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Overall Rating: Contributed by John Lee 
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I was snooping around the K&S site and had resolved to place an order and try them out. As I was doing so, I noticed a link for "Special Orders" and had to check it out. The link took me to the Heavy Hitter 4. I knew that this was one I had to try.
The Heavy Hitter 4 is an interesting rocket in several respects that particularly appeal to me. First off, it is a two stager. I like that. The complexity level goes up again because the booster stage is a cluster composed of 2 18mm "strap ons" and a central 24mm core. The sustainer recovers by streamer but so does the booster. Instead of tumbling, each of the strap-ons ejects a streamer as well.
Read the rest of the review ... | Today's Featured FlyerDavid HuntLocation: Johnson City, TN Certification Level: L2 TRA Club Memberships: Tripoli, no club but fly with New River Rocketry, VA and ICBM, SC Favorite Rockets: Minie Magg Biography: A BAR that flew at NARAM 12. Re-entered hobby to fly HPR
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| Featured Rocketry Blog PostsModel Rocket Building: Estes Apollo Little Joe II, Background Here's the Little Joe I remembered wanting. The BIG 1/45 Scale Little Joe II from the 1969 Centuri catalog. To see the catalog, CLICK HERE But $12.95? All I could afford was the smaller 1/100th scale Little Joe II. The fin fairings and some trim was vacuum formed. They were lightweight but fragile, much like the Centuri Saturn V fins and fairings incorporated into the Estes re-issue Saturn V kits. The "metalized" wrap was pre-installed at the factory. To see the original Centuri instructions: CLICK HERE The body and capsule came down separately on two 24" parachutes. A three engine cluster. ...
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Model Rocket Building: Estes STM-012 Kitbash to the B32-M Spike, Background Well, I thought it might work! I bought two Estes STM-012 kits on Ebay with the hopes of kit-bashing one of them into an AMRAAM. It never even occurred to me that the STM-012 model would have three through-the-wall fins. The AMRAAM has two sets of four fins. I would have to buy a couple new lengths of BT-60 to do the conversion. That, and the STM-012 nose cone was long! So the kits sat for a few months with me wondering what to do with them. Then I remembered this design from Madcow: The AGM-33 Pike . I've always like the looks of this one, I did the instructions for their 1.6" diameter kit. ...
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Rocket Dungeon: Mini Higgs build, part 1I dug into the build at the very best place to start - at the very beginning, which in this case is the motor mount. This is not so different than any other LPR mount. It includes rings (squares in this case), a motor clip, motor block, etc. The mount also has two normal round rings to hold the clip securely in place. The Kevlar leader is attached behind the forward square centering ring. Unlike any kit I've had, it also includes a section of shrink tube to protect the lower several inches of the Kevlar. I pretty much built this stock. If I want to put a bigger motor in one, I will have to ...
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Model Rocket Building: Carded Red Max Build, Part 1, Parts I've seen a few pictures of "Rocket Families" on the forums. The Red Max is a favorite with the Estes Mini Max (BT-50 based), standard Red Max (BT-60 based) and Mega Red Max. Well, how about a smaller BT-5 version for 13mm engines? This one is tiny at just 5 1/4" tall! It performs like a BT-5 Mosquito. At one time I had a little carded Red Max model. It was a BT-5 diameter with a Micro Max engine mount. I lost it somewhere along the way and wanted to make another one. After a few searches I couldn't find it. I thought it might be at Wayne Hill's Rocketry Blog - CLICK HERE There are many ...
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Model Rocket Building: Goony X-15, Part 1, Parts In the past I bought a few of the Quest X-15 Parts packs. In the pack you get everything except the engine mount, main body tube and parachute. I figured with some BT-60 based parts I could make a good goony version. I raided the spare parts drawers. I found an Alpha style nose cone and a length of BT-60. I think the main reason people buy the X-15 parts pack is for the decal sheet. It is a water slide sheet with lots of white decals on it.
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