Moe Bertrand's Page
Location: USA
Certification Level: L3 NAR / Tripoli
Club Memberships: SSS - Superstition Spacemodeling Society
Favorite Rockets: Estes Mars Lander: Mars Lander clones and upscales/downscales
Personal Home Page: http://www.aeromoe.com/rockets.html
RocketReviews.com Pages:
2021-02-06
Planet Probe
Flight
Another great flight - C6-3 - Salome Emergency Airfield (SSS) [More]
Planet Probe
Flight
Great flight - C6-0 - Salome Emergency Airfield (SSS) [More]
Art Applewhite Rockets Cinco Saucer 13mm
Flight
Great flight - 1/4A2-2M - Salome Emergency Airfield (SSS) [More]
Estes Birdie
Flight
Great flight - 1/4A2-2M - Salome Emergency Airfield (SSS) [More]
Estes Birdie
Flight
Great flight - 1/4A2-2M - Salome Emergency Airfield (SSS) [More]
Semroc The Point
Flight
Separated; nosed in. No damage - B6-2 - Salome Emergency Airfield (SSS) [More]
Upscale Estes Midget (BT-60)
Flight
Great flight - B6-0/B8-5 - Salome Emergency Airfield (SSS) [More]
Skeeter Eater
Flight
Separated; landed OK - C6-3 - Salome Emergency Airfield (SSS) [More]
Cherokee D #1
Flight
CATO'd right after liftoff. - D12-7 - Salome Emergency Airfield (SSS) [More]
Estes Shooting Star
Flight
Good flight - B6-4 - Salome Emergency Airfield (SSS) [More]
2011-06-12
Rockets By Style / Odd-Rocs
Photograph
54mm Spool Rocket takes flight on the Aerotech I161W
2009-01-11
Excelsior Rocketry Goony Ghost (Plan)
Review
The Goony Ghost is one of Excelsior Rocketry's line of Goony-themed rockets inspired by the original Estes Goony Birds of the mid '70s. While many of Excelsior's offerings are Goony versions of Estes kits, the Ghost is an original design with no specific role model. The Excelsior "kits" are ... [More]
2008-12-21
Semroc Gee'hod (Kit)
Review
The Semroc Gee'hod is a single-stage, parachute recovery rocket and is the third release in their line of "Groonies" - grown up Gooney Birds. Where Estes Gooney Birds had 13mm motor mounts, Semroc's Groonies have 18mm mounts and are a bit bigger in diameter.
Previous reviewers have covered the ... [More]
2008-12-15
Scratch Mosquito 3X (Upscale)
Review
Brief: I built this great little performer during 2007 and I’ve flown it a number of times since then. I like the Mosquito design and I have an original I built in 1992. As “cheap” as they are to clone, I don’t want to lose my original so I built a bigger version that is ... [More]
2008-10-28
Scratch Mighty Moe (L3) (Scratch)
Review
( Contributed - by Moe Bertrand - 10/28/08) Brief:
In
early 2008 I decided I'd build a large version of the Estes Mighty Moe for my Level 3 certification attempt. My
self-imposed timetable meant I had about 9 months to plan and build the rocket so I could make my L3 attempt at ... [More]
2008-03-23
Clone Dark Lander (Clone)
Review
( Contributed - by Moe Bertrand - 03/23/08)
Scratch built Estes Mars Lander based on BT-101. I built this well before the Semroc Mars Lander was available. As a Jr. High School kid, I built and flew an original Estes Mars Lander in 1976. After at least one successful flight, the cool little ... [More]
2007-04-29
Scratch Estes Astron Star Blazer (Upscale) (Scratch)
Review
( Contributed - by Moe Bertrand - 04/29/07) Brief:
180% upscale of the classic Estes Astron Star Blazer (K-31) using BT-55 (1.325") and parts from the spare parts
box.
Construction:
The parts list:
BT-55 11 5/8" long
BT-55 4" long
PNC-55 (5 3/8" ... [More]
2007-03-11
Tango Papa 2x Mars Lander (Kit)
Review
Brief:
2x upscale of classic Estes Mars Lander. 38mm motor mount accommodates a range of recommended motors in the G-I
range, some of which require a 29mm adapter.
Construction:
Parts list:
1 7.5" x 7" long PML phenolic body tube
2 7.5" tube couplers
... [More]
