. It's an interesting small low power rocket with futuristic styling. If you've got basic rocket building skills, this kit should be no problem. Construction: The quality of the components are great. The tubes seemed slightly more solid than the typical Estes or Quest tubes. The nose cone is Sunward's signature canopy ...

• Sunward Aerospace Star Watcher By Chan Stevens

  Brief: The Star Watcher is one of 4 new Sunward designs and it is a break from their typical flying fighter jet design with a definite outer space look to it. It's a quick and simple build and a nice diversion from the basic 3-fin/nose cone kits crowding the market. Construction: I actually received two copies of this kit for review and the one I built had an extra baggy of ...

• Sunward Aerospace Sukhoi SU-47 By Brian Coyle

  Brief: The SU-47 is another in the line of 'fighter aircraft' rockets from Sunward Aerospace Group, Ltd. The kit is 27 inches long with a 12 inch wing span and recovers under parachute. This is an interesting model and will make a good impression with the 'X-planes' crowd and garner many 'oohs and ahhs' on the field. Construction: The kit is packaged in a heat sealed, heavy ...

• Sunward Aerospace Sukhoi SU-47 By Lance Alligood

  Brief: The Sunward Sukhoi SU-47 Interceptor is another cool looking rocket that more closely resembles a fighter jet than a rocket. Like other Sunward kits, it relies on large pieces of laser cut balsa fins and a series of cardstock wraps to create its unique styling. There is also an option to build the kit with either 18mm or 24mm motors. Construction: The kit was shipped ...

• Sunward Aerospace The Screamer By John Lee

  Brief: The Screamer is my first try at a kit from Sunward Aerospace. I've used their components before but have not gotten around to trying a kit until now. This one caught my interest because it is a 2 motor cluster, and I like clusters. I also picked it because of its canted motor design. There are other canted motor designs but this is one I've only seen ads for and have never ...

• Sunward Aerospace Tri-Force By Preston Hoover

  Brief: Sunward Aerospace LTD's, Tri-Force, look futuristic with it's fin on pod arrangement boasts 9 laser cut fins set on three pods. Standing 14 inches tall and 1.637 inches in diameter, the Tri-Force is a good looking rocket. It has an 18" plastic parachute. Construction: The Tri-Force kit contains the following parts: 1 BT-60 8” Body tube 2 Centering Rings ...

• Sunward Aerospace Umbrella By Matt Gillard

  ( Contributed - by Matt Gillard - 09/04/07) Brief: the flying umbrella was a flawed design. The very high drag meant that any delay at all way too long. The rocket was nearly on the ground before the chute ejected. This modification removes the chute, glues in the nose cone, and allows the rocket to fall back to earth. Modifications: Everything is the same for the standard ...

• SureFire Rockets Black Widow By Bob Allen

  This is a nice and small 4FNC offering by SureFire Rocketry. The recovery system is a bright yellow streamer. It comes bagged, and is a Level 1 kit. This rocket came with one body tube, a one piece nosecone, standard 18mm engine block, with metal engine hook, a simple rubber shockcord and mount, and a bright yellow streamer. This was an extremely easy build. The instructions were clear and ...

• SureFire Rockets X-13 By Wallace Jones

  Custom build and decorate your own 13" model rocket with the Explorer X-13 kit. SureFire Rockets has brought a new concept. The Explorer X-13 is the first in a line of rockets that gives the student control over both the look and design of his/her rocket. The Explorer does not include instructions or cut rocket fins. You create and cut out your own fin design, or you can download a fin ...

• T&M Embroidery Apollo 13 T-Shirt (Other Product) By Cliff Oliver

  Tom Priest from T&M Embroidery posted a thread on The Rocketry Forum asking for six people to review one of his new shirts. I was fortunate enough to receive a free Apollo 13 t-shirt. The shirt arrived within just a few days via priority mail. I received a gray shirt with the Apollo 13 rocket logo designed by T&M. The embroidery work was flawless. All of the threads are neat and ...

• Tango Papa 1.6x Mars Lander By Mike Caplinger

  The Estes Mars Lander, designed by Wayne Kellner, was released in 1969.  I remember getting the kit for Christmas in the early 70s and assembling it over the course of a year or more; it was easily the most complex build I had ever attempted.  I think mine flew once on a B6-2, and as I recall it got about 50 feet up and barely managed to deploy the chute. Tom Prestia of Tango ...

• Tango Papa 1.6x Mars Lander By Kevin Trojanowski

  Tango Papa's 1.6x Mars Lander is a nice upscale of the vintage Estes Kit that fetches ungodly amounts of money in an auction. If you have the same fond memories of the Estes kit from your childhood that I do, then you need to look at this kit. The kit comes standard with a 29mm motor mount, and parachutes are optional. I believe the standard parachutes come from Top Flight , but I'm not certain. ...

• Tango Papa 2x Mars Lander By Moe Bertrand

  Brief: 2x upscale of classic Estes Mars Lander. 38mm motor mount accommodates a range of recommended motors in the G-I range, some of which require a 29mm adapter. Construction: Parts list: 1 7.5" x 7" long PML phenolic body tube 2 7.5" tube couplers 1 Nose cone 1 3" dia long parachute tube 1 38mm motor mount tube 1 set assorted ...

• Tango Papa Custom Decals (Other Product) By Carl Tulanko

  Tango Papa is one of several companies that service our hobby and can provide us with a variety of finishing touches for the rockets we spend so much time building and painting. This vendor is a little more diverse as he provides some unique rocket kits, decal paper, Alps Ink and custom waterslide and vinyl graphics. They have a wide variety of waterslide decals spanning many OOP and more ...

• Tango Papa Mars Lander (3.9") By Tim Doll

  Brief: The Tango Papa 3.9 Lander is technically an upscale of the classic Estes K-43 Mars Lander, first released in 1969. In one of those ‘what were they thinking’ decisions, Estes discontinued the Mars Lander kit in 1983, and original Estes Mars Lander kits now go for major bucks on eBay, with even mediocre partially built kits selling for well over $100. Fortunately, the Tango Papa ...

• TCB in a Flash Thunder By John Bolene

  Kit Review: TCB Thunder By: John Bolene from  This is a new rocket company that Ross from Magnum is doing the packaging and distributing for. The Thunder is a 5.5" diameter kit, has 3 3/16"extended delta fins and comes with a cardboard body tube that is 4 feet long. It has 2 laser cut centering rings (see picture below) to hold in the full length 54mm motor ...

• Teleflite Amateur Rocket Motor Construction By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 10/25/04) Brief: Amateur Rocket Motor Construction by David Sleeter About this review: I have never made motors like the ones described in the book, and I don't plan to. Therefore, this review does not provide a technical critique. Other 'experts', such as Professor Terry McCreary, have given it good marks. However, the other reviews I have ...

• The Launch Pad AIM-9L Sidewinder (Plan) (Plan) By Dave Stout

  Brief: The AIM-9L Sidewinder by the Launch Pad is a parachute recovered, scale model missile. I ordered the Plan-Pak, which contains a parts list, drawings, and VERY COMPREHENSIVE instructions. The parachute is one of TLP's own kits, a tough blue mylar design which includes swivels. Finally, I ordered a pack of their nice, SIMPLE motor hooks. The instructions, although advanced, are very ...

• The Launch Pad ALARM By Ted Phipps

  The Launch Pad, a company specializing in military-style rockets and missiles, created this ‘scale’ kit of the Air Launched Anti-Radiation Missile (ALARM). The real ALARM is manufactured in Great Britain. Digging into the components, the 2.6" body tubes and plastic nose cone are Estes strength (might actually be Estes parts). There seems to be some complaints about the balsa in LP ...

• The Launch Pad ALARM By Sean Walker

  The Launch Pad Alarm is a single staged rocket that is modeled after an intercepting missile used by the U.S. government. Two body tubes came with this kit, but I wasn't too impressed with them. Instead of the solid tubes I was expecting, I got Estes type tubes instead, but they turned out okay and they really made this kit light. There are two sets of fins with one set very high up on the ...

• The Launch Pad AMRAAM AIM-120 By Joe Cacciatore

  Single-stage, scale model of Air Force AMRAAM AIM 120 medium range air to air missile. Uses 18" chute and dual "D" or "E" engine power. Kit consists of two (2) body tubes (similar to Estes') of different lengths. Plastic nose cone and mylar chute which is bright blue. The eight (8) fins are made from balsa wood. The engine mounts are standard "D" engine size mounts with metal hooks. The ...

• The Launch Pad AMRAAM AIM-120 By Michael Nipper

  ( Contributed - by Michael Nipper - 05/28/08) Brief: Only kit parts used were body tubes and coupler. Basswood used for wings/fins, tunnel cable cover, and missile hangers. Ogive BT-80 nose cone from Apogee Components 4-cluster motor mount from BRS Hobbies All markings created on home computer with Harvard Graphics Modifications: After basic construction of body tube, ...

• The Launch Pad Anubis By Jeff Cowles

  The Anubis is the first time I've attempted a kit from a company other than Estes. It arrived in the common long clear plastic bag, and upon inspection all of the parts were there, although there was no actual parts list with the kit. The instructions are basically two pages. The first page being a diagram of the rocket, fins, and motor mount. The second page was instructions on how to assemble ...

• The Launch Pad Anubis (Clone) By Bill Eichelberger

        Brief  With The launch Pad possibly in permanent hiatus, I had no way of satisfying my craving for cool scale-like kits.  Bummer, but since the website and all the face cards from the kits were still online, I decided to try building something using just the dimensions and kit pics, and settled on the Anubis as my first project.  It wasn't until ...

• The Launch Pad ASRAAM By Joe Cacciatore

  Brief: Dual "D" engine scale model of the UK/Germany Advanced Short Range Air to Air Missile (ASRAAM). This Launch Pad rocket is exactly like all the other TLP kits. The Kit contains: Plastic nose cone Cardboard body tubes (2) Balsa fins Shock cord attachment & engine mounting the same as the older Estes rockets. Parachute is purple mylar. The quality of the parts ...

• The Launch Pad ASRAAM By Larry Brand

  ASRAAM is a scale kit by The Launch Pad that models a prototype of a thrust-vectored air-to-air missile. As such, it sports a set of dinky fins that suggest not too much of a stability margin. In fact, ASRAAM is not only exceptionally stable in flight, but is an excellent, easy-building sport flyer, and a good choice for a first cluster model (it uses a pair of 24mm motors). Surprisingly, flight ...

• The Launch Pad BOLO By Moira Jean Whitlock

    A four-finned, single staged simple scale model of a military unguided artillery rocket.   All the parts are there, with the balsa fins die cut.The nose cone is hollow plastic and the body tube is spiral wound paper as is the 1/8 inch launch lug. The chute is an interesting metallic blue mylar, 18 inches in diameter, and a flat octagonal shape.   The shroud lines are thin ...

• The Launch Pad Dragonfly By Andrew Bronfein

    Construction overall rating 4 Only problem with this kit is that the large rear fins are kind of thin I replaced their fins with 1/8" balsa instead of the supplied 1/16" and the rocket seems to be a lot more sturdy. Their instructions are very easy to understand and along with a good picture diagram they have a good text walk through. Finishing was a breeze and there are no decals with ...

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• The Launch Pad Exocet AM.39 By Randy Jenkins

  This is a Scale model version of the French anti-ship missile. It is a single stage, mid-power rocket Parts: The parts were typical Estes type parts. All parts were in good condition when I received them. The parts consisted of two paper body tubes and several sheets of balsa as well as 1/4" wide strips of balsa. I don't particularly like the mylar parachute so I substituted a nylon chute ...

