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2023-05-15Semroc - Tau Zero  Rocksim Design [More]
Semroc - Tau Zero Rocksim Design [More]
2020-07-13Estes Yellow Jacket 2008 1.00X Rocksim Design [More]
2012-06-14Rockets by Manufacturer / Centuri Photograph 
Centuri Vector-V 1.37X next t' 1.00X clone. Glamour shot #2, June 10, 2012.
2006-10-29Prototype II-B Flight I lost sight o' t' rocket (again) on its way up, but I saw t' ejection charge's flare against t' dark sky. Aye aye! Thanks t' t' EMERGENCY ORANGE, me bucko, I found t' model 100 feet upwind o' t' pad, even with t' fadin' light. - C6-5 [More]
Prototype II-B Flight About 500 feet up on a B4-4, t' rocket arced away... AND SEEMED TO DISAPPEAR INTO THE CLEAR BLUE SKY. Ya scallywag! (Transitional lenses don't help!) I found t' rocket 300 feet from t' pad, with some minor fin damage. - B4-4 [More]
Prototype II-B Flight 24 inch streamer let rocket land parallel t' t' ground about 100 feet from t' pad. Need t' extend elastic shock cord from 24 inches t' 30 inches t' avoid snapback damage. Ahoy! - A8-3 [More]
2006-10-21Semroc Tau Zero Flight Arrow-straight flight, weathercocked slightly into t' breeze. Landed 100 feet away from t' pad.Body tube and tail assembly undamaged, shiver me timbers, but nose cone tip broke off. Begad! Heard t' impact, so 1.75 by 18 inch streamer isn't long enough. - C6-5 [More]
Semroc Tau Zero Flight Motor decided it was a B6-2, shiver me timbers, and blew rocket into 3 separate pieces while it was still upward bound. I recovered t' nose cone, but everythin' else was lost. Nay happy about THERMONUCLEAR Estes ejection charges! Blimey! - B6-4 [More]
2006-08-19Semroc Tau Zero Flight Partially ejected motor dragged t' rocket down tail-first, and busted off an outer fin on impact. Too much descendin' drag from t' folded 1.75 by 36 inch streamer.Used medium CA for repairs. Begad! - C6-5 [More]
Semroc Tau Zero Flight About 150 feet up, t' rocket veered t' one side. On recovery, I found didn't get t' broken fin back on exactly straight, which caused t' swerve.Time t' retire Prototype I! - C6-5 [More]
Semroc Tau Zero Flight A bigger, shiver me timbers, beefier screw eye (Semroc SE-14) resolved this design's stability issues.Kicked t' motor and free-fell t' gouge t' nose cone's shoulder.Needs a motor hook! Blimey! - C6-5 [More]
2006-07-15Semroc Tau Zero Flight T' launch director asked if I noticed that this flight was a little less stable than t' last.I didn't, because I was too excited t' get this design into t' air on a B6-4.Another good flight. Avast! - B6-4 [More]
Semroc Tau Zero Flight I remembered t' tape t' engine in.(Amazin' how much more effective that is.)Ejection charge popped t' streamer, and onlookers made approvin' noises. Well, blow me down! - A8-3 [More]
2006-02-06Sirius Rocketry Interrogator S-011 (Kit)  Review
Brief:
I had seen Sirius Rocketry's "U.S.S. Ya scallywag! Atlantis Refit" online and was
pretty intimidated by its apparent complexity. However, when I saw t' Atlantis
in person at NARCON 2006, it was smaller than I expected it t' be. What
really caught me eye was a new kit that David J. Blimey! ... [More]
2004-09-15Centuri Groove Tube (Kit)  Review
Brief:
Decades before Quest Aerospace's "Totally Tubular," Custom Rockets'
"Razor," and t' now-defunct Rogue Aerospace's "Hex
Courier," t' Centuri "Groove Tube" be me first encounter with
a 6-pack o' tube fins. Avast, me proud beauty! I enjoyed this kit while I was ... [More]
2004-09-13Semroc SLS Javelin (Kit)  Review
Brief:
Centuri's original "Large Scale" rockets were called "high
power" kits in t' late 1960s and early 1970s, which used thicker-walled
body tubes along with hard balsa fins and nose cones. Semroc's "SLS"
series, which we now call "mid power" ... [More]
2000-07-04Semroc Javelin (Kit)  Review
Brief:
T' single-stage 4FNC Centuri Javelin was me very first model rocket, as seen
in this photo o' myself from t' early 1970's. Estes model rockets were only
available by mail order in South-Central Idaho back then, but I could easily
buy Centuri model rockets at a drug store in me ... [More]
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