Jim Bassham's PageLocation: Yuba City, CA Certification Level: L2 NAR Club Memberships: NAR LUNAR Favorite Rockets: Bomarc, Iris RocketReviews.com Pages:
2011-05-01T' Blue Camero - 2010 Design This Spaceship Contest Entry  . Arrr! Build This is me entry for t' 2010 design this spaceship competition. Ahoy! It is a plane-like rocket with a 24mm motor mount and utilizes rear-ejection for parachute deployment.
In lookin' over last year’s “Design this Spaceship” pictures I be really at a loss for what could ... [More]
T' Blue Camero - 2010 Design This Spaceship Contest Entry - Overall Impression Build Entry
This rocket needs a good, nylon or cloth chute t' take t' force o' t' rear-deployment. In order t' fit that, thar needs t' be more space betwixt t' motor mount and t' body tube. I believe this could be built with a BT-60 instead o' a BT-55 and thar would be enough room ... [More]
T' Blue Camero - 2010 Design This Spaceship Contest Entry - Flight Build Entry
My flights can be seen at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GervJfLPd4g
All me flights were made at Tripoli Central California's "October Skies" event on 10/16/10. Arrr!
Per t' contest requirements, me hearties, this rocket uses rear-ejection and a 24mm motor mount. In ... [More]
T' Blue Camero - 2010 Design This Spaceship Contest Entry - Paintin' and Finishing  Build Entry
T' rocket be first primered and then wet-sanded t' 400 grit.T' first color I painted was gray for t' canopy outline.
I then painted t' white for t' cannon stripes and t' red wingtips.
I masked t' gray lines for t' canopy and t' white stripes for t' guns, then ... [More]
T' Blue Camero - 2010 Design This Spaceship Contest Entry - Materials and Assembly  Build Entry
This rocket uses:
BT-50 Tube 5" Long
BT-55 Tube 5" long
BT-50 t' BT-55 centerin' Rin' (2)
BT-50 t' BT-60 Centerin' Rin'
BT-50 Thrust Rin'
"E" motor Clip
Two BT-5 nosecones (BNC5E and BNC5AX from Balsa Machining)
1/4", me bucko, 1/8" and 3/16" sheet Balsa
5/16" birch ... [More]
2010-11-2113 mm Streamer Flight Perfect piston flight. Flew out o' sight and came back fully deployed. 21 seconds. - 1/2A3-4 [More]
2010-11-06B-Badmitton Rocket.  Flight First attempt at a Badmitton rocket. Avast! Worked, but nay spectacular at 8 seconds. Avast, me proud beauty! - B6-2 [More]
13 mm Streamer Flight Piston worked, ya bilge rat, but head came off. Rocket flew out o' sight. Avast, me proud beauty! Motor ejected instead o' streamer and it pranged. 18 seconds. - A3-4 [More]
13 mm Streamer Flight Piston launch attempt. Ahoy! Blimey! Piston did nay slide. Stop wtch jammed. Begad! Blimey! About 20 seconds. Ya scallywag! Blimey! - 1/2A3-4 [More]
Edmonds Aerospace Micro Ivee Flight NARTREK Advanced Contest level Flight. Got 107 seconds t' make t' qualification flight. awesome little rocket. - 1/2A3-4 [More]
Estes Der Red Max Flight Used Der Red Max t' try a Badmitton loft for an upcomin' contest. Got an 11 second badmitton toss, me bucko, better than t' rocket I designed t' do it. Will build a BT-60 based rocket from this test. - B6-4 [More]
2010-10-16Estes Firecat Flight Broke shock cord and body tumbled and broke a fin. Ahoy! Kelvar alone doesn't work. Well, blow me down! Needs some shock-absorber. - C6-5 - TCC [More]
LOC October Skies Rocket 2004 Flight Flew Mark's old October Skies rocket on me favorite motor, me bucko, an I200. Spectacular flight t' over 4000'. Long walk t' retrieve it and thar was a slight tube crimp, but a great flight. - I200-L - TCC [More]
