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2009-11-21

Estes Patriot Baby (Kit)

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(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... [More]

2009-09-01

Scratch 2-Stage EMRR Challenger (Scratch)

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(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 ... [More]

2009-08-01

Semroc Magnum Sprint (Kit)

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(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:... [More]

Semroc Magnum Hornet (Kit)

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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... [More]

2009-07-01

Scratch Purple Crayon Rocket (Scratch)

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(Contributed - by Eldred Pickett - 07/01/09) 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... [More]

2004-09-01

Descon 14 X-Factor (Kit)

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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 Construction 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... [More]

0000-00-00

Descon Round Robin (Kit)

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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... [More]

Scratch Cone-glomeration (Scratch)

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(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... [More]

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