Month: December 2020
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Goblin
Estes Model #7237 Description Powerful and fast, this spooky little kit really gets up and moves. You’ll need a good recovery team to retrieve her as she’ll reach 1,550 feet and more flight after flight with “D” engines. Dramatic recovery with big, 2″ wide bright orange tracking streamers. Additional Information Instructions Photo Gallery Build History…
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X-Ray
ESTES Rocket Model #K-18 Description Perfect for your first payloader or second kit. Features large see-through payload/cargo section. Perfect for research work of all kinds. The recommended single stage payload vehicle for small biological projects. Additional Information Instructions Photo Gallery Build History Flights Date Location # Motor Comments 10/16/1975 Hempenius Field – West Lafayette, IN…
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V-2
Estes Model #3228 Description this scale model is a replica of the ground-to-ground ballistic missile developed at Peenemunde before and during World War II. This scale features “D” engine power, detailed plastic nose cone, and pre-shaped fins. This historic reporduction will be the attention-getter at your launch site and a handsome display model. Historical background…
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Trident
Description Additional Information Instructions Photo Gallery Build History Flights Date Location # Motor Comments 06/15/1971 Don Dangler (Waterloo,IN) C6-0 Landed in corn field and not recoveredParticipantsJoe MagginnisIra MagginnisKevin DanglerScott Dangler
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Mars Snooper
Description Additional Information Instructions Photo Gallery Build History Flights Date Location # Motor Comments 06/15/1971 Don Dangler (Waterloo, IN) C6-0 Parachute failed – Nose Cone destroyed.Temp – 82 degrees FWind – 0mphParticipantsJoe MagginnisIra MagginnisKevin DanglerScott Dangler
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Tomahawk
CENTURI Rocket Model KC-40 Description This is a 1/10th scale model of the I.Q.S.Y. Tomahawk. Additional Information Instructions Photo Gallery Build History Flights Date Location # Motor Comments 12/25/1970 Back Yard (Waterloo, IN) Maiden Flight. Landed in clothes line across road.Recovery – Streamer
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Sandhawk
Rocketarium Model #1030-21 Description The Sandia Corporation did research for the Atomic Energy Commission in the 1950’s to develop nuclear weapons. The Sandhawk was one of the rockets used for this research. It was flown in single stage and two-stage configurations. This is the single stage version.A mid-power rocket for super-sized fun! Additional Information Instructions…
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Space Shuttle
Descreption One of Centuri’a most spectacular kits. Both booster ship and piggyback shuttle glide back to earth after separating at apogee while the rocket booster pod returns separately by streamer. Detailed decal sheet with authentic marking, plastic cones, pre-cut balsa wings and fins plus spec sheet on the real ship make shuttle a space-age project…
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Saturn 1B
Description Before there was the Saturn V, there was the Saturn 1B, the NASA test bed for Apollo flight hardware. Versions of the Apollo Command and Service Module, and the Lunar Module were all test flown on the Saturn 1B while the Saturn V was still in development. Even the S-IVB upper stage which served…
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Sprite
Description Additional Information Instructions Photo Gallery Build History Flights Date Location # Motor Comments 07/20/1971 Rex Opendorf’s Sister A5-4S Maiden Flight