Chris Gonnerman's PageAKA: Solomoriah Location: La Belle, MO, USA Favorite Quote: "What does this button do?"
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2024-05-18Pharos  Flight It weathercocked to the south, not as sharply as the New Centurion, but it flew over and past that same tree before deploying its large shiny parachute and then drifting directly back into the tree. Pharos then hung there as the parachute danced in the breeze, clearly visible but out of reach. - ... [More]
Ultimatum  Flight It turned out that only two engines ignited. Despite this fact, and a long drift far out into the field, the rocket was recovered with no damage. - 3*C6-5 - Fairfax Society of Rocketry Site [More]
Ultimatum  Flight The launch was textbook perfect, the flight much straighter with less weathercocking than some of the others, and it was recovered with no damage. - 3*B6-4 - Fairfax Society of Rocketry Site [More]
New Centurion  Flight This was a much better flight, with less weathercocking and a nice landing in the expected recovery area. - 2*B6-4 - Fairfax Society of Rocketry Site [More]
New Centurion  Flight I had mismarked the flight card for this rocket; the B4-4 has too long of a delay for this rocket. It weathercocked rather fiercely, flying into the only tree on the property, suffering some minor damage to the nose cone. It then fell to the ground sideways before ejecting. Despite all this the ... [More]
Mo' Skeeter  Flight As usual this rocket turned in a pretty flight, weathercocking somewhat into the south wind and then landing under parachute fairly close to the launch stand. - B4-4 - Fairfax Society of Rocketry Site [More]
Centuri Bandito  Flight Despite the small engine it went up fast to a fairly decent altitude; the streamer detached at deployment, but it fell sideways to the ground and was only very slightly damaged. I had hoped to fly it with a B6-6 also but decided not to go on with that, given the visibly poor condition of the ... [More]
2024-02-25Mo' Skeeter  Flight It flew beautifully as usual, and landed 8 paces from the launch stand it left from. - B4-4 - Veteran's Park, Macomb, IL [More]
Groovy, Man  Flight It flew well, spinning slightly on the ascent, and recovered nicely inside the field. - B4-4 - Veteran's Park, Macomb, IL [More]
2023-10-22Mo' Skeeter  Flight As usual this rocket turned in a pretty, nearly straight flight with just a bit of arch to the southeast, drifting back toward the launch pad and recovering near the launch stand. - B6-4 - Fairfax Society of Rocketry Site [More]
2015-09-23Skylark OpenRocket Design [More]
2014-01-08Quest Evader Cruise Missile (Kit)  Review
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 ... [More]
2010-12-24Mo' Skeeter (Upscale)  Review
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 ... [More]
2008-09-25Scratch New Centurion (Scratch)  Review
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 ... [More]
2007-09-24Estes X-Prize Lucky Seven (Kit)  Review
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, ... [More]
2007-08-16Custom Rockets Galileo Probe (Kit)  Review
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 ... [More]
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