• The Launch Pad Exocet MM.40 By Gary Drebit

  The Launch Pad Exocet MM.40 (Early Version) is a Skill level 3 project and they mean it. There is no pre-cut balsa wood parts and the instructions I received did not have an inventory list of parts, so I wasn't even sure when I started that I had everything. Instructions were on 5 pages and half of every page included diagrams to help with the assembly. If you have built a few rockets in ...

• The Launch Pad Exocet MM.40 By Tom Augustyn

  Brief This is a dual motor scale version of the French-built surface to surface anti-ship missile designed in 1967 and still in service today. This is a true modeler's kit that should only be attempted if you have previous building experience. There are lots of diagrams to reference but not the Estes type of "hold your hand through each step " instructions. Still, if you follow ...

• The Launch Pad Exocet MM.40 By Andrew Bronfein

  I purchased the Launch Pad Exocet because of it's odd fin shape that I think look really neat. As all Launch Pad Kits I have purchased, not a part was missing and the instructions were definitely top rate. However, I hate leaving things the way they are and decided to follow Chuck's word for once and I'll be damned if he wasn't correct. Painting the fins with finishing epoxy instead of CA ...

• The Launch Pad Falcon AIM-4C By David Newill

  The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the two links above. (Sport Rocketry - Sep/Oct 1997 ...

• The Launch Pad Folgore By Donald Besaw Jr

  The Launch Pad Folgore is a scale model of an Italian shoulder fired anti-tank rocket. This model flies on 24mm D-F motors and uses a parachute for recovery. Unlike Estes, Aerotech, etc, a parts list was not included so I don't remember exactly all the parts that were included in the kit but the body tubes, shock cord, nose cone, etc. were Estes type components. The instructions ...

• The Launch Pad Grail SA-7 By Mark Sinicki

  The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the two links above. (Sport Rocketry - Nov/Dec 1997 ...

• The Launch Pad HARM AGM-88A By Joe Cacciatore

  Single stage scale model of HARM AGM88-A missile with 24 mm ("D" type) engine mount. Comes with 18"x30" mylar chute. Like most of the military scale models sold by TLP, this kit has 8 fins. The mid rocket fins are rather unusual in their size and shape. The fins are regular balsa wood and the body tubes are regular cardboard tubes like Estes. The engine mount is also similar to Estes being ...

• The Launch Pad HARM AGM-88A By Carl Tulanko

  The Launch Pad HARM kit is an accurate, near-1/3rd-scale, version of the U.S. Armed Forces HARM AGM-88A air to ground anti-radar missile. It can be launched on a wide variety of both single use and RMS motors from D-F. The kit arrived in a plastic bag, similar to some Estes or Quest kits and consisted of two BT80 2.6" body tubes with the coupler stored inside one of the tubes , three sheets ...

• The Launch Pad Harpoon AGM-84 By Kevin Drayson

  Brief This is an approximately 1/5th scale model of the Harpoon anti-ship missile. Construction My kit arrived in a "standard" long plastic bag. All parts were accounted for, and in good shape. The body tubes appear to be standard BT-80, and the nose is a PNC-80B. There were a couple of nice sheets of balsa for the fins, plus some strips for making some of the detailing. The included recovery ...

• The Launch Pad Harpoon AGM-84 By Mike Kent

  The Harpoon is a scale model of a US Air-Launched Anti-Ship Missile, The Launch Pad's kit is an excellent first mid power and scale rocket. I was so glad when I finally got my hands on my AGM-84 Harpoon. One of the members of my club was going down to the US and was kind enough to bring it back for me. I received the Harpoon with all pieces present, in good condition, and good quality. I have ...

• The Launch Pad Harpoon AGM-84 By Darrell Tardy

  A roughly 1/5th scale model of the air-launched version of the HARPOON missile, designed for the modeler. Some skills required for optimum appearance results but otherwise easy to build and fly. My Harpoon kit arrived in a small package for what promised to be a big kit. Everything was there, good quality tubes, and a neat purple Mylar parachute (which works well and is easy to see), but ...

• The Launch Pad Hawk MIM-23A By Barry Forrest

  After constructing and flying a few Estes kits, and building the Aerotech Arreux, I thought I'd try my hand at building a scale missile from The Launch Pad.  Having never tried their kits, I was in for some surprises. Upon receiving the HAWK kit, I opened to find no decals, thin body tubing (like Estes), and a small Mylar chute with thread for shroud lines. I decided to deviate from the ...

• The Launch Pad Hellfire AGM-114A By Orion Samoiloff

  Scale model of the Hellfire AGM. Flies on D-F engines. Recovery by a mylar parachute. Very sturdy model. The kit arrived intact, and all parts were present, and in great condition. The parts consisted of a main paper body tube, plastic nose cone, plenty of 3/32" balsa, pre-cut centering rings, launch lug, templates for the fins, and supplies for the mylar parachute, and shock cord. The ...

• The Launch Pad Improved Hawk MIM-23B By Kevin Drayson

  Brief This is a single-stage, mid-power scale model of a US Army surface to air missile. Construction Like all kits I've received from The Launch Pad, this one arrived in a plastic bag, like most of the Estes kits you see hanging in stores. All the needed parts were accounted for, and in good shape: a big mylar chute, centering rings, swivels, braided elastic shock cord, card-stock templates, ...

• The Launch Pad Indigo By Robert Johnston

  TLP's Indigo SAM is a 1/2.95 scale model of a short-range anti-aircraft missile manufactured by Contraves Italiana and Sistel. It is a single stage, mid-power model rocket recovered by an 18" parachute. Since there wasn't a previously posted review for this particular rocket, I thought this might be helpful for anyone wishing to build a really cool looking scale model of this Italian SAM. ...

• The Launch Pad Krypton AS-17 By Kevin McLaughlin

  Here's the verbiage from TLP website: "This is the first supersonic anti-ship missile to arm tactical aircraft. Comparable to the ANS missile developed jointly by France and Germany, "Krypton" employs a solid fuel booster for initial thrust. Once at speed, the ramjets take over. One version has four individual ramjets spaced evenly around the outside of the airframe. This version, the Kh-31A, ...

• The Launch Pad Lance MGM-52 By Scott A. McCluskey

  ( Contributed - by Scott A. McCluskey) Brief: The following information was taken from The Launch Pad's website: THE Launch PAD's Lance missile is a 1/8.48 mid-power scale design for your choice of either the nuclear warhead armed version of the MGM-52 or the conventional warhead missile which uses slightly smaller fins. At 28.75" in length its "D" powered liftoff used to ...

• The Launch Pad Lance MGM-52 By Chuck Layton

  Maybe it’s the current political/military situation or maybe it’s just my strange fascination with relatively small Army missiles designed to launch nuclear warheads short distances that caused me to purchase the LANCE MGM-52 from The Launch Pad. This scale kit is based on the LANCE mobile field artillery system. It was the replacement missile for the Honest John and the Sergeant ...

• The Launch Pad Martel AS.37 By Eric Maher

  Brief: Single stage scale model of a British/French anti-radar missile. Construction: The kit includes: 2.6" diameter body tube Short 2" diameter body tube used to form tail cone Engine mount tube Fiber engine mount rings 2 sheets of balsa 2 balsa strips to simulate the missile's conduit Parabolic nosecone Mylar parachute The instructions ...

• The Launch Pad Matra Magic R.550 By Bob Bernatchez

  This is a semi scale model of the French Air-to-Air missile. This is another one of the great mid power scale kits from The Launch Pad. This kit was of interest to me as I worked on the project in the late 1980s that qualified this missile to be carried on the F16 Fighting Falcon. The kit parts are of Estes quality as opposed to the heavier parts found in high power kits. Parts include two ...

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• The Launch Pad Maverick 2.6 By Tom Augustyn

  Brief This kit, when complete, is a scale model of an AGM-65 Maverick air-to-ground tactical missile. Scale model kits of military style missiles are a specialty by the company The Launch Pad.  This is a Skill Level 3 build for the experienced model rocket builder. Components High-quality components seem to be a norm with Launch Pad kits. I don’t remember if this kit came ...

• The Launch Pad Nike Ajax MIM-3A By Larry Zeilmann

  The Nike Ajax is a personal favorite of mine, and I have wanted to build this kit since I first became aware of it’s existence. Unfortunately, It appears to be a rarely available kit that commands a healthy price if you are fortunate enough to come across one. Prices can range from high 30’s to retail of $53.99 and beyond on E-Bay. The manufacturer claims ...

• The Launch Pad Nike Hercules (Plan) By John Bixler

  This is not a kit; it is a plan pak that is a scale model (about 1:10) of the US Army Nike Hercules surface to air missile from The Launch Pad. The project is a two-stage rocket that utilizes parachute recovery for both the booster and sustainer. The booster is a cluster of four D12 motors and the sustainer is a single D12 motor. There are four body tubes in the booster and one for the ...

• The Launch Pad PAC-3 (Patriot Advanced Capability) By Joe Cacciatore

  Single engine (D - F) scale model of the US Patriot Advanced Capability - PAC 3 missile from The Launch Pad. The rocket is 2.6" diameter and 51" high. Components The parts in this kit have been already mention in a previous review. But basicly it is classic The Launch Pad design. Includes 2 2.6" cardboard body tubes, plastic nose cone, balsa fins and mylar chute. /h2 ...

• The Launch Pad PAC-3 (Patriot Advanced Capability) By Bob Bernatchez

  A nice, semi scale version of the third generation Patriot missile.  As most TLP kits are, this is based on the BT80 body tube. Components This kit comes with the usual assortment of parts one would expect from the Launch Pad.  Included were two Estes type BT80 body tubes, a BT50 motor mount tube, tube couplers for the BT80's, fiber centering rings, a plastic nose ...

• The Launch Pad Perseus By Doyle Tatum

  (by Doyle Tatum)  When I purchased the rocket I thought it was a scale model model, but in actuality it is a Launch Pad Original design. It is a single D motor design with large fins and a boat-tail. I coated the paper boat-tail, inside and out, with 20 minute finish epoxy - which has made it very strong. Also, I sealed the fins with several coats of the same epoxy. This made them ...

• The Launch Pad Perseus By Bill Eichelberger

  Apparently I'm not alone in this.  I initially bought the TLP Perseus thinking that it was a scale kit, only to find out that it was a TLP original.  There were two problems with that: 1) it eliminated any chance of using the rocket in a scale competition, and 2) it freed me from the need to source paint and decal schemes from an actual missile.  OMG!!!  TAKE MY ...

• The Launch Pad Pershing 1a By Andrew Bronfein

  A single motor mid-power (E+) scale rocket with recovery by 18" x 30" oblong parachute. Kit includes: One (1) main 3.75" body tube Two (2) 2.6" centering sections One (1) 1.6" upper body tube One (1) paper transition shroud One (1) balsa nose cone Four (4) fiber 3.75 - 2.6" C/Rs Two (2) 2.6 - 1.6" C/Rs One (1) 1.6 - 2.1" C/R Three (3) rear balsa fins Three (3) ...

• The Launch Pad Phoenix (2.6") By Ben Bentley

  ( Contributed - by Ben Bentley) Brief The Launch Pad Phoenix is a nice scale model of the AIM-54c long range Air-to-air missile. The model is meant for D and E engines, and it's claimed that it's ready for F's too. At 2.6 in around and 28 in tall, it's a nice size model. Construction I sent away the order and it came back in six days via Priority Mail! It was all in one bag ...

