Month: October 2020

  • DarkStar Lite

    WILDMAN Model # Description DarkStar Lite has a new lightweight spiral fiberglass tubing, lightweight 5-1 Von Karman fiberglass nosecone, 1/16″ fiberglass fins, birch plywood centring rings, Kevlar shock cord, 29mm fiberglass motor mount and 24″ Top Flight Nylon parachute. Additional Information Length: 43.5″ Width: 2.1″ Weight: 1.25 lbs. Motors: E thru I Instructions Photo Gallery…

  • Pancakes

    VENUS Model #RKT-003 Description Additional Information Instructions Photo Gallery Build History 05/08/2006 – Purchased Venus Rocketry Pancakes from Venus Rocketry for $9.00. (Retail $9.00) 05/14/2006 – Took picture of package and contents. Scanned and measured components. Measurements recorded on page 20 Book #3. Flights

  • Micro Model Streamer Pack

    VENUS Model #APK-002 Description Additional Information 05/08/2006 – Purchased Venus Model Rocketry Streamer Builder’s Pack from Venus Model Rocketry for $12.00 (Retail $12.00). 05/14/2006 – Took pictures of package and contents. Scanned components. 05/15/2006 – Measured components and placed on page 22 Book #3. Instructions Photo Gallery Build History 05/08/2006 – Purchased Venus Rocketry Micro…

  • Micro Model Parachute Pack

    VENUS Model #APK-001 Description Additional Information Instructions Photo Gallery Build History 05/08/2006 – Purchased Venus Rocketry Micro Model Parachute Pack from Venus Rocketry for $14.00. (Retail $14.00) 05/14/2006 – Took pictures of package and contents. Scanned components. 06/02/2006 – Cut nose bulkhead and epoxied to nose cone. Epoxied engine mount into tube adapter onto body…

  • Gizzard

    VENUS Model #RKT-004W Description This is a very high performance design utilizing a complex swing and flop wing mechanism, although thanks to Venus’s excellent design and instructions, you do not need to be an expert to pull this off. The boost-glide classification is not a typo–this flies without a pod but spits the motor (attached…

  • Corkscrew

    VENUS Model #RKT-001 Description A wonderfully simple and reliable helicopter from a very innovative niche player in the rocketry world. This kit deploys a sort of flop-wing approach to deploying a pair of blades and comes down nose first/blades up every single time. Additional Information Length: 13.75″ Width: 1.88″ Weight: 0.53 oz. Fin Span: 4.88″…

  • 3 Stage Ferry Rocket

    Glencoe Models 1/288 Scale Description Additional Information Photo Gallery Build History Flights Date Location # Motor Comments

  • Maverick

    SUNWARD Model #00.007 Description This kit is a fantasy sport scale plane called The Maverick by Sunward Model Aerospace. It is single stage and uses an 18″ parachute for recovery. Additional Information 2 sheets of laser-cut balsa fins 1 paper printed with duct pattern and wing reenforcement tabs Body Tube 18″ plastic parachute 18mm motor…

  • King Tut’s Pyramid

    Description High Quality Laser Cut Balsa and mounting plates 4 Sided Base of 9″ Additional Information Length: 9″ Width: 9″ Recovery: 18″ Parachute Recommended Engines: F25-5, F50-4, G35-4, G40-4 Photo Gallery Build History 11/27/2007 – Took pictures of package, opened it and photographed components. Measured components and recorded them on page 72 Book #3. 12/01/2007…

  • Khufu’s Pyramid

    Additional Information Photo Gallery Build History Flights Date Location # Motor Comments