Performance Rocketry - Nike Smoke 1/3 Scale (5.5) Kit

CP Method: Rocksim/Rocksim
CP Position From Front: 61.22 inches
Manufacturer: Performance Rocketry
Product Type: Kit
Reviews
  • Performance Rocketry Nike Smoke 1/3 Scale (5.5) By Jack Caynon (January 19, 2015)

    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 ...

  • Performance Rocketry 1/3 Scale 5.5" Nike Smoke By Gary Tortora (April 12, 2011)

    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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ID
Date
Flyer
Rocket
Kit
Motors
Altitude
Action
76739
2024-05-26
Gary Tortora
Performance Rocketry 5.5" Nike Smoke
AT K700W
4,773 Feet
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74359
2020-11-07 photo
Gary Tortora
Performance Rocketry 5.5" Nike Smoke
Performance Rocketry - Nike Smoke 1/3 Scale (5.5) {Kit}
K555
5,086 Feet
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73203
2019-06-22 photo
Jack Caynon
Performance Rocketry 5.5 inch Nike Smoke
Performance Rocketry - Nike Smoke 1/3 Scale (5.5) {Kit}
Aerotech M1600R
11,909 Feet
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64657
2013-05-04 photo
Gary Tortora
Performance Rocketry 5.5" Nike Smoke
Performance Rocketry - Nike Smoke 1/3 Scale (5.5) {Kit}
CTI K1085WT
5,057 Feet
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62424
2012-05-05 photo
Gary Tortora
Performance Rocketry 5.5" Nike Smoke
Performance Rocketry - Nike Smoke 1/3 Scale (5.5) {Kit}
K555
5,509 Feet
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