• The Launch Pad Phoenix (2.6") By Marlin Meyer

  Brief: Easy to build mid-power rocket kit, 18" mylar parachute Construction: Two body tubes of nice quality spiral cardboard tubing. 8 fins made of balsa must be marked and cut. 3 centering rings (two for the engine mount and one for the parachute compartment) The forward centering ring provides a compartment for parachute which keeps it up top for improved CG Plastic ...

• The Launch Pad Phoenix AIM-54C K017 By Bob Bernatchez

  This is a BT-60 sized semi scale version of the Phoenix missile from The Launch Pad. Components This kit comes with a variety of Estes type parts. A BT-60 main body tube. A BT-50 engine mount tube. A plastic nose cone that seems identical to the one in the Estes Patriot. Balsa fin stock. Fiber centering rings. Nose weight. Launch Lug, mylar parachute, ...

• The Launch Pad Phoenix AIM-54C By Scott Diehl

  My first model rocket kit build in 30 odd years! I built it following the instructions with the exception of papering the balsa fins and putting small external fillets on them. Model: LP-K017 Manufactured by: Launch Pad Length: 16.75 inches Diameter: 1.6 inches Recommended Motors: D12-5, D12-7 Skill Level: 3 Components 8FNC! Body Tube Motor Mount ...

• The Launch Pad Rapier By David Urbanek

  ( Contributed - by David Urbanek - 07/16/99) Introduction: This is a scale model of a British surface to air missile. The kit is on the line of an Estes kit for balsa quality and body tube wall thickness. In other words, it's a lightweight rocket, that looks huge. The idea behind this is you can launch this rocket many times for the price of one really high power launch. However, the ...

• The Launch Pad Rapier By Darren Longhorn

  ( Contributed - by Darren J Longhorn) Brief: The Launch Pad make a wide range of scale mid-power model kits of missiles. They usually fly on one or more 24mm motors. They fly best on AP motors in the E - F range, but can usually be flown with moderate success on BP D power. I was attracted to this kit because it's a cool looking British prototype, and relatively cheap. The skill level ...

• The Launch Pad SA-8 Gecko By Tim Burger

  ( Contributed - by Tim Burger - 05/01/02) Brief: This is a light, nearly 40-inch long, model of a Russian missile. My version includes an ejection baffle, and makes an allowance for the additional length of the new Estes E9 motors. Construction: One of the local hobby shops carries The Launch Pad's products. This one went unsold until it was the last one of a shipment and I ...

• The Launch Pad SAAB 372 By Moira Jean Whitlock

  Brief This is a scale model of the swedish air to air missile, the SAAB 372. Like other air to air missiles, it has two sets of four fins with the forward four being larger and forward swept. Yet, the model is flown single staged. It flies on Aerotech 24mm reloadable F24's and Estes D12's and recovers with a bright blue mylar chute. Construction The kit was packaged in a large clear bag with ...

• The Launch Pad Scimitar (Plan) By Ted Phipps

  ( Contributed - by Ted Phipps - 07/10/03) Picture courtesty of The Launch Pad Brief: The Scimitar is a Launch Pad original design that is modeled after military surface-to-air missiles. This rocket is a complex two-stager that uses a cluster of three D motors in the booster and a single D in the sustainer, and includes a nifty on-board battery circuit to ignite the second stage. There ...

• The Launch Pad Scimitar By Chip Jenkins

  ( Contributed - by Chip Jenkins) Brief: The Scimitar is a mid-power Launch Pad original Surface to Air missile with dual 24mm engine mounts and an 18" parachute recovery. Construction: This rocket came packed in a bag, all of the pieces were contained in the bag and none were damaged. The 6 pages of instructions were well illustrated and detailed. The body tube was spiral wound ...

• The Launch Pad Scimitar By Stephen Morrow

  Brief: A Launch Pad original, the Scimitar is a two motor cluster, mid power rocket. Some skill in model rocket building is needed for this kit but overall it is a very easy kit to build. Construction: The parts list: Two Body Tubes 24mm Motor Tubes and Retainers Couplers Cardboard Centering Rings and Bulkhead Plastic Nose Cone Balsa For Fins Mylar ...

• The Launch Pad Sidewinder AIM-9L By Kevin Drayson

  Mid-power scale model of the air-to-air missile. As with all rockets from The Launch Pad, this is a "builder's kit". The fins and various detail bits all have to be cut and assembled by the builder. Lots of fun if you enjoy that sort of thing, which I do. The package contained everything I needed: sheets of balsa for fins, dowels and balsa strips for details, paper templates for fins ...

• The Launch Pad Sidewinder AIM-9L By John Cummings

  This is the Launch Pad's scale Sidewinder AIM-9L missile model. This is a mid-power rocket with a parachute recovery. This kit comes with balsa planks, two body tubes, a plastic nose-cone, centering rings, and all other standard kit pieces. It also comes with putty for nose-cone weight. The shock cord was simple elastic, which was a bit inadequate for this great model. There are also lots ...

• The Launch Pad Sparrow AIM-7F By Mark Sinicki

  The following excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry". The intention is to allow guests to get a basic feeling about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy of the referenced Sport Rocketry and read the entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. For more information, use the two links above. (Sport Rocketry - May/Jun 1998 ...

• The Launch Pad Sparrow AIM-7F By Jason Myers

  Brief: Single stage, chute recovery kit. Skill level 3 mid-powered kit. This kit came with 2 pieces of thin walled 2.56" body tubes. It utilizes 4 tail fins and 4 large canards mounted at the mid point of the body. Included was a 24" piece of elastic (Estes) shock cord, a standard Estes size 24mm motor tube, a sleeve that formed part of the tailcone that reduced diameter from 2.56" to 2", 4 ...

• The Launch Pad Standard AGM-78 By Carl Tulanko

  This Launch Pad kit is an accurate 1/5.2 scale version of the U.S. Navy's Standard AGM-78 air or ship launched missile. Additionally, it can be used as the upper stage for the RIM-67A, which is sold separately by The Launch Pad as a Plan Pak kit. The kit arrived in a plastic bag, similar to some Estes or Quest kits and consisted of two BT80 2.6" body tubes with the coupler stored inside one ...

• The Launch Pad Standard AGM-78 By Greg Burke

  This kit is relatively straight forward. The instructions are pretty easy to understand, and are also correct. The manufacturer gives some hints on detailing and that's the hardest part. They suggest using the heads of pins for the rivets in the fins. This took up the bulk of my building time as it took over 150 pin heads to accomplish this. The only problems that I had with the kit is the ...

• The Launch Pad Standard RIM-67A (Plan) By Bob Morstadt

  ( Contributed - by Bob Morstadt - 11/01/09) Brief:  This article describes a two-stage (both stages with composite motors) Standard Missile RIM-67A modified from the Plan Pack sold by The Launch Pad. Construction:  After having difficulty with the second stage ignition system described in the Plan Pack sold by The Launch Pad I proceeded to modify the model to include ...

• The Launch Pad TAN-SAM (Type 81) By David Pierce

  Picture courtesty of The Launch Pad Brief: This is a single stage model of a Japan Air Defense missile using a parachute recovery and 2 engine cluster for power. Construction: The kit contains: two body tubes body tube coupler plastic nose cone sheets of balsa for 8 large fins parachute shock cord and string two metal engine retainer clips parachute ...

• The Launch Pad Type 30 By Darren Collins

  ( Contributed - by Darren Collins) Brief: One of the larger scale kits by The Launch Pad. Listed as a skill level 2, but I think this is the easiest level this company makes. Construction: Packaging was good. No damage. All parts fit okay. I coated the balsa fins with thin C.A. glue as suggested after cutting them out. This caused them to warp a little, but I was able to hold them ...

• The Launch Pad Type 30 By John P. Jordan

  Brief: The Launch Pad's Type-30 Artillery Rocket is a good introductory kit to mid-power rocketry. It's fairly easy to build and it flies great! Introduction: After launching model rockets with my eight year old daughter for some time we learned that the smaller the rocket the harder it is to find after each flight. Our most successful rocket was Big Bertha, which was easy to find and ...

• The Launch Pad Type 30 By Greg Deeter

    This is a single stage rocket, nice sized, over 3 feet tall. Skill level (2), being the most simple kit offered by The Launch Pad. It comes in a large retail type (Estes type) plastic bag with a peg hole punched header card and a full color cardboard insert which looks very nice. I purchased this kit and two other Launch Pad kits (the two others being the HARM and ALARM) at the same ...

• The Launch Pad Warlock (Plan) By Ted Phipps

  ( Contributed - by Ted Phipps - 07/10/03) Picture courtesty of The Launch Pad Brief: The Warlock is a Launch Pad original design that is styled after military anti-submarine missiles. This rocket is single-stage and flies on D12-5's or -7's. As is common with LP plans, there are lots of exterior details included in the plans that allow the builder to create a good looking scale-like ...

• The Union Stadt Zeppelin Works Die Fledermaus By Matt Gillard

  Brief: A rocket glider made by The Union Stadt Zeppelin Works, called "die Fledermaus" that I got off eBay. It dates back to the seventies. It was not a great performer for me. Construction: The kit consists of: two sheets of printed balsa one instruction sheet printed both sides, one of which shows what the plane will look like. a bit of drinking straw ...

• THOY Condor By John Eric Thompson

  I love this kit. I built and used the Condor for my Level 1 certification flight back in 1991.  I launched it on an H 70-M motor at the Dry Lake in Lucerne California back then.  It was a very solid kit.  

• THOY Condor By Steve Bellio

      This is a vanilla rocket kit, but the finished product is not only big and impressive, but of the highest quality.    All of the parts were in the kit. They were made from quality raw materials and fit well. Very little sanding was required. The kit went together fast, without a hitch or problem and only took about 4 to 6 hours (who knows when you spend a ...

• THOY Falcon By Brian Wheeler

  ( Contributed - by Brian Wheeler) photo courtesy of Steve White and Magnum               Brief: Mid to High Power kit. The Falcon features easy assembly, 54mm motor mount, big 36" parachute, and a 17" payload tube. Construction: The Falcon had one main body tube and one payload section. It had 3 ...

• THOY Hornet By Nick Hills

  (by Nick Hills)  Specifications: Length: 44" Diameter: 2.6" Motor Mount: 29MM  The instructions for the THOY Hornet were very easy to follow, they were 2 pages long with a diagram for most of the steps. The tools needed for building this rocket are: 5 minute epoxy, sanding sealer, ruler, sandpaper, CA, sharp modeling knife and a sanding block.  All parts on ...

• THOY Jaeger By Russell Durkee

  The THOY Jaeger is a 1.5, 50" medium power sport rocket. If you are looking for a rugged payload model that flies on F, G, and H engines the Jaeger may be a good choice. The Jaeger has plywood through the wall fins and a solid aircraft cable shock cord attachment. Motors in the F range will loft the Jaeger to nearly 1000 feet while G’s, and H’s can bring the rocket to 1500 and 2700 ...

• THOY Night Hawk By Marcus Harmon

  The Night Hawk is an awesome (yet simple) 7x29mm cluster rocket made by THOY. I received this rocket as a Christmas present a few years back. It has very easy construction, and can fly on about any combination of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 29mm motors. The rocket came in a plastic bag with (1) long 3.9" airframe tube, (1) short 3.9" payload tube, (2) centering rings, (7) 29mm motor tubes (3 ...

