Matt Gillard's Page
AKA: Gillard
Location: Worksop, UK
Certification Level: L2 UKRA
Club Memberships: MRC
Favorite Rockets: Ecee Thunder
Favorite Quote:
"it be rite"
Club Home Page: http://www.midlandrocketry.co.uk
RocketReviews.com Pages:
2024-05-19
Estes Corsair
Flight
Surprisingly straight flights with those big wings. Short recovery walk. - B6-4 - Ft. Harrison - Indy [More]
2011-11-13
Public missile - Ariel (1)
Flight
great flight on a cesseroni H125., delay set to 7 seconds which was about right, long walk to recover - H125 - MRC [More]
Public missile - Ariel
Flight
great flight on a cesseroni H125., delay set to 7 seconds which was about right, long walk to recover - H125 - MRC [More]
2011-10-18
ED ain't no fool Spool
Flight
third good flight of the day - D12-0 - Ranby house school [More]
ED ain't no fool Spool
Flight
another good flight - D12-0 - Ranby house school [More]
ED ain't no fool Spool
Flight
Good flight - D12-0 - Ranby house school [More]
Estes Snitch
Flight
second flight of the day - C6-0 - Ranby house school [More]
Estes Snitch
Flight
good flight - C6-0 - Ranby house school [More]
2011-10-09
Estes Solar Sailer II
Flight
nice to give a vintage rocket an airing - C6-5 - MRC [More]
Estes Bull Pup 12D
Flight
won a drag race, but popped a fin on landing. - B6-4 - MRC [More]
2010-12-07
Excelsior Rocketry Gooneydent (Plan)
Review
Brief:
Somewhere in the twisted mind of a goony fanatic, the goodydent was created. The goonydent is a kit base goony from two baby berthas. It uses gas venting tubes so no wadding is needed. I was bitten by the goony bug this year, this will be my second goony. It gets noticed ... [More]
Modified Excelsior Rocketry Gooneydent (Modification)
Review
Only a small amount of modification was made to the original goodydent. The vent tubes were situated higher on the bottom bodytube. The recovery system was changed slightly.
Components
A steel fishing leader was added to the middle nosecone as an anchor for the shock cord. The shock ... [More]
Estes Mosquito 301% Upscale (Upscale)
Review
Part of my mosquito family. This is a 301% upscale of an Estes mosquito, fitted with 2 x 18mm cluster mount. Designed to return via a streamer, but a small chute, could be used.
The components for the kit consist of:
A Big Bertha nose cone.
6.02 inches of Bt60.
Three balsa ... [More]
2010-08-02
Edmonds Aerospace Elsie (Kit)
Review
Brief: Out of the bag and into the air in minutes. You do have to wait for the glue to dry. Like all
Edmonds' kits, an excellent design, laser cut premium balsa and clear instructions make Elcie a great introduction to
boost gliders.
Construction: Parts consist of:
Laser cut ... [More]
2010-02-16
Estes Mosquito (Kit)
Review
An Estes classic, this tiny rocket that has been bought, built, and sacrificed to the rocketry Gods by many.
My mosquito is the one with the balsa nose cone, I believe that the later one was a plastic nose cone.
The kit comes in a clear bag with the usual art card and instructions.
... [More]
Mercury Engineering Invader (Kit)
Review
Brief: A low/mid power single staged rocket. Nice and beefy looking.
I won this rocket in the 2008 Design this spaceship contest.
Mercury Engineering were very generous: not only did they provide a really good kit for EMRR, but they also
included a second free parachute, which i ... [More]
2009-11-22
Odd'l Rockets Squatty Body (Kit)
Review
A squat three finned 18mm motor rocket, from a relatively new rocket company called Odd’l Rockets. Recovers via a streamer.
Kit consists of:
Plastic nose cone,
Body tube, 1 ¾ inch,
Engine mount tube, 4 ¼ inch,
Centering rings, (2),
Engine block,
... [More]
2009-10-31
Scratch Spaceglider (Scratch)
Review
( Contributed - by Matt Gillard - 10/31/09)
Brief:
A two-staged cone and fin rocket built for the 2009 design this spaceship competition.
