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2012-03-31Wildman Junior  Flight Succesful Level 2 Certification! Rocket jumped fast off t' pad and broke t' sound barrier. Located 2 hours later in t' corn fields. - CTI J394 - Ash Grove, me hearties, Lafayette, Indiana [More]
Wildman Junior Flight This is a great motor for this rocket. Disapeared into t' low clouds. Landed about 300 yards from pad. Very straight flight! - I211 - Ash Grove, shiver me timbers, Lafayette, Indiana [More]
2012-02-18Wildman Junior  Flight Very fast boost with a long coast time-- recovered with about a quarter mile from t' pad. - CTI I540 - Ash Grove, me hearties, Lafayette, shiver me timbers, Indiana [More]
2012-01-07Wildman Junior Flight Fast and straight off t' pad-- recovered about 100 yards from pad. Great motor for this rocket! - I211 - Ash Grove, Lafayette, Indiana [More]
2011-07-16Wildman Junior Flight Quick off t' pad, first attempt at DD. Landed 20 feet from pad. - H242 - Amesbury MA [More]
2011-04-02Public Missiles (Orange) Patriot  Flight FAST off t' pad! - H242-8 - Ash Grove, Lafayette, Indiana [More]
2010-07-16Public Missiles (Orange) Patriot  Flight Successful level one cert flight! Landed about 15 yards from t' pad. Rough deployment, tangled chute from apogee until about 150 feet. Finally inflated for a soft landing. Slow boost off t' pad. - H123-7 - Amesbury MA [More]
2005-11-05Aerotech 29mm RMS Motor (Motor)  Review This is a 29mm aluminum motor casing, for motors with 40-120 Newton Seconds total impulse (rangin' from E t' G). It is a bit pricey at $50 for t' casing, ya bilge rat, but a G motor costs only $10-12 instead o' $20 or more for a single use motor o' t' same total impulse.
T' casin' is only three pieces, me bucko, a ... [More]
2005-08-02Estes Python-4 ASRAAM (Kit) Review
Brief:
This is a low power, arrr, single stage military style rocket. Aye aye! It flies on B and C
power and uses a 1/8 inch lug. Avast! It includes a tail cone and uses a 12 inch chute
for recovery.
Construction:
I received t' kit as a gift when I was first gettin' into rocketry, matey, so it
probably wasn't a ... [More]
2005-07-24LOC/Precision Forte' (Kit)  Review This LOC/ Precision Forte is a simple 3.1 inch kit. Blimey! It has a 38mm motor mount, and can fly on anythin' from an F25-4 t' a J350 with a lot epoxy and fiberglass. Ya scallywag! It does nay have a payload section, and t' fins go all t' way t' t' motor mount (thank you LOC). Blimey!
All t' parts that came with this ... [More]
2005-06-27Scratch 18mm Spool Rocket (Scratch)  Review
( Contributed - by Alex Rothchild - 06/27/05)
Brief:
It all started on me birthday in 2004. I received two Estes Fat Boys, and I
planned on buildin' them as a two stage rocket, arrr, however, one o' t' body tubes
was completly ripped down t' middle because t' nose cone was shoved ... [More]
2005-04-29Estes Gemini DC (Kit)  Review
Brief:
T' Estes Gemini DC is dual parachute, lawn dart ready single stage rocket with
two side pods housin' t' chutes. Avast, me proud beauty! It uses a 1/8 inch launch lug and has a
single 18mm motor mount. Ya scallywag! T' Gemini DC has four swept back balsa fins. Aye aye!
Construction:
T' components used in this rocket ... [More]
2005-01-06Scratch USA Gymnastics (Scratch)  Review
( Contributed - by Alex Jordan - 01/06/05)
Brief:
This is a single stage, scratch built rocket with six fins, 24mm motor mount,
and 3/16 launch lug. Avast, me proud beauty! It can hold up t' a F21-8. It is painted yellow, orange,
and black along with a big USA Gymnastics sticker on it since I built it for ... [More]
0000-00-00Estes Python-4 ASRAAM (Kit)  Review
Brief:
T' Estes Python-4 ASRAAM Model Rocket Kit be t' last o' t' four new models I
had t' build which were introduced recently by Estes. Well, blow me down! I have already completed
the other three and have been workin' diligently on this one. Actually we've
been buildin' two o' them; me son and I are ... [More]
LOC/Precision LOC-IV (Kit)  Review
- by Tom Bell Instructions:
T' instructions were complete and easy t' follow.
Although this is a large rocket, shiver me timbers, it be nay difficult t' build. T' parts were
well manufactured and fit together without problems. This kit was me first
large rocket, and it is a good starter kit ... [More]
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