• THOY Phoenix By Carl Tulanko

  The THOY Phoenix is a near half scale version of the original Phoenix/AIM-54 used by the U.S Navy as a long range air to air missile. This 4” diameter High Power rocket stands 46” tall and is currently produced by Rocket R & D, who bought the rights to all THOY kits. My kit was ordered directly from Rocket R & D, as all the dealers I called were out of stock. They cut ...

• THOY Phoenix By Ted Phipps

  Constructing the THOY Phoenix This is a high power rocket kit originally developed by Tiffany Hobbies Of Ypsilanti (Michigan?), and now produced by Rocket R&D. The suggested motors run from G to H, but unless you build very light, G’s might work only on absolu tely calm days. I won this kit in an online raffle sponsored by Magnum Hobbies almost three years ago, but waited ...

• THOY Robin By

  ( Contributed - by Jeff Davenport - 04/01/03) Brief: This is a single stage, low to mid power kit for a beginner-novice rocket builder. A good kit for someone who wants to move up to mid to high power rocketry. It utilizes through-the-wall fin mounts and a steal cable shock cord anchor. Construction: The kit includes: 1- 8" ( exposed length ) balsa clone of a Loc Legacy ...

• THOY Snipe By Nick Esselman

  I was really enjoying my 24mm RMS system on my Nordic Rocketry Meanie and Ascender , as well as other rockets when I started getting the "cluster" urge. I looked for 24mm cluster rockets and found very, very few. When I spotted the THOY Snipe, I jumped at it. THOY says "the Snipe is an easy to build rocket with great eye appeal. This high performance sport rocket is capable of achieving high ...

• THOY Snipe By Dick Stafford

  First, I want to point out that there is already a review of this product, and I concur with EMRR’s opinions. However, I received this kit as a prize from the Fantasy Rocket Photo Contest , and felt that the least that I could do is write a review. When EMRR offered me the Snipe as a replacement for the advertised kit (which was a no-show), it didn’t take me long to warm up to this ...

• THOY Wasp By March Briner

  (by March Briner - 12/10/01) Brief: Single-stage, near-minimum diameter hi-flyer. One of THOY's original kits. 3 1/2 feet tall. Uses 18" nylon chute. Relatively big fins. Construction: Parts are pretty much all LOC type. Body tube is composed of two 17 inch tubes coupled together during construction. This does open up the possibility of converting one tube into a payload ...

• Thrustline Aerospace 24mm Black Shadow By J Stuart Powley

  ( Contributed - by J. Stuart Powley - 02/14/07) Brief: This is a modifided Thrustline Black Shadow. I converted it to 24mm motors, 3 fins instead of 4, and added a tail cone and fin extensions. Modifications: I decided to modify the Black Shadow after I won it at NSL 2006. I liked the original design, but I couldn't shake the notion that it needed a 24mm motor. I really like my ...

• Thrustline Aerospace A-SLAM By EMRR

  Well, I've been drawn to a number of Thrustline kits, so add the A-SLAM to my growing list. Why did I select this rocket? I liked the multiple fins and the fact that it is a cluster of three (3) 18mm motors. Not to many cluster kits out there, so I was glad to get this one with their Smoke and Fire kit (three 24mm cluster; to be reviewed soon). Another thing that makes the A-SLAM interesting, ...

• Thrustline Aerospace A-SLAM By Allan Richardson

  Brief: The Thrustline A-Slam was offered to me as a beta-test by Thrustline and to Put it simply, this is one great rocket. The A-Slam was delivered to me in sturdy packaging and none of the parts arrived damaged. When I saw the 2.1" body tube and the three 18mm motor tubes I knew this rocket would be a fun build. Construction: The kit included a precut 17" piece of ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Aerobee 300 By Dale Starcher

  ( Contributed - by Dale Starcher - 04/01/04) Brief: Scale model ... clone of old Estes kit Construction: Thrustline was very quick to ship my item and the packaging was excellent. The owner is very responsive to my emails, etc. The kit itself is a blast from the past! Only things really missing are the Estes cover art card and decals. (And the decals are available...you just ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Alien Troop Mover By Berni Davidson

  This is a single stage rocket with 5 fins. It features parachute recovery, balsa fins you cut from a sheet, balsa nose cone, laser cut centering rings, and 6 cool little "aliens" with their own parachutes! I got this kit from a friend who was moving and therefore I can't speak about the transaction from the manufacturer but my friend said it went fine. The rocket was in a clear plastic bag ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Arapahoe E By John McClure

  Brief: Single stage model rocket with 'retro' styling. Construction: The kit consists of Thrustline's typical high quality components. The main body tube is a glassine coated BT-60 tube. Both the nose cone and tail cone are balsa. The three fins are cut from an 1/8" balsa sheet. The body "strakes" are cut from 3/32" thick balsa strip. Since the tail cone ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Astral Lance By Ron Wirth

  Brief: The Astral Lance from Thrustline Aerospace is described as "a high performing versatile rocket that will become the pride of your fleet." This 30 inch long rocket has 8 fins and motor choices from a C engine to an E engine. This was primarily the reason that I choose to purchase this kit. I do not get to a larger field all that often so I need a rocket capable of ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Astron Sprite (PP) By Michael Morley

  Brief: The Astron Sprite was sold by Estes from 1964 to 1973. The Sprite was a small, three finned rocket with a ring and and fancy caps at the ends of its fins giving it a neat '50s/'60s look. It managed to be cute and futuristic at the same time. I had an Astron Sprite when I was six or seven years old. My parents had mailordered me a starter set from Estes (launch pad, Astron ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Black Shadow By Clive Davis

  Brief: This is a great little sport kit that is easy to build and performs well. I got the kit as a prize by participating in one of EMRR's Virtual Rocket Contests. I didn't place in the top five, but I still participated and interestingly I would have selected the Black Shadow as my prize had I finished first... So the moral of the story is this: take advantage of the EMRR contests. ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Black Shadow By Matthew Bond

  [Editor's Note: This review is a clone of the Thrustline Aerospace Black Shadow. Thrustline was out of business for a period of time (when author was cloning the rocket). Thrustline has recently returned to business selling the Black Shadow as a kit.] Brief: In one of my previous incarnations as a BAR I happened upon Thrustline Aerospace, a fairly new (in the summer of 2004) web ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Blue Bird Zero By Matthew Bond

  Brief: The Blue Bird Zero is one of Thrustline Aerospace's "Replica Rocket Parts Packs" line of clone kits. The original BB0 was an Estes kit produced from 1980 to 1985. The BB0 is a fairly long, BT-55 based rocket with a single 18mm engine mount, 3 large primary fins, 3 small secondary fins, and an awesome decal set with German military styling. The original kit was listed ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Cherokee D By Bill Eichelberger

  ThrustAero Rocketry is another of the growing list of vendors serving the (hopefully) burgeoning OOP cloning aftermarket. They sell versions of several Estes classics, including the Cherokee D, one of the early K-kits whose name once included the Astron qualifier. While it's 3FNC design qualifies it as a fairly basic project, it's paint and decal scheme were well thought out and turning out a ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Cherokee D By Greg Deeter

  Brief: This is a single stage three finned rocket with a balsa nose cone. It is a simple clone kit of a very popular high performance rocket offered by Estes from 1970 to 1972 as the "Astron Cherokee-D" and from 1973 to 1983 as the "Cherokee-D". I believe this was the very first kit offered by what is now known as Thrustline. I purchased it on eBay in late 2001 to early 2002. It arrived ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Clip Whip (Other Product) By John McClure

  Clip Whip for igniting 3 motor clusters. Construction: This well made clip whip is approximately 12" in total length. High quality alligator clips are used. Each pair of ignitor clips are color coded black or yellow. On a three motor cluster, each motor's ignitor gets one black and one yellow clip. The two main power clips are attached to the other end of the whip. The main ends are soldered ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Double Up By Matthew Bond

  Brief: The Double Up is an original design from John Rowan-Stern at Thrustline Aerospace. The Double Up is a fairly simple two stage rocket with a four fin design, friction fit motor retention, gap staging, and streamer recovery. The kit is rated skill level three but I would rate it closer to skill level two based on its straightforward assembly. Construction: This kit arrived ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Duster By Matthew Bond

  Brief: This is a single stage sport rocket with a long airframe and split fin design which give it nice lines and makes for a lot of curious rocketeers at any launch. Construction: The kit is composed of two 1.325" diameter body tubes, balsa nosecone, eyelet, motor tube, two centering rings, metal engine hook, launch lug, Kevlar ® and elastic shock cords, 18" ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Duster By Matthew Bond

  Brief: The Duster is an original design from John Rowan-Stern at Thrustline Aerospace. The Duster is a fairly large, high performance model rocket designed to fly primarily on Estes 24mm black powder motors (C11/D12) and is rated a skill level 2/3 build. The Duster is built around a BT-55 airframe, sports a sleek split fin design, and a conical nose cone. The best way to describe ...

• Thrustline Aerospace F-19 Night Fighter By Todd Mullin

  Brief: Single stage futuristic, jet fighter styled model rocket. Construction: Single glassine wrapped paper body tube, balsa nose cone, two main "wing" fins, two "vertical stab" fins, two canard fins, and two rear sub fins. Carved balsa canopy. Standard modroc motor mount with 2 laser cut black fiber board centering rings and 24mm paper tube w/ engine ...

• Thrustline Aerospace F-19 Night Fighter By Todd Mullin

  Brief: In the early days of rocketry if you wanted a rocket that looked like a jet, it was a Centuri kit for you. Thrustline's F-19 Night Fighter is a futuristic fighter aircraft styled rocket that once again delivers the kind of feel that could be found with these kits. The F-19 boosts on a single 24mm motor and recovers by parachute. Construction: All of the component of the ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Flux Probe By Nick Esselman

  (07/01/04) The Thrustline Aerospace Flux Probe is a " longneck " straightforward rocket that looks like an arrow. In fact, a 13 year-old that saw me fly it, said exactly that. Probably with some detail work, it would look exactly like an arrow. What makes the Flux Probe " longneck "? It has a 0.734" diameter and is 36.75" long, giving it a 50:1 length to ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Hank By Jason Toft

  Brief: A short and fun two motor cluster rocket with 6 fins with a cool military-esque style. Construction: THe kit contains: BT-60 Elliptical nose cone BT-60 tube (10.75") Balsa fin stock 2 BT-20 motor tubes Thrust rings Light ply centering rings Launch lug Shock cord BB's for nose weight This rocket is quite simple to construct and uses ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Mars Probe By Layne Pemberton

  Brief: The Thrustline Mars Probe is a unique, eye catching design utilizing two ring fins, a smaller one fore and a larger aft both mounted on four well-styled fins. It is a sleek looking and novel design that, in all honesty, I wish I had come up with. Basically it is a single stage sport flyer that takes 18mm motors and comes with a balsa nosecone, fin stock, precut rings, ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Mighty Mick By Nick Esselman

  (04/01/04) Thrustline Aerospace is a relatively new company (opening in 2003). At first it seemed they were focused solely on OOP Estes reproduction, however, they seem to be stretching out to their own designs. This rocket, the Mighty Mick is a Thrustline original. I won it with my Descon 12 entry . Thrustline says this about the Mighty Mick, " Whenever you look at some of the ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Mike IX By John McClure

  Brief: Military Style Sport Rocket with 3x24mm cluster. Construction: The kit comes with 2 sections of high quality, glassine coated BT-80 paper tubes. The two body tube sections are held together with a standard modroc tube coupler and centering ring which serves as the mounting point for the Kevlar ® and elastic shock cord. The motor mount is a 3 x 24mm arrangement using ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Mini Mike IX By Lance Alligood