Construction:
1x launch lug for 3 mm rod
1 x 12 inch Estes parachute.
2-foot streamer
3-foot length of elastic
Snap swivels ... [More]
2009-10-29
Estes Mini Naboo Starfighter (RTF) (Kit)
Review
Brief:
I had five minutes spare, so I thought I'd build one of the easy rockets in the build pile. It's part of Estes' Star
wars range.
Takes longer to open the packet than to build.
Construction:
Parts consist of:
The naboo fighter
A stand for the naboo fighter.
... [More]
Mad Science Skyblazer (Kit)
Review
I found this rocket on ebay, its by a company called Mad Science, and they produce science toys/activities. They only have one rocket in their range.
It is a basic rocket, very suitable for a first build for a young rocketeer.
Parts are;
4 plastic fins
engine mount
engine hook ... [More]
2009-10-27
Estes Space Shuttle Columbia (Kit)
Review
An OOP rocket of the space shuttle. Estes have released a few other space shuttles that have been gliders. This older one is just the shuttle itself and recovers by a parachute. I got two of these older rockets from a rocketeer that was giving up the hobby. Both kits had been opened and had ... [More]
2009-09-27
Estes Birdie (Kit)
Review
( Contributed - by Matt Gillard - 09/27/09)
Brief:
A simple clone of the birdie from years ago. It's a badminton shuttlecock with a motor mount tube.
Construction:
To build you will need:
a shuttlecock
a small section of BT-5
a 1/2 inch length of launch lug
After ... [More]
2009-09-17
Pemberton Technologies Screamin Green Meanie (Kit)
Review
Brief:
I won this rocket from the March best rocket competition on TRF. I got the rocket sent super fast from the states to
the UK. Thanks to Layne at Pemberton Technology for such a great prize. It's a hybrid of a 3FNC and a tube fin rocket.
Construction:
The kit comes in a ... [More]
2009-09-16
Scratch Scary Fast (Scratch)
Review
( Contributed - by Matt Gillard - 09/16/09)
Brief:
A scratch built rocket using Sunward's 4 canted motor mount.
Construction and Finishing:
To build this rocket I used:
BT-70 tube
BT-70 nosecone balsa
Balsa fins
launch lugs
Sunward's quad tilted motor mount
3 eye ... [More]
2009-08-17
Sunward Aerospace 4-Motor Cluster Cable (Kit)
Review
This a 4 motor cluster cable or whip for cluster rockets.
This cluster whip is my third whip, and out of the three I own, this one is the best. (1 of the whips I made myself, the other was made by a friend.) The whip is fairly light, each clip is either red or black coded. The clips ... [More]
2009-08-14
Art Applewhite Rockets Super Cinco (Kit)
Review
Brief:
The Super Cinco is an all cardstock UFO style tumble rocket. The rocket kit allows you the choice of either an 18mm
or 24 mm motor mount. I had built three 13mm Cincos before from a free rocket that was sent out from a UK model shop
and two others from Art's website.
C ... [More]
Orbital Engineering Ltd VMX-12 (Kit)
Review
Brief:
A friend of mine had the VMX-2, which was designed for B and C plugged motors. On a B its flights were near perfect.
It would hang in the air, and when it eventually came down it always slowly bellied down perfectly. Unfortunately the
VMX-2 flew off on a C6 after hanging in the ... [More]
2009-08-04
Scratch Air Pressure Rocket (Other Product)
Review
There are several air pressure rockets on the market that either use an air chamber that you pressurize by a hand or foot pump and the rocket fires by a release mechanism or allows pressure to build up until it overcomes the friction holding the rocket on the launcher. This one is a variation on ... [More]
2009-07-12
Scratch Little Lil (Scratch)
Review
A short rocket with three clustered outboard motors, I called her Little Lil because she is little and lil ac in color. Made for the box o' parts 2009 competition, I sent myself the following items as I didn't have a design in mind and just put some stuff in a box.
The parts list:
... [More]
