Jeff Curtis's PageAKA: Jcurtis55 Location: Plainfield Indiana Club Memberships: NAR,A.M.O.R.E.A.,ROCI Favorite Rockets: North Coast Big Brute Biography: Twice a BAR. Flew rockets a lot in the late 60's and early 70's. Had a resurgence in the mid-90's, culminating in competing in NARAM 38 at Evansville and obtained a level one certification. Now it's 2019 and I have the bug again, Will work towards reobtaining level 1 certification. Member of the AMOREA section in Indianapolis and look forward to NARAM at Muncie Indiana.
Club Home Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/189520444369 RocketReviews.com Pages:
2024-07-21New Way Python Fighter  Flight Did a slow corkscrew on the way up, but still a good flight. Got a lot of altitude on the B6 motor. - B6-4 - Ft. Harrison - Indy [More]
Mk IV Green River RTV Flight One of the A3-4s did not light but still flew pretty straight. Short walk for recovery. - B4-4+A3-4+A3-4 - Ft. Harrison - Indy [More]
Ester Super Nova  Flight Straightest flight I've ever had for a 2-stage rocket. Stripped off the top wrap decal. Staged perfectly and recovered with no damage. - B6-0 / A8-5 - Ft. Harrison - Indy [More]
Sunward Desert Fox  Flight Flys very nice. Just a slight arc today. Not much altitude. I really need to try a Quest D. - C5-3 - Ft. Harrison - Indy [More]
Estes Spartan Flight Straight but low flight. Safe recovery with no damage, - A8-3 - Ft. Harrison - Indy [More]
Estes Pathfinder  Flight Flight up was great. Coming down not so good as it appeared I forgot to add dog barf. Melted the parachute so it came down harder that it should have. Broke one fin loose but easy to fix. Pretty decent altitude. 3-second delay was about right. - D12-3 - Ft. Harrison - Indy [More]
Estes Boosted Bertha  Flight Wind-cocked badly with all those fins, even though the wind was mild. 6-second delay was late but it popped the chute about 100' up. - C6-0 / B6-6 - Ft. Harrison - Indy [More]
2024-07-13Mk IV Green River RV  Flight Only one A3 lit and it never left the rod. - B4-4+A3-4+A3-4 - Lafayette CAT Park [More]
Sunward Desert Fox  Flight Surprisingly straight flight. Will try a D next. Only about 150' to recover. - C5-3 - Lafayette CAT Park [More]
Estes B,O,S,S,  Flight Nice straight flight. Landed about 50' from the pad. Looks like this should fly well on a Quest D. - C6-3 - Lafayette CAT Park [More]
2024-07-07Estes Pulsar (Kit) Review Estes Pulsar This is a 13mm minimum diameter rocket. I discovered this rocket when I set a goal of building all the rockets in the 1989 Estes Catalog. While not officially part of the Mini Brute series several rockets in the 1989 catalog fit perfectly with the other Mini Brutes. The Pulsar is one ... [More]
2024-05-09Estes Impulse OpenRocket Design [More]
2024-01-06Estes Pro Series II Panavia (clone) (Kit) Review Estes Pro Series II Panavia (clone) The Panavia was a kit that was available briefly via the Estes web site. It was composed of left over parts from other Pro Series II kits. The Panavia used the same fins as the Argent. The Estes kits are almost never seen, but clone kits are available from Bad ... [More]
2023-10-22New Way Squareros (Kit) Review New Way Squareros A relatively new addition to the New Way group of square rockets. They may be square but they fly great. The standard finish makes a great looking pseudo-missile rocket. New Way doesn't give construction ratings but I would say this is a 1 and would make a good first kit. As is ... [More]
2020-07-27Estes Starbird (Kit)  Review
I'm always keeping an eye on eBay for out-of-production kits. About a year ago I spotted an Estes Starbird kit. It had been opened, which must have hurt interest as I was the only bidder. All parts were accounted for and I was happy for my good fortune. While essentially a ... [More]
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