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Location: McHenry, IL

Certification Level: L2 NAR

Club Memberships: FVR,WOOSH,NAR

Favorite Rockets: Goony Goblin

Club Home Page: www.foxvalleyrocketeers.org

RocketReviews.com Pages:


   

2024-04-20

Semroc - Snake Jumper

Flight

Finally had one windcock. Came back over the flightline slightly and recovered in the beans out near the high power pads. - C6-5 - WSR Cornfield, Cedarville, OH [More]

   

2024-03-16

Estes - Xarconian Cruiser

Flight

- D12-5 - SRA [More]

   

2023-10-01

Estes - Long Tom

Flight

Boost was mostly straight and very slightly right. Separated around 150' and sustainer then tipped more to the right. Ejection occurred after the rocket tipped over and it drifted back toward the flightline, landing just behind the high-power pads. Booster fluttered back and landed behind the ... [More]

   

Estes - Yankee

Flight

Flight was dead straight to about 700'. Ejected just before apogee and returned right of and behind the flightline. - B6-6 - eRockets Field - Huber Heights, OH [More]

   

2023-06-17

Estes - Solar Flare

Flight

Back to my comfort zone. Horrible flight. C6-0 booster was fine, but the A10 didn\'t have what it takes to move the sustainer upward. Crashed in the parking lot under power. Now a 25\" rocket. - C6-0 / A10-3 - E-Rockets Field, Huber Heights, OH [More]

   

2020-08-08

Scratch - C-Superroc

Flight

Flown from tower, 187cm, 160.4m, 80F. Need to increase length and try a piston - C6-5 - Davis Road Park, Woodstock, IL, FVR [More]

   

Scratch - C-Superroc

Flight

Flown from tower, 187 cm, 152.4m, 77F - C6-5 - Davis Road Park, Woodstock, IL, FVR [More]

   

Scratch - 12 inch Flexie Glider

Flight

Good boost, 18" booster, 1.0" flex, 198sec, flown away - 1/2A3-2 - Davis Road Park, Woodstock, IL, FVR [More]

   

Scratch - 12 inch Flexie Glider

Flight

Good boost, 18" T-5 Booster, 1.5" flex, 74sec, flown away - 1/2A3-2T - Davis Road Park, Woodstock, IL, FVR [More]

   

2020-07-25

Scratch - 1/2A Parachute Duration Model

Flight

40 sec, fouled chute, good boost from piston. - 1/2A3-4T - Davis Road Park, Woodstock, IL, FVR [More]

   

2015-07-04

Sirius Rocketry Interrogator G (Kit)

Review

The Sirius Rocketry Interrogator G (Kit Number S-0015) is a Transition Series mid/high power rocket kit.  It is described as a Near-Space Fighter, which accurately denotes both its militaristic and futuristic/fantasy detailing.  The finished rocket is 44.125" in length.  The ... [More]

   

2015-06-21

Wildman Rocketry Patriot 2.6inch

Rocksim Design

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2015-01-17

Sirius Rocketry Eradicator (Kit)

Review

Sirius Rocketry's Eradicator, kit number S-0017, is a "Transition Series" rocket capable of flying mid and small high power motors, and could be a Level 1 Certification rocket.  Typical of all Sirius Rocketry's designs, the kit is more than a four fins and a nose cone rocket, sporting a ... [More]

   

2014-09-25

FlisKits Celtic Thunder (Kit)

Review

Celtic Thunder is a ring fin rocket that has a unique Celtic Knot fin ring design (an interlocking of three BT-80 rings). The finished rocket is 12.25" in length, has a balsa nosecone, is based on a BT-50 body tube (0.976" diameter), and has a fin span of 4.0'.  It flies on 18-mm ... [More]

   

2009-01-31

Leading Edge Rocketry Alien (Kit)

Review

The Alien is a single-staged mid-power rocket with a 20" nylon parachute, metallic wraps and decals, and 39 LEDs, animated by a micro electronics module that allow night launches and recoveries. It is the third and largest rocket so far in the "Night Flight Equipped" line of rockets from ... [More]

   

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