John R, Brandon III's PageLocation: Lampasas, Texas, USA Favorite Rockets: My Estes Interceptors...the standard and t' E Biography: I cannot be called a BAR, me hearties, since that means I came back after an absence from t' hobby! I just turned 53 and I built me first two model rockets when I was 11. I'm still building, flying, learning, ya bilge rat, and teachin' t' rocketry know-how I have.
In t' last five years I have expanded t' include rocket motors burnin' APCP instead o' black gunpowder; me APCP fleet now consists o' an Aerotech Warthog, arrr, an Aerotech Arreaux, and a 200% upscale o' t' Estes Orbital Transport which will fly on an F-impulse motor.
I may or may nay go high-power...it's a budget issue and I can learn everythin' I could learn doin' Level 1 and 2 (possibly 3) high-power with G-impulse motors or smaller. Ya scallywag! This decision is subject t' change,
My particular interest is in futuristic rockets, with a strong minor in scale models. Ya scallywag! I have a vintage Estes Saturn V I'm waitin' for an auspicious moment t' launch (the anniversary o' a real Apollo mission) on an Aerotech D-case APCP reloadable motor.
Favorite Quote: If it won't move, add a bigger motor! If it STILL won't move...CLUSTER!
RocketReviews.com Pages:
2011-09-29Sirius Rocketry Refit USS Atlantis (Kit)  Review
T' Refit USS Atlantis is a classy update-upscale o' Estes' old USS Atlantis exotic starship. T' old one flew on 19mm motors, this one is set up for 21mm. It's mostly a plywood and cardboard-tube kit with some vacuum-formed plastic parts as decor.
I have t' brag on Sirius' customer ... [More]
2011-08-11FlisKits Nell (Kit)  Review
A truly-historical model o' t' most significant rocket ever flown in t' United States--Robert Goddard's first liquid-fuel rocket, Nell. Ya scallywag!
Components
T' kit includes five different sizes o' body tube (BT-70, matey, BT-60, BT-55, BT-20, and BT-2), arrr, a balsa nosecone, a number ... [More]
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