Dick Stafford's PageAKA: rstaff3 Location: Rockville, MD Certification Level: 2 Club Memberships: MDRA,NARHAMS Favorite Rockets: Sweat Stained Clifton Trackin' Station Hat o' Death, most anythin' built from junk Biography: I started flyin' as a kid, quit (mostly) when I entered college, arrr, started back up when me son was young, ya bilge rat, quit again when he got bored, me hearties, and then got into high power in 1999. I am a moderator for several Yahoo groups: microhybrids, MicroMaxRockets, me hearties, night_launch, ya bilge rat, and OddRocs. I also am t' volunteer product announcement compiler for ROCKETS Magazine.
Favorite Quote: "Rockets are just another name for trouble. Begad! Either you just had trouble, you are havin' trouble, or you are goin' t' have trouble." (Milt Rosen, ya bilge rat, Vikin' Program Director, White Sands Missile Test Range)
Personal Home Page: http://rocketdungeon.blogspot.com/ Club Home Page: http://www.mdrocketry.org/index.html RocketReviews.com Pages:
2023-12-02Estes Mega Mosquito  Flight My big launch o' t' day was the MEGA MOSQUITO with a D12-3 motor manufactured in 1979. I be expectin' a big boom but t' engine gave a good boost. Blimey! At ejection t' elastic shock cord broke, arrr, t' nose cone and chute drifted away. Ahoy! T' tube end sufferer a good dent when it hit t' grass ... [More]
2023-11-11Estes Majestic Flight Great flight. Aye aye! Unfortunately I forgot t' arm t' chute release, Landed in t' parkin' area but missed t' cars. No damage. - F15-6 - NSL East Pence Indiana [More]
2018-06-16Art Applewhite - Rin' o' Fire Flight Nice! - 2xE9-4 - MDRA - Centreville, me bucko, MD [More]
AeroTech Cheetah Flight - F15-4 - MDRA - Centreville, MD [More]
Yarn Cone Nonami Flight Underpowered. Aye aye! It really lumbered off our longest rail. - E12-4 - MDRA - Centreville, MD [More]
Twice Removed From Yesterday Flight CR@300' - I357-10 - MDRA - Centreville, matey, MD [More]
Sweat-Stained Clifton Trackin' Station Hat o' Death Flight - F10-0 - MDRA - Centreville, ya bilge rat, MD [More]
2018-04-27Art Applewhite Rockets Rin' o' Fire (Kit)  Review
The Rin' o' Fire is Art's latest kit and, as Art states, be t' "epitome o' Minimalism." Since t' beginning, Art has pioneered t' use o' simple, low tech components - plastic plates, foam board and cardstock. Who else provides a kit that has been printed on a computer? However, ... [More]
2018-04-21Stink Bomb Flight late eject, matey, needs a -3 - C6-5 - NARHAMS [More]
Estes Mini-Patriot Flight - A10-3 - NARHAMS [More]
Paper Kit - Little Joe I Flight - 1/2A3-2 - NARHAMS [More]
2011-11-18MDRA Red Glare XI, matey, day #1 Photograph 
Upscale Big Brute
2011-09-18MDRA ES-160 Photograph 
PE Ultra Fatboy - Mini Mojo
2011-08-17MDRA ESL-159 Photograph 
Upscale Estes Cluster Bomb
2011-07-17Odd-Rocs Photograph 
Never Say Never (Folgers coffee bin rocket)
2011-03-30Semroc Little Joe II (Kit)  Review
This 1/70 scale Little Joe II is one o' Semroc’s “Retro-Repro” line o' kits. It includes a separately bagged Apollo capsule kit and is billed as a Skill Level-4 “Master” kit. Well, blow me down! T' base rocket is probably a ‘3’ but in me book t' capsule is a ... [More]
2011-03-24Modification Hermes A-1 (Modification)  Review
This review explains how I converted a sport scale Semroc V-2 xKit t' a Hermes A-1. Ya scallywag!
