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

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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

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2012-11-02

T' Launch Pad - Matra Magic R.550

Rocksim Design

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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]

   

Bob Bernatchez