CP Method: | Rocksim/Rocksim |
CP Position From Front: | 61.22 inches |
Manufacturer: | Performance Rocketry ![]() |
Product Type: | Kit |
This kit is the 1/3 scale model of NASA's Nike Smoke. The tubing is 5.5 inch diameter G-10 fiberglass. The Nike Smoke was a rocket that NASA would use to determine windspeed at high altitudes before they would launch the Saturn V moon rockets. Components This review covers the "old" kit, not the new one. The old kit had a prefab fiberglass fin can rather than ...
Brief This is Performance Rocketry's 1/3 Scale 5.5" Nike Smoke. The kit stands 77" tall and is made in either G10 or G12. For my kit I wanted a few things different from the standard 54mm single deploy version, I had mine made with a 75mm MM and dual deploy. My finished build weight with everything but the motor came in at 16lbs. Components The kits parts were all ...
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Date | Flyer | Rocket | Altitude |
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2024-05-26 | Gary Tortora | Performance Rocketry 5.5" Nike Smoke | 4,773 Feet |
2020-11-07 | Gary Tortora | Performance Rocketry 5.5" Nike Smoke | 5,086 Feet |
2019-06-22 | Jack Caynon | Performance Rocketry 5.5 inch Nike Smoke | 11,909 Feet |
2013-05-04 | Gary Tortora | Performance Rocketry 5.5" Nike Smoke | 5,057 Feet |
2012-05-05 | Gary Tortora | Performance Rocketry 5.5" Nike Smoke | 5,509 Feet |
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