Frank Burke's PageAKA: Frank Burke, "Master Modeler" Location: Oregon Certification Level: L1 NAR Club Memberships: NAR OROC 555 Favorite Rockets: Estes Interceptor and any V-2 Biography: I'm interested in unconventional rocket boosted radio controlled gliders, primarily of scale subjects.
Personal Home Page: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?u=118173 RocketReviews.com Pages:
2012-01-11Interceptor, large upscale rocket boosted radio controlled glider version Flight Perfect boost, bumped sticks at about 100' off the rod, very gentle glide and landing. - G-12 RC - Oregon [More]
2012-01-06Bomarc "B" Large Rocket boosted radio controlled glider Flight perfect motor for this model, nice long thrust, nice glide and landing. - G-33 - Oregon [More]
Bomarc "B" Large Rocket boosted radio controlled glider Flight A bit hard for this airframe, flight and glide/landing were fine. - G-40 - Oregon [More]
Bomarc "B" Large Rocket boosted radio controlled glider Flight insufficient thrust for rail launch - G-25 - Oregon [More]
X-15 Large Rocket boosted radio controlled glider Flight Perfectly straight boost, nice easy glide and flare for landing. This is the optimal motor for this rocket. - G-40 - Oregon [More]
2011-12-15Space Shuttle large rocket boosted radio controlled glider Flight Nice flight and glide, high wind limited boost altitude. - E-6 RC - Oregon [More]
1998-07-01Scratch V-1 Buzz Bomb (Scratch)  Review 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... [More]
0000-00-00Atlantic Rockets V2 (ARCRK) (Kit)  Review
(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'... [More]
Apogee Components Micro V2 (Kit)  Review 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... [More]
Apogee Components Micro V2 (Kit)  Review - 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... [More]
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