Semroc - Hydra VII

Semroc - Hydra VII Kit

Semroc Hydra VII By Nick Esselman (August 9, 2008)
The Hydra VII is my second Semroc kit. My first one, Lil' Hercules , never got reviewed by me and only saw one flight as it vanished from the pad. My second impression of Semroc, which confirms my first, is that they run a very professional company. From 1969 to 1971, " Semroc produced a full line of rocket kits and engines. At its peak, Semroc had twenty-five full time employees working at ...
Semroc Hydra VII By Frank G. Whitby
Semroc Hydra-VII is a 7 motor cluster rocket with a futuristic design. The kit included every part that was described in the long list. There is a very nice exploded view of the rocket in the instruction sheet that helps in identifying the wide array of parts, along with 3 sheets of very nice laser-cut balsa fins and a host of tubes and several nosecones. The kit comes with some plastic ...
Semroc Hydra VII By David Hash
Brief: The Hydra 7 is a currently the "newest" kit by Semroc Astronautics (originally released in 1969 and re-released on January 1st, 2004). The rocket is based around six 18mm motor tubes and is a great clustered, high altitude payloader, and retails for $23. The rocket can fly on anything from 1 C6-3 to 3 C6-5s to 7 C6-7s. With its largest motor setup (7 C6's) it is ...