Gary Tortora's Page
AKA: Gary T.
Location: Branford CT
Certification Level: L3 TRA
Club Memberships: MDRA,METRA .
Favorite Rockets: drumr1@sbcglobal.net
Personal Home Page: drumr1@sbcglobal.net
Club Home Page: http://www.metrarocketclub.org/
RocketReviews.com Pages:
    
    2025-10-05
BUSTER 5.5
Flight
 Perfect 7 Sec Delay - I229-14 - Salem CT [More]
    
    2025-09-20
MR-1
Flight
 Perfect! Made Delay 7.5 Sec - G61-10 - CATO Colchester [More]
    
    2025-08-02
GIZMO XL

Flight
 Aerotech K1800ST CATO completely destroyed the rocket, MESS report entered, waiting on AT warranty service to respond. - K1800 - METRA [More]
    
    2025-06-21
VORLON 5

Flight
 Perfect!! - Cesaroni M1560WT - URRF 10 [More]
    
    2025-06-20
THUMPER 7.5

Flight
 Perfect! - L1300 - URRF 10 [More]
    
    2025-06-08
PAINKILLER 3
Flight
 Perfect - J275-10 - METRA [More]
    
    Diablo 7.5
Flight
 Perfect 8 Sec Delay - J520-13 - METRA [More]
    
    2025-05-26
HELLFIRE 6

Flight
 Perfect! - L1520 - NYPOWER 27 [More]
    
    2025-05-25
THOR 6

Flight
 Perfect! - M2100 - NYPOWER 27 [More]
    
    2025-03-29
LOTUS 5
Flight
 Perfect DD flight - Aerotech J800T - MDRA Red Glare 25 [More]
    
    2021-05-10
Composite Warehouse IBEX

Rocksim Design
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    Composite Warehouse LOTUS Micro

Rocksim Design
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    2021-05-05
Gary T Minion 6 HED

Rocksim Design
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    2014-06-14
Gary T PAINKILLER 3
Rocksim Design

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    2012-01-02
Rocketry Warehouse FORMULA 75 (Kit)

Review
   
   
   
   
   
 
 
 The FORMULA 75 is the latest kit from Rocketry Warehouse . It's the big brother of the already popular Formula 54. 
 
 The FORMULA 75 is a 3" All fiberglass kit with a 38mm Motor mount, The kit is also one of "Fly Naked" series rockets ... [More]
    
    2011-12-25
Wildman Rocketry - Shape Shifter
Rocksim Design

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    Wildman Rocketry Shape Shifter (Kit)

Review
 Brief: 
 The Shape Shifter is a kit that I designed for Wildman Rocketry . It is a 2.27-inch, all-fiberglass, dual-deploy kit right out of the bag.  
 Specifications: 
 
 Over 58 Inches Tall 
 Built-Weight Just Over 4 Lbs 
 CNC Precision Cut Parts 
 CNC Precision Slotted Body tube  ... [More]
    
    2011-10-16
Performance Rocketry GIZMO XL (Kit)

Review
 
 Brief 
 The GIZMO XL from Performance Rocketry is the all new 8" upscaled version of their smaller 5" Gizmo. This baby is one beast of rocket and is sure to turn some heads at any launch. 
 
   
 
 
 Components 
 Coming from Performance Rocketry you can rest assured this ... [More]
    
    2011-10-11
Rocketry Warehouse FORMULA 54 (Kit)

Review
 
 
 The FORMULA 54 by Rocketry Warehouse is an all fiberglass kit, A perfect starter kit for the 1st time builder of an all fibergass rocket. 
 
 
 Components 
Kit includes:
 
 
 54mm Fiberglass 5:1 Von Karman Nosecone 
 
 
 54mm G12 Fiberglass Airframe 21 inches 
 
 29mm Motor ... [More]
    
    2011-10-10
Performance Rocketry GIZMO XL
Rocksim Design

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    2011-09-28
Rocketry Warehouse Flying Pumpkin (Kit)

Review
 
 Brief 
 The Flying Pumpkin from Rocketry Warehouse is one of the newest kits in the "Fly Naked" Series. What that means is that all the parts are already colored! They are NOT painted, rather the G12 and G10 fiberglass is colored all the way through. 
 
 Over 28 Inches Tall 
 BuiltWeight ... [More]
    
    2011-09-24
Flying Pumpkin
Rocksim Design

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    2011-07-03
Rocketry Warehouse X-Celerator (Kit)

Review
 
 Brief 
 The X-Celerator is a 4" all G12 fiberglass kit from Rocketry Warehouse. 
 This kit Features 
 
 Router beveled fin edges 
 Precision routed fin slots 
 Flies on anything from an I to an L 
 Weight 9 Lbs 
 Almost 7 Foot Tal 
 
 
 
 Components 
 Although the kit is ... [More]
    
    2011-04-12
Performance Rocketry 1/3 Scale 5.5" Nike Smoke (Kit)

Review
 
 Brief 
 This is Performance Rocketry's 1/3 Scale 5.5" Nike Smoke. The kit stands 77" tall and is made in either G10 or G12. For my kit I wanted a few things different from the standard 54mm single deploy version, I had mine made with a 75mm MM and dual deploy. My finished build ... [More]
    
    2011-03-16
Rocketry Warehouse Flying Pumpkin
Rocksim Design

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    2011-01-02
Rocketry Warehouse X-Celerator
Rocksim Design

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