  Brief: The Mini Mike IX is a downscale of the Thrustline Aerospace Mike IX. Aside from being proportionately smaller, the most significant difference between the mini version and the original is that the mini version flies on a single 13mm motor. Construction: The box arrived at my door 2 days after it had been shipped. I like that Thrustline emailed me the USPS shipping ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Pumpkin Head By Ron Wirth

  Brief: When it comes to picking out a kit to purchase, there are several things I look for in a rocket. Naturally the looks and performance are taken into consideration but another factor for me is the name. So when I was looking for a kit to purchase and found myself browsing the selections on the Thrustline website, how could I pass on a rocket called Pumpkin Head? There are number ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Scorpion ATGW By Todd Mullin

  Brief: The Scorpion ATGW is a single staged, parachute recovery, military styled rocket. It is a fictitious shoulder-fired anti-tank guided weapon. Construction: The parts list for the kit is: 1 BNC-50Y 1 9.5" BT-50 Payload Tube 1 4.5" BT-50 Engine Tube 1 TA5060 Balsa Transition 1 Laser Cut Fin Set (3/16" Balsa) 1 1/8" Launch Lug ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Seeker By Bryan Penfold

  Seeker is a single stage low power rocket rated level 2/3 for construction. The parts list: 1 Large Body Tube 1 Small Body Tube 1 Steel Eyelet 1 Engine Tube 1 Engine Hook 2 Centering Rings 1 Engine Block Ring 1 Screw for Nose Cone Weight 1 Launch Lug 1 Nose Cone 1 Body Tube Transition 1 Mylar Parachute Kit 1 Kevlar Shock Cord and Flat Shock Cord ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Smoke and Fire By Joe Policy

  I picked up the Smoke and Fire kit when I bought the A-SLAM from Thrustline Aerospace via eBay (Not thrilled with that, but did it anyway). Many of Thrustline's kits draw me to them and this one was no different. I loved the fact that it was a larger rocket with 3x24mm cluster configuration and the many fins and transition. The kit's price starts at $34.75 (starting bid on eBay). Int ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Smoke and Fire By Joe Policy

  Brief: A big 3 motor cluster with a payload section. Its 5 lower/5 upper fin design helps this beast to stand out at a launch. It is rated at level 2/3. Construction: The parts list: 1 Fin Stock 1/8" Balsa 2 1/8" Launch Lugs 2 3/16" Launch Lugs 2 Swivels 2 Small Eyelets 1 Large Eyelet 3 Engine Hooks 3 Engine Blocks 2 Centering Rings 1 ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Star Hauler By Nick Esselman

  (07/15/04) The Thrustline Aerospace Star Hauler is a " payload " rocket with some appealing looks, at least to me. Interesting, even since seeing it, I wanted to build it. Not because it was a payloader, but because of looks. I think the most appealing thing about the Star Hauler is the number of transitions it has: three. It also uses a red see-through plastic payload section ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Starship Electra By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This review is for the beta version of the not-yet-released Thrustline kit. Not to tease you readers too much but this will be a wonderful kit and when it's released, I'd highly recommend it. It's futuristic design is influenced by the Mars Snooper, and it is large, graceful, and flies magnificently on E9s. It's jumped onto my top-ten list of favorite kits. [Note: Because this ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Tribute II By Lance Souther

  Brief: The Thrustline Aerospace Tribute II is a three engine cluster rocket. This company has put out some high quality Estes clone rockets that I was tempted to get, but saw the Tribute II on the site and said to myself that is one cool looking rocket. I held off on the clones for now to give this one a try. I am glad I did. Construction: The rocket arrived in the mail less ...

• Thrustline Aerospace V2 By Donald Besaw Jr

  This is a 1/40 scale model of the German V-2 ballistic missile. This model has an 18mm motor mount for B and C size motors and uses an 18 inch mylar parachute for recovery. My beta test kit came in a plastic bag and included the following components: 1 balsa nose cone 1 balsa tail cone 1 ply centering ring 1 Kevlar and shock cord kit 1 motor mount tube 1 hardwood nose ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Zack Attack By Matthew Bond

  Brief: This is a medium priced skill level 2-3 rocket with a payload section as designed by Thrustline Aerospace. Construction: Parts included with this kit were a balsa nose cone and transition piece, a body tube plus a smaller upper payload tube, engine tube, engine hook, centering rings and block ring, launch lug, balsa fin stock (not pre-cut), a screw eye and parachute kit, ...

• Thrustline Aerospace Zack Attack By Matthew Bond

  Brief: Having recently re-energized my addiction to rocketry, I was faced with the task of recreating the core of my previous rocket fleet. Thinking back, I realized that a great many of the rockets that I liked to fly were the designs of John Rowan-Stern at Thrustline Aerospace. Unfortunately, Thrustline was no longer in business this time around (a situation that has since ...

• Transolve P6-K Altimeter Kit By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  ( Contributed - by Drake Damerau - 10/12/04) Brief: The Transolve P6K is a peak reporting dual deployment barometric altimeter. It is the same altimeter as their P6 model, but in kit form. It measures 1.4" x 4" x 1.2" and weighs 1.1oz without the required 9V alkaline battery. Just as it's sister model, it has dual deployment, with a selectable main deployment at 400 or ...

• True Modeler's Rocket Kits Aries 'Fat Albert' By Mark Newton

  Brief: True Modeler's Rocket Kits (TMRK) formally released their 1:14 scale Aries "Fat Albert" in November, 2003. I was fortunate enough to purchase one of the beta kits. The kit may seem pricey at $79.95 but once you see the components, the cost becomes apparent. Kit Contents: This kit is made of quality components throughout. The nosecone is hard balsa and comes ...

• True Modeler's Rocket Kits Juno 1/Jupiter C By Jonathan DuBose

  ( Contributed - by Jonathan DuBose) Brief: This a beautiful, exquisitely detailed 1/17.5 'Super Sport Scale' model kit of the USA's first satellite launch vehicle. This rocket can be flown using either a 29mm motor canister (for F, G and H motors) or a (4) 24mm cluster canister. Both 'quick change' mounts are interchangeable and secured with a solid retention system. This is a fun ...

• True Modeler's Rocket Kits Merlin By Nick Esselman

  (01/14/03) I was successful in getting another rocket built and flown in these winter months, but it had to be unpainted due to the cold. I was glad to get this rocket as a Descon 10 prize from my Push-Me, Pull-Me (a DC Gemini Kit-Bash). The True Modeler's Rocket Kit (TMRK), Merlin. It has been a rocket that I have been wanting for a while due to its unique 6-fin and transition design. I ...

• True Modeler's Rocket Kits NASA Scout By Sven Knudson

  ( Contributed - by Sven Knudson) Brief: The True Modeler's NASA Scout is a 1/30 sport scale model which represents the initial test version of the vehicle. Construction: The kit comes with a balsa nose cone and transition, four body tubes ranging from BT-5 to BT-60, centering rings, precut basswood fins, a 16 inch nylon parachute, shroud lines, two snap swivels, elastic shock cord, a ...

• True Modeler's Rocket Kits NASA Scout By Robert Geer

  ( Contributed - by Robert Geer) Brief: A 1/30 scale model of the original NASA test version. test version of the vehicle. Construction: The kit has a BT5 balsa nose cone and BT50-BT60 transition three air frame tubes BT60, BT50 and BT5. One checker decal. Four (4) centering rings, three (3) fins, a really nice 16" nylon parachute and other misc bits. The kit went together ...

• True Modeler's Rocket Kits Nike Smoke By Michael Horlock

  ( Contributed - by Michael Horlock - 03/01/02) Picture courtesy of True Modelers Rocket Kits Brief: The TMRK (True Modelers Rocket Kits) scale Nike Smoke is a double 18mm (0.709in) cluster model, my first ever cluster model. TMRK is a new company with only a couple of kits available at present. They are dedicated to bringing high quality, challenging, kits to the market. Please ...

• True Modeler's Rocket Kits Sentry ATA Missile By Gary Singer

  ( Contributed - by Gary Singer) All Pictures Courtesy of The True Modeler Rockets Brief: The Sentry is a single stage scale rocket. Construction: The kit comes with 1-engine hook, 1-BT60 body tube, 1-balsa nosecone, 1-MT24 engine tube, 1-BT50 thrust ring, 1-Basswood fin stock, 1-9806 template sheet, 1-Balsa wood fin stock, 2-medium snap swivels, 1 shock cord, 1-medium ...

• True Modeler's Rocket Kits Triple Zip By Nick Esselman

  (11/27/99) Where else can you get a single package that is as small as your wallet, doesn't empty it, and contains three rockets? True Modeler's Triple Zip is the answer to that question. The Triple Zip package comes with Mini Zip which flies on mini (13mm) motors, Mighty Zip which flies on 18mm motors, and Maxi Zip which flies on 24mm motors. Each rocket is proportional with its brothers ...

• Two-Stage Estes Fireflash (Modification) By Niall Oswald

  Following a hard recovery (due to too long a delay on the motor) my Fireflash was looking a little worse for wear. As I was repairing it, I decided to make it into a two-stage, with a D12 as the first stage. Modifications: Since both BTs were crimped (this rocket has a BT-5 top and BT-50 lower section, I was doing the usual tube patching (i.e. cut the tube off and couple in a new section). ...

• U.S. Rockets Aero-Roc 3 By Kris Henderson

  Brief: Basic starter cluster mid powered rocket kit. Construction: Two body tubes at 2.25 in diameter, balsa nose cone, three 1/8" plywood fins, huge payload section, 6 foot elastic shock cord, 16" round paper parachute Instructions were pretty basic, but if you didn't know what a coupler tube was or a bulkhead then you might have some trouble. All the illustrations ...

• U.S. Rockets All Weather By David Urbanek

  ( Contributed - by David Urbanek) Brief: Very basic mid-powered rocket. Easy to build and it flies very well. Construction: Normal paper body tube and motor mount. Balsa nose cone (when was the last time you saw that in a mid power kit). The centering rings are very cheap, poor quality and splintery. The fins are also cheap plywood and one was slightly warped. There was no ...

• U.S. Rockets Banshee By Peter Clay

  Brief: Single stage with payload Construction: The Airframe is two 17" tubes with the separation point at the center. There are 4 fins, made of light ply, and slotted into the MMT. The MMT is 29mm x 5.5", with a 24mm adapter included. Recovery utilizes a 5/16" x 6' elastic shock cord. The rocket is topped off with a Balsa ogive nose cone The instructions are good, ...

• U.S. Rockets Banshee By Lance Alligood

  ( Contributed - by Lance Alligood - 07/01/04) Brief: The US Rockets (USR) Banshee is a 4FNC MPR with a 29mm MMT, TTW fin attachment, large payload bay, and streamer recovery. The kit also includes a 29-24mm motor adapter allowing this lightweight design to be flown on motors ranging from a D12 for small fields to H motors by the exceptionally brave. The Banshee would make an ...

• U.S. Rockets Banshee By Peter Clay

  US Rockets Banshee review is provided courtesy of: I was awarded this kit as a DESCON 7 prize. The owner of USR was on vacation, but promised it would ship the week he came back. It arrived on my doorstep packed well and with all the part contained in closed bag. I first checked to make sure everything was present and then read over the instructions. The instructions were several ...

• U.S. Rockets Berlinetta By Lance Alligood

  Brief: The U.S. Rockets (USR) Berlinetta is described in the instruction manual as a "large fantasy sport rocket". There is no doubt that it has a unique look to it. In particular, there are 4 elements that make this kit stand out: Large elliptical fins. Four 24mm tubes that not only connect the upper and lower half of the rocket but the ejection gasses are ...

