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2013-01-09Estes Estes - Vagabond Rocksim Design 
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2006-03-28Model Minutes Tricarrow (Plan)  Review
This rocket is a free download in .PDF format. You just have t' print on cardstock and build. (Some additional parts required.)
This rocket prints on two pages. It has a hexagonal body tube and nose. Its 3 fins are cut from two layers o' cardstock and glued together. Fins include attachment ... [More]
2006-03-26Model Minutes Tricarrow Flight Chute packed too tight - ejection blew a hole in t' side o' t' body tube. Ahoy! - B4-4 [More]
2006-02-28Estes Eagle Boost Glider Flight Glider stalled repeatedly and crashed, but was nay damaged. NC missin' - separated from shoulder. Avast! - B6-4 [More]
2006-01-21Apogee Components Buildin' Skill Level 2 Model Rocket Kits (Book)  Review Brief: PDF format video-book on CD-ROM for Macintosh and Windows computers.
T' package contains 1 CD-ROM.
As a kid, arrr, I built Skill Level 1, 2, and 3 rocket kits, but lookin' back I would nay call myself a Skill Level 3 rocketeer. Ahoy! I could follow most o' Estes instructions and usually produce ... [More]
2003-07-05Art Applewhite Rockets Flyin' Saucer 24mm (7.25 Flight Long, slow, smoky boost -- like t' D12, only more so. - E9-6 [More]
2002-07-18Custom Rockets Freedom (Kit)  Review
Basic 4FNC Skill Level 1 rocket.
T' kit contains:
Body Tube BT-50, ya bilge rat, 9" long
Plastic Nose cone
Die-cut Balsa Fins
12" poly chute
standard 18mm engine mount w/ hook
1/8" x 16" elastic shock cord
1/8" x 1-3/8" launch lug
Water-slide decals
Quality o' ... [More]
2000-10-15Edmonds Aerospace Deltie Flight Perfect flight. Avast! 60 second glide. - A3-4 [More]
2000-10-01Descon Two Fins, No Kiddin' (Scratch)  Review
Two Fins, me hearties, No Kiddin' I'm nay a trouble maker, me bucko, really. I'm a responsible family man, shiver me timbers, 30 years old, president o' me club, and frequently commended for me hard work, enthusiasm for t' club, ya bilge rat, and good ideas. Avast! I just like t' ask "Why?" a lot. I like t' know t' limits o' what's possible, ... [More]
0000-00-00Nano Rocketry Interdimensional Transfer Ship (Kit)  Review Nano Rocketry has produced a line o' model rocket kits t' take advantage o' Quest's Micro-Maxx engines. Avast, me proud beauty! T' Quest Micro-Maxx rockets are all RTF and don't really fly all that well. They claim a maximum altitude o' 200 feet, but with such heavy plastic rockets, t' best I could get was less than 20 ... [More]
Pratt Hobbies Super Six (Kit)  Review
Brief:
Beginner's streamer recovery model. Ya scallywag! Small and light enough for competition. Well, blow me down!
Construction:
T' kit includes: One (1) 18mm x 12 in body tube, three (3) pre-cut plastic
fins, one (1) CMR-style nose cone, one (1) Keelhaul®©™ ® shock cord, and one (1) Nomex ®
parachute protector. ... [More]
Descon 7-Up (Kit)  Review 7-Up
( Contributed
- by Daniel Kirk)
7 up
7 up
A Fourteen Liter Bottle
Rocket
After seein' several small rockets fly out o' sight, I wanted a rocket that
would spend more time where I could see it. I wanted somethin' large, arrr, so it
would ... [More]
Descon Sploitch (Kit)  Review
by Dan Kirk
Parts List
1 NARRRRR standard egg
1 scrap o' BT-20 about 2-3" long
1 Body Tube BT-20 8.5" long
3 Fins 3/32" Balsa
1 Crepe paper streamer about 1.75 x 18"
1 Keelhaul®©™ shock cord about 36"
1 Estes engine block t' fit BT-20
1 Launch lug, 1/8 x ... [More]
Descon Edmund IB (Kit)  Review
Contributed by - Daniel Kirk
Edmund IB
My son loves rockets! He loves t' watch them, ya bilge rat, he loves t' talk
about them, he loves t' push t' launch button, and he loves t' play with
them, which he isn't allowed t' do, arrr, because he's only three, and might
break them. He has toy rockets that ... [More]
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