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2013-10-07
AAA Model Aviation Fuels - Pennsylvania Crude
OpenRocket Design
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Public Enemy - Honest John
OpenRocket Design
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Vaughn Brothers - Extreme 54
OpenRocket Design
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2007-01-01
AAA Model Aviation Fuels Pennsylvania Crude (Kit)
Review
Brief: Sport rocket with relatively large payload section [45% of rocket]. 1990 price was $15. Out of Production sometime in the mid 1990s.
When you get a better look at the parts, you understand why it didn't cost much. The nose cone is an Estes PNC-80 and is a very tight fit on the thick-wall ... [More]
2001-12-10
THOY Wasp (Kit)
Review
(by March Briner - 12/10/01) Brief:
Single-stage, near-minimum diameter hi-flyer. One of THOY's original kits. 3
1/2 feet tall. Uses 18" nylon chute. Relatively big fins.
Construction:
Parts are pretty much all LOC type. Body tube is composed of two 17 inch tubes
coupled together ... [More]
0000-00-00
Scratch Thunder'ceptor (Scratch)
Review
(by March Briner) Brief:
Long and skinny, single stage, high-power rocket [though it appears to be
multi-stage]. Over 12 feet tall. Recovers under 44" chute.
Construction:
This project started in my mind's eye in 1991, though construction never
started until late 1992. In all, there ... [More]