• U.S. Rockets El Lubbo By Lance Alligood

  Brief: The U.S. Rockets (USR) El Lubbo is unlike any other kit available. In an age where cones and transitions are made of plastic or balsa, an extremely challenging yet rewarding build has come along where these items are made by cutting and shaping body tubes. The end result is a large yet extremely lightweight mid power rocket that can be flown on most 29mm and 24mm motors. ...

• U.S. Rockets Fire and Forget By Nick Esselman

  (10/01/04) U.S. Rockets states that the " Fire & Forget is the reference model rocket for U.S. Rockets. It is a near minimal diameter rocket in 24mm mode and a minimal diameter rocket in 29mm mode. The maximum 29mm motor length is 9" (H120-12). Aerospace specification airframe tubing is used to assure high performance and high strength. " What caught my attention was " reference model ". ...

• U.S. Rockets Fire and Forget By Frank G. Whitby

  Brief: The USR Fire and Forget is a small 29mm minimum diameter rocket. It is a 3FNC style rocket with trapezoidal fins. I like this styling in general and I think that this makes for and attractive rocket. It should be able to fly on anything from C to G power and USR suggests flying it on a couple of H motors as well. The rocket is very stout, considering the light weight and small ...

• U.S. Rockets InterRoc By Peter Clay

  ( Contributed - by Peter W. Clay) Interroc, at 43" long, 2.25" diameter, weighs only about 9 oz empty and is not too heavy for a D12-3, but can fly with a 29mm motor or a cluster of 24mm motors as well, because of the "host mount" arrangement. It has a huge open payload section. For the two-stage version that is seen on USR's logo, check the Advanced Model Rockets ...

• U.S. Rockets Miniroc 1.2 By Frank G. Whitby

  Brief: The USR Miniroc 1.2 is a small 29mm minimum diameter rocket. It is a 3FNC style rocket with swept fins and overall a fairly attractive profile. It should be able to fly on anything from C to G power and USR suggests flying it on an H motor as well. The rocket is very stout, considering the light weight and small size. Construction: The kit came with 4 pages of adequate ...

• U.S. Rockets Miniroc 1.2 By Nick Esselman

  Brief: The US Rockets (USR) Miniroc 1.2 is a streamlined, minimum diameter 29mm kit that can be adapted down with the included 24mm adapter so that it can be flown on anything from C to H motors. If built as recommended in the instructions, this rocket will break Mach 1 on high thrust G motors and achieve altitudes of almost 1 mile on long burn G motors. Construction: I ...

• U.S. Rockets Miniroc 1.2 By Kyle Cornelius

  Brief: I won this rocket in an EMRR contest last year. This is a very basic looking 4 finned rocket. It is constructed of very good quality components. The rocket is a minimum diameter 29mm rocket capable of very high altitude and speed. Construction: The kit comes with: 1 12" body tube 1 6" body tube 1 very nice balsa nose cone 2 couplers (mine only ...

• U.S. Rockets Miniroc 2 By Frank G. Whitby

  Brief: The USR Miniroc 2 is a small 24mm minimum diameter 2-stage rocket. It has two sets of identical swept fins (one set per stage). The fins are identical to those used for the Miniroc 1.2. Miniroc 2 should be able to fly on anything from C to G power, depending upon one's ability to make the staging work. The rocket is very stout, considering the light weight and small size. ...

• U.S. Rockets Mosquito 2.2 By Jon Scheinbart

  Brief: This is a sport upscale kit of the classic Mosquito. It is a simple and fun 3FNC rocket with lots of potential. The kit is built with a 29mm mount and comes with a 24mm adapter that allows you to fly it on anything from a D12 up to a G64 reload. Construction: I purchased this kit at a local hobby shop. All the pieces were there. 3 pre-cut balsa fins that were very nice ...

• U.S. Rockets Mosquito 2.2 By Lance Alligood

  Brief: The US Rockets (USR) Mosquito 2.2 is an easy to build ~4.5x upscale of the perennial Estes kit. (The 2.2 refers to the diameter of the airframe in inches.) While still lightweight--less than 5oz completed--it does come back on streamer recovery. It flies on smaller 29mm motors and even comes with an adapter so 24mm motors can be used. Construction: The kit includes: ...

• U.S. Rockets Mosquito 2.2 By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  Brief: This is an upscale of the classic Estes Mosquito. It comes with a 29mm motor mount and a 24mm adaptor with streamer recovery. Construction: This kit is simple to build with one body tube, 3 pre-cut very thick balsa fins and a balsa nosecone. The motor mount is made of plywood centering rings and a heavy wall motor mount tube. The 24mm adapter is included. This is a very ...

• U.S. Rockets MR 2B By Bob Cox

  Overview A direct-staged 2-stage rocket that flies on 18mm engines and includes a small payload bay. Kit Specifications (from Cover Art) Length: 20" (508mm) Sustainer, 23" (584mm) Total Diameter - 1.0 inches (25mm) Weight - 0.92 lb (1.47 oz) (42g) * Skill Level 2 * There is a mistake on the printed spec sheet. The USR web page lists t ...

• U.S. Rockets Piston Stager By Bob Morstadt

    Fig. 1 U. S. Rockets 2-Stage Piston Rocket I was intrigued by the kit from U. S. Rockets called a Piston Stager for its looks, but when I realized it had a piston housed in the first stage to give an added boost to the 2nd stage, I became even more interested. Construction: I made the following modifications to the original kit: ...

• U.S. Rockets Rear Ejection By Chan Stevens

  Think of this as a mid-power Gemini DC--two side pods with ducted ejection pop a couple long plastic streamers out the back. It can supposed hit 6000 feet on a G60-4 although that might be a bit optimistic. Still, this is built rugged to handle big thrust motors. My kit arrived via EMRR as a prize and everything was in good shape. The components are good quality, and I could tell just ...

• U.S. Rockets Record Breaker By Bruce Sexton

  Brief: Basic two-stage model rocket using CHAD staging with streamer recovery. Construction: The packaging includes BT-7 (18mm) airframe, BNC-7 nose cone, Screw Eye, six 1/16" plywood fins (booster and sustainer), shock cord/shock cord mount, streamer, launch lug, instructions, and report on Clustering and Staging. If you've built any two-stage rocket before you could ...

• U.S. Rockets Scout By Steve Carr

  This is a kit that I won in an EMRR contest. I don't think I will, but the packaging says it can be flown on Ellis 24mm G motors. The components came in the traditional plastic bag with the folded card for the hanger. The body tube is a heavy 24mm motor mount type tube. The nose cone is a hard balsa ogive that fit into the body tube nicely. The fins are precut balsa. There is also a long ...

• U.S. Rockets Sniper By Bill Eichelberger

  Slick and sleek looking US Rockets product with great lines and a killer name.  Another cool feature is that the power possibilities go from 18mm to 29mm, and it is entirely imaginable to see it built to handle any of the three motor sizes.  (Although it may never be seen again if you opt for that 29mm motor.)  Components Plastic nose cone BT-50 upper ...

• U.S. Rockets Sonic 3100 38mm By Lance Alligood

  Brief: The U.S. Rockets (USR) Sonic 3100 is a lightweight, super high performance high power rocket that can fly on most 29mm and 38mm motors. The builder must supply their own parachute for recovery. While built predominantly stock, I also added a few extra parts so that I can optionally recover using dual deployment techniques. There is a 54mm MMT version of the Sonic 3100 ...

• U.S. Rockets Starlight 2.7 By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  Brief: This is an up-scale of the old classic Starlight from the 1960's. It flies on 29 or 38mm motors with adaptors provided. Construction: Picture seen is after cutting out all the fins and strakes. Kit includes: 4 Large ¼" thick balsa sheets for fins and strakes 2 Rings for fins 2 Body tubes Coupler Balsa nose cone 38mm motor tube 29mm adaptor ...

• U.S. Rockets Stiletto By Lance Alligood

  Brief: The U.S. Rockets (USR) Stiletto is a lightweight, durable, and versatile high power rocket with a unique look and provides a challenging build for the advanced rocketeer. Key features are the transition, which is a shroud formed by the body tube and the Interchange Mounts TM allowing it to be flown on one 38mm motor, one 29mm motor, or four 24mm motors. Motor mounts for one ...

• U.S. Rockets Tall Tail 10 By Bob Cox

  Overview The Tall Tail 10 is a big honkin' single-stage rocket designed to fly on one 24mm or 29mm motor. The basic design is three 3-foot sections of decreasing diameter on the way up, with balsa transitions between each section. The bottom section has three long elliptical fins and the motor mount. Each 3-foot section comes apart for transport. In flight, the rocket breaks into two ...

• U.S. Rockets Warp 2 By Nick Hills

  (by Nick Hills) Brief: This is a single stage, 54mm motor mount, 2.6" high power rocket. This rocket would be a great rocket for people with previous experience with high power kits. Construction: There were two (2) very nice 2.6" tubes, they were a bit thicker than LOC tubes, very heavy duty. There were three (3) 3/16" plywood fins, a coupler, motor tube, launch lug, ...

• U.S. Rockets Weightlofter By Nick Esselman

  I took a big jump with my second U.S. Rockets' rocket, from the minimum diameter Fire and Forget to the seven (7) motor cluster Weightlofter. I've have been enjoying various clusters over the past year or so, but usually 2 or 3 motors. To date, my Phoenix Mighty Kat has the most clustered motors; 8 of them. So, I was looking forward to the Weightlofter for comparison sakes. U.S. Rockets (USR) ...

• U.S. Rockets Weightlofter By Lance Alligood

  Brief: The U.S. Rockets (USR) Weightlofter is a 7-motor mid power cluster rocket with six 24mm outboard tubes and one central 29mm motor tube. This also is a great kit for someone that is looking for a challenging, labor intensive mid power rocket build. A 24mm motor adapter is included so that it can be flown on a smaller central motor as well. Construction: I ordered this ...

• Underdog Rocketry Crayon Rocket By Joe Policy

  Brief: A simple to build rocket that not only looks cool, but it also supports a TARC team as well. Construction: The kit includes: 1 3 foot Crayon bank with bulkhead already glue in place 1 motor tube 1 centering ring 2 launch lugs 1 30" Rockethead Rockets mylar parachute 3 clear Lexan fins The provided instructions were easy to follow. You start ...

• Unique Rocketry IgniterMan Kit By Kerry Garrison

  (06/15/99) I saw the IgniterMan Igniter kit on a post at RMR and replied for more information. Liked what I read and ordered the kit directly from Unique Rocketry. (Note now you can ordered directly from The Hobby Connection where I purchase my RMS reloads). The kit includes 4 small bottles. One IgniterMan Conductive Primer, one IgniterMan Pyrogen, one Sealer and one Oxidizer. The ...

• Unique Rocketry IgniterMan Kit By Kerry Garrison

  (by Kerry Garrison courtesy of WildRocketry.Com) Peter Riddel at Space Modeling Solutions in Arizona recently told me about a new igniter kit called IgniterMan. This kit lays claim to use just about any kind of wire and still be more reliable than anything else out there. That is a mighty big claim to make so I had to try these out. I ordered a kit from Peter and awaited it's arrival. ...

• Upscale Estes Scamp (168%) (Upscale) By Jason Orosco

• Upscale Estes Screamer (Upscale) By Bill Eichelberger

  Approximately a 4x upscale of the Estes kit, or a BT-5 to BT-70 upscale.    An Original Screamer on One of the Upscale's Fins Components BNC-70NH nose cone (Semroc) BT-70 body tube (Semroc) 1/8" balsa fin stock (Hobby Lobby) 2 RA-5070 centering rings (Semroc) CR-2050 engine block 36" length Kevlar shock cord 36" length 1/4" sewing elastic ...

