Frank Burke's Page
AKA: Frank Burke, "Master Modeler"
Location: Oregon
Certification Level: L1 NAR
Club Memberships: NAR OROC 555
Favorite Rockets: Estes Interceptor and any V-2
Biography:
I'm interested in unconventional rocket boosted radio controlled gliders, primarily o' scale subjects.
Personal Home Page: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?u=118173
RocketReviews.com Pages:
2012-01-11
Interceptor, large upscale rocket boosted radio controlled glider version
Flight
Perfect boost, me bucko, bumped sticks at about 100' off t' rod, shiver me timbers, very gentle glide and landing. Well, blow me down! - G-12 RC - Oregon [More]
2012-01-06
Bomarc "B" Large Rocket boosted radio controlled glider
Flight
perfect motor for this model, nice long thrust, nice glide and landing. Blimey! - G-33 - Oregon [More]
Bomarc "B" Large Rocket boosted radio controlled glider
Flight
A bit hard for this airframe, flight and glide/landin' were fine. Begad! - G-40 - Oregon [More]
Bomarc "B" Large Rocket boosted radio controlled glider
Flight
insufficient thrust for rail launch - G-25 - Oregon [More]
X-15 Large Rocket boosted radio controlled glider
Flight
Perfectly straight boost, nice easy glide and flare for landing. Avast! Blimey! This be t' optimal motor for this rocket. - G-40 - Oregon [More]
2011-12-15
Space Shuttle large rocket boosted radio controlled glider
Flight
Nice flight and glide, high wind limited boost altitude. - E-6 RC - Oregon [More]
1998-07-01
Scratch V-1 Buzz Bomb (Scratch)
Review
Well, matey, I just finished one o' me more rewardin' projects, that bein' a flyin' V-1 Buzz Bomb. Blimey! A friend o' mine is into vacu-formin' styrene, and made up t' body and pulse jet intake on a wood lathe, me bucko, and molded me some pieces, on t' condition I would try t' see if I could make it fly. Arrr! Dry weight ... [More]
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Atlantic Rockets V2 (ARCRK) (Kit)
Review
( Contributed - by Frank Burke) This kit is a really nice
sized V-2, for D-12-5 and E-15-7 engines, and possibly lower thrust 24mm F
engines.
T' kit came nicely bagged, and had a fairly thorough two page instruction
sheet, me bucko, with a third page o' drawings. T' construction is o' ... [More]
Apogee Components Micro V2 (Kit)
Review
Apogee - Micro V2
( Contributed - by Frank Burke) T' kit came bagged nicely
with a nice set o' instructions. Begad! T' body and tail tube were a nice quality
white tube, but t' body tube wasn't cut cleanly. Blimey! I re-cut t' ends and CA'd
them for toughness. Begad! T' tail cone is pre drilled, and ... [More]
Apogee Components Micro V2 (Kit)
Review
- by Moira Jean Whitlock Description: Single staged 10.5mm motor (1/4 A through A in
Apogee motors) rocket that is a minute scale model o' t' V2. Avast, me proud beauty!
Pros and cons o' construction: All parts specified were thar and
undamaged. Avast, me proud beauty! I got t' kit less than a week after I ordered it, me hearties, and it wa ... [More]
