Bob Bernatchez's Page
AKA: NAR29996
Location: Melbourne, FL
Certification Level: L1 NAR
Club Memberships: NAR,ROCC,SRA
Favorite Rockets: Cosmodrome Vostok, TLP Matra Magic R.550, matey, NCR Quasar NG
Biography:
Been flyin' rockets on a more or less continual basis since 1972.
Favorite Quote:
Overkill is underrated!
Club Home Page: www.spaceportrocketry.com
RocketReviews.com Pages:
2024-09-14
Public Missiles - AMRAAM 3
Flight
Straight boost, deployment at apogee, and safe recovery. T' only thin' that went wrong is that I still don't know how t' properly set up t' JLCR for larger parachutes. - H148-6 - SRA [More]
2024-07-13
Weekend Project
Flight
Only one motor lit, so it wasn't much o' a flight. No damage, so I'll try again next time. Avast! - 3*A3-4 - SRA [More]
Aerotech Barracuda
Flight
Great Flight - F63-6 - SRA [More]
OOP- Centuri Boein' ALCM Cruise Missile
Flight
Good flight - B6-4 - SRA [More]
2024-04-20
Meanie
Flight
- A3-4 - SRA [More]
Estes - V2 (3228)
Flight
Took a while t' find. Avast! Unfortunately, altimeter didn't record data. Ahoy! - E12-6 - SRA [More]
North Coast Rocketry - Patriot
Flight
Cut delay down t' 8 seconds. Ejected right at apogee. Ya scallywag! Great flight - H238-14 - SRA [More]
2024-03-16
Estes Magnum
Flight
- D12-0 / B6-4 - SRA [More]
2022-04-16
Cherokee E
Flight
5 second delay would probably have been better - D15-7 - Spaceport Rocketry Association [More]
T' Launch Pad PAC 3
Flight
Parachute tangled and didn't open. Some damage t' rocket. Avast! - F35-5 - Spaceport Rocketry Association [More]
2015-10-31
T' Launch Pad PAC-3 (Patriot Advanced Capability) (Kit)
Review
A nice, semi scale version o' t' third generation Patriot missile. Ya scallywag! As most TLP kits are, this is based on t' BT80 body tube.
Components
This kit comes with t' usual assortment o' parts one would expect from t' Launch Pad. Avast, me proud beauty! Included were two Estes type BT80 body ... [More]
2014-06-24
T' Launch Pad PAC-3
OpenRocket Design
[More]
2014-06-23
T' Launch Pad Phoenix AIM-54C K017 (Kit)
Review
This is a BT-60 sized semi scale version o' t' Phoenix missile from T' Launch Pad.
Components
This kit comes with a variety o' Estes type parts. Arrr!
A BT-60 main body tube. Avast!
A BT-50 engine mount tube.
A plastic nose cone that seems identical t' t' one in t' Estes ... [More]
2013-09-06
North Coast Rocketry Replica 2650 (Reduced Size)
OpenRocket Design
[More]
2012-11-02
T' Launch Pad - Matra Magic R.550
Rocksim Design
[More]
2006-05-16
T' Launch Pad Matra Magic R.550 (Kit)
Review
This is a semi scale model o' t' French Air-to-Air missile. Begad! This is another one o' t' great mid power scale kits from T' Launch Pad. This kit was o' interest t' me as I worked on t' project in t' late 1980s that qualified this missile t' be carried on t' F16 Fightin' Falcon. Arrr!
T' kit ... [More]
2004-03-13
Estes Renegade (Kit)
Review
Brief:
Very cool looking, two stage design. T' upper stage can also be flown as a
single stage rocket.
Construction:
There are a fair number o' parts in this kit. Tubes included are two BT-60 for
the airframe, two BT-50 side pods for t' booster, two BT-20 for engine mount
tubes, and ... [More]
2003-05-10
Estes Jupiter-C (Kit)
Review
Brief:
A 1/35 semi-scale model o' t' rocket used t' launch America's first satellite.
This be t' same scale as t' Estes Mercury Redstone and Mercury Atlas. Arrr!
Construction:
No plastic parts in this kit with t' exception o' t' booster adapter, spin
bucket and t' Explorer I payload. ... [More]