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2019-06-22
Performance Rocketry 5.5 inch Nike Smoke
Flight
Straight up with authority; absolutely no wiggle just a pure joy to fly this 98mm bird. - Aerotech M1600R - Brothers, Oregon [More]
2015-01-19
Performance Rocketry Nike Smoke 1/3 Scale (5.5) (Kit)
Review
This kit is the 1/3 scale model of NASA's Nike Smoke. The tubing is 5.5 inch diameter G-10 fiberglass. The Nike Smoke was a rocket that NASA would use to determine windspeed at high altitudes before they would launch the Saturn V moon rockets.
Components
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2009-06-15
Aero Pack Large Quick-Change Motor Adapter (Other Product)
Review
RMS Motor Adapter for Large Motors (54mm to 75mm).
The motor adapters come with three components machined from 6061-T6 aluminum. The first is a centering ring which fits around the motor tube and is tightened or loosened by a stainless steel hex head screw. The second is an adapter ring that ... [More]
2008-07-14
Rebel Rocketry Wolf 2.1 (Kit)
Review
Brief:
Mid to High Power rocket with inverted fins that leads to plenty of ribbing from your fellow rocketeers until they
see how well it flies!
Construction:
The Wolf 2.1 is a kit from European high power rocket vendor Rebel Rocketry. Although English is a second language
for ... [More]
2008-05-25
Animal Motor Works M2500 Green Gorilla (Motor)
Review
The Animal Motor Works (AMW), which has recently merged with Cesaroni Technologies, M2500 Green Gorilla is a high power rocket motor reload for AMW's giant 75-7600 motor casing . This 40.9 inch motor casing fits 3 inch motor mounts and the reload is the most powerful commercial 3-inch motor ... [More]
2008-05-24
Scratch Extreme Test Vehicle (ETV) (Scratch)
Review
( Contributed - by Jack Caynon - 05/24/08)
Brief:
Rocket designed to handle the most powerful 3-inch motors, commercial and research, notwithstanding.
Construction:
The Extreme Test Vehicle (ETV) is a scratch design that won't shred while flying any 3-inch commercial or re ... [More]
2008-04-07
Aerotech HV ARCAS (Kit)
Review
( Contributed - by Jack Caynon - 04/07/08)
Brief:
Mid-power rocket modified to be a Level 1 Certification Rocket.
Modifications:
The rocket is a strong flier on G motors and is an even better flier on 29mm H motors so it is suitable as a Level 1
Certification Rocket. To modify it ... [More]
2007-11-12
Hawk Mountain Enterprises Aluminum Fin Can for 4" Airframe (Kit)
Review
Brief:
Pre-manufactured aluminum fin can you bolt together
Construction:
For those of us who want a rugged fin can to handle high thrust applications with 4 inch fiberglass tubing, Hawk
Mountain has manufactured a nifty 3 fin aluminum fin can for its 4 inch airframes. The unit is ... [More]
2006-05-12
Scratch Galadriel (Scratch)
Review
( Contributed - by Jack Caynon - 05/12/06)
Brief:
Galadriel is my TRA Level 3 Certification Rocket and is named for the elf queen
in the Lord of the Rings . The goals of the Galadriel project include:
A successful L3 Certification Flight on a 75mm M impulse motor,
The use of ... [More]
2006-02-16
Rebel Rocketry RapTor 4.0 (Kit)
Review
54mm HPR rocket with a bad attitude.
The kit comes with very nice PML parts. I replaced most of them though with Hawk Mountain fiberglass airframe components. You have a short motor tube section of airframe which joins with another tube to allow you to set up the two sets of fins. Then you ... [More]
2003-10-30
Hawk Mountain Enterprises Raptor (Kit)
Review
Brief:
At the foot of the northern slope of Hawk Mountain sits the quiet hamlet of New
Ringgold, Pennsylvania, an unlikely aerie for the fabulous fiberglass rockets
of Hawk Mountain Enterprises. The fledgling of this flock of birds is the
Raptor, an all fiberglass 29mm high power rocket ... [More]
2003-08-01
Aero Pack Motor Retainer (Other Product)
Review
Brief: RMS Motor Retainer
Discussion: The 29mm motor retainer can now handle Aerotech's 29/40-120 motors, too. The retainer comes in 2 pieces packaged inside a plastic bag with simple instructions. One threaded retainer "ring" fits over the motor tube like a collar. Then a threaded cap that ... [More]
2003-01-01
Aerotech Mustang (Modification)
Review
Brief: Modified to incorporate anti-zipper design.
Modifications: This modification doesn't require any special tools, however, it does require an Aerotech 1.9" coupler. First, I used a hacksaw to gently cut the airframe into two parts, the lower part of the airframe with the fin slots should ... [More]
