I bought this off eBay. It was in a box of broken and incomplete model rockets. It was already assembled, but not painted. This is one of these I sorely wish I’d taken a before picture. When I bought this is was poorly assembled and looked like it had been Continue Reading
Model Rocket Building
Build Frenzy
Well, week ago Tuesday’s club build session inspired me. Since then I finished the build of the Estes Olympus I started during the build session. Then… Estes Hi-Flier XL (24mm) Estes Mega Mosquito (24mm) Estes Mosquito (13mm) Estes Clipper (18mm 2 stage) Estes Citation Patriot (18mm) They are all ready Continue Reading
Centuri T-Bird Rehab
I bought this already assembled and painted Centuri T-Bird off eBay, I’ve been starring at it sitting on a shelf for too long. It looks like originally it was all red, but it had a hard life from there, some of the fins have been broken off and poorly reglued with way Continue Reading
Centuri Quasar Upscale Flight
This flies awesome! Video: Quasar
BSG 1.6X COLONIAL VIPER Flight
This flies great on a D12-5! Video: Viper Flight
FUN SIZE SATURN V CATO
I did try to fly this in June 2020, but the Estes A10 had a CATO. It looks better than it really is in the photo. The inside of the tube burned and the tube wall is very squishy. The motor mount and chute were toast. I don’t know if Continue Reading
ENERJET 1340 CLONE PART 2.1
Oops! Wrong shape for the nose cone. The nose I printed is an elliptical nose cone. The Enerjet cone is a spherically blunted ogive. Back to the 3D design board.
enerjet 1340 Clone Part 2
I connector I made was too loose, so I made a new without the raised lines. I think it’s a bit too tight. The 0.1 inch ring diameter is all too large. So either way, it’s a redo. Hopefully 3rd time is the proverbial charm. I also made a nose Continue Reading
enerjet 1340 Clone Part 1
Jack Hydrazine has created a 3D file for the enerjet fin can, this has made cloning the 1340 feasible. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3641770 The fin can has remained available in other kits, such as the Estes Eliminator for years, but even that has ended. The 1340’s outside tube diameter is the same as Continue Reading
A Tale of Two Renegades
Painted and decaled my Estes 1271 Astron Renegades. The red and black is a clone. The red, yellow, and black is a rehab of an eBay rescue of an original.