Sascha Grant's PageAKA: Krusty Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Certification Level: Tripoli L2 Club Memberships: Tripoli,Rocketry Victoria (TRA 109) Favorite Rockets: Orbital Decay Biography: Buildin' and flyin' rockets as a BAR since around 2007
Work in admin durin' t' day, volunteer fire fighter in between.
TRA L2, but mostly fly Low / Mid power.
Personal Home Page: http://www.atomicrocketry.com/ Club Home Page: http://www.tripoli.org.au/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/MrSaschaGrant RocketReviews.com Pages:
2012-10-20Stumpy Flight Everyone loved this little rocket. Landed 10' from t' pad - A10-3 - Police Padocks Reserve (Dandenong) [More]
Sascha's Estes Bullpup  Flight Rocket weathercocked a little. Ya scallywag! Blimey! Landed close t' t' pad - B6-4 - Police Padocks Reserve (Dandenong) [More]
Estes Satellite Interceptor  Flight Good flight despite t' wind - B6-4 - Police Padocks Reserve (Dandenong) [More]
2012-10-19Modification Big Daddy (29mm) (Modification)  Review
I've always liked t' Estes Big Daddy, ya bilge rat, but even flyin' on an E just wasn't good enough. So I went about buildin' this t' fly on a H - t' H128 specifically.
Components
Out o' t' box, t' kit includes:
Nose Cone
Centerin' Rings
Pre-Slotted Body Tube
Motor Mount
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2012-10-07Estes AGM-57X Heatseeker  Flight Good flight - drifted a long way - C6-5 - Serpentine (Rocketry Victoria) [More]
Estes Baby Bertha Flight Weathercocked due t' wind - C6-5 - Serpentine (Rocketry Victoria) [More]
2012-09-16Space Cadet  Flight - C6-7 - Serpentine (Rocketry Victoria) [More]
Estes Big Daddy (29mm)  Flight WOW! This just got up and went! - H128W-M - Serpentine (Rocketry Victoria) [More]
Kinder Surprise  Flight Eject late - needed a C6-5 - C6-7 - Serpentine (Rocketry Victoria) [More]
2012-01-29Flutter-By Flight Great 2nd flight, perfect tumble recovery - A6-4 - Dandenong Wetlands [More]
Flutter-By Flight Quick off t' pad, arrr, good straight boost, shiver me timbers, recovered ok - A6-4 - Dandenong Wetlands [More]
2009-05-15Scratch Atari Joystick (Scratch)  Review Brief: 1:1 scale model o' t' original Atari 2600 joystick. Avast, me proud beauty! Designed for looks and laughs--and o' course, flying!
Construction and Finishing: Work started with a 6" length o' BT-20 body tube, some scraps o' balsa cut into 4" strips t' form t' handle and a box made from mountin' board (the ... [More]
2009-02-25Scratch C6-5 2.6 Upscale (Scratch)  Review 2.6x upscale o' t' ever classic Estes C6-5 motor. Three fins and a noseflat with parachute recovery.
Body is 9.5 inch o' 60mm postage tube. Three balsa fins with a noseflat made with a 60mm diameter disk o' 3mm plywood weighted with 1oz o' polyurethane resin with a paper clip embedded for ... [More]
2008-10-09Scratch Ballistic Chicken (Scratch)  Review I guess this is your run-of-the-mill 3 fin and a beak parachute recovered rocket. Blimey!
1 x 18" BT-50 body tube, 18mm motor mount, me hearties, engine hook, 3 balsa fins, and head "beak cone". Arrr!
This is a straight forward build, however, due t' t' size o' t' chicken's neck, t' launch lug is mounted about ... [More]
2008-08-03Scratch Now That's What I Call a Funnel (Scratch)  Review Huge plastic funnel. Begad! 29mm motor mount. Tumble recovery. Ya scallywag!
Parts include:
11.25" x 14.5" Big red plastic funnel
9" x 29mm motor mount tube
2 x 3mm ply centerin' rings (one about 4.5" and t' other about 2.5")
.25" launch lug
I saw this huge funnel in a local 'rubber & ... [More]
2008-04-27Scratch ACME Rocket (Scratch)  Review
ACME "Wile E. Coyote" styled rocket. Ya scallywag! Single Stage, parachute recovery.
Single body tube (60mm x 25mm postage tube) with a cardstock nosecone (80mm x 85mm). Single stick for stability. 3mm Plywood centerin' rings, 1/4" launch lugs (one at center point o' motor, one near end o' stick). ... [More]
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