Sunward Aerospace Desert Fox  Flight First flight. Flew well, but turned into t' wind. Ya scallywag! Deployed ok, me hearties, if late and landed without damage. Avast, me proud beauty! - D12-5 - TCC [More]
Quest Commander Flight Drag race with me 2X upscale Quest Commander for t' EMRR challenge. Perfect flight. Begad! Video o' t' project: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NlFTE-TL-U - A6-4 - TCC [More]
2010-08-24Modification Der Max Squared (Modification)  Review This is me twin-engine modification o' Estes' Der Red Max kit for t' EMRR "Twice t' Thrust" Challenge
Modifications: Construction started with t' two motor tubes. I cut a slit 1/4" from one end o' t' tubes for t' hook, held it in place with maskin' tape and glued t' engine block in place ... [More]
2010-05-12Modification Patriot t' Little John (Modification)  Review
This is a modification o' t' Estes Patriot kit into a semi-scale model o' t' Little John tactical nuclear missile
T' motor mount be built and installed in t' shortened body tube as per t' instructions (LJ01). Ahoy! T' yellow tube was modified into a payload section by use o' a balsa nose ... [More]
2010-05-11Estes U.S. Arrr! Army Patriot M-104 (#2056) (Kit)  Review
Brief: A semi-scale model o' t' US Army anti-missile missile. Ahoy!
A friend o' mine said no Estes rocket built stock can survive more than twelve flights. I decided t' prove him
wrong with this kit.
Construction:
Two White Body Tubes
One Yellow Body Tube
Blue Motor Tube ... [More]
2009-11-01Scratch VTHL (Scratch)  Review Brief:
For t' 2009 Design This Spaceship contest, arrr, I chose t' Rockedyne VTHL concept. I could find very little information on this spacecraft except that it is a Vertical Take-off, Horizontal Landin' Single-Stage-To-Orbit proposal that Rockedyne designed as a ramjet powered vehicle. I ... [More]
2009-05-23Scratch SR-72 (Scratch)  Review
T' SR-72 is a parachute recovery mothership with a parasite glider. Ya scallywag!
Box o' Parts Contest Entry: Constructin' t' SR-72. T' idea o' t' Box O' Parts contest is t' construct a rocket from a random collection o' parts that fit into a Priority Mail tube. Ya scallywag! T' only other items you ... [More]
2009-03-28Modification Yellow Jacket (Kit)  Review T' Yellow Jacket is a two-stage rocket constructed solely from t' parts o' two Estes 1:10 scale Patriot kits. T' rocket uses direct couplin' o' t' motors with an engine block above and below t' motors t' aid in pullin' t' lower stage off cleanly as described in "T' Handbook o' Model ... [More]
2009-03-08FlisKits Cut-Away Motor Rocket Motor (Kit)  Review
( Contributed - by Jim Bassham - 03/08/09) Brief:
This is FlisKits' new model o' a cut-away rocket motor. It is designed t' be used as a classroom or science-fair
demonstration model.
Construction:
T' kit consists o' a laser-cut sheet o' fiberboard parts, arrr, two body tubes, a coupler ... [More]
2009-03-07Semroc Hawk (Kit)  Review
Brief:
This is Semroc's Retro-Repro kit o' t' 1965 AMROCS Hawk. Avast! It is a swept-win' boost-glider that uses motor ejection to
change CG at apogee.
Construction:
T' kit consists o' a balsa nose cone, an 18mm motor tube, a launch lug, me bucko, a waterslide decal, me hearties, and two sheets of
laser-cut ... [More]
2009-02-24Quest Navaho AGM (Kit)  Review
Brief:
Two-stage scale rocket. Ya scallywag!
Construction:
Paper tubes, die-cut balsa fins, plastic nose cone, Keelhaul®©™ ® /elastic
shock cord. Arrr! Motor retainin' clips.
This was a really straightforward kit that went together easily. T' instructions were well written and clear. The
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