• Upscale FlisKits Deuce's Wild (24mm) (Upscale) By Lance Alligood

    This is a 24mm upscale of the (justifiably) insanely popular FlisKits Deuce's Wild! All of the key parts used in this build (the motor mount, body tube, and nose cone) were ordered directly from FlisKits as well. It is built to use all sizes of available and popular 24mm motors. I used the following parts: 1 NCB-70DW balsa nose cone 1 EMK2-24-70C motor mount assembly 1 ...

• US Rockets Aero-Roc 3 Modification (Modification) By Kris Henderson

  The modification done to this kit originally was constructing my own centering rings and modifying the bulkhead to have only one hole for a single motor configuration instead of placing three motor tubes in the mount for a cluster and a 3-hole bulkhead. This initially didn't fly well, so after another modification I now have a shorter version of the U.S. Rockets Aero Roc 3. It can fly on ...

• Vaughn Brothers ASP By Jason Vennard

  ( Contributed - by Jason Vennard - 03/22/03) Brief: This is a single stage, 4 finned payload rocket by Vaughn Brothers Rocketry. This rocket can achieve some pretty extreme altitude on a G42 or G55 motor. Fin attachment is through the wall. Construction: This kit contains: 2 body tubes, one for the payload section and one for the booster 2 Estes cardboard style centering ...

• Vaughn Brothers Ballistic or Bust By Dave Jones

  Brief Vaughn Brothers - Ballistic or Bust - 29mm, 30" nylon parachute, recommended F25-H70, pre-cut fiberglass fins, plywood centering rings, thru-the-wall fin attachment. Construction I could look into the clear plastic bag and see all of the parts so there was no way of getting short changed. The only special tool needed was a razor knife which helped greatly. I also used a paint brush ...

• Vaughn Brothers Blobbo 24mm By Larry Brand

  ( Contributed - by Larry Brand - 04/12/08) Brief: This is an up-motor modification of the now OOP Vaughn Bros Blobbo. The only change I made was to replace the 18mm motor mount with a 24 mm tube and the corresponding 2.6"-24mm centering ring of 1/8" aircraft plywood. I made this change after reading the EMRR review of the original kit, which indicated it was a little ...

• Vaughn Brothers Blobbo By Nick Esselman

  (06/10/98) The things people say are not always nice. One might be called a fat boy, while another is called Blobbo Ô . Vaughn Brothers went for the latter with their 2.6" short-body kit. The Blobbo Ô is powered by 18mm motors and is 16.5" tall and weighs about 4.5 ounces. See my 2.6" Stubby Rocket Comparison Page The kit comes with an 8.25" single body tube and ...

• Vaughn Brothers Buzzard By David Urbanek

  ( Contributed - by David Urbanek) Brief: A canard boost glider using an 18 mm motor. Pop pod has streamer recovery. Construction: All the materials are standard model rocket stock with one exception. The shock cord attachment is a thin steel cable pre-looped around the forward centering ring. There's nothing better out there. The glider is made from 1/16" and 3/32" balsa ...

• Vaughn Brothers Extreme 29mm - Night By Scott Simka

  (by Scott Simka) Brief: After a prang from 3000 feet of my VB Extreme 29mm, the only surviving parts were the fin section, 2 launch lugs, nose cone and bulkhead/eyebolt. A 24mm adapter was epoxied in, a clear fluorescent light tube cover was slipped over the fin tube and the nose cone slid into the other end, with a wrap of tape around the shoulder. Rear Ejection was the final ...

• Vaughn Brothers Extreme 38 By Ted Williams

  Brief The VB Extreme is a 38mm motor, minimum-diameter, high-performance rocket kit. Construction The instructions are comprehensive and accurate. The tubes are LOC-style, and the kit includes a 38mm to 29mm adaptor kit. There are three body tubes to make up the motor section which is coupled to the parachute section which is coupled/bulkheaded to the payload section and finally the nose ...

• Vaughn Brothers Extreme 38 By John Coker

  Vaughn Brothers - VB Extreme 38 ( Contributed - by John Coker)  Note: For more Extreme 38 pictures, visit John's site. We were talking about adhesive strength and how to test it. Of course, my approach is to do an elaborate test which requires building a whole apparatus. Ed Hackett, in a much more practical mood, said: "just go build a bunch of VB Extreme 38s and put a J350 ...

• Vaughn Brothers Extreme 54 By Todd Williams

  ( Contributed - by Todd Williams) Brief 54mm minimum diameter high performance rocket. Construction The instructions are complete and accurate, but are somewhat minimalist, and assume some HPR knowledge. This would not be good for a beginner. The tubes are LOC-style, and the kit includes a 54mm to 38mm adaptor kit. I added an adaptor for 29mm motors. Body tubes are 54mm LOC ...

• Vaughn Brothers Javelin By Ralph W. Strauser

    This is a nice mid-power kit. I used it for my L1 cert. A single stage bird that recovers via 'chute   This kit is pretty straight forward. It was the first HP type kit that I had built so I did not understand the instructions real well at first in regards to the "LOC-type" attachment in the body tube for the shock cord mounting. Other than that the kit goes together easily and is ...

• Vaughn Brothers Javelin By Ed Sewall

  The Javelin is a single stage 29mm rocket with a nice sleek 3 fin design. The Javelin comes with a nice set of directions and LOC-type 2.56" tubes, 62" total length. Three G-10 fins for through-the-wall construction are provided. The rocket has a good size payload section which could easily house an altimeter although I didn't build it that way. Plywood bulkheads and centering rings are ...

• Vaughn Brothers King Blobbo By Gary Sinclair

  ( Contributed - by Gary Sinclair - 08/01/02) Brief: Shorter body, Carbon Fibre/Kevlar re-enforced airframe, piston ejection system, extra centering ring, all thread reinforcement round central electronics bay. Replaced recovery shock cord with tubular nylon and replaced motor mount with PML phenolic motor mount tube. Modifications: This would have been an easy kit to build from stock ...

• Vaughn Brothers Mini EX By Solomon Westerman

  ( Contributed - by Solomon Westerman - 06/15/03) Brief: Mini Motor Powered Screamer Construction: All components were accounted for, but I was suprised by the high quality fiberglass fins (yes, that's right, fiberglass fins on a 13mm rocket!). Nose cone was balsa, and the two body tubes seemed to be slightly thicker than Estes. Minimal instructions, but the kit was easy to ...

• Vaughn Brothers Spudnik By Moira Jean Whitlock

  - by Moira Jean Whitlock Description: Looks like the Russian Sputnik. It's a sphere that flies up on 13mm motors and comes down to land on three wooden legs when the motor ejects. Pros and cons of construction: All the parts were there in a little plastic bag. The spherical body is styrofoam, and the 3 legs are 1/8 inch diameter wooden dowels 8 inches long. The motor tube is 13mm and ...

• Vaughn Brothers Stretch Blobbo to Aries (Modification) By Frank Ross

  VB Stretch Blobbo bashed into a sport-scale Aries sounding rocket based on Pete Alway's "Scale Bash" (Saturn Press) Modifications: I was fortunate enough to be the winner of EMRR's Rocket Give-Away contest and was given the opportunity to select any rocket kit from LawnDart under $25. I was interested in building a clustered-motor rocket and had been poking around through Pete Alway's "Scale ...

• Vaughn Brothers Stretch Blobbo By Jerry Davis

  ( Contributed - by Jerry Davis) Brief: A longer version of the VB Blobbo, also upgraded to a 24 mm motor mount, designed to fly on relatively small fields. Construction: Comes with one 14" body tube, 8.25" ogive plastic nose cone, three 1/32" G10 fiberglass fins with TTW tabs, two plywood centering rings, 24" of 1/4" elastic shock cord attached via a ...

• Venus Model Rocketry Corkscrew By Chan Stevens

  Brief: A wonderfully simple and reliable helicopter from a very innovative niche player in the rocketry world. This kit deploys a sort of flop-wing approach to deploying a pair of blades and comes down nose first/blades up every single time. Construction: I was very impressed with the quality of parts included in this kit especially the nose cone, which was coated with a very ...

• Venus Model Rocketry Giblet By Chan Stevens

  Brief: This is a very high performance design utilizing a complex swing and flop wing mechanism, although thanks to Venus's excellent design and instructions, you do not need to be an expert to pull this off. The boost-glide classification is not a typo--this flies without a pod but spits the motor (attached to a safety code compliant streamer), so you get much better boost performance ...

• Vertical Force Rocketry Odin's Spear By Art Applewhite

  Brief: Odin's Spear is a single stage, tube finned, 18mm, minimum diameter rocket with parachute recovery. Construction: The kit contains: 18.25" BT-20 brown body tube 3" BT-20 Nosecone, 2 piece 3" BT-80 brown Tube fin 4" x 15/16" x 1/8" Balsa 25" Kevlar ® 24.5" Elastic 18mm Engine block 1" x 1/8" ...

• Vincent Hobbies Hughes AIM-47A By John Lee

  Brief: Mid-power scale kit of a USAF Missile with parachute recovery. I bought this kit last year from Uncle Mike's Rocket Shack. It has sat in my build pile for a while and I decided to finally give it a try. It turned out to be easier than I thought it would be. Construction: The parts came packaged in a clear plastic bag suitable for hanging in a store. It was not fancy ...

• VooDoo Digital Productions NERRF 2005 By Al Gloer

  (by Al Gloer - 02/28/06) Brief: A video compilation of the footage shot by Chuck Rudy of the first North East Regional Rocket Festival (NERRF). Construction: 1 DVD is contained in a rather nice package with a good photograph on the cover. Notable flights included: Ed Miller's Monster Monocopter Doc Damerau's 2 Stage GQM-163 Coyote Dennis Lappert's Flaming Pumpkin EX ...

• VooDoo Digital Productions NYPower 2002 By Todd Moore

  ( Contributed - by Todd Moore - 10/10/02) Saturday morning I was treated by a visit from Mr. postman and among the pile of letters and packages he left for me, was an envelope from Chuck Rudy. I had sent in an order for the NYPower DVD to Chuck on the Friday before, so I cleared out an hour and went down in the basement to give the new DVD a spin. The DVD is separated into three chapters: ...

• VooDoo Digital Productions NYPower X / NSL 2003 By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  ( Contributed - by Drake Damerau - 10/12/04) Brief: This video set has been much anticipated. This two disc set contains video footage from both the 2003 NYPOWER and NSL launches. Disc one contains high power footage from NYPOWER. Disc two contains some mid power footage from NYPOWER and the complete NSL footage. Both discs were sprinkled with hummer, awesome slow-mo replays, pad ...

• W. Hortensius RocketCalc 1.43 for PalmOS (Other Product) By Kurt Walchyshyn

  RocketCalc v1.43 for PalmOS is an eight-function calculator for the PalmOS device. It uses commonly accepted formulae for delivering accurate calculations on your Palm-powered device. It is donationware, meaning you should be honest and send money to the developer in proportion to the going PalmOS utility market prices based on the application's usefulness to you. The software requires ...

• Way Cool Productions DARE-1 (Other Product) By Dick Stafford

  Way Cool Productions is a relatively new producer of rocket (and other) videos. Ray Halm, who is well known here on the east coast, runs the operation. This review will evaluate his video of the DARE-1 East Coast Regional launch. This launch was a three-day event held at Rhodesdale, MD in October, 2001. Ray"s video covers only the two "standard" days as he was unable to attend the experimental ...

