Sascha Grant's Page
AKA: Krusty
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Certification Level: Tripoli L2
Club Memberships: Tripoli,Rocketry Victoria (TRA 109)
Favorite Rockets: Orbital Decay
Biography:
Building and flying rockets as a BAR since around 2007
Work in admin during the day, volunteer fire fighter in between.
TRA L2, but mostly fly Low / Mid power.
Personal Home Page: http://www.atomicrocketry.com/
Club Home Page: http://www.tripoli.org.au/
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/MrSaschaGrant
RocketReviews.com Pages:
2012-10-20
Stumpy
Flight
Everyone loved this little rocket. Landed 10' from the pad - A10-3 - Police Padocks Reserve (Dandenong) [More]
Sascha's Estes Bullpup
Flight
Rocket weathercocked a little. Landed close to the pad - B6-4 - Police Padocks Reserve (Dandenong) [More]
Estes Satellite Interceptor
Flight
Good flight despite the wind - B6-4 - Police Padocks Reserve (Dandenong) [More]
2012-10-19
Modification Big Daddy (29mm) (Modification)
Review
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
... [More]
2012-10-07
Estes AGM-57X Heatseeker
Flight
Good flight - drifted a long way - C6-5 - Serpentine (Rocketry Victoria) [More]
Estes Baby Bertha
Flight
Weathercocked due to wind - C6-5 - Serpentine (Rocketry Victoria) [More]
2012-09-16
Space Cadet
Flight
- C6-7 - Serpentine (Rocketry Victoria) [More]
Estes Big Daddy (29mm)
Flight
WOW! This just got up and went! - H128W-M - Serpentine (Rocketry Victoria) [More]
Kinder Surprise
Flight
Eject late - needed a C6-5 - C6-7 - Serpentine (Rocketry Victoria) [More]
2012-01-29
Flutter-By
Flight
Great 2nd flight, perfect tumble recovery - A6-4 - Dandenong Wetlands [More]
Flutter-By
Flight
Quick off the pad, good straight boost, recovered ok - A6-4 - Dandenong Wetlands [More]
2009-05-15
Scratch Atari Joystick (Scratch)
Review
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 ... [More]
2009-02-25
Scratch C6-5 2.6 Upscale (Scratch)
Review
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 ... [More]
2008-10-09
Scratch Ballistic Chicken (Scratch)
Review
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 ... [More]
2008-08-03
Scratch Now That's What I Call a Funnel (Scratch)
Review
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 & ... [More]
2008-04-27
Scratch ACME Rocket (Scratch)
Review
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). ... [More]