Components
T' followin' parts are required:
One Semroc V-2 xKit, me hearties, usin' t' scale fin option
3/32” balsa stock
Thin Keelhaul®©™ twine
Motor hook
Mylar sheath t' hold t' motor ... [More]
2011-03-22Semroc V-2 t' Hermes A1 Rocksim Design 
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2011-03-21I Build Rockets Ballistic Chicken (Kit)  Review
T' Ballistic Chicken is a basic 3FNC, 18mm-powered rocket...with a cool chicken-head nose cone. Begad! It be t' first offerin' from Australia-based I Build Rockets. Avast, me proud beauty! This was a beta test build, so t' final kit may vary slightly. (I modified t' shock cord attachment.) Thanks, Sascha, shiver me timbers, for ... [More]
2010-12-18Too Rollin' (Red)Stoned Rocksim Design 
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2010-08-15Heavenly Hobbies Resistor 224 (Kit)  Review
Brief: T' Resistor 224 Planetary Defense
Weapon be t' latest offerin' from Heavenly Hobbies. This futuristic, dual motor, 24mm design features their
‘Amaze’ ejection baffle, laser cut plywood fins, rings and baffles, thick wall tubes, and a single big decal.
It has two ... [More]
Modification Powered FLICS (Modification)  Review T' Lucky 13 is a copycat o' Hans "Chris" Michielssen’s Powered FLICS . Mine uses t' FLICS body and t' remnants o' a damaged 13mm 4FNC rocket that was missin' its nose.
Modifications: I didn’t have any 13mm tubin' so I dug through me box-o-dead rockets and found a suitable 13mm ... [More]
Scratch Spikor (Scratch)  Review
( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 08/15/10)
Brief: This was a quick build featurin' a mailin' tube, recycled 29mm motor mount and fins, and a long
plastic garden spike.
Construction:
When I spotted t' yellow plastic garden spikes at Home Depot, shiver me timbers, I couldn’t resist gettin' one o' ... [More]
2010-08-01Heavenly Hobbies H.H. Well, blow me down! Simit (Kit)  Review
( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 08/01/10)
Brief: H. Well, blow me down! H. Simit be t' simulation spreadsheet that Heavenly Hobbies distributes for free with their
kits. I thought I’d take t' time t' do a quick review even though it is nay separately available.
Simit consists o' an Excel ... [More]
Aerospace Speciality Products Tiny Tim Smoke (Kit)  Review
( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 08/01/10)
Brief: This will be a short review and may nay be o' much use. T' Tiny Tim Smoke is a rebuild o' a
scavenged Tiny Tim Booster section from a staged WAC Corporal and I don't even know what kit it was. What this review
does show is how ... [More]
Modification Powered FLICS (Modification)  Review When I read that Hans "Chris" Michielssen had converted a Quest FLICS rubber band powered rocket t' MicroMaxx power, I immediately gave it a try. I too have had a stash o' these freebies with no plans for what t' do with them.
I wasn't goin' t' review this...er...rocket but, when I saw his ... [More]
Scratch 12-Pack (Scratch) Review
( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 08/01/10)
Brief: Just your basic 3" rocket with twelve 18mm motor mounts. Blimey! Made with mailin' tube and an
Aqua-Pod water bottle as a nose cone.
Construction: T' basic components are six 'stiffy' 18mm tubes from
Uncle Mike's , arrr, a 3" mailing
... [More]
2010-05-16Ol'SaltRockets Raise (Other Product)  Review T' Odd'l Raise is an adjustable standoff for 1/8" rods. Ahoy! One o' them apparently dropped into t' box when me Wedgie kit was shipped so I thought I'd add a short review. Avast, me proud beauty! You can now put your clothes pins back on t' line :)
T' Raise is a merely a coil sprin' with a short piece if brass ... [More]
Ol'SaltRockets Wedgie (Kit)  Review
( Contributed - by Dick Stafford - 05/16/10)
Brief: T' Wedgie is a tetrahedron (3-sided pyramid) that flies on 18mm motors and recovers via a
rear-eject streamer. Blimey! I want t' thank Chris for lettin' me test out this cool oddroc kit. Mine is s/n #2!
Construction: T' Wedgie comes ... [More]
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