• Weir Rockets Sweetheart Express By Tim Wood

    The Sweetheart Express from Weir Rockets is aptly named.  With its heart-shaped fins, it adds a little romance to the launch field. But as a flyer, it also could be called a sweetheart for its sweet flying characteristics.  Weir Rockets is a new company started by Paul Weir of Newark, Dela. Weir, a long-time rocket flyer and "born again rocketeer," started manufacturing ...

• Weir Rockets Tannenbaum By Tim Wood

    Christmas may seem far away, but it's never too early to think about celebrating it in style - rocketry style.  Weir Rockets' Tannenbaum is a flying Christmas tree. If you like rockets that draw attention on the launch pad, this rocket should suit you fine. It has four fins shaped to give the appearance of a Christmas tree. Decorations are optional.  But not only does ...

• West Coast Rocketry Screamer II By John Lee

  Brief: This is a 4FNC rocket designed to fly on 29mm E-H power and has parachute recovery and payload bay. On eBay, I found a group of rockets from the defunct West Coast Rocketry. I put a bid in on all of them and "won" only the mid power ones. This is the first one I have gotten around to trying to build. Construction: There is much about this kit that is ...

• West Coast Rocketry Screamer By Nick Hills

  This is a single stage, Out-of-Production (OOP) mid and high power kit. This rocket is great for E-H motors. There are two (2) nicely finished 2.25" body tubes, same thickness as LOC's, a nicely turned solid balsa nose cone, four (4) 1/8" plywood fins, elastic for the shock cord (12 feet), a coupler, bulkhead, motor tube and two (2) centering rings along with a 1/4" launch lug. In my kit I ...

• West Coast Rocketry Screamer By John Lee

  Not too long ago, I won several kits from West Coast Rocketry on eBay. Not long after, I built my Screamer II, affectionately known as John Deer. Since my John Deere yellow and green paint cans have about one rocket left in them and I need the shelf space, I decided to build the Screamer which will be called the Jane Doe and painted with the contrasting paint scheme of the other one. The ...

• Western Space Technology Space and Rocketry Resource Disk (V2) By Dick Stafford

  ( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 07/01/04) Brief I chose Western Space Technology’s Space and Rocketry Resource Disk as my prize in EMRR’s Mars Endurance Base contest . This is version V2.0 of the disk, and contains over “240 MB of data and 100’s of links”. Organization and Content Overview The disk came in a slimline jewel case and a single ...

• WestWayneRocket Astron Birdie By Al Gloer

  Brief: A clone of the Estes Astron Birdie rocket assisted shuttlecock. Construction: So there I was snooping around on Rocketry Forum and somehow I ended up on eBay. This of course, according to my wife, is all too regular an occurrence. Lo and behold I find a clone of the first rocket I ever owned, the K-44 Astron Birdie. Somehow it just seems necessary to write a review. The ...

• Wildman Rocketry Dark Star Dual Deploy By Mason Hazzard

  A 4" diameter bare bones kit tht is all fiberglass and sports a split fin kit. Runs on 54mm motors, and can be flown single and dual deploy. Roughly 7.5" tall and 11-12 pounds fully built. Includes a beautiful Von Karmen nose cone, three rings, six fins, and five bulkheads. All sheet parts are .125" thick. Components Includes a beautiful Von Karmen nose cone, three rings, six ...

• Wildman Rocketry Darkstar Mini By Dave Lang

• Wildman Rocketry Drago By Gene Wolski

  The Drago is a 54mm all fiberglass, 3FNC rocket with a 29mm motor mount.  I plan to fly it with a variety of G and H motors. Components Kit includes: Fiberglass airframe (36" long) Fiberglass nose cone and bulk plate 29mm motor tube (10" long) Fiberglass centering rings (2) Fiberglass fins(3) 24" parachute 15' of 1/4" tubular Kevlar shock cord ...

• Wildman Rocketry Extreme Wildman By Mike Caplinger

  The Extreme Wildman is a 4-inch-diameter 100-inch long 75mm MMT all-fiberglass 3FNC kit.  I bought one during Wildman Rocketry's "Black Saturday" sale right after Thanksgiving 2010 (1/3 off!) with the idea of using it for my NAR L3 flight.  Components The kit is quite complete.  The tubes are all G12 filament-wound fiberglass-epoxy composite, and the fins and ...

• Wildman Rocketry Shape Shifter By Gary Tortora

  Brief: The Shape Shifter is a kit that I designed for Wildman Rocketry . It is a 2.27-inch, all-fiberglass, dual-deploy kit right out of the bag.  Specifications: Over 58 Inches Tall Built-Weight Just Over 4 Lbs CNC Precision Cut Parts CNC Precision Slotted Body tube Flies on everything from an H to a J Perfect for Level 1 and Level 2 Parts: ...

• xavien xavien timer (Other Product) By silver back

  rocket delay timer i contacted XAVIEN last autumn about their rocket delay timer and how much it would cost to send to the uk. i received a reply and paid immediately for the xsset-1 timer from Xavien in november 2010 via Paypal. i received nothing. I have attempted to contact the owner and have had no replies from xavien to resolve this situation. If you intend to do business with ...

• Xavien XCIC-1 By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  ( Contributed - by Drake Damerau - 10/12/04) Brief: The XCIC-1 XAVIEN Cluster Igniter Controller is an air-start board that lights igniters as soon as it detects launch. It uses a G-switch to accomplish this. There is not a timer to adjust the moment of ignition, but the goal of this unit is to light outboard motors at the moment of launch detection. Construction: The package ...

• Xavien XSSRT-1 and XDSRT-2 By Drake "Doc" Damerau

  Brief: Here is a couple of new timers from Xavien, at www.xavien.com . The XSSRT-1, 'Xavien Single Stage Rocket Timer'. This is a 1 second to 63 seconds single event timer. I tested this one for future use in air starting. I also have the XDSRT-1, 'Xavien Duel Stage Rocket Timer'. This one is a 1 second to 63 seconds dual event timer. I used this timer wired in as back-up for altimeter ...

• Yank Enterprises Black Brant X (3") By Jon Hatch

  ( Contributed - by Jon Hatch - 08/10/02) Pic Courtesy of Yank Materials: All parts were accounted for, except for a Yank Enterprises decal, which was advertised but not included. As this was a scale rocket, I had no intention of using it anyway, so this was no loss. The kit consisted of 2 lengths of 3" flexible phenolic body tube (34" & 31" long), one of them ...

• Yank Enterprises Black Brant X (4") By Mark Rothman

  Brief: This is a very nice replica of the sustainer stage of the Black Brant X sounding missile. The rocket is a single stage, Level 1 or Level 2 certification capable with 50" parachute recovery. I used a 54 to 38mm adapter for my launches. Construction: The kit was very well put together and allowed for dual deployment out of the box coming with 3 flexible phenolic tubes, ...

• Yank Enterprises Genesis By David Urbanek

  ( Contributed - by David Urbanek) Courtesty of Yank Enterprises Brief: Basic 3" rocket with a different look and good flight characteristics. I modified this to accept either a RATT works H70 (with electronics) or a baffle. I'll explain my modifications below. Construction: Yank Enterprises kits have superior quality components. The nose cone is a standard LOC 3" nose ...

• Yank Enterprises Hawk By Gary Sinclair

  ( Contributed - by Gary Sinclair - 04/01/02) Brief: Carbon Fiber fin lay up, long body tube cut for dual deployment. Alt. bay added. Carbon Fiber reinforced nosecone retention to accommodate 3lbs of nose weight. 38mm motor mount instead of stock 29mm. Modifications: Well here we go again with a major kit bash. Let me start by saying that I love Yank kits as they are made with first ...

• Yank Enterprises IRIS (2") By Todd Harrison

  Yank Enterprises - 2" IRIS review is provided courtesy of: Yank just recently released their new 2" diameter line of kits and to kick it off they had a 2" IRIS as their monthly contest prize. As it turns out I won the drawing. Jason was very nice, and the kit came about 4 days later (packed nicely). I checked thoroughly to make sure there wasn't any missing parts; all ...

• Yank Enterprises IRIS (3") By Al Casper

  Yank Enterprises - IRIS (3") review is provided courtesy of: Yank Enterprises three inch IRIS featuring Flexible Phenolic Overview, Assembly Test Flights  By: Al Casper   Figure 1: Components of Yank Enterprise's 3" IRIS kit Yank Enterprises and flexible phenolic are both relatively new to high power rocketry. Yank has introduced several new ...

• Yank Enterprises IRIS (4") By Scott A. McCluskey

  ( Contributed - by Scott A. McCluskey) Brief: Built as a High Power rocket. Set up for dual deployment using altitude kit and electronics. Construction: The airframe components for the 4" IRIS are one 36" flexible phenolic tubes and one 28" flexible phenolic tube. The airframe for the booster section comes pre-slotted for thru-the-wall attachment of the fins. There are ...

• Yank Enterprises Mystic Buzz By Kerry Garrison

  (by Kerry Garrison courtesy of WildRocketry.Com) There's a new HPR company in town with some new kits. Don't let the name fool you, these are nice, high quality high power rockets that are designed to take all the power you can give them. I decided to try out their Mystic Buzz kit and see how it would come together. The "Buzz" is a neat slotted fin design which gives it a ...

• Yank Enterprises The Bullet By Gary Sinclair

  ( Contributed - by Gary Sinclair) Brief: Fiberglassed airframe and fins, external fin can assembly, removable bulkhead in nosecone. Modifications: Using my trusty Foodsaver I vacuum bagged both fins and body tube using one layer of 6oz fiberglass with West Systems Epoxy. Before vacuum bagging the fins I used my Dremel sanding drum to bevel the fins. After the body tube had ...

• Yank Enterprises The Bullet By Nick Esselman

  (07/06/00) I'm a big fan of what I call "stubby" rockets, which have a 10:1 Length to Diameter ratio or less. So when I saw Yank Enterprises' "The Bullet" I wanted to give it a try. This is also my first Yank Enterprises kit so that would also be a new experience. See my 4" Stubby Rocket Comparison Page The Bullet is not a complicated looking rocket, nor ...

• Yank Enterprises Wraith By Donald Besaw Jr

  Nice two-inch diameter MPR rocket from Yank Enterprises. It is single staged, has a 29mm mount and uses a 20 foot streamer for recovery. The kit included a flexible phenolic body tube, 9 inch 29mm motor mount tube, nose cone, centering rings, three 1/8 inch baltic birch ply fins, launch lugs, tubular nylon shock cord, 20 foot plastic streamer and instructions. The instructions were fairly ...

• Yellowjacket Launch Systems Wasp By Nick Esselman

  (04/10/02) I had designed my own PVC Pipe Launch pad with removable legs (that reassembled in to a rod holder) and used it for a little over 3 years. It was a fine design and met all of my rocketry needs, until last year. Last year is when I shifted toward using Blacksky Rail systems. So what? Well, the extra weight of the rails when combined with my larger rockets put the center ...

• Yoyodyne Aerospace Klingon Quantum Torpedo By Joe Policy

  Brief: The Yoyodyne Klingon Quantum Torpedo is a unique looking skill level 3 rocket that is fun to fly. Designed by Dynosoar and purchased from the now defunct Rebar Rocketry, this kit may be hard to come by these days. Construction: The parts list: 1 17" T60 body tube 1 17" T50 foil lined heavy wall body tube 6 T20, 2.75" long body tubes 1 PNC60 ...

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