Bob Bernatchez's Page

AKA: NAR29996

Location: Melbourne, FL

Certification Level: L1 NAR

Club Memberships: NAR,ROCC,SRA

Favorite Rockets: Cosmodrome Vostok, TLP Matra Magic R.550, NCR Quasar NG

Biography:

Been flying rockets on a more or less continual basis since 1972.

Favorite Quote:

Overkill is underrated!

Club Home Page: www.spaceportrocketry.com

RocketReviews.com Pages:


   

2024-10-26

Weekend Project

Flight

Lit all 3 motors this time. Nice flight into the wind and soft landing in the grass. - 3*A3-4.6 - SRA [More]

   

The Launch Pad PAC 3

Flight

Model hung on the rod and sat there, mocking me. - F24-7 - SRA [More]

   

Falcon 9 and Dragon

Flight

Good flight. Thanks to the drone guy for finding it for me. - C6-5 - SRA [More]

   

Aerospace Speciality Products WAC Corporal (38mm)

Flight

Picture perfect flight. - G64-8 - SRA [More]

   

2024-09-14

Public Missiles - AMRAAM 3

Flight

Straight boost, deployment at apogee, and safe recovery. The only thing that went wrong is that I still don't know how to properly set up the JLCR for larger parachutes. - H148-6 - SRA [More]

   

2024-07-13

Weekend Project

Flight

Only one motor lit, so it wasn't much of a flight. No damage, so I'll try again next time. - 3*A3-4 - SRA [More]

   

Aerotech Barracuda

Flight

Great Flight - F63-6 - SRA [More]

   

OOP- Centuri Boeing ALCM Cruise Missile

Flight

Good flight - B6-4 - SRA [More]

   

2024-04-20

Estes - V2 (3228)

Flight

Took a while to find. Unfortunately, altimeter didn't record data. - E12-6 - SRA [More]

   

North Coast Rocketry - Patriot

Flight

Cut delay down to 8 seconds. Ejected right at apogee. Great flight - H238-14 - SRA [More]

   

2015-10-31

The Launch Pad PAC-3 (Patriot Advanced Capability) (Kit)

Review

A nice, semi scale version of the third generation Patriot missile.  As most TLP kits are, this is based on the BT80 body tube. Components This kit comes with the usual assortment of parts one would expect from the Launch Pad.  Included were two Estes type BT80 body ... [More]

   

2014-06-24

The Launch Pad PAC-3

OpenRocket Design

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2014-06-23

The Launch Pad Phoenix AIM-54C K017 (Kit)

Review

This is a BT-60 sized semi scale version of the Phoenix missile from The Launch Pad. Components This kit comes with a variety of Estes type parts. A BT-60 main body tube. A BT-50 engine mount tube. A plastic nose cone that seems identical to the one in the Estes ... [More]

   

2013-09-06

North Coast Rocketry Replica 2650 (Reduced Size)

OpenRocket Design

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2012-11-02

The Launch Pad - Matra Magic R.550

Rocksim Design

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2006-05-16

The Launch Pad Matra Magic R.550 (Kit)

Review

This is a semi scale model of the French Air-to-Air missile. This is another one of the great mid power scale kits from The Launch Pad. This kit was of interest to me as I worked on the project in the late 1980s that qualified this missile to be carried on the F16 Fighting Falcon. The kit ... [More]

   

2004-03-13

Estes Renegade (Kit)

Review

Brief: Very cool looking, two stage design. The upper stage can also be flown as a single stage rocket. Construction: There are a fair number of parts in this kit. Tubes included are two BT-60 for the airframe, two BT-50 side pods for the booster, two BT-20 for engine mount tubes, and ... [More]

   

2003-05-10

Estes Jupiter-C (Kit)

Review

Brief: A 1/35 semi-scale model of the rocket used to launch America's first satellite. This is the same scale as the Estes Mercury Redstone and Mercury Atlas. Construction: No plastic parts in this kit with the exception of the booster adapter, spin bucket and the Explorer I payload. ... [More]

   

Bob Bernatchez