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2012-03-31

Wildman Junior

Flight

Succesful Level 2 Certification!  Rocket jumped fast off the pad and broke the sound barrier.  Located 2 hours later in the corn fields.  - CTI J394 - Ash Grove, Lafayette, Indiana [More]

Wildman Junior

Flight

This is a great motor for this rocket.  Disapeared into the low clouds.  Landed about 300 yards from pad.  Very straight flight!  - I211 - Ash Grove, Lafayette, Indiana [More]

2012-02-18

Wildman Junior

Flight

Very fast boost with a long coast time-- recovered with about a quarter mile from the pad.  - CTI I540 - Ash Grove, Lafayette, Indiana [More]

2012-01-07

Wildman Junior

Flight

Fast and straight off the pad-- recovered about 100 yards from pad.  Great motor for this rocket!  - I211 - Ash Grove, Lafayette, Indiana [More]

2011-07-16

Wildman Junior

Flight

Quick off the pad, first attempt at DD.  Landed 20 feet from pad.  - H242 - Amesbury MA [More]

2011-04-02

Public Missiles (Orange) Patriot

Flight

FAST off the pad! - H242-8 - Ash Grove, Lafayette, Indiana [More]

2010-07-16

Public Missiles (Orange) Patriot

Flight

Successful level one cert flight!  Landed about 15 yards from the pad.  Rough deployment, tangled chute from apogee until about 150 feet.  Finally inflated for a soft landing.  Slow boost off the pad. - H123-7 - Amesbury MA [More]

2005-11-05

Aerotech 29mm RMS Motor (Motor)

Review

This is a 29mm aluminum motor casing, for motors with 40-120 Newton Seconds total impulse (ranging from E to G). It is a bit pricey at $50 for the casing, but a G motor costs only $10-12 instead of $20 or more for a single use motor of the same total impulse. The casing is only three pieces, a ... [More]

2005-08-02

Estes Python-4 ASRAAM (Kit)

Review

Brief: This is a low power, single stage military style rocket. It flies on B and C power and uses a 1/8 inch lug. It includes a tail cone and uses a 12 inch chute for recovery. Construction: I received the kit as a gift when I was first getting into rocketry, so it probably wasn't a ... [More]

2005-07-24

LOC/Precision Forte' (Kit)

Review

This LOC/ Precision Forte is a simple 3.1 inch kit. It has a 38mm motor mount, and can fly on anything from an F25-4 to a J350 with a lot epoxy and fiberglass. It does not have a payload section, and the fins go all the way to the motor mount (thank you LOC). All the parts that came with this ... [More]

2005-06-27

Scratch 18mm Spool Rocket (Scratch)

Review

( Contributed - by Alex Rothchild - 06/27/05) Brief: It all started on my birthday in 2004. I received two Estes Fat Boys, and I planned on building them as a two stage rocket, however, one of the body tubes was completly ripped down the middle because the nose cone was shoved ... [More]

2005-04-29

Estes Gemini DC (Kit)

Review

Brief: The Estes Gemini DC is dual parachute, lawn dart ready single stage rocket with two side pods housing the chutes. It uses a 1/8 inch launch lug and has a single 18mm motor mount. The Gemini DC has four swept back balsa fins. Construction: The components used in this rocket ... [More]

2005-01-06

Scratch USA Gymnastics (Scratch)

Review

( Contributed - by Alex Jordan - 01/06/05) Brief: This is a single stage, scratch built rocket with six fins, 24mm motor mount, and 3/16 launch lug. It can hold up to a F21-8. It is painted yellow, orange, and black along with a big USA Gymnastics sticker on it since I built it for ... [More]

0000-00-00

Estes Python-4 ASRAAM (Kit)

Review

Brief: The Estes Python-4 ASRAAM Model Rocket Kit is the last of the four new models I had to build which were introduced recently by Estes. I have already completed the other three and have been working diligently on this one. Actually we've been building two of them; my son and I are ... [More]

LOC/Precision LOC-IV (Kit)

Review

- by Tom Bell  Instructions: The instructions were complete and easy to follow.  Although this is a large rocket, it was not difficult to build. The parts were well manufactured and fit together without problems. This kit was my first large rocket, and it is a good starter kit ... [More]