Jeff Curtis's Page
AKA: Jcurtis55
Location: Plainfield Indiana
Certification Level: L2 NAR
Club Memberships: NAR,A.M.O.R.E.A.,ROCI,Indiana Rocketry
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:
2025-08-07
Rocketarium PL12 SD-10A
Flight
Little wind so I went with the D12 over the C11. Great flight. A lot of the Rocketarium missile kits look like they will be unstable, but with enough nose weight they fly great. - D12-5 - Ft. Harrison - Indy [More]
Loc Xeno
Flight
Really goes on a B. Separated at ejection. Shock cord pulled loose from the body tube. All parts found. - B4-4 - Ft. Harrison - Indy [More]
Rocketarium Hydra Sandhawk
Flight
C11 was plenty to get it off the pad. Staged about 100' up. Booster landed on the Shelter roof but bounced off. Sustainer continued on a few hundred feet and chute deployed near apogee. - C11-0 / C11-5 - Ft. Harrison - Indy [More]
Estes Black Hole Space Probe
Flight
It's a draggy rocket, so not a lot of altitude, probably about 300'. Second separation in a row. Eye on the nose cone broke. All parts recovered. - B6-4 - Ft. Harrison - Indy [More]
Estes Dark Energy
Flight
Flew really well on the C11. Should really go on a D. Recovered with no issues. - C11-5 - Ft. Harrison - Indy [More]
Custom Sport
Flight
Good flyer and decent altitude on the B4-4. Chute deployed with no issues. - B4-4 [More]
Rocketarium Daedalus
Flight
The D12-0 CATO'ed but managed to light the sustainer. At ignition there was a loud pop and the Sustainer separated from the booster and continued on. Booster fell beside the pad. It burned one leg of the launch pad and destroyed the clothes pin on the launch rod. Will report to Estes. - D12-0 / ... [More]
Red River Rocketry Scortch
Flight
Nice flight and straight. No issues with ejection or recovery. - C11-5 - Ft. Harrison - Indy [More]
Thoy Thuria
Flight
Booster and sustainer never separated. Flew okay though but sustainer motor burned a hole through the booster. I will rebuild a new booster. - B6-0 / B6-6 - Ft. Harrison - Indy [More]
Loc Aura
Flight
Great flight. A passerby stopped, rolled down his window, and yelled "incredible". Recovered with no issues. Just missed landing in the road. - E16-6 - Ft. Harrison - Indy [More]
2025-07-24
Aerospace Specialty Products Sky Ferry (Kit)
Review
Aerospace Specialty Products Sky Ferry Big (over 2 1/2 feet tall!), easy to build model! Makes a great first or second rocket kit! Designed with the beginner in mind and as a model to help learn basic rocketry skills, this kit also a great sport flier for modelers of any experience level. Features ... [More]
2025-06-19
LOC/Precision Black Brant X Park Flyer (Kit)
Review
LOC/Precision Black Brant X Park Flyer ALL LOC Precision kits include laser cut fins, rings, and slotted air-frames and polypropylene nosecones. Our Park Flyer series of kits are a low-cost, durable and all-inclusive line. Made for the small field, they're super strong and can be brought down ... [More]
2025-04-14
Apogee Skymetra (Kit)
Review
Apogee Skymetra The SkyMetra rocket is a great model to choose for your first two-stage flight. It was engineered to be easy to build and prep for launch. It is also great for science fair projects. You'll find that it is the perfect size for launching an altimeter, some toy action ... [More]
2025-04-10
Estes Hercules Two-Stage (Kit)
Review
Estes Hercules Two-Stage I ran across this rocket as part of my quest to build all the rockets from the 1989 Estes catalog. It's a sleek 2-stage rocket with a payload bay in the sustainer. It was in production from 1982-1995 so it's not particularly rare. It's also not difficult to clone and an ... [More]
2025-03-27
Rocketarium Arcturus (Kit)
Review
Rocketarium Arcturus This is a scale model of the Arcturus sounding rocket. The finished scale model stands an impressive 38.75" tall and comes with laser-cut fins, ejection baffle, plastic nose cone, balsa fin mounting attachments and vinyl and decals. The Arcturus sounding rocket was intended to ... [More]
2025-03-17
TLP ASRAAM
OpenRocket Design
2x24mm cluster scale rocket of the ASRAAM missile. [More]
2025-02-16
Estes Calypso (2006) (Kit)
Review
Estes Calypso (2006) The Calypso only appeared in the 1989 and 1990 Estes Catalog. Nevertheless, the kits show up for sale semi-regularly and can easily be cloned. While it is basically a 3-fin and a nose cone rocket, the addition of a boat-tail and sleek fins make this a good performer with ... [More]
2025-02-07
North Coast Katana
OpenRocket Design
Early kit by North Coast Rocketry. Original could be a cluster or single 38mm or 54mm motor mount. [More]
2024-12-01
New Way Xarconian Destroyer (Kit)
Review
New Way Xarconian Destroyer When New Way lost their source for square tubes, owner Rick Randol turned to cloning old Centuri and Estes kits. The Xarconian Destroyer is a complete but modern clone of the old Estes kit #1903.BT-55 I started with the motor mount. I notched the forward centering ring ... [More]
2024-11-24
Loc/Precision R.A.M. (Kit)
Review
Loc/Precision R.A.M. I was browsing the Animal Works web site and noticed they had a Loc R.A.M. kit in stock. R.A.M. is an acronym for Rage Assault Missile. It is 43" tall. As usual, I started with the motor mount. I used T-88 epoxy to attach the three centering rings. The shock cord mount goes ... [More]
2024-10-27
Aerospace Specialty Products Aerobee 100 Junior (Kit)
Review
Aerospace Specialty Products Aerobee 100 Junior The Aerobee 100, or Aerobee Junior, was first flown early in 1958. This vehicle was designed by Aerojet General to be an inexpensive rocket to fly payloads of 50 - 100 pounds up to 90 miles. Most of the 20 produced used a solid-fuel booster, but two ... [More]
2024-10-19
Rocketerium Maxtermind is a Winner (Kit)
Review
Rocketerium Maxtermind is a Winner Rocketarium is known for their mid-power scale kits but this is one of their sport models with split fins. Rocketarium has great components and this kit is no exception. Construction was straight forward. I started with the motor mount I notched the forward ... [More]
2024-08-04
Thoy Ruff
OpenRocket Design
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2024-07-07
Estes 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]
2024-05-09
Estes Impulse
OpenRocket Design
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2024-01-06
Estes 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]
2023-10-22
New 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]
2020-07-27
Estes 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]
