Manufacturer:	Apogee Components
Product Type:	Kit

Reviews

• Apogee Components SR-72 Darkbird By Patrick Wright

  Brief: Rear engine type mini-motor powered boost glider. Designed to imitate the appearance of the SR-71 spyplane. Construction: According to a note in the kit, Apogee had a supply problem with the nose cones. So as to not delay delivery any further Apogee vacuformed their own nose cones as a substitute. The note went on to say that the vacuformed nose cone probably wasn’t ...

• Apogee Components SR-72 Darkbird By Alan Rognlie

  Apogee - SR-72 Darkwing ( Contributed - by Alan Rognlie)  The SR-72 is an ejecting power-pod boost glider, much like one of Astron Mike's Marauders or the Estes SR-X, with an overall length near twelve inches and wingspan of about 7-1/2 inches. It is designed to be used with 13mm mini-motors. When the power-pod is ejected, it releases the elevons for glide. Tim (van Milligan) packed ...

Rocksim Design Files

• SR-72 Darkbird

Blog Posts

• Model Rocket Building Blog
• Apogee SR-72 Darkbird Build Part 1, Parts (2019-03-29)
• Apogee SR-72 Darkbird Build Part 2, Wings and Fins (2019-03-30)
• Apogee SR-72 Darkbird Build Part 3, Wing Gluing (2019-03-31)
• Apogee SR-72 Darkbird Build Part 4, Small Fins, Launch Lug & Canopy (2019-04-01)
• Apogee SR-72 Darkbird Build Part 5, Pop-Pod Assembly & Streamer (2019-04-02)
• Apogee SR-72 Darkbird Build Part 6, Ram Jet Nose Cones (2019-04-03)
• Apogee SR-72 Darkbird Build Part 7, Elevon Hinge (2019-04-04)
• Apogee SR-72 Darkbird Build Part 8, Paint Problems (2019-04-05)
• Apogee SR-72 Darkbird Build Part 9, Finished (2019-04-06)
• SR-71 or SR-72? (2020-02-24)