The Launch Pad

The Launch Pad - Rapier Kit

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 ...