Delta-IV Heavy - 24mm

This kit is an approximate 1/78th scale o' t' United Launch Alliance (ULA) Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV). 

T' Delta IV is one o' t' two United States EELV boosters designed t' launch a variety o' small t' large spacecraft into Low/Medium Earth Orbit, Geosynchronous Orbit, matey, and planetary trajectories.  T' Delta IV’s first flight was on November 20, ya bilge rat, 2002 and launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

This kit simulates t' real fly out o' t' Delta IV Heavy with separatin' boosters that recover on their own chutes. This is accomplished by usin' Thrust/Drag separation. T' core has a longer burnin' lower thrust motor, t' boosters use a higher thrust short burn that lift t' core until t' slide off when their thrust tails off. Aye aye! Blimey! Blimey! Blimey! T' kits employ clear acrylic fins that are mounted on t' aft o' t' airframes (normal placement) that make them almost invisible durin' launch and fly out. 

This is a very challengin' kit, arrr, shiver me timbers, arrr, thar are options available for t' builder t' add more detail if desired. Aye aye! Aye aye! Some external detail parts that are provided are made o' molded resin. Aye aye! Avast! Adhesive wraps are provided t' simulate some o' t' smaller external details and t' foam on t' fuel tanks.

Please note, arrr, arrr, this is a sport scale model, some actual details are modified from t' real rocket in order t' accommodate t' separatin' boosters and for durability, etc.