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2014-07-02LGM Flight A great flight. Rocket is heavy enough to take a C engine in a small field and have it not get lost. - c6-5 - Soccer field [More]
Auerax Flight Disaster flight. Forward engine seal failed and rocket went up about 20' and caught fire when it CATO. Lower section destroyed. Upper section OK. - F40-4 - Soccer field [More]
2013-05-07Auerax Flight Nice, straight take off, loud. Lands not far away. - E23-5 - Soccer field [More]
2013-05-06Lance Beta Flight Shock cord broke, rocket and nosecone tumble into a lake! Wind blew body tube toward shore. A long rope with a float retrieved nosecone/parachute. No damage to rocket. - F40-4 - Soccer field [More]
2011-06-01The Launch Pad ASRAAM (Kit) Review Brief: Dual "D" engine scale model of the UK/Germany Advanced Short Range Air to Air Missile (ASRAAM).
This Launch Pad rocket is exactly like all the other TLP kits. The Kit contains:
Plastic nose cone
Cardboard body tubes (2)
Balsa fins
Shock cord attachment & engine ... [More]
2011-05-01The Launch Pad HARM AGM-88A (Kit) Review Single stage scale model of HARM AGM88-A missile with 24 mm ("D" type) engine mount. Comes with 18"x30" mylar chute.
Like most of the military scale models sold by TLP, this kit has 8 fins. The mid rocket fins are rather unusual in their size and shape. The fins are regular balsa wood and the ... [More]
2011-03-01The Launch Pad AMRAAM AIM-120 (Kit) Review Single-stage, scale model of Air Force AMRAAM AIM 120 medium range air to air missile. Uses 18" chute and dual "D" or "E" engine power.
Kit consists of two (2) body tubes (similar to Estes') of different lengths. Plastic nose cone and mylar chute which is bright blue. The eight (8) fins are ... [More]
2004-07-15LOC/Precision Warlock (Kit) Review
Single 38 mm engine rocket almost 8" in diameter and 4.4' high with chute, plywood fins, cardboard tube and plastic nosecone.
High quality cardboard tube, engine mount tube, three plywood fins, two plywood centering rings, eyebolt, quick link, 60" ripstop nylon ... [More]
2001-09-22Estes The Dude (Kit) Review This is sure a strange rocket. It is 7.5' tall and uses a balloon for the body of the rocket! Fins and an engine mount are attached to the balloon which uses an 11' parachute for recovery. It flies only on a D12-3 engine. The whole thing weighs about 10 ozs.
It costs $19.97 at Walmart and that ... [More]
2001-07-20Aerotech Sumo (Kit) Review Single-stage, single-engine rocket with piston ejection system and is suitable for Level 1 attempts.
This Aerotech rocket has the standard Aerotech through the wall Fin-Lok™ system and components except the nose cone is a different material than the other Aerotech's. It is gray and ... [More]
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