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2013-01-09Estes Estes - Vagabond Rocksim Design 
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2006-03-28Model Minutes Tricarrow (Plan)  Review
This rocket is a free download in .PDF format. You just have to print on cardstock and build. (Some additional parts required.)
This rocket prints on two pages. It has a hexagonal body tube and nose. Its 3 fins are cut from two layers of cardstock and glued together. Fins include attachment ... [More]
2006-03-26Model Minutes Tricarrow Flight Chute packed too tight - ejection blew a hole in the side of the body tube. - B4-4 [More]
2006-02-28Estes Eagle Boost Glider Flight Glider stalled repeatedly and crashed, but was not damaged. NC missing - separated from shoulder. - B6-4 [More]
2006-01-21Apogee Components Building Skill Level 2 Model Rocket Kits (Book)  Review Brief: PDF format video-book on CD-ROM for Macintosh and Windows computers.
The package contains 1 CD-ROM.
As a kid, I built Skill Level 1, 2, and 3 rocket kits, but looking back I would not call myself a Skill Level 3 rocketeer. I could follow most of Estes instructions and usually produce ... [More]
2003-07-05Art Applewhite Rockets Flying Saucer 24mm (7.25 Flight Long, slow, smoky boost -- like the D12, only more so. - E9-6 [More]
2002-07-18Custom Rockets Freedom (Kit)  Review
Basic 4FNC Skill Level 1 rocket.
The kit contains:
Body Tube BT-50, 9" long
Plastic Nose cone
Die-cut Balsa Fins
12" poly chute
standard 18mm engine mount w/ hook
1/8" x 16" elastic shock cord
1/8" x 1-3/8" launch lug
Water-slide decals
Quality of ... [More]
2000-10-15Edmonds Aerospace Deltie Flight Perfect flight. 60 second glide. - A3-4 [More]
2000-10-01Descon Two Fins, No Kidding (Scratch)  Review
Two Fins, No Kidding I'm not a trouble maker, really. I'm a responsible family man, 30 years old, president of my club, and frequently commended for my hard work, enthusiasm for the club, and good ideas. I just like to ask "Why?" a lot. I like to know the limits of what's possible, ... [More]
0000-00-00Nano Rocketry Interdimensional Transfer Ship (Kit)  Review Nano Rocketry has produced a line of model rocket kits to take advantage of Quest's Micro-Maxx engines. The Quest Micro-Maxx rockets are all RTF and don't really fly all that well. They claim a maximum altitude of 200 feet, but with such heavy plastic rockets, the best I could get was less than 20 ... [More]
Pratt Hobbies Super Six (Kit)  Review
Brief:
Beginner's streamer recovery model. Small and light enough for competition.
Construction:
The kit includes: One (1) 18mm x 12 in body tube, three (3) pre-cut plastic
fins, one (1) CMR-style nose cone, one (1) Kevlar ® shock cord, and one (1) Nomex ®
parachute protector. ... [More]
Descon 7-Up (Kit)  Review 7-Up
( Contributed
- by Daniel Kirk)
7 up
7 up
A Fourteen Liter Bottle
Rocket
After seeing several small rockets fly out of sight, I wanted a rocket that
would spend more time where I could see it. I wanted something large, so it
would ... [More]
Descon Sploitch (Kit)  Review
by Dan Kirk
Parts List
1 NAR standard egg
1 scrap of BT-20 about 2-3" long
1 Body Tube BT-20 8.5" long
3 Fins 3/32" Balsa
1 Crepe paper streamer about 1.75 x 18"
1 Kevlar shock cord about 36"
1 Estes engine block to fit BT-20
1 Launch lug, 1/8 x ... [More]
Descon Edmund IB (Kit)  Review
Contributed by - Daniel Kirk
Edmund IB
My son loves rockets! He loves to watch them, he loves to talk
about them, he loves to push the launch button, and he loves to play with
them, which he isn't allowed to do, because he's only three, and might
break them. He has toy rockets that ... [More]
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